Ensign Kivo Dak
Name Kivo Dak
Position Flight Control Officer
Rank Ensign
Character Information
Gender | Male | |
Species | Bajoran | |
Age | 22 | |
Sexual Orientation | Gay |
Physical Appearance
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) | |
Weight | 57kg (125 lbs.) | |
Hair Color | Unruly black hair in a combination of bowl cut and mullet, wavy and curly. He seems to purposefully grow it to cover his ears. | |
Eye Color | Dark brown eyes, almond-shaped | |
Physical Description |
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Family
Father | KIVO JOAHO: (Deceased). Executed on the orders of Gul Telek as a “measured response” to Bajoran terrorist bombings of ports over a week’s time in Rakantha. Joaho was randomly chosen off the streets, one of 52 Bajorans hanged in response to 26 Cardassians dead or injured. | |
Mother | ERWE (KIVO) BERAN: Native to Rakantha. Resilient and pragmatic, did what she needed to make sure her family survived. Keeps secret some of the extremes she needed to do. | |
Brother(s) | KIVO RIZ: (Older, Missing). Conscripted for labor work on Terok Nor nine years ago. Has not been heard of since the family fled Bajor; may have died in a riot, escaped or been imprisoned in a work camp. |
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Sister(s) | ERWE IYE: (Young Half-Sister). Aged 4, recently repatriated back to Bajor with her father and mother to Rakantha Province. |
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Other Family | ERWE JERRA: (Stepfather). Native to Hill Province, once a monastery gardener. Fled Bajor after his wife and child were detained in Hill Province. Settled in a refugee camp where, two years later, he met Kivo Beran, widow of Joaho. |
Personality & Traits
Personality Overview | Dak is the product of a modest and spiritual culture who have endured horrific trauma. He is not shy so much as introverted, guarded and self-reliant. He is used to closing off his thoughts, feelings and motivations to survive. It is immediately evident to people who talk to Dak for a length of time that he has defenses and barriers up- and those barriers revolve around sarcasm and a proactive social directness. But he also uses a quirky sense of humor to protect himself (by shocking or disarming others). |
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Ambitions | Dak used to think he had joined Starfleet to hone his skills and make a difference in the wider quadrant. He’s never craved a command of his own. He wants to see the good side of the galaxy. And now as he’s being assigned near the Cardassian border, a part of him enjoys the notion that he’s helping check Cardassian ambitions. |
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Strengths & Weaknesses | StrengthsMULTILINGUAL: Speaks Cardassian and Bajoran; improving Federation Linguacode and some Markalian WeaknessesAGNOSTIC PAGH: He wants to believe there is something bigger than him, and the Prophets do exist as a proven fact. But how much they have touched him and guided him, he questions. He has many questions- and some unvoiced angst. He struggles with being guided, and being “useless”, and listening rather than exerting logic, rationale and training. |
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Hobbies & Interests | MODEL BUILDING: Lightships and other early Bajoran craft. |
Medical History
Past Injuries | 2358 (STARDATE 35584.38): Suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to the ear, neck, trapezius and scapula on the right side. Due to scarcity of medical aid, the wound was not treated with dermal and tissue regeneration. Left with scars; treatment and reconstruction began in 2365 (Stardate 42669.32) but remains incomplete. |
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Preexisting Medical Conditions | CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION: Due to the Cardassian Occupation and life in the refugee camps, Kivo’s development was impacted by lack of necessary vitamins, minerals and proteins. These deficiencies have largely been corrected by recent medical care. Susceptibility to some harsh environmental conditions or unusual viral infections cannot be discounted. Weekly iron supplements and bone fortifiers are recommended. |
Personal History | BirthplaceBorn into a family from the Va’telo caste, Dak has followed his D’jarra by coincidence more than intent. He was born in a coastal town in Rakantha Province- Port Lapri- and his family have ancestrally been sailors (and later, pilots). Early Life in RakanthaBombing of the Rakantha CoastWell before the Cardassians withdrew from Bajor and poisoned Rakantha Province’s farmland, a series of Resistance bombings along the ports of Rakantha led to a harsh response by the Cardassian occupying force. In 2358, when Dak was just eleven, the 6th Order bombed Port Lapri and several of the outlying communities. Dak was injured, and the family was already in shock and loss from Joaho’s execution. They fled the area and hid in the hills. Injuries and Fleeing BajorIn the bombing of Port Lapri, Dak was burned across the neck, shoulder blade and ear on the right side. The wound only had rudimentary treatment to prevent infection and hope it would heal. He began growing his hair longer to cover the scars. It was difficult to pin his D’jarra to his scarred ear and so he took to wearing it around his neck or else on his left ear. ![]() Danvor IIDanvor II was a dry, desolate world just across the Cardassian Union's border near The Badlands. Already the location of Bajoran refugees, the Kivo family were stowed away here and found an already overcrowded and under-resourced camp. Crime was common and the Bajoran Resistance- including the infamous Kohn Ma- used it as a safehouse and a base to recruit into their causes. In return they promised protection. It was a promise they had little ability to keep, however. Kivo Beran decided to move on as quickly as they could and her choice was somewhat prophetic- a year and a half later, the Cardassian 4th Order bombed the settlement and claimed it was an "accident" and a "tragedy," mistaking it for a pirate encampment. ![]() Belidok IVA dreary swampy world in the future DMZ’s rimward sectors, uncomfortably close to Markalian territory. The Belidok Refugee Colony was frequently used by the Markalians for smuggling, extortion and fencing of stolen goods to the locals. Some Markalian smugglers would pressgang young Bajora into service aboard their ships. The colony paid protection money to the Markalians against the Breen- a threat that seems without merit now. ![]() Finnec IIIThe third moon in orbit of a ringed gas giant, Finnec. The moon had subterranean ruins the refugees used as shelter. The ruins were long-abandoned by dissident Xindi Reptilians, probably founded sometime after most of the Xindi made peace with Earth. They stayed there for a few years until a Cardassian task force moved in and started seizing merchant vessels. They boarded nonaligned freighters and took into custody any Bajorans they found. StarfleetEarly Academy YearsEpsilon SquadronFourth Year |
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Service Record | 2365-2366: First Year Cadet, Starfleet Academy, San Francisco, Earth 2366-2367: Second Year Cadet, Starfleet Academy, San Francisco, Earth 2367-2368: Third Year Cadet, Starfleet Academy, San Francisco, Earth 2368-2369: Fourth Year Cadet, Starfleet Academy; Deimos Waystation, Mars 2369: Briefly activated and assigned to USS Shiloh, a Magee-class recommissioned under emergency powers due to the Borg threat. Used to evacuate forty Federation dignitaries to Vulcan. 2369: Commissioned Ensign; Assigned to USS Thunderbird as a Flight Control Officer |