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==Appearance==
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* '''Siblings''': None
* '''Siblings''': None


===Friends, Significant Others, and Notable Colleagues===
===[[Rahman, Roshanara/Relationships|Friends, Significant Others, and Notable Colleagues]]===
====Beta Ursae Minor II====
:''See subpage for [[Rahman, Roshanara/Relationships|full relationship listing]].''
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File:Javed dogar.jpg|Javed Dogar
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* '''Javed Dogar''': A human civilian.
::'''Dogar:''' ''"This isn't real life! Don't you get it?"''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"What are you talking about?"''
::'''Dogar:''' ''"I mean ''this!'' You and me, talking through a screen. It's like having a relationship through a window."''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"We knew it was going to be hard-"''
::'''Dogar:''' ''"No, *you* knew it was going to be this way. And I... I was foolish for going along with it instead of having us move on with our lives as we should have."''
:::-[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/2772 2382]
:Roshanara met Javed in 2380 as she was finishing her master's degree at the Starfleet Academy annex on Beta Ursae Minor II. The two began dating and decided to continue the relationship after Roshanara was assigned to the ''Shanghai''. The long-distance relationship lasted for another two years, with the couple reuniting three to four times a year when the ''Shanghai'' returned to the sector. At their final reunion, they spent an intimate holiday on {{ma|Casperia Prime}}, where they grew closer to one another. A few months later when they were to meet again, Roshanara was excited to tell Javed of her recent promotion to lieutenant junior grade and an offer to sign aboard the ''Tempest'', a more advanced ship that offered further career opportunities for her. Truthfully, though, she was seriously considering remaining on the ''Shanghai'' as she was now eligible to bring family aboard with her promotion, and she hoped that Javed would consider moving their relationship towards those steps.
:Yet while Javed indeed had grown closer to Roshanara, he reacted very differently to this newfound intimacy. He had always missed her, but now, he felt that the physical separation was finally too great for him. He was frustrated with dates over subspace and socializing with other couples without his own companion. The future he saw of being separated from her for an unknown number of years further down the line frightened him, and he broke off their relationship in a letter. Shortly thereafter, Roshanara accepted the offer from the ''Tempest''.
 
====USS ''Tempest'' and USS ''Pioneer''====
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Image:Faryul.jpg|[[Faryul Nishal]]
File:Reez.jpg|[[Reez]]
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Image:Lidia_ivanova.jpg|{{n|Lidia|Ivanova}}
Image:Csampi.jpg|{{n|Charles|Sampi}}
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* '''[[Faryul Nishal]]''': A Bajoran nurse.
:Faryul treated Roshanara after there was a major accident aboard the ''Tempest'' in 2383.
* '''[[Reez]]''': A Denobulan engineering petty officer.
:Reez was severely injured during the same accident aboard the ''Tempest''. Blinded by plasma coolant, his life was saved by Roshanara after they had both been left to die by their department chief, Lieutenant Commander Montanez.
* '''Montanez''': The chief engineer of the ''Tempest''.
:During the accident, Montanez was forced to eject the warp core, effectively subjecting Reez and Roshanara, who were trapped within the isolated core compartment, to painful, horrific deaths once the actively feeding plasma coolant system ruptured. Fortunately, Roshanara's quick thinking protected the two engineers from the subsequent flood of plasma coolant. After the accident, Montanez received a commendation for his decisive action that saved the lives of over 300 people aboard the ''Tempest'', with no casualties incurred among his engineering crew. He last spoke to Roshanara one month after the accident during her long-term recovery at Medical Starbase 253.
* '''{{n|Lidia|Ivanova}}''': A human security officer who later served as chief of security of the ''Pioneer''.
:Roshanara met Lidia after the security officer came aboard the ''Pioneer''. Despite their differences in personality, with Lidia being more extroverted (and somewhat crass), the two discovered that their behaviors and attitudes complemented each other, and they became close friends.
* '''{{n|Charles|Sampi}}''': A human medical officer.
:Roshanara knew of Dr. Sampi and was seen by him a few times, but beyond what Lidia would tell her about him (and his crush on Lidia at the time), the engineer and physician maintained only an amicable, professional relationship.
 
====USS ''Mercury''====
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File:Delvedova.jpg|{{n|Niccolò|del Vedova}}
File:Daniellevistain.jpg|{{n|Danielle|Vistain}}
File:Chaun.jpg|{{n|Dre'lith|Chaun}}
File:Rrawden.jpg|{{n|Rick|Rawden}}
File:Isaac_Bale_Thumbnail_New.jpg|{{n|Isaac|Bale}}
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* '''{{n|Niccolò|del Vedova}}''': A human medical officer.
::'''Rahman:''' ''"You have to be one of the most stubborn people I've met. What's that they say about doctors making the worst patients?"''
::'''Del Vedova:''' ''"Only thing worse is engineers."''
:::-[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/2344 SD 238910.29]
:Some people admire doctors while others abhor them. Roshanara doesn't fall into either group, but after her time spent with many doctors during her long recovery, she has grown wary of their intentions, especially those who seem overtly "caring." In contrast, Dr. Del Vedova, or "Del" as she calls him, surprised her by both his morbid sense of humor and his blunt bedside manner. Still, he seemed genuinely interested in knowing more about her beyond what was in her medical file, and with those first seeds of trust planted, Roshanara felt comfortable opening up to him, and the two developed a natural dynamic.
* '''{{n|Danielle|Vistain}}''': A human engineering officer.
:Having both been assigned to the ''Mercury'' at the same time, Roshanara and Danielle met while waiting for the ship's arrival to [[StarBase 118]]. Seldom seen without her trademark smile, Danielle shares Roshanara's propensity to tinker with anything that has a circuit, and for Danielle particularly, anything that can fly. The junior engineering officer is assigned to shuttlebay ops, in charge of maintaining the ''Mercury's'' complement of auxiliary craft. Though she's been through her share of precarious situations while previously aboard the {{USS|Independence|A}} and {{USS|Tiger|A}}, Danielle still can be a little unsure of herself at times. Roshanara hopes to build the young woman's confidence, even if that means pushing her to the plate a little more forcefully than just a nudge.
* '''{{n|Dre'lith|Chaun}}''': An Andorian pilot.
:Confident, persistent, and shameless, Chaun finished his previous assignment aboard a ship with a nearly all-Vulcan crew and was looking forward to serving aboard the ''Mercury'' and particularly with the female members of the crew. He eavesdropped on Roshanara and {{n|Danielle|Vistain}}'s conversation at StarBase 118 and introduced himself to his new shipmates but was unsuccessful at getting them to spend some time with him in a holosuite adventure. Still, he's not one to give up that easily, much to Roshanara's annoyance.
* '''{{n|Rick|Rawden}}''': A human engineering/tactical officer.
:Rawden's made a good impression on Roshanara, although she hopes he can remember to stop calling her "sir" eventually. With his "can do" spirit and eagerness to be helpful, the young man reminds her of what she was like a decade or so ago, which only makes her more determined to ensure he doesn't have to learn about the dangers of being a Starfleet engineer and officer the hard way as she did.
* '''{{n|Isaac|Bale}}''': An intense Betazoid intelligence officer.
:Bale first made himself known to Roshanara when he programed the ship's computer to perform a series of legally—if not morally—questionable actions to help him deal with a couple of assassins that were traveling aboard the ''Mercury''. However, he was also the first person to respond to her call for help immediately after the bombing in main engineering on SD 238910.22, and although she isn't quite sure what to make of him, he seems like a man with a sense of duty, albeit a duty he defines for himself.
 
====Other Colleagues====
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* '''{{n|Kael|Thomas}}''': Chief engineer of the {{USS|Vigilant}}.
::'''Thomas:''' ''"Commander, I have the report you asked for."''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"Good. Add it to the official maintenance request."''
::'''Thomas:''' ''"It is....extensive. But it's nothing that can't be taken care of while docked."''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"Indeed."''
::'''Thomas:''' ''"Commander, I'd like to make sure things are in order down here before we hand over..."''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"You don't trust the station personnel to take care of the ''Mercury'' with the same dedication that we do?"''
::'''Thomas:''' ''"Well...no..I mean. Just to make sure they are on track-"''
:::She laughed, interrupting him.
::'''Rahman:''' ''"Well, I certainly don't. But I need to stay here and wrap up the final report. I'm still waiting for Petty Officer Garry to return with the final inventory. I imagine the captain will be calling shore leave soon, but if you'd like to put in some overtime, go aboard the starbase and meet with their engineering head. I suspect if we ingratiate ourselves with them a bit, the repairs might happen a little more quickly... and with a little more care."''
::'''Thomas:''' ''"Understood Sir."''
::'''Rahman:''' ''"And when you do get a hold of them, lieutenant, it'd probably be best not to imply you doubt their conviction... to their faces at least."''
:::-[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/2535 SD 238911.23]
:Thomas served as part of Roshanara's staff when she first arrived on the ''Mercury'' on SD 238909. After the deaths of assistant chief engineer {{n|Graham|MacNeil}} and other senior engineers in a horrific bombing on her first day as chief, she relied on then-Ensign Thomas to help rebuild the department in the aftermath of the devastation. A workaholic with a tendency to worry about the little things, Thomas soon discovered that his new chief appreciated his attention to detail and wouldn't turn down his offer to put in extra hours, even during shore leave. Before the ''Mercury'' was to depart on her next mission in December 2389, Roshanara was informed by Thomas that he had been reassigned suddenly to the newly-commissioned {{USS|Vigilant}}. While she was sad to see him go so soon, she had no doubt he'd soon make a name for himself as an excellent chief engineer.
* '''{{n|Kevin|Breeman}}''': Chief engineer of [[StarBase 118 Ops]].
:A veteran of the fleet, Breeman worked with Roshanara and Thomas in late 2389 while the ''Mercury'' was docked for repairs at StarBase 118 to find a solution to the [[Efili]] "problem" that had been the source of a cascade of computer glitches aboard the ship. Efili was actually a sentient AI, and with Breeman's experience with such rogue programs, the engineers successfully transferred the AI to a contained environment for further joint study.


==Early Life and Starfleet Career==
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**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3076 "Friends in Need"]''' - SD 239002.20 (Lidia chides her friend for being lame.)
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3076 "Friends in Need"]''' - SD 239002.20 (Lidia chides her friend for being lame.)
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3353 "Reflection"]''' - SD 239004.06 (Alone with a captured Pythron, Roshanara feels... different.)
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3353 "Reflection"]''' - SD 239004.06 (Alone with a captured Pythron, Roshanara feels... different.)
===Interventions===
Finding no relief through the medication, Roshanara turned to Del again for help. He proposed a daring surgical procedure with Dr. Ven Demar, an innovative neurosurgeon familiar with cybernetic augmentation, to stabilize her neuroplasticity. Desparate for a solution, Roshanara agrees to the surgery in the hopes that she can prevent her condition from costing her career.
Meanwhile, Captain {{n|Aron|Kells}} underwent a second transformation into his 60-year-old self, through which he remembers the ultimate fate of Roshanara's deteriorating medical condition, unfortunately accelerated by the surgery performed by Ven and Del. By 2392, he had been forced to relieve her of duty and ultimately agreed with a recommendation by Del at that time for Roshanara to be medically discharged from the service. By 2404, he tracked her down to a distant Dopterian ocean colony, where she had been hiding from the intrusions of greater society that had wrecked havoc on her.
Although he struggled with whether to intervene explicitly once he found himself back in 2390, Kells finally decided to do so after a more subtle attempt by him nearly cost Roshanara her life within a supervolcano on 83 Leonis II. His intervention, though, required that Del first betray Roshanara's trust and confidentiality with the doctor. Now that Roshanara knows the truth nearly a decade earlier than she had in an alternate future, not even Kells knows if she—and Del—can change fate.
*'''Noteworthy SIMs'''
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3725 "Allah Yerhama"]''' - ''2392'' (After a near disaster stemming from her most recent and severe lapse while on duty, Captain Kells relieves Roshanara of duty and affirms the recommendaion by Del for her medical discharge from Starfleet.)
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3769 "The Life After"]''' & '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3770 "Reunion"]''' - ''2404'' (Kells chases after Roshanara into the 25th century.)
**'''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/4015 "Definitive Diagnosis"]''' - SD 239008.22 (Roshanara finds the key to her ongoing condition from an unlikely source.)




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Roshanara Rahman
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Chief Engineer
USS Mercury
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Stats & Service Record
Appearance
Personal Life
Relationships
Early Life and Starfleet Career
Aboard the USS Mercury
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About the Writer
Roshanara Rahman is the chief engineer aboard the USS Mercury. She previously served aboard the starships Shanghai, Tempest, and Pioneer.

Born on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld, Roshanara's birth parents gave her up for adoption, and a human couple took her in, named her, and raised her back on Earth in the city of Lahore. Often mistaken for a Trill due to her Kriosian spots, she joined Starfleet because of her interest in starship engineering, an interest that has not come without a cost as she was gravely injured early in her career from a major accident that required lengthy rehabilitation.

Stats & Service Record

  • Full Name: Roshanara Rahman
    • Urdu: روشن آرا الرحمٰن
  • Species: Kriosian
  • Date of Birth: 235612.15
    • Age: 44
  • Place of Birth: Moselina IV
  • Hometown: Lahore, Earth
  • Gender: Female

Education

Starfleet Career

  • Commissioned: 2378
  • Training Facility: Starfleet Academy, Beta Ursae Minor II, 2374-2378
Starfleet Service Record
Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment
01-Ens-Gold.png Ensign 2378 - 2380 Starfleet Academy, Beta Ursae Minor II Master of Engineering Program
2380 - 2382 USS Shanghai
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Engineer Officer
02-LtJG-Gold.png Lieutenant JG 2382 - 2383 USS Tempest
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2383 - 2387 Leave of Absence; Daystrom Institute of Technology Doctoral Program in Engineering sponsored by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers
03-Lt-Gold.png Lieutenant 2387 - 2388 USS Pioneer
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R&D Engineer
2388 - 2389 Assistant Chief Engineer
04-LtCmdr-Gold.png Lt. Commander 238909.16 - Present USS Mercury
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Chief Engineer

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  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award, 2389
  • Klingon Invasion Ribbon, 2389
  • Gold Lifesaving Ribbon, 2389
  • The Legion of Merit, 2389
  • The Neelix Award, 2389
  • The Sarpeidon Award, 2389
  • Purple Heart, 2390

Appearance

  • Height: 161 cm (5'3")
  • Weight: 56 kilos (123 lbs)
  • Hair Color: Black
  • Eye Color: Green
  • Skin Tone: Brown
  • Handedness: Right
  • Distinguishing Marks:
  • Species-Specific: She displays the typical Kriosian spot pattern, which runs from her temples to the back of her neck and down to a point about midway along her spine. This pattern looks similar to and is often mistaken as that of the Trill; however, Kriosian spots are typically more subtle in their contrast to the overall skin tone and do not continue down across the front of the chest and along the lower limbs.
  • Scars/Physical Trauma: Roshanara was seriously injured in 2383 from a major accident that occurred aboard the USS Tempest. She required lengthy rehabilitation at Medical Starbase 253, and her Kriosian physiology was not as responsive to standard dermal regeneration treatment. She has a set of scars on the left side of her face that run across her cheekbone. Her left arm was so badly damaged from exposure to plasma coolant that the medical team initially feared they would need to replace it with a prosthetic. They were ultimately able to salvage the limb and restore function through the use of myoelectric implants to supplement destroyed nerve and muscle tissue. Her fourth and fifth fingers on her left hand were amputated and replaced with mechanical substitutes. With the loss of muscle mass, her left upper limb is noticeably thinner than her right, appearing as if there is minimal flesh over the bones with extensive scarring remaining all along her left hand, arm, and shoulder. She normally keeps these areas covered, with only the scars and mechanical fingers of her left hand remaining as hints of the past trauma.

Tone/Voice

Often assumed to be shy, Roshanara actually enjoys meeting people but prefers to wait until there is something meaningful to say rather than engage in small talk. Once she does get to know someone better, she tends to play off of the other person in conversation, creating relaxed banter in some cases to more restrained exchanges in others. Her sense of humor is decidedly dry.

In addition to her technical prowess, she also is quite good at reading faces and working with others, which has helped her in her professional development and when she has had to lead project teams.

Personal Life

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Lifestyle

  • Quarters: Deck 17, a bit remote for a senior staff member, but it conveniently places her just two decks below Main Engineering on the USS Mercury.
  • Clothing: When not in uniform, she prefers casual, modest dress and can often be found roaming the corridors in a comfy salwar kameez or sari.
  • Dietary Restrictions: She tries to follow halal guidelines when possible. For instance, she does not drink alcohol or consume pork/targ meat.
  • Coffee: with cinnamon and cardamom
  • Hobbies/Interests: reading, writing, playing pranks on people
In her off hours, Roshanara particularly enjoys reading fiction to escape both reality and technical journals. She also is an avid writer herself and has maintained a personal journal since childhood.

Family

  • Spouse: None
  • Children: None
  • Parents
  • Birth Parents: Unknown
  • Adoptive Father: Issam Rahman (born 2317)
  • Adoptive Mother: Najwa Rahman (born 2320)
  • Siblings: None

Friends, Significant Others, and Notable Colleagues

See subpage for full relationship listing.

Early Life and Starfleet Career

First Year Cadet R. Rahman, 2374

Roshanara Rahman was born on SD 235612.15 on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld. Her birth parents gave their newborn up for adoption. A human couple, Issam and Najwa Rahman, took in the child as their own (and only) daughter. The Rahmans were told that because the child would not receive the typical Kriosian diet in her adoptive home, they were to give her daily medication to supplement her development (medication which she continues to take to this day). Indeed, despite the efforts of her parents, Roshanara's adult height of 161 cm (5'3") is notably less than that of the typically tall Kriosians.

The new family returned to Earth, and Roshanara was raised in the city of Lahore. Growing up, she knew she was different from the locals, but because Kriosians shared many physical similarities with humans, she did not feel ostracized on her adopted homeworld. As a child, she did tend to wear her hair in such a way as to cover her spots, yet even if they were noticed, most people often mistook the quiet but friendly young girl as a member of the more familiar Trill species.

Displaying the Knack

Roshanara was a gifted student in her primary and secondary education. In particular, one of her teachers noted, she "displayed extreme intuition about all things mechanical." This intuition more than once did get her into trouble as she was a bit of a mischievous child. Although neither of her adopted parents were in Starfleet or had a family history in the service, Roshanara chose to attend Starfleet Academy for the chance to work with the latest developments in starship engineering.

Rather than remain on Earth, she went off-world and completed her undergraduate education at the academy's Beta Ursae Minor II campus. After graduating in 2378, she stayed for an additional two years to earn her master's degree in engineering. She then served on two vessels, the Shanghai and the Tempest, as an engineering officer.

Change of Plans

Aboard the Tempest, Roshanara was severely injured in a major accident in 2383. Due to the extent of her injuries, she took a leave of absence from active starship duty. While still recovering, she completed the Daystrom Institute of Technology's doctoral program in engineering from 2383-2387 on a sponsorship from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers.

Upon earning her doctorate, she was assigned to the Pioneer as a research and development engineer in 2387. A year later she was assigned as the ship's assistant chief engineer.

USS Mercury

On SD 238909.16, Roshanara was promoted to lieutenant commander and assigned to the Mercury as chief engineer. She became acquainted with one of the ship's medical officers, Niccolò del Vedova, through her medical check-in, and introduced herself informally to her engineering staff the night before her first official day as chief of the department.

Soon after the Mercury left StarBase 118, though, Roshanara's engineering skills were called into service after the ship began suffering minor computer glitches that eventually threatened to interfere with the ship's vital mission transporting Councilor Prianna of the Cardassian Union's Detapa Council. While looking into the manner, Roshanara, science officer Ian West, and engineer Rick Rawden became trapped in the ship's primary computer core control room. There, they discovered that the glitches were being caused by some kind of artificial intelligence that referred to itself as Efili and took the form of a Mercury crewman as its holographic avatar.

  • Noteworthy SIMs
    • "The Art of Conversation" - SD 238909.16 (While waiting at StarBase 118 for the Mercury to arrive, Roshanara meets two of her new shipmates.)
    • "Making The Call" - SD 238909.25 (After some prodding by Dr. Del Vedova, Roshanara reveals what happened six years ago aboard the Tempest.)
    • "Life Signs" - SD 238910.14 (Roshanara notices something peculiar on her tricorder.)

Hell of a First Day

The crew did not have too much time to investigate further as the ship was rocked by several explosives the following morning after the ship's captain Aron Kells and several senior officers had been seemingly kidnapped by the Klingons. Among the most heavily damaged areas was main engineering, where 16 engineers perished, including Graham MacNeil, the assistant chief engineer. Had Roshanara not remained on the upper level when the explosives went off, it is likely she too would have died.

Working with Alexander Richards and (surprisingly) Dr. Del Vedova, Roshanara and her engineering crew were able to restore some of the ship's systems, and the Mercury limped back to StarBase 118 once Captain Kells and the others were retrieved.

Things That Go Bump in the Night

The Mercury arrives to find things nice and quiet aboard DSX... too quiet.

After a brief respite aboard StarBase 118, the Mercury was sent back to the Menthar Corridor to provide support for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team already working on repurposing Deep Space 10. However, once the Mercury arrived at DSX, they found the station seemingly deserted yet with no signs of an attack or evacuation. The away teams had already beamed over before it was soon discovered some sort of pathogen was loose aboard the station. Furthermore, it seemed at least some of the SCE team had succumbed to the infection and now roamed through the corridors as violent revenants. Compounding the situation, the Mercury's transporter systems were disabled by an overload in the biofilters from the pathogen, and an impending coronal mass ejection threatened to annihilate those aboard DSX, which remained unshielded from the lethal cosmic rays.

Roshanara worked with the rest of the team to hold out as long as possible until the Mercury was able to send a second team to retrieve them and keep them in isolation aboard several shuttlecraft. While looking over the station's systems, she deduced that the SCE team may have sought refuge deep within the station, and eventually, the crew was able to rescue the few survivors and escape DSX before the CME hit the station, killing the remaining revenants.

Aches and Pains

Roshanara herself succumbed to injury while aboard DSX, but fortunately, she was quickly treated once back aboard the Mercury. Yet it was the headaches she had begun experiencing in late 2389 that were continuing to bother her. She kept with the medication Dr. Del Vedova had originally prescribed, but she was finding that she was needing to take more of it to be effective. Meanwhile, her colleague Eyas Wulfantine had learned that his mother was to be put to death and began preparations for a rescue mission with the aid of some of his shipmates.

Roshanara was initially hesitant about getting involved in the internal matters of another world, and she wasn't particularly close to Wulfantine outside of a professional context for that matter. However, her friend Lidia Ivanova shared a deep bond with the Pythron, and after an intense conversation with the spirited security officer, Roshanara was soon aboard a civilian transport, disguised as a lowly servent for a visiting dignitary. Her true role was to help deliver a rescue team aboard a cloaked Romulan shuttle and stand by until the team's mission was complete. An encroaching patrol from the Pythron State Guard complicated matters, and Roshanara chose to bring aboard both a Pythron civilian and the leader of the Pythron guard after they had been incapacitated by Major Jacen Fanel. The guard, known as Asar, however would not be taken easily, and knocked out Roshanara once he awoke aboard the shuttle before being stunned a second time. Once the rescue team had succeeded in their mission to not only rescue Wulfantine's mother but also expose the greater political conspiracy concocted by Wulfantine's enemies, the team was quickly beamed back to the shuttle. The two Pythrons were returned to the surface as a new chapter began in Pythron history.

  • Noteworthy SIMs
    • "Festival of Sweets" - SD 239002.09 (While recovering in sickbay, Roshanara is reminded of a near-delicious moment from her childhood.)
    • "Friends in Need" - SD 239002.20 (Lidia chides her friend for being lame.)
    • "Reflection" - SD 239004.06 (Alone with a captured Pythron, Roshanara feels... different.)

Interventions

Finding no relief through the medication, Roshanara turned to Del again for help. He proposed a daring surgical procedure with Dr. Ven Demar, an innovative neurosurgeon familiar with cybernetic augmentation, to stabilize her neuroplasticity. Desparate for a solution, Roshanara agrees to the surgery in the hopes that she can prevent her condition from costing her career.

Meanwhile, Captain Aron Kells underwent a second transformation into his 60-year-old self, through which he remembers the ultimate fate of Roshanara's deteriorating medical condition, unfortunately accelerated by the surgery performed by Ven and Del. By 2392, he had been forced to relieve her of duty and ultimately agreed with a recommendation by Del at that time for Roshanara to be medically discharged from the service. By 2404, he tracked her down to a distant Dopterian ocean colony, where she had been hiding from the intrusions of greater society that had wrecked havoc on her.

Although he struggled with whether to intervene explicitly once he found himself back in 2390, Kells finally decided to do so after a more subtle attempt by him nearly cost Roshanara her life within a supervolcano on 83 Leonis II. His intervention, though, required that Del first betray Roshanara's trust and confidentiality with the doctor. Now that Roshanara knows the truth nearly a decade earlier than she had in an alternate future, not even Kells knows if she—and Del—can change fate.

  • Noteworthy SIMs
    • "Allah Yerhama" - 2392 (After a near disaster stemming from her most recent and severe lapse while on duty, Captain Kells relieves Roshanara of duty and affirms the recommendaion by Del for her medical discharge from Starfleet.)
    • "The Life After" & "Reunion" - 2404 (Kells chases after Roshanara into the 25th century.)
    • "Definitive Diagnosis" - SD 239008.22 (Roshanara finds the key to her ongoing condition from an unlikely source.)


Rich's Character Menagerie
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Zhou Tai-Sheng · Eitan Kadosh · Dre'lith Chaun · Roshanara Rahman · Tenzin Zhou · Msafiri Bakari

Maravosh · Danielle Vistain · Charles Sampi · Lidia Ivanova · Ayelet Kadosh

Not pictured: Rivi Vataix ·  Joseph Washington · Jess Webber · Reez · Xio
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