Roema Kardak

**Lieutenant Commander Roema Kardak** is currently assigned as the Chief of Operations and Second Officer of the USS *Princeton* (NCC-98515). Lieutenant Commander Kardak formerly served with **Captain Mark Shranz** aboard the USS *Albrighton*, USS *Rodney*, USS *Silverfin*, USS *Barclay*.

Having served his early career in Starfleet as a tactically focused officer on a the *Defiant*-class USS *Silverfin* Roema was cited for his excellence in shield dynamics and geometry, working with the Chief Tactical Officer to optimise to conformal shield profile.

Prior to advancing into the command track, Roema spent the majority of his formative Starfleet years as an engineering support officer, working to optimise the limited resources of his ship and crew.

Since the loss of his long-time assignment, the USS *Silverfin,* Roema returned to Cardassia Prime for an extended leave period. After several months in a remote monastery, Roema was contacted by his former commander to serve as his second engineer aboard the *Pathfinder*-class USS *Albrighton*.

With the commissioning of the USS *Princeton,* and upon the request of **Captain Mark Shranz,** USS *Albrighton's* senior crew were transferred to the USS *Princeton.*

Often unknown, Roema is usually the one to be found counselling his long-time commanding officer and convincing him that proceeding on an away mission is not appropriate for a senior command officer.

# Assignments

Junior Logistics officer, USS *Silverfin* (SD 83020.2)

Engineering Officer, USS *Silverfin* (SD 84020.2)

Second Engineer, USS *Silverfin* (NCC-91776) Task Force Omega (SD 86021.8)

Chief Engineer, USS *Barclay* (NCC-98772)., Task Force Avalon (SD 92149.88)

Second Engineer, USS *Rodney* (NCC-92114-B), Task Force Avalon (SD 93693.25)

Chief Operations Officer, USS *Albrighton* (NCC-91212) (SD 94466.36)

Chief Operations Officer, USS *Princeton* (NCC-98515) (SD 95140.0)

# Promotion History

Cadet, Starfleet Academy, San Fransisco (SD 79272.26)

Ensign, USS *Silverfin* (SD 83272.26)

Lieutenant, USS *Silverfin* (SD 84272.26)

Lieutenant Commander, USS *Barclay* (SD 92149.88

# Biography

## Civilian Life

Born on Cardassia Prime at the tail end of the Dominion War, Roema Kardak spent the early years of his life travelling across the populated provinces of Cardassia Prime with his parents. Born to a Mother holding a rank of Gul in the 4th Order, Roema was instilled with a sense of duty and service to the state growing up.

At 18, Roema was admitted to the Central University to study Political Doctrine. Just two years into his studies, Roema was involved in protests against the re-militarisation of the Cardassian government. Arrested outside Central Command Plaza with 200 other, Roema was convicted of disturbing the peace and sowing political unrest. He was sentenced to death, but his mother appealed for mercy with the Justice and his sentence was reduced to exile.

Leaving Cardassia at just 20, Roema found his way to Deep Space Nine in 2394 and took several jobs as a crewman aboard civilian freighters, sparking his love of Engineering. In 2400, Roema applied to Starfleet Academy, was accepted and began officer training at the Beta Ursae Minor II, campus in 2401.

## Academy Life

Roema's academy career was uneventful. Though a studious candidate, he began to excel at GNDN engineering and showed a strong interest in starship operations.

Due to his background and skills, Roema's cadet cruise was spend as an engineer aboard Deep Space Nine. Though this assignment proved less beneficial than he was hoping due to his lack of detailed knowledge of Cardassian technology, he came away with a deeper understanding for the underlying engineering principles that underpin most of Starfleets' technologies.

## Service Life

In 2401 Roema was granted his commission at the rank of Ensign and assigned to the USS *Silverfin,* serving under Commander *Mark Shranz.* USS *Silverfin* was assigned to the Sirius sector, tasked with escort missions for Task Force Omega as well as tactical operations against the Borg. Temporally assigned as Logistics officer, Roema shortly moved to Engineering and was promoted to Lieutenant (Junior Grade).

Whilst assigned to the Task Force, the *Silverfin* was a party to several actions, including the destruction of three Borg cubes and the liberation of hundreds of Drones. During his time with Omega Task force, Roema was included in unit citation for the actions of the *Silverfin* against several Borg forces.

2414 saw Roema transferred to the 26th fleet where he has served with distinction since.

Mid 2414 saw Roema involved in the 26th Fleet's defence of Starbase 381 *"Praetorian"* and The Outback from the Undine assault. Among notable actions, as second engineer of the USS *Silverfin* Roema was primarily responsible for preventing the warp reactor going super-critical after the *Silverfin* was badly damaged by an Undine vessel in the assault to retake *Praetorian*. Roema is also cited as working closely with Lieutenant Chiana Prax in adapting the Metaphasic Shield Array to the USS *Silverfin* to allow her to participate in operations against the Fox.

Several systems failures and a near-disaster on a survey mission lead 26th Fleet leadership to order the retirement of the USS *Silverfin*. During this period, Roema returned to Cardassia Prime under an amnesty agreement that allowed previously exiled citizens to return. Spending several months in a remote monastery contemplating the separation from and loss of his parents, Roema remained in isolation until he was recalled by Commander Shranz to serve as Chief Engineer of the *Nebula*-class USS *Barclay*.

Captain Shranz requested temporary reassignment of Roema to the USS *Rodney*. Serving as second engineer of the USS *Rodney* Roema was part of the crew during successful scouting and survey missions throughout sectors of the Outback.

During the latter half of 2416, Roema took an extended leave of absence from Starfleet. Little is known of his actions during this time, but in November 2416, Roema returned to service as Chief Engineer of the newly-minted USS *Albrighton,* (NCC-91212) a *Pathfinder*-class vessel. During the Futara Union - Royals War, the *Albrighton* was involved in both stealth reconnoitre Recon of OB-300 and blockade duties. She is notable amongst the Task Force Avalon ships deployed as never having fired her weapons in anger.

In February of 2417, the USS *Albrighton* surveyed the OB-5411 system and observed a stellar collapse event [AAR]. It was noted that the system be marked for further observation as the Flora of local planetoids continued to persist after the collapse. On return course for Starbase, Roema and the USS *Albrighton* encountered the USS *Ameterasu* and participated in the return to the aquatic world of Arborea IV "Mundus Aqua." Roema took temporary command as Captain Shranz was detached to the survey mission, operating as astrometric and cartography specialist. [AAR]. For the duration of this mission, the *Albrighton* stood on overwatch and support for the away team.

March 2417 saw the USS *Albrighton* responding to the main reactor failure of Starbase 381 *Praetorian* and provide supplementary power and support personnel to the relief and rebuilding efforts. Roema was deployed to Starbase 381 as a division head supporting the hull rebuilding efforts. With the starbase returned to fully operational status, Roema was recalled to the *Albrighton* and resumed exploration duties. During April of 2417, on exploration deployment, Captain Shranz and his crew determined the true fate of the USS *Silverfin* and found the region of Sector R-5 to be heavily affected with Quantum Filaments, likely the cause of the Looking Glass event.

Roema, along with the senior command staff of the USS *Albrighton* was reassigned to the newly commissioned *Yorktown* -class USS *Princeton* (NCC-98515). Due to some senior command staff re-shuffles, Roema was assigned as Second Officer of the USS *Princeton* in the position of Chief Operations Officer.