On another dimensional plane, exists a parallel universe often described as being a mirror of our own. In this Mirror Universe, alternate versions of many of us may exist, leading radically different lives. When every choice we make is a potential fork in the road, there's no telling how each of our lives may have turned out under a different set of circumstances. A harsh dictator might exist as a freedom fighter. An vocal pacifist might exist as a sociopathic murderer. It's also possible that some of us were never even born.
In the Mirror Universe, Earth is the center of the Terran Empire. The Imperial Starfleet is a ruthless organization, which condones torture and murder, that rules over a large portion of the galaxy with an iron fist. Non-Terrans are generally considered second-class citizens, at best. While some may be allowed to join Starfleet, very few ever manage any significant advancement.
The Terran Empire remains in a persistent state of war with the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Despite offering far more opportunities and freedoms to its 'alien' member races, the Alliance's treatment of Terrans (and those loyal to them) is little better than the Terrans themselves would show any other 'aliens'. While still a major power in the galaxy, the Alliance has lost a significant portion of its territory to the resurgence of the Terran Empire in recent years.
Little is known about the status of the Romulans, except that they control a sizeable portion of space, and remain fairly isolated from the rest of the galaxy. Their technology is rumored to be at least on par with the Terrans and the Alliance, but direct confrontations have been few and far between. Some believe the Romulans are a myth, long since died out. On the other hand, the more informed (and possibly, the more paranoid), seem convinced that the Romulans are still out there... just waiting for the right time to strike.
When: April 3 - April 5
Where: The Mirror Universe
What: A slight break from reality. (even if it is a fictional reality)
OOC point of contact: Any Staff
Beginning at the start of alpha shift on Friday, April 3rd, the fleet holdings will be reserved for Mirror Universe RP. The event is not limited to the Terran Empire. Everyone is free to determine which faction, if any, their character is affiliated with (and it doesn't have to be the same as the prime universe!). The overall event will wrap up at the start of delta shift on Sun, April 5th.
The fleet starbase will be Battle Station Argo, headquarters of the Imperial 38th Battle Fleet. The embassy will be reserved for use by members of the Mirror Romulan faction. The ZP/KDF starbase will be available to Alliance characters, though members should feel free to set up Alliance-based RP in any other location accessible by their OOC faction (KDF starship bridge, anyone?!).
Please note: This entire event takes place in the Mirror Universe and is entirely separate from Argo's normal RP. There will be no crossovers, and our regular prime universe characters will remain completely unaware of anything that happens during this event. If you have any questions about this, please contact staff for clarification.
To help make the most of this event, this thread is being left open for anyone who wants to make a brief post of who their characters are in the mirror universe! Ideally, this'll be info that we can all use ICly, so we can dive right into the event with shortened introductions. I'll post my own characters below as an example to help get things started. Feel free to post about your characters, if you're interested, even if you/they won't be able to make the event!
The mirror universe command structure does not match the prime, so here are the three command level officers. Please check their respective posts for additional info.
Fleet Commanding Officer: Neema Perim
Fleet Executive Officer: Emery Quint
Station CO: Dmitri Konieczko
Please note: Argo's usual Character and Story Policy is suspended for the duration of this event. The only restrictions are as follows:
You may not RP as your prime universe character in our mirror universe setting.
Be considerate of others. (ie. if more than one person wants the same position, talk it out and find a compromise.)
Resolve conflicts OOCly; avoid godmoding. (In a setting where things like assassinations and torture are commonplace, it's doubly important to make sure you're not forcing someone else's character in a direction that player doesn't want to go.)
Name: Aev i'Rhynne Affiliation: Tal'Shiar Rank: Unknown Available Info: Aev's parents and several of his older siblings were highly active in the underground Artaleirhin Independence Movement. In 2406 elements of the Imperial Garrison on Artaleirh attempted a coup. The attempt was nearly successful, but was ultimately defeated when Imperial reinforcements arrived before the orbital facilities could be secured. Aev's father and older brother, mid level officers, were arrested and executed by the Tal'Shiar in the aftermath. Aev, then 10, was taken into Tal'Shiar custody.
Further records are not widely available, but what little there is suggests Aev underwent training at an unspecified Tal'Shiar facility. Those with proper access would be aware the boy was trained to infiltrate similar movements on other Romulan colonies. His efforts have led to the arrest of several high level traitors over the past decade. Rumors within the Tal'Shiar says he's fiercely loyal to the Tal'Shiar officer that trained him.
Aev was on assignment when he was alerted to Captain Konieczko's upcoming purge in 2417. After a period of hasty preparation with several other assets and his own command a plan to rescue as many of the purge victims as possible was implemented, and his original mission was delayed. After a successful extraction Aev moved onto an assignment deep in Imperial Space while the status of his cover identity was assessed. A second chance at his original mission is forthcoming.
The young operative is currently posing as a member of a privateer crew that frequents Battle Station Argo, having proven himself several times over the last year. It is unclear if his original mission is still underway, or if new objectives have been passed down from command.
Name: Ulrich Stern Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Ensign Available Info: Ulrich, following his older brother's path, entered the Imperial Academy as soon as he was able. His time at the Academy has been largely uneventful, and he's known as a rather quiet person who's motivations are difficult to pin down. He social circle is entirely human, and he's been known to have an outright hostile attitude towards any aliens.
A fresh ensign, Stern is a member of the battlestation's communications staff. The young officer has yet to make any kind of name for himself.
Name: Esca Aloran Affiliation: Alliance Rank: Commander Available Info: Following the orbital bombardment of Tesr by Imperial Forces Esca joined the Alliance. Serving a role in the Alliance similar to that of a Terran Inquisitor, Esca is known for his utter ruthlessness and complete lack of mercy with anyone even remotely associated with the Terran Empire. Rumors are the man is on a quest for the Terran Commander responsible for the bombardment that killed his spouse.
Name: Dandin Strand Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Commander Available Info: Dandin has spent his entire career in various close protection details. He's built up a reputation around his ability to keep those he protects safe from the myriad of attempts common in the Empire.
Commander Strand was transferred to Sol after a successful tour of duty on Battlestation Argo.
Name: Neema Perim Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Admiral Available Info: Commander of the 38th Battle Fleet. She rose through the ranks very quickly, despite her Trill heritage. By all accounts, her attitudes and mannerisms are as close to Terran as an alien can hope for, and she's reported to be incredibly effective and utterly ruthless in the execution of her missions. Rumors about her meteoric rise to the admiralty range from the very common, "She's sleeping her way to the top", to the more outlandish, "She employs a secret order of telepathic aliens to stay one step ahead of her Terran competitors". Evidently most Terrans are unwilling to consider the possibility that an alien could simply be an exceptional officer.
Perim took command of the 38th after the apparent death of Admiral Altais four years ago. A number of high-ranking officers initially objected to a Trill being allowed to keep such an important posting, but such dissent tended to 'mysteriously' cease after only a short period. Rather than keep an office at fleet headquarters, Perim prefers to lead from the front aboard her flagship, the ISS Betazed.
After a near-miss assassination attempt last year, Perim has been more paranoid and security-conscious than ever. Personal appearances have become increasingly rare and she tends to conduct most of the fleet's business from the safety of her own vessel. One might begin to question the effectiveness of her leadership if it weren't for the 38th's ruthless efficiency and high success rate.
Name: James Kermit Affiliation: Civilian Rank: N/A Available Info: Not every Terran was liberated when O'Brien began his revolution on Terok Nor. Kermit grew up in an Alliance labor camp on Qo'nos, and records of his life and activities until very recently are spotty at best.
Kermit's periodic visits to Battlestation Argo, trading interesting and valuable goods and services for Latinum, have even become something to look forward to, for many of those stationed aboard. At the very least, most seem to tolerate the distraction of his presence.
Name: Kirina t'Nalah Affiliation: Tal Shiar Rank: Major Available Info: A vocal proponent of Romulan isolationism, this Tal Shiar Major specializes in ensuring public loyalty. In addition to her 'hands-on' work, she often serves in advisory roles to politicians and high-ranking Naval Officers.
Name:Emery Quint Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Rear Admiral Available Info: Quint is a well and widely known 'Zealot' of the Empire, he has a talent for raising the masses into a fanatic frenzy, even non humans. Having personally overseen the destruction of enemy strongholds and worlds. Conquest was the order of his early career, often eradicating millions if a world failed to yield to the expanding Terran Empire. After a point he became bored at the fact that the arrival of the ISS Templar in orbit, along with its battle group, was often enough to secure a target.
As a Rear Admiral Quint has become a more widely spoken of officer. His views on the Empire and discipline are spoken of often, while strange no one can argue the results. Any officer in the Templar's battle group can be seen in very pristine looking uniforms and each seems to wear a personal agonizer. There are even non humans in the ranks of these officers, all fanatically loyal, at least in appearance.
Sometime past the Emperor himself ordered Quint to destroy a would be rival plotting their own ascension to the Throne. The battle was rumored to be short lived, and ended with Quint and this would be Emperor fighting in a duel on the bridge of the Templar. The fools head was gifted to the Emperor personally, and Quint now possess all the ships that had rallied to the fool's cause. Curiously none of them were damaged, but none of their crews survived.
More recently Quint has been sending operatives to collect relics of the Old Empire. The Zealot truly showing his zeal for the Empire by sending many of these to the Emperor. There is also the strange position as XO of the 38'th Battle Group, why would a human follow a Xeno? Yet he has shown time and again he is loyal to Perim, though very confident in making his opinions known.
Name: Beylara Ailes Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Inquisitor Available Info: Currently an Inquisitor of the Empire, seeking out and eliminating disloyal officer (or anyone, really). It is rumored that she has alliances, and that her lust for bloody entertainment makes her voracious in her search for those unworthy of their positions. Inquisitor Ailes is notoriously ruthless in her loyalty to Empire and Emperor, fanatical and demanding that everyone live up to her standard. At least where she can see them.
She spends most of the year traveling around the Empire, rooting out disloyalty in bloodbaths on a variety of planets, but Battlestation Argo always draws her back.
Name: Cyrene Mavil Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade Available Info: A quiet, shy Trill to outsiders, she has procured individual quarters for herself, a feat surprising to those who knew her. It was thought it was to store her animal collection, but while chirps and whistles are often heard from inside the walls, sometimes sounds that come from humanoids escape the room.
Her ability to heal is exceptional, and so is her obedience. She is often unremarked and unremarkable, except for her unusual techniques and success rate.
Name: Niya Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Lieutenant Available Info: Originally a slave aboard the I.S.S. Templar, Niya has been given a taste of what it is to have position in the Terran Empire. She alternates between slinking, well-dressed toy (failing to conceal the predator lurking in the slit-pupiled gaze) and carnivorous bodyguard, whispering the words of indoctrination handed to her by her commanding officer, spreading loyalty to Emperor and fanaticism to those who serve aboard the Templar.
Name: Mittens Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: N/A Available Info: Deceased
Name: Shinwa Rumiho Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Lieutenant Available Info: The daughter of noted battle matter Admiral Kawamori and a rather devious young woman. Her age is normally one for new ensigns of the Imperial Starfleet but she has used every resource, whether it is her father's success, her mother's notorious weapon designs, or her own insatiable knowledge to skip levels and commission faster than usual. Though some of her rank and position is classically derived by removing weaker officers formally holding those roles, advancing her own position, she also come by a lot of it naturally due to intelligence, skill, and cunning. In fact she has a rather atypically small amount of blood lust and is more well known for gaining favor without directly killing people (though some have certainly died by consequence of her actions later). Though it can be hard to determine at times which are the things to be more wary about. She constantly analyzes a situation and is a favorite of her superiors whom often expect ideas from her. She is a highly sought after officer for Captains to have on their crews as a Captain that can utilize such a rising star well could get good recognition themselves.. maybe even advantage over her own father...
Rumiho in the past year teamed up with an Imperial soldier who commanded a group of Terran Marines (equiv. to Prime MACOs) to gain the advantages of someone commanding highly trained soldiers. The two were married some months ago and serve together now. As much as Rumiho plays games with her influence, it seems the two of them really do act as a team in their machinations.
Name: Shinwa Tsurugi Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Major Available Info: Terran marine unit commander. He leads of team of roughly 10 soldiers in a strike unit that has had a good record against Alliance held targets.. in space or on the ground. Encountered then Lt. Kawamori Rumiho after a recent command transfer and the two realized how beneficial a mutual relationship would go and teamed up to help steadily advance each other's goals. Ultimately they became more than just partners and were married recently. This also serves as an excuse to keep them in the same assignments. While officially Rumiho has no power of Tsurugi's soldiers... many aware of her assume she has significant pull with her husband's troops. He likewise benefits from her prestige and her connections to her family even though his wife uses his family name now.
His accomplishments in combat are owed more for his rank than removing weaker leaders.. but unlike his wife who prefers a subtler touch, Tsurugi won't hesitate to find new sheathes for his knife if the situation calls for it.
Name: Lothos & Alina Mandra Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Civilian Available Info: It used to be mad scientists were useful until they take things too far. When Alina took a psychotic Trill symbiont and uploaded its mind into a computer, she created a deadly being that enslaved her over time. Lothos she his puppet eventually were found operating an illegal lab out of an abandoned Imperial Battle Fortress, seemingly with the idea to find away to hijack the minds of imperial leaders and take control. This plan was stopped by a new battle master assigned to the region. The fortress was reclaimed. Officially Lothos is dead and Alina is now a prisoner, but it's hard to say what really happened there.
Name: Tala Akaela Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Captain (pending promotion to Commodore) Available Info: Originally operating from the sectors near DS9, this at first unassuming human woman started getting the attention of high admirals near her when her strategic and tactical acumen allowed her to succeed on one mission after another. This made leaders nervous and half her assignments were suicide missions, which she kept defeating with the help of a xeno servant assumed by many to be a confidant as well as her personal guard. Some think she is privileged because family of hers is a concubine in the imperial court and she is being granted favors. She tends to ignore rumors and prove her abilities in the field.
The siege of Sauria, the fourth battle of Minos Korva, the counter attack after a revolt in the recently conquered Tzenkethi system. Time and again her penchant for war and conquest has earned her the name Tala the Magnificent. After her recent triumph against the cyber drones controlled by Lothos and the machine's defeat she is slated for a rise to Commodore. However until a new assignment giving her a small battle squadron can be finished she has been sent with the ISS Iserlohn to BS13. Some hope the crazy things that happen there may end her, others want to see if she changes the game. Either way, she is worse as an enemy than a friend.
((and Yes, she is a human. Does this confuse you? I don't see how.. She couldn't be as powerful if she wasn't. There is no way she'd be anything else.))
Available Info: Captain of Battlestation Argo. Having assumed control on the orders of then Commodore Desimone after Captain Nimitz was removed from power, Captain Konieczko has been ruling commanding with an iron-fist. Literally so. Following an incident on the front-lines while he was in command of the I.S.S. Bloodletting the Captain was unfortunate enough to lose an arm and had a metallic prosthetic grafted on. It has since been up(?)graded to include an array of explosives and a deadman's switch to ward off any would be assassins.
He has made at this point allowed the fish in the promenade fish tank to be replaced.
Name: Patrick O'Keefe
Affiliation: Terran Empire
Rank: Inquisitor
Available Info: An inquisitor o the Empire, he seeks out any would be enemies of the Empire and Battlestation.
Name: Ida Foehammer
(Person) Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Rank: High Hammer
Available Info: Ida Foehammer, the High Hammer of the Foehammer Clan of Dwarves, was exploring the depths of Orguz-Modun when he rolled a natural 1 and stumbled into a summoner's portal. He now finds himself in an unknown metallic land and subjugated by the humans his father had allied with previously.
Name: Liraena T'Ecuni Affiliation: Herself Rank: 'Privateer' Available Info: Empires fall, suns burn out, and at the end of it all the only person anyone can truly rely on is themselves. This is the philosophy that has kept Liraena alive in a universe that is indifferent at best, and hostile at its worst.
Name: Sii'Yasha Yira Affiliation: Sh'Varan Slavers Guild Rank: Apex Available Info: Life is cheap in the Terran Empire, but peddling in lives is good business. Sii'Yasha Yira, Apex of the Sh'Varan slaveship Bastet, commands a level of respect among the Terrans rarely seen in aliens, largely due to a ruthlessness on par with the best of mankind.
Name: Kaeni D'Kyron Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire Rank: Senator Available Info: As the Terran war machine marches on so too does Kaeni, pleading her case in the Romulan senate for a stronger defense on the Neutral Zone to protect from the inevitable threat of Terran aggression.
Name: S'Ten Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire Rank: N/A Available Info: A weapon. A mystery. A man. Pulled from the grasp of the dreadnought Daegnus and given a chance at a life of his own, can he truly escape from the shadow of his past?
Name: D'Kera Mandukar Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire Rank: Civilian Available Info: D’Kera lives quietly with her husband Siras in a beachside cottage on the planet Brea III.
Name: "The Thing In The Walls" Affiliation: - - - Rank: - - - Available Info: "I swear I can hear something moving in the HVAC at night. I've tried using the stations internal sensors to track it, but all I ever get are echos and sensor ghosts."
- Lt. Wesley "Wes" Carpenter
3 Days Prior To Disappearance
Available Info: Following the fall of Tzenketh under the forces of the 38th Battlefleet, Admiral Quint placed Captain Saul Williams in charge of the Empire's new prize. After foiling an attempt by the Alliance to retake Tzenketh, Captain Williams was elevated to Military Governor. The newly appointed Governor was granted amnesty for his past crimes in stealing the ISS Saganami as Captain Alistair Nimitz, and granted Terran status.
Governor Nimitz has worked tirelessly to establish the new addition to the empire as a major shipyard, turning out the next generation of warships for the Empire.
Available Info: Lieutenant Valore, one of the Empire's devoted political commissars. Hailing from the colonial fringe, the Lieutenant spent much of her career assisting in the prevention of slave revolts.
Dubbing her strategy 'Divide and Conquer', Valore's strategies involve eliminating slave cohesion and unity. Dividing the slave population into subgroups or 'tribes', the Lieutenant would subtly encourage them to fight amongst each other in an effort to force the different slave populations to be too weak to challenge the Terran Empire. In some cases, the divided populations would even warm up to their overlord in return for any advantage over their artificially created rivals.
Valore's career itself is one show of loyalty after another. During her tenure as an Ensign, Valore received a promotion after discovering and turning over the names and corresponding evidence of fellow Vulcan officers who were in possession of banned books.
At the awards ceremony in which she and other fellow officers were promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Valore removed the tips of her ears with a pair of scissors - taking on a Terran personal name in the process. To this day, she can be physically identified as a Vulcan with a lack of points to her ears.
Name: Yvette Thorne Affiliation: Empire/Alliance - Spying for Alliance. Rank: Lieutenant Commander Available Info: The daughter of a Vulcan Slave & a Terran officer has left Thorne somewhat disillusioned with the values and traditions of the Empire. Having always been reminded of what she is she's found little comfort in the way the Empire Operates on a day to day basis. A gifted scientist, she has used her knowledge and position to begin to spy for the Alliance, feeding them information when ever possible.
Name: Mei Novak Affiliation: Empire Rank: Commander Available Info: A 'doctor' for the Terran Empire, Mei has spent most of her career behind closed operating room doors, performing sick experiments on slaves or dysfunctional officers all in the name of 'Research'. It's clear the doctor enjoys her work and she's a devout follower of the Empire, as long as they keep allowing her to perform her twisted experiments.
Name: "Sierra Takamori" ( Icai Sierra Ithiliel ) Affiliation: Klingon-Cardassian Alliance Rank: Sleeper Agent ( Terran Commander ) Available Info:DECEASED
An Alliance Deep Covert Sleeper Agent, the woman self identified as Icai Sierra Ithiliel served in the Imperial Starfleet 5 years moving steadily through the ranks as a competent helm officer. After a series of high profile deceptions, she was found responsible for delivering the I.S.S. Albion into Alliance hands before returning to Battle Station 13 in its Aquarius Class Escort. After being named Commander and Commanding officer of that vessel, she initiated a heavy sabotage of the stations weapons research facility and a new form of Transphasic Torpedoes. She was killed during her escape by Beylara Ailes, apparently while resisting arrest in the middle of self righteous monologue.
Analysis of her body after autopsy revealed that she was not Terran but a heavily genetically engineered being; presumably her ancestors once hailed from earth. Most of the results of her autopsy remain classified, but a series of Japanese Inspired Poetry found in public access aboard the Battle Station at the time of her death have resurfaced in the years since.
Name: Johnathon G. Traise Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Commander Available Info: Johnathon G. Traise is a worm. He is the kind of man who actively subverts to gain an edge. It is perhaps the only thing of his personality that is reliable; aside from extreme anger issues, a short temper, and a predisposition to jump first/figure out a solution later.
His previous record indicate a sudden rise to command after a largely classified incident involving the I.S.S. Khitomer, a trans-dimensional device, and a significant amount of Borg Tech from an alternate universe. However, despite his demands for a ship of his own, he has instead been constantly regulated as Chief Science Officer without a posting in active command. This was further compounded after rescuing the I.S.S. Albion after it had been captured by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. His reward for the ship's rescue was 3 months worth of interrogation and incarceration after it had been found he had been sleeping with Sierra Takamori, who was revealed to be a deep cover agent of the Alliance.
He was transferred to Battle Station Argo as a simple weapons research scientist, a post he disdains marginally less than his last one and regularly complains about lacking a command of his own.
There are rumors, however, that the last year has been spent with him working on a very secretive project. But what it is and who it is for is a mystery, as is which "promising" scientist's deaths he has been responsible for on the way.
Name: Tulon AKA: "Tulon Murdergalley" Affiliation: Slave / Formerly Independent Pirate Rank: Slave ( Former Captain ) Available Info: The thoroughly brainwashed slave, answering to Tulon, is a bit of a mystery. The Tellarite appeared aboard Battle Station 13 roughly a year and half ago with a regular shipment of slaves and a constant capacity to mumble. The mumbling stopped after an... encounter... and deep brain dive from Inquisitor Ailes, and he has been nothing more than an obedient and down right empty headed slave since.
Genetic testing revealed a hit from a criminal database that Tulon was at some point known as "Tulon Murdergalley", a deep space pirate captain of some renown for his giant beard, theatrics, and colorful language. The name Murdergalley coming from his rumored eating of those who refused to join his crew. Such events were never proven, or dis-proven. The strange part is there was no report of his defeat or capture by a member of the Empire.
How Tulon Murdergalley ended up in servitude, let alone Battle Station 13, or became a perfect slave is utterly unknown. But he is quiet now and does his job.
Name: Kul of House Krag'gor Affiliation: Klingon-Cardassian Alliance Rank: Dahar Master Available Info: Kul was born into a well established and strong House on Qo'noS, he was given the finest tutelage in both academia and war available. True to form he was not meeked, despite such privilege, and proved to be a model Klingon Noble Heir.
He volunteered for war service as soon as he could, and worked for years through the ranks to prove his worth before relying on his name and house like many others. Eventually he rose to position captaining the Kristak against not just the Terran Empire, but any enemies of the Alliance. He gained particular notoriety for consistently extending principles of honorable combat and chivalry to his foes. In fact, the title of Dahar Master was first bestowed upon him for that fact, and largely because many viewed his strict reliance to those ways would result in an early death.
But, he is not dead, yet, and perhaps the closest thing to a Paladin of the Alliance as you could get. He still keeps up with his academic studies, particularly Maths and Painting, and considers himself a Polymath.
Name: Sogun "The Smith" Affiliation: Independent Rank: Shipwright Available Info: Sogun is an Orion independent ship collector and master shipwright of her own private shipyards. She has largely been able to maintain her independent status via secrecy and being good at what she does; starship repair, retrofit, refit, and design. Her station, an old Orion facility, is surrounded by her collection of starships, and an active queue of vessels waiting for repairs or upgrades. She has been known to affiliate with Kul of House Krag'gor in the past, and has worked enough for the Alliance that her independence has been questioned.
Name: Pecius Ir-Romulus Affiliation: Tal'Shiar Rank: Unknown Available Info: A few small details have leaked about "Pecius Ir-Romulus" aside from the place of his birth, the homeworld. Pecius (Meaning "Peace" in Latin) is rumored to be the codename assigned by the Empire to a particularly calm Tal'Shiar agent, from some kind of deep family based network serving in that branch the Romulan Empire. While not notorious enough to warrant much attention, what reports of him indicate a very interesting and select group of known associates within the espionage agency.
Available Info: Tarm Wallunga was once a member of Imperial Starfleet, first serving as a shuttle pilot and later a helmsman aboard a light cruiser. However, following an accidental ramming of another Imperial vessel, former Lieutenant Wallunga disappeared from Starfleet, fearing that his actions would lead to his death. Since departing Starfleet, Wallunga ventured to the fringes of the Empire and, over the course of several years, worked whatever jobs he could get to keep going - smuggling, piloting ships of ill-repute, etc. Eventually he was part of the nucleus of a new outlaw organization, Galactic Gunslingers, a collection of pilots of small vessels that are known to make trouble for themselves in the less-patrolled regions of space. Having earned, and since maintained the rank of President, Tarm has recently been seen in the sector of space surrounding Battle Station Argo. Intelligence reports have indicated that he may be opening a new chapter of Gunslingers in that area, but as of late, no actual "groundwork" has been completed yet.
Name: James "Meatlocker" Thurston
Affiliation: Terran Empire
Rank: Lieutenant
Available Info: Exceptional service. Unbreakable loyalty. A blunt instrument or precision scalpel, based on the need at hand. Lieutenant James "Meatlocker" Thurston has only a few years of active Imperial service under his belt, but already the potential for exemplary dedication to the Empire is prevalent. He has served on the ground as part of many away team missions, clearing out nests of rebels and other malcontents, enemies of the Empire, them all - and all have died by his hand. He has served aboard spaceships and space stations, a leader of troops ready to crush any opposition wherever it may appear. His tactical acumen and demonstrated ability to ruthlessly remove obstacles of any sort has raised him to the position of Personal Guard for CAPT Dmitri Konieczko, where now all he wishes for is the opportunity to prove his effectiveness, lethality, and loyalty.
Name: Phillip Omaha
Affiliation: Omaha's Liberators
Rank: The Commander (self-stylized; holds no official Imperial rank, or that of any other recognized institution)
Available Info: Phillip Omaha was once an Imperial officer who's own personal moral code was diametrically opposed to that of the Empire. By the time he earned his commission in Imperial Starfleet, he quickly realized that this wasn't the life he wanted, and opted out the only way he thought possible - by going AWOL. In the intervening years since, Omaha has raised a small fighting force with which he contracts out to various other organizations, worlds, and governments in order to hold the Empire at bay. While still a small organziation, number about 100, the Liberators have had a striking series of successes despite all the odds being against them. Their most recent contract has them based in a stretch of unclaimed space between the borders of the Terran Empire and the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance, not far from Battle Station 13.
OOC: First time with all of this Mirror Universe stuff. Let me know if I missed something, or need to make corrections or whatever in order to remain wihtin the scope of this event/Argo established timelines, etc.
Name: William Levesley Affiliation: Terran Empire - Praetorian Guard Rank: Captain Inquisitor Available Information:
William Levesley is a member of the Praetorian Guard, a group who's power has ebbed and flowed throughout time, a group with the responsibility is to safeguard the Emperor/Empress as well as high ranking officials within the Terran Empire as the Emperor/Empress directs.
The Praetorian guard are often used as muscle to ensure loyalty alongside Imperial Inquisitors. Sometimes being under the 'protection' of the Praetorian Guard can be a punishment.
In order to ensure loyalty the Emperor ensures that families serve in the Praetorian Guard, but never together and always at least one family member is 'honoured' with deployment in the Imperial Palace, so they can be watched over to ensure the loyalty of their family. This program has ensured the Praetorian Guard remain loyal, for the time being.
The Praetorian guard are considered extremely fanatical towards the Empire and the Emperor. Which fanaticism would win out if there was a choice between the two has not been a question considered for several centuries.
The Praetorian Guard exist as a sub set of the Imperial Starfleet and as such possess ranks that equate to those of the Starfleet.
Captain Inquisitor Levesley is among a select few of the Praetorian Guard who also serve as an Inquisitor creating an imposing display of power.
A year ago the Emperor/Empress had sent forth Levesley bolster the existing Inquisitors at Battlestation Argo as well as honour the Admiral of the Fleet with a squad of Praetorian foot soldiers to ensure her 'safety'. With the Styx Class Dreadnought ISS Mordred Levesley delivered the Emperors gift, but was not present for the subsequent battle against the Tzenkethi.
Over the last year Levesley has been deployed along with the ISS Mordred to ensure the loyalty towards the Emperor. In recent months he has been personally responsible for putting several worlds on the edge of the Terran Empire to the sword.
Name: Eunha Affiliation: Who cares? Rank: A badass Available Info: In the past year Eunha has fled the Alpha Imperium, and has instead decided to put her skills into getting in to places she shouldn't, close quarter combat, tech expertise as well as assassinations to good use. If you're looking for someone to hire she's your girl. Fully Betazoid, a master in close quarter combat and gymnastics and knows her way around technology she is a deadly threat. As long as there is pay. Although she has no affiliation she does tend to align herself to the Empire, especially those aboard Battle station 13. After years of playing with them, she finds joy in messing with them more.
Name: Elora Galandoel Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Commander (Chief tactical officer Battle Station 13) Available Info: Elora hasn't changed, she is still as crazy as ever. Her and her dynamic duo of stuffed bunny rabbit toys however were promoted to Chief tactical officer aboard Battle Station 13, her love for explosives and weaponry impressed command, and having a trigger happy Chief can always be useful. Since her successful tea party last year where the guest of honour was electrocuted until he turned to nothing but ash, Elora has been planning something - her and her fine ass ladies are ready to host the best tea party in the existence of tea parties and everyone is invited - Disclaimer: Any and all injuries whether they be psychological or physical were likely intended, death is likely and encouraged, if you spill your tea a laundry service will not be provided.
Name: Rose Hanson Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Captain Info: Rose's efforts and loyalty to the empire earned her a promotion to Captain and her own Ship the ISS Labyrinth - Rose and her all female crew (she calls the Valkyries) hunt down treacherous men of the empire asserting their dominance and power over them.
Name: Eviess i-Ra'tleihfi t'Cyklaas Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire Rank: Subcommander Available Info: Little is known about the Subcommander. Strangely enough, raids on Terran shipping and supply lines have increased recently. Evidence of surviving ships point to the Alliance, but something seems odd...
Name: Sonya Nabat 'Beria' Niazov Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Civilian Prosecutor Available Info: An expert in show trials, Niazov is behind the prosecution and sentencing of many lower-strata humans and aliens to work camps.
Upon one such convicted individual informing Prosecutor Niazov of their innocence, Niazov was heard replying "Well of course you are innocent. If you were guilty, we would have sent you to the firing squad instead of the work camp."
Name: Mi'shune sh'Sonora Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Lieutenant Available Info: Cold, collected, professional, and deadly. A former independent bounty hunter, Mi'shune sh'Sonora gained her commission into the Terran Empire Navy a year ago after the latest incident with Task Force Argo, thanks to Admiral Quint. She still maintains a Bounty Hunter cover. She has spent nearly a year on a special mission assigned by Admiral Quint himself, which took her deep into the Klingon Empire. Now she returns to the Task Force and to Admiral Quint. What has she brought from Alliance space? And what possible effect will it have once it's in Admiral Quint's possession?
Name: V'lol Affiliation: Alliance Rank: None Available Info: V'lol is a wanted criminal throughout Terran Empire space. The former pacifist is now a known terrorist and insurrectionist, involved in several uprisings throughout Terran Empire space, including at Task Force Argo's main facility. Rumor has it V'lol was also a spy for the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance, though the rumors have not been confirmed, it is possible she has ties to the enemy. She however does not operate under her true name, but rather multiple aliases to hide her identity, most often as a Vulcan merchant.
Name: Taev tr'Khellian Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire Rank: Subcommander Available Info: He is a humble chief engineer on board a Romulan vessel. A big, bullying brute who loves to drink and fight, he hasn't acquitted himself well in Romulan service, but somehow that is going to change, as he decides his commission is stifling and he wants to find ways to work for himself. But how? Maybe he'll find his golden opportunity thanks to the people of Task Force Argo...
Name: Raymond Stone Affiliation: Terran Empire Rank: Captain Available Info: Not much is known about this elusive individual, other than he works under Military Governor Nimitz as one of his few trusted officers and testing Captains, he makes sure to keep all of the slaves in their places, fanatically loyal to the Empire and his Commander, Stone will fight until the bitter end for the Empire in all it's glory making sure each and every one of the Empires enemies knows their place is beneath the empires boot. Especially hates Romulans.(That aren't Nimitz)
