Home Planet: Vulcan

Sex: M

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Identifying Marks: Unlike most Vulcans, Virok wears a beard. However, it isn't a long one. He also wears a gold ring on his left hand, with a single Cardelian bloodstone on it.

Skills: Logical analysis of problems facing a Federation starship, especially in military situations; Weapon design (mainly starship-based, although Virok is acquainted with the basic and intermediate principles of small arms design); scientific principles relating to starship combat; soft sciences as they pertain to war and warrior civilizations.

Traits: Intensely logical mind. He has made the unconventional decision to support Federation military efforts despite his species' credo of non-violence, justifying the death of those who would oppose the Federation's principles as necessary for the good of the many. As can be expected of a science officer on a tactical destroyer, he is a fusion of a space combat strategist, and a seeker of new ways to kill an enemy more efficiently. Were his logic to revert to pre-Reformation Vulcan thought, he would be a very dangerous being indeed.

Interests: He has a small collection of volumes on war and strategy, from Sun Tzu to esoteric Andorian strategists, and reads them often, but his main off-duty reading is composed of Surak, and scientific journals. He enjoys human ethnic cuisine, but dislikes traditional Euroamerican food, due to the high meat content. He prefers Chinese cuisine, especially various stir-fried dishes. He enjoys all types of music, yet dismisses the electronically amplified, rhythmic musical styles common on Earth since the 1950s as nothing more than glorified noise. Of Earth music, he prefers 20th-23rd century classical composers, but he would rather listen to Vulcan medititational chants. He sees himself as something of a cosmopolitan, and is always seeking knowledge of new cultures.

Notes: Virok struggles with the innate conflict between the logical, non-violent, and vegetarian lifestyle of his forefathers and the sometimes petty, always violent and bloody nature of the wars the Federation finds itself involved in. This struggle is amplified by the knowledge that while he may not ever have to fire a phaser, he is constantly seeking ways to build new weapons, and therefore encouraging war, if not directly participating.