Lieutenant Sivek
Name Sivek
Position Chief Engineering Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | 3/4 Vulcan / 1/4 Human | |
| Age | 62 |
Starfleet Indentification
| Starfleet Serial Number | VKS-8190-003471 | |
| Data Access Level | Level 3 | |
| Security Access | Level 6 | |
| Duty Shift | Alpha |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'2" / 188cm | |
| Weight | 190lbs / 86kg | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Hazel | |
| Physical Description | Sivek stands at 6'2" with the lean, angular build typical of a Vulcan. His black hair is cropped short, and his hazel eyes--a legacy of his human blood--give him a gaze that's almost at once sharp and distant. He moves with silent precision, as if every gesture is calculated before it's made. Despite his age of 62, he appears as a 30 year-old. |
Family
| Father | Sovek | |
| Mother | T'Ryl (deceased) |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Sivek does not invite conversation. He does not linger in doorways or offer unearned warmth. If one were to describe him at a glance, it would be in terms of his containment--physical and emotional. Stillness suits him. Silence even more so. On the surface, he is Vulcan in posture and bearing: deliberate, formal, and logically grounded. Beneath that, however, lies a mind at odds with itself--a child of ordered thought and unspeakable grief, of lineage torn between clarity and the ache of possibility. He experiences emotion in the way one can observe a stellar collapse--from a distance, with awe and terror in equal measures. Sivek finds crowds unbearable and prefers isolated environments, in part due to what can be termed "sensory overload". Eye contact remains inconsistent. Small talk is a puzzle he still has not solved. His words are often too precise, heavy with technical jargon or poetic cadence, though the poetry is entirely unintentional. He is not unkind. In truth, he may be too kind--empathetic in way that leaves him raw, though he has learned to bury that impulse far beneath his intellect. His perfectionism is a defense mechanism. His coldness is a shield. He prefers to work alone, not out of arrogance, but because failure--his own or someone else's--is something he can't bear to repeat. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: -Borderline brilliant in temporal mechanics and starship propulsion -Remains composed under extreme pressure -Deeply focused--executes tasks to absolute completion -Possesses a rare fusion of Federation science and Vulcan epistemology -Unshakeable once committed to a task (driven) Weaknesses: -Struggles in social dynamics--avoids most interpersonal engagement -Unwilling to delegate for fear of miscalculation or moral compromise -Carries unresolved grief, guilt, and a quiet self-loathing -Emotionally porous despite best efforts -Haunted by the past--doubtful of his own worth |
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| Ambitions | -To find the truth behind his mother's disappearance. -To come to terms with his guilt -To find a place he belongs |
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| Hobbies & Interests | -Longstanding research into warp fields and temporal resonance -Enjoys quiet, enclosed space and long meditative silences -Maintains a personal theory that his mother may still be alive and quietly works to solving her disappearance/death -Writes/reads poetry, but would never admit it |
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| LCARS Wherabout Record | For all intents and purposes, Sivek continues to be incarcerated at the Vulcan Penal Colony on Limonu as Prisoner #484766Y. His 30-year sentence began retroactively in 2383. His scheduled release is 2413 (no-parole sentence). |
| Personal History | Sivek was born in the city of Shi’Kahr on Vulcan, the only child of T’Ryl--a half-Human temporal theorist with the Vulcan Science Academy--and Sovek, a systems engineer renowned for his precision and uncompromising clarity. Their union was logical and the love between them, warm. T’Ryl, for all her restraint, encouraged curiosity in her son. Sovek provided order. Between them, a kind of gravity formed--a household shaped by silence, brilliance, and unspoken care. In 2351, when Sivek was fifteen, his parents were assigned together aboard the Sas-a’ki, a VSA research vessel studying Celestial Anomaly Kappa Iota 66--a temporal fissure near Tholian space. The anomaly, first discovered by a Federation probe in 2248 and later surveyed by the USS Krugersdorp, had expanded in the wake of an unprovoked Tholian energy discharge in 2314. Since then, it had shimmered at the edge of known space, too dangerous to contain, and far too enigmatic to ignore. T’Ryl never returned. A sudden energy surge within the fissure consumed her and three others mid-experiment. The remaining crew--including Sovek--survived, but not whole. Many aged decades in days. Most died within the decade. Sovek lived, but withering. He suffered hallucinations, chronal instability, and a slow disintegration of the mind. Convinced his wife was not dead but displaced, he revisited the anomaly again and again--until the VSA revoked his clearance. Sivek, meanwhile, was placed with a foster family. He heard little from his father until his mid-twenties, when Sovek--rambling and ill--sent him decades of research. Most of it was unreadable. Some of it wasn’t. At first, Sivek dismissed it as delusion. But something in the patterns lingered. Sivek pursued the sciences with cool resolve. He graduated from the Vulcan Science Academy with high honours, specializing in quantum causality, CPC (Chronology Protection Conjecture), and temporal logic. He petitioned the VSA to revisit the anomaly, citing his mother's work. He was denied. A colleague suggested Starfleet. It kind of made sense. If he couldn't study the fissure from Vulcan, perhaps the Federation would allow him a closer look. He enrolled in Starfleet Academy in 2366, graduating in 2370 with double majors in stellar sciences and starship engineering. He was precise, unpopular, and brilliant. Despite requesting science-based postings, he was assigned to the USS Courbet, a Centaur-class destroyer. War followed--first with the Klingons, then with the Dominion. He served quietly and competently. And without distinction. In 2376, he transferred to the USS Renommée, a Nova-class vessel more aligned with his talents. For eight years, he served as an engineer, studying quietly, making no waves. He eventually was named Chief Engineer in 2380. All the while, his father's data PADDs sat in his quarters. Read, re-read, decrypted, and obsessed over. In 2383, after years of quiet pressure, Sivek succeeded in securing a multi-vessel survey of Kappa Iota 66. The Renommée joined two VSA science ships and one Tholian vessel in a joint expedition. The goal: determine the inner nature of the fissure, now referred to by some as a "temporal stream". Without authorization, Sivek launched a probe from a shuttlecraft. The experiment was designed--perhaps too foolishly (or desperately)--to resonate with whatever lay within the anomaly, based on principles extrapolated from his mother's work, and his father's research. The result was catastrophic. A cascade of temporal energy rippled through the anomaly, vapourizing both VSA ships and crippling the Renommée and the Tholian vessel. Dozens died. Others aged out of time. The mission was a failure and a tragedy. And it was entirely Sivek's fault. 93 deaths (immediately). Another 33 died as a result of their injuries. More than 75 wounded or injured. Sivek was arrested. Court-martialed. Dishonourably discharged. The Federation stripped him of rank and sentenced him to thirty years' incarceration. His request to attend the funerals was denied. He began his incarceration at the New Zealand Penal Settlement on Earth, but was relocated to a penal colony beneath the surface of a dwarf planet named Limonu, near Vulcan. Artificial lighting. No windows. No seasons. Silence. Sivek never complained. He spent years in study, in silence, and in guilt. He wrote papers no one would publish. He revised theories no one would read. And still--despite everything--he believed. Somewhere, beyond causality and reason, his mother was alive. Or still out there, at least. The records list him as Prisoner #484766Y. Expected release: 2413. He will not serve the full term. Circumstances have changed. And the Herodotus is no ordinary ship. |
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| Service Record | 2336: Born in Shi’Kahr, Vulcan to T’Ryl (half-Vulcan temporal theorist) and Sovek (full Vulcan systems engineer), both affiliated with the Vulcan Science Academy. 2351: Mother presumed lost in temporal accident aboard the Sas-a’ki at Celestial Anomaly Kappa Iota 66. Father begins mental decline. Sivek placed with foster family. 2354-2365: Educated at the Vulcan Science Academy. Specializes in temporal theory, causality, and advanced quantum mechanics. 2366: Enters Starfleet Academy (San Francisco campus). 2370: Graduates Starfleet Academy with dual majors in Starship Engineering and Stellar Sciences. 2370-2375: Serves aboard USS Courbet (Centaur-class). Sees action in the Klingon War (2372) and Dominion War (2373–2375). 2376: Transfers to USS Renommée (Nova-class science vessel) as propulsion systems specialist. 2383: Leads unauthorized experiment during temporal fissure survey at Kappa Iota 66. Temporal cascade results in destruction of two science vessels and crippling of two others. 93 immediate deaths. 33 deaths as a result of the temporal cascade aging people quickly since the event. Over 75 wounded/injured. 2384: Court-martialed for negligence and unauthorized experimentation. Dishonourably discharged from Starfleet. 2385-2388: Incarcerated at New Zealand Penal Settlement. 2388: Transferred to Vulcan Penal Colony of Limonu (Prisoner #484766Y). Status: Special Handling Unit. |