K'kothi

Ensign K'kothi is a tactical officer on the USS Odyssey.
== Background ==
Now, where to start? K'kothi was born on a Klingon colony world, policed and "under the protection" of a House that K'kothi grew to despise, and it made him grow a negative view of the Empire because of them. They would always preach honor and glory, yet cower in their ships while the people below had to suffer with crime. While in his teenage years, he did much research into other governments in the galactic light at the time. The most prominent he found were the Federation, the Romulan Empire, and other factions that seem to be much more closed to outsiders. To him, though the Federation doesn't seek glory and combat, they were the best choice that wasn't the Klingon Empire. 
So, when he legally became an adult by Klingon standards, he scrounged his belongings up and booked a flight to a nearby Klingon Starbase, where he would then acquire a civilian craft that could take him far enough to the closest Federation outpost. He spent the first few months gathering paperwork and anything needed to try and apply for Federation Citizenship. Several more months pass at the outpost, trying to get everything in order. He knew this was his biggest chance for service in Starfleet. In total, he spent about 9 months time at the base before he was approved and granted Citizenship. Afterwards, he started working his way towards getting into Starfleet's ranks.
Being a Klingon in Starfleet, although has happened before, is few and far between. He still felt like people kept an extra eye on him. He naturally gravitated towards the tactical side of things, and although he thought the humans as bland, he still preferred to be there than in the Empire, with the assurance that he will most likely not get stabbed in the back in an alley, or have to deal with cowards. He knew where he stood with the humans.
He worked hard to try and earn his place among the ranks of Starfleet. Day in and out, he would put multiple hours into his classes to make sure that he puts the best of him out there. When it came near time for the exams, he was able to pass it with very good marks.
Some time after graduation, he got posted on the U.S.S. Garromelo, as an Ensign Bridge Tactical officer. It was a new ship, and it was commanded by a crew eager to get into space. They were given a deep space assignment to investigate disappearances in a certain area of space. When they got to the designated coordinates, they found that it was an unidentified anomaly not recognized by the Computer. They went to get a closer look, and were pulled into the anomaly.
The ship gets sucked in, and they get thrown thousands of lightyears into the Delta Quadrant. The ship is badly damaged, a large portion of the crew dead or injured. They limped to a star system to conduct repairs and basically everything. After about 2 weeks, they assess their situation and decide to try and make it back home. They aren't anywhere as far as Voyager, but it'll be many years before they see friendly seas again. 
Jump to 1 year later, and K'kothi is at his post during a Hirogen attack. The ship is hurt badly, the bulkheads are busted. One last torpedo to the aft section of the hull, and he is sucked into empty space. The end.
Or is it? 
K'kothi's lifeless corpse floats through space for about 6 months, before it is picked up by a Kobali convoy, and he is brought back to life. He gets injected with the DNA pathogen, it slowly changing his DNA over a course of several months, before he gets placed in a family unit. He remembers most of his past life, and can't deal with the fact that he had been ripped from the dead and brought back to life again, after being dead for so long. It goes against everything he believed in. 
The first year was tough, he held a hate for the Kobali, and what they did to him. He had to act as if he were integrating into their society first, to get their trust. In the second year, he came into contact with another Kobali who wished to also help K'kothi escape. For reasons still confusing to him, the comrade did not wish to come with, stating "I don't have the spirit to try at this point."
The third year was when the Kobali trusted K'kothi enough to put his skills to good use, knowing he had skills in the combat department, by giving him a job of being a Kobali enforcer. They didn't trust him with lethal weapons, but gave him extensive training on combat tactics and weapons, even superior to the training he got in Starfleet. He became very proficient with his job.
He still had to climb for a year before they trusted him with lethal weapons. This was the opportunity he needed.
He told the plan to his comrade, and they agreed. About a week later, K'kothi and his comrade assaulted and knocked an Enforcer unconcious. K'kothi brought his weapon, and the comrade had brought a large item for them to incinerate to get energy scorches into the ground. Their original plan was to blame the Enforcer for "killing" K'kothi, and for him to hide out for a little before his comrade let him use the family's shuttle that the Kobali family trusted the comrade with. 
What K'kothi didn't know is that his comrade actually killed and incinerated the Enforcer, and spun the story to say that K'kothi assaulted the officer, killed him, then killed himself. The comrade knew the original story wouldn't hold up, but he also knew K'kothi probably wouldn't agree to his idea. The Kobali family and others believed the story, holding a funeral while K'kothi's comrade flew him off planet and into safe hands.
K'kothi spent a full 4 years living with the Kobali, and would spend the next 4 traversing the delta quadrant to get back to Starfleet. On the way, he makes a deal with the Hazari for their ships to escort him for safe travel, stole a Voth shuttle, and almost had a death experience with the Borg. But those are stories for other times. He cut his journey surprisingly quicker than expected, though that was to the benefit of being one man on his own rather than multiple people. And he didn't stop often to explore.
After a grueling 4 years, he made his way back to the Alpha quadrant, where he then sent a subspace message to the closest Starfleet base. He got a response and a ship was dispatched within the day. He spent the next week at the base, as they made sure he was who he claimed to be, and they made sure that he wasn't being actively searched for by the Kobali before they cautiously let him back into Starfleet. 
When they confirmed it was really him, he was brought back with open arms and a celebration that one of the crew of the Garromelo made it back in one piece on their own back to Starfleet. He went through a quick reintegration course to make sure he is fit for duty, and then given the option for almost any posting he wished.
With a fiery spite to "stick it to the necromancers" as a human officer explained his reason, he requested a posting on the Odyssey, to get as far deep out into space as possible to show he isn't going to cower behind safe, federation territory.
== Appearance ==
While not on inaprovaline treatments, he is pale with the trademark Kobali purple streaks along his skull. While on inaprovaline treatments, he looks like a normal Klingon, with long hair and rich dark skin.
== Personality ==
He understands and respects higher authority, though of course he is more brash and is looser off-duty. Although he holds a negative view of the Empire, he is still culturally a Klingon. He doesn't like to procrastinate.
== Psych Evaluation ==
He holds a strong hate for the Kobali, and the 4 years of trying to escape the Delta Quadrant had taken a toll on him. He is loyal to Starfleet, and has begrudgingly taken his counseling sessions required because of his experiences in the Delta Quadrant, but in spite of that he was qualified for duty again.
== Medical ==
Though not exactly necessary, K'kothi takes inaprovaline treatments for the Kobali DNA pathogen so that he can stay (looking) as a Klingon.
== Other Information ==
* Likes: Serving Starfleet, used to love the classic Klingon cuisine, but because of the Kobali he no longer can enjoy them.
* Dislikes: The Kobali (of course), when people call him by his Kobali name, when his honor and existence of being Klingon is challenged.
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