Summary
There are inevitably many questions as to why, and how, a human ends up in the Romulan Republic Navy. It turns out, Ernest Drayton is more than happy to answer every single question, in detail, and either entertain or bore you for several hours in the process. A jolly and well-traveled man, Drayton committed three and a half decades to Starfleet, survived the loss of his ship and his home during the Attack on Mars, resigned from Starfleet in protest of its shift towards defense and paranoia, turned towards privateering work, ended up on contract with a Republic world, and apparently was good enough that the Republic Navy offered him a job when that world joined the Republic. Though by far an incredibly experienced commander, Drayton seems largely uninterested in climbing the Republic’s ranks, content with where he is.