Did I spawn a Star Trek: Lower Decks OC? Yes, yes I did.

Did I also scour known alien species for a canine alien race that would fit her appearance? Yes, Yes I did.

(It was somewhat hampered by the fact that they've never appeared unmasked on-screen, and the one description of them from a novel is limited to "they have snouts," "golden-furred," "lupine," and "thick, but dexterous, paw-like hands.")

Koh Yaht's parents took her and her three littermates and fled the Breen Confederacy to seek political asylum when the pups were ten years old. To date, they're the only Fenrisal she knows of outside the Confederacy, and she's the only one in Starfleet.