Tiarith Ranicus

Executive Officer of the USS Blackbird, Tiarith Ranicus has had a turbulent career. Known for a sardonic and no-nonsense attitude, she is the consummate perfectionist professional. She is the daughter of an Angosian scientist who played a key role in her people’s genetic engineering of soldiers to win the Tarsian War, and has her whole life been plagued with suspicion and rumour that he employed some of his talents in making her perfect, too. While no medical examinations can evidence this suspicion, it has tarnished Ranicus throughout her career as political enemies have wanted her to fail, and every success has been seen as further reason to doubt her.

Her years as Fleet Captain Jericho’s XO on the USS Triumph placed another shadow over her career, the Triumph’s mission ending inauspiciously. Passing in the months after between assignments, often found too talented for subordinate roles but not trusted with serious responsibility, Ranicus has finally been assigned to the Blackbird as the first officer. A billeting on such a small ship is doubtless beneath her, but as Commander Rosewood’s first officer, the Blackbird is routinely left under her command while the ship’s team of specialists is deployed. More than that, the tricky situations the Blackbird often finds herself in makes an officer of Ranicus’s experience, know-how, and ice-cold temperament an excellent fit as a strong right hand.