Lieutenant Commander Savok
Name Savok
Position Liaison Officer
Second Position Executive Oversight Officer-in-Charge, Audit Division
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Vulcan | |
| Age | 62 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'3" / 190cm | |
| Weight | 188lbs / 85kg | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Dusky Green | |
| Physical Description | Savok stands just shy of two meters, long-limbed and spare. His skin is faintly bronze though the years have dulled it to a calmer shade. His features appear sharply ordered--clean angles, measured symmetry--yet his eyes hold a muted depth that seems almost weathered. They are a deep, dusk-green colour like desert glass. His posture is impeccable: square shoulders, hands almost always folded behind him, chin lifted slightly. His expression rarely shifts more than a few millimeters. |
Family
| Spouse | T'Sharis (deceased) | |
| Children | T'Volnis (daughter, 27 years-old) Plaurin (son, 25 years-old) |
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| Father | Ryvok | |
| Mother | T'Lauris |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Outwardly, Savok is a model officer--calm, reserved, and exact in his speech. He listens with a patience that can sometimes feel like judgment. He speaks only when he has meaning to contribute, and even then, he trims his words to the essential. In conversation, he has a way of tilting his head slightly, as if he's waiting for the universe to reveal a more logical version of someone's statement. He believes in order, clarity, and fidelity to Starfleet regulations--beliefs that make him appear rigid to most and quietly infuriating to some. And yet, beneath the measured stillness, there runs a subtle, almost poetic curiosity. He notices when someone is grieving, even if he says nothing. On very rare occasions, his dry humour surfaces like a fish reaching for a ray of sunlight. It is clear that he is hiding something--not deceitfully, but as someone who has learned to seal the fragile part sof himself behind well-built logic. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Strategic Clarity He sees the trajectory of an event the way others see the path of a thrown stone. He is rarely surprised, and even less often unprepared. Crisis Composure His stillness in emergencies borders on unnerving. He does not panic; he simply calculates. Diplomatic Precision Savok is skilled at navigating disputes with exacting calm, capable of cooling a room with a sentence. Observational Insight He has a gift for seeing what others miss--small patterns, micro-expressions, deviations from protocol. He remembers everything. Weaknesses: Rigid First Impressions His instinct is to assume that emotional reasoning is flawed reasoning. This causes tension, especially with more intuitive officers. Trust Deficit He shares nothing personal unless pushed. Even then, the sharing feels like an obligation rather than a choice. Moral Isolation Though he would never admit it, he feels increasingly alienated from Starfleet Command’s political machinery. He fears his own potential for moral compromise. Unresolved Grief (secret) Savok lost his wife, T'Sharis, six years ago (suicide) |
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| Ambitions | Publicly: To uphold Starfleet's ideals with precision and integrity. Privately (more complicated): Savok wants to prove--to himself, not others--that logic can be enough to contain the grief he carries. That he can function without the emotional gravity of the loss that nearly broke him. He does not seek command. He seeks quiet usefulness, a place where his actions matter but his past is not scrutinized. Starfleet Command sees him as reliable, incorruptible, and unflinchingly precise--qualities that made him a convenient tool for their Audit Division. They expect a loyal observer--someone who will catalogue missteps and confirm suspicions. But Savok is not the instrument they think he is. He has one ambition that no one knows: to no longer be used as a weapon against people who have done nothing to deserve it. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Botany Savok maintains a single, extremely small greenhouse container--barely a shoebox in size--housing a hardy desert succulent from his home province on Vulcan. The plant has sharp spines and blooms once every seven years. He waters it with a precision pipette. It was a gift from T'Sharis before her death. Stellar Cartography Not mapping for mission purposes--mapping for beauty. In his private time, he uses low-light holographic projection to trace star clusters and nebular drift similar to how an artist might sketch a coastline. He keeps a personal star-map journal of systems whose geometry he finds pleasing. |
| Personal History | Savok was born in 2327 in the rugged, red, desert province of Anruldi on Vulcan, the only child of Ryvok and T’Lauris, both academicians devoted to the logic and philosophy of their people. Even as a child, he exhibited a disciplined focus, studying complex concepts and absorbing structure in a way that made his peers feel rushed and chaotic by comparison. At the Vulcan Science Academy (2344–2348), he excelled, graduating with high honours. His mind moved like a finely tuned instrument, precise and deliberate, yet already hinting at the subtle curiosity that would later manifest in star charts, botany, and quiet observation of others. At Kolinahr, he began the centuries-honoured program to purge emotion entirely—but left just short of the final rites (2348–2351). Some whispered he had glimpsed, in himself, a capacity for attachment he could not fully suppress. Others noted only that he chose pragmatism over ritual. He matriculated to Starfleet Academy (2351–2355), where he graduated top of his class with a multidisciplinary focus in Interstellar Law and Ethical Theory, combining his love of structure with a practical application to the galaxy. From the beginning, he preferred observation to participation—a trait that would both serve him and make him vulnerable to Starfleet politics. Early Career (2355–2365) His first posting, on the USS Takamori (2355–2359) as a security officer, gave him the grounding of shipboard life. His promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade in 2357 reflected his calm decisiveness, and his performance earned him early notice from Starfleet Command. A law clerk posting at Starbase 173 (2359–2361) exposed him to diplomacy and the legal machinery of Federation governance. By 2361, he was promoted to Lieutenant, then returned briefly to Starfleet Academy for a Command Extension Course (2361–2363), a precursor to his first operations tour. On the USS Kasuga (2363–2365), Savok rotated through operations and command track roles. He handled crisis simulations with surgical precision, noted by senior officers as "the calm within the storm." These experiences, though low-profile, quietly cemented his reputation as reliable, measured, and unnervingly perceptive. Starfleet Command & Oversight (2365–2385) Savok transitioned to Starfleet Command in 2365 as an Analyst in Interstellar Compliance, where he began noticing patterns in operational inefficiency and subtle mismanagement—skills Starfleet Command would later exploit. He furthered his legal grounding by attending Starfleet Law Academy (2369–2372), earning a JD, followed by promotion to Lieutenant Commander. He then served as Special Oversight Liaison at Starfleet Command (2372–2377), responsible for debriefing crews returning from deep-space missions—a role that refined his evaluative, quiet-observer skills. From 2377 to 2381, he was senior JAG officer at Starbase 303, overseeing legal compliance for the sector. His work was methodical and flawless; few questioned it, and even fewer understood the burden he quietly carried. Returning to Earth as Assistant Director of Starfleet Strategic Operations (2381–2385), he managed complex operational oversight for multiple sectors. He learned the subtle interplay of politics, influence, and loyalty, and the ways information could be weaponized. The Audit Division & T’Sharis’s Death (2385–2389) In 2385, Savok was appointed Executive Oversight Officer-in-Charge at Starfleet Command’s Audit Division, reporting directly to the Division’s commanding officer. His assignments involved auditing ships returning from deep space, identifying procedural weaknesses, and providing recommendations—often quietly used by Starfleet Command staf to manipulate or embarrass commanders. In 2383, while serving in this division, Savok suffered his greatest personal loss. T’Sharis, his bondmate, took her own life. The circumstances were never fully investigated—or at least, the records were buried within classified files. For Savok, the world shifted. He buried the grief behind his customary logic. Though his performance remained flawless, he became more introspective, less trusting, and more aware of Starfleet Command’s political machinations. Several high-ranking admirals recognized in him a perfectly disciplined instrument: a Vulcan whose grief would not interfere with his precision—but whose loyalty could be bent. Savok, however, would not bend, not fully. USS Astrea Assignment (2389–Present) Savok’s most recent assignment placed him aboard the USS Astrea as Command Liaison Officer, tasked officially with operational support, compliance observation, and procedural advisement. To the crew, he arrives as formal, meticulous, and inscrutable. To Starfleet Command's Audit Division, he is expected to report weaknesses, procedural errors, and lapses in loyalty. To Savok himself, the Astrea represents a quiet opportunity: to observe, to protect, and perhaps to finally act on the principle that logic should serve life, not politics. Though initially mistrusted, he will slowly reveal himself as a capable officer, a strategic mind, and, beneath the Vulcan reserve, a being shaped by loss, curiosity, and the faint, unspoken hope that he might belong somewhere again. |
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| Service Record | 2327: Born in Anruldi Province, Vulcan to Ryvok and T'Lauris. 2344-2348: Attended Vulcan Science Academy, graduating with high honours. 2348-2351: Began Kolinahr Training but left just short of completing the final rites. 2351-2355: Attended Starfleet Academy, graduating at the top of his class with a multidisciplinary major in Interstellar Law and Ethical Theory. 2355-2359: Assigned to USS Takamori as a security officer. 2357: Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade. 2359-2361: Assigned to Starbase 173 as a law clerk. 2361: Promoted to Lieutenant. 2361-2363: Returned to Starfleet Academy, enrolling in a Command Extension Course. 2363-2365: Assigned to USS Kasuga as Operations Officer and Command Track Rotation. 2365-2369: Assigned to Starfleet Command as an Analyst in Interstellar Compliance. 2369-2372: Attended Starfleet Law Academy, graduating with a JD. 2372: Promoted to Lieutenant Commander. 2372-2377: Returned to Starfleet Command as Special Oversight Liaison, responsible for debriefing crew returning from deep space assignments. 2377-2381: Assigned to Starbase 303 as senior JAG officer for sector. 2381-2385: Returned to Earth as Assistant Director of Starfleet Strategic Operations. 2385-2389: Assigned to Starfleet Command's Audit Division as Executive Oversight Officer-in-Charge, reporting directly to the Division's Commanding Officer. 2389-present: Assigned to USS Astrea as Command Liaison Officer. |