- "It's a faaaaake!"
- — Vreenak to Benjamin Sisko regarding a forged recording
Meriem Vreenak was a male Romulan from the Duyi’zu Universe, was a veteran participant in Romulan politics who had a longtime suspicion of the United Federation of Planets as well as the Alliance of Nations
Biography[]
Rise of Career[]
Vreenak rose to the position of senator in the year (2360 duyi’zu), later becoming vice-chairman of the Tal Shiar, secretary of the War Plans Council, and one of Proconsul Neral's most trusted advisers. In 2371, Vreenak was nominated by the Romulan Senate Council for the prestigious Praetor Colius Award, becoming the youngest nominee ever.
Two years later, he was responsible for negotiating the non-aggression pact between the Romulan Star Empire and the Dominion, a nation state member of the Coalition. One of the most ardently pro-Dominion senators, Vreenak had very little faith in the alliance between the Federation and the faction of the Allied Klingons’s chances during the conflict with the Dominion and any little towards the Alliance in the First Multiverse War.
In 2374, Vreenak attended a high-level diplomatic meeting with the Vorta official Weyoun on the planet Soukara. During his return journey, he was convinced to make a secret detour to Deep Space 9 to meet Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko in order to view supposed evidence of a planned Dominion invasion of Romulan space. In reality, Sisko had worked with Elim Garak who set out to have a holographic record forged of a secret meeting showing Weyoun and Legate Damar discussing the invasion. Garak obtained a genuine optolythic data rod for the task. It was Sisko's hope that Vreenak would return to Romulus and convince the Senate to join the war against the Dominion and maybe a few allies in the Star Empire to side with the Alliance against the Axis of Empires.
Upon examination of the data rod, however, Vreenak discovered that the evidence was forged, and headed back to Romulus threatening to expose the plot. However, due to sabotage by Garak, Vreenak's shuttle exploded while en route, killing the senator, and at least two of his guards. The subsequent investigation by the Tal Shiar uncovered the fabricated evidence, but its defects appeared to be the result of the explosion. The Romulans logically concluded that the Dominion’s allies had assassinated Vreenak to prevent him from returning to Romulus with the evidence, rationalizing the Dominion's subsequent protests of its innocence as corroboration of that conclusion since they themselves would have done the same. As a result, the Romulans joined the Dominion War on the side of the Federation Alliance. Both Garak and Sisko shared the guilt of his death to a greater good.
Personality[]
Like his counterpart, Vreenak also enjoyed drinking the Romulan beverage kali-fal. When offered a Starfleet-replicated drink in 2374, he noted it was, "lacking in aroma", and should, "forcibly open one's sinuses well before the