Michael W Rogers

Captain **Michael Rogers** is a Starfleet officer in the late 24th century. He is currently the Commanding Officer of the USS Lexington.

## History

### Starfleet Medical Academy

Michael attended Starfleet Academy from 2342 to 2346. During his training, he earned a Doctor of Medicine.

During his Second year of Training he ran into a young Cadet whom was on the same career track as he was, her name was Beverly Crusher and the two hit it off very quickly. The two of them spent a entire week in an intense relationship which began after they knew each other only a single day, While Michael got her name, she refused to learn his as she didnt want to spoil the intense feelings she had for him, she would only refer to him as only Mike and nothing else. Their relationship ended and the two of each other never ran into one another again.

### First Assignment

Rogers was assigned to the USS Ambassador in 2346 as Night Shift Lead Medical officer.

In 2347 The Federation and the Cardassian War began and like many ships and Starfleet Personal they were not prepared for the Horrors of this war.

Rogers was quickly field promoted to Assistant Chief Medical Officer after several died in a Direct Photon Torpedo to the Hull of the ship, Rogers pulled 3 officers out of a Corridor before it was sealed due to Radiation leak, saving their lives at the risk of his own.

In 2347 Rogers returned to Earth due to a family Emergency, while there he met and had a brief but intense affair with a Miranda Vigo, once she departed from earth he never saw her again.

Rogers was transferred to the USS Rutledge in 2349 as Assist Chief Medical officer and later that year the Ship was involved in the Setlik III Massacre

The Cardassian Union believed the outpost was a staging ground for an assault on Cardassian space, so a squad of the Cardassian militia was dispatched to the colony to destroy it. However, no such military base existed, and the Cardassian troops attacked the civilian population, with close to a hundred casualties. The USS *Rutledge*, was the first vessel to respond to the colony's distress calls, though it was stationed some hours away. Upon arrival at Setlik III on the morning after the massacre, the *Rutledge* deployed landing parties, First Officer Commander Norton, Rogers and tactical officer Miles O'Brien. Roger's helped treat as many surviving Colonist as possible even taking sharpnel to his right shoulder when a nearby building exploded. Rogers was awarded for his bravery and dedication during the situation.

Among the casualties were Maxwell's family, as well as *Rutledge* crewmembers Will Kayden and Raymond Boone. Boone himself was killed by the Cardassians after being captured.

### Change(2355-2358)

Roger's continued to serve on the USS Rutledge until 2355 when he decided he had enough of Medicine and return to Starfleet to train in another field, Command, while at the rank of Lt Commander he had no Command training what so ever, While having War time experience in leading men into battle and under pressure decisions he along with Starfleet Command believed he was up for the task of Command.

He completed Command training and passed the Bridge Officer's Test and while he maintained his rank of Lt Commander he was assigned as Second officer aboard the USS Schiaparelli he was assigned to the Helm Position.

In 2356 he met Jennifer Keating a Junior Engineer aboard the Schiaparelli and the two hit it off rather quickly, within 8 months they were married by their Captain and 9 months later their son David was born.

The USS Schiaparelli performed mostly Sensor Surveys and Mapping Surveys all the while Rogers learned from his experienced Captain David Gold, during this time they developed a good friendship. Roger's respected Gold to an extent that when he was finally offered First officer Position aboard another ship he almost turned it down to stay serving with Gold.

### First Officer Role(2358-2360)

Commander Rogers was assigned to First officer aboard the USS Slayton While he aboard the ship the Federation entered into a small War with the Tzenkethi which lasted less then a year but reminded Roger's of the horrors of Setlik III Massacre the War was over and due to his actions during it he was promoted to Captain and given his own ship. the newly commissioned USS *Bellerophon*  a Nebula class vessel.

### Battle of Wolf 359

In 2366 the Borg attacked Earth and the USS Bellerophon along with 39 other ships were destroyed trying to stop the Borg Cube from reaching Earth, While his ship was destroyed The Bellerophon was instrumental in defending Escape pods and protecting as many survivors until the Cube left and continued on it's mission, in doing so the ship sacrificed attacking the Cube and used it's shields and all reserve power to protect survivors.

The ship ended up adrift and unsalvageable after the battle.

### Teaching Desk Job(2366-2369)

During his time after the Battle of Wolf 359 Roger's considered retirement as he felt he had seen his fair share of Death in his life, but it was during this time on Earth he reconnected with old friends and even Starfleet's personal mission of Exploration. During this time frame Roger's took a Position at Starfleet Academy as a History Teacher and seeing these students grow into officers helped him make his decision to stay in Starfleet.

### Command of a Starship again(2369-2380)

Roger's was offered Command of the USS Lexington a Galaxy Class that was only 4 years old and offered exactly what he wanted, exploration Missions

Many new graduates of Starfleet Academy in 2369 considered the *Lexington* a plum assignment and fiercely competed for an assignment aboard her. Doctor Elizabeth Lense, who graduated as a valedictorian from the Starfleet Medical Academy that year, was assigned as the *Lexington*'s new chief medical officer. Thereafter, the *Lexington* embarked on an interstellar charting mission.

In 2370, the *Lexington* rendezvoused with the USS *Enterprise*-D to load supplies for transport to the Taranko colony.

Following its interstellar charting mission in late 2371, it docked at Deep Space 9 for shore leave.

 In 2373, the *Lexington* fought against the second Borg invasion at the Battle of Sector 001. After the initial contact with the cube, the *Lexington'*s first casualty report listed 96 dead, and 22 wounded.

### Delta Fleet

In 2380 the USS Lexington was assigned to the Delta fleet, to be apart of the first fleet of ships to explore, colonize the Delta Quadrant on the behalf of the United Federation of Planets

## Personal interests

Rogers enjoyed cooking instead of just using the food replicator, thanks to his Parents they raised him and his siblings up in a household that didn't even own a replicator until he was 13 years old.

Roger's interests included history as his Father was a History teacher he also built and collected models of old Starfleet starships.

Rogers was a lifelong avocational archaeologist

## Personal relationships

**Jason Vigo-** is a male Human in the 24th century. He was born in 2347 on Earth to Miranda Vigo and Rogers. While Roger's never knew he had a son until 2372 and he tried to connect with the young man while it was a struggle at first after the attacks on earth from the Borg, Dominion and Breen brought the two of them closer.

**David Rogers-** Born on the USS Schiaparelli David and Michael relationship has always been close as they have spent most of his life together on a starship, it wasnt until David left for the Academy that they were really apart. Their relationship did have it's difficult moments when David was nearly expelled from Starfleet Academy , Eventually David and Michael have moved passed that.