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The rest of Dave’s teenaged youth was inheriting an older sister in many ways. While Dave and Deborra didn’t see as much of each other, the relative ages (13 and 16) made for sibling bond. He introduced her to sports related activites and she introduced laughter. They refer to themselves as brother and sister, even though technically they’re not related to each other. All of which would be put to the test a couple years later when Deborra turned 18 in June 2367. Fifteen at the time, and only from the forging of their sibling relationship, Dave knew enough to know they needed to remove Deborra away during her coming-of-age. He suggested the caverns of Mars, where both he and Deborra disappeared for several days. Neither Dave or Deborra have talked about it at length, as the incident in question they didn't know was a paradox that David would not know until his fortieth year. Several marked changes to Dave’s personally emerged when they returned. Gone was the laughing, good-natured boy of youth. In place, a more serious, focused teenager in reserve, and unknowningly, had a limited telepathic ability blocked. | The rest of Dave’s teenaged youth was inheriting an older sister in many ways. While Dave and Deborra didn’t see as much of each other, the relative ages (13 and 16) made for sibling bond. He introduced her to sports related activites and she introduced laughter. They refer to themselves as brother and sister, even though technically they’re not related to each other. All of which would be put to the test a couple years later when Deborra turned 18 in June 2367. Fifteen at the time, and only from the forging of their sibling relationship, Dave knew enough to know they needed to remove Deborra away during her coming-of-age. He suggested the caverns of Mars, where both he and Deborra disappeared for several days. Neither Dave or Deborra have talked about it at length, as the incident in question they didn't know was a paradox that David would not know until his fortieth year. Several marked changes to Dave’s personally emerged when they returned. Gone was the laughing, good-natured boy of youth. In place, a more serious, focused teenager in reserve, and unknowningly, had a limited telepathic ability blocked. | ||
[[File:InYouth.jpg|175px|thumb|left|In Youth]] | |||
By the age of eighteen in the beginning of summer 2370, David signed on as a crew hand to Captain Mov’na, who had recently launched a freighter trader ship dubbed the [[Skiptrace]]. Over the course of the next four years, between 2370 and 2374, Dave’s life centered around civilian trade that took him to several systems throughout the Alpha Quadrant, gaining first hand experience on the frontlines. A full and complete history is hard to come by, given like serving aboard a Federation starship, the Skiptrace’s first four years are myriad trader missions. A major change came around March/April 2374, when the crew of the Skiptrace met [[Blade, Michael Sargon|Gersh Nathan]], who arranged to buy the ship off Mov’na. The crew of traders, firmly under Nathan’s command, noticed a subtle shift in the trade runs, which began to include missions of mercy, and occasionally, running medical supplies among other non-profit missions. Dave found the change interesting. The runs became longer, a bit more dangerous at times, and occasionally skirting around blockades to deliver some badly needed food and medical supply. | By the age of eighteen in the beginning of summer 2370, David signed on as a crew hand to Captain Mov’na, who had recently launched a freighter trader ship dubbed the [[Skiptrace]]. Over the course of the next four years, between 2370 and 2374, Dave’s life centered around civilian trade that took him to several systems throughout the Alpha Quadrant, gaining first hand experience on the frontlines. A full and complete history is hard to come by, given like serving aboard a Federation starship, the Skiptrace’s first four years are myriad trader missions. A major change came around March/April 2374, when the crew of the Skiptrace met [[Blade, Michael Sargon|Gersh Nathan]], who arranged to buy the ship off Mov’na. The crew of traders, firmly under Nathan’s command, noticed a subtle shift in the trade runs, which began to include missions of mercy, and occasionally, running medical supplies among other non-profit missions. Dave found the change interesting. The runs became longer, a bit more dangerous at times, and occasionally skirting around blockades to deliver some badly needed food and medical supply. | ||
He served four more years on the Skiptrace before a particular trade goods mission to Ferengar put Dave in the crosshairs of a [[ma:Ferengi|Ferengi]] trader named Tvatec. At the time, the initial meeting dealt with talks establishing a courier route between Tvatec’s ship and the possibility of including Mars (Tvatec, being well aware Dave was the son of the JTSC founder). Dave inadvertantly broke one of the rules of engagement and Tvatec utilized the Ferengi Government to issue an arrest warrant for breaking Trade Law. Dave had no choice but to agree to a bondsmanship to work off the debt. | He served four more years on the Skiptrace before a particular trade goods mission to Ferengar put Dave in the crosshairs of a [[ma:Ferengi|Ferengi]] trader named Tvatec. At the time, the initial meeting dealt with talks establishing a courier route between Tvatec’s ship and the possibility of including Mars (Tvatec, being well aware Dave was the son of the JTSC founder). Dave inadvertantly broke one of the rules of engagement and Tvatec utilized the Ferengi Government to issue an arrest warrant for breaking Trade Law. Dave had no choice but to agree to a bondsmanship to work off the debt. | ||
[[File:EveningBeforetheCollar.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Evening Before the Collar]] | |||
The Skiptrace left and Dave reluctantly agreed to wearing a neck collar device, which would prove to cause him more physical damage than he knew at the time. Tvatec had something very much in mind, seeing an opportunity to create what eventually the Ferengi would call a “specialist retriever”. Dave was, in all aspects, an investigator, and a property retriever. In the first few months, Cody was given assignments around Ferengar, going after other Ferengi who had, at various points, managed to either swindle or cash in on some of Tvatec’s holdings. Through Cody, Tvatec was able to incorporate trade securities and apply the Terran law of lading and bill of ownership. | The Skiptrace left and Dave reluctantly agreed to wearing a neck collar device, which would prove to cause him more physical damage than he knew at the time. Tvatec had something very much in mind, seeing an opportunity to create what eventually the Ferengi would call a “specialist retriever”. Dave was, in all aspects, an investigator, and a property retriever. In the first few months, Cody was given assignments around Ferengar, going after other Ferengi who had, at various points, managed to either swindle or cash in on some of Tvatec’s holdings. Through Cody, Tvatec was able to incorporate trade securities and apply the Terran law of lading and bill of ownership. | ||
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Throughout 2378 into 2380, Cody would be a trade securities investigator in the full sense of the word, 90% of the time for Tvatec, the rest actually for the Ferengi government. Part trader, part cop, and a solid reputation for tracking down everyone and everything. After the summer of 2380, Dave had enough. He had learned the Ferengi well enough to know they would not consider the debt settled unless he could buy out the contract. Arranging a couple of deals on the side, Cody’s liberation day came in October, where he cashed in and bought out his bond from the Ferengi Government, hopped on the nearest outbound trader ship, and went back to Mars. | Throughout 2378 into 2380, Cody would be a trade securities investigator in the full sense of the word, 90% of the time for Tvatec, the rest actually for the Ferengi government. Part trader, part cop, and a solid reputation for tracking down everyone and everything. After the summer of 2380, Dave had enough. He had learned the Ferengi well enough to know they would not consider the debt settled unless he could buy out the contract. Arranging a couple of deals on the side, Cody’s liberation day came in October, where he cashed in and bought out his bond from the Ferengi Government, hopped on the nearest outbound trader ship, and went back to Mars. | ||
[[File:SpecialistRetriever.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Specialist Retriever]] | |||
Once home, Cody had a few shocks. His parents were dead, found in their home. By the design of the will, Deborah was running the JTSC, Dave retained ownership. He suffered through a lengthy inquest, due in part of being suspect, but once the Ferengi government and Gersh Nathan accounted for his whereabouts, Cody found himself at home, battered, bruised, unable to sleep, and taking stock of a shattered family, he set about the task of solving the circumstances around his parents’ death and dealt with Starfleet Medical hoping to reverse the damage the control collar had done to his physiology. | Once home, Cody had a few shocks. His parents were dead, found in their home. By the design of the will, Deborah was running the JTSC, Dave retained ownership. He suffered through a lengthy inquest, due in part of being suspect, but once the Ferengi government and Gersh Nathan accounted for his whereabouts, Cody found himself at home, battered, bruised, unable to sleep, and taking stock of a shattered family, he set about the task of solving the circumstances around his parents’ death and dealt with Starfleet Medical hoping to reverse the damage the control collar had done to his physiology. | ||
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Through the efforts of the Independence-A crew, along with Dr. [[Satscher, Vojana|Vojana Satscher]] and LtCmdr [[Turner, Toni|Toni Turner]], on a holographic link loan, they were able to slowly bring Dave back to strength. Once back on assignment, Dave continued to serve aboard the Independence in both Tactical and Security, heading up the departments through the mission to locate the missing [[USS Benjamin Franklin]] that took the crew outside of the Milky Way. In the process, by way of the [[Greeters]], he also found [[Cody, Barnes|Barnes’]] missing modified shuttlecraft, the JTSC-3 Prototype, and opened up a chink in the mystery of his parents’ death. | Through the efforts of the Independence-A crew, along with Dr. [[Satscher, Vojana|Vojana Satscher]] and LtCmdr [[Turner, Toni|Toni Turner]], on a holographic link loan, they were able to slowly bring Dave back to strength. Once back on assignment, Dave continued to serve aboard the Independence in both Tactical and Security, heading up the departments through the mission to locate the missing [[USS Benjamin Franklin]] that took the crew outside of the Milky Way. In the process, by way of the [[Greeters]], he also found [[Cody, Barnes|Barnes’]] missing modified shuttlecraft, the JTSC-3 Prototype, and opened up a chink in the mystery of his parents’ death. | ||
[[File:Codyingear.jpg|175px|thumb|right|In Gear]] | |||
Dave took a temporarily leave of absence during the course of the latter year back to StarBase 118, in part due to following up on his securities exams and took some coursework in Intelligence. He returned to the Independence-A in September of 2384, meeting some of the crew of the [[USS Triumphant]] who had recently arrived, as well as meeting Lt. [[Reynolds, Quinn|Quinn Reynolds]]. At the time, Cody was serving as a Marine/Security Lliason aboard the ship, but soon returned to be the ship’s Chief of Security as his relationship with the Independence’s new Chief Engineering officer blossomed. | Dave took a temporarily leave of absence during the course of the latter year back to StarBase 118, in part due to following up on his securities exams and took some coursework in Intelligence. He returned to the Independence-A in September of 2384, meeting some of the crew of the [[USS Triumphant]] who had recently arrived, as well as meeting Lt. [[Reynolds, Quinn|Quinn Reynolds]]. At the time, Cody was serving as a Marine/Security Lliason aboard the ship, but soon returned to be the ship’s Chief of Security as his relationship with the Independence’s new Chief Engineering officer blossomed. | ||
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Unbeknownst to Starfleet, David had been transported back to Odyssey Station, where he had accepted as its caretaker. Finding himself effectively trapped without a way to get in touch with Starfleet, David undertook a radical course of action that took him the better part of the year to master the technology, referred to as ''holomatrix construct'', which allowed David to create a matrix construct of his actual body and transfer his mind into, opening a corridor long enough to deposit the matrix construct of himself on the extreme edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. In order for it to work, David had to forget where he physically was in order to make it work, and woke up in the matrix construct on a deserted planet with no knowledge of how he actually got there. | Unbeknownst to Starfleet, David had been transported back to Odyssey Station, where he had accepted as its caretaker. Finding himself effectively trapped without a way to get in touch with Starfleet, David undertook a radical course of action that took him the better part of the year to master the technology, referred to as ''holomatrix construct'', which allowed David to create a matrix construct of his actual body and transfer his mind into, opening a corridor long enough to deposit the matrix construct of himself on the extreme edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. In order for it to work, David had to forget where he physically was in order to make it work, and woke up in the matrix construct on a deserted planet with no knowledge of how he actually got there. | ||
[[File:PlanetaryIsolation.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Planetary Isolation]] | |||
It took almost a full year before a science vessel, the USS Kalipso, picked up on the combadge signal emitting from the planet. After being taken off planet back to Starfleet, David was treated for malnutrition and psychiatric isolation for having lived so long without any kind of social interaction (and based on he almost took out an entire Away Team before they were able to subdue and move David back to the Kalipso) and saturated with space - time differentials. The Chief Medical Officer of the Kalipso suspected some kind of lengthly duration outside of the normal space-time flow, but couldn't prove conclusively given David had been living on planet since almost his disappearance from the Independence. | It took almost a full year before a science vessel, the USS Kalipso, picked up on the combadge signal emitting from the planet. After being taken off planet back to Starfleet, David was treated for malnutrition and psychiatric isolation for having lived so long without any kind of social interaction (and based on he almost took out an entire Away Team before they were able to subdue and move David back to the Kalipso) and saturated with space - time differentials. The Chief Medical Officer of the Kalipso suspected some kind of lengthly duration outside of the normal space-time flow, but couldn't prove conclusively given David had been living on planet since almost his disappearance from the Independence. | ||
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By April of 2389, David passed his physicals and had pieced back together his sense of self, along with his memories up to the point of his disappearance and after the Kalipso crew rescued him. Starfleet Intelligence stepped in then and removed David from Medical's custody. He underwent a full debriefing, and SFI put him through another full regimine of therapy as well as retraining in field operations before they would sign off and allow David to return to active duty. | By April of 2389, David passed his physicals and had pieced back together his sense of self, along with his memories up to the point of his disappearance and after the Kalipso crew rescued him. Starfleet Intelligence stepped in then and removed David from Medical's custody. He underwent a full debriefing, and SFI put him through another full regimine of therapy as well as retraining in field operations before they would sign off and allow David to return to active duty. | ||
Intelligence and Medical finally signed off and allowed David to return to Active Duty on Stardate 238907.10, where he joined [[Starbase 118 Ops]], under the commanding of then Captain [[Nicholotti, Kali|Kalianna Nicholotti]]. Less than two days after returning to Starfleet, David swept his commanding officer, newly minted Captain [[Nicholotti, Kali|Kali Nicholotti]] into a dance that did more than just [[Nicholotti May I?|waltz across the floor]], kindling deeper feelings and a strong attraction during a formal dinner and promotion celebration. Disaster struck with an assassination attempt on Kalianna. David unknowningly tapped into the knowledge blocked by creating a holographic matrix to act as Kalianna's double. Over the course of the incident within the Thracian Alliance and the Klingons during the crisis, David found himself drawn deeper towards his commanding officer, cultimating with the Victory's return to the StarBase and sharing his feelings with her. In November of 2389, they made the decision to move in together after Kalianna died a second time, only to be revived by an ingenious Doctor [[MacLaren, Johanna Diedre|Johanna MacLaren]] where they spent the night together in the Recovery Room of the [[USS Victory]]. | Intelligence and Medical finally signed off and allowed David to return to Active Duty on Stardate 238907.10, where he joined [[Starbase 118 Ops]], under the commanding of then Captain [[Nicholotti, Kali|Kalianna Nicholotti]]. Less than two days after returning to Starfleet, David swept his commanding officer, newly minted Captain [[Nicholotti, Kali|Kali Nicholotti]] into a dance that did more than just [[Nicholotti May I?|waltz across the floor]], kindling deeper feelings and a strong attraction during a formal dinner and promotion celebration. Disaster struck with an assassination attempt on Kalianna. David unknowningly tapped into the knowledge blocked by creating a holographic matrix to act as Kalianna's double. Over the course of the incident within the Thracian Alliance and the Klingons during the crisis, David found himself drawn deeper towards his commanding officer, cultimating with the Victory's return to the StarBase and sharing his feelings with her. In November of 2389, they made the decision to move in together after Kalianna died a second time, only to be revived by an ingenious Doctor [[MacLaren, Johanna Diedre|Johanna MacLaren]] where they spent the night together in the Recovery Room of the [[USS Victory]]. | ||
[[File:Kali-Cody.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Intertwined]] | |||
The arrival of [[Cody, B'Sara|B'Sara Cavann]], who heard David reappeared and had been tracking down the man she viewed as her father, sparked the web of what happened to David unfolding as he 'woke up' during the course of the Thracian Incident. His matrix construct dissolved as he was shunted back into his physical body back on Odyssey Station, prompting an all out rescue by the station crew to bring him back. | The arrival of [[Cody, B'Sara|B'Sara Cavann]], who heard David reappeared and had been tracking down the man she viewed as her father, sparked the web of what happened to David unfolding as he 'woke up' during the course of the Thracian Incident. His matrix construct dissolved as he was shunted back into his physical body back on Odyssey Station, prompting an all out rescue by the station crew to bring him back. | ||