Thy'rek Kaan

Captain

Thy'rek Kaan, 2420

## Service Record

* Starfleet Academy 2323-2327
* USS Thornton, Miranda-class, Helm officer 2327-2330
* USS Yorktown, Excelsior-class, 2330-2336, Chief Tactical Officer
* USS Yorktown, Excelsior-class, 2336-2337, Executive Officer
* USS Chiron, Ambassador-class, Commanding Officer, 2337-2344, 2419-2420
* USS Poseidon, Galaxy-class, Commanding Officer, 2420 (Temporary)
* USS Brazzaville, Nebula-class, Commanding Officer, 2420-2423
* USS Ariel, Luna-class, Commanding Officer, 2423-Present

## Awards & Commendations

* Starfleet Silver Palm
* Starfleet Medal of Commendation

## Biography

Born on the 20th of March, 2305 to Starfleet Officers, Thy’kir Kaan and Thell Shan in the Andorian capital city of Laikan. Starfleet was Kaan’s first, and only choice for a career. Enrolling in Starfleet Academy and graduating in the class of 2327, along with officers who went on to define a generation, including Captains Jean-Luc Picard, and Marta Batanides.

Coming into his own upon his taking command of the USS Chiron in 2337, Kaan would become friendly with Captain Rachel Garrett, commander of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C, of which the Chiron would be a sister ship of, and ultimately, share a similar fate.

In 2344, The Chiron picked up a distress call that the Klingon Colony of Narendra III was under attack by Romulan Forces. Proceeding to Narendra III at maximum warp, the Chiron was pulled off course by an uncharted micro-black hole, causing them to careen into an unstable wormhole, suddenly losing power upon approaching it. The Chiron was sucked inside of it and was transported in time to 2419. The anomaly collapsed after the transit, leaving the Chiron stranded out of time, where she was set upon by Cardassian Warships of the True Way. With only emergency power available, Kaan ordered it to be diverted to engines and pushed the ship to the red line towards a nearby gas giant, slingshotting around on a course that the unskilled helmsmen of the True Way ships were not able to match.

Checking in with the Federation, the Chiron was quickly attached to the newly founded Joint Task Force Bellerophon. At this point, Kaan learned that his ship had not been the only one responding to Narendra III. The Enterprise had as well and had been overwhelmed and destroyed by Romulan forces. His friend Rachel Garrett had been killed, and Kaan could not help but feel that if only they had not encountered that micro-black hole, they would have arrived on the scene and saved the colony and the Enterprise.

The Chiron served with distinction until leading an offensive against the True Way, where the Chiron was destroyed in battle by a heavily armed Nor-class Station. Subsequently, Captain Kaan was reassigned to command the Nebula-class USS Brazzaville, a veteran of the Dominion War, and redoubled the offensive against the True Way.

In mid 2420, Kaan took command of the USS Poseidon, a Galaxy-class starship, while the *Brazzaville* underwent refit during a conflict with Breen, taking up command of the *Brazzaville* again upon completion of the refit.

In 2422, Kaan married Valerie Callahan, his girlfriend of several years in a wedding ceremony that was rudely interrupted by pirates, the Viridian Corsairs, in a poorly timed attempt to kidnap pilot Hana Stoppable, which was thwarted.

In 2423, the beginning of the Federation Civil War began in earnest, with the Attack off Io, which involved two factions of Starfleet ships trading shots with each other. Disgusted that it had come to this, Kaan vowed to put off the modern day Starfleet uniform in favour of the Maroon Jacket worn during the late 23rd and mid 24th centuries, his native time period.

A few weeks later Kaan's command of the Brazzaville was cut short by a surprise attack of the USS Ariel, and her captain, David Rotane. The Brazzaville took heavy damage from the fighting, resulting in a desperate measure needing to be used. The Brazzaville landed a well placed shot and overloaded the power grid of the Ariel, and thanks to the quick timing of the Brazzaville's Chief Engineer, Khalil al-Hakim, initiated a full transfer of the crew of the Brazzaville to the Ariel, and vice versa, a tactic subsequently dubbed the Hakim Manoeuvre.

Kaan seized command of the Ariel from Rotane, taking the Ariel into the service with Joint Task Force Bellerophon. Starfleet Command, under the firm control of Ad Populum, a far-right political party, unofficially disavowed Rotane, and officially reassigned the Ariel to Joint Task Force Bellerophon in an attempt to save face.