Nolak Kalmil (KIA)

Personnel File
Name:	Nolak Kalmil
Rank:	Master Chief Petty Officer
Position:	Former Chief Engineer
Species:	Deltan
Age:	45
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	Beta Quadrant : Delta IV circa 2336
Height:	1.5m
Weight:	72 kg
Hair:	Bald
Eye color:	Ash Gray
Interests
Music Literature Studying cultures Discovering new ways keeping the love of his life - Thea - in tip top shape
Education
N/A
Service Record
2348: Enlisted in Starfleet. 2354: Graduated Engineering Specialist School, assigned to training vessel USS Eisenhower. Mid to late 2350’s: Prevents Romulan sabotage during peace talks. Promoted to Petty Officer Third Class and receives Starfleet Medal of Merit. 2362: Transferred to USS Excalibur. 2365: Promoted to Chief Petty Officer. 2369: Successfully defends USS Excalibur from the Borg. Awarded the Silver Star and promoted to Chief Petty Officer. 2370-2371: Takes two year leave of absence. 2372: Rejoins Starfleet as an academy instructor. 2373: Takes temporary command of the USS Yeager during the Borg attack on Sector 001. Receives a second Silver Star and promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer. 2378: Promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer. Leaves Starfleet Academy to serve in the field. 2380: Assigned to USS Theurgy as a propulsion chief. 2381: USS Theurgy and all aboard proclaimed outlaws. Briefly becomes Chief Engineer. Injured and placed into stasis before being treated and returned to duty.
Decorations
Starfleet Medal of Merit. Silver Star, twice awarded by Starfleet.

Nolak Kalmil was a propulsion chief who was briefly posted as Acting Chief Engineer aboard the USS Theurgy after the untimely death of his department head, Lieutenant Commander Solkar. Kalmil was put in stasis after sustaining fatal injury during the Niga Crisis when the Theurgy visited the Mahéwa System. After the Theurgy raided the Black Opal supply depot, the carrier’s sickbay was provided necessary neck-prosthetic to restore Nolak to full health. While Nolak had been in stasis, he had been replaced by Nicole Howard, Alexander Rosek, Tatiana Marlowe and William Robert "Billy Bob" O'Connell in that order. Nolak aided in the opposition against the parasites that compromised Starfleet Command in the end of the 24^th century.

Biography

Born on the peaceful world of Delta IV, a planet known for beautiful islands, pleasant unified planet and a culture that has transcended open-mindedness especially a very open sexual culture. The Delta people are known to have be telepathic and empathic allowing them to since and feel the emotions of others around them. They are mostly commonly found working in the medical field in Starfleet because of their special abilities to absorb and minimizing the feeling of pain through “mind-meld anaesthesia” technique. Both sexes emit some of the most potent pheromones known to Federation science and because of their highly sexual culture upon entering Starfleet Deltan’s take an ‘oath of celibacy’ to avoid complications with the other members of the ship and their own personal well being.

Nolak Kalmil, grew up wanting to join Starfleet from a very early age, he enrolled in many of the planet side programs offered by the Federation. He discovered very early he had a knack with running and repairing machines and by the age of 12 was already head of one of the major power production plants located on Delta IV. Enlisting in 2348, he entered the engineering field instead of medical where most Deltans are found. His academic scores excelled beyond measure in quantum physics, and warp core engineering graduating at the top of his class in 2354. His first post was on-board the Miranda class light cruiser USS Eisenhower. The ship was used mostly as a training vessel and performed numerous scientific explorations. During one mission while docked space station along the neutral zone Kalmil single handed prevented both a political and economic catastrophe from happening. He discovered and prevented a couple Romulan spies from sabotaging the space station powercore during one of the peace talks between the two nations.

His actions promoted him to Petty Officer Third Class and he received a Starfleet Medal of Merit. He soon transferred over to a much larger vessel, Ambassador class USS Excalibur, in 2362 under the command of Captain Morgen. Showing outstanding performance, courage, and dedication, he was promoted Chief Petty Officer Second Class around 2365. Captain Morgen retired to his homeworld of Daa’V in 2368, so over the next couple years the USS Excalibur commanded by several different captains this briefly included Commander William T. Riker during the Klingon Civil War of 2368. In 2369 the USS Excalibur encountered the Borg Cube 45208, many of the ships crew members were lost or assimilated but because of the actions of Chief Kalmil, the crew of the Excalibur prevented the ship from being completely overwhelmed by the Borg. He lost a good many of his friends that day and those memories still haunts him from time to time. He received a Silver Star and promoted to Chief Petty Officer for the exemplary actions and call above duty to spare which saved the ship and many lives from the grips of the Borg.

After the USS Excalibur returned home to be refitted and repaired from the encountered with the Borg, Nolak Kalmil took a two year leave of absence to recover on his home planet. During this time he spent a lot of time studying the reports about the Borg and trying to understand why and what they become and the possibility of redeeming those loss to the collective. He also reviewed and recalculated some of the quantum physics theories surrounding warp cores and shield effectiveness against the future Borg encounters.

Early in 2372 he rejoined Starfleet and served as an instructor at Starfleet Academy. He was stationed in San Francisco just prior to the Battle of Sector 001, 2373. While in the middle of a lecture he heard word that a Borg cube was on a straight course for Earth. He immediately canceled class volunteered for duty aboard the Saber class USS Yeager, and took temporary command when the handful of officers aboard were injured. First under the direction of Admiral Hayes then under USS Enterprise’s Captain Picard, the USS Yeager and crew were able to help destroy the Borg cube and save human history. His ship received heavy damage but survived the battle. For his actions in face of danger received his second Silver Star and earned a promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. After the battle he returned to his position in the Academy for a couple more years teaching new methods to counter the not only the Borg but other enemies of the Federation. It was during this time he began to notice a subtle change in the behavior of Starfleet Command, sensing emotional fluxes, and sometime sporadic orders, he decided to leave the human homeworld and back into the workforce approximately 2378. His position allowed him some liberty to transfer to several ships before finally earning his billet aboard the USS Theurgy sometime in 2380, under the command of Captain Jien Ives.

During the Niga incident, Nolak Kalmil was infected with the alien pollen that impaired his judgment and compelled him to spread the infection to his shipmates. He was critically injured while attempting to force himself on Jien Ives and suffered a fractured spine and minor burns. He was placed in stasis until medical resources could be found to return him to duty. Such resources weren't available until the supply raid on Black Opal almost two months later. A set of prostethic vertebrae capable of replacing the damaged vertebrae in his neck made it possible for Master Chief Kalmil to return to duty to a ship fighting impossible odds and department head positions filled by strangers.

Personality Profile

His calm and peaceful nature allowed him to have a successful career within Starfleet. When under fire his orders were calculated and direct, yet had the an overwhelming ability to keep others around him also calm and collected usually creating a unified bond with his subordinates during times of crisis. Restrictions Starfleet have about Deltan's serving, causes him to be a bit reclusive in his private time. Now surrounded by strangers this feeling of isolation more apparent. Yet he still takes the upmost pride in his work, and puts the safety of the ship his number one priority above all else. When he wasn't in engineering, he could be found in the ship's garden area, or his room. Because of his sworn oath of celibacy upon joining Starfleet, he seems shy or aloof, often retreating from interactions with other races and activities that weren’t work related. Once assigned quarters again, it will be bleak and barren mostly due to his private effects have long been discarded in his long absence.

Physical Profile

He is slightly thinner than most humans, and his facial features appears quite symmetrical adding to his alien physical appearance than his human cousins. His bald head reflects light giving a healthy shine adding to the pleasant features of his face. His right arm appears to have been burned all the up to his upper right shoulders where his Deltan Union Emblem tattoo is. Leaving a noticeable scar. The left arm has a tattoo of a medieval sword with NCC-26517 along the blade. Although he is telepathic, his experiences with mind-melding techniques were less than par to those in the medical field, and tries to keep his mind closed from others, as well as rarely using his racial ability on those around him.