ECF Directives Acceptance Pledge

I, Zarabeth hereby accept and promise to abide by as well as uphold all the Directives of the Exploratory Crews of the Federation.

When she was ten years old, Zarabeth's parents were part of a survey team on a newly discovered planet which held low level intelligent life. While Zarabeth was off alone watching a small herd of herbivores, the team received notice that the planet was in disputed territory and were ordered to leave immediately. Each parent thought that the other had Zarabeth with them. Neither one did and she was left on the planet alone. Search parties were sent back to the planet but, due to a rare combination of mineral deposits, sensory equipment could not function. Zarabeth was never found.

To survive, she learned to kill animals for food. She became adept at hiding from and fending off attackers when they came. When Zarabeth was fourteen, an Orion/Romulan bounty hunter by the name of Edjar Xikoritzam came upon her. He had been chasing a renegade Breen whose ship crashed on the planet surface. Impressed that someone so young had managed alone for four years, Edjar took Zarabeth with him after tracking and capturing his Breen quarry. Zarabeth grew up hunting for bounty and killing for a living.

At the age of twenty one, the Ponn Farr fully asserted itself within Zarabeth and she bonded with Edjar. Together, they made a formidable team and over a ten year period, became well known for their skill and discretion.

During what seemed like a routine hunt and kill assignment, Edjar was mortally wounded while attempting to stalk and kill a Klingon who had a price on his head. Zarabeth was grief ridden. She tracked the Klingon into a temporal anomaly. Her ship had taken heavy damage, sensors were offline, life support was failing and a warp core breach was imminent.

Her small ship emerged from the anomaly into Federation space. She sent out a distress call which was answered by the USS Javelin. The Javelin managed to beam Zarabeth off her ship moments before it exploded.

Zarabeth conducted countless searches for her parents. Each search turned up empty. Their last known whereabouts placed them in the demilitarized zone.

Eventually, Zarabeth joined Starfleet. Assigned to the USS Intrepid, she still hangs on to the hope that one day, she will find her parents among the stars.