Warren Paige

General Overview

Warren has a relatively easy-going personality developed from living in paradise. He is generally approachable and friendly. This has been balanced with frontline service in Starfleet on the border. He enjoys black coffee with a hint of sweetener.

History

Early Life

Warren was born on Earth in 2257 at the undersea Challenger Reach Research Center in Earth’s Western Pacific Ocean where his parents were employed. He spent his first few years at the facility before his parents decided that the ocean floor was no place to raise a child, so the family relocated to the village of Agana on the nearby island of Guam to provide a more suitable environment and from then on, split time between the research station and dry land.

Growing up on an island, water-based leisure activities were a large part of Warren’s upbringing.   He was an accomplished swimmer, enjoyed diving as well as sailing.  As a youth, he even worked for a summer as a fisherman. Warren expressed a hope in one day joining his parents in their undersea research, but eventually found himself disinterested in hard science, and found other pursuits. As he grew older, the idea of pursuing a career that was connected in some way to the ocean still appealed and on a whim Warren answered a recruiting advert for the nascent Federation Naval Service, surely an exciting thing for a young man to do.  However, on the day of the interview, while waiting to speak to the naval representative, he partially saw a competing recruiting spot for Starfleet on the broadcast net and summarily opted instead to sail a different ocean.. an ocean of stars!

Starfleet History

Warren initially enlisted; high aptitude test scores in linguistics meant placement in the communications specialty track. Upon completion of training he was posted to station 6 of the Epsilon Relay Network. The intimate living conditions and close personal connections among the dozen or so crew of the largely automated station really appealed to Warren, reminding him of the island communities he had left at home.

Eventually Warren sought a new challenge and he applied for a slot in a program that selected young enlisted personnel for commissions as officers. To his great surprise, he was selected.  Four long years on Earth followed, but his actual fleet experience provided a solid basis for how things worked, but there was still lots to learn about being an officer. As a cadet, he undertook survival training in the Arctic near Alta in Norway, which he found hellish, being more of a tropical person. On plus side, he got to see his family regularly.

Graduation from the Academy did not propel Ensign Paige into deep space to talk to aliens, rather just into Earth orbit to work at Spacedock as a departure controller.  In 2286, he was seconded to the starship Oberon as a relief communicator to cover illness.

Following the Oberon, Warren found himself back at station 6 of the Epsilon Relay Network, this time as a commissioned officer. The atmosphere was different, as he was no longer ‘one of the boys’. He didn’t hate it, but the first time was definitely better. Whatever Warren’s feelings about his boomerang posting, his performance was good enough to selected for command school as Fleet wanted command candidates from non-traditional service backgrounds.

At command school, Warren struggled with his coursework.  Deficiencies in tactical situations were highlighted and his solutions to various scientific problems were considered derivative. He finished in the bottom third, but he finished. However, he scored well in diplomatic taskings. Upon graduation in 2291, there were too many commanders and not enough postings, so he was posted to Rigel IX to command an orbital satellite maintenance unit. Eventually though all bad things must end, and in 2292, Warren was posted to the USS Minerva as Chief Communications Officer and First Officer under Commander Mokeke.

Yet it was through pure coincidence and tragedy that he was pushed into command.  His first few months in charge have not been easy with himself and his ship tackling rouge Klingon elements and a Starfleet board of inquiry into his conduct during that experience.