Editing Emily North (section)

=='''Family and Background'''==
[[Image:gregory.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Captain Gregory North]][[Image:Miranda.jpg|thumb|100px|right|USS Cher'ok]]Emily North was the daughter of Reese and Luan Cingly of Betazed. They both died in a shuttle collision before Emily was born. She was delivered and saved by a starfleet doctor, Lt. Commander Gregory North who was on vacation at Betazed during the accident.  When it became clear that she was not welcome within the remainder of her family due to her parent's elopement, Gregory adopted her and took her back aboard the USS Cher'ok where he was stationed.  She spent the first seventeen years of her life with her adopted father, who as far as Emily was concerned was her father.
[[Image:Uss_firebrande.jpg|thumb|100px|right|USS Brannock]]
Her father was promoted to Commander when she was eight and transferred to the USS Brannock as first officer.  Emily began exploring the ship, and eventually made friends with the ships Deltan securtiy chief, Lt. Commander Narram Prex, who took her under his wing.  Emily began learning how to be a security officer, even being allowed to go on patrols with the security team.
[[Image:Prax.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Commander Narram Prex]][[Image:prentiss.jpg|thumb|100px|right|USS Prentiss]]
By the time Emily was twelve her father had been promoted to Captain and given a ship straight out of the shipyards, the USS Prentiss.  Captain North took the Brannock's security chief and several other security officers with him to the Prentiss, and Emily continued to learn from Prex.  When Emily was fifteen her father was given a new ship, the USS Yattervol. Prex was promoted to the rank of commander and North took him as first officer.  Emily finished all shipboard training and Prex sponsored her to the Deltan Tactical School where she learned tactics and combat techniques.Eventually she applied to Starfleet Academy and was accepted.  She was also accepted into red squad for her tactical abilities. 
[[Image:E-EQuantm.jpg|thumb|100px|right|USS Yattervol]]
Her father continued to command the Yattervol along with Prex. After Doenitz siezed control, he remained in the Federation.  After the attack on Andoria Captain North lost faith in Doenitz's sincerity, integrity, and sanity.  When the Gorn refused to join Doenitz's forces, Doenitz sent a fleet of ships to the Cestus system.  Captain North took his entire twenty four ship task force ahead to 'scout' the area, but actually not only warned the Gorn Hegemony that Doenitz was coming, but joined the Gorn Defense Fleet and gave the Gorn valuable data on Doenitz's forces. Because of his interference, the Gorn were able to hold off Doenitz's invasion long enough for reinforcements to arrive and managed to win the battle of Cestus. The USS Yattervol is currently on station in Gorn Space along with approximately thirty renegade starfleet vessels that are unable to make it through Doenitz's lines to get to LaDonna's forces. The North's fleet is currently helping the Gorn forces defend their territory from Doenitz's belligerence.