Name: Ba'el Q'aTar

Birthplace: Quo'nos

Age: 36

Race: Klingon

Gender: Male

Service Record: COTB, USS Paladin

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Appearance: Ba'el is short for a Klingon, but broad across the shoulders and excessively muscled. He has cropped his hair short to meet with regulations. He wears his daq'Tagh prominently at all times.

Bio: Ba'el grew up on Q'onos in a military House. At the urging of his older brother, he entered Starfleet Academy as soon as he was able. He was a mediocre student, preferring tactical-scenario problem-solving and actual field exercises to book-learning. Ba'el graduated the Academy a few weeks before the Dominion War broke out. His first posting was as a platoon leader in A Co., 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, which unit was hastily sent to the front lines. That unit suffered 75% attrition in the first wave. Were it not for his platoon sergeant, Ba'el would have been lost also; the gunny leapt on a grenade on a planet somewhere, in a direction Ba'el couldn't bring himself to remember. Wounded severely, he spent six weeks on a hospital ship before shipping to USS Battleaxe as a detachment commander. Since then, he has spent his time in a variety of billets, including rotations Earth-side for more course-work. USS Paladin is his first company command.