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Daniel intially found it difficult to adapt to life in Starfleet and was rapidly falling behind in his classes.  After a meeting with the Commandant he was ordered to seek council, to see whether this would continue or not.  Lt.Cmdr Terri Farquhar requested Daniel to be placed under her care, to this day it is not clear why. Daniel stayed at a steady pace but was still behind the rest of his classmates. Daniel barely passed his first year.

Daniel continued to see Lt.Cmdr Farquhar and between them managed to solve his problems.  Daniel worked extra hard to catch up with his class mates and sacrificed many pleasures to do so. After many months of physical training aswell as mental training Daniel sat his exams and passed with good grades. This not only boosted his confidence but what Daniel was about to achieve would boost the instucters and the Commandants confidence in Daniel.

Daniel decided it was time to end his sessions with Lt.Cmdr Farquhar having sought refugee with his class mates discussing issues.  His classmates now confided in Daniel more than ever, and unbeknown to them, both the Commandant and Lt.Cmdr Farquhar noticed his extreme ability to deal with people and situations. Daniel was approached speratly on numerous occasions asking him to swap course from Security to Counseling, all times he refused. Daniel's confidence had grown so much that he was now questioning instructers and there theory's something he knew they didn't like and sometimes he knew it was futile but he got results with some of his reasoning.

Daniels final year was probably his best after his continued success in class and top marks. He prepared himself mentally for the Kobayashi Maru and Psyhc Test. Daniel also proved highly suited to the role of a Security Officer having gained top marks in his Command test. His teacher Lt.Cmdr Sidney Riley was later to become his first Officer. After succesfully completing all three tests Daniel proudly accpeted his graduation and subsequent promotion to Ensign. In attendance of his graduation was Lt.Cmdr Farquhar, who supported Daniel through his Academy Days.

* Stardate 238310.01: Daniel recieved a promotion after graduating from the Academy. Daniel's first vessel was the Prometheus Class vessel, USS Independence-A, under the command of Rear Admiral Anassasi.  

* Stardate 238405.09: Daniel's first mission was an intresting one. The USS Independence was ordered on a rescue mission. The USS Franklin was exploring an area in the Ithassa region known as Bull's Run when it suddenly disappeared, it's last known contact was from an emergency beacon. When the Independence arrived at the beacon the Independence soon found itself being pulled through a wormhole arriving at an alien way station. A great amount of data was accumulated for research. Three members of the crew including Wood were kidnapped. The Admiral, Lieutenants Wood and Makno were kidnapped and while the crew attempted an extraction the Admiral was able negotiate their release and subsequent return of the USS Franklin which had also been held captive. Once the Independence was allowed to leave the ship traversed a wormhole which brought them to SB118 although a temporal displacement occurred the Independence was quarantined. Facts on this mission are sketchy due to the Starfleet Division of Temporal Anomolies classifying the mission details. How ever something Daniel did on this mission earned him the respect of his crew and Daniel recieved a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade on Stardate 238408.07.

* Stardate 238409.03: A celebration party held by Rear Admiral Anassasi (Commanding Officer), in order to celebrate the crews succesful mission and the promotion of some of its senior officers turned into a somewhat diaster. The holosuite turned hositle threatening the life of all senior staff aboard the Independence. It turned out to be a new lifeform, all crew members were saved.

* Stardate 238409.17: Woods second mission saw a Search and Rescue mission take place. Whilst looking for the USS Euhprates the USS Independence came under attack and was boarded by hostile aliens, believed to be T'lithians. During this mission Wood led Security forces through the ship sweeping for intruders and also carried out a retrive and escort mission. Also whislt serving this mission he acted as a Security/Marine Liason Officer alongside Trooper Somers. Thier succesful training prevailed when Security & Marine forces worked together to defend the crew and the USS Independence. During this eventful mission the Independence took minor casualties, losing sixteen crew members and one MIA, although believed to be dead, Gunnery Sargent Highway.

* Stardate 238411.20: Whilst docked at Midway Station Daniel had to break of the end of his shore leave to investigate an attack on one of crew LtJg Ethelwin (Science Officer). Working with the Chief of Security from [[Midway Station]], both mutually agreed LtJg Wood should take the lead on the investigation. This was to be Daniels first time investigating a crime, with no help from specialist and time being of the essence Wood utilised what resources he had to gain a secure conviction. The suspect was later captured in his quartes aboard Midway Station. LtJg Ethelwin did not want to press charges so no charges were filied.

* Stardate 238411.22: Woods third mission took him on the USS Phoenix-C whilst the USS Independence recieved repairs. He was part of an away team under the command of Lt.Cmdr Riley (First Officer), ordered to offer aid to the planet for an outbreak of mites. During this time LtJg Wood was in charge of protecting the Away team from any threats along with Ensign Sharpe (Tactical Officer). Whilst mainting a line of patients into the surgery a bomb had exploded next to a generater. Wood immediatly responded to the threat to find Lt Quinn Reynolds (Chief Engineer) in a critical condition with Lt.Cmdr Lily Ventu (Counselor) performing emergency medicion on her. All away team members were pulled from the planet as a precaution. LtJg Wood was pulled from the mission by Admiral Quinn in order to attend Officers Rapid Response School.

* Stardate 238501.11: Wood attended the Officers Rapid Response School, where upon he was given command of Alpha Squad of the 501st Rapid Response Task Force. Cmdr Jones (Commanding Officer) has nothing but high praise for him. Daniel choose to challenge himself and his tem during this time, by choosing a Holodeck Simulation that required no weapons and no casualties to be taken, this was probably one of the harder programmes offered by the Academy.  Daniel and his team feared well in this Simulation given they hardly knew each other. During there weapons test, it became obvious that Daniel was born to be in Security, gaining high marks along with the whole division. Daniel graduated with high marks in all his tests however the final test was cancelled by Starfleet Security. This reason has been Classified. As of Stardate 238501.17 Daniel is now a fully qualified Starfleet Rapid Response Officer for the 501st Task Force.