Harlan Wade

## Childhood and Early Life

His early years were fairly standard. He was a bad student early on but his parents disciplined him through middle school to become a better student. Early in his life his father died in a mugging, which sparked his mind to become someone to fight for what was good. In high school he was a very agreeable student who was kind and got along with everyone while getting good grades. He was generally liked by everyone during high school and had his fair share of girlfriends too. He had many friends during this time.

## Academy Years

In the Academy he made friends easily, and he still did well in school. During that time he had a combat training instructor that he seemed to connect with. That instructor's name was John Davis, and to this day they are still friends. Also during this time he discovered that he really enjoyed flying in ships and the feel of their mechanical beauty. He also met a girl named Tiffany, and they became quick friends. They enjoyed spending time with one another and enjoyed introducing each other to new hobbies. They eventually got together and loved one another. Eventually, Harlan graduated and had very good grades.

## Early Service Years

During his time in the service, Harlan went on a few assignments. Such as one where he was aiding the Federation in battle against Naussican Pirates. He fought against them and did his job very well, with the assignment ending with the Pirates drawing their forces back. Another assignment he went on was an assignment in which Harlan and a platoon of soldiers were ordered to act as a security group in the exploration of a small temple on Veridian lllb. A few artifacts were recovered and on the way back to dropping them off for further research they were attacked by a group of thieves looking to claim the artifacts. Only a few men from the platoon were lost, which was quite interesting considering that they were actually outnumbered. However, superior weaponry, tactics, and skill lead to a victory against the thieves. Harlan had little time to visit Tiffany while he was in the service because he was on assignments. But they found ways to make their relationship work, and soon they were even expecting a child. Shortly after the ‘Thieves Incident’, Tiffany lost the child due to a miscarriage. She could barely live with herself, let alone cope with it without Harlan because he was out fighting. Not long after the child was lost Harlan and Tiffany split up, which actually caused Harlan to become a little sad. He thought that more fighting may make him happier so he enlisted for his 3rd assignment, the Cardassian war. Although he wasn’t of much use in the war overall because it was mostly fought using starships, he still had great successes.

## Recent Years

He led a black ops squadron into enemy territory to retrieve data on the positions of the enemy fleet and the mission was successfully completed with no hitches whatsoever. This alone earned him some notoriety, but his other success earned him a promotion. His other big mission was actually when a top Federation general was pinned down at a Federation base and had little time before enemy forces would capture him. Harlan led a large extraction force of about 300 men to the area. However Harlan also became trapped in that position when more enemies came in. But Harlan’s quick thinking to blow a hole into the sewer system from inside the base and use the tunnels to travel right under the enemy without them even knowing proved victorious. They escaped and Harlan was credited with saving not only the trooper's lives, but also the general’s life. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, and this made him very happy. His dream was starting to come true. He was in a starship when the fleet was attacked over the course of a few days. He was injured when an explosion on the ship caused a metal beam to fall onto him. Because of this, he was transported to a medical ship where he started to recover but then that ship was attacked and most of the crew died as a result. The captain of that ship died of injuries, which put him 1st in command of the group of survivors