Caelan Hartman

**Caelan Hartman** is a M.A.C.O. Operator presently assigned as Executive Officer of Team 30. Despite his relatively short time in the service of Starfleet, he has already seen a great deal of action in the context of the now-ended Iconian War and Tzenkethi Conflict. Most notably, he was involved in Operation: Hallowed Sabre as a member of the ground unit tasked with protecting then-Captain Amalei Neraea. More recently, he took part in Operation Shortfall. Following a short stint at the head of Starbase 381's Security Department, he was recalled to Titan for additional Military Assault Command Operations training. Following this and the outbreak of hostilities with the Tzenkethi, Hartman was deployed as a member of M.A.C.O. Group One as an Assault specialist in Team Five. He earned a reputation for focus and determination under fire, as well as his almost eerie ability to accurately predict where the next hostile would emerge. Following this tour he was reassigned to the Outback, to the team he first served in.

He has been given a few nicknames, the most commonly used being '**Cae'** and '**Cael'**. In his time with Team Five he was often addressed as '**Notch'**, as a not-so-subtle dig at the young man's previous antics. Mercifully, these tendencies have ceased in the last year.

# Service Record

## Awards and Commendations

Starfleet Cross - Awarded for actions during Operation: Hallowed Saber.

Starfleet Bronze Star - Awarded for actions during the Battle of Cait.

Purple Heart - Awarded 3 times for severe injury in the line of duty.

Combat Action Ribbon - Awarded for engaging an enemy in combat during wartime.

Starbase Service Ribbon - Awarded for completion of first tour of duty aboard *Praetorian*.

Commandant's Commendation - Awarded for the protection of a fellow cadet from assault.

Outstanding Cadet Commendation Ribbon - Awarded for Cadet cruise aboard USS *Chiron*.

Top of Class Ribbon - Awarded for placing fourth in the Class of 2411.

# Biography

## Civilian Life

**Caelan Hartman** was born in 2389, in the colony of Hattern on the planet Lyanyu IV, in the Tau Dewa sector, to Erik Hartman and Amelia Hartman, former M.A.C.O. and science officers respectively. While records from the borderline separatist colony are by no means complete, it is known that Hartman excelled in the schools of the colony, both academically and athletically. The few logs which were recovered following the destruction of the colony indicate he was a very thoughtful, kind young boy who spent a great deal of time helping around the community. His own account admits he spent a great deal of time with his father camping and canoeing in the large mountain ranges of the planet, or cooking with his mother.

On August 7th, 2401, a distress call was received by USS *Rodney* from the colony of Hattern, indicating they were being attacked by unknown forces. Upon arrival, they found the colony had in fact been attacked three days earlier. Of the roughly two thousand colonists, seventy five were pulled from the glassed ruins. One of these was Caelan, who was found buried under a pile of half-melted structural debris with plasma burns along his left side, and severe dehydration. He was taken to Starbase 37 with the others. Here, he vanished from Starfleet and Federation records for the better part of six solar years.

### 2401-2407

Hartman virtually disappears from Federation records during this time, save for sightings on various trade stations, usually with the crew of the adapted *Kumari*-class vessel SS *Dosalnar*.

## Academy Life

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In 2407, Hartman was admitted to a clinic on Sol III for treatment of a knife wound. While there, he met Captain Alastair Glaston, who took a certain interest in how a young man came by a knife injury 'falling in a docking bay'. After a week and some rather sarcastic back and forth with the young man, the Captain sent a relatively warm recommendation to Starfleet Academy. While his knowledge showed some gaps, Hartman nevertheless placed extremely well in the entrance examinations, and impressed in the requisite interviews. He entered the Academy the following semester. He quickly chose to double major in Operations and Security. His academic performance was nothing short of stellar, quickly shoring up the majority of gaps in his education within the first two years in addition to keeping up in his primary course load. Outside his academic schedule, Hartman was noted to be nearly mechanical in his routines, and was fairly withdrawn socially. Counselors noted some issues in the young man, mostly relating to social isolation and reluctance to involve himself with others. It was felt that this was less due to his not wishing to interact, and more a mix of uncertainty in how to do so and exceptional self-conscious reserve.

He graduated first in his primary major of Security, and fourth overall in the Class of 2411. He was slated for consideration for graduation at Lieutenant Junior Grade, but was removed after an altercation with another student, and promotion ruled out for a period of a year and a half.

## Service Life

((Under Revision))

2414 - Lieutenant Junior Grade Caelan Hartman is assigned to Hazard Rescue Team 259, which is deployed to the Solanae Dyson Sphere. As with the other teams attached to various units, HRT 259 was deployed to ground areas where teams had either been lost due to damage or EV hazards, or were isolated by Voth elements. In the space of their five-month deployment, HRT 259 carried out some two hundred and six rescues, with their record standing at thirty-one operations in a Terran week. At the end of the deployment, unit commander Commander Thyresh Mandora recommended LT JG Hartman for Advanced Tactical Training, citing the officer's capability and calm head under fire. This request was approved.

2415 - TBA

2416 -
January - Lieutenant Commander Caelan Hartman is thrown into the year 2115 alongside the Zenas Expeditionary Force by Q.
February - Hartman serves as X.O. of M.A.C.O. Team 30 during Operation: Shortfall. Later, Caelan is appointed as the official Executive Officer of M.A.C.O. Team 30.

# Psychological Profile and Documents

The following is the most up-to-date report, made by Doctor Azgelth Dgani on Stardate 92810.77.

*Analysis of Lt. Hartman's evaluation shows a young officer who takes his duties and his responsibility to those around him very seriously. While young, he has experienced much hardship already in life and shows a maturity beyond his years. He has a strong desire to help others and be trusted by those around him and his past failures with others weigh heavily on him. While his primary focus is on the individual level he is capable of seeing the broader picture.*
*While there is some concern that Lt. Hartman's tendency to carry the weight of his past failures so heavily his strong sense of responsibility should safeguard him from allowing them to weigh him down to the point where he cannot perform his duties. As such, there are no recommendations at this time beyond making counseling available to him if it is requested, and nothing in the evaluation that would bar him from the Command training he has requested. His genuine concern for those around him and strong desire to help others and be trusted is, if anything, additional support for him pursuing such and is in no way a detriment to his desire for such training.*

# Firearms and Combat Proficiency

In the years he has been a member of Starfleet, first as Security and more recently as a dedicated M.A.C.O. operator, Caelan has been noted as having consistently high combative scores. The primary area of his focus is the use of sidearms and relatively standard Type-III weaponry, scoring highest with pulse rifles, pulsed-wave rifles, and similar medium-to-close range equipment. At present he holds several qualifications for such, scoring from the mid seventies on extreme long range weapons to the top eighth percentile with pulse rifles.

Hartman has a borderline encyclopedic knowledge of explosives both traditional and improvised, and of their components, courtesy of his studious nature and El Aurian memory. While this does not translate to magical grenade throws and rocket launches, it does mean that he is frighteningly adept at disarming and rigging explosives as required. He still works to keep on top of current events, though, and spends several hours a week ensuring his fingers can keep up with his thoughts, and that he can correctly apply the knowledge he has. If Y is mistaken for X, perfect memory will not help when Y goes boom because you tried to disarm X.

Finally, in terms of hand to hand combat, Hartman is still an excellent fighter, though limited by his 'weak' human physiology. He is quite adept at more traditional martial arts, with a fondness for boxing and similar, but has focused in large part on effective grappling and mass use - inertia, leverage, and mass have right of way, even if fighting a Vulcanoid, and he has learned the lesson well.

# Personal Life

((Under Revision))
While Caelan is first and foremost an officer of Starfleet, he does have a life outside of his uniform. Prior to his deployment to Titan, he taught low-level courses in Starbase 381's school, specifically languages and history (Both subjects he expressed great affection for). Most of his free time was spent reading old-styled books, remaining physically active through activities like rock climbing, swimming, and general exercise, or spending time simply considering things. He is not the most incredibly social, due both to his own introverted nature, and some of the issues he works with on a daily basis. That said, he still takes time from his day to meet with others, always ready and willing to hear out another person's problems and try to lend a helping hand or sympathetic ear. He is, after all, a listener.

Following his deployments to Titan for training and stint serving on the Tzenkethi front, Caelan has become much more regimented in his free time - he spends it exercising, drilling with phasers and explosives, or in hand to hand practice. The rare hours he does not spend so occupied are still his own - spent with a book, a pot of tea, and a scone (a bad habit acquired from a member of MACO Team 5 on his assignment there).

On the subject of his El Aurian heritage, Caelan has kept this fact close to the chest after it was determined in late 2415 - outside those he tells personally, only his commanding officers, medical staff, and suitably need-to-know Security officers are able to pry it from his files. The revelation of his expected lifespan has been a source of some angst for the already introverted young man, with the prospect of outliving his comrades, and possibly even the starbase itself, weighing heavily on him. On the more practical side, he has a fairly high Esper rating, though not extraordinary given his race. At present, this manifests as powerful receptive empathy and telepathy, the latter of which he works hard to keep in check following a traumatic experience coupled with overuse. He has the classic El Aurian temporal sensitivity, likely enhanced by his exposure to the nexus. Finally, he has the semi-common trait of a borderline eidetic memory, which is both a blessing and a curse given his line of work.

All this being said, he is still a child by his people's standards, and he will be spending centuries learning proper control and development. Listening is far from an easy task.

## Relationships

### Genie Lim

Genie Lim is possibly the most stable and constant friend Caelan has had since arriving on base. Arriving on the base within days of each other, they quickly formed a fast, strong friendship. Since that time, it has become a constant, consistent thing for them to give one another good-natured grief, needling and teasing one another. In the line of duty, they have occasionally saved one another's lives, and were both present during Operation Hallowed Sabre. There is evidence they traded crushes at one point, though there is no concrete evidence to that end. Regardless, it's fairly easy to say that Genie is one of the most important people in his life.

### James Castillo

The former Chief of Security, and a short-term XO of the starbase, Caelan met Castillo within the first days of being aboard station, and served over a year as his deputy. While never the closest, the two men had a close working relationship, often sharing a pot of coffee and chatting over issues while filing paperwork. They were a well-matched duo, both very much so restrained in use of force, with Castillo's legal background balancing out Caelan's more martial training. Though they benefited from the peacetime that marked their earlier reign, they still saw the starbase through the Iconian War, and the end of Fennec Vulpes' raiders.

### T'Molina

T'Molina of Vulcan marks one of the two lasting affections Caelan has held. First meeting during the Destiny's refit shakedown in early 2415, Caelan was predictably taken with the older officer. He never mentioned it, however, and over the next few years that rather shallow attraction turned into a deep, abiding respect for the woman as both an officer and individual. Having begun acting on that attraction prior to his absence from the Outback, Hartman has yet to broach the subject with the now-Admiral - indeed, it is something that inspires a great deal of nervousness in the officer.

### Theral

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# Personal Logs

* Personal Log, Lieutenant Commander Caelan Hartman