Editing Paul Casely (section)

==Second Assignment, Starbase Geneva==

[[image:Geneva.gif|thumb|left|'''Starbase Geneva with In-Phase Planet''']]
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Casely was transferred to Starbase Geneva, which had recently undergone upgrades and was seeing the return of former Commanding Officer Captain [[Lise Arianna]], as Tactical and Security Chief as well as Second Officer on 2406.12.24 and promoted to full Lieutenant. As the designated First Officer still had not arrived (or indeed been chosen) Casely also became acting First Officer. 

Running a starbase proved to be extremely different from a ship duty station. The existance of civilians on the station, most notably the pro-human purity group, [[Humans for Humanity]], made Casely's life a good deal more difficult. Casely found that his crew had been infiltrated and spent a good portion of his time on the base trying, unsuccessfully, to rout them out. 

One of the first missions aboard Geneva involved the appearance of an out of phase planet beside the station. It turned out that there were humans on the planet, the remnants of a Earth ship that had become caught in the river hundreds of years ago and been rescued by the species of that world. The humans had integrated with the culture to such an extent that linguistic references had become littered throughout the language to past cultural events and items. It also turned out that a small group of human descendants had been waiting for the phase event to return 'home'. This caused a good deal of difficulty and misunderstanding with the occupants of [[Starbase Geneva]]. 

Increasing the tension was a Humans for Humanity team who had somehow bipassed Geneva to go to the planet and begin a military action against what they saw as the alien overseers of the human population. With Casely's Commanding Officer in delicate negotiations over the fate of the planet with other Federation representatives, Casely launched the [[USS Mithrandir]] to retrieve the Humans for Humanity craft utilizing his senior staff as bridge officers. They managed to stop the Humans for Humanity craft from cutting completely through the shield and landing on the planet, but the craft self-destructed in the process.

Soon, the crew was able to open diplomatic talks with the planet, offering haven to those humans wishing to leave. At the end of the successful talks with the planet, Casely was fully made First Officer of Starbase Geneva.

At the same time as the crew was dealing with the suddenly appearing planet, a Cardassian delegation was approaching the station with the premise of discussing an alliance against Doenitz. Unbeknownst to them, several of the Cardassian entourage were infected by a neural parasite, controlling their actions. It was also at this time, that Humans for Humanity decided to increase their activities to disrupt the talks with the Cardassians.

This led to an assassination attempt on Casely. A bomb was placed in his quarters, while Casely averted death, he was seriously injured and bones in his throat that help produce speech were shattered. This led Doctor [[Kaitlyn Mackenzie]] and Doctor Gri'ann to construct and surgically implant a vocalization system for Casely. During this time [[Brian Rogers]], then Acting Third Officer of [[Starbase Geneva]] had to take control of the station.

Eventually, the neural parasites were defeated, and the crew transferred to the USS Boudicca and Casely was given the position of Strategic Operations Officer and the rank of Lieutenant Commander.