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That skirmish marked the end of the Eagle and she was shipped back to Mars for another complete refit. The crew were instead moved onto a virtual relic, the Miranda-class USS Drake, where Essen once again took up her duties as Chief Tactical Officer, receiving a promotion to full Lieutenant the same month. | That skirmish marked the end of the Eagle and she was shipped back to Mars for another complete refit. The crew were instead moved onto a virtual relic, the Miranda-class USS Drake, where Essen once again took up her duties as Chief Tactical Officer, receiving a promotion to full Lieutenant the same month. | ||
During her time on the Drake, Lieutenant Sinda assisted in escorting a convoy of Romulan refugees after the destruction of their home planet, spent some time undercover as a Tellarite along with Intelligence Officer Oliver Weston while investigating a giant alien ring, traveled with the rest of the crew to ‘null space’ to rescue a stranded David Whale, helped establish contact with a race of ‘space whalers’ and spent yet more time undercover with the Drake crew as pirates beyond the limits, and the law, of Federation space. | During her time on the Drake, Lieutenant Sinda assisted in escorting a convoy of Romulan refugees after the destruction of their home planet, spent some time undercover as a Tellarite along with Intelligence Officer Oliver Weston while investigating a giant alien ring, traveled with the rest of the crew to ‘null space’ to rescue a stranded David Whale, helped establish contact with a race of ‘space whalers’ and spent yet more time undercover with the Drake crew as pirates beyond the limits, and the law, of Federation space to combat a terrorist threat. | ||
Sinda Essen joined Starfleet to try and escape from her past, something which was never going to be easy. During her first shoreleave with the USS Eagle, on Risa, Essen drank heavily enough to find herself waking up inside a police cell. It was something she'd been used to on Bajor, but not the way she wanted to start her Starfleet career. | |||
Alcohol continued to be a problem for Essen each time they completed a mission and threatened to become serious until a celebration at Sisko's restaurant on Earth, the same night that Bajor joined the Federation. Ess confronted the issue, realizing that she risked taking the same path as her mother, Sinda Lo, if she continued. | |||
Lo had been a broken women by the time Essen had left Bajor. The long years of the Occupation and the guilt of abandoning her child had taken their toll and in 2389 she died from liver complications. | |||
Essen was informed by her half-brother, Sinda Tor, and took a leave of absence to return to Bajor for the funeral. Afterwards, Tor made it clear that she would not be welcome with the family in the future. | |||
With her life drastically changed, Essen threw herself into her work on the Drake for the next year before the ship was recalled the Earth as an Academy training vessel. The Drake crew instead moved to Starbase 118 where Sinda Essen found herself assigned a Chief of Fleet Operations, putting her tactical and logistical knowledge to good use. | |||
Shortly after they assumed command of Ops, the station was assailed by four seemingly sentient ion storms. These storms housed ancient elemental entities, seeking an arena to do battle. Essen was selected by one as the champion of fire and possessed by its avatar becoming, for a time, an entity called Cinder. | |||
* Relationships | * Relationships | ||
Sinda became close friends with the android engineer Pandora, seeing in the construct a kindred spirit. Both officers are straight talking and no-nonsense | Sinda became close friends with the android engineer Pandora, seeing in the construct a kindred spirit. Both officers are straight talking and no-nonsense 'outsiders'. | ||
Another strong female friend Essen respects is Sakorra Jefferson Reed. Again, the Vulcan woman is someone who speaks her mind. Essen suspects they may have more in common, neither of them exactly fitting in with their native races, but so far Essen hasn't had the nerve to ask Reed about her past. | Another strong female friend Essen respects is Sakorra Jefferson Reed. Again, the Vulcan woman is someone who speaks her mind. Essen suspects they may have more in common, neither of them exactly fitting in with their native races, but so far Essen hasn't had the nerve to ask Reed about her past. | ||
Sinda Essen also established a friendship with Aron Kells, an enthusiastic young science officer. On Vulcan, she accompanied him to the trial of The Infernal, a Romulan accused of the genocide of an entire race. Later, the pair were kidnapped by The Infernal during his escape when he claimed to be Aron’s grandfather. | Sinda Essen also established a friendship with Aron Kells, an enthusiastic young science officer. On Vulcan, she accompanied him to the trial of The Infernal, a Romulan accused of the genocide of an entire race. Later, the pair were kidnapped by The Infernal during his escape when he claimed to be Aron’s grandfather. | ||
Some time later, after a transporter accident merged Aron with a version of himself from eight years in the future, Ess found the change hard to deal with. Aron transferred off the Drake a short time later and Essen lost touch, something she still regrets. | Some time later, after a transporter accident merged Aron Kells with a version of himself from eight years in the future, Ess found the change hard to deal with. Aron transferred off the Drake a short time later and Essen lost touch, something she still regrets. | ||