Taliah Romu Nileria Za’Rena

### Body Type

Taliah has a mesomorphic bottom-hourglass shape figure. She is a rather small woman though she does not let that really bother her. She keeps her figure toned and fit, making sure that she stays healthy. She is not necessarily fixated on doing so, but watches it to take care of herself. She often ends up snacking away on a multitude of things throughout the day and so she often makes sure to balance it with a strict workout regime. She is always certain to follow through and see it to the end. Her metabolism is in a nice range where if she misses a day or snacks too much nothing will be all that bad, but also slow enough that she does not feel a need to constantly be eating. She simply snacks because she enjoys doing so.

With a bottom-hour glass figure, she is gifted with a smaller chest which cinches into her waist before opening back out to her hips which are a bit wider than her chest. Though she is short, the majority of her height does come from her long legs. Due to her childhood activities, her lower body is stronger than her upper body. She attempts to balance out both sides, but she does have an affinity towards things that strengthen her core and lower body rather than her upper body. The gym is not necessarily her favourite place to go to, but, again, she does it for the sake of her health and wellbeing. She wants to spend as much time alive looking her absolute best.

### Style

**Uniform**
Za’Rena always makes sure that her uniform is in tip top shape, that every part of it is in the neatest form it can be. She varies among the more casual and more formal uniforms, but even if it is just the simple plain shirt, she makes sure that it is perfect. Her collar is practically always perfectly folded, her shirt and pants never dirty with anything. Black is a rather easy colour to cover up if messy, but she refuses to be seen as a mess. If she rolls up her sleeves, she does so neatly, folding them equally rather than just shoving them up and wrinkling the fabric. Her pants are tailored to fit her legs and she typically wears simple boots which adds a bit of height to her small form.

**Accessories**
While on duty, Za’Rena tends to use a little bit less jewelry and accessories than she normally would. Though she keeps the majority of her ear piercings in, she tends to deter away from wearing all her necklaces, bracelets, etc. While on duty, the ribbon she likes to wear tied up into her hair is often just a simple white silk or some other simple, solid colour.

**Off Duty | In Public**
Za’Rena has a rather casual and simple style when off duty. Like when she is on duty, her clothing is always well kept and neat. She likes to look put together and as if she has some sense of style to her. She does not look down on those who look thrown together, but personally does prefer when she appears like she has some sort of control on her life, even if it is just by her appearance. She does not wear necessarily fancy things, but is not the type to emerge from her quarters with sweatpants and such unless it makes sense for her. She tends to lean towards more form fitting outfits rather than flowing or loose ones as her body is already rather small and the flowing ones appear strange.

**Tops**
Taliah tends to wear, like stated, form fitting clothing. When off duty, she leans towards layering her tops. She likes to wear simple bandeaus, crop tops, etc. She is unafraid to bear her skin and specifically her midriff as she is rather proud of her flattened stomach. She often layers jackets and flannels over such in case that she may get cold or even opt for long-sleeve versions of such pieces. She enjoys some patterns, but nothing that would be considered too bold. She opts towards the darker colour pallets, tones like dark greens and blues along with blacks and grays to complement her skin tone. She also enjoys things with a high neckline as it helps to elongate her body shape, adding the illusion of a bit of height to her short frame. She also is ok with dresses if she wants.

**Bottoms**
Tali, for her lower half, often just goes with her mood. Whether it be something like leggings or a pants suit like pants, to jeans, or even a nice skirt, it goes with the outfit of the day. She tends to try and wear things that, like most of her outfit choices, help add to her height. Whether they make her legs look longer or show them off since she is proud of them, her outfits choose to enhance her appearance. She recently has taken an affinity towards either gym material like leggings or simple skater skirts to help. She also enjoys shorts on a nice day.

**Shoes**
Za’Rena tends to opt towards wearing shoes that can give her small stature a bit of height. She tends to wear boots and heels so that she can get a boost of a couple inches. Her job often does not require that she do a lot of running around so it is not like it bothers her much. If she is working out or such she does tend to actually wear sport shoes. She also is unbothered by going barefoot if she so needs to.

**Accessories**
Za’Rena has both her ears pierced in a couple locations and enjoys wearing simple jewelry and accessories to match. She has a multitude of earrings to exchange out and often likes to wear decorative things in her hair as well. Bows and ribbons are her favourite to add a splash of colour to her appearance. Though it sounds childish, she has a rather large collection of bows and ribbons to use in an array of simple colours. She also has a variety of necklaces and bracelets, ranging from longer to shorter ones, gold & silver, even some chain things to add an accent in whichever way is possible. She will normally have her hair pulled back with such things.

**Off Duty | Alone**
Taliah’s off duty outfits are often more laid back and relaxed than her other outfits. When simply hanging around her quarters or doing something that she does not believe she will run into others, her outfits are more calm. She tends to enjoy wearing things like sweaters, and even sweatpants when just around her room. She often lets her hair down as she relaxes, just enjoying the fact that when alone or with those she knows, they are not going to judge her so heavily about her appearance and what she looks like.

### Hair

Taliah’s off duty outfits are often more laid back and relaxed than her other outfits. When simply hanging around her quarters or doing something that she does not believe she will run into others, her outfits are more calm. She tends to enjoy wearing things like sweaters, and even sweatpants when just around her room. She often lets her hair down as she relaxes, just enjoying the fact that when alone or with those she knows, they are not going to judge her so heavily about her appearance and what she looks like. Za’Rena has dark silky hair, her hair being a strange border between black and brown. She has natural highlights of lighter brown throughout her hair though, in most settings, it looks simply black. She often takes care of her hair, making sure to wash it properly and style it as it should. Her hair is almost always constantly in some sort of half up, half down sort of style. Whether it be a ponytail, space buns, or really any sort of updo, she usually has around half her hair pulled up.Her bangs are usually swept to one side, falling usually right above her eyes unless she allows them to grow a bit longer than they should. Her hair rarely ever falls past her shoulders as she prefers to keep it cropped a bit shorter. The ends of her bangs are kept slightly longer so that they can frame her face, but not so much as cover over her pointed ears.

### Eyes

Taliah has a set of vibrant, emerald green, almond shaped eyes. Her wide eyes often have a sense of wonder and inquisition with them. Her eyes are naturally rather large, the green orbs shining. In the light, her eyes often take on a more yellow or lighter green tint, though they typically do appear in the darker shade of green. Like her hair, her eyelashes are dark. The voluminous lashes only add to the illusion of how large her eyes are. She used to require glasses but, thanks to the technology, had the opportunity to get it all fixed up. Nowadays she only wears glasses for the sake of an aesthetic for her outfits.

### General Appearance

Taliah, upon first glance or any glance really, seems like she belongs back in a high school or something. She is small, not even reaching 5 foot as she stands at 4 feet 11 inches. She often just lies and says she’s 5 foot though, especially since with her shoes she often is above 5. She has a small frame with her hips being slightly wider than her chest. She weighs in around 118 lbs with a nice balance of body fat and muscle weight. She has a rather round face, a bit of fat on her cheeks. She has a couple freckles here and there, not enough to be necessarily notable. She has a small beauty mark underneath her right eye as well as the traditional pointed Romulan ears.

Tali has rather pale skin with peach undertone, allowing for rosy blush to dust over her cheeks. She has a small birthmark on her lower back, the darker splotch of skin not really resembling much. She also has a rather large scar along her right forearm from an incident as a child. Other than that, she has no marking along her skin. She used to draw on her skin as a child and, to this day, she continues this habit. It would not be a rather surprising thing for someone to walk by and see her scribing something onto her arm or see an intricate pattern decorated up her forearm. Due to this, Tali almost always has a pen on her as well- tucked somewhere into her clothing or her hair. She knows she has a PADD but she prefers the old methods as typing on a PADD takes too long.

Za’Rena almost always has a smile on her face, her lips in a constant upturn. Her soft features often give her a welcoming and warm appearance and she rarely looks like she could do damage to anyone. Upon a first look, she seems rather harmless. She prides herself and plays to this, often making sure that she does not look threatening in any sort of way. She wants people to approach her and be willing to speak with her. She does not really care that her appearance could be classified as childish. It makes her happy and that is what her focal point really is all about.

## Personality

### General Personality

Tali, at her core, is a rather wits driven girl. Her sense of worth has always been measured based on how her brain is turning. Back when she was in the Romulan Empire, Tali was preparing to serve for the Romulan military causing her to embrace this rough and tough personality. If anyone compared Taliah to the girl she was then, it would be difficult to believe that it is the same person. She was, in blunt terms, a bitch. She took her duty seriously and was not one to mess with. She was a rather violent and volatile person, quick to anger and quick to take action.

Although she defected away from Romulus, she did not lose nor learn to control this personality quickly. Due to defaulting while young enough, Za’Rena did her best to reshape herself. She attempted to reset, doing her best to be the absolute best. Being a child growing up in Romulus, she was taught that failure was unacceptable, fueling her to strive for perfection, regardless of how incomprehensible it may be. Taliah never lost her aggressive attitude, instead learned how to develop an almost alternate facade. With some times, specifically over the course of her years at the Academy, Tali’s temperament was not necessarily controlled but instead shut off. Her aggressive side became one of her many faces that, should she need, she could don. She also, however, managed to find some new personas.

Taliah’s aggression, though her core truth, is not the one she shows unless pressured. Her main sort of persona is a rather passive and approachable girl. She often manages to keep a relaxed look on her face, nothing of aggression nor annoyance. She has a rather calm appearance, one in which someone like a child may be confined or find trust in. Her eyes often have a softer shine in them. She holds her posture upright as always but is willing to show some sort of relaxation. With this facade, she tends to try and adapt with emotions. She is no Vulcan who can shut off their emotions, but she dislikes showing her emotional side. She was taught, especially as a child, that it was all irrelevant.

She never really understood how to express any emotion properly. Though she is able to sort of, for lack of a better phrase, turn on and off her aggressive side, it is prone to shine through when she is under real emotional stress. When those moments occur, it is an entire flip side in Taliah. Her emotions risk taking over her and becoming her defining personality trait. Her most dominant one is when she gets aggressive, as normal, but alas if something sadness takes over, she tends to be even more reclusive.

Regardless of all this, Taliah prizes things like respect and power above all else. She does not respect people until they show that they deserve her respect back. She is someone who believes in ranks, that everyone is in the spot they are in for a reason. She is very tough on herself, often beating herself up mentally should she do wrong. She can very easily overwork herself, willing to push herself physically and mentally to do the absolute best that she can. She is precise, often making sure every detail is right as it should be. She does things with care and accuracy, making sure everything is as it should.

### Ambitions

* Taliah wants to make a name of herself. She wants to be a person that someone can look to and be proud of, someone that others can aspire to. She wishes to be a role model for others in the world.

* Tali, as strange as it sounds, wishes to one day see her father again. She has no knowledge of what happened to her father once she left the empire and wonders what has occurred to him. She misses him dearly and does wish to see him again.

* Za’Rena’s highest ambition is to simply be normal. She just wants to fit into the world and be accepted as is. She wants to be seen as a companion or as a fellow being rather than an outsider. She wants to not have to look over her shoulders in fear of anything and just- enjoy.

### Morals

* Adjust to situations.

* Have patience

* Have humility

* Respect yourself

## History

### Childhood

Nileria Romu Taliah Za’Rena was born June 9, 2348, in a mid-sized city by the Apnex Sea. She was born to Kavemo and Novala Za’Rena, two proud Navy servicemen in the Romulan military. Sadly, Taliah barely got to know her mother. Novala was already sick when pregnant with Tali and the pregnancy did not help at all. Within 5 short weeks of giving birth to her child, Novala passed away. Kavemo was heartbroken. His brightest joy in Taliah was born only to lose the love of his life weeks later. The man withdrew for the first few months of Taliah’s life. It would be 8 months before Kavemo finally decided to man up and aid his daughter. He made sure that Tali was taken care of. Tavusa, a lovely midwife, nurse, and a childhood friend of Novala, was more than happy to help raise the young girl.

And so she was raised mainly by Tavusa, her father monitoring her growth rather than really aiding in it. Her father did have work to focus on in which, looking back, Tali could not fault him for. As she grew, Tavusa was happy to raise her and her father made sure it went well. Though her father was busy, he still did love Taliah. The pair of them did something at least every other week if not weekly. Due to their proximity to the Apnex Sea, Kavemo often took her to the sea to play in the water, to just enjoy life. He was a very sentimental male, especially after losing his wife, and so he wanted his daughter to appreciate it all. They would often share with one another things like shells and shiny rocks, little things to appreciate the materials things.

When she was about 5 years old, Kavemo and Tali were out on the beach doing their father-daughter weekend travel, Tali found a rather special rock. In reality, it was some sort of glass or sharp stone, to this day she is still uncertain, but the clumsy child managed to let it slip. The sharp stone easily sliced her rather fragile skin, tearing the pale skin on her right forearm. Her father quickly rushed her to get it fixed up and it was not anything too serious, however, from that day, her father was very wary of allowing her to venture on her own or pick up random things.

As she grew of age, Taliah’s education started to become a focal point. Though he cared for his daughter, Kavemo also understood the sheer importance that education tied into being successful within the empire. Kavemo quickly started to push her for her education, trying to get her to learn everything she could. As a bomb tech for the Navy, Kavemo introduced his daughter to these things, showing her basics. He pushed her into things like martial arts, encouraging her to be the best she could.

Taliah was not a fan of such things.

She did not resist the things her father pushes her towards, instead complying for his happiness. She did not enjoy them, at least the schooling. When it came to the bomb tech work and the martial arts, Tali was all for it. In fact, those were the activities she loved to do. However, education was another story. Her father pushed her towards being the highest in her class, being among the top so that she was successful- at least to him. She was not top of the class, in fact she was leaning off towards the middle of it. It was not that she was an idiot, she just did not care enough.

It did not please her father to know this, however, upon entering the high school age, she did a small shift. Rather than aim for the normal scholarly education as many of her fellow classmates did, Taliah took the more military route. She knew that she was not outstanding enough for the traditional academics. She would just continue to be a failure, continue to be in her lower points. She was smarter than that- deciding to play to her strengths. Her father could not fault her for it, instead rather proud to know that his daughter was taking after him to seek after the military, specifically the Navy. As she grew, she reminded Kavemo of Novala. The passion, the energy, all of that bundles into just a smaller version. Though her academics were not the absolute best, she was able to take strength in the stronger way. Her academics were required to be of a level or else other, more sour things, would occur. She was not looking to lose her spot in the military academy because she could not do basic academics. She started to apply herself more, trying harder to be better.

With other children, Taliah was a bit withdrawn. Due to not having as much interaction as a young child because of the loss of her mother and protection of her father, she sort of was awkward around the other children. There were few that she really interacted with were her friends though. She had a tight knit circle of maybe two or three other friends who she was comfortable with. The rest of the children she sort of wandered away from. She did not avoid them per say, but she did not go out of her way to interact with them. She spent a lot of her time with Tavusa as a kid too, finding comfort in her instead. Tavusa was involved in her life until she entered into the military academy, making sure that Taliah knew how to do things like cook for herself and just be able to stand on her own.

In the military school, Tali took closer liking towards the bomb tech path of her father. Though as a child she was not extremely able to really work with any sort of actual bomb tech, the studies were fulfilling. She learned the book smarts of it all. The ins and outs of wiring, how different explosives did different things, even how difficult some were to make. Her education started to take a turn for the higher end, prepping her for the Romulan military. She studied hard, trained even harder, all for the glory. Her father continued to push her, knowing that she could do great things if pushed. It was stressful to her and a bit unnerving, but she did it regardless. She did many things just to make her father happy. The teachings start to blur through her mind, the honour and prestige becoming her one goal in life.

### Romulan Navy

Her graduation was an amazing day, one that she would never forget. Her father was proud to see his daughter graduate, especially with such similar aspects like him. After graduating from the military academy at 18 years old, she entered into the Navy as a Erei'Arrian (Sub-Centurion). She was proud to serve, happy to do so. This was what she had been training for all her life. This was everything she had been preparing for and it finally all came together. She felt as if she had finally accomplished something with her life- something worthwhile. She took quickly to taking the specialty track like her father, She was proud of her work, happy to serve. She held her head high and wore her uniform with pride.

Her work was simple- at least in her terms. In reality it was something that most people probably could not do- most likely blowing themselves up in the process if they so attempted to. Even though she was just a Erei'Arrian, she was quickly assigned to projects that required her aid. She did little work, often repetitive things on little things, but she was proud of it. It was something she could do and something she was proud of. She felt as if she was helping out, proud to be able to say she worked on multiple of the bombs that the Romulan Military was using.

That was until she quickly realized the truth behind what she was working on. She never questioned much- questioning often got you in trouble with the military. She was barely over a year into the work, having helped on many bombs, just barely over 19. Many of the Arrains were commenting she would receive a promotion quickly due to her work. She rarely ever actually knew what the bombs she helped work on were used for until she overheard her Enarrain (Senior Centurion) speaking with the other Arrain (Centurions) of the bombtech unit.

She heard them congratulating each other on the success of the bomb, hearing about the amount of casualties. Even though she had been trained in fighting, trained to be rather cold and brutal, but she had never actually killed anyone. She had never experienced the actual what any sort of battle or death or brutality was towards others. She knew that the empire was rather rough but that was what she grew up with- that was her father himself. To hear that all these people had died, that all these buildings and cities really had been demolished, and she had helped cause it shook her to the core.

She was not necessarily sick in any sort of form but terrified. She did not want to be part of something that was killing people in such a way. She was terrified of such, hating that she was part of it.

She started to speak up, question the tactics and everything that went on. She was punished- multiple times. She sustained multiple more on-the-books punishments including threats of demotions, extra duty, other things like that. When that did not fully work, there were more brutal ones. She took more than a couple beatings before the Erei’Riov made the decision to have her transferred away where she could not be as vocal. The transfer was pushed through and Taliah was assigned off to some ship off on the federation border.

Here it was even worse. Taliah did her work but the pride she had for it was long gone. She did it for the sake of getting by, not because she enjoyed it anymore. Here, on the border, her specialty work was less needed. The border did not need bombs. They just needed the man power. She was empty without it all. She was 19 years old, a girl torn from what she really wanted to do and had her dreams shattered. She had practically dedicated her life to being in the Navy, to being a bombtech and doing what she loved. She could no longer do that and the rage within her quickly started to show through. Within months of being stationed at the border, Tali had already made her name as a troublemaker.

The punishments returned. More duty, the ugly shifts no one wanted- the subtle harassments and bruising the older crewmates would give her. She had had enough. And so she left.

It was not that simple. It took weeks of planning and it all lined up the perfect time. She was patient, waiting for the right time and, when it came, she was ready for it. She had gathered enough supplies to steal one of the smaller shuttles from the ship and ran - er drove - for it. She was out of there as quickly as she could, heading for the closest starbase that she could: Omega Draken IV.

### Starbases

To say that Taliah had a very easy time running from the Romulans would be not even an understatement. It would be a flat out lie. She had the worst time of her life. Flying a shuttle was not the easiest thing to fully figure out when she had only done it with the aid of others and the starbase was not all that kind to her. In their defense, she was a 19 year old Romulan, female, arriving with a Romulan shuttle. There was a reason to be a bit aggressive.

She arrived at Omega Draken IV and, after multiple conversations with the wonderful people of the Starbase, they agreed to allow her to dock but with some concerns. Once docking, she was quickly escorted out to the holding cells. They did not necessarily treat her with absolute rudeness, but she had grown up in the Romulan Empire. The aggressive behaviour of those at OD IV was not off putting to her. In fact, she just mirrored it back. After days of shouting, exchanging curses, and just all around aggression, it finally took an admiral getting involved for it all to settle down. She told her story, pleading for them to agree with her. She knew fully well the military would be on her ass. The admiral was a bit more understanding of it all and decided to have a little faith in her.

After another couple weeks of being heavily monitored by the security on OD IV, Taliah had a request. She wanted to leave. Like she had shared with the Admiral on board, the Romulans were unlikely to just let her drift away. The admiral agreed, fine to send her off to the starbase Yorktown to be someone else’s issue. On a rather public transport, Taliah was able to leave for Yorktown.

While at Yorktown, Tali was still under suspicion, however, they were less aggressive. She had so many questions, the curiosity that got her through her education returning. The Rear Admiral on board Yorktown was a bit more welcoming towards Taliah. Having served on the border for years, he had seen only a few defectors, but enough to be willing to hear Taliah out. She was happy for the comfort of knowing someone was willing to hear her story. The Rear Admiral was kind enough and talked to her almost daily. If she was not with the Read Admiral, she was being watched after by security details. It was not comfortable for her, but she understood that it was part of what they had to do.

About two months into their conversations, he introduced her to the idea of the Academy. The Starfleet Academy. It was a place where Taliah could reset herself, find a new world. She begged to attend the Academy, wanting to be able to attend such an education and venture further, seeing it as a way to establish herself as part of this new world she was in. However, one that was still stopping her. She was still a defect. The Rear Admiral informed her that she would be required to be a citizen to be able to apply and she quickly hopped on that train, begging for his aid with the process.

The Rear Admiral, seeing the true intent behind Taliah after spending almost 4+ months with at least weekly, if not daily, conversations with the girl, was willing to aid her with the process. After the two of them sat down and went over what to do, Tali applied for temporary citizenship due to asylum. It was not an easy process for her to bear through. Multiple interviews, counseling sessions, and so many forms were required for her to go through. Once that was finally accepted, she applied for Starfleet Academy. With the help of the Rear Admiral guiding her through yet another difficult process, she had it all done. Then came even more waiting. The pattern of her recent life, applying and waiting. She finally received the news: accepted. Joy was finally something she felt once again before she headed to San Francisco on Earth to start her education. After nearly 11 solid months, 2 on Omega Draken IV and another 9 spent on Yorktown, she left. However- she continued to stay in contact with the Rear Admiral up till his retirement and even occasionally after.

### Starfleet Academy

Taliah was 20 years old (2368) when she entered the Academy, a bit older than the others when they first entered, but she did not let that stop her. She quickly took to her courses, her education from the Romulan Empire proving to be beneficial. She was a loner, often sticking to herself. As a Romulan, others were a bit skeptical of her, however, she proved her spot quickly.

The Rear Admiral had informed her that, regardless of her training in the Romulan Empire, she would have to start from scratch. She would be required to re-train through everything in Starfleet, doing it all over again. She was not so willing to do so and the fear that Starfleet may use her knowledge the way the Empire did scared her. She was a bit more than disappointed to learn such, hoping that she could continue with the specialization that brought her such joy. She loved doing so, but knowing the devastation she had caused also hurt her, tearing her away from such a passion.However, he had nudged her in the direction of Intelligence. She had taken a glance at the overview of courses and realized it all did appeal to her. It was everything she wanted as an escape to get out of her past.

She made a name for herself, being the rather silent Romulan that, when pushed, would snap. She did her best to try and keep it under wraps, trying to not be aggressive. She really did not want to just be known as someone violent. She was better than that. She started to work on herself, trying to be less quick to anger. She did not go out of the way for others, not really wanting to be so friendly and all that. There was a rather particular male who seemed to take that forefront with the others in their academics, however, she really did not care. The only parts she cared about was the fact that he was a threat to academic reign.

Being the rather mischievous being she was, she was not going to sit by and allow him to take over. She was upset by this but smart. She took to subtle things, messing with things like his study times or getting others to do things like sneak away his notes and slip them into places like the trash. The cherry on top of it all was when she had settled down to study for a rather vital exam and her PADD was empty. She knew it was him. There was no way it could be anyone else. However, just like her, he was too smart to get caught. The work arounds were too easy, at least for them.

She could practically hear her father’s head in her voice- the angered tone of voice echoing around. “uaefvalhuneitrde'h'n pathetic. Hhæmn verela.” (Don’t be pathetic. Uphold grace). She refused to allow the male to irk her enough to ruin her chances of getting out there in the world. He was not going to be the reason she would lose her ranking. She had been, since leaving Romulus and the Empire, avoiding anything Romulan of the sort. She returned to Llaekh-ae'rl to balance herself, reminding herself of who she is. She started to try and discover that balance she required, being both a Romulan but within Starfleet now. She worked to fix herself, thinking something was wrong.

The two of them managed to get away with a lot of it, however, the Academy did catch on. The two were called in front of the board of sorts and, after a lecture and a threat of a bad academic mark, the two were dismissed. She cursed out the stupid male for getting her in trouble and was committed to beating him, fair & square.

The final exams rolled around, she pushed herself to a new level. She refused to allow him to be better than her, especially considering they got in trouble. The confidence that soared through her body when the one point made a difference was all that special. To stand as valedictorian and watch as he had to be salutatorian was all too sweet. She savoured that moment, her first defining moment after leaving the empire. It was a memory she would treasure forever. She graduated in 2372 and was off.

### Spy Time

After leaving the academy, she was assigned to the USS Gorkon under Admiral Nechayev. She was an Ensign, still trying to get it all in her mind and just do her job. She started to show her skills in things like research and doing things subtly. She was barely on the USS Gorkon for maybe two to three months when she got a new assignment.

When the Dominion War started to rise up, Starfleet started to form an infiltration cell. A vulcan known as Commodore T’Rin was scripted to form such a cell. Due to her intimate knowledge of the Romulan Empire and her being such, she was an easy choice. Admiral Nechayev had suggested and recommended that Za’Rena take part in the mission once it was open, and Commodore T’Rin was willing to do so. She had the skills from intelligence and the experience the Empire gave her. She came from a small town and was unknown to the big city people. She did not rise high enough in the ranks of the Navy to have her name or face known to many and it had been a bit over 6 years since she even left. She had grown, changed. She was different enough that Starfleet was confident in sending her on this mission. She was confident as well until she realized who else was on the mission alongside her.

It was that stupid boy she had bested in the Academy.

She withheld her disdain, remembering the time when she spoke out in the Romulan navy and it had gotten her those beatings. She simply stayed silent, doing her work as she always did. She got to work.

As an aid to the senator in the Central Committee, Tali was introduced to things she had not even known. She knew the place was different but not as different as this. It was like a flip side of what she knew back home. Part of her was happy to be home, back on Romulus. Part of her was terrified to be back. She had a constant itch in the back of head that she would run into someone she recognized or someone that would recognize her. However, she did her work.

She was rather infuriated to know that the boy was doing so well, gathering information as if it were a steady stream feeding a river. She was a bit off set to start but quickly gained her footing as well, gathering information and reporting it back. It was just like the Academy. It did not necessarily bother her as it was not the petty fights like it was back in the Academy. There were no others to hide behind. There was no room to mess with one another. There was only work to be done.

Tahlia did her work and so did he. The competition to be better was a fuel for her, pushing her to work even harder and be even smarter. She managed to retrieve the schematics for a super weapon that the Romulans were planning to build. It made her sick and reminded her of the bombs she would make that took how many lives. She was glad to know that they had not gone through with such, happy to know that at least some lives were saved...temporarily.

She continued with her work as the Romulans shifted into war. She, along with the other male she worked with, had been spreading doubt among the areas. She was rather interested in the feeling it gave her. She was proud of what she was doing, happy to be taking down Romulus in such a way. However, part of her was distraught about it. This was her home before it all and she just was confused. She went through it regardless. With all that being said, it was not a lie to say that she was rather relieved to finally leave Romulus once again, this time hoping she definitely would not come back.

After being pulled from the mission, she and the male she so loved to compete with had yet another one before the: Second Officer of Starbase 499. This competition was unlike the others. They had no direct things that would apply for it all, this was the test of all, the collection of everything. The male won the position and Taliah respected that. It was a well fought fight to end in such a way. Tali was upset, however, she could respect such a thing.

She caught her own break when just a few short days later she received her own promotion. She was given the position of Assistant Chief of Intelligence on board Dorvan V, right between the Cardassian Union and the Bajorans. She completed her 5 years of work with the mission and was off.

### Dorvan V

She was assigned to the Dornav V at the beginning of 2377. Her time at Dorvan V was not easy. The starbase proved to be difficult The issues with the Cardassians did not make it simple and the escalations were nothing short of eventful. It was as if she could not get a break. Everywhere she went was some sort of chaos.Even though the Treaty of Bajor was signed in 2375, issues were still occurring. If it was not the literal fighting from the Cardassians, it was often something on board the actual space station. There was always something going on. However, she did her intelligence work. Her research proved to be helpful, especially aiding in the diplomatic department keeping things relatively peaceful from being absolutely blown up.

Her first year on board was definitely not easy. Za’Rena was still not very settled when a Cardassian revolt occurred. The Cardassians attacked a Federation Reserve fleet while fighting the Borg, taking advantage of the distraction. Fleet movements all around the station caused her work to become very vital, very quickly. She did what she could and was grateful when it finally ended when the Klingon Battle Fleet put an end to the rebellion. It was an event start and probably among the higher severity of things Taliah saw while on the Dorvan V.

After a couple of years of such, Taliah had made a name for herself. She had taken over as the Chief of Intelligence, also gaining the title of Second Officer during this time. She was proud of such a title and was proud to serve with it. She continued to aid with her research and intelligence work, doing what she could. Things were always on edge and she started to get used to it. Chaos was something that her entire life had revolved around. She was content to aid with such content to continue forward, doing her best. She was tired though.

The most touching events was, due to being so close to the border, were the refugees. Due to Cardassia being in practical ruins and the proximity to the actual border, she saw a good handful of refugees. They touched her heart in a different way, one that she was a bit scared to admit. They reminded her of herself back when she had defected from the military. The majority of the refugees she saw were younger Cardassians just trying to get a new start somewhere.

Taliah often had to take a step back, finding comfort in her office as she worked. She did not want to necessarily avoid it, but she also did not want to get fully invested. Instead she turned to her work, helping produce research that continued to aid the other departments. She got to go on a few missions off of the station to aid people, but it was few and far between. Her days as a proper spy were definitely over but she was content with just doing simple research and guiding the other agents through such work.

Within her third year of being on board the Dorvan V, a certain someone in her life made an appearance. The Rear Admiral from her time on the Yorktown had arrived and Taliah was overjoyed to see him once more. He was now weeks from retiring and had a few formal things to finish up. He expressed his pride in seeing how far Tali had risen in the ranks, proud that she had accomplished such things. It was a short visit, but alas, Taliah was happy to speak with him. She had lost contact with him a bit while on her mission and rekindling the friendship helped boost her excitement and passion to do her job.

During her time on Dorvan V, Taliah encountered a trader. They were an animal seller and she found interest and joy in browsing the animal. One in particular caught her eye: a fire spider. She had not seen one since she was a child by the Apnex Sea and was overjoyed, quickly purchasing the creature. She had friends as a child who had fire spiders and so she was knowledgeable on how to care for it. Her father had never allowed her to have a pet and was happy to find one she could adore in such a way, one that reminded her of home. She named him Imorlasedh which means “Explosion” in Romulan and considers him one of her closest companions. She has had him for roughly a year now, happy to have a friend in it all. The fire spider is on the smaller side, being just about the size of her palm. She had become accustomed to it as it has with her, often hovering on her shoulder or simply hiding in her quarters. She does not bother to keep him in a tank, instead allocating a corner of her quarters for the spider to reside.

Over the years though, the issues with the Cardassians had lowered. Slowly but surely the things start to become calmer. Things died down, at least enough to be significant. Peace started to shine through. She started to handle less and less ordeals and was happy to take a position on a nearby station, Deep Space Nine. She was proud of her Assistant Chief to take over her spot, proud that she had trained the Orion intelligence agent to be ready for such a thing.

### DS9

In 2385 she was transferred to Deep Space Nine. It was a short move for her, just a small hop away from Dorney V. However, the extra distance from the Cardassian border and being more comfortably into the Bajoran territory offered some comfort for Taliah. Here she felt like she could relax. She felt as if she could breathe and get a drink without having to sweat about an argument breaking out somewhere. She could just be.

Imorlasedh was a bit more upset with the move, sad that his home he had spent the past year working on was now going to be destroyed, forcing him to start over. The spider showed his upset by refusing to be close with Taliah for the first couple of days and, as such, she had not introduced the spider to around DS9 yet.

She was happy. She hoped that it would be less eventful than what she had gone through and was happy with such. She has only been on board the station for all but a week but she enjoys the time regardless. She is looking to do a bit less work and just enjoy it rather than have to fixate on every little thing. She still is proud to do her work but still, she is ready for it to be less bearing on her.

## Starfleet Courses

### Core Courses

* ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* DIPL101: General
* ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
* ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
* ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
* ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
* HIST101: Birth of the Federation
* LANG101: Federation Standard
* LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
* LAW101: Federation, General
* MATH101: Concepts
* MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
* PHYS101: Concepts
* PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
* SURV101: Starship Emergencies
* SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
* TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
* TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
* BIO101: Concepts
* XEN101: General

### Majors

* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* ADMIN200: Starfleet Starships
* ADMIN210: Starfleet Bases and Outposts
* ADMIN300: Deployment
* DIPL200: Hostile Species
* DIPL250: Non-Traditional Situations
* SURV150: Land-based Survival in Desert, Ocean, Jungle, and Moderate conditions.
* SURV200: Captivity
* TAC200: Combat, Martial Arts, Anbo-Jytsu and Federation Standard
* TAC210: Combat, Marksmanship
* TAC220: Small Units
* TAC230: Large Units
* TAC300: Leadership
* TAC301: Strategy of Battle 1
* TAC302: Strategy of Battle 2
* PILOT100: Land Vehicles
* PILOT200: Work Vessels
* PILOT210: Minor Ships

### Minors

* LAW150: Non-Federation
* LAW200: Federation, Constitutional
* LAW210: Federation, Administrative
* LAW220: Federation, Contracts
* LAW240: Federation, Criminal
* LAW250: Federation, Interplanetary

## Trivia

* Taliah treats her assignment to DS9 as the start to her retirement. She is tired and wishes to find a place to relax, even if she is able to grow older than most. She feels as if she has already done so much work and no longer wishes for huge assignments like she did when she was first in the academy.

* Za’Rena has no inclination to find love or start a family with anyone. She has never had any sort of romantic relationship and she has no wish to. She finds them fickle and pointless, thinking they will be a waste of her rather precious time.

* With this being said, she is Panromantic. She is unsure if she is asexual as well or just has not met the right person, but it is something she does not like to thing too much about.

* Despite preferring to wear and decorate with the duller tones like navy, greys, and blacks, Tali’s favourite colour is actually a golden yellow.

* Taliah’s most prized, secretive possession is her medals from serving in the Romulan Navy. Though they are only the basic service medals and she turned her back on the Romulan world, she still holds them close to her heart. She keeps them locked away with her stuff, rarely ever actually taking them out.

* Tali is ambidextrous. She has a preference towards her left side when doing things like pointing, adjusting her hair, writing, and other basic functions, but when it comes to fighting, she leans towards her right. Her first punch will always come from her right hand and she will always hold her phaser in the right.

* Taliah has a pet Fire Spider. She had friends on Romulus who had them as children. She got him from a trader on Dorvan V, naming him Imorlasedh which translates to “Explosion” in Romulan. She never had issues with insects and such and often found them rather interesting.

* Za’Rena never really knew her mother and, due to this, she always sort of took care of herself. She wondered what it was like to have that parental figure and often feels uncomfortable when people talk about parents, opting to move away from such conversations.

* Though a very confident and professional person, Tali also has a love for messing with people. Little pranks and such that never actually, at least physically, hurt anyone always brought her some sort of entertainment.

* After her incident on Omega Draken IV, Taliah never had a want to return to the starbase. She really did not want to go to one after Yorktown either but the world works against her. She has dreams to be on a ship again, having only spent about 3 months on the USS Grakon and loving it all. She wants to be able to spend time on a ship again and remember what it is like.

### Likes

**Organization**

Taliah is not necessarily a neat freak, however, she prefers organization above a mess. She has a more positive outlook and is a generally more enjoyable person to be around. She believes everything has a place whether it be people or objects or just the systems she experienced. She prefers when things make sense and, again, everything has its place. When things are out of that place, it should be fixed immediately. If something is significantly out of place, Tali may go out of her way to fix it and be fixated on solving the issue. She simply enjoys when things fit properly, like puzzle pieces making a whole picture.

**Pyrotechnics & Bombs**

Za’Rena, as a child, had an interest in the world of fire and bomb making. Her father, her role model in her life, was a bomb tech for the Romulan Navys. He, from when she was young, encouraged her to follow in her steps. Her dreams were to join the Army as a bomb tech of her own, to do what he did even better. He taught her basics like safety and told her adventures of times he was nearly blown up. Being the adrenaline junkie she is, Tali wanted to do the same. She always had an interest in fire and the way it works, taking that interest and using it to drive her further. The community around her would often remark how she was a bomb- easy to set off and destructive when she did.

**Llaekh-ae'rl**

Similar to her likeness for pyrotechnics, Tali formed a likeness towards Llaekh-ae'rl. Llaekh-ae'rl is one of the Romulan martial arts which required the user to have absolute control over themselves and an excellent sense of grounding. Llaekh-ae'rl gave Za’Rena a sort of way to control herself. It taught her patience and some sense of balance within herself. Her father, with the strict way he raised her, made sure she practiced daily, if not multiple times a day. Even after leaving Romulus, she did her best to continue with Llaekh-ae'rl, using it as something to help her stay balanced and find a new mentality than just aggression.

**Silence**

Za’Rena, though a loud person herself, finds comfort in silence. Due to her background in stealth and such, believes that silence is important to all. Silence is something that is vital to survival, both literally and figuratively. She enjoys when things are quiet, enjoying the serenity it brings. She uses silence as a way to help her own mentality, to help her backup and reset herself. She also enjoys working in silence, believing conversation is not vital to success and only should occur if necessary.

**People Watching**

Taliah finds interest in monitoring other people. She finds it rather interesting to watch how people work, seeing how they interact with one another and go about their days. She thinks it is strange about how people have social exchanges and such since her childhood was so different. She does not really find the interest to speak with them, but is content sitting back and just analysing people on how they just simply function.

**Competition**

Although she is all for silence and staying quiet, Taliah loves a good competition. She finds challenges to be rather exhilarating and adrenaline pumping- a feeling she loves. She dislikes losing though but, if she wins, her attitude seems significantly better. Though she loves a good fight, she also knows when to pick them. She is not the type to just throw herself into anything just because she can. She picks them wisely, knowing when to and when not to. However, she also will not purposely pick 1 sided fights. She is not the type to get into a fight with a child because, let us be honest, you lose that fight and it is sad and if you win it that is just mean. She chooses carefully but enjoys them regardless. A good competition is often a rather nice fuel for her, offering some adrenaline to her. She always loved the rush that adrenaline gave her and so competitions are rather enjoyable for her.

**Multitasking**

No one in the world can perfectly multitask, as multitasking is proven wrong, but Taliah is able to keep multiple things on her mind at a time. Due to her organization and her perfectionist skills, Tali rarely shies away from taking on more tasks or more things to do, regardless of what it is. She is more than happy to take on multiple things thinking that she absolutely can. Since a child, Tali believed her worth and value were equal to what she could accomplish, to what her output was both in quality and quantity. Due to this, she always took more and more on even if she was not certain she could, determined to outshine all. She has a need to be the best and so she does everything to do so.

### Dislikes

**Neon Colours**

As someone who prefers the duller colour palettes like blues, grays, and blacks, Taliah never had a likeness for bright colours, particularly the neon ones. She is confused by people who do find interest in such things but is not in this plane of existence to judge them for it, instead, she just opts to move away from them. She simply prefers not to wear them or use them herself, however, she will not go after or attack anyone who chooses to. She finds them rather pointless and a bit outlandish. It is their life they are living, they are allowed to do as they wish.

**Unneeded Attention**

Due to her liking things like silence, Za’Rena is not a large fan of attention, especially attention that she did not seek for or want. She is not the type to go after attention in the first place and when it seems to find her, she disliked it. She developed this dislike after opting to leave the Romulan Empire, finding it easier to get out and avoid trouble when the attention was not fixated on her. She also constantly fears that someone may recognize her from her time in the military so that little note in her head does not leave her alone too often. After some close attempts, she learned how to avoid attention enough to not be in trouble (or at least enough to not be fully caught). To this day, she still dislikes random attention that she feels is unnecessary. It often brings back bad memories she does not need to know.

**Nature**

Tali has never found any sort of joy or interest in the outdoors. As a child on Romulus, her comfort was the ocean. She loved to be outside and play in the water, however, as she grew older, her education became more bearing upon her. She started to drift away from being outdoors as much and the joy that being in nature brought her slowly dwindles. By the time she was a teenager, nature became an annoyance. It was a reminder of the world she used to enjoy but now was part of her past. As someone who never really dwells on what was, thinking of nature and the connection it has to her as a child simply upsets her and she opts to avoid it. She will not straight up not go into nature, but simply, if given the choice, will opt to stay elsewhere.

**Sloppy Work**

Taliah finds sloppy work a sign of laziness and laziness is disgraceful. As someone who upheld her work as her main sense of worth, Taliah did everything to make sure her work is something she is proud of and happy to have her name associated with. She thinks that if someone submits or does anything sloppily then they do not care for the work and therefore should not be doing it. She finds it just a disrespectful sign and, once seeing something of the sort, is unlikely to be very happy or nice in general with them.

**Physical Contact**

Za’Rena is not a huge fan of touching other people unless required to. If she absolutely has to, she will, and she will only do so on her own terms. She dislikes things like surprise hugs or those random claps on the back and such she saw so often in the Academy. If she is going to touch someone it is going to be someone she can fully see, someone she trusts, and someone she is comfortable with allowing to do such. She dislikes her personal space being invaded and physically touching her without her knowledge and permission may result in someone being sent to the infirmary rather quickly.

**Wastefulness**

Yet another thing in Tali reverts back to her childhood and her parenting, or lack of parenting. Her father often was very picky on her with things like using everything possible. She has a small disdain for anyone who is wasteful in the sense of wasting opportunities, wasting resources, or even just wasting food. It seems like a very petty thing at times but is a rather large pet peeve for her. It irks her enough to set her off, but is not something she would just set off on if it happens once or twice. Like being sloppy, it is something that sort of simply makes a note of it and makes it a negative tick towards them.

**Public Displays of Affection (PDA)**

Za’Rena is not against the idea of emotions or signs of affection, however, she does get upset when people do it excessively in public. Holding hands, the occasional kiss, or even a peck on the cheek are all tolerable, but it is the moment she sees people drifting away from their job or full on making out in the corridors make her uncomfortable and upset. There are more private areas for people to do such things and she is the type to not directly confront it but make them feel even more awkward and uncomfortable than the others do. She likes to just make them feel a bit out of place and make them rethink what they are doing and not want to do it again.

### Hamartias

**Lack of Trust**

Taliah struggles to be able to trust many people, even those she has worked with for a decent amount of time. She grew up being alone and her preference of work is often alone. Due to this, she tends to veer away from people and it takes her a large amount of time to fully trust someone. It ties into her work because her work is very anti-others and she often expects others to not trust her either. She thinks the majority of people will stereotype her due to interaction she has had and she thus chooses to just start out distrusting people.

### Fears

**Disgrace**
Due to already turning her back on her father and the Romulan Empire, she already feels like she is a disgrace. She does not wish to be even more of a disgrace and wants to build a life that she can look back on and be proud of. She was raised in a world where disgrace was detrimental. If you did anything wrong it would be responded with hell.

## Miscellaneous Information

**Outsider Name**
Nileria Za’Rena

**Family Name**
Romu Za’Rena

**Heart Name**
Taliah Za’Rena

**Sexuality**
Pansexual

**Pronunciations**
Taliah :: Tah - Lie - Ah | Romu :: Roam - U | Nileria :: Kneel - air- e - ah | Za’Rena :: Zah - Reign - A