U.S.S. Tempest (NCC-47171)

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Vessel Name:	U.S.S. Tempest
Registry:	NCC-47171
Starship Class:	Excelsior II-class
Starship Type:	Intel Heavy Cruiser
Billet:	12th Explorer Squadron
Flagship:	U.S.S. Tempest (NCC-47171)
Rank:	Fleet Admiral
Faction:	Starfleet
Career Path:	Tactical
Fleet:	Malstrom Alliance
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Family / House:	N/A
Father:	Haqar (deceased)
Mother:	L'Rilka (deceased)
Wife:	Keltor (deceased)
Children:	Thorgan (deceased)
	Maral (deceased)

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Another Life

Hauk once was of the Klingon House of Rha.

And although Hauk *is* a member of and leader of the House of Rha, he is not THAT Hauk and that House of Rha is not HIS House of Rha.

You see, Fleet Admiral Hauk is from another alternate timeline where the planet Romulus never exploded and he was a Fleet Admiral in Starfleet who once served as Fleet XO of Starfleet's Ancillary Units before becoming task force commander of the Harbour Expeditionary Force, followed by fleet commander of SF Cassini Command and finally CINC of Starfleet itself.

Quite simply .... In the end, he had Admiral Jorel Quinn's job ... at least in another universe.

It was under his watch that it all seemed to fall apart.

The End of Reality

Not his fought, but still ... He did his best to hold things together in what can only be classified as the "end times" on a universal scale.

As with this reality, there was one grand threat after another .... only they managed to stomp the embers of conflict before they became full-fledged five alarm fires.

And yes, the enemies were sometimes the same, sometimes similar and other times ... completely different.

The Borg were a given.  

The Undine as well, however, they had to deal with a large breakaway faction of the Undine who referred to themselves as the Horvauk.

They always knew there was some larger entity or group behind the scenes pulling strings but in their universe ... the Iconians never revealed themselves.

Just as the Terran Empire never became (or were seen as being) the threat they are in this reality.

There was also another galaxy they had found a bridge to via spacefolding gateways ("stargates") that were portals large enough for ships to pass through.

A lot like the Iconian gates of this reality ... yes.

That galaxy was called Ansolon.

When the gateway collapsed and travel between the two galaxies severed, attention turned to exploring a region called the Cassini Expanse ... similar to the Malstrom Expanse of your galaxy within a similar location, only a wee bit smaller ... yet still large on the grand scale.

Those differences are something Hauk spends many hours pondering ... considering and researching in a manner that borders on obsession.

He knows the two regions, although similar in nature ... are different for some reason.

It's like some cosmic supreme being took the region as exists in his universe shook it up in this reality .... scattering the pieces like a person throwing runic bones across a game board.

Something told him the pieces were all there ... just moved about ... scattered differently and quite likely extra pieces added to the game board for good measure.

But then back in his reality, they had found whole star systems within and around the Cassini Expanse (and the Ansolon Galaxy) that all signs pointed towards being re-shaped,  re-engineered.

So many things here are yes different, but so many are the same.  

Consider the possibility that at some point in the past both timelines had been the same until something happened that caused a divergence in the timelines ... a splitting off.  

From that point forward, things changed.  History re-shaped along with the bits and pieces of the who what what increasely different the farther steps led away from that moment of divergence.

But how did Hauk get here?

The real war for them came in the form of a war against a civilization of A.I. unlike anything ever encountered.  

Artificial Intelligence gaining sentience and life ... yes ... that's happened before.

But with this new race, they were in the form of living computer programs that went about assimilated technology like the Borg assimilate humanoids.

Whole starships when infected turned on their crews.

With their crews purged, the ship itself became like an incubator ... a nest from which the program became programs as it split and multipled.

The programs in a short time went from dividing off, maturing and gaining sentience.

They would then spread however they could to other ships and physical forms of technology to begin the cycle over again.

The A.I. were hard to stop to begin with, but they evolved quickly and each step in their evolution made fighting them that much more impossible until all life and blood sentient beings within known space were systematically wiped out.  

At least that was what seemed to be happening from Hauk's point of view.

They'd already been forced to abandon advanced starships for those a few generations old (clearing out the ship boneyards) as new represented perfection for the virus to spread ... older tech harder for them.

Only problem was ... the A.I. fought with modern tech which out gunned anything the Alliance had.

In a last ditch effort, the Alliance hatched a plan to go backwards in time and try to keep the A.I. from ever being brought into existance.

Hauk was chosen to lead the missoin only they had no idea when they set out that it was or would have been an impossibilty as the A.I. had calculated their plan and had taken steps to safeguard their version of the timeline.

Battle ensued with the outgunned U.S.S. Temporal Storm seemingly destroyed in a resulting explosion.

What the A.I. did not realize was a momentary hole was ripped in the fabric of reality long enough for the Storm to fall through.

Daniels, a temporal agent of this reality, watched the ship fall through into this reality from his temporal ready room and quickly worked to secure the new arrivals and ultimately helped them aclamate to this this reality.

After careful study ... peakiong through the veil via the Storm's shielded temporal core ... He and his team determined that something else had happened ... a quirk in timing as some unknown even happened in that other universe that seemed to destroy that other reality.

It is believed small bits and pieces (like the Temporal Storm and her crew) fell through the rips of the collapse, but where they landed or if they survived transit ... That could not be determined.

It took several months for Hauk to come to grips with what had happened (survivor's guilt being one vaguely possible description) while others of his crew likely will never mentally or emotionally recover.

All they knew was gone and now .... now they are here.

But as to what here actually and truly is ... THAT is what they get to discover as they are given a rare chance to reboot their lives from ones of hopeless dispair to once again onces with hope and life.  Yes, LIFE!

Hauk thought about how his life's path before had steered from one as a Klingon warrior in the Defense Force to one as a Starfleet Officer that became a fleet administrator.

NOW ... He has the chance to re-invent himself and is choosing to captain a vessel of exploration.

Specifically, he has requested an assignment out in the Malstrom region as something tells him that answers are their for him.

He just has to find them.

Until then, he looks to the horizon of his new life.

And for those curious, he and his counterpart of this universe have met with his counterpart welcoming him into this realities House of Rha ... But Hauk has yet to accept Hauk's invitation to do so.

More because he is still in many ways ... still trying to figure it all out and put the pieces of his life back together into something that works for him .... him ... here ... him.

BILLETS / COMMANDS

CURRENT

• Battle Group Commander
  • FLAGSHIP: U.S.S. Tempest (NCC-47171) --- Excelsior II-class Heavy Cruiser

PREVIOUS

• Commanding Officer
  • U.S.S. Artemis (NCC-57147) --- Excelsior II-class Heavy Cruiser

CHARACTERISTICS

Was always impulsive in his youth, but that was tempered after his encounters with the Borg in 2409 and the loss of many serving under him.

This gave him an air of caution where he no longer looks to leap before he looks.

FAMILY LIFE

On the humans side of his heritage, Alan Rhys Maitland is of the Scottish Clan Maitland and the Norse family Vaegher.

His parents are Ericksen Vaegher and Annasechan Ra-Junarli Vaegher (“Anna”)

Has a special bond with his younger sister, Agnes Nashari Vaegher.

Of special note is that his best friend at the Academy, Rhys Allen Maitland, turned out to be his great great great grandfather.

ITEMS OF NOTE

• Successfully completed the Starfleet Captaincy Candidate Program (SCCP), which fast tracked him to his own command.
• Is a trained combat fighter pilot.
• Minored in Engineering while at Starfleet Academy.

SEE ALSO

• The Magic of Avalon - The Malstrom Expanse (Story)

REFERENCES

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