Captain Tav Arata was a security officer on Kline Station. He was placed in charge of the investigation of the strange events surrounding Ethan Urquhart, four Cetagandans, and Commander Elli Quinn. Unfortunately for him (or perhaps, rather, fortunately), none of the principals gave him straight stories about what had happened, so he was left with a significant mystery as to just why those events actually occurred. He did get a date with Elli Quinn out of it though, which may have made it all worthwhile.