Varder Ridun

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 "The odds will not beat me, I will beat them."

 ### Relatives

 Father: Varder Shairru Mother: Varder Aidah

Siblings: (None known)

 ### Affiliation

 Starfleet, Starfleet Security, Starfleet Intelligence, Bajoran Militia

## Biographical information

 ### Marital status

 Unmarried, Single.

 ### Date of birth

 2345

 ### Place of birth

 Lonar Province, Bajor

## Physical description

 ### Species

 Bajoran

 ### Gender

 Male

 ### Height

 5'11

 ### Weight

 160lbs

 ### Eye color

 Blue

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## Biography

### Early life and resistance

Ridun was born during the Cardassian occupation in the year 2345, in an unremarkable village located within the Lonar Province on Bajor.

There he lived a reserved and sheltered life as a labourer with his parents, long having been forced from their D'jarra by necessity. Throughout the first years of his life, stories of the resistance and its heroes were prominent, and so were the aftereffects of their actions. However, all the Cardassian retaliations served to do was push the young man into acting.

The final straw was when his parents simply vanished, he has not seen them since and has long given up hope of such a thing -- having seen their names declared in Cardassian casualty lists less than a week after their disappearance. Though no bodies were ever seen. To this day he has no knowledge of why his parents were taken, whether for resistance activity's unknown to him or simply as random unfortunate targets.

He managed to join up with a resistance cell, known as the 'Bukar', where his agility and a rather slight frame came in useful, especially for getting into places most couldn't for the extra edge against the Cardassian occupiers.

He undertook various activities on the behalf of the Bukar cell, ranging from ambushes and raids to courier work and smuggling.

Throughout his time in the resistance, the Prophets were often spoken of and revered, though he himself found little reason to follow gods whom would not help their "Children", instead choosing to tentatively observe it as a matter of culture.

His teenage years were spent surviving and fighting, by the time he was passing twenty the young Bajoran was planning and leading missions on behalf of his cell. Albeit on the small scale the resistance operated on.

### A free Bajor

Eventually, the occupation ended, many members of the resistance was reorganized into the newly reformed Bajoran Militia. Ridun was one of these resistance members, being enlisted as a non-commissioned officer.

At this time the young Bajoran found himself receiving formal training and some degree of formal education, things there had been little time, place or teachers for prior to now. At least not that Ridun had access to.

Despite what was a radically different and far more regimented structure than the cell Ridun had spent his most recent years in, he adapted remarkably well and quickly to Militia life. Always seeking to prove himself, to make an example.

### Militia service record

In what could be described as an unlucky streak Ridun has seen action in every conflict Bajor has found itself in since the occupation. The defence of DS9 against the Klingon Empire being one example, there he proved that what was learned in the Resistance still had a place. When he lead a small team of militiamen through various back corridors of the station to stage various ambushes with precise and few shots taken before ducking back away into familiar territory.

Later on, he was involved in the Bajoran Civil war. Stationed planetside at the time, he and those around him remained loyal to the legitimate administration and engaged with those who supported the coup. He saw it as nothing more than corrupted people twisting old words and laws from what might as well have been another age, all for fleeting power. The fact that such a war happened, however, deeply troubled the Bajoran.

Eventually, he would also find himself involved in the Dominion war, as Bajoran Militia personnel were transported aboard other allied vessels to where they were needed. It was under these circumstances that Ridun would meet and eventually befriend Doctor Ephrix, during the final of the Second fleets attempts to liberate the planet.

At the end of Ridun's service within the militia, he had reached the rank of Sergeant Major.

### Starfleet

Ridun was present among the first wave of transfers from the Bajoran Militia to Starfleet and sought to prove his people's worth as part of what he considers a vanguard, what he and others like him did would define how others viewed Bajorans within Starfleet.

Initially transferred into Starfleet's ranks as a Master Chief Petty Officer, a roughly equivalent rank to what he had held within the militia. He was assigned to the USS Kismet as Chief of Security, a posting he still holds at present. While aboard the Kismet he proved himself to the more through and through Starfleet individuals and superiors in his crew, to the point he was not only recommended to jump to the commissioned officers track, but was pushed forward to a full Lieutenancy, primarily by the then Commander Brag Glov Pend. A few months after that promotion Ridun was once again promoted to Lieutenant Commander, following a series of successful missions and the overall exceptional execution of his duties as Chief of Security.

### Psionics

Bajorans are not typically seen to exhibit high esper ratings or otherwise manifest any empathetic or telepathic abilities. Ridun was no such exception to this, indeed upon his assignment to the USS Kismet he had displayed no such abilities.

However, after an encounter with one Irene Adler, whom was utilizing a Kauket crystal (a sentient and psionically able crystalline race,) to influence the mind of Ridun he eventually became Psionically awoken. It was eventually revealed that this was due to the Kauket replacing his bone structure entirely, a rather unusual circumstance and not one that had been seen prior.

With this newfound ability, an untrained Ridun initially struggled, only helped by a stubborn and strong will. However once trained and practised, he has become quite adept.

and in short order proved himself to be a highly capable member of the crew, to such an extent that the ships XO, one Commander Brag Glov Pend not only recommended his jump to the Commissioned track, but also worked to have Ridun skip both Ensign and Lieutenant Junior Grade. Instead, setting the Bajoran to a full Lieutenancy. From there it did not take long for Ridun to work his way further up to the rank of Lieutenant Commander where he currently remains.