Ghost Squad personnel profiles

Race: Human

Age: 48

Birthplace: Falkirk, Scotland

Physical Data:

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 210 lbs.

Sex: Male

Race: Caucasian

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Family: Father: James McCulloch

Mother: Sarah (Bucklin) McCulloch

Spouse: None, divorced from Commander Victoria Anne Smith, USS Attenborough

Children: None

Personality: Although quite bright and articulate, William McCulloch has, from time to time, displayed a deep passion for brawls. He is quick-tempered, curses often, enjoys most ales and brews, will devour any red meat and will drop any activity for a round of golf. He has a great sense of humor and was known for his practical jokes while at Starfleet Academy. His hatred of those who prey on the weak and innocent is only surpassed by his hatred of cowards. He has a deep respect for the Klingons and is convinced that the Klingons are somehow the distant cousins of the Scots.

Description: William McCulloch is approximately six-foot-one in height and well built with broad shoulders. He has blue eyes, brown hair and speaks with a Scottish accent. A faint scar from a childhood injury is noticeable on his left cheek. When off duty, William reverts back to his native clothing, which consists of a Highland bonnet, a sash with his clan colors (green, blue, red and yellow), civilian style shirts and jackets and his clan kilt.

History: William entered Starfleet Academy at age 18. While enrolled, his performance was poor and disorganized. Although he excelled in courses related to hand-to-hand combat, tactics and weaponry, he consistently scored in the bottom percentile of science, math and physics. He nearly failed his senior thesis by calling for the reintroduction of 19th century Earth military tactics. Following graduation, he was assigned to Security aboard the USS Concord. Although his conduct and performance was significantly better than his academy years, William had only achieved a rank of 2nd Lieutenant by the age of 27. Faced with a dead-end career, his superiors gave William a choice: resign his commission or enlist in the Shadow Ops. He chose the latter.

Following his training in Australia with Shadow Ops, McCulloch was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and assigned to the USS Renegade as its Tactical Officer. He participated in two major battles within Klingon territory. His courage and valor during the First Battle of Klingon Imperial Battle Station 21 earned him various medals of commendation from the Klingon Empire and the Federation.

Following the destruction of the USS Renegade by the Consortium, William assumed command of the surviving crew until it reached Deep Space Nine. Shortly thereafter, William and Ensign Victoria Smith were abducted by alien beings from the Epsilon Quadrant and hurled back to 1776 Earth as part of a bizarre experiment. After spending a month in 18th Century New York, William, without his love interest Victoria, was able to return to the present. After his return, he was reassigned to the USS Repulse and assumed the role of the second officer.

During a mission to Karthos Beta, McCulloch was drugged and kidnapped by a cloned Klingon Demon. During the encounter, he deserted his team, executed several Klingons, attempted to hijack a Klingon Bird of Prey and displayed acts of cowardice. He would have been killed by Klingon security personnel had Lt. Commander Taryn Kane not intervened on his behalf and saved his life; an act which created unquestionable loyalty to that officer.

On Stardate 9910.15, William McCulloch and other operatives traveled back to 1776 Earth and rescued Ensign Victoria Smith. After their return to the present, he proposed to her. They were married the next year.

On Stardate 0003.19, McCulloch served in the Second Battle of Klingon Imperial Battlestation 21 against the Breen and Dominion. As a result of his bravery during the engagement, no less than four Klingon Houses still sing songs of his valor and House K'toh-maag declared McCulloch an honorary member.

After the Second Battle of Klingon Imperial Battlestation 21, McCulloch was transferred to Bravo Squad. McCulloch served with distinction for several missions. However, on Stardate 0009.21, his wife was critically wounded in a terrorist attack. Overcome with grief and a desire for revenge, McCulloch circumvented acceptable Starfleet protocols and recruited a paramilitary organization known as The Black Watch to assist him in eliminating his wife’s assailants. Following the discovery of his actions, McCulloch defected to the Black Watch. It was only after several members of Bravo Squad were injured in a heavy firefight with the paramilitary organization that the Scot saw the error of his ways and negotiated his own surrender to Kyril Vree.

McCulloch accepted responsibility for his actions and quickly pled guilty before a military tribunal. The court quickly sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment at the Severus IV Prison Facility. McCulloch’s wife Victoria, who actually survived her attack, separated from her husband but chose to remain in contact with him.

During his first year of incarceration, McCulloch and his fellow prisoners were routinely beaten, robbed, tortured and humiliated by their marine guards. When the prisoners rose up in opposition to the cruel treatment, McCulloch took command of the revolt. After a bloody standoff and the intervention of Taryn Kane, more humane conditions were established.

On Stardate 0202.10, a high-yield bomb was beamed into the Severus IV Prison Facility. When detonated, it was believed to have executed William McCulloch and several other prisoners. Many whispered that the Black Watch, Orion Syndicate or the Maquis were responsible for the act. Others said it was a contract hit carried out by Bravo Squad. In reality, the entire event had been staged. Commander Taryn Kane and Admiral Sorvek had recruited McCulloch for covert service outside the Starfleet and Shadow Operations confines. Specifically, in exchange for serving seven missions with a band of mercenaries, rogues and thieves, William’s rank would be reinstated and his criminal convictions expunged. Naturally, McCulloch agreed to the proposal.

Following McCulloch’s release, Admiral Sorvek made arrangements to reunite McCulloch with his wife. However, when Victoria discovered that her estranged husband was still alive, she demanded a divorce. As she told the admiral, she could no longer be on the nightmare roller coaster ride that was William McCulloch. A divorce was quietly secured in a Starfleet court to protect William’s assignments.

During his service under Commander Kane, McCulloch participated in a variety of missions, including disrupting the Orion Syndicate’s child trafficking rings, undermining Romulan incursions into the neutral zone and stopping several assassination plots against mid and high-ranking Starfleet officers. Most notably, McCulloch led a complicated operation against his former allies, the Black Watch.

On Stardate 0511.28, McCulloch personally commanded an assault against the paramilitary organization. Following a desperate two day pitched battle, the Black Watch was permanently crippled and its leaders brought to justice.

Shortly afterward, McCulloch became romantically involved with Taryn Kane.
After completing their sixth mission, Starfleet ordered Kane’s team to be dissolved. Complicating matters, McCulloch was denied what he had been promised … a full pardon and a reinstatement of his rank. In the eyes of the Starfleet, he was still a convicted traitor.

Kane and Sorvek desperately tried to persuade Starfleet to reconsider. The requests fell on deaf ears.

After her team's dissolution, Kane was ordered to report to Deep Space Nine. McCulloch attempted to follow his new love interest but Starfleet quickly denied the request on security grounds. Two days after her departure, McCulloch received word that Kane’s transport had simply “disappeared,” and all lives on board were presumed lost.

To deal with the grief, William turned to the bottle.

Over the next four years, he was hired as a private contractor to perform various questionable and often illicit tasks. Typically, the Scot executed these duties while inebriated to dull the pain and distress caused by the failures of his life.

Eventually, Admiral Sorvek intervened and brought McCulloch to the colony of Caldos to start over. After a difficult year of recovery, McCulloch launched his own security and intelligence firm, “Inverness”. By Stardate 1708.25, Inverness employed over one hundred individuals in various roles, including weapons analysis, security tactics, counterintelligence operations, corporate espionage, and cyber disruption tactics.

Unbeknownst to many in Starfleet, Inverness also served a valuable and vital role to the organization’s intelligence wing, especially Admiral Sorvek and those under his command. When Starfleet struggled to identify mysterious new weapons, ascertain information on unknown terrorist organizations or gather intelligence on shadow organizations, McCulloch’s Inverness stepped forward and quietly offered assistance.

Following Admiral Sorvek’s death, McCulloch was accepted back into the Shadow Operations program as a provisional lieutenant commander. After successfully serving in two missions, displaying acts of both bravery and leadership above and beyond the call of duty and a sincere desire to redeem himself, Admiral MacLeod successfully secured full reinstatement in Starfleet. His record was expunged, he was promoted to the rank of commander and he was given command of a new operative team, “Ghost Squad”.

Since Union XII joined the Shadow Operations Program, Victoria has served with her ex-husband for two missions. After witnessing him repeatedly display a sincere desire to make amends for his past sins and demonstrate compassion and humanity towards those he interacts with, Victoria fell for her ex-husband and began to pursue him romantically.

The pair have started courting again.

William McCulloch has sworn to himself that he will be the commanding officer he should have been. He now lives by the personal motto that in battle, he will be the first to step onto the field and the last to leave it. Under no circumstances will he leave any member of his team behind. Dead … or alive … every member of Ghost Squad comes home.

### Daryl Thompson

Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Race: Human

Age: 44

Birthplace: Malibu Beach, Los Angeles

Physical Data:

Height: 6'1" (185cm)

Weight: 176lb (80kg)

Sex: Male

Race: Human

Hair: brown

Eyes: brown/green

Description:

Daryl has a normal but well trained posture. When off duty he wears leisure wear, simple t-shirts and jeans.

Family:

Father: Pete Thompson, Captain of U.S.S. Atlantis, deceased

Mother: Winona Thompson-Davis, deceased.

2 sisters : Demi Reiss-Thompson, 46 years old and Sharon Thompson, 39 years old.

1 brother: Julian Thompson, presumed dead at Wolf 359 in the battle against the Borg, at the age of 24.

Spouse: None

Children: None

History:

Born and raised in Los Angeles. His father was Captain of the U.S.S. Atlantis, a Nebula class vessel, used for middle and long-range missions. His mother was the personal advisor of the Governor of the State of California, James A. Miles. Daryl had a normal youth, together with his brother and sisters. However, things changed when hid brother Julian was presumed dead in the battle at Wolf 359. Both his parents were killed in the Dominion War. It made Daryl develop a bitter and cynic side.

Personality:

Daryl has a big mouth, which has brought him into trouble more than one time. But he is also very honest and a hard worker. The loss of his brother and parents created a dark, brooding side in him, which, when surfaced, mostly didn't do him or his surroundings any good. However, during the years in prison, and with more experience under his belt, he has learned to think before speaking.

He likes junk food and watersports. But also, rock climbing and running in the mountains are favourites of him. He is well trained in different types of martial arts, including Krav Maga, Kickboxing and Kung Fu. During his time in prison, he learned street fighting techniques from some Nausicaan as well as af ew Suus-Mahna techniques from a Vulcan. In Starfleet Academy, he got a degree in Advanced Computer Sciences and a degree in Quantum physics. He also excelled in Astrophysics and Stellar Cartography. During the last three year, Daryl did an intense Tactical/Security training. After his graduation, Daryl was quickly recruited for SO because of his extraordinary skills with computer hacking and his tactical and combat abilities.

During a SO mission in 2374, it was presumed that Daryl died and was brought back with medtech from the future. However, this was a clone. The real Daryl Thompson had been forcefully captured by Section 31 just before. He was moved to some backwater planet, was sold to a mining operation and imprisoned there. A lot of torture followed, as Section 31 wanted to break him so he would tell them everything about SO.

In the mining operation, as a slave, Daryl has to survive among the scum of the universe. He survived because of his skills and wit. However, he felt he was abandoned by Starfleet and Shadow Operations, as no one ever came to free him. Eventually, the torturing stops, but it leaves it's scars, both physically and mentally. After a few years, they are attacked.

Section 31 eventually fell to scandal and many of its members are killed or imprisoned, and the other group, some hired mercs working for a mining corporation, take over the place. Daryl sees chance to become the spokesman of the prisoners. Since the mercs are keeping the prisoners on a tight leash, there is no chance to escape. For years, Daryl has to stay there and work in the ore mines in the deeper layers of the planet.

Surviving two mining disasters and several bloody riots, after a long time Daryl gets the change to escape the prison with a few others. In 2390, Daryl is able to get to one of the safehouses from Starfleet Intelligence, where he is promptly arrested. He is brought back to Earth and sent to jail.

Admiral Sorvek debriefs him, and sends him home, as SO has been shut down 5 years earlier. He learns that a clone led his life, until it betrayed Section 31, along with his best friend Greg Durham. Eventually Admiral Erik Jaegar, who was secretly with Section 31, murdered the cloned Daryl and Greg Durham.  He was later arrested and placed in prison for his crimes after Section 31 fell.

After his escape and return, Daryl is reunited with his sisters and suffers a mental breakdown. In 2393, after a long period of recovery and advanced mental therapy and training, Daryl is reinstated as First Lieutenant at Starfleet Intelligence HQ on Earth.

### Ryramorl Ra'yral

Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Height: 6’9”

Age: 43 Years (UFP calender) 56 Passings of the Sentinal (Carnora calender)

Weight: 305 lbs (138kg)

Birthplace: Ra'yral Plains, Kingdom of Olavaron, Carnor, Antevas System

Rank:

Starfleet: Lieutenant Commander

Carnora Pentarchy Special Forces: OverKing Bodyguard

Race: Carnora (Olvern)

Family:

Father: Myaral La’an Ra’yral (Deceased)

Mother:  Yaranna La’an Ra’yral (Deceased)

Brothers: Chief of Chieftains Myaral Ra’yral, Yaranyar Ra’yral (Deceased)

Sisters:  Ry’anna La’an Ra’yral (Deceased), Nyarai La’an Ra’yral (Deceased)

Spouse:  Ry’ala’ara Yarwal Ra’yral

Offspring:  Ee’an Ra’yral, Ghronarh Ra’yral

Biography

First Elder Name Ryramorl In The La’an Tribe of Ra'yral was born into one of the few remaining Ancient Tribes on Carnor (that is, tribes that still live a stone-age life). He grew up being groomed for greatness and leadership, as La’an Tribes are basically royal families amongst the Carnora and Ryramorl was the son of the Chief of Chieftains.  When he was young, Carnor was invaded by the Jem’Hadar, who intended to use it as a staging ground for an invasion of the Klingon Empire.  The Carnora fought back and, due to their lesser numbers, lack of unity, and inferior weapons, were devastated by the invasion.  Only the intervention of the Khyrrians—the extradimensional rulers of the Antevas System—saved the Carnora from total extinction.  After the war, Ryramorl was considered as a possible Chief of Chieftains of the Ra’yral as his father had been killed, but the fact that he’d proven to be prone to berserk rages disqualified him, and the role went to his brother instead.

During the rebuilding of Carnor, Ryramorl became good friends with the war hero Shor-Ghan Roshaigaro in the Arnor Mountains.  Shor-Ghan saw to it that Ryramorl attended the Alronar Academy in the Carnora Republic. Near his graduation, the Alronar Academy did an exchange student program with Starfleet Academy as part of a plan from the Carnora government to establish stronger ties with the large and powerful United Federation of Planets; Ryramorl was the one chosen to go to Starfleet.

Naturally, he excelled in the physical training and did well academically but suffered a severe culture clash, as the Olvern's customs are far more primal (some might say barbaric) than other races that have achieved spaceflight. Major incidents included him transporting an animal native to his homeworld for the specific purpose of sacrificing it to his gods, seeking someone to be prey for a non-lethal hunt (a sport on his homeworld) and—most disturbingly—going berserk during a fight with his Andorian roommate.

This final incident would have jeopardized Ryramorl's time at the Academy, but he was visited in the brig by two Admirals he didn't recognize. They offered a deal: If he agreed to keep out of trouble from here on and join their organization upon graduation, and they would wipe his slate clean. Wanting to avoid disgrace, Ryramorl agreed.

A meeting between Starfleet Academy staff and members from Ryramorl's tribe revealed that the Carnora had tried to explain Ryramorl’s condition, but their tendancy towards metaphor and mythological referances had accidentally obscured their meaning. Ryramorl was given medicines to quell his urges and a regimen was created to help him control his rages.

The rest of his time at Starfleet Academy passed mostly without incident, and in his final year Ryramorl was made the Resident Assistant of his dorm (he was said to be the most fearsome RA that year).

Upon graduation, Ryramorl was called into a room with the two Admirals--who he learned were Sorvek and Eric Jaeger. He was taken for special training for Shadow Operations.

Ryramorl served on the Ticonderoga, then on Bravo Squad. Eric Jaeger's betrayal hit Ryramorl hard, as Jaeger had been the one who'd saved Ryramorl's starfleet career several years before. After the crisis with the Linea was over, Ryramorl returned to Carnor, so he and his mate Ry'ala'ara could raise their cubs and Ryramorl could recover mentally.

With his experiences in Shadow Operations, Ryramorl was drafted into the Carnora Republic Special Forces—and then the Carnora Republic began falling apart at the seams as the Atarans, Murans, and Usarins broke out in protest over Olvern rule. The Special Forces were tasked with quelling protests, only to be faced with what would become known as the Muransarak Uprising, in which massive armed demonstrations occurred in every city in that province--and those protests only spread, leaving the special forces completely overwhelmed, especially as non-Olvern operatives began talk of mutiny. Shor-Ghan decided the best thing to do to avoid a civil war he couldn't win was to surrender. His last act as President was to task the Special Forces to keep order while he met with the leaders of the protests.

Ryramorl helped keep order in his homeland as the Carnora Republic dissolved and transitioned to the Carnora Pentarchy, an empire in which all five Carnora races would govern equally.

The new Pentarchy was organized more along the lines of the Muran Council of Emperors from hundreds of years ago, including the provision of bodyguards to each monarch. As Ryramorl had become a personal friend of Shor-Ghan and was a member of the Special Forces, he was a natural choice as an Olvern bodyguard.

Then he got a message from Ian MacLeod, calling him back to service. Shor-Ghan, worried about mounting problems in the Federation, placed Ryramorl on special assignment to find out what was going on in the Federation.

After some time with Phoenix Squad, Ryramorl was transferred to Ghost Squad.

Capabilities:

Ryramorl is large and very strong. He has no problem using his claws and teeth in a fight; his martial arts have even trained him in the usage thereof. His training as a Special Forces member gives him some deductive and adductive skills. He has good hearing (his movable ears helps him pinpoint sounds) and a keen sense of smell.

As a Carnora, he also is prone to berserk rages. His tribe (like almost all Olvern tribes) have their own chant that one uses to work him or herself up to berserk rages; Ryramorl is also more prone to them during the height of his breeding cycle. Berserking is taken very seriously amongst Carnoras, and many tribes amongst the Olverns, Atarans, and Usarins have rituals in which members are taught to focus their rage on simple tasks that would normally be out of their capabilities. Ryramorl has a few holodeck simulations that help him keep up this control.

### Yevgeni Ibragimov

Rank: Chief Petty Officer

Race: Human

Age: 45

Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia

Physical Data:

Height: 6’2"

Weight: 232 lbs

Sex: Male

Hair: Black, short cropped

Eyes: Brown

Family:

Father: Yuri

Mother: Tatiana

Spouse: None

Children: None

Siblings: Younger sister, Lesya, engineer at Starfleet Academy

Personality: Strong silent type. Speaks with a heavy Russian accent. Has a dark sense of humor, but is known to have a temper as well. Happiest when he’s flying.

Description: Yevgeni Ibragimov is a big man. He has a muscular frame, broad shoulders and thick arms. He has short black hair and some facial hair.

History: Yevgeni Ibragimov was born in Novosibirsk, Russia in 2349. His father was a freighter pilot and his mother a botanist. He grew up in Russia for much of his childhood until his mother’s work led the family to settle on the colony of Rostoff V along the Federation/Cardassian border.

The Ibragimovs built a life on Rostoff, living among the mostly Russian population there. It was almost like home and Yevgeni flourished there. His mother was crucial in the creation of farms and further terra-forming effort there, while his father gave up freighter piloting and settled into work running supplies between the Federation colonies along the Cardassian border.

When he was 12, Yevgeni and his parents were at the Rostoff colony during the border wars with the Cardassians. Rostoff was attacked several times in 2361 and 2362, finally suffering invasion in 2363.

Ibragimov’s mother was killed in the invasion and he and his father were evacuated along with other surviving settlers by the USS Crazy Horse and ended up at a refugee camp on Solharis III. It was there Ibragimov and his father first began to collaborate with resistance fighters who wished to return to the Demilitarized Zone and seek to retake the colonies lost to the Cardassian Union.

In 2368-69 the Ibragimovs were full-fledged members of the Maquis, fighting the Cardassians as part of a cell that operated out of the Badlands. After a number of successful missions, Yevgeni’s father was killed in an ambush and to make matters worse he and the surviving members of the cell were apprehended by Starfleet when they returned from the incursion.

Yevgeni spent from 2369-2373 incarcerated in the Federation Penal Colony in New Zealand on Earth. Several weeks into the Dominion War, Yevgeni and several of his Maquis colleagues were released from prison to undertake a mission on behalf of the Federation. In return, they were to be granted full pardons.

The Maquis team was sent to infiltrate a Jem’Hadar ketracil white production facility on the former border colony of Rostoff V, now in Cardassian/Dominion hands. Yevgeni led the team and they successfully slipped into the base, destroyed it and escaped in a stolen ship. ‘

With a successful mission behind them, the ex-Maquis team agreed to become a Starfleet insurgency unit. They operated behind enemy lines for the rest of the war, carrying out a number of successful search and destroy missions.

The unit disbanded after the war, and Yevgeni joined Starfleet as an enlisted crewman. He served in security aboard the USS Lanzhou from 2377-2382, attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer before he left Starfleet.

Yevgeni learned the Rostoff colony, now under Federation control, was being rebuilt; he went there to make a home for himself. He spent a couple years building a home, farming and making a new life for himself. However, he missed doing what he did best – fighting and clandestine ops.

So when some of his former Maquis buddies asked him to join their mercenary outfit, Ibragimov jumped at the chance. He and his team took on covert ops for Starfleet Intelligence from 2384 to 2390. It was at that time the unit disbanded, but Ibragimov wanted to stay in the business and he and his ship, the Venomous, have been taking odd jobs – including work for Starfleet from time-to-time.

After a mission with Shadow Operations on behalf of Admiral MacLeod, Ibragimov expressed interest in coming back to Starfleet. MacLeod made the arrangements for him to be reinstated and to join a new Shadow Ops training academy.

Once he was trained, Ibragimov was assigned to the new Ghost Squad under the command of WIlliam McCulloch.

### T’Zol

Rank: Lieutenant

Race: Vulcan

Age: 32

Height: 5’8”

Weight: 130 lbs

Sex: Female

Hair: Blackish, worn longer and

styled different than typical Vulcans

Eyes: Brown

Family

Father:  Senvok

Mother: T’Ral

Siblings: Brother, Sunok

Spouse: None

Children: None

Personality: Witty, sometimes humorous despite a dark sense of humor, T’Zol is unlike most Vulcans in that she is warm, open, and friendly. She is usually upbeat, even in the face of danger or insurmountable odds and maintains a positive attitude. She is very intelligent, even though she has not embraced logic like other Vulcans.

History: T’Zol was born on Vulcan in the city of Vulcana Regar in 2363. Her father is a renowned author and instructor who teaches at the Vulcan Science Academy, while her mother is an aide to the Vulcan High Command. Her older brother, Sunok, is in Starfleet serving as science officer aboard the USS Wisconsin.

From the time she was young, T’Zol has rebelled against authority and the teachings of logic on Vulcan. She barely completed secondary school, not because of grades but because of her unwillingness to conform and accept logic.

She was accepted into the Vulcan Science Academy in 2381, after many strings were pulled by her father and favors were called in. At the academy, T’Zol focused on studies in cybernetics and nanotechnology.

About a year after joining the academy, T’Zol found herself expelled due to her continued rejection of logic and research into melding technology with a Vulcan brain. While unopposed to cybernetics for medical purposes, Vulcan have rejected any ideas of infusing of technology into a perfectly good Vulcan mind.

T’Zol’s studies revolved around using small computer implants to control Vulcan emptions without purging them. This cybernetic brain implant would also allow a Vulcan’s focused mind to multi-task and store more memory than an average brain.

She was referred to special counselors and programs on Vulcan to try and force her acceptance of Vulcan ways and logic. Repeated conflicts with staff and other “patients” at the facility resulted not only in her expulsion, but at her father’s request the Vulcan High Command exiled her from her homeworld completely.

T’Zol applied to and was accepted into Starfleet Academy in 2383. She graduated in 2386 and was recruited into Starfleet Intelligence where she began as an analyst, but eventually worked her way up to becoming a field agent.

Because of her appearance, but ability to act in a non-Vulcan manner, T’Zol was able to go undercover as a Romulan with ease and helped Starfleet Intelligence expose a couple of dangerous terrorist cells determined to disrupt Federation influence and cooperation with the Romulan Empire after the supernova destroyed Romulus and caused the Romulan people to become scattered.

In 2388, T’Zol used shore leave to travel outside the Federation to Binar where she willingly had a cybernetic implant – the computer she had designed – placed in her head. The device cannot be seen on the exterior of her body, except for a tiny port at the base of her skull hidden by hair.

When she returned from this trip and Starfleet Intelligence discovered she undergone a procedure for the implant, concern was raised about why she would allow this. T’Zol explained to her superiors the implant would allow her to multitask easier, and coupled with her superior Vulcan mind, she is able to do many things like scan, monitor and act as a relay for comm-channels, access computers, control and receive data from up to 8 multi-role nanoprobes and so forth.

Starfleet Intelligence found her new abilities to be useful, so Starfleet anti-virus security software was added to her programming, and she was allowed to remain on duty. She was ordered not to have any further cybernetic alterations or risk being expelled from Starfleet.

Her abilities from the implant earned her the nickname “The Hub” from her colleagues, where she worked until 2395 when she applied to serve in Shadow Operations, went through training and was assigned to the USS Yorktown.