Karvak

Ensign Karvak is a tactical officer on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Karvak was born into a Romulan family on the planet Vulcan in the city of ShiKahr. His date of birth was May 18th, 2394. His father was a warp field specialist that had to raise him singlehandedly as the mother passed in a shuttle accident a month after the child was born. His father, Kolek, was a man that grieved the loss of the woman he bonded with. Nevertheless, he raised the child with the strength and determination to preserve her memory. After Karvak reached the age of two, his father decided to move to Earth to pursue further education with warp cores in the hopes of being given the opportunity to help construct the new starships. During this, he left the child with a caring babysitter. This babysitter, a human woman named Jenny from where upstate New York used to be, gradually won Kolek over after he came home from work at night.

After two years of seeing each other, they decided to get married. A family to help raise the now four year old child was now here! The woman instilled values of respect and human empathy in the child as he grew and matured, the father learning as well from this. The rather influential growing-up setting of Northeastern Pennsylvania made him more in tune to the conditions of swimming in freezing creeks and hiking, turning him into a sort of outdoorsman. The mother figure raised Karvak with the help of Kolek. As Karvak grew, he was heavily influenced by human culture and Romulan culture from his father, growing into a well-tuned young man that had a blend of humanity. He graduated high school at the age of eighteen and decided to explore his career options.

Throughout his life, he was inspired by his father to join Starfleet. Starfleet’s evacuation and aid of Romulan refugees made Karvak’s father wish for his son to help repay this debt as the whole family would’ve died if the Federation hadn’t intervened. Karvak agreed with this as he aspired to go to the stars as a young child and serve as some men and women in his community went off to Starfleet and encouraged him to as well. Karvak decided that he would follow in his biological mother’s path as a weapons control officer on a starship, this was sealed by his countless hours of studying before the entrance exam to the academy.

During his first and most eventful academy year, he made few friends or connections. He joined the chess club and excelled there, even coming in near the top of the group with their internal competitions. He had loads of fun and gained a bit of practical experience as the head of a group near the end of the year, but he dropped the club shortly after to focus more on his studies. After that, things went relatively smoothly throughout his academy years. He made a friend or two and had an overall good amount of fun during his off time, even joining the basketball group to play some games. His grades were relatively average coming into his final year. He graduated in the top 25% of his class, doing quite well.

After his graduation, he took his first posting aboard the USS Odyssey.

## Appearance

He stands at 6’ on the nose. He usually keeps his hair brushed to the side or in the traditional Romulan cut, though he usually leans to brush and style it to the side. He has Romulan forehead ridges running on his forehead, quite bumpy and interesting to look at as they are perfectly symmetrical. He usually wears a leather watch on his left wrist to avoid having to ask the computer and, in his words, waste his breath.

## Personality

Toward authority, Karvak is very submissive to it. His parents taught him that respect gets you places in life, and he lives by that. He is always quite amicable though he has a slight ego. He loves to meet new people and make friends, going ahead and forging a path for himself as the one dude that goes above and beyond to help. He never bends over backwards to please, however. He will do his work to the best of his ability.

## Psych Evaluation

Karvak has no noticeable psychological issues.

## Medical

Karvak has no notable medical conditions.

## Other information

* During his time as a child, his mother taught him the many ins and outs of making fudge and other treats. The treats were sugar-free, of course.
* Likes: Peaches, head rubs, cats, chicken, drawing, and playing the guitar.
* Dislikes: Undercooked food, sushi, fish, dogs, rap music.

## Flashbacks

* parental-friction
* baseball-and-sodium