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==Personnel File==
 
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|Klingon
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|'''Gender:'''
|Male (he/him)
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|'''Role:'''
|Explorer Squadron Commander
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|'''Billet:'''
|12th Explorer Squadron
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|'''Flagship:'''
|[[U.S.S. Beowulf (NCC-2701-A)]]
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|'''Rank:'''
|Fleet Admiral
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|=== Hauk' Son of Haqar ===
|'''Faction:'''
|Starfleet
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| Race:
|'''Career Path:'''
| Klingon
|Tactical
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|Gender:  
|'''Fleet:'''
|Male (he/him
|[[Malstrom Alliance]]
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|Family / House:
|N/A
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|Father:
|Haqar (deceased)
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|Mother:
|L'Rilka (deceased)
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|Wife:
|Keltor (deceased)
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|Children:
|Thorgan (deceased)
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|Maral (deceased)
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==BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION==
===Another Life===
Hauk once was of the Klingon House of Rha.


==QUICK POINTS==
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.
 
*'''Rank:''' Captain
*'''Billet:''' CO - [[U.S.S. Avalon (NX-5347-A)]]
*'''Faction:''' Starfleet
*'''Career Path:''' Tactical
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*'''Species:''' Human-Efrosian
*'''Gender:''' Male (he/him)
 
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*'''Heritage:''' Norse/Scottish
**Part of the Maitland family/clan
**Part of the Norse Vaegher family
*'''Father:'''  [[Ericksen Vaegher]]
*'''Mother:''' [[Annasechan Ra-Junarli Vaegher (“Anna”)]]
*'''Sister:''' [[Agnes Nashari Vaegher]]
 
==BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION==


===Origins===
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.  
Alan Rhys Vaegher … predominately Efrosian and Norse / Scottish human ,,, with a bit extra toss into the mix.


He was not raised in the lands of his forefathers, but in the cold northern regions of the planet Evigelys — a terraformed planet turned Federation colony.
Quite simply .... In the end, he had Admiral Jorel Quinn's job ... at least in another universe.  


His family lived in a land best described as a unique blend of Norway and the Scottish highlands of Earth.
It was under his watch that it all seemed to fall apart.  


It was a land terraformed into a place where modern technology gave way to the natural world, embracing nature and the life introduced — life which was transplanted from Earth and other such worlds.
=== One Enemy after Another ===
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.  


Always making sure life introduced could exist in a harmonic balance with one another.
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.  


So to say Alan grew up to appreciate nature and its offerings would be an understatement.
And yes, the enemies were sometimes the same, sometimes similar and other times ... completely different.  


He also has always been a person fascinated by his ancestral origins with this becoming something of a hobby for him.
The Borg were a given.  


To begin, Alan and his sister are both of mixed heritage --- their father being primarily human and mother Efrosian.
The Undine as well, however, they had to deal with a large breakaway faction of the Undine who referred to themselves as the Horvauk.  


The given within their human ancestry is Norwegian ... evident by family name as well as the fact that many of the traditions and beliefs passed on to them stemming from the family’s ancestral roots weaving backwards to Norway on Earth.
They always knew there was some larger entity or group behind the scenes pulling strings, but in their universe ... the Iconians never revealed themselves.  


DNA offered other clues of other branches of the family history, pointing towards their also being of the Scottish clan Maitland ...  yet the family’s historians could never trace their family’s heritage back beyond a Starfleet captain / engineer, named Rhys Allen Maitland (after whom Alan was named), who lived during the time of the First Klingon-Federation War.
Just as the Terran Empire never became (or were seen as being) the threat they are in this reality.  


Overall, Allen finds himself a unique blend of Norse, Scottish, Irish, English, Efrosian, and … Romulan.
=== Another Galaxy ===
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.


There was no record, however, of how the Romulan DNA could have found its way into his family tree other than genetics pointed it towards being from BEFORE Starfleet even knew what Romulan’s looked like.
A lot like the Iconian gates of this reality ... yes.  


Alan blames the Efrosian passion for auditory stories and histories for his love of not just learning old stories of family, history, and his ancestral peoples ... but weaving them into stories not written as much as tales to be shared verbally.
That galaxy was called Ansolon.  


Another gift of his Efrosian heritage deals with eyesight.
=== Same Regions, Yet Differences ===
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.  


Most Efrosians have weak eyes but compensate with a heightened sense of smell. Some Efrosians who are blind can correct this disability with a type of special mechanical glasses. Interestingly, despite their poor eyesight Efrosians appear to have a greater range of vision than Humans, being sensitive to a wider portion of the spectrum.
Those differences are something Hauk spends many hours pondering ... considering and researching in a manner that borders on obsession.  


Special glasses help Alan compensate for the differences in his vision.
He knows the two regions, although similar in nature ... are different for some reason.  


===Academy Years===
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.  
Another item of interesting note, he had a classmate at Starfleet Academy, named Rhys Allen Maitland.


The pair always marveled at the similarity of their names with it even helping cement the pair as best friends, known for causing mischief and trouble (of the fun sort) on occasion.
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.  


Of the Class of 2407, the pair were actually part of a trio back in those days with Rhys cousin, Elnyrr i-Rhys tr’Maitland, being their third.
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.  


Don’t let their fun carefree natures fool you, however, as they were at the academy to learn and succeed.
=== Speculations ===
So many things here are yes different, but so many are the same.  


All three were selected to participate in the captaincy candidate program as well as an immersive set of holographic missions set in the Klingon-Federation War of 2256.
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.  


The missions were to gauge his command performance and readiness to lead others in the field.
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.  


===First Command, Personal Loss===
=== The End of Reality ===
Following completion of the special training, Alan was given command of the U.S.S. Kashima, Gagarin-class Battlecruiser.
But how did Hauk get here?


During the Borg invasion of the Beta Quadrant in 2409, the Borg boarded the Kashima and assimilated over half the crew before Alan and his people were able to hold the line and slowly drive the Borg from their ship which ended up being decommissioned due to the extensive damage received in the engagement.
The real war for them came in the form of a war against a civilization of A.I. unlike anything ever encountered.  


Alan lost many friends to the Borg during that invasion ... including his best friend Rhys who had been assimilated into the Collective.
Artificial Intelligence gaining sentience and life ... yes ... that's happened before.  


===Time in the Shipyards===
But with this new race, they were in the form of living computer programs that went about assimilated technology like the Borg assimilate humanoids.  
Instead of accepting command of another ship, Capt. Vaegher instead accepted transfer to the Bjorko Shipyards on the outer edge of the Malstrom Expanse.


His assignment was to oversee a project that sought to take older ship classes and see them upgraded to modern specifications as Starfleet was seeking to replenish its numbers following the Klingon Federation War and the Borg invasion.
Whole starships when infected turned on their crews.  


This included upgrades to the older Ambassador-class (leading to the a new Ambassador II-class) as well as the slightly newer Sagan and Excelsior II class cruisers.
With their crews purged, the ship itself became like an incubator ... a nest from which the program became programs as it split and multipled.  


During the trial runs of the U.S.S. Adventure (an Ambassador / Horatio-class hybrid) that Alan began to feel the old stirrings of joy that came from being in the centerseat of a starship.
The programs in a short time went from dividing off, maturing and gaining sentience.  


Just weeks later came the Undine invasion with an Undine assault force attacking the Cordra Shipyards.
They would then spread however they could to other ships and physical forms of technology to begin the cycle over again.  


Capt. Vaegher organized a defense by launching any ship within the yards capable of flying and putting up a fight. Ships that could fly but not fight were used to evacuate as many civilians as possible from the yards.
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.  


Among the ships that could fight was a new Excelsior II-class cruiser that was considered ready for trials and actually the testbed ship for several upgraded systems being worked into the class … the U.S.S. Avalon which was christened with fire.
At least that was what seemed to be happening from Hauk's point of view.  


Alan used the Avalon to coordinate the defense of the Yards, pushing back and defeating the Undine invaders.
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.  


===His Golden Ticket / A Friends Return===
Only problem was ... the A.I. fought with modern tech which out gunned anything the Alliance had.  
Granted a “golden ticket” by the Starfleet brass for his actions that day, Capt. Sollace chose command of the Avalon, claiming its centerseat as his own.


And then as his life seemed to be spiraling upward once more, Rhys Maitland showed up at the christening ceremony very much alive — although appearing several years older.
=== The Hail Mary of those Doomed ===
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.  


It would seem the cube aboard which Rhys “served” after his assimilation was thrown back in time.
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.  


And although eventually liberated with others also on the cube by temporal agents, Rhys himself was made an agent himself and left in past … in 2230 … 26 years before the First Klingon-Federation War.
Battle ensued with the outgunned U.S.S. Temporal Storm seemingly destroyed in a resulting explosion.  


Rhys married another ex-borg Starfleet officer also from the past and turned agent and left in the past with him — a half Norwegian / half Romulan human.
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.  


The pair had twins before choosing to serve in the Starfleet of that era and fighting in the Klingon-Federation War of that era — an act sanctioned by temporal agent Daniels who stated it was all meant to happen as it was unfolding.
=== Dropped into a New Reality ===
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 acclimate to this this reality.  


Both were reported as having died in the Battle of Starbase One, defending the starbase from the Klingon J’ula and forces loyal to her.
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.  


Both instead survived, thrown forward again in time to resume their past lives … only older and with lives very changed.
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.  


Turned Alan’s best friend and his wife were Alan’s great-great-great grandparents with Freyja being the source of Alan’s Romulan heritage.
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.  


It also all explained as to why the Sollace family’s origins with the Maitland line could not be traced back further than that one particular ancestor whom they now new had been a transplant from another time.
All they knew was gone and now .... now they are here.  


===Choosing Avalon===
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!
With regards to Avalon there was some debate on just which registry the ship itself should bear.


At first, she was to be given registry NX-45347, but as the one overseeing the ship’s final construction … Allen challenged it.
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.  


He pointed towards the original Excelsior-class ship that once carried the name … a ship many had felt for some reason cursed.
=== New Path Forward ===
NOW ... He has the chance to re-invent himself and is choosing to captain a vessel of exploration.  


For a long time, many thought the ship simply lost with all hands.
Specifically, he has requested an assignment out in the Malstrom region as something tells him that answers are there for him.  


Yet two years prior, it was discovered the old version of the Avalon had perished in defense of the colony world Norta VI whereby ship and crew fought off invaders long enough for the colonists to evacuate.
He just has to find them.  


The attacking force was an attack squadron comprised of several Romulan warbirds along with a pair of Nakuhl cruisers in support.
Until then, he looks to the horizon of his new life.  


As the last transport was about to escape into warp, it was already too late for the Avalon.
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.  


The heroic ship instead found itself at the heart of an explosion caused by the death blows of a Nakuhl cruiser.
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.  


What was known at the time was yes … lives were saved, but again the crew was lost with all hands.
So it is, Hauk altered his name slightly to stand apart from the Hauk of this reality.


Only they were not.
He chose to place emphasis on the last sound of his name, changing it in spelling and sound to ... Hauk'. 


The explosion opened a momentary temporal rift through which the Avalon fell through … cast forward in time to the year 2410.
Starfleet gave him command of the "Storm Chasers" --- the 12th Explorer Squadron, assigned to the Malstrom Alliance with the U.S.S. Artemis (Excelsior II-class) as his flagship.  


The remains of Avalon were discovered by the U.S.S.Highlander, commanded by Capt. Elnyrr tr’Maitland.
Unfortunately, the Artemis was heavily damaged in an early engagement (during her shakedown runs) with the Voth ... scorched and damaged by an exploding Voth dreadnought taken out as they provided cover for troop transports.


And aboard the now desolate ship were the surviving captain and crew.
The Artemis went back into drydock for couple more months with the U.S.S. Tempest (also Excelsior II-class) reassigned as Hauk's flagship.


Allen pointed out that the ship had not been cursed and so neither was her registry.
=== The Scars on his Face ===
Anyone looking at Hauk' will be quick to note the three rather large scars that run down the right side of his face, from lower forehead to over eye and nose.


And that ship was itself worthy of honor, respect and continuing recognition by having her registry passed on to new generations of starships.
In fact, he was lucky to have not lost his eye in the moment receiving said scratches.  


So, it was the Excelsior II-class U.S.S. Avalon became the third ship to bear the name and the second to hold the registry as she was christened as NCC-5347-A.
They come from his time living in the alternate-timeline / reality in which he was born.  


===Choosing an Explorer's Life===
It was given to him by a warrior of the Horvauk (breakaway rebel faction of Undine) during the Second Battle of Centerpoint.  
As Capt. Alan Vaegher took command of the Avalon, he relished in the idea of getting back to the life of an explorer.


But that’s when the galaxy at large was about to fall apart yet again ? not once, not twice, but several more times.
The creature raked him with his claws just before Hauk speared it with his bat'leth.  


More recently, Alan and the crew of the Avalon have been helping coordinate the building of Federation and Alliance installations and fleet holdings within the Malstrom Expanse … in addition to helping explore the Expanse itself.
He continues to wear the scars as a reminder of that battle and out of respect for those who did not make it back.


==BILLETS / COMMANDS==
==BILLETS / COMMANDS==
===='''CURRENT'''====
===='''CURRENT'''====
*Battle Group Commander
**FLAGSHIP: [[U.S.S. Maelstrom (NCC-71417)|U.S.S. Beowulf (NCC-2701-A)]]--- Constitution III-class Exploration Cruiser
====PREVIOUS====
*Commanding Officer
*Commanding Officer
**[[U.S.S. Avalon (NX-5347-A)]] --- Excelsior II-class Heavy Cruiser
**[[U.S.S. Artemis (NCC-57147)]] --- Excelsior II-class Heavy Cruiser
 
====PREVIOUS====
*Commanding Officer
**[[U.S.S. Kashima (NCC-91775)]] --- Gagarin-class Battlecruiser
*Project Maanger
**[[Bjorko Shipyards]]
 
==CHARACTERISTICS==
==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.
Formerly a fleet adminstrator in his past reality, Hauk' finds comfort in sitting centerseat of his own ship of exploration.  Serving as Squadron Commander is an extension of this.  And both allow him to feed his obsession of unraveling the mysteries of the Malstrom Expanse and the differences between that region of space in this present reality vs. that of his past.  


This gave him an air of caution where he no longer looks to leap before he looks.  
He also has a leap of faith in believing that others from his reality may have survived and the answers may just be in the Expanse.  


Hauk' does not have family of blood and noble Klingon house in this universe, but he has the family of his ship and in extension ... his fleet.
==FAMILY LIFE==
==FAMILY LIFE==
On the humans side of his heritage, Alan Rhys Maitland is of the [[Scottish Clan Maitland]] and the Norse family [[Vaegher family|Vaegher]].
In his previous universe, Hauk' had a wife, son and daughter, who were lost long before he fell from one burning reality into another.
 
And although his house still existed back in that universe, he was not as tied to it nor it as big as it is in this universe.  


His parents are [[Ericksen Vaegher]] and [[Annasechan Ra-Junarli Vaegher (“Anna”)]]
Without wife and daughter, he'd found his way to Starfleet and lost himself in his work there ... primarily serving as a fleet administrator after years of service as a former ship captain in th e Klingon Defense Force.


Has a special bond with his younger sister, [[Agnes Nashari Vaegher]].
Here in this verse, Hauk' does not have family of blood and noble Klingon house, but he has the family of his ship, those who fell through with him, and in extension ... his fleet.


Of special note is that his best friend at the Academy, [[Rhys Allen Maitland]], turned out to be his great great great grandfather.  
To these, he is completely dedicated.  


==ITEMS OF NOTE==
==ITEMS OF NOTE==
*Successfully completed the Starfleet Captaincy Candidate Program (SCCP), which fast tracked him to his own command.
*Served as a ship's captain in the Klingon Defense Force for several years.
*Is a trained combat fighter pilot.
*His wife and their family were killed in a Borg attack that decimated the planet they called home during that time.
*Minored in Engineering while at Starfleet Academy.
*Found his way to Starfleet after their death and ended up serving in fleet administration, working his way up to fleet commander and finally Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet ... in his former reality.
 
*Is a survivor of a doomed universe / alternate reality.
*Wanted a change and so is now an explorer.  
==SEE ALSO==
==SEE ALSO==
*[https://malstromexpanse.com/2023/02/15/the-magic-of-avalon/ The Magic of Avalon - The Malstrom Expanse]  (Story)
*[https://malstromexpanse.com/2023/02/15/the-magic-of-avalon/ The Magic of Avalon - The Malstrom Expanse]  (Story)
==GALLERY==
==GALLERY==
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Personnel File

Species: Klingon
Gender: Male (he/him)
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Role: Explorer Squadron Commander
Billet: 12th Explorer Squadron
Flagship: U.S.S. Beowulf (NCC-2701-A)
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.

One Enemy after Another

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.

Another Galaxy

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.

Same Regions, Yet Differences

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.

Speculations

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.

The End of Reality

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.

The Hail Mary of those Doomed

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.

Dropped into a New Reality

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 acclimate 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.

New Path Forward

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 there 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.

So it is, Hauk altered his name slightly to stand apart from the Hauk of this reality.

He chose to place emphasis on the last sound of his name, changing it in spelling and sound to ... Hauk'.

Starfleet gave him command of the "Storm Chasers" --- the 12th Explorer Squadron, assigned to the Malstrom Alliance with the U.S.S. Artemis (Excelsior II-class) as his flagship.

Unfortunately, the Artemis was heavily damaged in an early engagement (during her shakedown runs) with the Voth ... scorched and damaged by an exploding Voth dreadnought taken out as they provided cover for troop transports.

The Artemis went back into drydock for couple more months with the U.S.S. Tempest (also Excelsior II-class) reassigned as Hauk's flagship.

The Scars on his Face

Anyone looking at Hauk' will be quick to note the three rather large scars that run down the right side of his face, from lower forehead to over eye and nose.

In fact, he was lucky to have not lost his eye in the moment receiving said scratches.

They come from his time living in the alternate-timeline / reality in which he was born.

It was given to him by a warrior of the Horvauk (breakaway rebel faction of Undine) during the Second Battle of Centerpoint.

The creature raked him with his claws just before Hauk speared it with his bat'leth.

He continues to wear the scars as a reminder of that battle and out of respect for those who did not make it back.

BILLETS / COMMANDS

CURRENT

PREVIOUS

CHARACTERISTICS

Formerly a fleet adminstrator in his past reality, Hauk' finds comfort in sitting centerseat of his own ship of exploration. Serving as Squadron Commander is an extension of this. And both allow him to feed his obsession of unraveling the mysteries of the Malstrom Expanse and the differences between that region of space in this present reality vs. that of his past.

He also has a leap of faith in believing that others from his reality may have survived and the answers may just be in the Expanse.

Hauk' does not have family of blood and noble Klingon house in this universe, but he has the family of his ship and in extension ... his fleet.

FAMILY LIFE

In his previous universe, Hauk' had a wife, son and daughter, who were lost long before he fell from one burning reality into another.

And although his house still existed back in that universe, he was not as tied to it nor it as big as it is in this universe.

Without wife and daughter, he'd found his way to Starfleet and lost himself in his work there ... primarily serving as a fleet administrator after years of service as a former ship captain in th e Klingon Defense Force.

Here in this verse, Hauk' does not have family of blood and noble Klingon house, but he has the family of his ship, those who fell through with him, and in extension ... his fleet.

To these, he is completely dedicated.

ITEMS OF NOTE

  • Served as a ship's captain in the Klingon Defense Force for several years.
  • His wife and their family were killed in a Borg attack that decimated the planet they called home during that time.
  • Found his way to Starfleet after their death and ended up serving in fleet administration, working his way up to fleet commander and finally Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet ... in his former reality.
  • Is a survivor of a doomed universe / alternate reality.
  • Wanted a change and so is now an explorer.

SEE ALSO

GALLERY

REFERENCES

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