Personality

Tara is a very controlled person. She was use to being a controlled person from having to work around the Taelons, the Resistance and the Ta'az from the Earth in her dimension. Trust doesn't always come easily to her either, though once you have her trust you have it. If you cannot gain her trust, then you probably never will. And this holds especially true since the mental gifts she acquired from the Atlanteans (A mission she was sent on while she was a Companion Protector). She has the abilities of empathy, telepathy and can read, erase and alter memories. With her Cyber-Viral Implant that the Taelons gave her upon her appointment as their Protector her mind was enhanced. Her learning abilities were sped up and she can remember even minute details in memories. She is an emotional being. If you know her and she lets you into her circle, you will see this. She is also very fair and always has a desire to do what's right.

Hobbies and Interests

Being with Jayson and Zoe, Studying, going to the holosuites, reading, window shopping, listening to music, journaling, swimming, meditation, martial arts.

Background

Tara Carmichael was born in Stratford upon Avon, England. She lived there with her parents until she was 6 years old. Her father, an Industrial Engineer, got a job in Athens, Greece and moved his family there. Her life up until that point was very normal. Her mother was a homemaker.

Around that same time, Tara's mother became pregnant and gave birth to Tara's little brother Ryan. Tara adored her little brother and was always willing to help with him. Then, when she was 12 years old, her mother, coming back home from a visit with friends in Italy, was attacked by road bandits. They caused her car to crash in the hills. She died upon impact. Ryan, who was with her, was left in a coma for a month before he too died. After their deaths, Tara's father treated her like she was nonexistent. They grew apart and the pain his emotional distance caused was terrible. It was bad enough that she had lost her mother and brother, but she had also lost her father on an emotional level. The car crash took her family away from her.

As soon as she turned 16 she left home and never looked back. After finishing her schooling while working odd jobs to make ends meet, she joined the Athens Police Department. She passed the Academy and testing with flying colors and went up in the ranks quickly, achieving the status of Commander; The youngest person ever to receive that rank. But when the Taelons arrived, Tara just knew that that was where she was suppose to be and put in her application. She was accepted immediately and became Ta'al's Protector - his Head of Security. He was the Companion to the Mediterranean. He had also seen to it that she had received a modified CVI, though she did not know this at the time. She would find out later that her CVI lacked an MI (Motivational Imperative - to serve the Taelons best interests in all things). She and Ta'al developed a very deep relationship. She looked at this Companion as her family -- Her ONLY family. When things started looking bad within the Commonality for him because of his differing views on humanity, he transferred her for her safety. She knew something was wrong and wanted to stay with him, but he wouldn't change his mind. She was transferred to the US Taelon Division as Zo'or's Head of Security. She learned very quickly how different she was from some of the other Implants and changed her behavior accordingly. However, she was befriended by William Boone who did seem much like herself. When he passed way she was heartbroken, but what made things worse was that Ta'al had been ordered to die by the Synod. This almost pushed Tara over the edge. But Grace Whitney (another Companion Agent and Liberation Spy) stopped her from taking her own life and presented her with the option of joining the Resistance. She did, though it was clear that she and Doors DID NOT get along.

It took her awhile, but she began making friends. On a mission to the sunken lands of Atlantis to grab any and all tech items there, she and Commander James Christian got to know each other. He too lacked and MI, but was loyal to the Taelons, or his Taelon Ra'el. Inside one of the underwater temples, Tara was hit with a beam that gave her knowledge of the Atlanteans and their abilities began to form in her. The two companion Agents barely made it out of Atlantis alive as it imploded in upon itself. The shock wave almost killed them. However, it was after that, Tara learned of her telepathic abilities, since James and his wife Jen were Telepathic. A gift granted them by Ra'el. As time went on, she was also able to read minds. She helped rescue Grace's kidnapped husband and aligned herself with the Ta'az - The Taelon Rebellion. Her goal was to eventually bring down Zo'or.

At one point, however, she also unwittingly became part of an experiment of Zo'or's. Once Grace Whitney became pregnant questions were raised. He wanted to know if an Implant really could lose control and have a fling in the heat of the moment with their MI in place. He never suspected Tara lacked one. He set Tara and Ron Sandoval up with pheromones genetically matched to one another. What made things more difficult was that Tara actually saw into Sandoval's mind and realized who he really was and the secrets he was hiding. The pheromones that they were exposed to had helped to create the situation for them getting together. In the end, not only did Tara end up with feeling for him (which were returned), but she became pregnant. However, since she was also involved with Ryan MacLeod, her assistant, she didn't know who the father of her child was, and for several months she wasn't ready to find out, because either way, one of the men she loved would be hurt. She was then transferred to the United Kingdom/Ireland Taelon Division with Ryan MacLeod as Na'ar's Head of Security, but Sandoval still kept in touch with her continuously. At one time when she almost lost the baby due to preterm labor brought about by stress as one of the contributing factors. She finally agreed to a DNA scan of her child. It was confirmed that the baby was Ron Sandoval's. Ryan was visibly upset. After she was released, Tara had given him an option, either he could transfer and remember their love together or she could allow him to change his memories. He allowed her to alter his memories into those of friendship. He didn't remember that they were ever more than friends.

Ron and Tara had been making plans to try to keep their child safe from Zo'or, since the Taelon had something in mind for their child, but they didn't know what. It was a concern until this twist of fate brought her and Ryan MacLeod here to SB901 and to this new life. At first, she had trouble dealing with the life she left behind. But once that was resolved she embraced her new life fully.

Lt. Kassia, the counselor aboard Starbase 901 helped her get a position in Security. She trained for her position very quickly with the help of her CVI and took on the challenge of being Chief of Security. She has adapted very well to her new life on the station, though she misses those she left behind in her dimension. However with her CVI, they are never truly gone from her. She and Ryan MacLeod continue to be close friends. She has also engaged in a serious relationship with Jayson Sandoval. Her baby's father's alternate in this universe, and on February 8, 2385 they welcomed Zoe into the universe.

With Starbase 901 being dismantled and moved, Tara and Jayson talked seriously of what they wanted not just for themselves, but for their daughter as well. Together they decided it was best to move planet-side. They found positions on the Serenity City Police Force and decided to take them.

Tara is now the Chief of Police for Serenity City and looking forward to this new job and her new home.

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