Drake Flamestone

## Biography

Born in 2391, Drake Flamestone is one of two Flamestone brothers who is born as a lava Arkhosian, a subspecies of Flamestones who has a much higher temperature resistance than normal Flamestones. He was born in the time of the Flamestone/Frostheart banishment by his parents whose father had died in 2378 and the mother dying of child birth after Drake was born, leaving both him and Baron Flamestone under the care of Cheiftess Mala Seascale to raise them both with their uncle, Thaddeus Flamestone.

At 24 years old, Drake joined Starfleet Academy along with his brother with some hopes of being in a Starfleet vessel, more notably the U.S.S. Asgard under the command of Fleet Adm. Odin of the Dragonian Kingdom. Mastering Engineering, Drake had graduated from the academy, and though he had thought about being on the Asgard, both he and his brother are assigned to the U.S.S. Nightshade commanded by No'var Lixiri and by 2419, he was promoted to the rank of Ensign.

During the Void War of 2419, Ensign Drake Flamestone had contributed a lot to the war effort and by recommendation from Adm. Alexander Greyfell, was promoted to Lieutenante Commander in recognition of his efforts and his passion and in June of 2419, was offered commission of his very own starship, the New Orleans Class under the name, U.S.S. Arizona. It was there that he remained in command throughout the next three years of his career, even the Battle of the Strategos Mainframe where his ship was destroyed during the battle and was recommissioned with the Layfette Class, a refit to the New Orleans, where it remained under his command as he went up the ranks as being the longest serving command officer.

He held the position of Deputy Sky Marshal of the United Commonwealth of Planets from 2419 to early 2421. During the Battle of Chion Prime under Operation: Taon's Sword, one of Drake's arms had been converted into a mechanical one by Rannis Kratz, which was later healed in May of 2452.

However, by the tail end of 2421, due to the overwhelming pressure of the people and the terrorist incident made by the Arkhosian Liberation People's Army, the Elder Council had voted to excommunicate Drake Flamestone and the U.S.S. Arizona under the pretense that the Arizona is a Commonwealth Vessel and therefore not allowed to enter Io. This leads to the event known as The Flamestone Curse and was in exile for the next 30 years, returning to active service for the Shadow Commonwealth in 2452.

## Awards

* **Order of Babel for Recruitment - 2419**
* **Daystrom Engineering Award - 2419**
* **Command Training Award - 2419**
* **One Year Service Award- June 2420**
* **Lifetime Service Award 2420 - December 2420**
* **Writer's Recognition Award - October 2421**
* **Chief of Staff CO of the Year Award (3rd Place) - October 2421**
* **Best Commanding Officer (2nd Place) - September, 2452**
* **RP Dedication Award - September, 2452**
* **Most Helpful Member (2nd Place) - September 2452**
* **Exceptional Service Cross - December 2452**

## Service History

* Joined United Federation of Planets - March, 2415
* Mastered in Engineering - June, 2418
* Promoted to Ensign - March 2419
* Assigned to U.S.S. Nightshade - March, 2419
* Promoted to Lt. Commander - April, 2419
* Transferred to Command - June, 2419
* Assigned Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Arizona - June, 2419
* Promoted to Commander - June, 2419
* Promoted to Captain - January, 2420
* Promoted to Commodore - June, 2420
* Assigned to Deputy Sky Marshal, Commonwealth Joint Chiefs - January 2421
* Promoted to Admiral (Brevet) - January 2421
* Promoted to Admiral - April 2421
* Reverted to Commodore - August 2421
* Promoted to Rear Admiral - October 2421
* Joined The Shadow Commonwealth - December 2421
* Assigned to U.S.S. Arizona, The Shadow Commonwealth - December 2421
* Promoted to Admiral - February 2452
* Promoted to Admiral (2 Star) - April 2452
* Rank Reverted (Due to Galactic Commonwealth Ranking Change)
* Joined Galactic Commonwealth - May 2452
* Promoted to Vice Admiral - May 2452
* Promoted to Admiral - September 2452
* Assigned to Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Kunau - September 2452
* Assigned to Deputy Sky Marshal - January 2453
* Elected President of the Galactic Commonwealth - February 2453

#### 2423 Rank Rebalance

* Promoted to Captain - February 2453
* Promoted to Admiral - July 2453
* Joined United Systems Commonwealth - August 2453