Alizati tr'Kota

Focused and calculating with a bit of Vulcan sass, Alizati acts as if he were an organic Vulcan. As an android modelled after his creator’s dead husband, he possesses many of his memories growing up on Vulcan. He is focused on logic and reasoning and can come off as dismissive when dealing with more emotional species. He wishes to be as organic as possible and does his best to be perceived as an organic being. Whether it be parties, dates, meetings, he wants to learn more.

## Appearance

Alizati stands at 198cm (6’6”), and has a lean build. He has dark green eyes and no visible pores, giving his pale skin a flawless appearance with no scars or blemishes.

He appears Vulcan with pointed ears and slanted eyebrows along with Romulan forehead ridges. He has fair skin, square chin, and defined jawline. He has short hair that is always neatly combed down. His fringe is short and side swept. His hair is naturally black, although to differentiate himself from Dzharok he has dyed it dark blue with highlights.

He wears the standard Starfleet uniform and no other accessories. Off-duty he has a vast collection of very ugly Hawaiian shirts and bucket hats. In total he has 63 unique Hawaiin shirts and 42 bucket hats.

Although he looks like an organic Vulcan, there are a few traits that give him away. He does not breathe or blink. Sometimes his eyes shake and they also appear shinier than what is typical in organic beings. His body is also a lot denser than organic beings, which also makes him heavier.

## Early Life

### Dzharok: 2312 - 2375

Before Alizati there was a Vulcan/Romulan scientist named Dzharok. The only son of a Vulcan and a Romulan who grew up on Vulcan. Dzharok’s mother, Thillasa was a lecturer at the Vulcan Science Academy and as such she was often away from home. Dzharok was left under the care of his Romulan father, Dalin, who was a full time stay at home dad. Dalin meant well, but he hid his Tal Shiar past from his wife and Dzharok himself.

Dalin was constantly paranoid that the Tal Shiar would find out he defected to Vulcan as the Kota family was a large and powerful Tal Shiar sympathising family. Dzharok only learn about his father’s history on his father’s deathbed when he passed away right before Dzharok entered the VSA to study environmental science.

Dzharok eventually married a Vulcan woman and had four children and just like his father, he kept their Romulan family history a secret from them. Dzharok’s wife was part of the Vulcan Expedition Group and ended up going missing when their children were in their teens. Dzharok ended up having to take a new wife, a human woman named Laura Riddle. By this time, Dzharok’s relationship with his children was not very good as they began to struggle with following Surak and grew distrustful of their father for hiding their Romulan history from them. Their relationship only deteriorated over time, and things came to a head when Dzharok was planning on moving to earth with Laura.

He had gotten word that his daughter, who went by the name Suruka and had defected to  Romulus, was back in Vulcan space, trying to convince her brothers to also come to Romulus with her. Dzharok quickly hopped on a shuttle to meet with her and his other children to try and deescalate things and he wanted to clear the air with them. Unfortunately things did not deescalate at all and the family began to argue. Suruka threatened to self destruct the shuttle they were on and on impulse, Dzharok threatened to do it first and disabled life support. Suruka called his bluff, but Dzharok was not bluffing at all. The whole family perished that day with the only thing surviving being Dzharok’s own consciousness, which he had uploaded into the shuttle’s database as evidence of what had transpired. When the shuttle was recovered, Laura was so distraught and took Dzharok’s consciousness with her when she headed back to earth.

### Age 0 - 8: 2377 - 2385

Alizati was created in the Daystrom Institute in Okinawa on Earth by a human scientist. He was modelled after her deceased partner who was Vulcan (and Romulan), hence he appears as one. The first few years of his life was spent trying to learn the ins and outs of life as a sentient being and studied in the Daystrom Institute. He was designed to work as an engineer and helped his creator as well as her colleagues. His creator spent long hours trying to perfect Alizati in an attempt to recreate her dead husband’s image. She even implanted him with his memories, which only further complicated things for Alizati who often would mistake Dzharok’s memories for his own.

Laura and Alizati had a complicated relationship. At first it was of creator and creation, but as Alizati became more advanced and less like a programmed machine, Laura felt herself falling for him just like with Dzharok. In an attempt to keep Alizati separated from her late husband, she purposefully designed him with obvious flaws to set him apart from organic life including taking out his automated breathing function and blinking.

Alizati was equally uncomfortable having his creator fall in love with him and asked to choose a new name. Laura agreed, wanting him to explore individuality and in hopes that this would separate him more from her former husband. He chose the Uyghur name Ilzatliçat (Eye-zat-tel-li-shat) which apparently meant “The bearer of light and logic”. The name was quite difficult to pronounce especially in Federation Standard so he shortened it to Alizati.

After him and Laura agreed to keep their relationship professional, Laura met another Vulcan man named Sorn. He had also lost his partner and he and Laura immediately clicked. He treated Alizati like he was his son and was determined to raise him like he was flesh and blood. He even helped guide Alizati to take on the Kahs-wan (which he passed the first time, to no surprise). For the next few years Alizati would travel between Vulcan and Earth. Around the year 2384 Laura fell ill and passed away. Overcome with the loss of his second love, he decided to leave Daystrom Institute with Alizati and head to Vulcan.

### Age 8 - 22:  Synth Ban 2385 - 2399

Upon their arrival to Vulcan, Sorn registered Alizati as his adoptive son. He was hoping to give Alizati a chance at living a normal organic life as a Vulcan. Following the synth ban, Sorn did everything in his power to protect Alizati and sent him away to the Vulcanis Lunar Colony to live with Sorn’s family. Sorn’s family did not know about Alizati’s artificial origins and simply thought he was just Sorn’s adopted son.

On the Vulcanis Lunar Colony, it didn’t take long for Alizati’s adoptive family to find out his true nature. They knew Sorn had adopted a son, but they assumed he would be organic. It was extremely dangerous to have an android in their house during the ban, but they lived on a farm where the chances of anyone finding out were slim. Still, Alizati faced a lot of prejudice from his adoptive Vulcan family who seemed to prefer to treat him as a smart computer. He never got any sleeping quarters nor was he allowed to eat at the dinner table with them or play games. To try and earn their trust, he would invent new robots and repurpose machines to help with daily work.

In 2397, Alizati was injured and his family decided it was best to deactivate him and keep him a secret until the ban was lifted. They couldn’t risk trying to fix him without the proper tools, and Sorn could not come get him.

When the ban was lifted in 2399, Alizati’s family flew him back to Vulcan where he reactivated and Sorn could fix him. Sorn was furious when he heard how his family treated Alizati and swore that he would not go back to them until they apologised. He claimed it was illogical to associate with those who do not respect all life. Try as Sorn might, after this experience, Alizati made up his mind to try and act like an organic as much as possible.

## Why Starfleet

With the Synth Ban lifted, Alizati had to choose what he wanted to do with his life. His father, Sorn, had served in Starfleet as an engineer, but he encouraged Alizati to do what he thought was best for him. Alizati thought about applying for the VSA, but Dzharok’s mother was still working there as a lecturer and he thought it would be awkward if they were to meet.

Alizati was always an explorer at heart and dreamed of shooting for the stars. He wanted a job that would allow him to explore and still work with robotics and artificial intelligence. After much debate, Sorn told him that Starfleet would be the best place for him. He did the Starfleet summer training course and passed the entrance exam.

## Life at the Academy

He attended Starfleet Academy in Marseilles France in 2400 and chose to go through the engineering course in his third year because engineering came naturally to him. He had always had an interest in machines and of course artificial intelligence. Plus he wanted to go into a different field than Dzharok who was a scientist. Alizati had the potential to do exceptionally well in his studies, however would purposefully aim to get average grades for fear that he would be accused of cheating or having an unfair advantage if he actually performed to the best of his aiblities.

Although the synth ban had been lifted at that point, Alizati felt very self conscious about being an android at the Academy.. He got along well with Vulcans, as they enjoyed his logic and did not require strong social skills to get along with. He tried his best to fit in and act like an organic being. He would sleep with his eyes closed, eat regular meals, and even breathe and blink. It took up a lot of energy to constantly keep doing those things, but it was how he made it through.

## Previous Postings

### USS Hangang: 2404 - 2409

His first posting was on the USS Hangang commanded by human captain Suho Kim, an exploration and science vessel. He worked as an engineer, specialising in robotics and artificial intelligence. During his first year the ship encountered a seemingly deserted asteroid that had the remains of an abandoned mining colony. Alizati was on an away mission to analyse the technology when the team got ambushed by highly advanced robots. The whole team aside from Alizati was captured by the AI’s, leaving Alizati alone to deal with the threat. The AI’s claimed to want to “free” Alizati from the organics and he played along with their game. At the end of the month, the AI’s were ready to welcome Alizati into their circle, but they demanded he allow them access to all his memory files. He agreed, but what they didn’t know is that he had spent the last month working on a virus to infect their whole system and thus when they accessed his files they were infected. Alizati freed his crew and they returned to the USS Hangang safely.

His second big show of skill was when the Hangang encountered a nebula that was not only rich in minerals, but there was a stranded ship inside! The ship went into the nebula, however all of the crew suddenly collapsed, leaving only Alizati and the EMH. Both of them steered the ship out of the nebula before anyone was injured, but they still needed to rescue the stranded ship, Alizati designed stasis chambers for all of the crew so the ship would be able to enter the nebula. However the trade off was it was only going to be Alizati and the EMH who could run the show. They dove back into the nebula, but the radiation was stronger the deeper they got into the nebula. With the help of the EMH, Alizati was able to modify the ship’s shields to combat the effects of the nebula just long enough to get the stranded ship out. Once out of the nebula, he took his crew out of stasis. Unfortunately the alien ship they rescued was not so lucky, there were no survivors, however the ship had incredible technology and some of the electronics were still working. Alizati got to work reverse engineering the systems that were salvageable and was able to outfit the Hangang with a new shield that could protect against weapons with modulating frequencies.

He stayed on the Hangang for a total of 5 years. During his time he also worked on a personal project to upgrade the ship’s scanners to more accurately detect artificial life. From a distance, the ship can not only detect AI’s but also assess their level of intelligence. During the end of his time on the Hangang the ACEO was transferring to another ship and the position was open to applicants. Alizati applied, although he was not chosen. His superior officers did appreciate his work and welcomed him to apply again if the position should open up.

### USS Guangzhou: 2409 - 2410

In 2409 he was transferred to the USS Guangzhou, under the command of Captain Yiming Zhang, another science vessel but this one was exploring a newly formed asteroid field all the way in the Gamma Quadrant. Alizati was one of the engineers on board when they found themselves caught up with the Hur’Q conflict. Being just a science vessel, the Guangzhou was not properly equipped for combat. A battle ensued and the CEO was killed and the ACEO was badly injured. Alizati was the first to spring into the leadership role. Alizati was the one who identified the weakness in the Hur’Q’s morphogenic crystals they used in their ships (a form of AI) and disable the attacking vessels. Being able to go without sleep, Alizati worked nonstop the whole time and with his ingenuity he helped his crew get back to the Alpha Quadrant.

### Deep Space Nine: 2410-2412

Once he arrived on Deep Space Nine he was promoted to ACEO and remained there to help with the Hur’Q efforts.

Once the conflict ended, Alizati was granted shore leave. He returned to Vulcan to find out his father had remarried and he had a baby sister. He stayed on Vulcan and planned to return to Deep Space Nine when he got an offer to be CEO on Starbase 777. He agreed and was transferred.

### Starbase 777: 2412 - present

Alizati is currently stationed on Starbase 777 as the Chief Engineering Officer. He is joined by his 'pet' Furberus, Bir, Ikki, and Yuch.