Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po, referred to as "Po", was a Xahean female, born in 2240. In 2257, she was expected to become queen of Xahea.
As a young girl, Po began spending significant amounts of time in the dilithium-rich caves of her world. Her brother , the king of Xahea, taught her about science and technology, while her mother told her to be extraordinary. She claimed that when she was nine, she had built a translator, which she could do in her sleep.
Some time later, while recovering at home with a hairline fracture of her orbital socket, Po developed and built a dilithium incubator which enabled the recrystallization of the mineral. The discovery made her world the most politically-relevant in the galaxy, but led the Xahean people to become greedy and corrupt, desperate for warp capability. Po's entreaties that all she wanted was to create something just for her "twin sister", the world she had grown up with, went unheard.
By 2257, both her parents and her brother had died, leaving Po to take on the mantle of queen. However, shortly before her coronation, Po fled Xahea, not feeling ready for the responsibility. A diplomatic hail was sent out, which the Starfleet database classified as "strategically critical". If Po was found, the hail urged that she be kept alive and secure, and that the Xahean Council be contacted. Po made her way to the USS Discovery as a stowaway, where she encountered Ensign Sylvia Tilly with whom she bonded, and explained her predicament. Tilly – unaware of her status – encouraged her to be the person to shepherd her people through the transition, and Po returned to Xahea. (ST: "Runaway")
Po once quipped that, after officially taking the throne of Xahea, she had instituted a law that made sarcastic comments ("snark", as she put it) illegal in her presence. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow")
Later in 2257, a red burst led the Discovery to Xahea, where Tilly revealed what she knew about Po's dilithium incubator, and that it could be used to charge the time crystal needed for Michael Burnham's time suit. Po modified the incubator with dark energy to trigger the necessary reaction to charge the crystal. Po then commandeered one of Discovery's shuttles, DSC 12 (claiming diplomatic immunity for the theft), and led the charge against Control's drone fleet, giving the Discovery and her crew enough time to complete their mission. Po's analysis of the drone ships proved to be pivotal in pinpointing their weaknesses for Starfleet. As Discovery headed into the wormhole, Po watched from her shuttle and cheered for them to make it. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow", "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")
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Po was portrayed by Yadira Guevara-Prip.
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- Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works