Command Master Chief Petty Officer James Caldwell
Name James Caldwell
Position Chief Dockmaster
Rank Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human/Betazed | |
| Age | 56 | |
| Birthdate | December 29th, 2337 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'0 | |
| Weight | 180lbs | |
| Hair Color | Silver | |
| Eye Color | Grey | |
| Physical Description | Of Standard Height and mass, this guy isn't anything unusual. |
Family
| Spouse | Michelle Caldwell - Civilian | |
| Children | Dennis Caldwell Arianna Caldwell Odessa Caldwell |
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| Father | Colonel Stephen Caldwell - Retired | |
| Mother | Lt Commander Lara Caldwell - Retired | |
| Brother(s) | Nathan Caldwell - High School Teacher Division Admiral Stephen Caldwell Jr - Commanding Officer, Division 3, First Independent Battlegroup. |
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| Sister(s) | Captain Alyssa Caldwell - Commanding Officer, USS Inverness | |
| Other Family | A few others. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Caldwell is quiet, mellow and generally peaceful, he can usually be seen with a cigar when off duty. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Caldwell is a little too laid back at times, he is easy to work with and get along with Weaknesses: He is a little too lazy for his own good. |
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| Ambitions | He's happy with the state of life |
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| Hobbies & Interests | He'll try anything once. |
| Personal History | James Caldwell was born on Erebus colony in 2335, the son of two well to do parents who pushed their children to excel at everything they did, citing a need for success on this frozen backwater, James was happy to spend his time out in the cold as his group of people explored the wastes of Erebus VII and its twin moons. Caldwell was nicknamed 'Shackleton' after he and a couple of others were stranded out in the frozen wastes overnight, they made it back the following day after being caught while trying to outrun a winter storm, Caldwell ended up digging a hole and he saved their lives. After a major falling out with a friend of his over a woman, Caldwell enlisted in Starfleet the very next day and he was gone the day after that, not to return home for thirty years as he didn't want to come back to deal with a friend turned enemy who said he had no intention of never leaving home. James Caldwell never looked back as he enlisted in Starfleet, James wasn’t a star recruit at basic, but did pick up most things with ease; phaser rifles, phasers, running, climbing, EVA and zero-G movement came naturally to him. He had no real trouble learning starships operations such as; communications, LCARS operation, and scanners as he’d seen and used those for his whole life prior to joining Starfleet. Out of all the classes it was Starfleet Hand to Hand combat where he really shined. Following completion of basic training he was sent to Starfleet Security School for six weeks to undergo department specialization training. Security School wasn’t too difficult, a few courses on rules and regulations, more Hand to Hand combat classes, instruction on driving the Argo Buggy and the use of its Type-IV Phaser Canon. Completing these he was assigned to his first ship the USS Templeton, she was an older Miranda Class but he learned a great deal here. It was here where he learned what war really was all about as he found himself facing the Cardassians in the boarder wars as the Federation fought against the aggressive push the Cardassians were making, destroying heir ships and forcing them back off of the Federation's various colony worlds. His second assignment was more of the same, except this was a much more powerful beast, the Akira was really a ship of the line, far more so then the older Miranda class which Jame honestly detested. His next series of assignments that he served on were nothing really to write home about, his craft was honestly second to none and he was highly skilled at his work, he didn't really find a determined foe until he faced down the Klingons in the early twenty three seventies, this was something that he found extremely disgraceful, his former allies had turned on him, willing to shed Federation blood over a misunderstanding over Cardassia. Later on Caldwell would blame the Klingons for causing the Cardassians to join with the Dominion thus starting the Dominion War and he was secretly happy to let the Klingons kill as many of the enemy as they could using with their outdated and primitive tactics, which usually cost almost twice as much as starfleet lost in the average battle. The Klingon's thought Starfleet weak, two Klingons made the mistake of making that boast in front of Caldwell during a bar-fight which rapidly tuned violent, landing almost thirty people in the med center, Caldwell for his part was forced to kill a Klingon in self defense and he maimed the other as the Klingon simply wouldn't stop attacking Caldwell, so Caldwell was left with little choice, the security regs sided with Caldwell however and their Commanding officer swore a blood oath to see Caldwell dead before the war ended. Caldwell was having none of it so he called out the Klingon, unafraid of him or anyone else so the Klingon attacked him on the Starbase Promenade and Caldwell was able to disarm him before the Klingon was taken into custody by the base security personnel. The blood feud only deepened from there, this Klingon Captain refused to see reason even when his own commanding officer and the base commander as well as Admiral Ross all told him to drop it. Caldwell sighed, knowing this Klingon would never stop simply didn't see the point as the Klingon went off on his ship, swearing vengeance. Caldwell laughed at him as the Klingon ended up running into a Jem'Hadar ambush that would see himself slain and his ship disintegrated but worse was to follow as a hundred Jem'Hadar ships attacked Starbase Eighteen and the Federation ships docked there, there were fourteen Federation ships lost out of sixty five and the base was damaged but not seriously, the Dominion Force however was wiped out. Caldwell went from the Scharnhorst to the Gneisenau, it was here where he would finish the war and move on into peacetime after the end of the Dominion War, he remained here for two years, becoming a Master Chief Petty Officer before heading off to the USS Blucher. It was here he met his future wife, a woman named Michelle. The two of them would get married and have three children between the time they were here and the time they were on the Courageous, his next assignment. The Courageous was one of his most enjoyable assignments as he became the ships primary dockmaster, looking after cargo inventory, it was a challenge as they never had anyone to keep up with what they had in inventory. James Caldwell also decided to return home after all this time, in 2382. After thirty years a great deal had changed the colony itself had grown several dozen times and his old friends were now people of importance. The man he had the feud with was now long dead, he had given his life to save some children from a flash freeze storm. A flash freeze storm is a snowstorm that develops quickly giving very little warning before it hits and lasts only minutes but it can freeze a person solid in seconds. Caldwell took a moment to pay his respects, something a few people didn't think he could do and then he left again, citing he has a successful family and career in starfleet so he went back to the Courageous and he was selected to be the Chief Dockmaster on the USS Avalon at Captain Neban Hulars request Today in 2391, James Caldwell and his family serve aboard the USS Avalon, happy and content with their lot in starfleet. |
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| Service Record | Starfleet ROTC - Earth, SOL June to August - 2352 - Tactical and Security trainee Cadet Recruit USS Templeton - Miranda Class 2352 to 2356 - Tactical and Security Specialist Crewman Recruit / Petty Officer 3rd Class USS Rapahannok - Akira Class 2356 to 2360 - Tactical and Security Specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class / Petty Officer 2nd Class USS Chikuma - Akira Class 2360 to 2365 - Tactical and Security Specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class / Petty Officer 1st Class USS King James - Excelsior Class 2365 to 2370 - Tactical and Security Specialist Petty Officer 1st Class / Chief Petty Officer USS Kingston - Ambassador Class 2370 to 2372 - Tactical and Security Specialist Chief Petty Officer USS James Earl Jones - Akira Class 2372 to 2373 - Tactical and Security Specialist Chief Petty Officer USS Scharnhorst - Akira Class 2373 to 2375 - Tactical and Security Specialist Senior Chief Petty Officer USS Gneisenau - Excelsior Class 2375 to 2377 - Tactical and Security Specialist Master Chief Petty Officer USS Blücher - Excelsior Class 2377 to 2378 - Tactical and Security Specialist Master Chief Petty Officer USS Courageous - Galaxy Class 2378 to 2388 - Tactical and Security Specialist / Chief Dockmaster Master Chief Petty Officer / Command Master Chief Petty Officer USS Avalon - Anchorage Class 2388 to Present Day - Chief Dockmaster Command Master Chief Petty Officer Dates of Promotions and Demotions: June to August 2352 - Cadet Recruit August 2352 to March 2353 - Crewman Recruit March 2353 to August 2353 - Crewman Apprentice August 2353 to August 2354 - Crewman 2354 to 2358 - Petty Officer 3rd Class 2358 to 2362 - Petty Officer 2nd Class 2362 to 2369 - Petty Officer 1st Class 2369 to 2373 - Chief Petty Officer 2373 to 2375 - Senior Chief Petty Officer 2375 to 2388 - Master Chief Petty Officer 2388 to Present Day - Command Master Chief Petty Officer |