Vannon was strongly motivated by his mother (a former Starfleet captain) and his late biological father (who died in service during the Dominion War) to join Starfleet. He wanted to follow in their footsteps and this drove him to focus on his studies at the Academy and take his duty as a Starfleet officer very seriously.
Dacour majored in Flight Control while at Starfleet Academy and attended the Starfleet Command School following his graduation. In 2399, prior to his promotion to Lieutenant Commander and assignment to the Osiris Initiative, he served as First Officer on the USS Moonraker.
