Three of Fourteen

Childhood

Born Jordan Adrian, he grew up in the southern region of Texas to a highly conservative, anti-spacefaring family. But like most controlling environments, it only harbored resentment and rebellion among its youth. Jordan was no exception to this, and he, along with a small group of other youth’s ran away from their family compound to ‘make it’ in the big city. They were eventually caught and sent back home, but the damage had been done. As soon as he turned 16, his father kicked him out of his home to ‘go die in space’ like he dreamed of. Jordan took odd jobs in Austin for a few years, studying and making connections until he was able to apply to Starfleet Academy.

Starfleet Academy

In Starfleet Academy, Jordan wanted to make an impression. The return of the Voyager Crew and tales of their exploits in deep space inspired him to do great, but he struggled to find a ‘major’ or definitive career path. His instructors took his I’m just happy to be here’ attitude as a lack of motivation, which wasn’t truly the case. Finally, he found and settled on two separate majors that would apply to any future career path he might take. He graduated with honors in 2383, but had no family come to support him during graduation.

Starfleet Service

From 2384 to 2387, he served aboard the Prometheus-class USS von Richthofen as both Conn Officer and later Hazard Control Officer and Shift Leader, seeing his promotion from Ensign and Lieutenant Junior Grade. His exploits aboard the starship dealt mostly with patrolling and escorting the Romulan refugees, up until the attacks on Utopia Planitia.

In 2388, he was once again promoted to full Lieutenant and assigned to the newly commissioned Excelsior II-class, U.S.S. Lakota. Where he would serve another 4 years as Ships Quartermaster, and Security Officer. He was promoted once again in 2392 to Lieutenant Commander, following his heroic actions during the events of Operation: Gatecrasher.

The Artifact

In 2393, Lieutenant Commander Adrian was selected to partake in an undercover operation in the Romulan Free State run Borg Reclamation Project. To partake, Jordan had to ‘Unofficially’ resign from Starfleet, and have a whole new identity forged. His initial mission was just to observe and report for a few years, and then he would be rotated out. However, in 2369, while serving in a security capacity, Jordan was assimilated in a ‘Green Light’ event within the Gray Zone of the research station. The reactivated Borg caused such a disturbance that the infected areas had to be flash decompressed, neutralizing the Borg drones and allowing security to reclaim the site. Jordan (or his alias) was reported to the federation to have been killed in action, but his body was to remain on the artifact now that it was infected with Borg technology, until such time he could be evaluated. His family was notified of his death, and caused no fuss about his body being held.

Reinstatement to Starfleet

In 2399, before the events on Coppelius, Jordan’s body was vented into space, along with the other drones that were temporarily reactivated, prior to the Cube’s jump. Left floating in space, several Federation Starships came to render aid, and his body was found, recovered, and positively identified by a hidden subspace tracking device that had been implanted in him at the start of his mission. While being evaluated, it was clear that the Borg technology had slowly repaired the damage to his body while in stasis, but due to his multiple exposures to vacuum conditions, many of his organic components (some organs, eyes, and eardrums) were irreparable. Jordan was once again ‘reactivated’ and revived outside of the collective consciousness.

Dazed and confused, he could only initially remember his prior designation, Three of Fourteen. When asked again who he was, Jordan joked, “I am Pie of Borg”, before having to be shut down due to emotional stress. It took two years of intense therapy and medical intervention to get Jordan back to a somewhat stable resemblance of who he once was. In hopes to reconnect with humanity, doctors tried to once again reach out to his family, and explain his condition, but were met with “We buried our son years ago, that monster isn’t our son”, and “We warned him space would be his doom, now look at him.” Despite the rejection from his family, Jordan still held onto hope for his Starfleet family, but Starfleet Command was still hesitant to re-enlist him.

In 2401, Jordan attended the Frontier Day celebration aboard his former vessel, the USS Lakota-A. After the assimilation of the junior crew, he was field-reinstated by the surviving officers and fought valiantly to defend the unaffected crewmen as well as attempt to restore control of the ship. Due to his action, he was fully reinstated to the Rank of Lieutenant Commander and assigned to a new posting with honors.