Jane Lakat

Artwork by Sam de Leve

**Lieutenant Jane Lakat** is the Chief Science Officer aboard the USS *Ross*. Played by Revati Dhomse.

Her pet companion is a white wompat (a ferret-like creature native to Cardassia) named Orwell . Orwell has four stripes on his back though, if asked, Jane insists that he has five. Jane says that he bites.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Straight black hair and gray skin featuring the facial and neck ridges common to Cardassians. Her eyes are gray.

### **Personality**

Not inclined towards social situations. Seemingly prefers to be left alone on most occasions. Has a tendency to be mischievous and is a bit of a prankster. Hotheaded, doesn't like to back down. Finds it difficult, if not impossible, to back down from a challenge posed to her.

Tries to be honest about what she thinks in order to avoid doing "the Cardassian thing" of smiling and saying one thing while meaning something venomous. (This seems to backfire on her often.)

She treats her Science Department like her tribe. She is very defensive of them, and doesn't like to pull rank if she can avoid it.

### **Other Information**

She is obsessed with 1980's and 1990's Earth culture.

Her birthname was Cora(sp). She chose the name Jane after listening to *Mary Jane's Last Dance*.

Her eldest brother was named Kereros (sp). Her father was named Elir Cress(sp). She last saw him before the end of the Dominion War.

## **Biography**

At some point, Lakat spent time living in the city of Lakat on Cardassia Prime.  When she was a child, she used to have terrible nightmares. She was present on Cardassia Prime for the Battle of Cardassia and the Dominion genocide of 800 million Cardassians. At that time, she had at least one living brother and other alive family members. She once told Vrenn that her mother was a scientist.

After the war, she met Olyn Madzhin-Nil while they were on Cardassia Prime as part of a diplomatic rebuilding mission. They became very close. Olyn refers to Lakat as their sister. Olyn wrote Lakat's letter of recommendation to enter Starfleet Academy.

While at Starfleet academy, Lakat dated a human who was not attending the academy. They lived together in an apartment in San Francisco. Lakat broke up with her via text message after leaving to join USS Ross. ("The Only Thing Constant pt. 2")

During a time when she was ready to leave Starfleet, Azeri Sull came to her out of nowhere and managed to change her mind. Upon appointment to the USS *Ross*, Lakat participated in a fantasy league for the ensigns of the crew. While on USS Ross, she alluded to having a background in information extraction and combat.

### **Apocrypha**

The following information is gathered from Revati Dhomse's Roleplay messages on the Streampunks official discord server.

Lakat has multiple siblings. Mirza (they/them), Kor (he/him), and (Erfan (he/him). While 10 years old, Lakat spent time inside her families safehouse during something she referred to as a "rebellion".

Lakat has an ex-lover whom she broke up with shortly after agreeing to join USS *Ross*. Lakat still has some of their stuff aboard ship. She has been trying to send messages, but has not gotten a response so far.

## **Stats**

### **Focuses**

* Survival
* Xenobiology
* Sensors
* Astrophysics
* First contact protocol
* Deep space tactics
* Subterfuge

### **Values**

* Exploration is the greatest path to both scientific discovery and empathy
* No stranger to war and violence
* Family is all

### **Talents**

* Cautious: Science
* Duty and Discipline
* Suspicious By Nature
* Technical Expertise
* Tenacious
* Dedicated

## Notes and Trivia

* Lakat was introduced in a personal log style character reveal video on Twitter on Jan. 11, 2020.