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Romulan admiral who commanded the forces responsible for the massacre at the Norkan outposts. Nevertheless, Jarok was a deeply thoughtful man, who opposed policies of the Romulan government that he saw as the prelude to an unnecessary war. Jarok was eventually censured for his outspokenness and was assigned to a strategically insignificant posting. There, the Romulan government fed him a carefully constructed stream of disinformation designed to convince him that planet Nelvana III was being prepared as a staging base for a massive assault against the Federation. Unable to prevent what he believed to be a major threat to galactic peace, in 2366 Jarok stole a scoutship and defected to the Federation. Jarok persuaded Enterprise-D Captain Picard to investigate these reports, learning that there was no base, and that the Romulan High Command was testing Jarok's loyalties. In despair over his use as a pawn by his government, and over the loss of his former life, Jarok committed suicide. Jarok said he had done these things to help ensure that his daughter could grow up in a better universe. Alidar Jarok was first seen in "The Defector" (TNG). |
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