Aivala tAendon

Aivala t’Aendon is a career Intelligence operative, currently serving as a Senior Analyst in the Outback's Office of Fleet Intelligence.

# Assignments

* 2413-2416: Field Operative – Republic Military Intelligence
* 2416: Intelligence Analyst (Starfleet Exchange) – Deep Space 13
* 2417-2419: Cyberwarfare/Cybersecurity Specialist – Republic Military Intelligence
* November 2419-December 2419: Chief Analyst, R.R.W. Bhaaenin Rhehhai
* December 2419-2421: Chief Tactical Officer, R.R.W. Bhaaenin Rhehhai
* 2421-Present: Senior Analyst, Office of Fleet Intelligence, Outback Sector

# Dates of Rank

* 2410-2413: Erei’Arrain (Lieutenant)
* 2413-2416: Arrain (Centurion)
* 2416-Present: Erei’Riov (Subcommander)

# Biography

## Early Life

Aivala i-Edaolan t’Aendon has spent the entirety of her life wondering where she was born, or who her parents were. She was raised on Romulus, in an orphanage in the Krocton Segment of Ki Baratan until she was 5, when she was transferred to a more permanent home for orphans in the Valley of Chula. It was there she began to seek hobbies for herself, stealing away into the mountains for hours at a time during the day to be alone with her thoughts, or sneaking into the nearby town to steal the technology needed to begin her real search for answers. She spent a fair amount of time climbing the large rock formations and cliffs around the valley.

By the time she was fourteen, she had become a quite competent hacker, and had broken her way into multiple government databases trying to figure out who she was, before she began to consider it futile. She even altered her own birth records, changing her name from Aivala i-Edaolan to Aivala i-Edaolan t’Aendon, which can be translated into Federation Standard as “Aivala, born in the unknown to House Bastard.” At the age of sixteen, she finally discovered her original birth record, submitted aboard a D’Deridex class warbird, but heavily redacted. It wasn’t long before she began to try and hack her way into the local servers of a nearby Tal Shiar operation. She was unsuccessful in retrieving any data, however, and her intrusion was detected, which soon led to her confrontation with a rather forceful Tal Shiar recruiter.

## Tal Shiar Service

The recruiter, a Subcommander Baran, gave her two options. Service to the Tal Shiar, or execution for treason. He would later claim, according to Aivala, that he had been impressed by her ability to penetrate the Tal Shiar’s firewalls in the first place. The majority of t’Aendon’s records during her Tal Shiar service were either destroyed or deleted, but according to Aivala, she eventually held the rank of Erei’Arrain (Lieutenant) after twenty years with the Tal Shiar, and was one of the chief Encryption Specialists at Installation 18, a secret outpost on Nimbus III. She used an Alliance raid on the station as cover to escape, eventually making contact with the newly formed Romulan Republic and requesting asylum.

## Early Republic Service and PTSD

Aivala spent a year on Mol’Rihan being vetted by Republic Intelligence personnel, closely watched. During this time she served largely as an IT technician, helping with odd jobs and basic maintenance. It utterly bored her, and she spent the majority of the time climbing the mountains of Vastam. Finally in 2411 they agreed to a commission of Erei’Arrain, carrying over her previous Tal Shiar rank. She was assigned to an intelligence compound on New Romulus as an analyst. She spent large parts of 2412 studying for field operative qualifications, which she finally achieved in 2413. Naturally, anything she participated in from then until 2416 is highly classified, although eyewitnesses did see her leading a small guerrilla team in the Atlai, defending civilians during the battle of New Romulus in 2415, earning her a promotion to Erei’Riov (Subcommander) after the war.
After the Iconian War however, her performance in the field began to slip, the war dredging up a form of post-traumatic stress disorder dating back to her time in the Tal Shiar. She slipped slowly into heavy alcoholism, eventually necessitating her removal from field work.

In 2416, she was assigned to Deep Space 13, once more as an Analyst for Starfleet Intelligence via the officer exchange program. This did not last long, however, as once she was in a contained environment interacting with the same individuals every day, the extent of her alcoholism came to full light. There was an incident on the Promenade, during which Aivala attempted to return to her quarters after an intoxicated outburst, only to be followed home by station chief of security, Lieutenant Commander Wilson. Aivala confronted Wilson, even drawing a knife on him. While the confrontation was nonlethal, it resulted in three of Wilson’s fingers being broken and Aivala being remanded to the brig. She spent the remainder of the year recovering, in counseling with Starfleet counselors, even after the termination of her exchange status.

## Systems Auditing and the Outback

After being cleared for Active Duty again in December 2416, t’Aendon was sent on a mission to [REDACTED] to hack into a Na’Kuhl [REDACTED] and obtain information about [REDACTED]. Aivala was exposed to unusual chroniton radiation during this operation which interacted adversely with the chroniton fields of her ship, the R.R.W. Sangais Mh’Lata, resulting in its sudden and unforeseen arrival in Dwarf Galaxy PTX-1138, also known as The Outback. The vessel was heavily damaged, but managed to limp its way to Starbase 381, where Aivala contacted recently promoted Rear Admiral T’Molina, the commander of Task Force Avalon. Aivala informed her that she was carrying vital eyes-only intelligence that needed to be returned to ’Rihan immediately, and T’Molina was able to arrange for a ship from the Milky Way to return her via transwarp gate.

Shortly after, she was assigned to lead a team of systems auditors and pen testers to assess the security of numerous key starbases and warbirds throughout the fleet. This additionally served as a cover for several internal investigations, which would occupy her until 2419.

In early 2419, Aivala began to consider a change of career. The isolated life of an intelligence operative began to wear on her, and she found herself longing for the possibility of social interactions not defined by secrets, classifications and work. She recalled her previous trip to the Outback, and several individuals whom she would have called friend if she’d had an opportunity to know them better. After six months of pondering, she began to monitor changes and shifts in RRF assignments in the Outback, finally leading to her contacting an old acquaintance, Riov Tel’iss T’Latta, and requesting a post on her ship. Since then, she has served as both Chief Analyst and Chief Tactical Officer onboard the R.R.W. Bhaaenin Rhehhai, before returning to Intelligence service in mid-2421.

## Service Record

* **Stardate 87964.1**  (12 May 2410): Probationary position authorized at Republic Intelligence Headquarters after defection from Romulan Star Empire.
* **Stardate 89216.2**  (11 August 2411): Security Clearance upgraded after probationary period completion. Assigned as analyst, Republic Intelligence
* **Stardate 90745.0** (20 February 2413): Status change from Analyst to Field Operative.
* **Stardate 92158.6**  (21 July 2414): [REDACTED]
* **Stardate 94405.8** (19 October 2416): Engaged in Starfleet Exchange program at Deep Space 13. Assigned to Starfleet Intelligence team as analyst.
* **Stardate 94416.7** (23 October 2416): Received commendation from captain of the U.S.S. Valley Forge for her use of the Tactical station in combat action against an Orion fleet, with three confirmed kills.
* **Stardate 94476.8** (14 November 2416): Involved in physical altercation with Lieutenant Commander Ricky Wilson and remanded to a Starfleet Alcoholism Rehabilitation program. Exchange status terminated one week later despite program completion. Field Operative status restored.
* **Stardate 94558.9** (14 December 2416): During an operation to recover [REDACTED] from [REDACTED], the R.R.W. Sangais mh’Lata finds itself in Dwarf Galaxy PTX-1138. t’Aendon contacts recently promoted Rear Admiral T'Molina for assistance in returning to the Milky Way to deliver [REDACTED] to New Romulus whilst the Sangais mh’Lata conducts repairs.
* **Stardate 97460.0** (8 November 2419): After several years of reviewing security on Republic vessels, t’Aendon contacts Riov Tel'iss t'Latta to request a career change to a Naval assignment, and is given the post of Chief Analyst, R.R.W. Bhaaenin Rhehhai.
* **Stardate 97558.7** (14 December 2419): Requested position change to Chief Tactical Officer.
* **Stardate 97558.7** (4 August 2421): Returns to full Intelligence service. Assigned as Senior Analyst, Outback Office of Fleet Intelligence.

# Personal Life

Since her arrival in the outback, Aivala has made numerous friends, the closest of which include:

* Tel'iss t'Latta, a close friend and confidant, who she spends a significant amount of time with both professionally and during off-duty hours.
* T'Molina, who Aivala has known since before her permanent assignment to the Outback.
* Laheesa R'Mor, a blonde Romulan whom Aivala has affectionately nicknamed 'Sunshine'.