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[[Image:Robert Crichton.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Robert Crichton, founder of the Starfleet Rangers]] | [[Image:Robert Crichton.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Robert Crichton, founder of the Starfleet Rangers]] | ||
[[Robert Crichton]] is the founder and commander of the [[Starfleet Rangers]]. He organized the rangers during the [[Cardassian War]] when he noticed that it had become apparent that Starfleet did not have the resources to protect every single outpost along the [[Cardassian]] border. | |||
His plan involved training officers at [[Starfleet Academy]] in small-scale operations. Small groups or individual Rangers would then be dispatched to the frontier [[colony]] worlds threatened by Cardassian forces and would establish a series of sensor outposts as well as organize resistance to any raid that took place. | His plan involved training officers at [[Starfleet Academy]] in small-scale operations. Small groups or individual Rangers would then be dispatched to the frontier [[colony]] worlds threatened by Cardassian forces and would establish a series of sensor outposts as well as organize resistance to any raid that took place. | ||
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After the end of the war [[Rank|Captain]] Crichton was returned to command of a [[starship]] and his Rangers were disbanded. [[Starfleet Command]] decided , despite their success that the Rangers were not a very practical force for use in more conventional conflicts. All Ranger Training programs were suspended and Rangers were dispersed to various ships in the fleet. | After the end of the war [[Rank|Captain]] Crichton was returned to command of a [[starship]] and his Rangers were disbanded. [[Starfleet Command]] decided , despite their success that the Rangers were not a very practical force for use in more conventional conflicts. All Ranger Training programs were suspended and Rangers were dispersed to various ships in the fleet. | ||
When the [[Federation Civil War]] broke out, Crichton selected to join the [[52nd Fleet]] rather than serve under [[Admiral | When the [[Federation Civil War]] broke out, Crichton selected to join the [[52nd Fleet]] rather than serve under [[Admiral Doentiz|Doentiz]]. His decision was in large part due to the way that Doenitz would use his talents to further the tyrannical dictates that he desired fulfilled. After the Invasion of [[Andoria]] and [[Tellar]], Crichton suggested to the leadership of the 52nsd Fleet that they reform the Starfleet Rangers. | ||
He cited several similarities between the Cardassian War and the current Civil war, namely a restricted ability to conduct open conflict all along the border between the two powers. He was persuasive enough to be allowed to train a single Ranger unit for operation, pending a review of their performance. | He cited several similarities between the Cardassian War and the current Civil war, namely a restricted ability to conduct open conflict all along the border between the two powers. He was persuasive enough to be allowed to train a single Ranger unit for operation, pending a review of their performance. |