David Martel

Early Life (2377-2395)

David Lance Martel was born on Starbase 59 on February 21st, 2377 to a pair of Starfleet Intelligence officers, Lieutenant Talon Roman Martel and Lieutenant Simone Martel-Rodriguez. His childhood was typical of a child in a Starfleet family, growing up on several Starbases both planetside and orbital as well as a Galaxy-class Starship, the U.S.S. Astalon. This exposed David to many different cultures and species early which gave a David a strong fascination for learning about the myriad of cultures in the galaxy, especially their history of warfare.

Another fascination was with Starfleet itself as David grew to take comfort in the organized and disciplined routines. While this never entirely left him, when his parents got stationed at a Starfleet facility on Luna, he discovered he enjoyed doing wild stunts and pranks, though admittedly any rush from these was secondary to the laughs and attention. This caused no end to stress to his parents as they dealt with several occasions of seeing their son being brought home by local security. Compounded with complaints of fighting at school, Simone and Talon clamped down immediately and both restricted his time from the home and also worked to find out what had caused this change in David.

They soon found out David’s fights usually revolved around protecting someone from someone using their bigger size to bully others. With this knowledge, Simone and Talon worked to teach David to fight as a last resort and try harder to deescalate a situation, a standard David strives to to this day. As he worked on this, David calmed and his grades improved enough for him to be able to take and pass the Starfleet Academy entrance exam.

Starfleet Academy (2395-2399)

David’s time at Starfleet was generally uneventful with him gaining a minor celebrity status as the person who would take ancient tactics and convert them to modern battles. His use of the ancient Mongol Horde’s “Feigned Retreat” tactic was actually very well recieved by his instructors in particular. This was not surprising due to David studying for a degree in Miltary History and Political Science.

As well as maintaining good grades, David also involved himself in several extracurricular activities, most notably rugby and tactical simulation clubs. David’s outgoing and social nature allowed him to shine and he was generally well liked, though some of the more serious minded students found him a bit loud and boisterous.

He did receive one black mark on his record for fighting a fellow student. While ultimately not expelled due to the circumstances of the fight, he does have a reprimand on his official record.

U.S.S. Callisto (NCC 80109)

(2399-2401)

Served with distinction while on anti-piracy and border patrol duties. Despite there being only scattered moments of excitement, David enjoyed the mentorship of the Callisto’s Tactical Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Orir Th’zhelron. It was Lt. Cmdr. Th’zhelron who recommended David’s promotion to Lt. (j.g.), though this had the effect of having Starfleet putting David up for transfer. He is currently awaiting his orders to be cut.