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::–Bakari, regarding the crew of the USS ''Independence''-A, SD 238711.02

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* '''Full Name''': Msafiri Bakari

* '''Species''': [[Human]]

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* '''Height''': 196 cm (6'5")

* '''Weight''': 107 kilos (235 lbs)

Bakari is a man who, after his time spent during the Vaadwaur Occupation, has little patience for being anything less than direct. He once told his friend Ayelet Kadosh that "patience is a virtue, and I harbor few of those these days." This directness can come off as aggressive, but he is fair in his treatment of others and fiercely protective of those under his command, especially his fellow Federation resistance comrades.

===Friends and Notable Colleagues===

====Deep Space 17====

''See also: [[Vaadwaur Occupation#Federation Resistance|Members of the Federation Resistance during the Vaadwaur Occupation]]''

* '''{{n|Ayelet|Kadosh}}''': A human nurse now residing on Earth.

:Kadosh met Bakari during the Vaadwaur Occupation. Then an ensign, she had stayed with a wing of medical staff to care for the station during the attack while most of the remaining medical personnel had evacuated. She was one of only two medical staff members who survived the initial capture of Deep Space 17 by the Vaadwaur. Mistreated and forced to serve the Vaadwaur by taking care of the Federation prisoners with barely any supplies, Kadosh eventually broke free and was taken in by Bakari's resistance group.

:Rais had been a former marine squad leader on DS17 before his capture during the [[Second Battle of Eratis]] in which DS17 fell to the Vaadwaur. The Vaadwaur subsequently subjected Rais to intense chemical brainwashing, and he emerged as a loyal soldier who was used as another weapon of the Vaadwaur Occupation Force to hunt down and kill his former comrades, including his partner Jennifer Brockton. Following his liberation after Operation Bright Star, he had difficulty adjusting back to the daily routine of duty. He eventually checked himself into a pyschiatric hospital shortly before he died on SD 238807.14 of mysterious circumstances.

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* '''{{n|Lidia|Ivanova}}''': A human security officer.

:Traveling as fellow passengers aboard the transport vessel, Ivanova and Bakari quickly caught each other's eyes, but fortunately/unfortunately, they discovered they were going to be future departmental colleagues aboard the ''Mercury'', which promptly brought their evening to a close.

Msafiri Bakari was born on 236003.13 in Colony 1 of the Martian colonies. He attended Starfleet Academy in 2378 before receiving his first assignment to the {{USS|Tempest}} in 2382 as a security officer. He was then assigned to Deep Space 17 in 2385.

[[Image:DS17.jpg|thumb|Deep Space 17]]

Bakari was still a low ranking security officer when the Vaadwaur captured the station in 2387. After the attack and [[Vaadwaur Occupation|occupation of the station]], then-Lieutenant Junior Grade Bakari became the senior officer on the station, a "promotion" that involved witnessing many of his superior officers--his teachers, mentors, and friends--killed or worse. Along with a handful of other surviving Federation personnel, Bakari hid and planned an insurgency. Week by week, they did their best to stall the Vaadwaur's progress, but they were outnumbered and outmatched.

After Starfleet retook Deep Space 17 through [[Operation Bright Star]], Bakari was named acting station commanding officer, and most of the DS17 survivors slowly became reacquainted with how things worked again in an ordered Starfleet. Kadosh noticed, however, that Bakari seemed increasingly agitated as that sense of order was rebuilt on the station. That agitation had been building up especially after word had quickly spread throughout the station that the senior staff of the docked [[USS Independence-A|USS ''Independence''-A]] was to take over most of the station's leadership positions.

Bakari briefly clashed with Marine Captain [[Somers, Alexandria|Alexandria Somers]] and her marines from the ''Independence'' on SD 238711.18 as the two faced a civilian demonstration against the presence of the remaining Vaadwaur on the station. The crowd on the station's promenade were quickly swept into a riot that required a response from the combined efforts of station security and the ''Independence'' marines. During this situation, Bakari took note of the attention Somers paid to his concerns regarding the use of an aggressive stance towards the protesters, most of whom, like Bakari and his security staff, were survivors from the Vaadwaur occupation.

* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-tiger/message/3626 "Open Invitation"] - SD 238811.16 (The paperwork finally gets through.)

In 2390, Bakari was reassigned to the {{USS|Mercury}} and [[Deep Space 10]] as part of [[Security (Duty Post)|Starfleet Security]]'s Criminal Investigative Division.

===Notable SIM===

* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-mercury/message/3454 "Reinvention"] - SD 239004.29 (Bakari moves on to a new role and a new home.)

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