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Name: Chance Temerarious

Age: 35

Born: Texas, Earth

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Dirty Blond

Skin Color: White

Blood Color: Red

Height: 5’ 9”

Weight: 185 +/- lbs

Build: Average, yet firm

Hobbies: Enjoys Shakespeare, history, tinkering on his ship, and barefoot waterskiing

Medical History: He has scars from stabbing wounds and phaser burns on legs, and torso. Chance never emotionally recovered from the death of his bride to be, a Romulan woman, T’Lela. The psychologist at the academy wrote in Chance’s dossier “This individual exhibits a unique resourcefulness, uses unorthodox methods, but doesn’t appear to have any moral grounding whatsoever.”

Assignment: Operations Officer, U.S.S. DENNISON

Rank: Ensign

Awards:

Education: Hardy-Knox University (Merchant Crewman and Vessel Master License); Starfleet Academy (Military Operations/ Tactics)

Physical Description: A handsome man in a plain looking way; clean shaven; neatly groomed hair; a smirk usually on his face; and walks with the swagger of a true survivor.

Skills and Abilities: He has a working knowledge of starship and urban warfare; cargo and troop transport; smuggling; he is also an accomplished pilot and duelist.

Family History:

Edward “Easy Ed” Raschen (Grandfather) is a retired bounty hunter, and is currently a consultant about small combat craft for (and owner of) Rash-1 Industries to shipyards throughout the Federation.
Margaret (Mother) is President/CEO of Rash-1 Industries, and runs the company from the family’s ranch in Texas, on Earth.
Born Charles “Chance” Raschen, he took the last name “Temerarious” to use as a pseudonym when he became a privateer. After the war he continued to use the name for clandestine missions that the Federation hired him for.
Franklin (Father) nothing else is known about him. Chance was the product of a drunken one night stand.

Pre-Starfleet History: After being denied entrance into Starfleet Academy because of who his grandfather was, Chance was accepted into Hardy-Knox University. Upon graduation he received a commission from Rash-1 Industries as First Mate onboard the armed merchantman ship Express Rider. With the outbreak of the Cardassian-Federation War, Chance’s grandfather petitioned the Federation Council for a license to provide privateers for the Federation. 45 days into the war, Edward Raschen was authorized to issue Letters-of-Marque’ in-the-name-of the Federation Counsel. Edward issued 12 letters, plus one for himself. One of these letters (9 of 13) was issued to Chance which commissioned him to function independently to destroy, or take as prize enemy vessels; and provide support for legitimate military operations. Upon receiving his commission, Chance immediately acquired a small ship, and named himself captain of the STAR HAWK (see notes for basic ship information).

Chance, who was one of “Easy Ed’s” Privateers, worked in conjunction with Starfleet Intelligence units and Black-Ops Marines behind enemy lines on some of the Federation’s more clandestine interests of the war. Chance also took part in many of Starfleet’s larger military operations as well. During wartime support operations Temerarious would use the Star Hawk, as a scout ship, landing craft, air support, and for medical evacuation of wounded troops. Most operations consisted of working with other Privateers to attack enemy starships. In the final days of the Cardassian-Federation War, the Starfleet Admiralty tried to recruit many privateers into Starfleet; Chance declined to join. For several years after the war, Chance Temerarious continued working as a privateer for the Federation. Chance eventually agreed to sign-up even though he had become dubious as to the stability and merits of the Federation in the post-war galaxy. Yet, while attending Starfleet Academy, Temerarious continued to maintain ownership/control of his ship and Letter-of-Marque. This allowed him to take part in “peacekeeping” operations with Starfleet Intelligence, and Marine Units during school breaks, which counted towards his field training requirements, and earn him extra money.

Starfleet History: 2405.09.03 Enrolled Starfleet Academy (includes transfer of all credits from Hardy-Knox University) 2406.06.24 Recruited by Colonel D’rajevon to infiltrate and to steal the U.S.S. Dennison from the 52nd 2407.01.15 Graduated Starfleet Academy 2407.02.15 Reported to U.S.S. Dennison as an Operations Officer. 2407.07.06 Seized control of the U.S.S. Dennison; and defected to the 52nd, thus returning the ship

Notes: Starfleet has allowed Chance to keep his ship, and Letter-of-Marque. STAR HAWK; FPV-1273 (Federal Privateer Vessel) was originally designed to be used as a bounty hunter. Built by Rash-1 Industries; Star Hawk is based on the Marquis’ Raider-class design ships, but with obvious design differences such as the lack of wings and the smaller size (in meters: 30L-20W-8H). The Star Hawk has all the power and warp capabilities of a frigate, but with the maneuverability and sub-warp speed of a fighter craft. Star Hawk has 2 pulse phaser turrets, and carries 8 full size torpedoes with a variety of warheads.

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-The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era.
+Name:  Chance Temerarious
-===Britain===
+Age:  35
-Britain experienced a great influx of Viking peoples in the ninth century as the Viking Age continued from the previous century. The kingdoms of the Heptarchy were gradually conquered and puppet rulers were given power over these. This invasion was achieved by a huge military force known as the Great Heathen Army which was supposedly led by Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan Ragnarsson and Guthrum. This Danish army first arrived in Britain in 865 in East Anglia. After taking the kingdom there the army proceeded to capture the city of York (Jorvik) and establish the kingdom of Jorvik. The Danes went on to subjugate the kingdom of Northumbria and take all but the western portion of Mercia. The remaining kingdom of Wessex was the only kingdom of the Heptarchy left. Alfred the Great managed to maintain his kingdom of Wessex and push back the Viking incursions, relieving the neighbouring kingdoms from the Danes following his famous victory over them at the Battle of Edington in 878. Alfred re-established Anglo-Saxon rule over the western half of Mercia and the Danelaw was established which separated Mercia into halves, the eastern half remaining under the control of the Danes.
-Ireland was affected also by the Viking expansion across the North Sea. Extensive raids were carried out across the coastline and eventually permanent settlements were established, such as that of Dublin in 841. Particular targets for these raids were the monasteries on the western coast of Ireland as they provided a rich source for loot. On such raids the Vikings set up impermanent camps, which were called longphorts by the Irish. This period of Viking raids on the coasts of Ireland has been named the longphort phase after these particular types of settlements. Ireland in the ninth century was organised into an amalgam of small kingdoms, called tuatha. These kingdoms were sometimes grouped together and ruled by a single, provincial ruler. Providing such a ruler can establish and maintain authority over a portion of these tuatha they were sometimes granted the title of High King (see High King of Ireland).
+Born:  Texas, Earth
-Scotland experienced significant Viking incursions during the ninth century also. The Vikings established themselves in coastal regions, usually in northern Scotland, and in the northern isles such as the Orkneys and Shetland. The Viking invasion and settlement in Scotland provided a contributing factor in the collapse of the kingdoms of the Picts, who inhabited most of Scotland at the time. Not only were the Pictish realms either destroyed or severely weakened, the Viking invasion and settlement may have been the reason for the movement of Kenneth MacAlpin, the present king of Dál Riata, which had also been devestated by the Viking incursions. The kingdom of Dál Riata, located on the western coast of Scotland, had been destroyed after the death of their previous king Áed mac Boanta in 839, according to the Annals of Ulster, which may have made the new king Kenneth MacAlpin move to the east, and conquer the remnants of the Pictish realms. Kenneth MacAlpin became king of the Picts in 843 and later kings would be titled as the King of Alba or King of Scots.
+Race:  Human
+Gender:  Male
-===Art of the "Dark Ages"===
+Eye Color:  Blue
-First and foremost, art existed because the Church required it. The basic tools of the Roman Catholic mass, thousands of golden art objects were made. Sacred cups, vessels, reliqueries, crucifixes, rosaries, altar pieces, and statues of the Virgin and Child or Saints all kept the flame of art from dying out in the period. Architecture began to revive to some extent by the 9th century. It took the form of Church facilities of all kinds, and the first castle fortifications since Roman times began to take form in simple "moat and baily" castles, or simple "strong point" tower structures, with little refinement.
-==Worldwide Events==
+Hair Color:  Dirty Blond
-*The Arab merchant Shulama wrote that Chinese junk ships could carry 600 to 700 passengers aboard for sailing missions into the Indian Ocean. He wrote that the draft of Chinese ships was too deep for entering the Euphrates River (modern-day Iraq), which forced them to land small boats on the banks of the river for passengers and cargo instead.
+Skin Color:  White
-*An unknown event causes the decline of the Maya Classical Era.
-*Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century.
-*Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in Western Europe.
-*Large-scale Viking attacks on Europe begin, devastating countless numbers of people.
-*Oseberg ship burial.
-*The Magyars arrive in what is now Hungary, taking it from Bulgaria.
-*The Tukolor settle in the Senegal river valley.
-*Muslim traders settle in the northwest and southeast of Madagascar.
-*800 — Charlemagne is crowned emperor of Rome by Pope Leo III.
-*800 — Arab fleet sails up the Tiber.
-*800–909 — Rule of Aghlabids as an independent Muslim dynasty in North Africa, with their capital at Tunis.
-*802 — Jayavarman II of the Khmer people in Cambodia founds the Khmer empire and establishes the Angkorian dynasty.
-*803 — Construction on the Leshan Giant Buddha in Tang Dynasty China is complete, after 90 years of rock-carving on a massive cliff-side.
-*809-817 — War between the Byzantine empire and the Bulgars.
-*811 — Battle of Pliska fought between a Byzantine force led by emperor Nicephorus I and a Bulgar army commanded by Khan Krum. Byzantines are defeated in a series of engagements, culminating with the death of Nicephorus I
-*C. 813–c. 915 — Period of serious Arab naval raids on shores of Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas.
-*814 — Charlemagne dies at Aachen.
-*827-902 — Aghlabid dynasty colonises emirates in Sicily and subsequently raids Southern Italy.
-*830 — House of Wisdom, a library and translation institute, established by al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, in Baghdad to transfer the knowledge of Greeks, Persians, Indians, etc to Muslim world.[1] Also The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing which is one of the book of algebra is written by Al-Khwarizmi who worked there.
-*840 — Death of Louis the Pious.
-*841 — Dublin is founded on the east coast of Ireland by the Vikings.
-*843 — The three sons of Louis the Pious reach an agreement known as the Treaty of Verdun and split the Carolingian empire into three divisions; East Francia was given to Louis the German, West Francia to Charles the Bald and Middle Francia to Lothair I.
-*845 — Buddhism is persecuted and banned in China.
-*848–852 — The west bank of the Tiber is annexed into the city of Rome. A defensive wall, commissioned by Pope Leo IV, is built around what came to be called the Leonine City.
-*850–875 — The first Norse settlers arrive on Iceland.
-*851 — The Arab merchant Suleiman al-Tajir visits the Chinese seaport at Guangzhou in southern China, and observes the manufacturing of porcelain, the Islamic mosque built at Guangzhou, the granary system of the city, and how its municipal administration functioned.
-*859 — Muslims establish the oldest university in the world, University of Al Karaouine, in Fez, Morocco[1]
-*862 — The beginning the Rurik Dynasty in Russia
-*863 — The Chinese author Duan Chengshi describes the slave trade, ivory trade, and ambergris trade of Somalia in East Africa.
-*863–879 — Period of schism between eastern and western churches.
-*864 — Christianization of Bulgaria under Boris I
-*867 — Onward Revival of the Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty.
-*868 — Ahmad ibn Tulun breaks away from the Abbasid Caliphate and establishes the independent Tulunid dynasty.
-*870 — Prague Castle founded.
-*871-899 — Reign of Alfred the Great.
-*875–884 — Huang Chao leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in China.
-*878 — Battle of Edington results in the victory of Alfred the Great over the Danish warlord Guthrum.
-*885 — Arrival of the disciples of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Clement of Ohrid and Naum of Preslav in Bulgaria. Development of the Cyrillic Alphabet.
-*896 — Magyars arrive in the Carpathian Basin and found an independent state, which would, during the tenth and early eleventh century, develop into the Kingdom of Hungary, which was established in 1001.
-Late 9th century: Bulgaria stretches from the mouth of the Danube to Epirus and Bosnia.
-*In Italy, some cities became free republics: for instance Forlì, in 889.
-*The Christian Nubian kingdom reaches its peak of prosperity and military power. (Early history of Sudan).
-*Harald Fairhair was victorious at the battle of Hafrsfjord, and Norway was unified into one kingdom.
-*Chess reaches Japan.
-*The Medieval Warm Period begins.
-==Significant people==
+Blood Color:  Red
-*Adi Sankara
+Height:  5’ 9”
-*Al-Jahiz
-*Alfred the Great
-*Arnulf of Carinthia
-*Basil I the Macedonian 811–886), ruled (867)–(886)
-*Boris I of Bulgaria
-*Empress Irene of Athens
-*Charlemagne
-*Clement of Ohrid
-*Han Yu
-*Harald I of Norway
-*Huang Chao
-*Kenneth I of Scotland
-*Louis the Pious
-*Naum of Preslav
-*Rurik
-*Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius
-*Taizu of Later Liang
-*Wang Kon
-==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
+Weight:  185 +/- lbs
-*First image of a rotary grindstone in a European source — illustration shows crank, first known use of a crank in the West (Utrecht Psalter, A.D. 843)
+Build:  Average, yet firm
-*First known printed book, the Diamond Sutra, printed in China using woodblock printing in 868 AD.
-*Invention of gunpowder by Chinese Taoist Alchemists
+Hobbies:  Enjoys Shakespeare, history, tinkering on his ship, and barefoot waterskiing
-*Vulgar Latin begins to devolve into various Romance languages
+Medical History:
+He has scars from stabbing wounds and phaser burns on legs, and torso.  Chance never emotionally recovered from the death of his bride to be, a Romulan woman, T’Lela.
+The psychologist at the academy wrote in Chance’s dossier “This individual exhibits a unique resourcefulness, uses unorthodox methods, but doesn’t appear to have any moral grounding whatsoever.”
+Assignment:  Operations Officer, U.S.S. DENNISON
+Rank:  Ensign
+Awards:
+Education:
+Hardy-Knox University (Merchant Crewman and Vessel Master License);
+Starfleet Academy (Military Operations/ Tactics)
+Physical Description:
+A handsome man in a plain looking way; clean shaven; neatly groomed hair; a smirk usually on his face; and walks with the swagger of a true survivor.
+Skills and Abilities:
+He has a working knowledge of starship and urban warfare; cargo and troop transport; smuggling; he is also an accomplished pilot and duelist.
+Family History:
+*Edward “Easy Ed” Raschen (Grandfather) is a retired bounty hunter, and is currently a consultant about small combat craft for (and owner of) Rash-1 Industries to shipyards throughout the Federation.
+*Margaret (Mother) is President/CEO of Rash-1 Industries, and runs the company from the family’s ranch in Texas, on Earth.
+*Born Charles “Chance” Raschen, he took the last name “Temerarious” to use as a pseudonym when he became a privateer.  After the war he continued to use the name for clandestine missions that the Federation hired him for.
+*Franklin (Father) nothing else is known about him.  Chance was the product of a drunken one night stand.
+Pre-Starfleet History:
+After being denied entrance into Starfleet Academy because of who his grandfather was, Chance was accepted into Hardy-Knox University. Upon graduation he received a commission from Rash-1 Industries as First Mate onboard the armed merchantman ship Express Rider.
+With the outbreak of the Cardassian-Federation War, Chance’s grandfather petitioned the Federation Council for a license to provide privateers for the Federation. 45 days into the war, Edward Raschen was authorized to issue Letters-of-Marque’ in-the-name-of the Federation Counsel.  Edward issued 12 letters, plus one for himself.
+One of these letters (9 of 13) was issued to Chance which commissioned him to function independently to destroy, or take as prize enemy vessels; and provide support for legitimate military operations. Upon receiving his commission, Chance immediately acquired a small ship, and named himself captain of the STAR HAWK (see notes for basic ship information).
+Chance, who was one of “Easy Ed’s” Privateers, worked in
+conjunction with Starfleet Intelligence units and Black-Ops Marines behind enemy lines on some of the Federation’s more clandestine interests of the war.  Chance also took part in many of Starfleet’s larger military operations as well.
+During wartime support operations Temerarious would use the Star Hawk, as a scout ship, landing craft, air support, and for medical evacuation of wounded troops.  Most operations consisted of working with other Privateers to attack enemy starships.
+In the final days of the Cardassian-Federation War, the Starfleet Admiralty tried to recruit many privateers into Starfleet; Chance declined to join.
+For several years after the war, Chance Temerarious continued working as a privateer for the Federation.  Chance eventually agreed to sign-up even though he had become dubious as to the stability and merits of the Federation in the post-war galaxy.
+Yet, while attending Starfleet Academy, Temerarious continued to maintain ownership/control of his ship and Letter-of-Marque.  This allowed him to take part in “peacekeeping” operations with Starfleet Intelligence, and Marine Units during school breaks, which counted towards his field training requirements, and earn him extra money.
+Starfleet History:
+.09.03 Enrolled Starfleet Academy (includes transfer of all credits from Hardy-Knox University)
+.06.24 Recruited by Colonel D’rajevon to infiltrate and to steal the U.S.S. Dennison from the 52nd
+.01.15 Graduated Starfleet Academy
+.02.15 Reported to U.S.S. Dennison as an Operations Officer.
+.07.06 Seized control of the U.S.S. Dennison; and defected to the 52nd, thus returning the ship
+Notes:
+Starfleet has allowed Chance to keep his ship, and Letter-of-Marque.
+STAR HAWK; FPV-1273 (Federal Privateer Vessel) was originally designed to be used as a bounty hunter.  Built by Rash-1 Industries; Star Hawk is based on the Marquis’ Raider-class design ships, but with obvious design differences such as the lack of wings and the smaller size (in meters:  30L-20W-8H). The Star Hawk has all the power and warp capabilities of a frigate, but with the maneuverability and sub-warp speed of a fighter craft. Star Hawk has 2 pulse phaser turrets, and carries 8 full size torpedoes with a variety of warheads.
+[[category: Characters]]