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| Played by: |
Tim Russ |
| Home region: |
Vulcan |
| Year of birth: |
2264 (Terran equivalent) |
| Children: |
Three sons, one daughter |
| Education: |
Starfleet Academy, 2289-2293 |
| Marital status: |
Married 2304, to T'Pel |
Security chief and
tactical officer under Captain Kathryn Janeway who had gone undercover to
infiltrate the Maqui as part of Chakotay's crew when both ships disappeared in
the Badlands of the Demilitarized Zone, presumably destroyed by plasma storms;
the smaller craft disappeared a week before the Voyager was last heard from on
SD 48307.5.
Earlier in his career Tuvok served on the U.S.S. Wyoming and
was a teacher and cadet trainer at Starfleet Academy for 16 years before joining
Janeway's crew on her ship prior to the U.S.S. Voyager; for a brief time he was
on leave with a temporary assignment at Jupiter Station. In his youth he was an
opponent of the Federation-Klingon treaties but later came to see the wisdom of
fellow Vulcan Spock's drive for alliance.
In his personal life, Tuvok is
a devoted parent and husband - his wife was in labor for 96 hours with their
third child - and engages his interest in the traditional Vulcan lute, playing
it for his children when they could not fall asleep at bedtime. His youngest son
was especially fond of "Falor's Journey," a 347-verse epic ode. Tuvok
also is an expert botanist with growing orchids a specialty he continues in his
own quarters, practices the Keethara meditation routine, and began his interest
in the Vulcan game kal-toh with master studies at age 5. Prior to his stint on
the Wyoming he taught archery science at the Vulcan Institute for Defensive
Arts, and has maintained a scholarly interest in the study of violence for over
a century.
CLASSIFIED to Level 1 security at Subject request, AD
2349 With the best of Vulcan rationality, Tuvok was pressured by his parents
into following them into Starfleet and graduated the Academy at the age of 29 in
2293, originally posted to Capt. Hikaru Sulu on the U.S.S. Excelsior. He
resigned in 2298 to pursue his people's kohlinar regimen of true non-emotion
after becoming disillusioned with non-Vulcans in the service, but went into pon
farr six years later and began a family. His return to Starfleet was marked by a
maturity and a reconsideration of the benefits service provided.
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