Sakkath s'Rllaillieu

Calm and collected, gentle and soft-spoken. Sakkath is a traveller by nature and a scholar by nurture. They seem to know a little bit of everything with their wide knowledge of many different cultures throughout the galaxy. They are pretty easy to get along with and have no problem making friends. They have a very ‘with me or against me’ sort of mentality and are always quick to point out flaws in logic or inequality.

## Appearance

Sakkath has tan skin and stands at 6’7 (203cm), average for a Vulcanoid. They have pointed ears and slanted eyebrows with prominent forehead ridges as is common in their species.

They have fluffy and curly dark brown hair with a dyed blonde streak. Their hair texture is naturally wavy/curly but they straighten it on occassion. Their internal physiology more closely aligns with Vulcans, although they do have a grey heart like a Romulan. They are very particular about their appearance, especially their hair which is a sensitive thing for them. Their eyes are heterochromatic, one is teal and the other is dark brown (a condition shared by their mother as well).

They have a long torso and long limbs. They have a ballet dancer’s build with most of their muscle definition and fat around their hips and thighs. They have narrow eyes with long eyelashes and typically do not wear make up aside from the occasional tinted moisturiser or a nude lipstick.

Out of uniform they typically wear Vulcan robes or other types of loose fitting clothing. Sometimes they wear the Starfleet skant uniform. They have a pet tribble named Tiny Sakkath (T’Kath) that often accompanies them by riding on their shoulder, tucked away in their curly locks.

## Early Life

### Age 0-10: 2385 - 2395

Sakkath was born on the D’Kyr-class Vulcan ship VSS N’Keth in the Delta Quadrant to a Vulcan father and a Romulan mother. Their mother was a xenoanthropologist and their father was a botanist. The mission of the N’Keth was to study the various cultures in the Delta Quadrant more specifically with focus on the Ocampans. Sakkath’s mother, T’Lora, had always been curious about the telepathic species due to their short life spans and how their society evolved.

The events soon following Sakkath’s birth were anything but calm as their parents fought quite a lot. The main point of disagreement was how to raise Sakkath. T’Lora wanted to remain on the N’Keth and let Sakkath enjoy life as a traveller just like she had, whilst Sulak thought it would be best to return to Vulcan where they could be sure Sakkath would get the best education. With their growing tensions, T’Lora finally relented and they all moved back to Vulcan.

Sakkath arrived on Vulcan when they were four years old and began schooling. Their father was a lecturer at the Vulcan Science Academy and their mother was a researcher who was writing her book on the Ocampans. The Vulcan education was pretty brutal on the Romulan hybrid especially when they didn’t have a quiet home to return to. Their teachers recommended more strict meditation and they ended up throwing all their efforts into that. The meditations helped, but it didn’t change the fact that constant arguing at home was stressful and all they wanted was hugs from their parents, well, at least their mother.

During Sakkath’s breaks from school, their mother would take them on trips to other colonies or even other worlds if the break was long enough, anything to get away from Sakkath’s father. She also took these trips as a way to bond with Sakkath and expose them to as many different cultures as possible. Even though the trips were highly micromanaged, they took Sakkath away from Vulcan and allowed them to explore. These trips were some of Sakkath’s fondest memories with their mother, even with the micromanaging.

On Sakkath’s seventh birthday, their mother came into their room and told them they were going to be leaving Vulcan. Without another word, Sakkath was on a transport to the Vulcan colony Surak Prime where they would live with their mother and another Vulcan man named V’Lar who they later found out was one of T’Lora’s former colleagues.

The colony was mostly Vulcan although following the Supernova, a lot of Romulans had also relocated to the planet thus giving rise to the number of Vulcan-Romulan children. Despite the planet’s growing diversity (although still mostly Vulcan), the eduacation system was the same system on Vulcan and thus with the same expectations. As soon as they arrived on Surak Prime, T’Lora gave all her attention to V’Lar who owned a research lab on the planet when the two became romantically involved. V’Lar was never fond of Sakkath, especially because Sakkath was so outspoken and took every opportunity to voice their opinion. T’Lora had always very open to Sakkath’s opinion, never belittling them and always hearing them out. Not too long after they arrived on the planet, T’Lora became pregnant, but insisted that she still work as long as she can. This forced her to take her attention away from Sakkath so she could focus on her job or rest at home. T’Lora gave birth to Rina later that year. She is V’Lar’s daughter and Sakkath’s half sister. Although the tension between Sakkath and V’Lar lessens when V’Lar dedicates his attention to Rina, Sakkath is still only 8 years old and is forced to just sit back and watch their parents ignore them. The cool trips to other worlds stopped and they stayed on Surak Prime and Sakkath found themselves trying to find excuses to not be at home.

In stark contrast to Vulcan, Sakkath flourished in school on Surak Prime. Despite the shitty home life, they had a great time in school. They immediately gravitated towards mathematics since they loved problem solding. It also helped to have other Vulcan-Romulan classmates so even with the intense pressure, at least they had others similar to them. Sakkath was always impressing others with their stories about their holidays as a child. Even at such a young age, Sakkath was confident in their meditation and emotional suppression abilities, often giving their friend’s guidance. In exchange Sakkath was able to stay at their friends’ houses many nights and be away from their family.

As the days went on, the few times Sakkath was at home, they would purposerfully act up, causing mischief around the house in hopes of getting some attention from their prents. T’Lora was very aware that Sakkath did not like V’Lar (nor did they like Sulak) so she decided to indulge their Romulan heritage and got into contact with an old family friend who had stayed back on Romulus, but now resided on a colony. After speaking with V’Lar, the two had come to a decision.

So on Sakkath’s 10th birthday, T’Lora and V’Lar told them that they were to get married to a Romulan named Syrax i-Mhiessan tr’Morvar. Unfortunately this was not what Sakkath wanted at all (they just wanted to be hugged sometimes), and they ended up snapping. The outburst was less about the arranged marriage, but more fueld by pent up anger that because of V’Lar and Rina, they felt like they no longer had a mother. Sakkath attacked V’Lar with a knife, which failed because Sakkath was 10 and V’Lar was a full grown Vulcan, but the event was very terrifying nonetheless. The altercation only lasted a few minutes as it took V’Lar no time to subdue his wild child, but Sakkath ended up with a broken shoulder.

After Sakkath got into that one little fight their mum got scared and she said “you’re moving with your grandfather on the USS Nakano.”  (please let me have this bel air joke)

### Age 10-15: 2395 - 2400

The next five years Sakkath spent on the Miranda-class ship, the USS Nakano with V’Lar’s father (S’chn), a Vulcan intelligence officer who was currently doing an officer exchange with Starfleet. T’Lora chose to send Sakkath with their grandfather because she hoped travelling on a Starship again (and with a diverse crew) would help calm them down. It actually did and Sakkath loved their life on the Nakano. The ship was exploring the Delta Quadrant and Sakkath was always curious about other species. They attended school on the ship with the other children and they enjoyed Starfleet education much more than Vulcan.

Unfortunately Sakkath could only remain on the ship for 5 years because S’chn was transferring back to Vulcan and said it would be better for them to rejoin their parents on Surak Prime. Before returning to Surak Prime, S’chn took Sakkath to perform the Kahs-wan ritual. Sakkath failed the first time but succeeded the second, wahoo! After that very traumatising ordeal trying to survive in the desert twice, they were actually looking forward to not being in the desert on Surak Prime.

### Age 15-18: 2400 - 2403

On Surak Prime they went back to Vulcan school and had to live back to V’Lar and Rina again. Now that Rina was older, she was fully capable of causing absolute mischief. She took joy in seeing Sakkath get scolded by their parents. She would do small things like move objects out of place or take snacks from the kitchen and pin it all on Sakkath. When looking back on this time, Sakkath realised the reason Rina had acted out was because whenever she was ‘being bullied’ by Sakkath, V’Lar would give her attention with hugs or by spending more time with her.

## Why Starfleet?

Being back with their family also reminded them of their impending marriage to Syrax, which they wanted to avoid at all cost. They missed being on a Starship and thankfully they were a Vulcan citizen so they could apply to Starfleet. They took the exam and passed. Before they left they told their mother the engagement was officially cancelled. T’Lora did not cancel the engagement as she knew Sakkath would eventually go through Pon Farr and thus needed a partner.

## Life at the Academy

They attended Starfleet Academy in Marseilles, France, because they loved the atmosphere of Europe. Earth was different, but very exciting. They attended a lot of parties, surprisingly, but not because they wanted to go crazy and wild, but because they enjoyed talking to people and learning about different cultures. They decided to go into Operations and specialise in communications. They loved the idea of making first contact with new civilisations, very fun!

Also in the academy, Sakkath fell in love for the first time. They became very close with an Ocampan-Human named Lin. The two were nearly inseperable until it was time for graduation and they were assigned different postings. Although the feelings were romantic from Sakkath’s side, Lin saw their relationship as purely platonic.

## Previous Postings

### USS Murasaki: 2408 - 2410

Sakkath’s first posting was on the USS Murasaki, a Wambundu-class starship where they served as Communications officer. Not even a year into their posting they heard from Lin that she was going to be getting married the following year as per her parents’ arrangement. Sakkath was heartbroken, but they had to keep their emotions suppressed so it didn’t interfere with their work. It also just so happened that they underwent their first Pon Farr which was incredibly difficult, but they just meditated to get through it. As if their first year wasn’t terrible enough, Sakkath got word that their sister, Rina, had passed away trying to complete the Kahs-wan ritual. According to their mother, she had been crushed when a cave collapsed on her. Despite the distressing news, Sakkath chose not to return home to attend her funeral.

Sakkath continued with their duties on the Murasaki. They oversaw a first contact mission and was able to piece together the inhabitant’s unique language when the Universal Translator could not. During this time they also were able to upgrade the UT to be able to identify and translate the new language family.

After their second year on the Murasaki, Sakkath took shore leave to visit Rina’s grave on Vulcan for the first anniversary of her death. At the ceremony, V’Lar attempted to reconcile with Sakkath, but there was still a lot of bitterness between them.

## Romulan Republic Officer Exchange

### RRW Ar’hael: 2410 - 2412

After shore leave was over, Sakkath applied to take part in the officer exchange programme which had just opened up with the Romulan Republic. They were assigned to the very new Ha'nom class RRW Ar'hael, which boasted a mixed crew of Vulcans and Romulans. Sakkath gravitated immediately to a Romulan engineer named Miro and this time they were actually forward with their feelings and the two became romantically involved not even a month into Sakkath’s assignment.

Sakkath was caught up in the Battle of New Romulus and handled the communications between fleets. Their crew ended up crashing on an asteroid mid-way through the battle with most of them unconscious. Sakkath and Miro were the only ones conscious and able to repair the communications array. They had to be sneaky though or else the Iconians would certainly find their position. With their limited knowledge of Romulan encryption paired with some ingenius Vulcan codes, they were able to send a signal to a nearby Starfleet vessel to be rescued. By that point the battle was over, but Sakkath was praised for their actions.

As their second year in the exchange programme was coming to an end, Sakkath debated transferring over to the Republic so they could remain with Miro. However their desire to travel the stars was stronger than their affections so they agreed it would be logical to end their relationship and return to Starfleet. Miro was willing to stay in contact and try to continue the relationship, but Sakkath refused and they returned to Starfleet.

## Back to Starfleet

### USS Rapture: 2412 - 2413

For their first Starfleet posting since their exchange, Sakkath was tranferred to the USS Rapture. A top of the line tactically focused ship that boasted a diverse crew and many chances to explore the stars. Whilst onboard the ship they made contact with their betrothed– Syrax tr’Morvar, whom they eventually reconciled with. They two agreed not to officially cancel their engagement, but to make a decision whether to follow through with it later in the future. Whilst on Rapture Sakkath was also quick to find a new conspirator, an Orion man named Nokkul whom they got along quite well with. Sakkath also bonded with their roommate, a Kelpien-Denobulan biologist who had a love for tribbles. That was when Sakkath was given their very own tribble, a tribble with brown fur with a blonde streak. Sakkath named the tribble ‘Tiny Sakkath’ or just ‘T’Kath’. Together with T’Kath, Sakkath continued their duties on Rapture until it was announced that Rapture was being reassigned for a deep space mission with the entire crew being offered positions on Starbase 777. They took the assignment and in June of 2413, transferred.

### Starbase 777: 2413 - present

Sakkath agreed to the transfer and prepared to start their new life aboard Starbase 777. They were less than enthusiastic about being so close to their new ‘home’ of Mol’Rihan, but they idea of being able to handle family affairs without time differences or worry of being far away, perhaps a starbase was what was best for them. Only time will tell.