Salda Daarggal

Salda was born on the homeworld of the Tellarites, Tellar Prime, to a prestigious family that is known to create excellent Federation politicians and diplomats. Like her older siblings, it was believed she would eventually become a trained politician or diplomat, though she had other plans.

Ultimately she elected to go to Starfleet Academy, initially only to start an argument with her parents. Though her motivation also came from the death of her uncle, who was a Federation Ambassador. He was being escorted by a Starfleet vessel when it was attacked and destroyed by the Dominion.

She would apply and get into the Academy in 2379 as an Exoarchaeology major. Despite the major shift to the sciences, she still took many classes on diplomacy during her tenure at the Academy. It would take her a somewhat easy four years to graduate from the academy, with nothing major happening.

Her first assignment as an Ensign would be aboard the U.S.S. Bismarck, where she would serve admirably for several years during the Crisis on Romulus. The Bismarck would be one of the ships initially sent to help relocate some of the fleeing civilians. Salda would be on station when she detected a strange anomaly which would have destroyed an incoming shuttle of refugees if not caught soon enough.

After the end of the Bismarck’s mission when the Federation withdrew their evacuation plans due to the destruction of Mars, Salda would receive a promotion. The Chief Science Officer aboard the ship would praise Salda and recommend her for a promotion which would eventually lead to her gaining the rank of Lieutenant J.G. and being transferred to the U.S.S. Raposa to be the Assistant Chief Science Officer.

The Raposa would be her home for the next eleven years. The first four years would start with her position as Assistant Chief Science Officer. This would be a somewhat simple assignment as the ship patrolled the borders of the Federation along it’s eastern side near the Klingons.

In 2389 the Raposa detected a strange nebulae on the fringes of Federation space. As it investigated the nebula, several ships from the Sovereignty of Kahless would warp in and claim that the system is now in their space. The tense situation would boil over and several shots were fired before the Raposa was able to warp away.

There were many damages and several casualties- including the Chief Science Officer. This absence in command would elevate Salda into the position as the ship went to the nearest Starbase for repairs. Salda would remain in this position, even as Lieutenant J.G.

When the Raposa was fully operational again she would be added to the joint Federation and Klingon taskforce that fought against the Sovereignty, which includes the Operation Gatecrasher of 2391. After the Sovereignty’s defeat the Raposa would go back to her original mission of regular patrols along the Federation-Klingon border.

By 2395 Salda was promoted again due to her service during the conflict with the Sovereignty. Given the rank of Lieutenant and even the position of Second Officer, Salda was considered one of the captain’s most trusted officer. As being the only Tellarite aboard the vessel, her bluntness and confrontational manners were considered a breath of fresh air to the Raposa’s captain.

This role on the Raposa would stay until 2397, which would be the last year that she was on the ship. After over a decade on the Raposa, Salda transferred to the newer ship, the U.S.S. Voltaire, which was in need of an executive officer.

With the transfer and high commendations by the Raposa’s captain, Salda was given another rank promotion alongside the first officer title. This posting would last just under a year as someone higher up reassigned the Tellarite to Starbase 86- potentially to receive her own command.