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On 239409.21, at the end of his one-year, mandatory field training, Cadet Elias Burke was promoted to the rank of ensign and assigned to the sovereign-class vessel USS ''Gorkon'' on 239409.26 where he currently serves as an engineer under the command of Rear Admiral Quinn Reynolds.

On stardate 239409.17 the ''Gorkon'' was pulled out of her established quantum slipstream by subspace fissures created by high-energy pulsars in the dense Roman Expanse nebula. The forced hard stop was enough to temporarily disable both the ''Gorkon's'' warp core and her quantum slipstream drive, leaving the ship with only minimal impulse power. However, due to an inexplicable power drain the Gorkon soon lost even impulse power and energy levels dropped so low that reignition of the ship's warp core and slipstream drive became impossible. The ship was dead in space and, upon surveying her surroundings, the Gorkon found that she was not alone. Several other ships drifted within the heart of the Roman Expanse, derelict and drained of power. The derelicts were represented by many races and affiliations, a majority Romulan, but one nearby ship was Federation: an Excelsior-class cruiser, the ''Phoenix''.

Aboard the ''Phoenix'', Vondaryan's team discovered the now deceased crew's logs and, upon investigation of them, learned that a dangerous creature lurked within the nebula. As Vondaryan and his team returned to the ''Gorkon'' Eli began replication of a device--the blueprints of which had been implanted into the ship's computer by the subspace entities--and Admiral Reynolds attempted further telepathic communication with the mysterious beings. Upon analysis of the data provided by the entities the crew of the ''Gorkon'' learned the beings referred to themselves as the Seraphim, a metaphorical way of communicating their benevolent intentions. The Seraphim's device was soon replicated and sent into the Expanse, just as Stoyer and his team brought the warp core back online. The device revealed a monstrous, invisible, subspace creature lurking just above the ''Gorkon'', leeching her power. With a modified phaser emitter the ''Gorkon'' was able to break free and escape the creature, but their departure from the nebula was very nearly cut short when, as the ship fled, the creature emitted a powerful electro-plasmatic wave that damaged the ''Gorkon's'' already fragile systems even further. However the ship was able to escape both the beast and its lair. With heavy damages the ''Gorkon'' limped her way back to the [[Tyrellian system]] where repairs were soon underway.

After the mysterious disappearance of the crew and inhabitants of StarBase 173 the ''Gorkon'' and her escort ships were dispatched to investigate and resolve the crisis. The ''Gorkon'' arrived on the scene and immediately began beaming crew over to the starbase. Eli was part of an away team--one of four away teams to board the base--led by the ''Gorkon's'' Chief Engineer, Lieutenant Cory Stoyer. Eli's away team began their investigation of the base's engineering section with a mysterious sensor-dark area on the section's third deck. At the same time, an away team led by [[Ayiana Sevo|Lieutenant Commander Ayiana Sevo]] searched the base's science section, a team lead by [[Alucard Vess|Commander Alucard Vess]] searched the base's docking and cargo bays, and a team lead by Admiral Reynolds herself searched the base's command section.