Tharra th'Dani
Tharra th'Dani
ASPECTS
HIGH CONCEPT: DISGRACED ANDORIAN SECURITY CHIEF
Invoke: For remaining vigilant, doing his job as a security chief, for physical conflicts and manning the Constitution’s tactical weapons.
Compel: Some may have heard of Tharra’s shame and will be suspicious of him. In particular many in Starfleet feel he does not deserve to wear the uniform.
TROUBLE: OVERZEALOUS
Invoke: To be vigilant.
Compel: Tharra can be a little too vigilant and errs on the side of security over diplomacy or even basic privacy. He is also very conservative and disdains what he calls “frivolous” pursuits such as art, music and literature preferring pragmatism. He can obsess over threats that are obvious while ignoring more subtle possible dangers. Finally, he can sometimes see threats in things and people that are benign.
MY HONOR, MY CREW
Invoke: Tharra is completely dedicated to maintaining the safety of the ship and its captain and crew. His honor was compromised when he faced off against his own people (at least that is how he sees it). What is left of his honor can only be redeemed by safeguarding his new crew.
Compel: Tharra is impulsive and will jump into danger with little regard for his own safety. He will sacrifice himself to protect any crew mate.
FORMER MEMBER OF THE UL’RON SHAI
Invoke: For hand to hand combat or fighting with knives. For focusing his mind and remaining disciplined. For fighting and for espionage.
Compel: The Ul’ron Shai were an elite unit of the Imperial Guard that specialized in espionage and counterintelligence. They were instigators in the infamous attack on the Vulcan colony on P’jem and were disbanded in disgrace afterwards. Most believe that members of the Ul’ron Shai are fanatics and murderers and when they learn that Tharra was a member they react with suspicion. Vulcans in particular are wary of him.
NEED A FINAL ASPECT
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Compel:
SKILLS
SUPERB (+5):
GREAT (+4): Combat: Brawl & Melee
GOOD (+3): Investigate, Tactical
FAIR (+2): Athletics, Combat: Energy & Projectile, Espionage
AVERAGE (+1): Empathy, Notice, Physique, Will
STUNTS
SECURITY SPECIALIST (Tactical)
You don’t have to be present to provide active opposition to someone trying to overcome security measures you put in place or worked on. (Normally, a character would roll against passive opposition for that.)
LIE DETECTOR (Empathy)
+2 to all Empathy rolls made to discern or discover lies, whether they’re directed at you or someone else.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING (Investigate)
Once per scene you can spend a fate point (and a few minutes of observation) to make a special Investigate roll representing your potent deductive faculties. For each shift you make on this roll you discover or create an aspect, on either the scene or the target of your observations, though you may only invoke one of them for free.
USHAAN DUELING (Combat: Brawl & Melee)
A crucial part of Andorian tradition was the Ushaan, a code of honor demanding a duel to the death, with combatants pitted against one another using an ushaan-tor ice miner’s tool. Thalla gains a +2 to his Combat: Melee and Weapon (?) skill when using an ushaan-tor against a single opponent.
REFRESH
REFRESH: 3
REFRESH SPENT: -1
REFRESH TOTAL: 2
BACKGROUND
Tharra th’Dani was born and raised on the icy moon of Andor. His parents were both faithful soldiers in the Imperial Guard and they raised him to be a warrior along with his 4 siblings. He attained the age of accension and joined the Ul’ron Shai, an elite unit of the Imperial Guard that specialized in espionage and counterintelligence. While he was often taken aback by their fanatical and conservative stances Tharra was a loyal member in good standing for several years. He met and greatly admired Thy’lek Shran even though he was at odds with the Ul’ron Shai’s leadership. Tharra began to actively question his role in the unit and was became increasingly disenchanted with their unyielding ways.
THE STORY
EPISODE TITLE: DUEL OF HONOR
GUEST STARRING: (Ethan Mitchell)
When Thy’lek Shran uncovered the Vulcan listening post on P’jem with the aid of Starfleet’s Commander Archer it was clear that there would be repercussions. Tharra listened to his fellow members of the Ul’ron Shai, who advocated for the complete destruction of the ancient vulcan monastery and the heads of the monks who dared spy on the Andorians from the hidden base, with increasing alarm. Finally the pressure had reached a fevered pitch and the Ul’ron Shai planned a secret attack on the monastery. Tharra had become close friends with Ethan Mitchell, a Starfleet officer whom he admired a great deal, and when he learned of the attack he sent him warning to pass on to the vulcans. He then confronted his fellow Guardsmen challenging them to a Ushaan duel. He fought opponent after opponent, including his own brother, willing to sacrifice his life to stop the Ul’ron Shai from their dishonorable course.
After three hours he was exhausted and nearly dead from the terrible wounds he had suffered and Ethan Mitchell swore to stand in for him. Not wishing to create an incident with the “pinkskins” by killing one of their officers the Ul’ron Shai declared the duel ended and honor was satisfied. The monastery had been evacuated by that time and no one was killed when the Ul’ron Shai attacked. They leveled the monastery. Tharra was released from the Imperial Guard with honor although many of his own people regarded him as a traitor and swore they would get satisfaction someday. No one in his family would speak to him after that day. He became a man without family or country.
At Ethan Mitchell‘s recommendation he joined Starfleet and became one of the first Andorian’s to serve the newly minted Federation of Planets.
