Sruk Dahk

Player Name: Mark Hanford
Player email: markehanford@gmail.com

Character Name: Sruk Dahk
Physical appearance: 1.72 meters tall (5’8”), 68.04kg (150lbs), white hair,
grey eyes.
Physical Age 41
Species: Andorian
Home Planet: Andorra
Current Posting: Orestes Station
Current Assignment: Tactical Officer & Cargo Master
Current Rank: Ensign

Education/Training:
Andorian Imperial Guard Academy Class of 2399 (Final Class in Academy)
Andorian Officer’s Academy Class of 2402 (Final Class in Academy)
Andorian Special Cohort School Class of 2403 (Final Class in Academy)
Andorian Logistics School Class of 2405
Starfleet Academy Class of 2409

Previous Duty Postings:

•Assigned Patrol Frigate USS Brendon – Security Officer (2409.5 – 2410.11)
•Transferred to Starbase 20 after various disciplinary incidents with Vulcan
crewmates. Assigned as Weapons Officer (2410.11 -2413.05). Improved station
weapons systems and teams to exceed Starfleet standards. Promoted to
Lieutenant Junior Grade.
•Transferred to Patrol Cutter USS Skaggarak as Chief Weapons Officer (2413.05
– 2416.05)
•Wounded while leading the defense of the Drakkus Colony during the Gorn Raid
(2416.05). Promoted to Lieutenant and awarded the Security Cross and Andorian
Cluster for valor. Spent 4 months recovering from injuries received.
•Reassigned to Heavy Destroyer USS Stinger as Chief Tactical Officer. (2416.09
– 2418.11)
•Requested Transfer to Cruiser USS Vekna Pass, as Chief Tactical Officer.
Transfer approved. (2418.11 – 2419.11)
•Court martialled for alleged abuse and mistreatment of Vulcan subordinates.
Received Official Letter of Reprimand. (2419.11)
•Transferred to Command Tarsus Colony Defense Battery 2. (2420.01 – 2422.07)
•Court martialled for accidental firing of battery during Fleet Review
resulting in damage to USS Scorpion. Broken in rank to Ensign. (2422.07)
•Transferred to Orestes Station as Tactical Weapons Officer. (2422.08)
•Awarded the 1). Military Order of the Crimson Flow and the Andorian Honor
Legion with Sash and Dagger for his actions during the Battle for Orestes.

Family Members:

•Farther: Mren Dahk, native of Andorra, Captain of Andorian Fast Supply Ship,
Cruissa Plains. Imperial Guard Reserves Commander. DECEASED
•Mother: Lura Dahk, Native of Andorra, Lt. Commander, Imperial Guard Medical
Corps. Assigned Fast Supply Ship, Cruissa Plains. DECEASED
•Fiance: Peraass, Caitian Medical Cadet, Starfleet Academy. DECEASED


Background:
Born into a prominent military family, Sruk was essentially raised and suckled
on the Andorian military standards and beliefs.

He was trained in personal combat, infiltration, survival, small arms, heavy
weapons use, martial arts, cargo logistics and cryptography while in the old
Imperial Guard Academy and was forced to learn much of his basic training
again and in a very non-aggressive manner when he was transferred to Starfleet
Academy.

Sruk was never one to go out for sports of any kind but during his time in
Starfleet Academy, he picked up a taste for Ice Hockey, Track and oddly enough
the Glee Club. It seems the harmonics from human song reminded him of home a bit.

He received honors for his sports efforts each year he played, but often Sruk
forgot that the games were just that and developed a reputation for being mean
and vicious, not to mention very liberal with the rules. But he considered
them more of additional training for combat.

His Glee Club time was almost the only time that Sruk felt truly at peace. He
never accepted any chances for solos or to sing leads as that would draw
unwanted attention. Instead he often paired with a Caitian named Peraass.

Despite all his racist upbringing, he became enamored with her and soon the
pair started dating and becoming intimate. After a period of 6 months Sruk
decided that the Herr-Klaa had happened. This was what the older generations
of Andorians called it when one met their perfect mate.

The two became engaged and despite some trepidation, they forged forward and
began planning their life together. Three months after they became engaged,
there was an accident in the Medical Building, involving an accidental
explosion and fire. Peraass was mortally wounded dragging fellow cadets from
the scene. She succumbed from her injuries shortly after Sruk arrived on the
scene.

Sruk swallowed his emotions and pain, throwing himself into his studies. He
abandoned the Glee Club and severed all connections and friendships,
preferring to isolate himself.

He graduated from the Academy with honors, requested frontier border duty and
was rewarded with a posting on a Patrol Frigate, along the Romulan Neutral
Zone. His old racist beliefs came flooding back to the front and he became a
negative influence. It seemed he would end up being dismissed from Starfleet
until he was assigned to Starbase 20, which just happened to be commanded by a
Caitian. Here Sruk began to re-emerge from his internal exile from life and
become a valued officer.

The next two and a half years saw great strides and accolades for Sruk,
culminating in his heroic efforts defending the Drakkus Colony during the Gorn
Raid. He received gazetted promotion to Lieutenant and was awarded the
Starfleet Security Cross and Andorian Cluster for Valor. He also spent four
months recovering from injuries received.

He never fully recovered mentally from the Gorn Raid. This caused a gradual
deterioration in his status and record, culminating in being Court Martialled
twice and finally broken in rank and transferred to a dead end assignment as
punishment.

He is very bitter and distrustful of most, especially Vulcans as he blames
them for having something to do with his fall from grace.

Character traits/personality:
Sruk tends to be sullen and moody. He has strong racial biases and is prone to
being cold and distant. He often sees himself as superior to many other races
and often seems arrogant and distrustful. He still considers himself a member
of the Andorian Imperial Guard first and Starfleet second.

He was a member of last class to go through the Andorian Imperial Academy
system as his people were in the process of transferring such training to
Starfleet Academy and its various branches. He had specialized in covert
operations, but with the disbanding of the Imperial Guard he was retrained in
weapons technology and learned the auxiliary skills of cargo logistics.

Sruk has innate dislike for Vulcans that stems from the days when Andor and
Vulcan were fighting one another as bitter enemies.

His dislike for Vulcans grew as he was passed over time and again for
promotion and advancement in favor of Vulcan counterparts.

He developed a fear turned to hatred for lizards and all saurian races after
an incident in the triangle where he saw his mother and father killed by Gorns
in a cargo dispute. He swore revenge and achieved it during the Drakkus Colony
Raid.