Hedvika Dvorak

Rear Admiral

*For the Kelvin Timeline counterpart, please see Hedvika Dvorak (Kelvin Timeline).*

## Service Record

* Starfleet Academy 2393-2397
* Chief Tactical Officer, USS Scott, Nova-class 2397-2405
* Executive Officer, USS Duarte, Sabre-class 2405-2410
* Commanding Officer, USS Fletcher, Defiant-class 2410-2415
* Commanding Officer, USS Terror, Sovereign-class 2415-2416
* Commanding Officer, Second Fleet-Third Squadron 2416-2421

## Awards & Commondations

* Christopher Pike Medal for Valour
* Distinguished Service Medal
* Starfleet Medal of Commendation

## Biography

Born in Brno, Czechia to a family with no tradition of service in Starfleet. Hedvika Dvorak loved the stars from the moment of looking through her first telescope. She vowed she would travel among them. Her first week at Starfleet Academy was marked by tragedy following the deaths of her parents in a shuttle crash. The once cheerful and enthusiastic girl had turned into a cold and harsh woman. Having only service left to her, she poured all of her energy into her studies. This would pay off, as she graduated top of her class in 2397, by a margin of only three percentage points. With valedictorian status, she had her pick of almost any choice assignment that she could want. She was assigned to the USS Scott, a Nova-class Starship as Chief Tactical Officer, a rarity for an Ensign fresh from the academy. Dvorak thought that landing a senior position on a second line ship would be a career booster, but her cold and abrasive personality ended up working against her. It took twice as long to reach Lieutenant than one would have expected from an academy valedictorian. It became apparent that her personality was not going to assist her in rising through the ranks, so she focused instead on efficiency, gaining a reputation for being a harsh taskmaster. The Scott’s tactical department receiving some of the best performance reviews on record.

There would have been little hope for her ambitions if not for the outbreak of the Federation-Klingon War in 2405. The Scott was ambushed by two B’rel-class Birds of Prey and both the Captain and XO were killed in the opening shots, blowing out the bridge into open vacuum. Dvorak, taking command of the ship from the main engineering, engaged and destroyed both B’rels thanks to her well-oiled tactical machine, allowing the heavily damaged Scott to limp back to a Starbase where she was promptly written off.

Impressed with her command of the Scott in the crisis, she was awarded the Christopher Pike Medal for Valour and promoted to Lieutenant Commander, and very quickly to Commander afterwards. Finally making Captain of the USS Fletcher, a Defiant-class Escort in 2410 in the final days of the war.

With the end of the war, Dvorak’s hopes for continued advancement were dashed, she could best be described as a wartime officer. The girl who wanted to explore the stars and have all sorts of romantic adventures was dead, replacing her was a battle harden warrior woman with no more war to fight. She considered resigning, fate it would seem, had other ideas.

She was eventually made Admiral during the Iconian War, taking the Sovereign-class Starship USS Terror as flagship.

In 2420, Dvorak, detached from the Second Fleet aboard the USS Tethys on a mission to recover the long-missing USS Black, was ambushed by True Way forces en route. Saved from destruction by the USS Brazzaville, Dvorak came before Admiral Vex to supplicate JTFB's assistance in recovering the Black, which was only begrudgingly given, after a previous visit from Vice Admiral Rajesh Kapoor, who warned Vex that Dvorak was out for his job.

The rescue of the Black turned into a disaster, being a trap laid out by the terrorist group calling itself the Federation Marines, Dvorak and most of the USS Brazzaville's senior staff were taken captive. It was soon revealed that the Federation Marines had formed an Alliance of Convenience with the Terran Empire in the Badlands. Dvorak and the Brazzaville senior staff were turned over to the Terrans where they were tortured for information and amusement. The torture broke the tightly wound Dvorak. After Brazzaville's senior staff escaped, stealing the ISS Boudica in the process, she broke down in the post-action debrief and admitted to being a bad officer. She took to drinking heavily, and began compulsive, paranoid behaviours, such as hiding steak knives produced from the replicator for meals under the sofa in her quarters, and was once overheard by a station security officer to mutter 'they aren't going to get me,'

Five days after her 46th birthday, Hedvika Dvorak was murdered in her quarters. Station security discovered her body with one of the steak knives embedded in her chest. Her story, with its tragic beginning, came to a sad end.