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******************************************************************************* Star Trek PBeM - Character Record Tarkine Duran ******************************************************************************* Player: Tony Hayes Character: Andron Tarkine Duran Rank: Lt. Commander Position: Investigator, 3rd Sector, SFIC SECLAR: Level 6 Physical Description: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race: Andorian Sex: Male Handedness: Left Age: 34 Height: 6'1" Weight: 197 lbs Hair Color: White Eye Color: Blue-Green Skin Color: Blue Notable Features: Tatoo, left shoulder blade, signifying the Rite of Darrian. Scars on right thigh. Family: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born 22/2601.25 on Andor. Father: Talon Duran, language and tactics specialist, instructor for Star Fleet Academy on Andor. Mother: Rakara Duran, computer specialist. Sister: Shyla, age 31, historian. Service Record: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4501-4812: Star Fleet Academy, Andorian Branch Andor, Epsilon Indi Cadet Department of Security, Performance: Satisfactory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4901-5106: Star Fleet Intelligence School Andor, Epsilon Indi Cadet Branch of Field Operations, Performance: Satisfactory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5110-5401: Cadet Cruise - Operating Forces Subdivision USS Grok, NCC-20170 (Loknar Frigate) Midshipman Investigative Trainee, Andorian "Blue" Fleet Cover: Enlisted, 2nd Class, Andron Segrathi Duran Junior Security Officer Performance: Outstanding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5402-5501: Field Operations Department IFM Wigiath (Cheron Expressboat) 2nd Lieutenant Junior Investigator, Tholian Sector Intelligence Cover: Talkarn Vagatho Duran, Ind. Merchant Performance: Satisfactory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5501-5706: Field Operations Department IFM Wigiath (Cheron Expressboat) 2nd Lieutenant Confiscator/Terminator, Klingon Sector Intelligence Cover: Talkarn Vagatho Duran, Ind. Merchant Performance: Competent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5707-5809: Field Operations Department IFM Replaceable (Forbes Yacht) Lieutenant Investigator, Romulan Sector Intelligence Cover: Andron Arigor Curadhan Bodyguard for Morigath Kriztov Performance: Outstanding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5901-5912: Intelligence Command School Starbase 25 Lieutenant Student, Performance: Competent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6003- Field Operations Department USS Excalibur, NCC-2200 (Beta-Excelsior Battleship) Lt. Commander Investigator, Third Sector Intelligence Cover: 2nd Lieutenant Bakahna Sethon Khemsa Performance: No rating Clan Notes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andron is a very old warrior clan, it members contributing to the ground forces at Federation installations. However, while Star Fleet's idea of ground troops is marine grunts, the Clan Andron tends to think of its warrior more as rangers. Partly due to this quasi-independence instilled in members, the clan is not very high in the current social structure of Andor. It was, however, the Clan Andron that started the Rite of Darrian, a maturity ritual still practiced by some. Needless to say, in the modern world, clans much like Terran surnames are no longer quite so indicative of an individual's function in life. However, while many individuals have broken free of the clan-system, others remain constrained by it, as tradition on Andor is not to be taken lightly. The Clan Andron has recently fallen in stature, even though it is still charged with the protection of Andorian leaders. Moreover, a number have found work as mercenaries, corporate police, and in other similar occupations (many even serve in the Andorian Corps of Enforcers). Personal History: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Tarkine he was 6, his father, Talon, joined the Warriors of Andor, a group that promoted Andorian goals and culture. His father felt that too many Andorians, especially the youth, were ignoring their traditional heritage in favor of the new cultures being introduced via the Federation. His father was not against the Federation, per se. He was just against the "cultural pollution" it was causing to Andor's native culture. Not all in the group were as discerning, however. The "Warriors on Andor" is now widely known as a terrorist organization. Shortly after joining, his father was charged by the Andorian government with joining a subversive organization, conspiracy, and terrorism, and by the Federation with conspiracy and terrorism. Tarkine's father fled and became a interstellar fugitive. Naturally he took his family with him. This included not only Tarkine, but also Shyla, his sister, and his mother, Rakara, who was with child. They fled first to the Orion Colonies where, due to the poor medical staff and their lack of knowledge regarding Andorian physiology, Rakara lost her child. After a year they moved to the Klingon Empire, where they stayed for 4 years. Following that, they moved to the Romulan Empire where they stayed until Tarkine was 15. It was at this "tender" age that Tarkine underwent the "Rite of Darrian" an ancient Andorian ritual of survival in which the participant (usually a young adult between 15 and 20) is left in a hostile wilderness setting for 7 days. They are given 3 days of food, a knife, and a recovery beacon. In preparation for the Rite, they are fed half rations and exercised daily, being permitted only 4 hours of rest per day for the 7 days prior to the Rite. This starts the participant out at a disadvantage, hungry, tired, and with minimal survival gear. While not actually outlawed, the Rite is strongly discouraged because of the great hazards involved, and the Federation is pressing for it to be classified under child abuse in cases involving minors. Tarkine's Rite was held on a desert planet. He was attacked by a "desert tiger", a six-legged predator with LARGE claws. He killed the beast with his knife but only after it mauled his leg, leaving a series of deep scars on his right thigh. Despite this, he survived the ordeal. He still has the skin of the creature, one of his few personal effects. After Tarkine survived the Rite, he was tattooed on his left shoulder blade to signify his "membership" as a full-adult in andorian society (by ancient standards). It was then that Talon realized what he and his family were leaving behind, living as fugitives, and so he decided to return to Andor and give himself up. In the subsequent trial he was found to be innocent of all charges except the Andorian charge of membership in a subversive group for which he was sentenced to two years imprisonment. He was released after six months on a good conduct parole. Currently, both parents live and work on Andor. His father teaches Romulan and Klingon language and battle tactics at the Andorian branch of Star Fleet Academy. His mother works for a major shipping line as a computer specialist. His sister has a PhD in Andorian History and does research on ancient Andorian myths and legends. Service History: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duran joined Star Fleet with his father's blessing (which came as a surprise given his father's history). During his years in the academy he met many people who have had an impact on his life and career, but none as much as Professor Jar'laha, a Vulcan Tactics instructor. Jar'laha got a glimpse of the tatoo on Duran's shoulder blade and questioned Duran about it. Impressed with the explanation, Jar'laha spoke to "friends" of his in Star Fleet Intelligence and recommended Duran. SFIC reviewed and interviewed Duran and accepted him upon his graduation from the Academy. Thus, Duran attended the Field Operations Subdivision of the Intelligence Branch for two and a half years after his graduation. For his Cadet Cruise, he posed as a security grunt aboard the USS Grok, a Loknar class Frigate assigned to the "Blue Fleet" (the section of Star Fleet crewed primarily by Andorians). Here, he learned how security operations function aboard a starship from a lowly enlisted man's perspective while reporting to SFIC regarding various details of (already known) equipment and fleet specs. In essence, this was one long training exercise to assess Duran's field-worth while honing his skills. The information gathering tasks became gradually more and more difficult, the object for SFIC being to control the midshipmen's mean active-time to one year. A cadet who was captured pilfering information in less than a year would be thought to be of below average usefulness, while a candidate who lasted longer than a year was beating the odds. Duran lasted two years and three months, an outstanding performance by any account. He was promoted directly to 2nd Lieutenant, skipping the rank of Ensign entirely. After the Cruise, he was placed aboard the Independent Free Merchant Wigiath, one of numerous small merchant craft operated by Star Fleet Intelligence. While the ship wasn't shuttling agents from one destination to another, it was engaging in speculative trade, carrying passengers, or even carrying important messages not meant for the various hazards of subspace transmission. The Wigiath worked in the Tholian Sector for a year, building a respectable list of references. Then it moved into the Triangle, plying the routes along the Klingon border. With the end of the Demon Wars, Star Fleet was worried about the Romulans seeking to topple the Klingon Imperial Council from within, offering to support various pretenders to the High Throne in return for future favors. It had already been well established that encrypted communiques were being transferred between unknown members of the Klingon High Command and the Romulan Star Empire via a network of independent merchants. Even more unusual was the knowledge that many of these communiques (as many as 98%) were duds, being delivered to a whole host of individuals who had nothing to do with anything, an obvious attempt to hide the trail of the real communiques from large intelligence gathering organizations. Star Fleet needed some way to identify a true message, and then trace it to its final destination. Putting out enough vessels such as the Wigiath to carry all the important mail in the Triangle was simply not a feasible alternative. However, a break in the case came in May of 2257. The Klingon Minister for Intelligence had come to the conclusion that somebody in the High Council was leaking secrets to the Romulans, and he fingered that person as Koth of the house of Zokar. However, there was an element of uncertainty, as in any conclusion of this nature, and he could find no Klingon willing to openly challenge such a highly respected and powerful member of the High Council. Further, he could not bring himself to order an assassination, as no Klingon would dare carry out such a dishonorable task (and even if he could find one, which was actually not so difficult, he himself would become a major suspect due to his position in the Klingon government). However, he did suggest to his contacts in Star Fleet Intelligence that were Koth to for some reason be slain at the hands of a Federation citizen, he would arrange for the killer's mock execution and extradition back to Federation space. Taking the hint, Duran was ordered to carry out the deed in a "burglary" attempt of the Zokar residence along the Triangle border. He completed the assassination and managed to toss the contents of Koth's safe (including data crystals) out a window for an accomplice to fetch. However, as expected, he was caught before he could escape the area guarded by transporter dampers. The Intelligence Minister faked the execution of Talkarn Vagatho Duran, Tarkine's cover name at the time, and sent him back home with a pat on the antennae. While the assassination served the Klingons, the burglary served the Federation, as contained within the data crystals in Koth's safe were the names of numerous Triangle merchants, most of them in the business of speculative trade and message transferral. SFIC took this list to be the blueprints for a sizable section of the Triangle communique network. Duran's next assignment was to play the part of a powerful orion slave merchant's bodyguard. The slaver, Morigath Kriztov, agreed to cooperate with SFIC in return for exclusive transportation rights of green-women in Federation space, a deal which if made public, would make SFIC look very bad indeed. However, thanks to his merchant contacts, Kriztov was essential to the infiltration of this Klingon-Romulan connection. Over the course of a little over a year, Duran was able to "bug" numerous people on Koth's list of contacts. However, it seemed that the Romulans were being cautious after Koth's assassination, fearing that the Federation might be up to something. They eventually began finding the bugs, and Kriztov was pin- pointed as the probable source. Kriztov was forced to flee the Triangle, and Duran's cover was jeopardized when he single-handedly and "in broad daylight" disposed of an assassination team sent to kill Kriztov and his crew. Duran was sent to Command School for his excellent work in the operation, even though it had not been a great success. He has recently been assigned to the Excalibur under the cover of Assistant Security Chief. His mission on the Excalibur is multifaceted. First and foremost, Star Fleet is worried that the Romulans might be trying to get a spy on board. If they achieve this, not only would they be privy to all sorts of technical secrets, but they could destroy the prototype vessel on its virgin cruise. Duran is to pay particular attention to Cmdr. tr'Remas, as though Oein is completely trusted by Star Fleet, he is also known to have a certain degree of racial patriotism. It is hoped that a Romulan spy might try to contact tr'Remas, thus blowing his cover. Aside from protecting the ship, Duran is also charged with watching the command team and reporting on their performance. As with any starship this important, Star Fleet wants independent verification on the reports Captain LeBonk is submitting. With two females in the top two spots, it is somewhat evident that Star Fleet is making an "equal opportunity" statement. Being the newest and most publicized ship in the fleet, the Excalibur was probably carefully chosen to make this statement. However, while LeBonk has been trained in showing the best face possible, Star Fleet wants the truth, no matter how much it hurts. If the command team is dysfunctional in any way, it wants to know about it. Duran is therefore instructed to gain the confidence of Lt. Bellasario and any close friends on the command team which he may acquire. Personality ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As with all Andorians, Duran is coldly logical but, like Vulcans, also possesses deep and powerful emotions. Hard to anger but once enraged, his temper coupled with his unique training makes him VERY dangerous. Though trained to perform as a "social chameleon", his personality-type is not naturally suited to the task, preferring to operate alone in clandestine missions. In short, he is a bit of a loner and has few if any true friends. =============================================================================== Cover Identity: 2nd Lieutenant Bakahna Sethon Khemsa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bakahna is a naval clan serving on both warships and merchant marine ships. Unlike the Clan Talkarn, the Bakahnas concentrate more on escort and shipboard assault than trade and commerce. Sethon Khemsa had been stationed aboard the USS Grok for nearly ten years. Since the Grok was also the location of Duran's cadet cruise, it is hoped he'll be able to answer questions about the ship and perform convincingly as Lt. Sethon Khemsa, on the off-chance that he meets anyone familiar with the ship or its crew. Family: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born 22/2601.25 on Andor. Mother and Father deceased. Sister: Warrant Officer Eris Khemsa, Sensor Modulation Specialist, USS Typhoon. [Note: There really is such a person, and her brother, Sethon, was recently killed aboard the Grok in a training exercise gone awry. She and the crew of the Grok are ignorant as to his death, believing that he's recovered from the episode and has been transferred to the Excalibur. His body is being stored for a future burial to be scheduled after the completion of this assignment. As is general policy with such assignments, Duran's facial structure, nose, and hair have been surgically altered to match the deceased, and the Excalibur's computer will recognize Duran's voice as Khemsa's even though the voice pattern file has not itself been changed. Likewise with optic and fingerprint security checks. The entire thing is executed through file pointers executed via Level-6 access, superseding the system administrator, Lt. Bellasario, and even the Captain.] Service Record: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4501-4812: Star Fleet Academy Andor Cadet Department of Security, Performance: Satisfactory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4901-4912: Cadet Cruise - Military Operations USS Hashishiyun, NCC-516 (Saladin Destroyer) Midshipman Security Officer, Performance: Satisfactory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5001-5912: Military Operations USS Grok, NCC-20170 (Loknar Frigate) Ensign Security Officer, Performance: Competent Decorated: Purple Heart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6003- Field Operations Department USS Excalibur, NCC-2200 (Beta-Excelsior Battleship) 2nd Lieutenant Asst. Security Chief, Performance: No rating Service History: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Khemsa served almost a full decade aboard the USS Grok. Guarding the Andorian borders well within federation space, the vessel did not become involved in actual combat except against petty nuisances such as smugglers. However, on a training exercise, an emergency pressure door malfunctioned, crushing his rib- cage and partially collapsing his lungs. After his recovery, Khemsa requested an assignment aboard any ship outside the Blue Fleet. Perhaps in way of apology for the near-death experience, Star Fleet awarded him with a promotion and placed him aboard the Excalibur. _ /| Jim Vassilakos \`o_O' jimv@cs.ucr.edu ( ) jimv@wizards.com U Riverside, California ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Star Trek PBeM is archived on ftp.cs.pdx.edu in pub/frp/stories/startrek -----------------------------------------------------------------------------