Gholmek
NPC | STAR FLEET PERSONNEL COMMAND FILE |
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Gholmek | |||
Career Occupation | |||
Position: | Fleet Commander | ||
Assignment: | Eighth Order | ||
Rank: | Legate | ||
Biographical Attributes | |||
Species: | Cardassian | ||
Gender: | Male | ||
Height: | 178 cm (5 ft. 10 in.) | Weight: | 72.6 kg (160 lb.) |
Eye Color: | Brassy | ||
Hair Color: | Greying black | ||
Hairstyle: | Standard Cardassian military cut | ||
Physique: | Remnants of a good body going to seed after a long career. | ||
Complexion: | Light purplish | ||
Voice: | Supremely confident | ||
Affiliation: | Cardassian Union | ||
Born: | (N/A) 00.00 | Age: | 45 |
Familial Relationships | |||
Family: | N/A |
Personal History
Born in the aftermath of the Dominion War, Gholmek doesn’t know the glories of the Union except by the stories told by his teachers and the upper echelon of command. His parents died young as the Federation pulled promised support and widespread famine hit Cardassian space, and left him orphaned
As the military came back into power, Gholmek was swept up in the rising wave of revanchism and joined as soon as he was able. His career was as relentless as it was unremarkable. He started in security at several starbases and embassies, before moving on to several line ships leading up to the First General War. Having moved to tactical, he served as first officer and then captain of the Lynius during and after the war. Much of his rise to this point seemed to be as much by process of elimination as it was by his service record.
At this point, though, he revealed a keen mind that had thus far been misused, winning the battle of Delof in the waning days of the war when others said it couldn’t be done. The fame he garnered from this battle drew the attention of various higher-ranked and higher positioned people, and from this point his career started an upwards turn. While the hierarchy of the military was purged after the war, with blame assigned to many - even some who deserved it - he managed to avoid being cast out with the others.
Intelligence shows that he remained in command of the Lynius for several years before moving up. First he commanded a flotilla enforcing Union rule in the hinterlands, before being moved between several of the Order commands throughout the Union as a freshly promoted Legate, learning from their commanders.
In the years following the Krynar War, he was assigned to the Eighth Order, on the Alpha Quadrant side of the Union. His position became more important than it had previously been when the Federation founded Pioneer Station on his border. He has spent the past few years training his fleet and patrolling the border. As the Federation appears to be withdrawing from there, however, Gholmek took the bulk of his fleet towards the Talarian border and claimed a system there.
In early 2421, he was tasked with meeting with the Parhelian Mining Consortium to purchase the mining rights to the Parhelian system, an unclaimed system near the Ferengi/Federation border. Due to events during the negotiations, including a firefight between his people and the crew of the USS Callisto, he annexed the system into the Cardassian Union, setting himself up as the military governor of the system. Elements of his Eighth Order were summoned to defend the system, dividing his forces between Parhelia and the far side of the Union.