Tamal was a member of the Maquis. He joined the renegade group after meeting Thomas Riker. He was part of Riker's plan to steal the USS Defiant from Deep Space 9 in 2371 and take it to the Orias system in search for a secret Cardassian base. When Riker surrendered himself to the Cardassians, Tamal, along with Kalita and the other Maquis conspirators, returned to Federation space aboard the Defiant and were taken into custody. (DS9: "Defiant")