Sovok

Sovak was a male half Human/Vulcan who was active in the 24th century.

At some unknown point, he enrolled in Starfleet Academy where he graduated as an Ensign and stationed at Outpost 40 in the Briar Patch which he found to be a dull assignment. During his time there, he made use of a holodeck program in order to refine the Vulcan arts from a replica of Vulcan master Si'tann who taught him how to accomplish the Vulcan nerve pinch. In 2376, he ultimately succeeded in accomplishing this task from his patron and was rewarded for being the first Human to master the technique. At that moment, the USS Enterprise was docked at the Outpost for routine maintenance and Ensign Sovak was tasked with the mission to transport Captain Jean-Luc Picard to the Ba'ku colony after an archeaological dig undercovered the remains of an ancient civilization.

Once there, he assisted in the excavation when the Starfleet team came under attack from rebel Son'a. This caused the activation of an alien Talisman that transported Sovak and Picard into an underground city located deep beneath the planet. During his explorations, Sovak encountered the ancient Humanoid scientist known as Xa'tal who was in stasis but guided the Ensign during his journey through the Undercity. By the time he encountered her, however, she had been attacked by a Romulan contingent led by Admiral Ratok. It was there that Sovak learnt that Xa'tals species had seeded their genetic material across countless worlds giving rise to modern races. Furthermore, her kind which had perished as a result of the Xenophore Wars had left a warning about the dangers of the Xenophore Seed. Despite this, Ratok intended to claim the organism in his bid for power in the Romulan Star Empire and killed Xa'tal before departing the Undercity.

Ensign Sovak in the mean time managed to find Captain Picard with the pair using another Talisman to escape the Undercity. By this point, the surface colony had been taken over by the Son'a renegade Urano and his comrades who had imprisoned the peaceful Son'a along with their Ba'Ku brethren. To combat the Son'a use of Holosuits, Sovak had to destroy the emitter covering the base and later succeeded in eliminating Urano. With the help of Anij, Sovak along with Picard and Gal'na departed the planet in a Ba'Ku starship in order to give chase to a Romulan D'deridex class Warbird. This led to them uncovering a Romulan space station hidden within the Briar Patch which was Ratok's base of operations. The Ensign was tasked with infiltrating the facility and later encountered the scientist Nadol who intended to thwart Ratok's mad scheme but required a sample of the Xenophore in order to create a neutralizing agent.

Travelling to the creature, Sovak learnt that Ratok had merged with it and intended to conquer the galaxy. Upon acquiring the sample and saving Nadol, he administered the agent thus seemingly killing the Xenophore. After which, the USS Enterprise rescued the remaining Romulan crew of the station. Upon being treated at sick bay, Sovak came under attack from a Xenophore and learnt that the creatures had masqueraded as Romulans in order to infiltrate the Sovereign class vessel. Captain Picard later informed the Ensign that the Xenophore were attempting to create a new Seed at the Warp core and Sovak was tasked with ejecting it to prevent the alien organism from spreading. He succeeded in his task and later yearned to be assigned to the USS Enterprise but was unsure if he would get stationed on the ship. However, the holographic representation of his patron Si'tann told him that logic suggested his fortune would change and Sovak was later invited to a card game by Picard on the USS Enterprise.