Shadowpaw

*"I don't believe that greatness is inherited, but knowing Shadowpaw challenges that belief." -Fleet Admiral Gustan Flaze*
**Shadowpaw** was a Lyran Starfleet officer who served with distinction in the Klingon, Undine, and Iconian wars of the early 25th century.

## Biography

### Early Life

Shadowpaw was born in 2367 aboard the Lyran Star Empire battlecruiser *Bengal* to Commodore Icepaw of the Red Claw clan and his wife Senior Commander Rain. He was still present aboard the vessel when it entered into combat in support of Ktarn Fleet forces retreating from Starbase 45 in 2375. Reportedly, the young Shadowpaw assisted the repair efforts following the battle by running replacement parts to engineering teams before the transporter systems were fixed.

The first years of his formal education were completed in a traditional Lyran school, which emphasized aggressive confrontation and loyalty to clan. However, Shadowpaw's father, Iceclaw, was an outspoken proponent of practical reunification with the Caitians as a solution to the Lyran Star Empire's failing economy and shrinking influence at the quadrant level. As a result, Shadowpaw also received instruction at home in non-violent problem solving to help prepare for what his father saw as an inevitable future.

In late 2382, inspired by Ambassador Spock's plea to the Federation Council for Romulan-Vulcan reunification aid, the Lyran Star Empire quietly and bloodlessly merged with the Caitian government. This unprecedented environment of peace and political change inspired Shadowpaw to take a daring leap of his own; to become the first of his species to join Starfleet. After several years of intense preparation and two failed applications, he was accepted to Starfleet Academy in 2385.

### Starfleet Academy

Though exposed to the peaceful and less-confrontational attitudes which defined the political movement his family was a part of, Shadowpaw struggled in adapting to the egalitarian principles that define Starfleet and the Federation. The Lyran society which he came from was feudal in nature, which was naturally accompanied by a formal hierarchy.

## Chronology

2367
Born aboard the *Bengal*
2385
Entered Starfleet Academy
## Appendices

### Connections

**Assets:** Starbase 247-Vershina • Jatha Dilithium Mine • Noonian Soong Spire • Delta Foundry • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 39-Sierra

**Components:** Romulan Theater Command • Task Force 200 • Task Force 201 • Task Force 202 • Task Force 203 • Task Force 204

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards