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'''Niccolò Del Vedova''' is a medical doctor and an officer of the Federation Starfleet, and is currently assigned to the [[USS Thor]]. After the destruction of the hospital ship under his command, the {{USS|T'Setain}}, del Vedova requested reassignment to a non-command position. He was then assigned as a diplomatic officer on the ship of his old friend {{n|Roshanara Rahman}}, the {{USS|Veritas}}, where he served for about six months before pursuing and being granted a transfer back to medical. He is currently on medical leave on the {{USS|Thor}} following a debilitating illness during the course of his duties aboard the ''Veritas''. This follows a long service record in the [[Menthar Corridor]], in which he served as a medical officer at the ranks of lieutenant, junior grade through commander, as well as a command officer aboard the {{USS|Syracuse}}. He also served aboard the {{USS|Za}} as director of medical research.

 

Niccolò, most often known as ''Del'', is a doctor who epitomized the stereotype of the Australian-Italian on Earth, but whose boisterousness and confrontational nature are balanced by a keen bedside manner and a quick and adaptive mind. He is in a romantic relationship with [[Aron Kells]]. Due to a congenital condition that sent him to a long stay in intensive care in 2396, and a period of intensive recovery and physical therapy into 2397, Del walks with a slight limp and often uses a cane as he walks.

*{{n|Aron|Kells}} and Del have known each other since their Academy days, though they were initially only acquaintances and only became better friends afterward, when their work brought them closer together. Del had been especially alienated by the latter of Aron's two temporal accidents; he didn't recognize very much of his friend in the older man's body. After this accident was reversed, they served together on the {{USS|Invicta}}, at which time their friendship became something more romantic. They have been in a committed relationship for about five years, and have been able to maintain similar postings for some of that time. They both currently serve aboard the ''Thor''.

*{{n|Roshanara|Rahman}} was just a patient to Del at first when she first came aboard the {{USS|Mercury}} in 2389, but the two quickly formed an unlikely friendship and have since had their share of adventures in the [[Menthar Corridor]]. When Roshanara -- or "Rosh" as Del calls her -- came to him concerning a mysterious medical ailment, he attempted to help her over the next two years, but he ultimately had to declare her medically unfit for duty in 2391. Still, he would not let his friend face the next chapter of her life alone, and he took a leave of absence to accompany her back to Earth. Later, after Del's brief time as CO of the ''T<nowiki>'</nowiki>Setain'', he served aboard the ''Veritas'' with Roshanara, first as her diplomatic officer, and later as her chief of medicine.

*[[Addison MacKenzie]] was first assigned to the ''Veritas'' as an ensign and medical officer when Del had just taken over as CMO. They worked together and became colleagues and friends as Addison worked her way up through the ranks. She eventually left for a posting at the Duronis II Embassy as CMO there, but when she and the rest of the Embassy crew were assigned to the ''Thor'' full time in 2397, Del reunited with her briefly when he was assigned there too, following recovery and physical therapy on a break from service. Before Addison left for to take up a post as XO of the ''Resolution'', they connected aboard Deep Space 9.