Lhi erh'fvi

He is curious and works extremely well under pressure. He is good at multitasking with a keen eye for detail. He works excellently in a team and has strong analytical skills. He’s always asking questions and thinking of ways to make operations more efficient. He likes to listen to debates, but not participate in them.

## Appearance

Standing at a very average Vulcanoid height of 6’5 or 199 cm, Lhi has green/grey skin with patches of light grey around his eyes and the tip of his ear. He has a little mole on the left side of his mouth and upturned lips giving him a cheshire smile.

His eyes are light green and they are ocular implants as his real eyes were removed after he was assimilated. He has borg implants around both eyes. Not visible normally are the scars on his shoulders and implants that replace his shoulder blades on his back. He also has a chunk missing of his left ear from when the Tal Shiar ripped out some of his implants without proper care and his right ear is completely missing. On the right side of his head, he has a borg implant that serves as his ear. He has heavy scarring around the implants near his eyes. He has an implant on his left forearm that connects to his assimilation tubule apparatus that covers the back of his hand. Although they are not able to assimilate anyone anymore, he can eject nanoprobes out of his tubules if needed for science or research.

EARLY LIFE

### Age 0-17: 2369 - 2387

Lhi was born as Deletham ir-Devoras tr'Ahaefvthe on Devoras, a planet located deep within the Romulan empire. He had three loving parents who were loyal citizens of the Star Empire and he was raised with the typical Romulan values including species superiority and the concept of D’era. His family was of good standing with the Empire, nothing bad to say about them, but at the same time there was nothing really of note that made them stand out. From an early age, Lhi wanted to explore the galaxy and he knew the best way to do that was to find a way to get to Romulus. Lhi’s parents worked civilian jobs, his mother worked as a pastry chef, his father was a grocery store clerk, and his other father was a social worker. His extended family lived on other worlds within the Empire.

When Lhi was finishing up elementary school, he asked his parents to let him go to Romulus as he wanted to explore the stars and serve his people in the Navy after he finished school. Lhi was only 12 and he had no family on Romulus so his parents shot down the idea. Lhi, being the enterprising boy he was, sent communications to every member of his extended family to ask if anyone was also looking to live on Romulus who would agree to move with him. To his surprise, he had an older cousin who was willing to relocate for him. She was 19 years old and had a partner who lived on Romulus and was looking to move closer to him. So when Lhi was 13 years old, he moved with his cousin S'anra to the capital of the Romulan Star Empire.

Life on Romulus was quite different than on Devoras. Things moved a lot faster than they did on Devoras and Lhi found himself overwhelmed by all the changes. He got along well with S’anra and her partner and S’anra often took Lhi on trips around Romulus during his breaks. She worked as a Standard teacher at Lhi’s school so she was always close to him. Even though they were 6 years apart, she was a dutiful guardian and took care of him. She did worry about his devotion to the Star Empire as she was never too fond of the militaristic nature of Romulan society and worried for Lhi’s future. Still, she didn’t hold him back from his dreams. Lhi was a happy kid and S’anra let him express his emotions as much as he wanted at home.

### Pre-Assimilation

As Lhi was approaching his 18th birthday, he knew he had to start thinking about his Romulan Navy application. He knew he wanted to go into stellar cartography as he had always loved the stars. In his mind, the Star Empire was a perfect entity that would only accept the best of the best. With his very average grades, he felt his chances of making it into the Navy Academy were slim. To make his application stronger, Lhi decided to make his own star map of the area around Devoras for his final project in his last year of high school. The only problem is, he needed a shuttle.

S’anra’s partner was a budding entrepreneur and he had a business partner who owned his own shuttle with ‘state of the art’ survey equipment. Upon stepping onto the shuttle, Lhi knew something was up when he saw some Navy insgnias and some alien technology he would later realise was Borg tech. Paranoia aside, their trip was only to take about a week so Lhi had to focus on work. During the trip, S’anra’s partner and Lhi coordinated to stage his proposal to her! What a fun and romantic holiday…

## Assimilation

On the last day of the trip, Lhi and his family were resting in their own quarters right before Lhi was awakened by sudden turbulence. He headed towards the front of the shuttle to see their ‘tour guide’ fumbling with the controls in a panic. Lhi approached him to see what was wrong and realised the ship’s auto-pilot function was engaged but they were no longer near Devoras or even near Romulus, they were far off and on screen he saw… A Borg tactical sphere.

Lhi hit the green alert button and soon everyone was trying to shut off the auto-pilot function to get them back to Devoras. Lhi knew something was up and tried to 1v1 their tour guide who quickly admitted the shuttle was stolen from the Tal Shiar. S’anra stepped in to remind everyone they still had a Borg sphere right in front of them. Lhi attempted to turn the shuttle around only to realise the command overrides weren’t working. Before long the ship was tractor beamed by the Borg and boarded. Their lovely tour guide was the first to be assimilated, then S’anra’s partner (who tried to 1v1 the drone to save his new fiancee and Lhi), then S’anra, and lastly, Lhi himself.

### Borg Sphere 74: 2387

Lhi was given the designation Six of Nine and put to work as a drone. Although most drones could perform any task on the ship, with Lhi’s natural knack for stellar cartography and his headstrong nature, he took on the role of tactical drone. Being a tactical sphere, the focus was to scout out possible worlds for assimilation. Lhi assisted with assimilating a number of worlds within the Delta and Beta quadrants.

## Free State Postings

### IRW Tagor: 2397 - 2400

Lhi was liberated at the age of 28 when the Dhelan-class warbird called the IRW Tagor raided Sphere 74 after following a Tal Shiar distress signal coming from Lhi’s shuttle that had been lost all those years ago. The crew stole a number of parts as well as a few drones, although they were not well versed in the proper liberation process. Because of this, all but Lhi and S’anra’s partner, now named Sei (Lhi erh’Sei) , passed away. After a number of procedures and trial and error, the two liberated drones were put to work on the ship. Lhi was given the role of space tactician and Sei was an engineer. Miral, the first officer on the Tagor, fell in love with Lhi at first sight and although Lhi could not return the other’s feelings, he expressed appreciation for the kindness and respect he showed him.

In his third year on the Tagor, the ship engaged with a rival Romulan faction, the Valdore-class IRW Tai'eld, who wanted to steal their Borg tech when they noticed the ship’s appearance.The attackers boarded and raided the ship, stealing anything they could grab– including Lhi who was regenerating at the time. Soon, Lhi woke up and realised he was no longer on the Tagor. He thought of an idea to contact Sei through his interplexing beacon for help. Unfortunately the two liberated drones’ communication also was heard by the Borg Queen.

The Romulan ship was no match for a Cube and as Lhi saw it approaching the ship the thought of returning to the collective occurred to him. It wasn’t until he saw all of the crew on the ship scrambling to try and raise their defenses that he saw the looks on their faces that reminded him of when he was first assimilated. So Lhi rushed to the helm and sent out a communication to the Tagor to warn them of the danger. He cloaked the ship and by modulating the frequencies on his Borg cortical implant he was able to confuse the cube and eventually meet up with the Tagor. Everyone was shocked at Lhi’s selfless act to save them. The crew of the Tai’eld agreed to return the Borg tech to the Tagor and even though they were not going to join the Free State, they promised the Tagor crew and Lhi himself that they would always be available to help if they ran into trouble.

At the end of his three years on the Tagor, they had already fully earned the crew’s trust and so Lhi and Sei were given commission with the Tal Shiar. On the day the two were set to head off to their next posting at the Borg Reclamation Project, Miral proposed to Lhi and Lhi accepted. Miral promised that once the Tal Shiar and the Free State regained power he and Lhi could settle down on a nice planet together. Lhi and Miral already had a strong bond of trust so even if Lhi was unsure about having romantic feelings for Miral, he liked the idea of living together.

### Borg Reclamation Project: 2400 - 2402

Lhi and Sei were taken to the Borg Reclamation Project as they were identified as prime candidates to help with the operation. Lhi’s memories and emotions were starting to come back with the help of a few more surgeries. He started to become distressed, not just because of the numerous attempts to remove his implants, but also from the mistreatment he got from the other officers. Lhi’s job was assisting with the integration of Borg tech on Free State ships.

## Defection to the Romulan Republic

During his second year on the project, that’s when he happened to meet his father who had since enlisted in the Romulan Navy and he initially didn’t reocgnise him, but Lhi was sure he knew him. After a meeting with his other father as well and a few tests they discovered he was their lost son, Deletham. When he reunited with his parents, he told them all about  his time in the Tal Shiar. His parents were upset to hear this and they made plans for all of them to defect to the Republic. Lhi was still unsure if he wanted to leave behind the Tal Shiar, but with his parents and Sei pushing for them to leave, he agreed and they left for the Romulan Flotilla.

### Romulan Flotilla (Civilian): 2402 - 2407

Upon arriving at the Republic, Lhi immediately regretted his decision. With his memories of pre-assimilation life returning, so did his emotions and all the trauma from assimilation. He was put through therapy to help him cope with his emotions and memories, and of course his family supported him all the way. As he spent more time with his family, he also was able to rekindle his love for the stars. Sei was quick to get to work and enlist in the Republic, but Lhi chose to live as a civilian and spend his time learning and trying to reintegrate.

He studied stellar cartography alongside Republic scientists and slowly parts of his past self were returning. He was able to improve the Astrometrics lab, adding more detail to the star charts, specifically in Borg space where there was little to no data. When he wasn’t at work, he cried a lot, mourning the loss of his planet and regretting his decision to leave the Tal Shiar. He realised he did love Miral and was sad to think he may never see him again because they were part of opposing factions. Life was scary away from the collective, he wanted to go back to the familiar life on Romulus even if he knew the Republic was objectively better.

As his fifth year in the Flotilla came to an end, Lhi wanted to see more of space. It was nice doing research in Flotilla, but he missed home, he missed Romulus. He approached a Republic officer and asked if there was any way he could travel and do more research and the officer told him he could always join the Republic. Lhi had a strong service record and he was surprised Lhi hadn’t enlisted as soon as he defected like Sei had. Lhi told the officer that even though he knew the Star Empire had fallen, he would still feel like a traitor if he fought against the remainders of them in the Tal Shiar. The officer then decided to give Lhi an offer– he could put him on a science vessel to travel, but as a Republic officer. If Lhi didn’t like it after a year, he could come back and he’d see if there was something else for him to do. Lhi took the offer and in 2407 enlisted in the Romulan Republic as a science officer and was assigned to the RRW Hartlhei.

## Romulan Republic Postings

### RRW Hartlhei: 2407-2410

The Surhuelh-class warbird RRW Hartlhei was a state of the art science vessel specialising in research and more importantly the crew was made up of Romulans and Vulcans. The ship was to be a shining example of what the two species can do with reunification. This was also the first time since Lhi’s liberation that he worked with aliens.

The ship’s mission was to help locate possible planets for the Romulan Republic’s new homeworld. Lhi worked within a team of Vulcan and Romulan officers from the science and engineering department to integrate Borg-style sensors with the ship’s scanners that allowed them not only to cover a greater distance with their scans, but also gather more data. The sensors utilised Borg transwarp technology by creating a small rift and sending a beam of light through it. The rift would only be open for a few seconds and the size was not large enough for a full probe, but it allowed them to quickly gather data. Transwarp was already known by the Federation and the Republic, although Lhi helped set up the tech on the Hartlhei.

At the end of their third year however, that’s when the Republic was engaged in full blown war with the Elachi and Tal Shiar to try and defend Mol’Rihan. The Hartlhei was not a combat ship in the slightest, but Lhi realised the Elachi was not too different from the Borg. With his previous experience in tactics and his knowledge in stellar cartography, Lhi was able to plot the best course to evade a group of Elachi and Tal Shiar vessels through an asteroid belt. The course was risky as the asteroid belt had a few anomalies hidden within. The Hartlhei suffered heavy damage and when they made it to the other side, they were stuck far from other ships. That’s when another Romulan ship came into view and began to fire on the Hartlhei. The captain opened a channel to try and reason with the attackers who were from a rival faction, not aligned with the Republic or the Tal Shiar. The rival faction noticed transwarp tech being used and that’s when they noticed Lhi was sitting on the bridge– The captain was a former officer of the IRW Tai'eld– the ship Lhi saved years back. The rival ship ceased fire and they offered to help the Hartlhei with repairs and protect them to get back to Mol’Rihan. The rival faction ended up joining the Republic soon after.

### RRW Korthre: 2410 - 2413

Following the Iconian War, Lhi served on the Laeosa-class warbird the RRW Korthre as a stellar cartographer. One of the stellar cartographers had just transferred off the ship to participate in the Officer Exchange Programme, something Lhi had never heard of before. In his place, they had a Trill scientist who became close with Lhi. The scientist was patient and open minded, they did not seem uncomfortable on a ship full of Romulans (and some Remans). Lhi asked his new colleague tons of questions about Starfleet and the Federation. Lhi knew a bit about Starfleet from his time in the collective so he asked a lot of questions about daily life in the Federation. He liked the idea of exploring different star systems and seeing new life. Lhi and the Starfleet officer became good friends through his curiosity.

The Korthre’s three year survey mission took place deep within Romulan space and post-Supernova Romulan space was full of surprises. The crew encountered a wormhole that brought them right next to Borg space, but thanks to their updated database that was created with a lot of Lhi’s data years prior in the Flotilla, the crew was able to navigate out of the danger zone and towards a nearby planet. On the planet, there were very few people as most of the inhabitants had been assimilated. Most of the people lived underground to try and hide from the Borg, but visits from cubes were inevitable. The people had a lot of tech, things that the Republic were certainly interested in, including some new astrometrics equipment and long range scanners. The Korthre wanted to help out the inhabitants find a new home, but the problem was the inhabitants had very specific environmental needs. Lhi helped pinpoint a number of possible planets and eventually a new homeworld for the population was found. The Korthre also provided the people with some of the anti-Borg tech they had, including modulating phasers and shields. On their way to try and find a returning wormhole, the crew got caught up in a fight with a Borg cube. Lhi was in astrometrics at the time, trying to find a nebula for them to hide in and that’s when the ship was boarded. A number of the crew were wounded from the attack, but they were able to fight off the Borg onboard. Lhi was not so lucky however and was grabbed and more nanites were injected into him. He nearly succumbed to reassimilation before a security officer saved him. The crew were unsure if Lhi would be reassimilated so he was put in a stasis pod until they returned to Mol’Rihan where his condition could be reassessed. When they got back to Mol’Rihan he was treated by a team of Romulan and Starfleet doctors, it was something Lhi would never forget.

As the third year of his time on the Korthre came to a close, his Trill bestie was heading back to Starfleet. The Trill asked if Lhi would like to come too and Lhi agreed so he filled out what he thought was the application for officer exchange only to realise soon after that he had submitted a request for a full faction transfer. Lhi’s superior officers in the Republic approached him and asked why he wanted to leave the Republic. Lhi realised his error but then he thought about what he truly wanted for his future. He wanted to explore the stars and there was only so much to see in Romulan space. As much as he loved serving his people, he never fully felt at home in the Republic. He knew that was where he would have to return to someday, but he wanted to explore. So he proceeded with his transfer application and officially switched factions to Starfleet in 2413.

### USS Rapture: 2413

Lhi’s first Starfleet posting was the USS Rapture. To his surprise the interview for Starfleet was rather easy. His service record was clean and Starfleet even agreed to provide Lhi with an alcove wherever he was posted. His previous postings in the Republic also provided him an alcove, but he had to send over specifics and work with engineers to get his quarters outfitted with one.

### Starbase 777: 2413 - present

Upon learning that Rapture was going to be participating in a long-term deep space mission, Lhi was told he would be transferring to Starbase 777. His feelings on the transfer were neutral, but upon hearing of his transfer, Lhi’s parents immediately contacted him and expressed their delight that he would be close by.