Christine Vale

**Christine J. Vale** was a human female in Starfleet in the late 24th century

## Biography

### Early life

She was born on Izar, where her mother was a peace officer. Vale followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a peace officer in Pibroch City on Izar In the Year 2362. In the year 2366, during an investigation of a double homicide, she was assisted by Lieutenant JG Domenica Corsi, deputy chief of security of the USS *Roosevelt*. Vale was inspired by Corsi's performance during the case to leave Izar and apply to Starfleet Academy.

### Starfleet Academy

During her fourth year at the Academy, she and several of her classmates participated in a weekly poker game. Later, she would regularly participate in Texas Hold'em tournaments on the USS *O'Keefe*.

### USS Al-Batani

Her first posting as an ensign was aboard the USS *Al-Batani*. Vale was excellent and a Natural at Investigative part of the Security Division, while aboard the Al-Batani her Department head saw her skills in that area of the job and kept her away from the Tactical side of things and made her his lead investigator due to her Civilian training prior to Starfleet.

### USS O'Keefe

She transferred to the *O'Keefe* under Captain Tamppari and was promoted to lieutenant junior grade, serving on the ship's security detail under Commander Ma. Ma assigned Vale to do blood screenings on the *O'Keefe* crew while the ship was in orbit of Utopia Planitia, and was almost killed when she discovered that Lenmar, the lone Aquan member of the ship's crew, had been replaced by a Changeling.

After that incident Vale was given a Commendation for her actions in stopping the Changeling. While aboard the Al-Batani Vale was allowed to focus on her strengths but on the O'Keefe as it was a smaller ship Vale was made to pick up more duties on Tactical which she eventually excelled at.

### *Enterprise*

Lieutenant Vale joined the crew of the USS *Enterprise*-E in 2375, and was promoted to Chief of security in early 2376, following the end of the Dominion War and the resignation of Lieutenant Padraig Daniels.

In 2377 Vale was promoted to Lieutenant Commander.

In 2378 she commanded the Delta team mission to infiltrate the nadion-pulse cannon firebase located underwater in the Nokalana Sea on Tezwa, since she had deep-dive training.

Later that year she was offered the position of first officer of the USS *Titan*. She accepted.

### *Titan*

Vale was initially opposed to becoming *Titan'*s exec over concerns that Deanna Troi's presence on Riker's senior command staff would impair his judgment. When Riker came to Vale for the third time to ask her to take the position, he pointed out that he was aware of the concern, and wanted her there to provide a voice of reason should his feelings for his wife cloud his decision-making.

Over the course of Titan's mission to Romulus and subsequent stranding in the Small Magellanic Cloud, Vale grew into a strong working relationship with Troi, even being able to banter with the counselor on the bridge.

During Titan's first mission to Romulus and into the SMC, Vale repeatedly noted the absence of the ship's dedication plaque, and was heavily involved in the search for an appropriate epigram. She was present at the dedication ceremony.

Early on in Titan's voyages, she became attracted to science officer Jaza Najem. The two became romantically involved shortly after Vale's return from the Vanguard colony asteroid upon its successful return to Federation space. However, during a mission to the planet Orisha, Jaza sacrificed himself in order to protect the *Titan* and its crew. After the loss, Vale refused counseling. Several sessions with Dr. Hulian proved useless since Vale was unwilling to commit to therapy.

In 2380 After Riker was reassigned to the Enterprise Vale was promoted to Captain and given Command of the Titan by Admiral Janeway.

## Personal Timeline

 2364
 2366