Lieutenant Commander Castellanos is a woman of medium height with a lean, precise build that reflects her merchant marine background. Her dark brown hair falls to her shoulders in a practical, no-nonsense style, while intelligent dark brown eyes reflect her Spanish heritage and analytical mind. Her medium olive complexion complements her sharp-eyed and focused demeanor, and she carries herself with the economical movements of someone who treats navigation like a three-dimensional chess game she's always winning.
Lieutenant Commander Castellanos is known for being sharp-eyed, precise, and treating space navigation like a three-dimensional chess game she's always three moves ahead on. She has a dry, sardonic sense of humor and an almost supernatural ability to find the most efficient routes through any star system. Elena is quietly competitive and takes professional pride in being faster and more accurate than any nav computer.
Elena Isabel Castellanos spent years as a merchant marine, running cargo between various systems and gaining practical experience with space navigation that formal military training couldn't provide. Her merchant background gave her knowledge of shortcuts and routes that don't appear in any official navigation database, along with a healthy disrespect for unnecessary regulations.
Seeking better advancement opportunities, Elena joined the League Navy later in her career, bringing her unconventional expertise with her. Her practical experience with merchant operations provided insights into tactics that more traditionally trained officers might miss.
Now serving as Navigation Officer aboard the [LSS Agamemnon][], Elena's merchant marine knowledge has proved invaluable during complex tactical maneuvers, demonstrating how her unconventional background enhances the ship's capabilities in ways that traditional naval training alone could not provide.
Elena is in a relationship with Maria, having bonded over both being practical outsiders who joined the Navy later in life after gaining experience in civilian sectors.
Elena maintains a friendly professional rivalry with Sarah over who's more essential to ship operations, with each respecting the other's expertise while competing to prove their department's importance.
Elena mentors Alex in practical flying techniques, sharing her knowledge of navigation and ship handling gained from years of merchant marine experience.