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Ensign Drennon Kor is serving as a security officer aboard the USS Avandar

* '''Race''': Cardassian

* '''Place of Birth''': Elwing IV, Elwing System

* '''Age''': 28

* '''Gender''': Male

==Personal/Professional History==

# '''2360''': Born on Elwing IV, Mining Colony, Elwing System

# '''2382''': Enlists into Starfleet

# '''2383''': Assigned to USS Orianna (Nova Refit)

# '''2385''': Assigned to USS Augusta Cole (Stargazer Retrofit)

# '''2385''': Prisoner of War (True Way)

# '''2386''': Return to Active Duty

# '''2388''': Graduates from Starfleet Academy, Commissioned as Ensign

# '''2388''': Assigned to USS Avandar, Security Officer

 

* Starfleet Unit Commendation: 2384

* Good Conduct Medal: 2383, 2385

* Starfleet Meritorious Service Medal: 2383, 2384, 2386

* Starfleet Prisoner of War Ribbon: 2386

* Cardassian Peacekeeping Ribbon: 2386

 

 

Regardless, his experiences from being broken on Nakis Udina IV has not left him without some degree of emtotional scarring.  Even though most of the initial systems of post traumatic stress disorder have been addressed and treated with a combination of medication and therapy, he still experiences reoccurring nightmares.  What is most troubling however, is his total distain for his own species.  As one counselor can recall him stating, "In my life, I've known two sorts of Cardassian.  One will leave you in the street to starve.  The other will torture and try to kill you with sadistic pleasure. 

 

*   Reading & Writing, Exercise, Card Games, Holodeck Simulations

 

Drennon Kor joined Starfleet in order to show the quadrant the true value of a Cardassian.  But his experiences thus far has lead him to seperate him from the rest, as today he only acknowledges himself as a Cardassian when he absolutely needs to.  Now he only seeks to demonstrate how he is different from the others, lest people attempt to judge him by his species. 

 

Drennon Nor was born in a barely habitable mining camp on the fringes of Cardassian space, largely neglected in light of the massive reconstruction effort back on the homeworld.  Isolated and abandoned, the colony was routinely plagued by incessant pirate and slaver attacks, business and political corruption, and the radical paramilitary organization calling itself the True Way. 

Life was difficult in the colony.  Raised as the son of a decorated military officer turned to menial mine worker in the post war era, Drennon Nor learned to be handy as well as strong at an early age.  By the time he was just a teenager, he stood at six foot four and weighed over two hundred and twenty pounds. He could toss hauls of ore over his shoulders, but possessed a sharp mind and intellect as well.

Without a sponsor to vouch for him at the academy, his application was promptly dismissed. Determined to join nonetheless, he opted for enlisted service and was accepted as part of the Federation's new dual citizenship program. Basic training was grueling, even for a Cardassian who was already used to long days and difficult work with little sleep or rest. He struggled with his academics at first, but was aided by a few close friends he had made along the way, eventually earning his stripes before being assigned to the USS Orianna – a Nova-class refit exploring the Arucanis Arm.  

Later assigned to the USS Augusta Cole, a Stargazer-class cruiser on a much more tempestuous task preserving the failing peace between the Klingons and the Gorn, Drennon met a young woman by the name of Kihna Yurei; a betazoid female cadet serving in the engineering department.  At first, their relationship was strictly professional while she helped tutor him in some of the more advanced principles of warp theory.  But over time, a burgeoning relationship materialized between the two.  

After seeing his performance first hand, as well as his desire on becoming a Starfleet Officer, Kihna managed to pull some strings which largely involved her father’s connections as an Admiral back on Earth to give Drennon the opportunity that she felt he deserved.  She handed him his admission letter moments before he left as part of an away mission to search for a True Way hidden arms cache on Nakis Udina IV.  Unfortunately, his shuttle was shot down during atmospheric entry.  Most of the passengers on board were killed on impact, but he survived long enough to be taken prisoner.

Drennon spent six months as a captive of the True Way - the one species who knew how to break a Cardassian's spirit and pride, because they themselves were Cardassians. Under agonizing physical and mental torment, Drennon was forced to give out what little he knew on fleet positions, at which point he escaped into the the wilderness with a near mortal wound and left to die of starvation or exposure - which ever came first.