"Leyna Channing" is the pseudonym of a young unnamed Envall woman who posed as the deceased daughter of Orrin Channing. Little of the true Envall woman is known, although Orrin simply stated that "she hates the Krill for her own reasons."[1]
The real Leyna Channing, Orrin's true human daughter, died around the year 2401 shortly after birth during a Krill attack on Outpost 73.
Life[]
Orrin met an Envall woman at an unnamed outpost shortly after escaping from a Krill prison in a stolen shuttle. Around February 2421, the two conspired to destroy Krill ships by firing vials of her explosive blood from his shuttle.
Orrin and the Envall woman invented a backstory that she was Orrin's daughter, Leyna, now 20 years old. The Planetary Union had never learned the fate of the real Leyna Channing, so the two could tell others that they survived in the prison together until escaping. The fictive Leyna was extremely shy and anxious, terrified of medical technology, and had not spoken in 12 years due to significant abuse. When asked what happened to Leyna in the prison camp, Orrin answered, "Let's just say Krill doctors weren't exactly gentle with their examinations."[1]
Leyna and Orrin attacked Krill destroyers. They destroyed four vessels with over 1,200 combined dead. However, the Planetary Union had recently signed a ceasefire agreement with the Krill, prohibiting such attacks.
Escape to the Orville[]
By March, Leyna and Orrin found themselves by Tarazed 3 fleeing the Krill. Hotly pursued by the Davoro'kos, the pair took refuge in the USS Orville and claimed they had escaped a Krill prison six weeks prior in a stolen shuttle. While there, Orrin became a vocal critic of a potential lak'vai pact and eagerly sought to stop it.
Orrin decided to run a final suicide mission by crashing a Union shuttle into the Davoro'kos. He filled two stolen quantum storage cells with Leyna's blood and left.
Meanwhile, Chief of Security Talla Keyali noticed syringe marks on Leyna's arm and called for medical team. Leyna held a knife to Talla's throat, commanding her to belay the order, but Talla threw Leyna to the wall. Leyna's nose started bleeding. Doctor Claire Finn recognized her orange blood as Envall and ordered her to be detained.
Trivia[]
- Leyna's ultimate fate is unknown. As an Envall, she was not a Union member and therefore did not violate the ceasefire as Orrin had. It is hinted she was returned to her homeworld.