Chief Warrant Officer Karzen Son of Arjune, Son of Ragan
Name Karzen Son of Arjune, Son of Ragan MD, MPH
Position Chief Physician
Rank Chief Warrant Officer
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Klingon/Romulan | |
| Age | Born 2272 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 1.78m (5'10") | |
| Weight | 83kg (183lbs) | |
| Hair Color | Bald | |
| Eye Color | white/sliver | |
| Physical Description | Karzen looks a bit strange, being part Klingon and part Romulan. There are some strange quirks that seem to be from neither but rather an odd combination of the two. His ears are a bit pointed. Karzen went prematurely bald, while his facial hair went prematurely white. His eyes are an odd white color, but that doesn’t seem to affect his vision, which had to be excellent for him to qualify as a fighter pilot in his youth. Karzen’s forehead ridges go a bit high for a Klingon. In, and sometimes out of uniform, Karzen wears a Klingon mail sash, such as the one Worf wears in uniform. The House symbol on the sash is a combination of his mother’s and father’s houses and this is easily recognized by both Klingons and Romulans, earning Karzen much disdain. He did this on purpose as a way of establishing his own unique identity, and as a way to stick his thumb in the eyes of the people who don’t accept the union of his parents or the fruit of that union. |
Family
| Spouse | Divorced | |
| Children | Aharon (Adult Son, Engineer) | |
| Father | Ragan, Son of Kozar (Klingon) | |
| Mother | Arjune (Romulan) | |
| Other Family | The Karzen's family in the Klingon and Romulan Empires do not acknowledge him or his parents. They consider his mother, his father, and himself as dead to them. While he is on amicable terms with his ex-wife, they talk much less often now that their son is a fully grown adult. Karzen's parents were in their early late twenties when he was born and are therefore still alive. Karzen and his son are close and stay in contact. Other than that, Karzen's only family is his family of choice. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Medicine is an unusual field for a Klingon, not so much for a Romulan. Karzen’s parents have always been open to him choosing his own path. When he was a warrior (a combat fighter pilot for the Nyberrite Alliance) they were proud of him. When he chose to study medicine, they were proud of him. When he chose to join the Federation Frontier Health Service to help people with limited medical resources out on the frontiers of Federation territory, they were proud of him. When he joined Starfleet, they were proud of him. In short, as long as Karzen stays true to his path and acts with honor, they will be proud of him. Knowing he will probably be rejected by both Romulans and Klingons (except for the ones that are Nyberrite mercenaries), Karzen tries not to care what the ones he encounters outside of the safety of the Nyberrite Alliance. He takes from each culture that which he deems useful and enjoyable and that reflects best who he wants to be, and rejects the rest. For example, instead of just using a patronymic (Karzen, Son of Ragan), Karzen uses both a matronymic and a patronymic (Karzen, Son of Arjune, Son of Ragan) because while Klingons are at least somewhat patriarchal, Romulans are matriarchal. In this way, he takes from Klingon culture and Romulan culture. Putting his mother’s name first is just his way of sticking his thumb in the collective eye of those Klingons who rejected or would reject the union of his mother and father. Karzen is a tough little son-of-a-bitch. Small for a Klingon, he is cunning and quick and more in control than a normal Klingon, allowing him to harness his strength and speed more effectively. He knows when to stand up, when to back down, and how to do both to his advantage. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Karzen is a near perfect fusion of Klingon and Romulan physiology. As such, he is stronger, faster, and tougher than a Human and a match for Romulans and Klingons. He’s not as strong as a Vulcan, but he’s capable of being equal parts cunning and vicious when he needs to be, providing a balance to a Vulcan’s superior strength. His Romulan DNA tends to balance certain vulnerabilities possessed by Klingons. While he is small for a Klingon, he is lighter and quicker, and his fighting tactics reflect a broader range of styles than one might encounter fighting your average Klingon hand-to-hand or with a melee weapon. Karzen has been a pilot for over almost 90 years, and he spent forty years as a fighter pilot with the Nyberrite Alliance. As the NA is involved in an on-going conflict with a neighboring nation, and as their tactics rely almost entirely on fighters and fighter-bombers launched from carriers, starbases, and planetary facilities, Karzen gained four decades of combat experience. Karzen also flew regularly as a civilian, both with the Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol (SAR, Aerial/Aerospace Survey, Mapping, Flight Instruction, etc.) and by flying his privately owned craft. Karzen has been a physician (internal medicine, preventive medicine) for a long time and is very good at his job. As a child of both a Klingon and a Romulan, martial combat training was a significant factor in his upbringing and has remained so throughout his life. He is a skilled martial artist. Karzen’s blade of choice is the Tajtiq dagger/short sword. Weaknesses: Even the most progressive of Klingons and Romulans would likely look down their noses at Karzen as a mongrel and a traitor. This puts him at a disadvantage socially when dealing with Klingons and Romulans (except for most of those in the service of the Nyberrite Alliance). Despite his personal protests that the above weakness doesn’t bother him, it does, even after many years of dealing with it. Karzen can be sensitive about his “mongrel” nature and the disdain and contempt full-blooded Klingons and Romulans hold him in. This can make it difficult to deal with Klingons and Romulans from his side of the equation, which can compound the above problem. This can lead to misunderstandings, some violent, when Karzen presumes he is about to be disrespected or rejected for who he is. |
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| Ambitions | Karzen is at a turning point in his life. Feeling the previous iteration of his practice less necessary at this moment in time, he hopes the Colonial Defense Force will represent a new adventure for him in his middle years. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Pilot: Karzen is a licensed pilot. N’Delrek (Romulan martial art similar to Terran Jiujitsu), Komerek (similar in some ways to N’Delrek, Komerek is a nastier, more vicious and brutal, less socially acceptable Romulan martial art, focusing on nerve strikes and bone or joint breaking), Mok’bara (Klingon martial art similar to Tai Chi), Suus Mahna (Vulcan Martial Arts) He enjoys Andorian Blues and Earth Blues, as well as Jazz and Jazz Fusion. He learned to play diatonic and chromatic harmonica from a human working as a Nyberrite mercenary and has continued to practice and study. |
| Personal History | Karzen is the child of a union between an Imperial Klingon Defense Force officer named Ragan, Son of Kozar, and a Romulan Star Navy officer named Arjune. The two star-crossed lovers met while they were both serving at a Klingon-Romulan joint operating base in the waning years of Klingon-Romulan cooperation. Knowing their union would never be accepted by their families or their nations, Ragan and Arjune stole a courier ship and fled, making their way to the territory of the Nyberrite Alliance. By then Arjune was pregnant with Karzen, who would be brought into the universe months later and raised in the Nyberrite Alliance. The Nyberrite Alliance generally stayed out of interstellar politics and affairs, except for one thing. The Nyberrite has a vicious enemy on one of its borders with whom they are at war with on and off and have been for generations. To help with manpower issues, the Nyberrite Alliance heavily recruited mercenaries from all over the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Ragan and Arjune became two of these mercenaries. Raised in the Nyberrite Alliance with a Klingon father and Romulan mother and neighbors from everywhere, Karzen grew up to be a citizen of the galaxy. His character was influenced by many cultures and he tried to take the best of all of them. Of course, he was part Klingon so a great deal of his growing up had to happen after he was already fully grown, physically anyway. He learned to be a pilot as a civilian when he was old enough, and by age 13 (adulthood for Klingons) he was in the enlisted flight academy and by age 15 a Flight Corporal in the fleet of the Nyberrite Alliance. When he left three decades later, he was a Chief Flight Warrant Officer. Nyberrite Alliance ships were lightly armed carriers, with strong point defense systems but only minimal ship to ship weaponry. Because of this, the Nyberrite depended on small craft for combat. Karzen spent three decades as a fighter pilot and fighter-bomber pilot (and sometimes flew larger support craft). Towards the end of that time, he became disillusioned. He was happy to defend his home, but grew weary of the constant combat. He knew that was very “un-Klingon” of him, but there it was. The idea of a lifetime of “glorious combat” for the honor of the Nyberrite Alliance and Kahless the Unforgettable no longer appealed to him. As part of an exchange program, Starfleet sent a doctor to work with the Nyberrite fleet. Karzen became friendly with this doctor, who eventually convinced him to apply for university in the Federation. She helped him with his applications, wrote him recommendations, and sponsored his visa application. She later helped Karzen gain dual Nyberrite/Federation citizenship. When Karzen applied to medical school, his mentor sponsored him for that as well. Karzen eventually became a doctor and public health official for the Federation Frontier Health Service. Among other assignments, Karzen was sent to Setlik III and lived there happily, working as a PCP and public health officer. Then the Cardassian Central Command got the idea that Setlik III was actually the staging area for a Federation invasion. They attacked the Setlik III settlement. It was a massacre. Karzen only survived through the efforts of people like Benjamin Maxwell and Miles O’Brien. Karzen offered his services to Starfleet, but at the time, Starfleet had concerns about allowing a Klingon/Romulan hybrid who had served in a foreign military to apply for a commission, even one who had never set foot in either the Klingon or Romulan empire. So Karzen remained in the Federation Frontier Health Service, but made sure to get himself stationed at Federation colonies and settlements near the Federation’s border with the Cardassian Union. Karzen served on colony worlds in the area that would eventually become known as the DMZ and stayed there after the final treaties were signed. He provided medical treatment to colonists, Federation and Cardassian, and also to the Maquis. During the years leading up to the Dominion War, when the Maquis were active against both the Cardassians Union and the Federation, Karzen was known for his “aggressive neutrality”. While he had no love for the Cardassian Union’s actions or intentions, he was a physician. He swore an oath to Hippocrates professionally and to the Great Bird of the Galaxy spiritually and religiously. He took these oaths seriously, in his own way. No patient would be turned away from his clinic or denied his services. Anyone attempting to violate the neutrality of his clinics or attempting to attack those otherwise under his care, would do so at their peril. Karzen was a quick draw and a crack shot with a disruptor pistol and a master of the tajtiq dagger. Further, he was a highly capable hand-to-hand combatant. Attempting to cross him could end in serious injury or, should he be pushed far enough, death. For that matter, even being stunned with one of his custom Klingon disruptor pistols was a nasty business. Getting shot on the stun setting usually resulted in a mild to moderate burn at the wound site, and neural disruption that started with violent seizures, painful enough to render the target unconscious, if they were lucky. Next came a significant period of time collapsed like a rag doll, unable to move. This occurred regardless of a loss of consciousness, meaning you could lay on the ground, unable to move or speak, conscious and in considerable pain. Karzen rarely turned the setting up to the lethal settings and didn’t have to. No one who knew about his disruptors, their effect, and his ability to hit what he aimed at wanted to get shot by him. Despite the Dominion hammering the DMZ, Karzen chose to stay, unwilling to abandon his patients and unwilling to abandon his adopted home at the behest of a bully. The coming of the Dominion War forced Karzen to choose a side, as the Dominion only respected neutrality when it suited them, but he still insisted that anyone in need of care would get it if it was within his power. After the war, with the coming of stability, Karzen’s brand of “guerilla medicine” was becoming less of a necessity, giving rise in Karzen to questions of what his next step might be. One thought he had was that while he had been denied entrance to Starfleet three decades earlier, the Colonial Defense Force was looking for physicians. Karzen had maybe another century to a century and a half left of life. Perhaps it was time for a new adventure? |
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| Service Record | Early 2272 Born in the Nyberrite Alliance to a Klingon father and Romulan mother. Raised among the families of mercenaries employed by the Nyberrite Alliance. These people were from all over the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Some of them had not been encountered by the major powers of those quadrants at the time of Karzen’s birth. June 2287 to June 2327 Klingons reach adulthood (about the physical age of an 18 year old human) at age 13 and then begin to age at a “normal”, slower rate (slowed more in Karzen’s case by his Romulan DNA). Karzen entered the Flight NCO Academy in 2385 at age 13 and graduated at age 15. He served as a Fighter and Fighter/Bomber pilot for 30 years for the Nyberrite Alliance. Nyberrite Fighter and Fighter/Bomber Pilot Flight Corporal Flight Sergeant Flight Warrant Officer (Eventually Chief Flight Warrant Officer) June 2317 thru June 2321 Alpha Centauri University Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Pre-Med Program Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol (Alpha Centauri Chapter) Mission Scanner Mission Pilot September 2321 thru May 2325 Terra Nova University School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol (Terra Nova Chapter) Mission Pilot June 2325 thru June 2329 Polar City is a Federation colony on Rigel IV Polar City University School of Medicine Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Master of Public Health in Preventive Medicine Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol (Polar City Chapter) Mission Pilot Medical Officer July 2329 thru June 2376 Federation Frontier Health Service Primary Care Physician, Public Health Officer Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol (Setlik III Chapter) Mission Pilot Medical Officer Survived the Setlik III Massacre when he was rescued by the USS Rutledge, commanded by Captain Benjamin Maxwell. The actions of people like Benjamin Maxwell and Miles O’Brien inspired Karzen to join Starfleet, but his application was denied at that time. Served in the Federation Frontier Health Service, eventually ending up in the colonies that would ultimately reside in what became the DMZ. Served different colony worlds. All suffered raids by the Cardassian Union’s forces. Though not a part of Starfleet, Karzen frequently took up arms defending his friends and neighbors. Though Karzen sympathized with the Maquis, he never joined the Maquis. To do so would have jepordized his ability to care for his patients and that he could not allow. However, Karzen provided medical care to the Maquis whenever he could. He never turned any of them over to Starfleet, the Cardassians, or the Dominion. Federation Civil Aerospace Patrol Mission Pilot Medical Officer |