Sakchai tr’Valdore

At first impressions, Sakchai is a typical Cardassian. He is loud, loves to argue, outgoing, and overly confident. Even if he knows he isn’t the best, he carries himself like he is. Sakchai loves to debate about any topic, especially with his friends. He has a way of getting along with anyone, so much so that he could sometimes be seen as two-faced. His whole life he has struggled with his emotions, with varied success with Surak. He loves kickboxing and any sort of contact sport. He is also very passionate with his relationships, sometimes to the point where his partner feels that he is too obsessed.

## Appearance

Sakchai stands at 210cm (6’11), rather tall for both of his species with Cardassian ridges that come to a sharp V shape between his eyes and pointed ears. He has a gray-green skintone which also sets him apart from both Cardassians and Romulans. He also has sharp teeth!

Just like most Cardassians, he has broad shoulders and scale-like ridges running down his neck. He is physically fit with muscle definition focused around his chest and core area. His leg muscles are less defined, giving him an upside down triangle body shape.

Due to a problem in the womb, Sakchai was born with only a partially formed left hand. Originally his hand had two fingers fused together, but upon receiving surgery, his two fingers were split, leaving a small scar along the sides of them. Sakchai could not be fitted for prosthetics until after the Dominion War and by then, he was already accustomed to navigating the world with seven fingers.

## Early Life

Born at the height of the Dominion War in 2373, Sakchai’s parents were prisoners of Internment Camp 371. His mother was a member of the Obsidian Order and his father a member of the Tal Shiar. The two were survivors of The Battle of the Omarion Nebula and were being held at the camp as prisoners of war. Sakchai’s parents were unsure of who would take custody of him so they gave him a Romulan first name (S’Tcaevra meaning Brave Heart) and took both of his parent’s family names (Tan tr’Valdore). Sakchai’s father was killed before him and his mother were released. Sakchai’s mother took him back with her to Cardassia Prime and gave him the Cardassian name Brekorr as if that would hide his true heritage.

On Cardassia Prime, Sakchai was given to his family whilst his mother went back to fight for Cardassia with Damar’s rebellion. Sakchai’s sister, Chalita, was 17 and immediately sensed the war was not going well and knew she had to get herself and Sakchai to a safer place so they went to Cardassia IV. The two made friends with a Vulcan couple who had adopted a Cardassian child named S’Tven who attended school with Sakchai. After the war was over, Sakchai’s mother returned and immediately fell into a deep depression upon learning that her two children were the only ones to survive the war. The Vulcan couple officially adopted Sakchai and Chalita when they realised that Sakchai’s mother was unable to properly care for them. Sakchai was a dutiful son and did his best to care for his grieving mother. At first they had a good relationship, but as he got older, he started to resemble his father a lot, which made his mother grow bitter towards him. Sakchai’s Vulcan parents called him by his Romulan name, S’Tcaevra, but he often got mixed up with his step brother S’Tven, hence why he ended up choosing to go by the similar name Sakchai.

### First Marriage

When Sakchai was 17, his parents took him on holiday to Jurisa, a Vulcan colony, to visit the science museum. In his tour group he met a Vulcan girl named Solor who was the same age as him. She was planning on enlisting in Starfleet with hopes of pursuing a career in science. Much to her parents' disappointment, Solor fell in love with Sakchai and she even walked out on her pre-arranged mate to be with him. The two had a turbulent relationship due to being so young, but despite that, they were married a year later when they were 18.

## Why the CDF?

Originally Sakchai wanted to enlist in Starfleet so he and his wife could be together and explore the stars. As a legally married couple, Sakchai had Federation citizenship and would not need a letter of recommendation. His Vulcan guardians were in full support of his dreams, but his mother was not. To enlist in Starfleet, he asked his mother for his birth records from the prison camp, which also listed his Romulan father’s name. His mother had never been forthcoming with his Romulan father so the two got into a heated argument and Sakchai ended up missing the enlistment deadline. He later got scolded by his wife who was disappointed he let an argument with his mother get in the way of his application. She accused him of not taking his Starfleet application seriously and letting his Cardassian pride get in the way.

S’Tven was already planning on enlisting in the CDF and he encouraged Sakchai to do the same. Sakchai’s wife felt hurt that he was not going to join Starfleet with her as they had promised to each other, but at least he was doing something and could transfer into Starfleet later.

## CDF Academy Life

Sakchai attended the Cardassian Academy at the tender age of 18 with his step brother S’Tven. The two cultivated a large friend group that went out and partied. Sakchai took a few piloting courses as was required and liked it a lot, so much so that he chose command as his division in his third year. His grades were average at best (because of all the partying) which also put a lot of strain on his marriage. He was absolutely bombing all his helmsman classes and that’s when his instructors advised him maybe the helm was not his place. This crushed Sakchai and he started to wonder if the CDF was the right decision. It didn’t help that S’Tven dropped out in their third year due to burnout. All of this stress led Sakchai to wonder if maybe he should try and find his Romulan family, maybe that was where he belonged. With the help of his sister and Vulcan adoptive parents, Sakchai was able to track down his birth records and attempted to get communications out to find his Romulan family.

When Sakchai brought up the possibility of him meeting his Romulan family, his wife was unsupportive. She didn’t like that he was wasting his study time chasing after a bunch of ‘probably war criminal Romulans’. The two had a big fight and in the end they decided their goals were too different and a divorce was for the best. Although the break up was a mutual agreement, Sakchai was still very heartbroken. He also ended up switching out of command to OPS to become a space traffic controller. It was a similar job to helmsman and he could use his strong organisation and multitasking skills.

Sakchai ended up meeting family friends of his Romulan family on Vulcan. His actual family were living on Virinat colony and were unable to meet him, but they had some friends who had fled to Vulcan following the Supernova. Sakchai officially took his Romulan name and agreed to be betrothed to a woman named Doha t’Rylov. Little did Sakchai know, his Romulan understood this acceptance as him wanting to take up the head of house position.

## Previous Postings

### Cefta Nor 4D: 2394 - 2396

Sakchai’s first posting as a space traffic controller was on the Cardassian starbase Cefta Nor 4D in the Reimers system, located in the Bajor sector. In Sakchai’s second year at the station, he oversaw a training flight with a cadet and her instructor. Upon departure from the station, the instructor suddenly collapsed, leaving the cadet to fly the ship on her own. Sakchai was able to use his flight knowledge to not only walk the cadet through proper docking procedures, but also mobilised medical personnel to the airlock to help the trainer. Sadly, the trainer had died from a heart attack, but Sakchai was recognised for his efforts and the cadet even thanked him later on in her graduation speech for his support. Sakchai took a few months off and when he returned he was transferred.

### Inok Nor: 2396 - 2399

Inok Nor was located deep within Cardassian space and the area was full of various pirate factions and even some True Way activity. This posting was also the first time Sakchai got to work with non-Cardassians since Starfleet had a couple of intelligence officers stationed here due to its closeness to True Way outposts. Despite the cultural differences, Sakchai got along with most of the crew, which also happened to include his ex-wife who was stationed there. Sakchai was planning on staying away from her until one of his friends approached him to ask if he could set him up with her. This started a very turbulent and awkward love triangle between the three with Sakchai’s friend eventually falling for him too.

In Sakchai’s second year he noticed his friend acting a bit strange. He began to make small mistakes and Sakchai quickly stepped in to help. Unfortunately this also put Sakchai under scrutiny as even when Sakchai tried to help, sometimes mistakes still happened. His friend’s relationship with his ex-wife also fell apart, but they all remained friends. When shore leave came, Sakchai’s friend invited him to come with him to a nearby colony to do some partying. When the two arrived on the colony however, Sakchai soon realised it was a trap. Sakchai’s ‘friend’ was actually a Changeling infiltrator working with the True Way and they gave Sakchai the choice; cooperate with them and work as their agent on Inok Nor, or he could stay at the prison colony as a prisoner. Sakchai chose to stay as he was sure he would be able to escape or at the very least, send out a message to warn the station.

Sakchai was kept in prison on the colony whilst his position on Inok Nor was filled by a Changeling (unknown to Sakchai). Sakchai’s cellmate was a Romulan Republic officer who was taken prisoner during one of the many Republic ship raids conducted by the True Way. The guards purposefully put prisoners together who they thought would hate each other and at first glance they just assumed Sakchai was Cardassian. Too bad for them, Sakchai and this Republic officer got along well and became bros. The Republic officer was a cryptologist and helped break him and Sakchai out of prison. The two then headed to the main OPS room where the Republic officer helped Sakchai get into the computer system. The colony was located deep within a cluster of asteroids so many ships passing through relied on accurate flight data and planning. Sakchai purposefully rerouted ships and gave headings that would ensure a collision. With pandemonium breaking out, Sakchai and the Republic officer made their great escape and headed back to Inok Nor.

Upon arriving to Inok Nor, Sakchai was immediately arrested for treason. That’s when he found out he had been replaced by a Changeling. His Republic friend vouched for his innocence and Sakchai offered up a number of pieces of intelligence about True Way activities, including how he was able to disable the True Way fleet and escape. He was eventually found innocent and his Republic friend was sent back to Romulan space. Before parting, his friend told him that should he ever want to explore his Romulan heritage, he was always welcome in the Republic.

Upon review of his service record, Sakchai was then invited by the Cardassian Intelligence Bureau for a job in intelligence. They were impressed with Sakchai’s work and thought he would make a great field agent.

### Cardassia Prime: 2399-2401

Sakchai’s first mission as an intelligence officer was to monitor the activities of interplanetary travel on Cardassia Prime. The planet had been steadily recovering from the war and there was suspicion a number of Detapa Council members were True Way sympathisers. Sakchai took on the role of personal assistant for one of the council members.

For his new position, Sakchai was given a new identity and some cosmetic surgery to make him appear fully Cardassian so he could better blend in with his colleagues. He was a perfect fit for the position with his nosiness and taking on a different identity came easily to him. The council member he was serving under was a respectable and kind woman who treated Sakchai with respect. She enjoyed his debates and was happy to have him along on her personal trips. She had a daughter that she introduced to Sakchai and whilst the two got along well, Sakchai felt bad that he wasn’t able to reveal his real name or intentions. Although they couldn’t date, Sakchai gladly accepted her friendship. It was at the end of his second year that he realised– it was her who was slipping information to the True Way. Sakchai felt sad that he would need to report her to his superiors and she would probably be questioned and charged with treason. That was exactly what happened to her and Sakchai requested to be reassigned after that.

### Deep Space 9 / Terok Nor: 2401 - 2406

Sakchai’s appearance was reverted back to normal and he was reassigned to Deep Space Nine at the Cardassian Embassy where he worked as a logistics officer. He coordinated meetings and made sure no one was doing shady things. Sakchai enjoyed his time on DS9 and made a few friends. He still spoke with his Republic friend and did his best to try and keep up his Rihannsu studies, but with very little need for the language, he forgot a lot of what he had learned. Still, Sakchai had a good time on DS9 and visited the Bajoran temple. He also was invited by one of the Bajoran ambassadors to go on an away mission through the Celestial Temple.

Sakchai had a short-lived romance with a Bajoran officer on the station. They both had feelings for each other, but due to her traditionalist parents, she knew they’d never accept her with a Cardassian-Romulan man. They were close friends, but Sakchai was still sad that things were probably not going to work out. Nothing else of note happened and at the end of his 6th year on the station, he was invited by his Republic friend to come visit the Flotilla that had recently been established. So Sakchai decided it was probably a good time to go visit Romulan space.

### Marriage Electric Boogaloo 2: 2406-2407

As per his promise. Sakchai was married at the age of 34 to Doha t’Rylov and was her second husband. Doha and Sakchai got along wonderfully and she seemed to enjoy debating just as much as Sakchai. Soon after their wedding, Sakchai was then informed that he was to be the head of the Valdore house. Sakchai was hoping to go back to resume his job with the CDF, but his family insisted he stay since they didn’t have anyone else capable of taking the position. His father’s family was very pushy and guilt tripped him like crazy so he told the CDF he would be extending his shore leave and stayed with the Flotilla for a year as a civilian.

### Rh'Ihho Station: 2407 - 2412

Following his year hiatus from service, Sakchai was surprised to hear the CDF told him he could stay in Romulan space. They had been investigating True Way activity and some stolen Republic ships and considering Sakchai had good standing in the Republic, he was the perfect person to investigate.

Being Cardassian, Sakchai was overly obsessed with little details. To some of his coworkers, he was a bit too obsessed, but his efforts paid off and over the course of a year he had identified a suspicious pattern of cargo ships. A bunch of seemingly unrelated cargo vessels passed through the station, each who had small chunks of their flight path somehow missing. Having malfunctioning flight maps was not too unusual, especially since the malfunctions were brief and the ships were passing through asteroid clusteres where there were natural interferences with sensors. Sakchai thought it was strange that all the ships took the same path and the malfunctions happened in the same spot. With Sakchai’s data, the Republic along with some Starfleet officers were able to track down a True Way base hidden in a thick asteroid field.

By mid 2412, Sakchai’s family had already settled on Mol’Rihan and his wife reported some fishy business going on with the Rylov’s. She told Sakchai that she witnessed her sister killing their father and Sakchai, like any good intelligence officer, headed home to Mol’Rihan to see what was up. Valleka quickly caught on that Doha and Sakchai were onto her secret so she killed Doha and framed Sakchai for it. It took Sakchai months to clear his name and eventually he was found innocent. After that though, Sakchai told his family he was going home. Home to Cardassia.

### Cardassia Prime 2412-2414

Sakchai returned to Cardassia Prime, but this time he was there on holiday. He didn’t realise how hard the burnout was and decided to just take a year off to himself. S’Tven was also enjoying the unemployed life and his latest hyperfixation was geocaching.

S’Tven and Sakchai enjoyed travelling around Cardassia Prime searching and hiding geocaches. Sakchai had a ton of trinkets from Romulan space that he loved to hide. One day when the brothers were out searching for a hiding spot in forests of Culat province they came upon a box buried in the ground. At first they thought maybe it was an old geocache, but there was no log book, it was just an empty box. Sakchai and S’Tven decided to hide their treasure in the box and seal it with Sakchai’s Romulan lock that would need to be broken with a password transmitted on a Romulan radio frequency. The sun was going down and they realised they needed to get home for dinner (their Vulcan parents were very strict about dinner time) so they planned to return to the same location later.

The next day the two attempted to find the lock box. Thankfully with a Romulan lock, Sakchai could track it with his tricorder. As they approached the location of the box, they noticed a group of people all in Cardassian uniforms gathered around it. They recorded the entire conversation and Sakchai picked up on one name, ‘Giyon Za’ari’, one of his coworkers and someone who lived just outside the forest. It sounded like Giyon was passing off flight coordinates to these people and upon further inspection into Giyon’s file, he wondered if this was True Way related.

The following day, Sakchai and S’Tven decided to drop by the Za’ari household with the excuse that S’Tven was doing a research project on how Bajorans practice their faith on Cardassia and that Sakchai just so happened to be tagging along. Their plan was S’Tven would do his interview and Sakchai would try and chat with Giyon. That did not happen as Giyon told Sakchai that Romulans were not welcome in his home. S’Tven gave Ellara the recording and asked if she had any further details. She was actually quite forthcoming that she had long suspected that Giyon was up to no good and was already gathering evidence to submit to authorities.

Sakchai headed to the CIB to file a report and was told that they already had a file of evidence submitted by Ellara days before. Giyon was arrested soon after and put in prison for treason and leaking state secrets to the True Way.

### Starbase 777: 2414 - present

Returning back to service, Sakchai was told that the CDF was conducting more operations to scout for missing Cardassian tech within Romulan space. The CDF wanted Sakchai to return to the Republic, but he politely declined. It was not because he didn’t like his fellow Romulans, but after all the bullshit he faced there he didn’t want to risk getting framed for murder again, especially with Valleka as senator on Mol’Rihan. So the CDF asked if he would consider a Starfleet exchange – and he could go back to being a Space Traffic Controller, which was always his biggest passion. He agreed and although he would still be communicating with Cardassian Intelligence from time to time, he wasn’t there as an agent.