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Lieutenant (JG) Mika Tarka - Engineer Mika Tarka was born on Trill in 2329. His mother was a botanist and his father a diplomat (serving on Ferenginar). Mika went in to service at the symbiosis commission as a guardian. After a few years learning all he could about symbionts.After a few years Mika left the Commission and spent the next two years travelling the travels landed him on occupied Bajor where he became friends and the eventual lover of a Cardassian Gul. During his time on Bajor, he learned to play the Cardassian game Kotra and became fluent in Cardassian language. Several months after he met Ardnar Novak, the Gul was killed in a bomb attack by the Bajoran resistance, grief almost overwhelmed Mika but it also opened his eyes to the plight of the Bajoran people that although Mika could see he chose to ignore because of his love for Novak. After his return to Trill Mika set about his quest to become joined he excelled in languages, computer technology and botany. His experiences on Bajor helped him in many ways he was contacted by Novak’s sister who wanted to help repair some of the damage inflicted on Bajor and her people. Shortly after that, Mika was joined with Tarka becoming the Symbionts third host. He applied to Starfleet two days later he completed his train first in most of his classes. Mika applied for the post of Chief of Operations as soon as he heard about it. He is involved with a Cardassian and hopes that the Cardassian (a botanist) will be allowed to join him onboard the Ren. Recently, Mika has requested a transfer and voluntary demotion to the Engineering department for personal reasons. |