Met Ikamo and Hradrok in Basic Training for the Gyallian Military, where she became fast and very close friends with them. Their time in basic together solidified their friendship and they all became extremely close going forward. Where one went, it was likely at least one of the other two were not very far behind.

Tikala and her two new friends become career soldiers, loyal to their planet and the military's cause. They became a fairly well known trio - Ikamo specializing in stealth, infiltration, and observation, Tikala in tracking, intelligence, and coordination, and Hradrok just plain physical power and intimidation. They were often placed together on deployments for how good of a chemistry they had and how well they worked together.

They spend most of their time protecting their borders, boarding the space ships of uncooperative tresspassers and working as an inital strike force to set up a successful boarding operation for their fellow Gyallian soldiers.

Their friendship remains strong in these early years, even so far as bringing each other to events and family gatherings.

After Ikamo's fateful encoutner with The Hunger, Tikala took it upon herself to begin researching this entity and what it was all about. She discovers that it is an ancient entity that has been the subject of humanoid worship and observation since before the space-faring era, many many MANY years ago. In learing about it's history, she also learns about the Sun Cultists who have been suppressing it's powers thorugh the use of Vessels.

Learning this information gave her cause for great concern for not only her friend, but her home planet. As Ikamo became more of an interest to various military powers, he pulled her and Hradrok to new positions they could previously only dream of achieving. Through this movement of ranks, Tikala was eventually able to overtake and re-prioritize their unit's goals to focus primarily on preventing Sun Cultists from getting ahold of Ikamo and stealing The Hunger away from him.

As the years pass, the trio's friendship suffers. Ikamo begins withdraw as his importance becomes tied to The Hunger, causing him to take a more apathetic state of mind as he digs deeper and deeper into the abilities and visions it offers him. Hradrok, concerned that Ikamo is losing himself to The Hunger and what the consequences of that may be, makes it his personal mission to try and keep him under some kind of control. Tikala's ability to lead the team while also watching out for the ticking time bomb that Ikamo is begins to come into question as well, prompting Hradrok to issue a formal challenge and takeover of leadership.

Despite it, they are all still united under one goal - keep the Sun Cultists from maintaining control of The Hunger again. They continue to work together even though their friendship forms into bitter resentment.