Name: Joseph-Francois Dugay
Rank: Commander
DoB: 29 January 2332
Sex: Male
Species: Human
Height: 5′ 11″
Hair Colour: Black, Graying
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Build: Stocky
Birthplace: Pike City, Cestus III
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Parents:
Father – Joseph Dugay
Mother – Eloise Sanders
Siblings: NONE
Spouse: NONE
Dependents: NONE
Interests:
Classical Earth music, literature, Federation history, anthropology
Languages:
Federation Standard, French, Vulcan, Klingon, Andorian, Ssoran, some Cardassian
Education:
2350-2355 Vulcan Science Academy
2356-2360 Starfleet Academy
Service History:
June 2360
Assigned to the USS Victory. Was noted as a disciplined and methodical scientist. Several first contacts as ship’s anthropologist
April 2364
Assigned to the USS Phoenix as chief science officer, with promotion to lieutenant.
January 2369
Reassigned to Deep Space Nine by request to study Bajoran culture; several papers written.
May 2371
Returned to starship duty; chief science officer of the USS Thunderchild; promoted to lieutenant commander. Part of Starfleet think tank on the Borg.
November 2373
After Thunderchild damaged during Battle of Sector 001 [First Contact], assigned to Starbase 375. Will be here for most of the Dominion War as part of the senior staff.
December 2375
Reassigned by Admiral Dougherty to be part of Ba’ku cultural study. First encounter with android, Lt. Commander Data which fascinated him to no end.
January 2376
Assigned to Starbase 11
March 2382
Assigned to USS Phantom as chief science officer. Prior to this assignment, studied records pertaining to this region of the Delta Quadrant.
Background:
Joseph-Francois always had an interest in science at an early age, however not the same field, geology, as his father. He was also interested in history since his colony had become infamous as a result of the Gorn massacre of the earlier colonists in the middle of the last century.
When he was of age, he left the colony when he was accepted by the Vulcan Science Academy. This was a growing experience in a culture where emotions were tightly suppressed. This taught him the discipline he would carry throughout his career. He majored in Anthropology (mostly because he was often intrigued about the alien colonists he had lived with, and the Gorn too).
He did not plan to enlist in Starfleet until a few of his classmates had applied for the 2356 school year. He managed to get accepted though his social circle was mostly limited to ‘science geeks’ and Vulcans. His relationship with T’Pring, a Vulcan student, was short lived when her parents found out about it.
While serving aboard the USS Phoenix in 2367, was involuntarily involved in Captain Benjamin Maxwell’s vendetta against the Cardassians. He was surprised, as much as anyone aboard, when Maxwell was eventually arrested by the USS Enterprise D, due in most part to his loyalty to his captain. An Internal Affairs review of the case cleared him of breach of regulations and he was allowed to remain aboard the Phoenix as her chief science officer. IAD did however put a notation that as a senior officer, Joseph-Francois did not actively attempt to stop Maxwell. This ultimately prevented him from future promotions in rank.
When the Cardassians pulled out of Bajor in 2369, Joseph-Francois took the opportunity to study their culture with a reassignment to Deep Space Nine. He published several papers on this species, including the connection between the Bajorans and the wormhole aliens (Prophets). He was not all that keen when Commander Benjamin Sisko became the ‘Emissary’, which made him an important figure to the Bajoran culture.
His return to Starship duty came to an abrupt end after two years when the USS Thunderchild was involved in the defense of Earth against the Borg attack of 2373. His ship was crippled but he managed to survive the ordeal with only a broken arm; thousands of others did not. With his starship laid up for repairs, he returned to the Bajoran sector when he was assigned to Starbase 375 under the command of Admiral William Ross. He remained here, in most part, during much of the Dominion War (He was to serve aboard the USS Valley Forge at one point, after Chin’toka, but the ship did not survive that battle.)
Admiral Dougherty had him reassigned to the Ba’ku cultural survey. They were operating in a cloaked ‘duck blind’ as this was meant to be a covert observation. Another IAD review also cleared Joseph-Francois of involvement in the plan to move the Ba’ku. Having two commanders (Maxwell and Dougherty) flaunt regulation for their own purposes had nearly killed his career and he vowed never again to be so blinded by the actions of others.
He served on Starbase 11 for the next six years, his service record does not state or list exact duties but his superiors noted him as an exceptional officer.
In 2382, he was sent 70,000 light years away to begin his new duties aboard the USS Phantom.
Counsellor’s Notes: NONE
Tags: Human, Joseph-Francois Dugay, USS Phantom