Varkiya Tulpar

Ensign Varkiya Tulpar is an intelligence officer onboard the USS Odyssey.
== Background ==
Varkiya was born in New Romulus, her father a Republic politician with an office, mother is a Vulcan-born pilot who became a housewife now busied herself with charities. There’s one step-sibling from her mother’s side that she barely ever sees, and two more from her father’s side that she has only seen through far-correspondences, them being researchers situated in a far-off space station. 
With the absence of her parents, Varkiya’s parental figures were (still are) her paternal grandparents. Elderly, erudite and kind looking, they seemed to treat young Varkiya as a pet project: how to make someone who looks completely well adjusted while seeding the child’s mind with thin, invisible strings. She learned that secrets are two-edged power and the control of secrets is its blade. Small things that trickled, knowledge and means that most would be thrice-executed to possess, and at some point Varkiya started to question the experiences and the background of her grandparents. She found nothing, and her distant but accommodating father, for all his wisdom and experience, seemed to be completely in the dark as well, only knowing his parents to be retired government attaches. 
(Or he could be lying to her. Perhaps he was, too, an exceptional liar.) 
Her mother’s family had produced several Starfleet officers, and one of her Federation Officer uncles offered the chance for her to be sponsored by him to attend the academy. Her parents not having any issues with it, Varkiya agreed.
She naturally gravitated towards the Intelligence branch of the courses, scoring high marks in them and taking no less than third place.
Varkiya’s first assignment was aboard a space station that oversaw a research complex. The space station also served as a hub with moderate amount of traffic, allowing her to come in contact with various species and not all of them joined the Federation. 
After less than two years, she was assigned to the Odyssey to join their Intelligence branch. 
== Appearance ==
Pale olive skin, dark hair, dark gray-hazel eyes. 5’11”. Barely present brow ridges; passes as a Vulcan. 
== Personality ==
Seemingly reasonable, quiet and personable enough. She follows orders when required, in all appearances putting great emphasis on the hierarchy of command. Sometimes deadpan in her worldview, veering to (most likely jokingly) nihilistic. Perhaps has profound trust issues that she chalks off as occupational hazards. Finds furry, small animals and high energy people enigmas of the universe.
Category:Characters
Category:Odyssey Crew
Category:Intelligence
Category:Ensign
Category:Romulan
Category:Female
Category:Junior Officer
Category:Poplar