Veeri, Contessa Von Schwarzweld (Neé Relidia) is the current Ambassador of the United Federation of Planets to the Kzari Regime, and former Operations officer of the U.S.S. Sentinel. Fascinated with linguistics and alien cultures, she started building a rapport with the Kzari since the U.S.S. Sentinel's contact with them over Bursa IV. Working closely with Kzari command from Point Hope during the Battle of Xert, and marrying a Starnznavy Officer- Reila, her fate ended up intertwined with Kzar's.
After the Dawnbreaker War, she retired from Starfleet to pursue motherhood with the birth of her firstborn - Hedwik, yet the offer to be trained and sent as ambassador to her second home of Kzar brought her back into service. Unwavering in her belief in the virtue the Dawn Alliance brings to the LMC, she takes no small amount of pride in her duties of bringing the Kzari closer to the galaxy at large, no matter the challenges.
Early Life[]
Born to a Starfleet family, Veeri's childhood was mostly spent in her Grandfather - Retired Captain Rokad Relidia's home on Trill. She grew up calm and unambitious, completely uninterested in being joined, which caused friction between her and her parents. An incident did change her, however. Her grandfather had made enemies during his time in Starfleet mostly thanks to his anti-piracy operations, and one day, their home was bombed in retaliation by one former target of his. The only one in the house in the time was Veeri, and she luckily survived, although she spent many a fearful hour buried under the rubble. While the attacker was caught and punished, this incident would change her, bringing an aggressive, hateful edge to her when it comes to wrongdoers of any sort, chief of them pirates. This would spur her on to follow the family tradition and join Starfleet Academy, hoping to eventually become a helm officer.
Early Career[]
Starfleet Academy proved to be a challenge at first. Veeri, despite her drive, was a terrible pilot, somehow managing to crash a training shuttle. Luckily, her instructors noted a talent elsewhere - operations, comms and linguistics. The young trill seemed to be right at home at an ops console, and curious and welcoming to all sorts of cross-cultural contacts during the holo-trainings. Eventually, Veeri did graduate, and was assigned as an ops officer to the U.S.S. Crazy Horse. A relatively calm and normal career followed, the first truly major incident being a patrol where the ship came across an orion pirate fleet in a nebula. Veeri's quick thinking, managing to send a distress signal through the nebula interference, earned her a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade, even if she ended up wounded when the Crazy Horse was struck. During Veeri's recovery, the Crazy Horse's captain heard of the U.S.S. Sentinel's need of a new ops officer, and recommended her.
U.S.S. Sentinel[]
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