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Prefers to get the job done. If the book is in his way, the book moves. A danger in conversation, as he can, if prodded correctly/accidentally, begin recalling his past exploits, if he knows both himself and the recipient have the time of day, or if he believes they both have the time of day.

When determined though, little can stop him, except perhaps his rarely seen wife.

A patient creature, who will wait as long as it takes, learned from his time in Starfleet. Pleasant, likeable and easy to get on with man, who doesn't expect people to bend over backwards to him.

One of the more interesting people to rise through the ranks. Born in 2313 on an outer colony, Sareth IV, Diaz grew up away from the Federation. As a child, he could be observed to be different from normal children in that he shared nothing in common with them.

Sareth IV was most notably famous as a colony made up of primarily Earth colonists of mixed descent. The colony was founded in the late 22nd century, after the Romulan/Earth war.

An unusual feature of the colony is that the majority of Earth languages have disappeared. Though Spanish in decent, Emilio speaks not a word of it and neither did his parents or grandparents. Due to its diverse cultures, the colony was forced to adapt and took Federation Standard as a language of convenience.

The colony tried to keep a feeling of being "small," so when towns reached a certain size, they would split and set up a new town. For Diaz, this was a constricting way to live. He was 'expected,' to take up the position of the town lawyer, dealing with petty disputes and such.

His education began to follow this trend, grooming him for the position. Unfortunately, the law had little appeal for Diaz, who slowly began to rebel against it. His father, the personal tutor to his son, tried to crack down on him, and he simply responded in turn, making their life hell. His teachings included the pary and thrust world of the court, deciveness, 'interogation' (of sorts) of witnesses, and an intense knowledge of the law, combined with retraining his accent to a somewhat more formal one.

At 18, Diaz was given an ultimatum by his parents. Either he stay with the colony and take the families traditional position of lawyer, or leave. In a moment of recklessness, Diaz chose to leave and turned his back on what he once called "home."

He took refuge in the Federation Embassy, and with no reason to stay, and no other way off, signed up to join Starfleet Academy.

During his training, young Diaz found himself assigned with a Starfleet counselor, Academy Staff worried that someone who joined the fleet would be 'unreliable,' as compared to volunteer applicants.

Diaz spent months going through counselling and examinations, as the fleet tried to decide where would be the best course for young Diaz to take, as his training on his home colony had included little that was Starfleet examinable.

At this time, Diaz put his life into some semblance of an order. He was going to make something of himself. He wanted to be bigger and better than the role he had been 'groomed' for.

With the counsellors satisified by this, Diaz signed up as a commisioned officer, wmajoring in command and diplomacy, with science and tactical as minors, the majority of them easily grasped and bent round his mind of the pary and thrust of law in his blood.

After an uneventful 3 years, Diaz was assigned to his Cadet Training Cruise, aboard the USS Republic, an even less uneventful assignment.

In 2336, Diaz was assigned to his first starship, the Oberth class Scobee, as a junior science officer, on a scientific expedition through the uncharted areas of the Alpha Quadrant. This too was about to become a less than eventful voyage, where upon a new species, the X'erinii were discovered on the planet Larchal IV. Captain Stukov, commanding officer of the Scobee, decided to lead an away team to the planet to discover more about this species, taking along with him a small team, comprising of his best officers and the new Diaz, on his first ever away mission.

Having noted the X'erinni, the team were ambushed trying to withdraw from the X'erinni encampment. Fighting back viciously, the team were sucessful at the forcing back of the team, but not without Diaz drawing his phaser and attacking the natives. An accident caused him to kill two of them.

Upon their return to the Scobee, and the realisation of his actions, Diaz broke down. Seeing the affects on his officer, Stukov tried to take the blame, but his XO ursurped him, informing Starfleet Command of the real truth.

Diaz was reprimanded, and assigned to Earth duty, as aide to Vice Admiral Karvetz. Diaz reflected upon his life, considering if he did the right thing or not on Larchal IV. He decided he had been in the wrong, accepting his punishment and slowly tried become a more subdued officer.

In 2340, on grounds of good behaviour, he appealed and won a transfer off Earth, with the backing of the impressed Karvetz, onto a border ship, the Miranda class USS Piety; assigned the Klingon border, with the degrading of the condition between the Federation and the Klingons. Due to his tactical training, he found himself assigned as a junior tactical officer.

The Piety found itself engaging in combat with a Klingon Battlecruiser trying to cross the border. The Piety engaged the Klingon's, but had not the firepower to repell the the cruiser. By this time, the majority of the senior staff were dead, leaving the young Diaz for his first trial by fire at tactical. Understanding they were outgunned, Diaz used his flare for tactical to his advantage, taking advantage of a nearby asteroid belt for a shield. Pursing the Klingon ship through it, the Piety used the field to her advantage, ducking and diving her way through shots, forcing the Klingon's to engage her. The 2 ships were in a stalemate for 3 hours until Federation reinforcements arrived to drive the Klingon cruiser off.

For his skill and valour, Diaz was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade and made Chief Tactical Officer, an unusual move for an officer such as Diaz, but Starfleet accepted it, when the recommendation was mysteriously followed with a letter of support from Karvetz.

The Piety saw little more action afterwards, until 2346, with the signing of the second Khitomer accords, after the destruction of the Enterprise-C. With this, Starfleet concentrated its resources on sealing the Romulan border, as little contact had been made with the Romulans for nearly 80 years.

In 2347, Diaz was reassigned to the Cardassian border, in view of the Setlik III massacre, as part of a move to boost the Starfleet prescence in the region.

His new ship, the USS Parthernon, served yet again as a border cutter, engaing in skirmishes with over confident Cardassian vessels attempting to take out the odd lone vessel. Rising through the ranks, by 2355 Diaz had quickly made Lieutenant Commander.

Investigating reports of an unusual spacial phenomena, the Parthernon intercepted to investigate. Discovering a sub-space tear of sorts, with their limited technology, the Parthernon attempted to seal it, believing it may have been a new Cardassian weapon. The attempt backfired, shredding the Parthernon into pieces. The crew were able to evacuate and Diaz was left on the Cardassian border, with no where to go.

Around this time, he met Joan Montgomery. A fiery woman, who would stand for little, by a quirk of fate, the two were drawn together. With a promotion to commander thrown in, Diaz was reassigned as Executive Officer of the Ambassador class USS Consolidation and believed he had escaped Montgomery for the time being.

Fate played a cruel trick, and in 2357, the new Captain Diaz, due to his outstanding performance, found himself in command of the Excelsior class USS Valour, with Joan Montgomery as Chief Science Officer.

During his time on the Valour, Diaz was responsible for mapping out much of the extremities of the Federation, as well as resolving numerous minor disputes here and there - including domestic ones by his marriage to Joan Montgomery in 2360.

In 2362, Diaz was offered a place with Starfleet Diplomatic Corps, and a promotion to the rank of Commodore. He leaped at the oppurtunity and took it, trying to escape from what he considered to be the 'monotomy' of starship life, and escape from his wife.

His aptitude at negotiating led to a swift rise through the ranks, and by 2370, he had become a Vice-Admiral. Starfleet decided he had become too valuable to keep using for negotiations, and, without anywhere else to put him, ironically sent him to the Federation Embassy on Sareth VI.

It was nearly a month he was able to spend on Sareth VI before he was reunited with the memory of his younger self, having left those many years ago. Reconcilliation failed with his parents, and he returned to the embassy. A month later, his father was dead. The defiant Diaz became embittered by this, and refused to speak with his mother, remaining on icy terms with her and the general populous.

2373 brought with it a transfer to his old proving grounds, the Romulan and Klingon borders, to hold off the Dominion. His time there was met with mixed success, until the Romulans joined the war on the Federation side in 2374.

Diaz transferred yet again, this time to the front lines of Betazed, taking part in the co-operative effort to drive the Dominion back into Cardassian space, with a resounding success.

With the end of the war and the damage caused by the Breen attack on Earth, Diaz was now promoted to the rank of Admiral, and sent to Earth.

For over 2 and a half years he found himself with little to do. During this time, he was reunited with a dying retired Admiral Karvatz, who disclosed to Diaz he had taken a gamble that Diaz could succeed. Karvatz died 6 months later.

He knew few people on Earth, and didn't care to, so Diaz put in to be transferred. In the meantime, he took up teaching at the Academy of diplomacy and tactical to older cadets, or to enlisted men.

In 2378, he recieved a transfer for a new assignment out in the heart of the Beta Quadrant, as Commander in Chief of Gamma Fleet, with a promotion to Fleet Admiral, which he duly accepted.