T'Lana

Vulcan counselor T'Lana was a Starfleet officer with over two decades of experience in diplomatic counseling, specializing in negotiations with parties engaged in hostile relations. She found herself transferred often as her skills were often needed in various locations across the Federation. Her permanent assignments have included serving on the USS Indefatigable under Captain Karina Wozniak during the Dominion War, and replacing Counselor Deanna Troi on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) in 2380 after Troi transfered to the USS Titan.

Following the destruction of the Indefatigable by the Jem'Hadar, T'Lana worked as a diplomatic liason to the Romulan Star Empire for Starfleet Intelligence. It was during this time that T'Lana learned the details of a classified Starfleet mission to the planet Sokura, where the Klingon Starfleet officer Commander Worf of starbase Deep Space 9 abandoned his mission in order to save the life of his wife, Commander Jadzia Dax. Worf's action caused the death of a Cardassian spy with information that may have saved many lives, including the crew of the Indefatigable. She found Worf's emotional actions to be illogical and distastful.

T'Lana requested a transfer to the USS Enterprise in 2380. Despite her personal feelings towards Worf, she felt an immediate attraction to the Klingon, who now served as First officer of the Enterprise. T'Lana objected when Captain Jean-Luc Picard decided to disobey orders and engage a Borg cube that was under construction in a nearby system before the cube's systems came fully on-line. After Picard was captured and transformed once more into Locutus, she objected once again when Worf decided to take the Enterprise back to the cube and engage in a rescue operation.

During the confrontation with Worf, she realized that she had mis-judged the Klingon. Instead of the hot-headed and emotional Klingon warrior she expected to find, she found Worf to be thoughtful and disciplined officer, and her attitude towards him began to change.

After the rescue of Picard, T'Lana and Worf began a friendship which appears to be heading in a direction more personal than professional. (TNG novel Resistance)