Lama tr'Ehweia

## Appearance

Lama stands at 6’2 or 190cm, and he has nonsegmental generalised vitiligo that is most prominent around his eyes, lips, and hands. This condition is also present throughout his body. His natural skin tone is light brown and the patches where he has lost pigmentation are nearly perfect white.

He has a slim build with a little muscle definition around his core and thighs. He does a lot of low intensity work outs, typically stretching or treadmill walking. He has a youthful face with soft features and a radiant smile. He has a long scar along his right side (over where a Vulcanoid heart would be). Externally he looks fully Romulan with pointed ears, slanted eyebrows, and forehead ridges, but his midnight black eyes give away his Betazoid heritage. Internally he has green copper-based blood, although his insides are arranged to match Betazoid physiology, with his heart matching where the human heart would be. As for the organs themselves, they most closely resemble Romulan physiology in size and shape. He is an interesting person inside and out, literally.

Lama has dyed blond hair with his natural hair colour being black, which sometimes shows through when he doesn’t keep up with the dying. For his clothes, when in uniform he switches between the trousers and skirt variants and wears his earrings. He loves trying on new makeup techniques and experimenting with fashion. He has a cartilage piercing in each ear and two lobe piercings

## Early Life

### Age 0-7: 2380 - 2387

Lama was born as one of a set of triplets on the IRW Rel’enak to a single Romulan mother, his Betazoid father had died a few months prior due to an ongoing heart condition from an injury he sustained during Shinzon’s coup. Lama’s mother returned to Romulus on the Rel’enak with her 3 newborn children. On Romulus, they met their Romulan family, their father and older brother. Lama’s family decided to try and raise the three on Romulus, keeping their mixed heritage a secret for fear of being disciminated against if discovered. However with the Romulan government being fond of health screenings, paying off enough people to keep the triplets’ mixed heritage was difficult and so the family decided it would be best if the triplets were raised off of Romulus. Lama’s mother had an aunt on Rator IV who agreed to take the children in. So when Lama was 3 years old, he and his siblings headed off to Rator IV. On Rator IV, they were able to keep their mixed heritage a secret with only a couple people knowing. The three knew from birth that they were half Betazoid and that they were to tell no one. The triplets were shocked to see so much hatred towards telepaths and were hoping they never developed such a trait.

### Age 7: Hobus Supernova 2387

When Lama was 7, the Romulan sun went supernova and suddenly thousands of people began to flock to the Rator system. Lama’s older brother, Hvirr, was one of the refugees who made it to Rator IV, but his parents were not so lucky. Hvirr kept their parents’ death a secret from the triplets for fear of causing them unneeded stress. Lama believed his brother and aunt that his parents were simply off fighting for the state and would be home soon. Lama only learned later on in life that his parents died on Romulus during the Supernova.

### Age 12: The Incident 2392

When Lama was 12, he and his siblings were planning a prank on the school to… Let out 3 Akaana boars loose labelled 1, 2, and 4. They were caught by a teacher and scolded. Imin got into an argument with the teacher and ended up saying, ‘you hate us because all Romulans hate telepaths’. The three were sent home immediately and when they got home, their aunt scolded them and told them never to speak about their telepathy again. Imin took this scolding very personally and stopped speaking entirely. Realising a Romulan environment was not a good place to raise mixed children, Lama’s aunt decided it was best if she took the triplets to seek asylum in the Federation.

The path to the Federation was not without difficulties. Not only did they have to sneak around, but their telepathy was starting to develop, which terrified the triplets and their great aunt. Imin, who had been mute ever since the incident, began communicating via telepathy to their brothers. Eventually the family was able to make it to Federation space where they applied for asylum and their DNA was entered into the database to locate their Betazoid family and rejoin them. Their Betazoid family was surprised to hear they had three long lost Romulan children, but were happy to take them in along with their great aunt. Upon arrival, the three were homeschooled so they could learn the language and customs of their new home. Lama’s Betazoid family were thrilled to show the triplets their new home, going on trips all around Betazed. Initially the travelling and homeschooling were only supposed to be for the first year, but Lama’s family quite enjoyed the new lifestyle so Lama was homeschooled up until he was 18.

Imin loved Betazed and flourished in a land where they didn’t have to speak. Taev was uneasy being around so many telepaths. Lama loved all the new experiences he got and became engrossed in the world of SpaceTube. Life in the Federation was so free and he liked expressing himself through videos and arts. He eventually started his own SpaceTube channel when he was 16. He made vlogs in Rihannsu and was one of the few up and coming Rihannsu channels geared towards other teens. His whole life became his SpaceTube channel, analysing trends and learning the algorithms to trend on the homepage. He did a lot of daily life vlogs and taught his viewers about Betazoid culture. He gained quite a bit of popularity as an influencer. His family fully supported him, happy that he had something to be passionate about. Lama had no plans for higher education and was perfectly content just being an influencer.

On Lama’s 18th birthday his great aunt passed away. Him and his siblings were deeply shaken by the event, but Lama had already planned to go off on a vlogging journey across the Federation. He decided to go through with it and left his two grieving siblings. Imin stayed on Betazed and eventually enrolled in music academy and Taev fell into deep depression, so much so that he was admitted to therapy before Lama left.

### Age 18: The Incident Electric Boogaloo 2 2398

In the first year of his vlogging adventures, Lama had a great time. He used his online life to avoid having to face his internal struggles. He had just completed his mission of visiting every planet in the Rigel system when he decided he would head to a trading outpost on the edge of Romulan space that had some great cafes, perfect for SpaceGram! He hopped aboard a Rigelian trading vessel and headed off!

The transport was quickly hijacked by a bunch of pirates who were hoping to take the ship for parts to sell to one of the many Romulan factions vying for power. He watched as the hijackers killed anyone who dared try to fight them. Being just a civilian and unarmed, Lama had no choice but to cooperate with the hijackers with hopes that they would spare his life. He thought, ‘If I make it out of here alive, I will work hard to gain skills so that I can help make the galaxy a safer place’. He lied to the hijackers and told them he was a Vulcan named Tareth who was travelling to get ideas for his first novel. Lama’s Vulcan was incredibly good and he was even able to put on a convincing Vulcan accent. The hijackers were skeptical and even through their interrogations, Lama kept to his story. Whilst he was being interrogated by the hijackers, the other survivors had already escaped, leaving Lama along with them until they entered Romulan space. The transport was then attacked by a cloaked warbird and just before the ship exploded, Lama was beamed off.

Once Lama arrived he got to meet the captain of the ship that saved his life and it was… Hvirr! His brother! Lama was thrilled and Hvirr was equally shocked to see his brother and welcomed him with open arms.

## Why the Free State?

Hvirr bonded with Lama, chatting with him and that’s when Lama revealed his sadness over his great aunt’s death, how his brothers were probably missing him on Betazed, and most importantly, how helpless he felt during the hijacking. Lama told Hvirr he wanted to be more than just a pretty face. He wanted skills that he could use to help others. The Free State saved his life and his brother was even a captain so maybe this was where Lama belonged? Hvirr spoke to his superiors and convinced them Lama would be valuable to the Free State. So at age 18, Lama enlisted in the Free State Navy.

## Life at the Free State Academy

Lama struggled with the Free State training. He was not fond of exercise or sports and was not very good at using a disruptor. This was shaping up to be literally the worst first job in the universe. That’s when he was approached by a group of officers who told Lama that they had a better job for him, one that did not involve so much physical training– the only catch was he was not to tell Hvirr or anyone about it. The Free State would never steer him wrong, right?

Lama did well in the intelligence training, he got to learn a little bit of everything. He was already good at persuasion and as a natural empath he could read a room almost instantly. Being a former influencer, he knew what to say and how people would react. Lama had an innate talent for getting others to trust him and being able to ask the right questions to get information yet not seem like he was fishing for intel.

## Previous Postings with the Free State

### IRW Dartha: 2402 - 2404

Lama started his career in the Tal Shiar as a spy when he was 22 years old. He was stationed on the very prestigious IRW Dartha. He assumed the identity of Ael tr’Sair, a new recruit who worked as a quartermaster and worked with two seasoned agents who also assumed fake identities. The mission was to find out which officers were selling tactical information to rival factions and eliminate them. It was quite a shock at first to see all of the death, paranoia, and hostilities between the crew. He stuck to his mission though, easily making friends with fellow lower deckers and earning their trust. Soon, the two imposters were found and that is when the real work started. Of course the Tal Shiar would never eliminate people outright, that would be suspicious. So the plan was to create tensions between the imposters and the rest of the crew. Eventually tensions between the officers grew to their peak and the two officers were killed and their treason exposed.

At the conclusion of the mission he couldn’t believe what he had done. He had worked to manipulate an entire ship to murder 2 people. He was utterly shocked, but told himself his work saved more lives as selling tactical data allowed rival factions to take out Free State ships. Lama was also praised by his superiors for completing his mission so cleanly despite it being his first.

### Rator III, Operation Aab: 2404 - 2407

Lama’s next assignment was to be the eyes and ears of the Tal Shiar on Rator III and mingle with the civilian population. This job was definitely his favourite! He was given the new identity, Liha tr’Hei, a boy who was displaced after the Supernova and came to reunite with his family on Rator III. As Liha, Lama got a job at a produce stand where he dressed up like a giant egg and danced in the front of the store. He quickly became popular with the others in the town for his stunning looks and charming personality. Little did the people know, his popularity was no coincidence; the Tal Shiar made sure videos with Liha were top of everyone’s RomuTube recommendations.

He was known as ‘Aab-dinam (Eggyboi)’. Aside from being the dancing mascot he also worked the cash register and stocked the store. The Hei family was quite large and he became acquainted with a few of the others. His ‘sister’ was a fellow Tal Shiar operative who worked alongside Lama to ensure the mission went well. As a grocery store worker, Lama got to meet a lot of people and the regulars instantly recognised him.

During this 3 year mission, Lama reported all of the family gossip between the Hei family and in his final year he was told he needed to get his family to support his Tal Shiar-friendly cousin for head of house. His cousin was a bit of a shy woman, but she would be an easy figure to manipulate, which is why the Tal Shiar favoured her over ‘Liha’s’ mother. With his charm and ability to play politics, Lama was able to instate Liha’s cousin as senator and with that he was reassigned to his biggest mission yet.

### Romulan Flotilla: 2407 - 2410

With word about a growing faction, the Romulan Republic, Lama was placed on a Free State vessel as a civilian, no egg costume this time, he was S’Talon tr’Nai, the mixed son of a no-name family who was trying to find the rest of his family on an outer colony. The ship was intercepted by a rival faction and Lama survived by taking an escape pod. The pod was picked up by a patrolling Republic ship and taken to the Romulan Flotilla. Lama explained he was experimented on by the Tal Shiar and they wanted to take advantage of his telepathic abilities for their own gain. The Republic officers bought his story, fully convinced that this poor half Betazoid man was just trying to survive.

Lama passed intel to the Tal Shiar during the first year as he pretended to be S’Talon. The longer he spent in the Flotilla, the more he wondered if he was really on the right side. And that’s when Hvirr showed up. He had come as a new defector from the Free State and he was shocked to see Lama there. Lama knew he couldn’t keep up the act and he couldn’t work against his brother. He came clean with his story to Hvirr and eventually the Republic. However instead of being punished, the Republic decided to keep him– as a double agent. So Lama did just that up until the Iconian War.

### Returning Home: 2410

During the Battle of New Romulus, Lama was called to return to the Tal Shiar and so he did. He continued to work as a double agent for the Republic, but his communications were few as life in the Tal Shiar was as tough as ever. As the Battle of New Romulus was coming to an end, the Tal Shiar was losing. Lama decided if he was going to defect, he was not going to go out quietly. Using the same methods as the pirates did on that transport all those years ago, he hijacked the Tal Shiar ship he was travelling on and sent it on a crash course towards an Elachi vessel. He managed to make it out and was picked up by a Republic ship. Upon arriving to Mol’Rihan, Lama was exhausted and decided he would take a break and visit his family on Betazed. He hopped on the next transport and headed home at last.

When Lama came home to Betazed, he was shocked by how much had changed. Imin was now well into their music career, a pretty prolific composer for films. Taev had married a Romulan man and was now working as a research assistant with him on the Vulcan colony Surak Prime. Lama’s Betazoid family were happy to see him, but the dynamic was very different from when he had left that fateful day when he was 18. The reverse culture shock was a bit overwhelming and Lama began to wonder where ‘home’ really was. He cut his break short and after one month returned back to Mol’Rihan.

When Lama returned to the Romulan Republic, he resumed his job as a spy and worked as part of the Romulan Republic intelligence division. It didn’t happen often, but there were more than a few times when people recognised him as Liha, the dancing egg. It wasn’t the sole reason Lama began to dislike the job, but he was starting to think perhaps he would be happier if he went somewhere no one would recognise him.

## Why transfer to Starfleet?

Lama debated about switching factions, asking his siblings for advice:

* “Follow the vibes.” - Imin
* “I promise no more eggs if you stay.” - Hvirr
* “Send me a pic if you’re an egg again.” - Taev

As much as he liked the Republic, he wanted a fresh start and as a Federation citizen he could join Starfleet. Being in Starfleet would also give him the opportunity to choose a new career so he decided to apply to transfer factions and enter Starfleet as a detective.

## Previous Postings with Starfleet

### Starbase 520: 2411 - 2412

For Lama’s first assignment as a Starfleet officer he was placed on Starbase 520. He investigated mostly petty thefts and broke up a couple of smuggling rings, but nothing of note. His biggest case happened at the end of his year.

In December of 2412, the Starbase was the site of a gathering of musicians from around the Alpha Quadrant. At first the local restaurants complained about the noise and ruckus the artists were making, playing music too loudly, and being aggressive towards others. It was a pain. Things seemed pretty normal until one day the noise stopped. The musicians stayed in their quarters and the few who came out seemed like zombies. Lama decided to investigate, but unfortunately no one wanted to sit down for an interview. They were either too tired or did not want to talk to a Starfleet officer. So Lama had to be creative, he tested the food, the air, even snuck some tricorder scans but there seemed to be nothing wrong. The musicians were fine, just general fatigue, no viruses or any injections. It was all so strange.

So Lama had an idea to invite his sibling, Imin. Imin was a great choice because he could pass as fully Romulan and as half Betazoid they could sense the presence of other empathic or telepathic species.

When Imin arrived they sat themself at the bar and began to play music and that is when they were approached by a pretty woman who told them she had just lost her husband and Imin’s music reminded her of him. Imin immediately sensed that the woman was a telepath and their hunch was correct when the woman began to project thoughts into their mind upon learning Imin did not speak (Imin usually communicated via PADD with people outside their family). She asked to visit Imin’s quarters to hear them play more music and they agreed. Little did Onaya know that Lama had bugged Imin’s quarters with cameras so he could record everything. Imin attempted to use their telepathy offensively to disable Onaya, but being only half Betazoid their telepathy was no match for a non-corporeal being like Onaya. Thankfully, Lama showed up soon after to arrest her, however not too long after being sent to the brig, she disappeared. All of the other musicians were given medical treatment and they were fine. Imin also actually got  to attend the convention and they loved it! As a thank you, they wrote a song for Lama, “Victory of Egg March in G Major”.

Lama was excited for more adventures, but he was told his time on Starbase 520 was over and he was being transferred to a ship! He said goodbye to Imin and headed off to the USS Rapture.

### USS Rapture: 2412 - 1413

Lama served on the USS Rapture as a detective for a few months before Rapture was set to go on a deep space mission with all of its crew being reassigned. Lama agreed to take the reassignment and go to Starbase 777 with many of the other Rapture crew.

### Starbase 777: 2413 - present

Lama is now stationed on Starbase 777 along with other Rapture crew. He currently is serving as one of the detectives on the base.