In the mirror universe, T'Lana was a Vulcan female who lived during the 24th century. Like the vast majority of her species, she was a slave of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. In 2377, she was serving as the personal slave of Gul Corat Damar, the commander-in-chief of the military of the Cardassian Union. Over the objections of his best friend and superior, Supreme Legate Skrain Dukat, he frequently brought T'Lana into the sauna with him to serve as his masseuse. Damar found that T'Lana's Vulcan physiology made her better able to withstand the high temperatures favoured by most Cardassians than his previous Terran and Bolian slaves. Following Damar's example, many other Cardassian officers began to bring their Vulcan slaves into the sauna with them. Their massage sessions usually ended wi