Vara’l tr’Hara

Vara'l tr'Hara is a Starfleet officer serving on Starbase 777 as the Assistant Chief Tactical Officer (ACTO), having been appointed to the position very recently following the roles opening up very recently. Prior to his appointment to this position, Vara'l was a Field Tactician having served in this role or in equivalent roles to that throughout his time in space.

## Early History

### Upbringing and enlistment.

Born on a colony in the Romulan Star Empire, Vara'l grew up an Imperial kid steeped in the traditions and ways of his house, the House Hara. Raised on the colony and steeped in the secret keeping and honour of Romulan Society and his family roots within the old guard, Vara'l showed aptitude at a young age toward the martial professions such as physical education and martial arts. These skill something that eclipsed his interest and skills in other things such as the sciences.

Despite an abortive attempt to pursue something like the sciences at first, Vara'l entered the Cadets and following discoveries about the future career options for someone of his qualifications and clan background, enlisted in the Romulan Navy.

## Imperial Romulan Navy

Vara'l completed basic training and following that applied to and was accepted for one of the tactical officer positions about the IRW Arrenhe under Riov t'Vherrian. It was on this ship that Vara'l served during the majority of his career with the Romulan Imperial Navy.

##### IRW Arrenhe (Early Career.)

Accepted onto the IRW Arrenhe straight out of the academy as a part of its tactical department, Vara'l was assigned as one of its Field Tacticians. Receiving supplementary training aboard ship during his service, Vara'l served to the best of his ability for Five years before he was placed on detached duty as part of a colonial garrison.

###### Garrison Duty

Vara'l was placed on detached duty as part of a supplement to the garrison of a colony believed to be under threat due to increased pirate activity. While this was initial envisaged as a short deployment to augment the colonial defences before he returned to the Arrenhe, the damaging of the Arrenhe during action against pirates resulted in his detached duty being extended. As such, at the end of the garrison duty he was instead transferred to the Rei'Kara.

###### IRW Rei'kara

Vara’l spent some time on the IRW Rei’Kara during a period in which the Arrenhe was in drydock being subjected to repairs.  This followed an exchange of fire with a pirate force. Vara’l saw action during this part of his deployment as part of the ships tactical detachment. He lost a friend of his Quin T'Carra, on the IRW Rei’Kara.  After his stint aboard he transferred back to the Arrenhe, taking the first opportunity to do so once it was out of drydock.

##### IRW Arrenhe (Late Imperial Career, destruction of the IRW Arrenhe)

Vara'l returned to the Arrenhe following his detached service coming to an end. He served on the Arrenhe once more until its fateful encounter with a Borg vessel. He was assimilated during the engagement following the boarding of the vessel by borg tactical drones during the failed attempt by the vessels tactical and security personal to repel boarders.

## The Borg Collective-Three of Ten.

### Borg Drone

#### Assimilation

Vara'l was assimilated by the Borg Collective following an engagement against borg boarding parties on deck 4 of the Arrenhe in which he was rendered deaf due to a serious injury. Following his assimilation the tactical drone thereafter designated as Three of Ten was fitted with implants to correct the fault with their hearing as best as possible. Following the completion of the assimilation process, three of ten was utilized to as part of the forces deployed to complete the neutralization of the Arrenhe.

##### Scout Cube 90

Three of Ten was transferred off of the IRW Arrenhe following its full assimilation by the Borg Collective and the commencement of its conversion for Borg utilization. This transfer was directly to the Cube which he'd been assimilated by, Scout cube 90. Three of Ten remained a component of its contingent of tactical drones until a routine movement of drones in which the drone was transferred to another vessel.

##### Scout Vessel 40

Scout Vessel 40 was the final Borg vessel that Three of Ten was a drone upon before its Liberation, the drone coming to the end of its service on the vessel following the vessels attempt to assimilate a federation vessel, the USS Scion. During an attempt to board the vessel, Three of Ten was neutralized by the security force aboard and was subjected to Liberation surgeries.

#### Liberation

Vara'l was Liberated on the USS Scion and commenced the process of rehabilitation on the vessel. This process was not completed however as upon the discovery of his nationality and military service, Vara'ls transfer was arranged to the Romulan Free State. Continuing his Rehab on route, Vara'l was transferred to the IRW Kholhr. Upon the completion of this transfer, Vara'ls formal post liberation Rehab ended.

## The Romulan Free State

Following his transfer to the Romulan Free State, Vara'l was put to work in the Free States Imperial Romulan Navy. He was first assigned to the vessel to which he was initially transferred to from the Scion, the Kholhr.

### IRW Kholhr

While thankfully permitted some space to recover from the ordeal he’d been through during his work,  Vara’l was rather quickly put to work by the Free State as a tactical officer. The Liberated Borg served as a member of the ships tactical detachment in between being poked and prodded by members of the ships medical department.  Deprived real time to recover anyway but physically from the Romulan managed to avoid going insane thanks to a friendship with another liberated borg, Akar Tr’Hasar and starting up correspondence with Lor’ven Tir’Kala. Lor’ven being a friend of his fathers.

### IRW Kastorem

Vara’l transferred to the Kastorem following the Kholhr being taken off of active service due to a need for a refit and repair. During his time aboard Kastorem engaged in anti piracy efforts against a number of different groups. Not all ones he found to be people he at all would have thought of as pirates. Such facts didn’t help his stability.  Friends and what time he could get with an actual counsellor being what kept him stable.

It was during this deployment that he finally succeeded in locating family and potentially finding a way out.  The last thing being due to his beliefs of his imperial days beginning thanks to the extremism of the State,  to catalyse into what might be described as a strong republican sentiment. . It was during this time that Vara'l met Mir tr'Cora once more. He helped the two out as much as he could during this period, especially with the fever that Mir suffered during that time.

Vara'ls deployment on the IRW Kastorem came to an abrupt end when he finally acted on his views (partly due to pressure from friends) and defected to the Romulan Republic’s Navy. The defection went successfully as the duo escaped  along with Mir Tir’Cora and others.  This defection was successful following their interception by a Republic Flotilla vessel who escorted them fully into the flotilla.

## Romulan Republic Navy

Following his successful defection from the Romulan Free State, Vara'l was debriefed by Republic Intelligence before he was directed to continue with the Liberation rehabilitation that he'd been prevented from truly completed during his Free State days. This rehab and recovery period continued for a while as he worked to recover his health and reunited with his family. This reunion was mostly a good one, though it did result in he and his wife agreeing upon formalizing the situation as it stood as, with his loss, Ro had re-married. The two became just friends.

After his recovery period, Vara'l undertook odd jobs in the fleet within tactical capacity for a while before he eventually applied for and was accepted for a position in the tactical dept on the vessel RRW DValen

### RRW DValen.

Serving with distinction on said vessel, his service was marred by struggles with stress related medical issues and worry about Mir Tir’Cora whose condition had begun to deteriorate.  Her condition was diagnosed around this time  as a rare form of  fatal cancer condition, daeohre wasting. One that kept rearing its ugly face up every time it was knocked down.  One they quickly began to realise was on its way toward ending her life. A fact that, along with the combat stress he was experiencing led him to seek new beginnings.  This being after the taking of an oath extracted from him by Mir, his by this point friend making him swear to care for her son Telim as his own when the time came.

With added worries regarding Telim and Mir, combat stress and trauma presenting him with the firm opinion he needed something new, Vara’l put in for a transfer to Starfleet. This was done after extensive discussions with multiple parties involved in his liberation or otherwise close to him.

Following shore leave on earth, Vara'l completed what was required and set in motion his transfer to Starfleet.

## Starfleet Career

Vara'l transferred over to Starfleet from the Republic's navy. He did so for myriad reasons, reasons he had tended to keep very close to his chest in the main, though it has been marked on his record that he suffered from combat stress prior to his transfer.

### Scion B

Vara'l came aboard the Scion B, following the transfer paperworks completion, as a member of the ships tactical department. He served a full two year tour aboard ship which, while it had some rocky moments as he worked through a things, went well. He ended his tour aboard the Scion with Shore leave on Mol'Rihan following an urgent message from the planet that had indicated that the condition of Mir t'Cora, a close friend of his who he'd sworn a guardianship oath to regarding Telim tr'Cora (A child who regarded him as an Uncle at the time), had started to rapidly deteriorate.

During this shore leave, Mir t'Cora succumbed to their illness and Vara'l assumed guardianship responsibilities regarding Telim Tr'Cora. Following this, Vara'l requested reassignment to a starbase posting. This was due to his having considered it a safer option.

### Starbase 777

Following his shoreleave on Mol'Rihan, Vara'l transferred to Starbase 777 with Telim tr'Cora. He assumed one of the tactician postings aboard the vessel, a posting which he held until he was appointed to ACTO following the positions opening up.