Thanen Th’zalnar

Early Life

He grew up on Andoria with his mother, Vassao Th’zalnar, and his grandparents following the death of his Father (Bassaal Th’zalnar) in the dominion war when the Akira class heavy cruiser he commanded was destroyed; the USS Serenity. From a young age, he buried himself in books on starships and engineering as all he wanted to do was join Starfleet to the point that it was never in question that he would join the fleet when he came of age.  When he was 19 he left for Earth and the Academy

Academy

He excelled at the academy and focused on starship design and construction as that had always been his passion. He bunked with Cynndle Oin’sun for their first three years before Cynndle transferred to Mellstox III and he went and worked on the orbital shipyards in Sol for hands-on experience. He spent his final year at the academy split between Earth and the shipyards. When he thinks back on this he counts it as one of the best years of his life working on and building ships and studying all about them.

During his time at the shipyards, he earned the respect of many of the more senior crewmen and officers with his dedication to detail and his commitment. He also was able to spend time with the federation design team as they worked on several new ship designs which lead him even further down the path of wanting to design his own ships. A goal that he worked on every night as he sketched designs and ideas.

Starbase Bravo

Assigned to the SBB drydocks he quickly excelled at his work there and soon found himself leading the repair and engineering teams on the ships that came in for repair and retrofitting.  When he was promoted to Lieutenant (JG) he had hopes of moving up within the drydocks and was working on getting plans for a modified scout ship submitted to the ship design teams back on Earth. He instead found himself assigned to the USS Daradax as its XO.

USS Daradax (2400)

He has been assigned to the Raven-class vessel as its XO and Chief Engineer. However, this surprised him as he had preferred to just focus on the ship.  The Daradax travelled to the Kunhri System as part of a small Taskforce to aid the former mining world of Kunhri III with much-needed support.

After the situation stabilised they were ordered to Risa to collect and transport a VIP to DS9. After arriving at DS9 they supported local Bajoran efforts to resupply their colonies.

USS Sojourner (2400)

When the entire crew of the USS Daradax were transferred to the USS Sojourner he received a promotion to LTCMD and became their Chief Engineer while maintaining is role as acting XO until one could be found.