Editing Melody Leigh Haverstaad (section)

===Serving Onboard USS Destiny===
Melody’s time aboard the Destiny was short, a mere two years, but it was never dull as they spent most of those two years in active combat against the Cardassians during the Cardassian War. There were battles innumerable, though she sat most of them out in anti-boarding parties. Only once was the Destiny forcibly boarded, and they managed to take down the Cardassians within twenty-minutes. 

There were a further eighteen ground battles during this time, she managed to survive all but one unscathed, and that one wound wasn’t serious in the slightest, just a burn from a disruptor blast to her armor. '' 

Approximately a year after she was transferred to the Destiny, she took the necessary tests and schooling to become an Ambassadorial Guard, at the behest of the Destiny’s Senior Chief Petty Officer, Roland McDowel. She passed with flying colors at her final exam on Starbase 23, which was the center of Federation Forces in the war. And with her passing, she was invited to take the test to become a Chief Petty Officer. After one week of study, she took that test and also passed with flying colors, again on Starbase 23. She was welcomed back to the Destiny with a wild party that heralded her new rank, and it was the Commanding Officer of the Destiny, Captain Bartow, who placed the new pip on her neck. Before this, it had always been her Squad CO.

The War ended when Starfleet bombarded the world of Cardassia, which caused the Cardassians surrendered, a little over a year after she had transferred. The Destiny was put on border patrol; she was a Galaxy Class vessel and a hard-prize to take if the Cardassians decided they wanted revenge. 

However, it wasn’t the Cardassians that struck during the lull, but the Dominion. A two week war was launched as Starfleet Forces were pulling back to regroup and rebuild, and it would have been longer had the Admiral stationed at Starbase 23 hadn’t thrown every available ship through the worm-hole while they were still available. The Dominion quickly called for an armistice which was immediately accepted by the Federation.  Melody saw combat twice with the Dominion, both times from the bridge, where she had been tasked to learn standard Tactical/Security bridge duty as part of her new duties as a Chief Petty Officer. New realms of possibilities were opened for her, she had thought that she would live and die as a Tactical Ground-pounder. 

When the Destiny was ordered to withdraw for repairs and upgrades, Melody and a good 200 other crewmen were reassigned to other ships staying on the front. Melody herself was reassigned to the USS Black Jack, a Sovereign Class vessel.