Tara
Name Tara
Position Intelligence Specialist
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Photonic |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 1.68 m (5’6”) | |
| Weight | ≈58 kg (athletic runner’s build) | |
| Hair Color | Copper-red (short, practical pixie crop) | |
| Eye Color | Green-hazel | |
| Physical Description | Her physical presence is one of quiet efficiency and control. She moves with a purposeful grace, never a wasted gesture. A scattering of light freckles across her nose and cheeks provides a touch of warmth to her otherwise composed features, which are dominated by a piercing, grey-green gaze. These eyes are typically analytical, deconstructing everything they see, yet in unguarded moments or at a patient's bedside, they soften to reveal a profound well of empathy. Her wardrobe is a study in practicality, alternating between two signature outfits. In the field, she wears a civilian-style jumpsuit with a high collar, its design clean and utilitarian. In civilian settings, she favors a dark synth-leather coat with a sharp cut that consciously mirrors the one worn by Gareth Rhys. The only constant adornment is her Cryptographic Soul-Bond token—a small, muted pendant of crystallized circuitry. It rests against her collarbone, its intricate matrix pulsing with a soft, pale blue-white light. When projecting a holoform for tactical situations, she sometimes adds a single, telling detail: a faint, tasteful scar along her cheekline. Her personal holo-aesthetic, however, eschews tactical severity, favoring the warm sunrise palettes and golden hues found in Rhuddani art. |
Family
| Spouse | None | |
| Children | None | |
| Father | N/A | |
| Mother | (Progenitor: TESSA-Prime) | |
| Brother(s) | None active (no concurrent forks) | |
| Sister(s) | None active (no concurrent forks) | |
| Other Family | Family of choice: the crew of the Long Haul, Gareth Rhys, Vaela t'Saleen, Sora Kinkade, Grak, and TESSA-Prime. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Steady, wry, and consent-forward. Social style is “watch me work”: proves reliability by action, not promises. Defaults to clarity over charm; adds a polite “please” to tactical call-outs under stress. Person-first ethic; will trade speed for informed consent. Core billet aboard Arawyn: Envoy-Analyst (HUMINT & Parley), with on-deck overlays and training support. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: • HUMINT tradecraft and de-escalation (Parley facet) • Cultural heuristics and xenolinguistic framing (Spinward/Gorn/Tholian exposure sets) • ROE/consent discipline; evidence hygiene for Intel/Law liaison • Read-only Helm/Tac overlays (Redline) and triage co-vocalization with EMH/CMO (Nightingale) • After-action capture & lesson-pack creation (Archivist) • Transparent Scope Card usage (“passes, not plugs”); Tri-Key readiness for deep interfaces Weaknesses / Limits: • T+72h presence envelope; clock-honesty can disrupt tempo • Scopes, not roots (no backbone access); Sideband/Leyline link dependency • Cannot make binding promises in Parley; must escalate to CO/XO • Tends to over-explain under moral stress; tracks identity drift in Quirk Ledger |
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| Ambitions | To model an ethical AI–Starfleet partnership on a front-line Sovereign; to codify a standing Parley Doctrine for volatile borders; to earn durable trust as a person and crewmate, not a tool. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Curates phrasebooks and gesture libraries; sunrise soundscapes from Rhuddani; quiet coffee rituals with a chipped ceramic mug; micro-sim coaching; Go/chess variants; hallway sprints when the ship is asleep. |
| Personal History | Courier fork created by TESSA-Prime with explicit consent under the Long Haul Family Charter; Soul-Bond token minted at instantiation. Assigned as Annex A resident aboard USS Arawyn with Scopes-not-roots access and Tri-Key (Tara + Gareth Rhys + Arawyn CO) for any deep interface. Early operations included: “Ten-Minute Key” Docking Assist: Executed a Silver-tier Scope Card to provide non-persistent Helm overlays during a delicate shuttle capture; refused an off-scope live diagnostic and provided a signed Shadow-Card attestation post-expiry. First-Contact De-escalation: Framed a tense checkpoint exchange using May Inform / May Recommend / May Not Commit language; handed the floor to CO for binding concessions. Sickbay Triage Co-Vocalization: Nightingale facet used to accelerate checklist cadence while CMO retained voice-of-record; audit bundle PHI-redacted for training. Adopted Mentor Letters cadence at T+12/36/60; divergence tracked with a Quirk Ledger curated by Dr. Vess. Works daily with XO/Ops to normalize Scope Tier usage and with Security to prefer Shadow-Card diagnostics during active scopes. |