Tuvok
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, Tuvok (a Vulcan character played by Tim Russ) was head of security and chief tactical officer on USS Voyager (NCC-74656).
Brief History
The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback" annotates his first Starfleet assignment in 2293, as an ensign — 29 year old junior science officer — aboard the USS Excelsior under the command of Hikaru Sulu (concurrently with the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) during the Khitomer Incident. Throughout his service he became increasingly disenchanted with non-Vulcans and resigned from Starfleet soon afterward to undergo the Kolinahr regimen on Vulcan to purge his emotions. Six years into the ritual he began experiencing pon farr, which inexorably led to his marriage to T'Pel.
Several decades later, after much internal deliberation he re-enlisted in Starfleet and was assigned to USS Wyoming, eventually settling aboard Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager as chief of security. Due to incongruities between the opening credits, rank pips and dialogue in the first season it is uncertain whether he was at that time a lieutenant or lieutenant commander, but most evidence points to the former. Prior to his final assignment with Voyager he had done everything from critiquing Kathryn Janeway's tactical procedures and serving under her onboard USS Billings to instructing cadets at Starfleet Academy.
In 2371, Tuvok was assigned to infiltrate the Maquis organization aboard Chakotay's Maquis ship. During this infiltration, both the Maquis ship and the USS Voyager were unwittingly transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. The Maquis ship was destroyed and the two crews were forced to unite on Voyager, with Tuvok resuming his tactical duties on the bridge.
At that time, Voyager also picked up two Delta Quadrant natives, Neelix, a Talaxian, and his girlfriend, Kes, an Ocampa. Tuvok recognized Kes's telepathic abilities and helped her develop them, but "tolerated" Neelix. A transporter accident fused Tuvok and Neelix together into a new humanoid, Tuvix, but they were restored to inviduals by Captain Janeway using a procedure devised by the EMH.
Amidst the inception of Voyager's Season 4 episode Revulsion, relatively dated 2374, Tuvok was promoted to Lieutenant Commander.
It was learned during the final episodes of the series that Tuvok had been inflicted with a neurological disease, although it was not revealed when and how he was inflicted with it. In 2378 he was still well enough to perform his duties. In an alternate timeline's future, set a number of years later, the disease has ravaged Tuvok's mind. He returned with the Voyager crew to the Alpha Quadrant in 2378 and was reunited with his wife, three sons, a daughter, and a grandchild on Vulcan. Once he returned to Vulcan he was cured of the neurological disease that he had been afflicted with.it:Tuvok