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|department = Medical
|firstname= Vanessa
|lastname= April (Prax)
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|Species=[[memoryalpha:Human|Human]] (Joined with a [[Trill#Symbionts|Trill symbiont]])
|Gender=Female
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|Death=2341
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|Affiliation=[[United Federation of Planets]] [[Starfleet]]
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|Position=[[Head Nurse]]
|Rank=<div align="center">[[Image:TNGT-e7.png]]<br><font size="1">[[Chief Petty Officer]]</font></div>
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'''Vanessa April''' was a [[memoryalpha:Human|Human]] nurse serving [[Starfleet]] in the early [[24th Century]].

With no [[Trill]] on board the ship when [[Torin Prax]] was killed in battle, the decision was taken that a [[memoryalpha:Human|human]] be implanted with the [[Prax (symbiont)|Prax]] [[Trill#Symbionts|symbiont]] to save its life, with the [[Trill#Symbionts|symbiont]] to be removed at the earliest opportunity, so as not to permanently harm its new host. Vanessa as the chief [[nurse]] volunteered, having harboured a secret crush on [[Torin Prax|Torin]], and [[Prax (symbiont)|Prax]] was joined with its first female host a mere hour after the death of [[Torin Prax|Torin]].

Unfortunately, though the ship was successful in the battle, it was a bitter-sweet victory. The ship, badly damaged, was losing power, and was forced to crash-land on the surface of an unnamed planet in a then-to-be-explored region of the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. It would be eight long, painful years for Vanessa before rescue, with the [[memoryalpha:Human|human]] body slowly dying as it attempted to cater for the new life form living inside of it. Requiring almost constant medical attention even when the body was in a fit enough state to move around easily and accomplish tasks vital to setting up the survivor's new life, Vanessa died on the first transport to arrive to rescue the long-lost crew members. 

{{Hosts|Prax|Bornash|Kronat|Torin|Vanessa|Omar|Melissa|Nilani}}

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