Biographical Data: Jaarod Naris

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Statistical Information
Name: Jaarod Naris
Species: Bajoran
Rank: Vice Admiral
Commission Date: May 4, 2389
Current Assignment: Commander, Task Group 73

Career

Commissioned with rank of Ensign, (May 4, 2389)

• Assigned Engineering Officer, USS Constitution, Centaur-class (May 25, 2389)

Promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade (September 12, 2390)

• Decorated for actions taken when a Nausican party boarded the Constitution (December 4, 2391)
  
• Assigned Engineering Team Leader, USS Seraph, Nova-class (January 26, 2391)
  
• Qualifies as Officer of the Deck (October 3, 2392)

Promoted to Lieutenant (March 27, 2393)

• Assigned Assistant Chief Engineer- USS Daedalus, Galaxy-class refit (May 2, 2393)
  
• Commendation for work aboard damaged Cardassian transport (June 4, 2394)
  
• Assigned Chief Engineer, USS Cutty Sark, Excelsior-class (December 14, 2395)

Promoted to Lieutenant Commander (June 15, 2398)

• Transfer to Command Branch(June 16, 2398)
  
• Assigned Starfleet Command College (September 27, 2398)
  
• Assigned Executive Officer, USS Dauntless, Galaxy-class (June 12, 2399)
  
• Decorated for actions during a battle with Hirogen battle group (March 2, 2401)

Promoted to Commander (November 1, 2402)

• Assigned Commanding Officer, USS Audacious, Defiant-class (November 9, 2402)
  
• Decorated for actions during Klingon invasion of Korvat (April 25, 2405)

Promoted to Captain (August 2, 2405)

• Takes temporary command of Task Force 731 (January 13, 2406)
  
• Battlefield Brevet rank of Commodore (February 15, 2406)
  
• Assigned Commander of TF-731 (February 17, 2406)

Promoted to Rear Admiral, Lower Half (January 30, 2409, backdated to February 15, 2406)
Promoted to Rear Admiral, Upper Half (February 1, 2409)

• Assigned Commander of Task Group 73 (February 2, 2409)
  
• Assigned Starfleet Command, Strategic Planning Division under Admiral Quinn (February 14, 2410)

Promoted, Vice Admiral (December 12, 2410)

• Re-assigned, commander of TG-73 (March 3, 2411)
  
• Task Group 73 assigned to Project Christopher (September 1, 2411)

Biographical Data
Jaarod Naris was born at the exact time that the Emissary to the Prophets, Benjamin Sisko, made first contact with the Bajoran Prophets. Jaarod's mother was sick and Jaarod as not expected to survive delivery. Though his mother died, Jaarod's survival at that holy time was viewed as a sign from the Prophets, and was taken in by an order of Vedeks.

Suffering from a debilitating condition during his entire childhood, Jaarod was treated by a team of Vorta doctors who were allowed to visit Bajor during the Dominion/Bajoran Non-Agression period. As a byproduct of this treatment, Jaarod developed the Vorta's telekinetic abilities later in life. It was suspected that the Vorta used Jaarod as a genetic experiment, but those rumors were never substantiated.

When the Emissary returned to Bajor after his time with the Prophets at the time that Bajor joined the Federation, Jaarod decided his future should be in Starfleet. He enrolled in 2385 at 16 and was accepted. Pursuing an engineering path, he graduated in 2389 with degrees in starship design theory.

Jaarod's first assignment was aboard the USS Constitution, an old Centaur class destroyer. In 2391, the Constitution was ambushed by a Nausican raiding party. Jaarod led a team in defending engineering from the invaders and received his first decoration for these actions.

From there, Jaarod went to serve aboard the Seraph and Daedalus before becoming Chief Engineer aboard the Cutty Sark. Following a three year deep space assignment, Jaarod transfered to the Command Branch and served as executive officer aboard the Dauntless. Aboard Dauntless participated in another deep space exploration assignment where he was involved in five first contact missions.

When the Dauntless returned to Federation space, her captain recommended Jaarod for his own command. Jaarod was fortunate in being able to take command of the Defiant class Audacious, a class of ship he had desired to serve aboard for some time. Feeling a connection to his Emissary through the escort ship, Jaarod took Audacious on a three defense patrol of Cardassian space.

In 2405, with relations with the Klingons deteriorating, Task Group 73, of which Audacious was apart, was transferred to Station K-7 along the Klingon border. Jaarod participated in the initial Federation response to the Klingon invasion of Korvat.

During a Klingon assault in 2406, Jaarod takes command of Task Force 731 when Rear Admiral Halloway is killed. For the next three years, Jaarod and Audacious lead the task force, on the front lines almost continuously. They participate in several major engagements with the Klingons.

Finally, in 2409, Jaarod is formally promoted into the admiralty and assumes command of all of Task Group 73. Their first assignment proves to be more dangerous than the Klingons, when the Borg invade Federation space. Half of the task group is destroyed in a Borg attack, but they are able to defend a Federation planet from assimilation.

In 2410, Jaarod is finally rotated off of the front lines. He is assigned to Starfleet Strategic Planning on Earth Space Dock. Not content with the desk job, Jaarod is approached by Admiral James Bailey about a top secret operation called Project Christopher. Jaarod returns to TG-73 and no further information is available.

[Dan (mygod_itsfullofstars)]

Well done! I like the progression into a desk job, and then the final touch at the end. It all struck me as very Trek.

And it seems like there's plenty to explore with this character, including an nicely mysterious background. I'm hoping to hear more about him.