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Aridal Mirak is the only child of the Romulan diplomat and dissident Vurir and the Vulcan scientist V'Liraa. Vurir , who served as a Romulan diplomat in the Federation before the Treaty of Algeron, had a relationship with V'Liraa. They both fell in love with each other and married in 2309.

Aridal Mirak was born on Earth in the year 2330. As a half-Romulan, he did not have an easy childhood, as his parents' marriage was viewed with suspicion by some Federation members.<br><br>

So now, at 49, Aridal had to find his way on Vulcan. During this time on Vulcan, he also immersed himself in Vulcan philosophy and logic under the now stronger influence of his mother and her family. He studied in depth the writings of Surak, Kiri-kin-tha and T'Plana-Hath. He really tried to learn about and live the Vulcan way of life. However, he did not feel he belonged, because while he found some elements of Surak's philosophy really helpful and beneficial, he found it very difficult to stick to their absolutely strict implementation as practised by most Vulcans. In particular, it was very hard for him to absolutely suppress his emotions.

Nevertheless, he tried hard to implement those rules and even joined Vulcan High Command to start a career in the Vulcan fleet in 2396.  

Although he was attracted to the Vulcan way of life, he could not and did not want to transfer it completely to himself.<br><br> Moreover, while he had never been rejected on Romulus because of his appearance, on Vulcan, however, his partial Romulan origin was recognised because of the slight bulges on his forehead. He increasingly longed for his time in the Romulan Imperial Navy, which he regarded in retrospect as his happiest time.

After some time, Aridal made up his mind to try and join Starfleet, despite some adverse circumstances.

His career in the Imperial Fleet in particular stood in his way. He had to take some courses at Starfleet Academy, although he did not have to go through the entire training path. Due to his eventful past and him being reluctant to talk about his personal history, there were many rumours concerning his time on Romulus, his escape and why he wanted to join Starfleet. Instead of an officer's diploma, he was accepted into Starfleet as a Provisional Ensign after two years. Now he has yet to find his place in Starfleet.

His attitude of hard work combined with practical judgement has helped him to proceed in his former career in the Romulan Fleet as well as in Starfleet Academy.<br><br>

Deep inside he struggles to find his place as he does not really know where he belongs: he is no real Romulan, he is no real Vulcan and both sides do not really accept him as one of theirs.

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