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And as she was being re-educated; she had come to the attention of Star Fleet; and through a series of interviews and holo-recreations (now that was marvelous); it was suggested that Tamara apply to Star Fleet Academy. And she did. And as she was her own sole person, she took Kotho’s name for her own (to honor him and to keep the connection), becoming Tamara Kotho. She was a willing sponge as she took classes in starship systems, noting the subtle differences between Federation and Klingon starship design and tech from a century plus ago, to now, the modern day. She was keen on weapon systems but had come to realize just how special Federation shield technology was. It was the reason that it took two to three D7 battlecruisers to take on a single Constitution class heavy cruiser. She excelled in starship engineering courses, propulsion, systems, the whole works; with focus on shield systems and ablative hull plates.
She competed and graduated with the best of the Academy students and was assigned to an Avenger-Class-Heavy-Cruiser, USS-Diligence, and she served on it, until the recent realignment of Star Fleet’s goals; one of exploration. Tamara had reached the rank of Lt[JG], and had become indispensable to the Chief Engineer and was reassignedto… GSC-9035, USS Copernicus under command of captain Jane Fields.Kotho had assumed that she had earned, and would be offered, the Chief Engineer position, but the CE job went to the (she acknowledged), more senior and experienced Lieutenant Morad Ameen; and thus accepted the missed opportunity without enmity to Ameen, or shame to herself. Upon arrival to Copernicus, a ‘personnel to assigned Quarters’ mix-up had occurred and she housed with the Science Department (on Deck 6) and shared her Quarters with a jaded, older, human male roommate: Science Officer Lieutenant Taylor. After the initial surprise, the accommodations were deemed acceptable to both parties, and they developed a friendly plutonic relationship. As far as her job, with due diligence, an exemplary and capable work ethic, the Chief engineer awarded Kotho the title and responsibility of ACE, Assistant Chief Engineer…Ameen’s Second. This was a role that Kotho took seriously and even off duty, the Engineer would continue with learning about the Galactic Science Cruiser starship in intricate detail. As the ACE, Kotho had made professional friends with Engineer, Lieutenant Jelaya Al-Mazi, Onca Mirak and spousal mate to Copernicus’ Chief of Security, Lieutenant Commander Shione Kurasa; and to Engineer Kalli Thorn (initially a Midshipman) that Kotho soon pushed for a promotion to Ensign, as the young Engineer had proven herself capable of the added responsibilities. Kotho’s first mission aboard Copernicus was the ship being part of the pre-emptive attack fleet on a Borg ‘mega-sphere’; she had assisted Security in being armed up with a phaser rifle and placed in a sharp-shooter nest position to fire upon any Borg drones that breached Main Engineering. There was a slight disappointment in that Kotho and her Klingon soldiering background, had not had the opportunity to engage the enemy. While Copernicus remained relatively unscathed during the fleet attack, the loss of the CSO’s wife, Science Officer Kristina Talion, on a high-risk mission aboard the sphere, was quite palpable. Copernicus next mission was one of exploration, to an amphibious humanoid species, the Eklata in the Silen System, that had an almost extinction level (reproduction) event for their species…made all the more fascinating, was a very large, and dying, sentient, cetacean-shaped being called ‘Mother’ by the Eklata, that had stayed off their extinction by providing vital, seemingly symbiotic reproductive help. Copernicus’ Medical and Science Departments, along with the Eklata equivalents, had managed to come up with solutions to get the species’ ‘natural’ reproduction ability back going. Kotho was in virtual charge of the Engineering Department as Ameen had been part of the away team. It was an opportune time to go over the ship’s underappreciated and rarely used systems; and get to interact with the Department’s staff outside of emergency situations. As the Eklata mission wound down, a mayday was detected and acted upon. The emergency request was from Captain Fields close friend, former mentor, and Acting Copernicus CO from a decade ago. The warp engines were maxed out, just shy of having to have cool down periods, for a rescue mission, Gloria Dys. Upon reaching the planet where the Captain’s friend and Star Fleet Officer John Zenteal were marooned; it was discovered that gender switched versions of same had arrived from a parallel universe (and presumably, Gloria Dys and Zenteal ended up in the other universe). Of mention: a telepathic, dilithium infused flora-like life form was discovered on the tidally locked planet. Stating the Prime Directive, the intelligent plant species were a pre-warp civilization; and thus contact was limited and the Copernicus left the red dwarf system, some 8 light years from Dozaria. Upon reaching Pioneer, the ship was notified that Federation/Star Fleet was abandoning the Outpost and Copernicus was to receive evacuees and equipment for a several weeks, high warp journey back to the Sol System and SBA. And during the journey, the crew was notified about Copernicus’ fate and likely transfer of the majority of the ship’s compliment to USS Titania, a new class of ships, smaller, that had integrated, the new quantum slipstream propulsion drive systems. Kotho then studied everything that was available to her about the new vessel. Once docked at SBA, Kotho was assigned training at the Academy for specifically: operation and upkeep of slipstream drive systems; and Luna Class vessel design and operation. Kotho barely slept during the intense training. She was determined to become an expert as soon as possible. During the handoff, a day before the official boarding of the Reconnaissance Science Vessel, at an impromptu gathering of Copernicus-to-Titania staff and incoming Middies, Kotho had been effectively outed a Klingon, by Ambassador Kubid Oza, father of the Cop’s Tactical Officer, Kahe Oza. Kotho’s Klingon background was an open secret among those on the Cop with a need to know basis (Commanding Officers, Medical, and those with a need to know her medical history) and with those with enhanced senses (such as Al-Mazi Once Mirak). For all practical purposes, Kotho passed as human, perhaps with a Mediterranean background, and that was that. But, the Betazoid Ambassador had pegged her somehow, of the extinct version of her (human-looking, Organian Peace Treaty era) kind. As it turned out, the new, out in the open, yet private information, had made no negative difference in how her colleagues perceived her.
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