Valentina Patri Ilianov was a 23rd century Starfleet officer, a lieutenant commander with a security clearance 5 rating, assigned to Starfleet Intelligence at Starbase 12 as a case contact officer in the Orion Sector Intelligence division's deep cover operations section in the 2280s. A Human, she was born in the 2250s, and had previously served in Klingon Sector Intelligence and Triangle Sector Intelligence, as well as stints in the Military Operations Command and the Plans and Policies Division. She was schooled in Klingonaase.