Nugra/Personal history

Official Biography

Nugra was the oldest child in the Tk'Moong family and was born on stardate 235001.03 to his father Moong and his mother Marga. He was a competitive Gorn at an early age always challenging the neighbors to some type of Competition. No one knew what things that Nugra would attempt.

When he was seven, his parents took him to the annual festival that was held in the main city of Trogar and there he found his fascination. He found the art of fighting with the Gorn sword called the Vss'Nok. He spent the whole week at the festival watching the different Gorns challenging each other in the sport and he would watch in utter fascination at the lizards who would wield the five foot long silver blades at each other and was excited at the sound of the metal ringing together. He watched and learned the rules to the combat and dreamed of someday learning how to fight like a Gorn warrior and to bring honor to the Gorn Confederation and to his family.

Unknown to him, his father knew of his son's fascination, after watching him stare at the ring and the warriors in combat the whole time they were there and was working on a surprise for him. An Old Master of the Vss'Nok, Trr'Kaa was hired to teach Nugra how to fight.

Nugra trained for years and when he was seventeen, his teacher decided it was it was time for him to attempt the Territory competitions. With a cool mind he fought himself through them and won many precious stones for his sword.

In the Vss'Nok fighting, the Gorns had a Precious stone, diamond, or gem representing each competition there was. They would award the Stone to the winner plus the cash prize, so they could put it on the hilt of their Vss'Nok so anyone viewing it would know that he had fought and the honor of the stone. Nugra continued in the territory and then fought regional. Finally, to his excitement he was given the opportunity to fight in the Imperial Vss'Nok ring.

That meant that Nugra would be fighting the best of the Gorn Confederation for the large Red ruby that was known as the Princess' Ruby. It was non-stop fighting for four days fighting one after another in the hardest Compton in his life, also being wounded when the blade would get past the Armor and cut his scales. He continued at it though and after the last battle against the Incumbent Gorn. He won the Princess' Ruby after the 8-hour non-stop combat. He was awarded the Ruby by the Princess herself and after that had to be helped off the field in exhaustion.

Nugra was a hero on Tau Lacerte III, but bad news broke the celebration. His younger brother, Morg, was in trouble with a terrorist group. Nugra went to his brother immediately and the two took off on foot for the capitol of the Tau Lacerte III to warn the Gorn Assembly leader of the threat to his life. Nugra and Morg were ambushed on the way out and Nugra fought of his enemies with ease, but his brother was barely holding his own. If it weren't for a Betazoid Merchant who had seen the struggle and contacted the police, his brother would have been dead.

Morg was taken to try and Nugra, feeling guilty that he spent his time learning to fight instead of being with his brother and family, contacted the Princess and asked her to change the death penalty of his brother because he knew that his brother would never go into anything like that on purpose.

The Princess conferred with the Gorn Assembly and Morg's sentence was changed from the death to twenty years banished from the Gorn Confederation. As Morg left the Gorn Confederation, Nugra could not stand the publicity and hero status that he had acquired and to get away he joined the Gorn Space Navy (GSN) to get away.

He was assigned to the GSN Black Claw and served on it happily away from the publicity and also kept track of his brother. To Nugra's concern his brother vanished after six years banished and Nugra did his best to trace him. He finally found him a year later enlisted in the Star Fleet of the United Federation of Planets and that he had been transferred to the USS Victory.

Nugra kept his eyes opened on the Gorn/Federation exchange program till he saw an opening for the Federation. He asked his Commanding officer if he could be transferred and also requested to be assigned to the USS Victory to be with his brother. The Transfer came through and he hopped the next shuttle for Federation space.

Nugra served aboard the USS Victory for three years attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander under Captain Robin Phoenix. He preformed admirably in the Vesta Incident and rose to Chief of Security at the rank of Lieutenant JG and confirmed in the position as a Lieutenant.

Forced by loyalty and duty to the Princess of the Gorn Confederation, Lieutenant Commander Nugra left Star Fleet to serve under his Soverign.

UPDATE (2389)

With the collapse of the Gorn Confederation in to the Gorn Alliance, Nugra fought in the resistance until the death of Princess Vsh’Ta. Her last political act was to secure his safety for his loyalty to the crown and to the Gorn people. His popularity as a Vss’Nok sword fighter and a hero of the people led to him being “requested” to leave Gorn space.

Nugra has submitted his request to return to Star Fleet. Fleet Captain Toni Turner approved his application star date 238908.14.