Captain Christopher Daniels
Name Christopher Rigara Daniels
Position Commanding Officer
Rank Captain
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human - Colonist | |
| Age | 33 | |
| Birthdate | July 8th, 2360 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'10 | |
| Weight | 185lbs | |
| Hair Color | Dirty Blonde | |
| Eye Color | Brown | |
| Physical Description | Chris Daniels is tall and rather physically powerfully built, he gets around it by smiling easily and often, it takes a lot to anger him. |
Family
| Spouse | Lt Commander Janeen Jaxom - Chief Operations Officer, USS Miranda-C | |
| Children | Davijaan Daniels. Infant son. | |
| Father | Rear Admiral John Daniels, Director of Strategic Operations, 9th Fleet | |
| Mother | Mezia Daniels - Research Specialist - Starfleet Strategic Operations | |
| Brother(s) | Bralin Daniels, Xenobiologist, Davenstar Medical Conglomerate | |
| Sister(s) | Commander Ezzie Daniels, Chief Engineer, USS Pericles | |
| Other Family | Several others scattered around. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | It is safe to say that Chris Daniels has grown up a lot since being commissioned as an Ensign. At the Academy, he was notorious for his "play hard" mentality that brought him to the brink of expulsion. Now, as his workload constantly increases, he plays less and less. He has matured into a respected officer in just over two years of service. For most of his career he has dated Janeen Jaxom. The two are attempting to make their relationship work from across the galaxy. His closest friend is his sister, who keeps in nearly daily contact with. Since he got command of the Miranda, he requested that she come work alongside him. She has accepted. In recent months he has shown a penchant for overworking himself before a battle, the most notable case being before the first battle of Romulus, he had to be ordered to stand down and sleep before doing severe damage to his body after being awake for 40 hours straight. Since the Battle of Romulus Chris' personality has become a bit darker. Some have accredited it to the stress, others the potential of blood lust after being so immersed in combat for so long, however, even Chris is not sure. The most potent example is during the final mission aboard the Miranda, he assaulted a young smuggler caught transporting Federation weapons technology to the Breen. It is safe to say, however, that the jovial young man Chris was is definitely a more serious, contemplative person. That isn't to say he can't cut loose anymore. He can often be found during his off duty time in a bar or lounge, having a grand old time with pretty much anybody. Lately, he has become more interested in the study of Riisan mythology and religion. His mother was always very involved in the religion of her native world, one which is studded with imagery and legends, but he had always brushed it off. He is quiet about why he has acquired the sudden interest, only his closest friends and family really know why. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: He's very friendly and easy to get along with and relate to. He's always wanting to try new things and is fascinated by other cultures. Weaknesses: He has a fear of atmospheric flying. |
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| Ambitions | He has everything he wants, he has no desire to be promoted any higher. Now he wants a family of his own with Janeen. Chris has two scars on his body. The first is a wound down the middle of his back from a tree climbing accident. His mother chose to leave the scar on him so it would serve as a reminder to him to not jump out of 70 foot trees when there's branches sticking out, even if its just a holodeck. The second is his first "War Wound," a stab wound he received in the Delta Quadrant from a rogue group of Klingons and Romulans who did not want to return to the Alpha Quadrant. Chris is also petrified of atmospheric flying. He once received a ride in an old Earth C-130 Hercules, and vowed he'd never fly anything that close to the ground again. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Languages: English, Trill, Bajoran Sports and Hobbies: Triathlons, baseball, soccer, reading, drawing, Risan Mythology, Studying tactics and strategy. |
| Personal History | Since getting command of the Miranda, Chris has been able to enjoy a jovial style of command in which he maintains an easy to get along with demeanor and he's also able to enjoy a joke on his bridge. Chris enjoys many sports to include soccer, running and various forms of martial arts. He attempts to draw and almost always has music on in his room, which includes a wide variety of tunes from the 19-24th century. He's also an avid fan of the James Bond Holonovel series. He also designed a holodeck program of Risa's Rodona Beach, a locale he goes to when he needs to get away from reality. Personal History Chris Daniels was born to then LtCdr. John Daniels and Mezia Daniels in 2360. He has younger fraternal twin siblings; Bralin, his brother, who opted to go to the University of Hawaii, and his sister Ezzie, who followed in Chris' footsteps. His relationship with his parts is typical of a 24-year-old, but his relationships with his siblings are greatly different. Chris is extremely close to his sister, while he and his brother have barely spoken in nearly 6 years. This stems from Bralin's stance and vocalization against the Federation, which came to a head when their sister announced her intention to join the "family business" and enter Starfleet. Daniels' father is a career tactical officer and his mother, a human born and raised on Risa, was a physical therapist who would often work for the ship's medical department when she was allowed to accompany him. Chris was born on Risa in his mother's hometown of Dakara while his father was aboard the USS Carroll. However, he only spent 2 years in Dakara, being raised by his mother and grandparents before his mom joined John aboard their new assignment, the USS Galaxy in late 2362, following the births of the twins. Chris grew up on the Galaxy for the better part of 10 years. He has, however, made frequent trips back. After his time on the Galaxy Chris' father was assigned to Starfleet's Tactical Warfare School on Mars as an instructor, and then later as the Deputy 9th Fleet Director for Strategic Operations. Chris would stay on Mars until he graduated from high school. Growing up lots of people saw a lot of so-called potential in Chris. He proved to be intelligent, while at the same time incredibly outgoing and adventurous. He proved to be a pretty good athlete and did a lot of different sports, meanwhile balancing his time between all his other school commitments. However, as he grew up he began to enjoy life's distractions more than school, and slowly learned that he couldn't simply "slide by" and get good grades. Sometime in his junior year, Chris decided that he, like his father, wanted to serve among the stars. He got his act back in gear, applied for admission to the Academy and was accepted, barely, being one of the last 100 accepted. Once there, Chris flourished in the Tactical Department. He was finally challenged mentally and physically and somehow found a way to manage his social life, which seemed to be one of the more active amongst Starfleet Cadets. When he graduated he had earned two degrees in combat tactics and one degree in Strategic Operations and Planning. 15 January 2382: Fourth Year Cadet Christopher Daniels is formally reprimanded for breaking several Starfleet Academy regulations on multiple occasions in regards to dormitory behavior, socialization policies, and breach of conduct expected of a future officer in the Starfleet Naval Forces. Cadet Daniels has repeatedly and knowingly ignored these regulations, choosing on no less than 5 occasions to disobey them, causing damage to Academy property and disrupting the Academic environment the Academy strives to create. Cadet Daniels is aware that these infractions bring into question his ability to serve as an officer. Cadet Daniels' academic record, service performance, and recommendations on his behalf from the faculty are an integral part of our decision to retain Cadet Daniels as a Cadet at Starfleet Academy, with the understanding that, with a few months until graduation, he is on an extremely short leash. - Capt J.R. Westingbrook, Vice Commandant of Cadets, SFA Chris' early success in the Tactical field of study prompted him to be part of a new concentration created in direct response to the aftermath of the combination of Borg, T'Kith'Kin/Triad and Dominion threats. The program was called Strategic Operations Planning and 15 members of the class of 2382 were picked for it. The concept was to introduce these cadets to large scale strategic planning and tactical coordination and analysis. Chris loved the program and graduated the highest out the 15, earning him a spot as a research assistant for 5 months at the Starfleet Battle labs in Colorado Springs while he waited for his assignment to the Miranda to open up. There he worked on Fleet Deep Space Defense with Capt. Tamka Arneson and Dr. Sylas Methenau. He published one paper while there, "Critiques and Improvements on Fleet Coordination During the Dominion War." Once aboard the Miranda, he was immediately placed in the ship's Tactical Analysis Group. He cut his teeth in an alternate reality, one where Vulcans had become the dominant species in the quadrant. After dying in that reality, they were returned to their own time. Chris then became the chief of Combat Control and Strategic Analysis in Miranda's new Combat Information Center. From this posting, he has overseen two major battles against the Borg and Triad forces. Working in conjunction with Lt K'aa, the two inexperienced officers managed to organize and run the tactical department when the senior officers were both incapacitated during the Borg Encounter. During the battle of Romulus, Chris was the primary CIC controller, providing live battle updates to both the Miranda and Admiral Murdock, who set up camp in the CIC itself. After the Battle of Romulus, with the ship's crew in flux, Daniels was promoted to Lieutenant and Assistant Chief Tactical Officer. During this time he nearly received a second reprimand for abusing a prisoner. However, his department head threw it out in exchange for Chris' pledge to never be that stupid again. He held this position for only one mission, as Miranda's crew was disbanded in March of 2384. Chris had several recommendations asides his one reprimand and was plotted for a Tactical Chief Spot. Seeing as the analysis was in his blood, he opted for a role as the Fleet Tactical Liaison for Starbase Atlantis and Chief Tactical Officer of its attached starship, the USS Reliant. Again, this was a short tour for Daniels as the recent rise in Triad activity saw Starfleet revamp its Fleet Tactical manning. Not content to sit behind a desk for the war, Chris volunteered for reassignment to the fleet, and got it, being reassigned to the Galaxy. Chris remained aboard the USS Galaxy for the next couple of years as the short war passed around them, the Federation, in the end, was victorious and drove the T'Kith'kin out once and for all but nobody was expecting the Borg to appear and attack the T'Kith'kin Hive's homeworld where their central leadership was located so the Hive brought all of their resources to bear and when they failed, the detonated their own star, collapsing it and obliterating the entire star system and the vast majority of their race, when the survivors learned of what had happened, they all committed suicide en-mass. The Borg hit the system with sixty cubes and they lost them all. Chris was shocked by the devastation of what had happened but he refused to let it get to him as that could have just as easily been Earth or Vega, Deneva or Bajor. He shifted his attention back to the work at hand which was cleanup. The Federation expanded into over three dozen star systems, all of which used to belong to the T'Kith'kin and were now dead. Chris was present for the 'O'Neal' incident in which Captain Christopher Summers fired first at a group of Klingon ships, the battle was rather brutal and the Pathfinder II class ship was badly damaged but all four Klingons were destroyed. Summers dropped his retirement papers after it was strongly hinted that he do so. Chris's old shipmate, now Captain Davijaan "Oddball" Yeager who used to be an Engineer, took over and he requested Chris as his Chief of Tactical and Second Officer. Yeager's reasons were simple as he wanted someone who was stilled in weapons and tactics to look after things because Yeager himself was an engineer. Chris was promoted to Executive Officer when Chris MuKellan was promoted to command his own ship and he has remained in this posting until 2391 when Starfleet tapped Captain Yeager for another assignment. Chris wasn't sure of what was to come but Yeager recommended Chris Daniels to succeed him as Commanding Officer of the USS Miranda-B. Chris wasn't told until the going away party when Yeager was given the authority to promote Daniels to Captain in front of a thousand people. "These are your people now, so look after them.. and this.... is your ship... Captain Daniels. I know you will do well... " Chris's response was. "Serving with you... has been an honor." "The honor was mine, Captain.". With that Yeager took his leave and Daniels replaced him as Commanding Officer of the USS Miranda-B, Also Janeen just gave birth to their first child a boy they both named 'Davijaan'. for their mutual friend who gave Chris his first command. A year after he got command of the Miranda, he found himself being reassigned away from her to a new ship as the Miranda was in desperate need of refitting up to Renown specs, his time commanding the USS Thunder was uneventful and he was reassigned back to the Miranda when she finished her refitting. Unfortunately, he was not informed that the Miranda was retired and sent to be scrapped, he was instead given the command of the newly commissioned USS Miranda-C. A Kumari Class arsenal battleship. |
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| Service Record | Starfleet Academy - Earth, SOL 2380 to 2382 - Tactical and Security Student Cadet One - Four Fleet Tactics Department, Starfleet Battlelabs, Colorado Springs - Earth, SOL June to October 2382 - Research Assistant Ensign USS Miranda-B - Pathfinder II Class 2382 to 2383 - Tactical Officer Ensign USS Miranda-B - Pathfinder II Class 2383 to 2384 - Tactical Officer / Assistant Chief Tactical Officer Lieutenant JG Starbase Atlantis - Ournal I Class . USS Reliant - Ronin Class Tactical Liaison Officer - Chief Tactical Officer March 2384 to October 2384 Lieutenant USS Galaxy - Galaxy III Class 2384 to 2386 - Tactical Officer / Chief Tactical Officer Lieutenant USS Miranda-B - Pathfinder II Class 2386 to 2391 - Second Officer - Chief Tactical Officer / Executive Officer Lt Commander / Commander USS Miranda-B - Pathfinder II Class 2391 to 2392 - Commanding Officer Captain USS Thunder - Noble Class 2391 to 2393 - Commanding Officer Captain USS Miranda-C - Kumari Class 2392 to Present - Commanding Officer Captain Dates of Promotions and Demotions: 2380 to 2382 - Cadet One - Four 2382 to 2383 - Ensign 2383 to 2384 - Lieutenant JG 2384 to 2386 - Lieutenant 2386 to 2388 - Lt Commander 2388 to 2391 - Commander 2391 to Present - Captain |