His father a farmer and his mother a retired Bajorian Militia officer. Retiring with the rank if
Major. Rissen has two sisters, one older and one a lot younger than him. Growing up on a farm has left Rissen with the attitude of working hard and is unafraid of
dirty work.

Rissen left Bajor and headed for earth to join Starfleet, wanting to see more of the galaxy
they just Bajor, on arriving at SFA he was under whelmed by the entire experience, he
found the other cadets pretensions and somewhat condescending of his ‘rural’ roots. Majoring in starship operations management which to him was much like running a farm, making sure that everything was ordered to the right place at the right time, only it was
rations and holosuite allocations not feed for pigs, sheep and cows. Minoring in Security operations and medical orderly procedure, giving Rissen the
opportunity to be useful in an emergency.

On graduation Rissen looked at the options available to him, not wanting to be part of the ‘new federations’ Military aspects, he made enquires about the Delta Freedom Alliance,
spending a few weeks asking quite questions in various bars and other disreputable sources. Gaining the information he wanted newly promoted Ensign Kerell Rissen headed for the Delta Quadrant.