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David Kipping

Fleet Captain David Kipping

Fleet Captain

Name:

David T. Kipping
Organisation: Starfleet
Rank: Fleet Captain
Position: Task Force 2 Commanding Officer, Gamma Fleet
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Birthplace: 19th December 2344
Date of Birth: 2313
Height: 1.83 m (6')
Weight: 76 kg. (12 stone)
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: White
Accent: Not on file
Appearance:

Right knee was severely damaged and broken at the age of 17 in a minor shuttle crash where the cockpit buckled in onto his right leg. Right knee becomes more severely damaged than normal if injured.

Interests: Not on file
Likes: Not on file
Dislikes: Not on file
Personality Profile:

Always willing to make friends. Very clever however struggles to concentrate on work for long periods of time, especially theoretical work. Easy going, rarely starts a social fight due to the fact he often conveys aggression through his martial arts practice and fights in star ship battles.

Languages: Not on file
Education:
Went to private school in England as child, received excellent exam results. Went to Bath University doing physics, left university after master's degree through and continued course at Starfleet academy.
HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATION: Sinford School, Coventry, England
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Bath University, England, 1st master's degree in advanced physics
STARFLEET ACADEMY: [3rd out of 456]
Major: Advanced starship engineering
Minor: Diplomacy
Service Record:
2374 -2376:
Assistant engineer aboard the USS Fox [Promoted to Ensign]
2376: Assigned to USS Exupery as Chief Engineer [Promoted to Lt. Jg and served also as acting XO]
2376: Promoted to Lt. Commander and assigned as the commanding officer of Exupery when Sergei Geiloj dies.
2377: Promoted to Captain of USS Exupery-A after decommission of original.
2378: Given command of Task Force 2.
Decorations: Not on file
Reprimands: Not on file
Family:

Father:

Commander William Kipping - Killed in engagement with Borg
Mother: Semily Kipping - Currently lives on Mars colonies
Sister: Lieutenant Arial Jordan
Background:

Studied quantum mechanics in spare time while at university, finished with long-term girlfriend (Claire Oster) 6 months ago after a 2-year relationship. Enjoys occasional gambling, trying new things, acting generally adventurous, at the age of 5 his father died and from then on he has always hated the Borg and studied their weak spots in his spare time, swears revenge, enjoys keep fit and regularly found in gym or practising Kung-Fu.

He lived in England as a child and found himself fascinated with both the stars and physics. At the age of 14 he began to read quantum physics books and by 16 was onto advanced theorems such made by the likes of Einstein, Hawking, Newton, Planck, Maxwell and Dirac. He then learnt of the creatures he swore to kill despite his mother's advice. He got all the data he could on the Borg vessels and although at first the data seemed absolute jargon, he soon managed to learn how the ship functioned. With a new aspiration for ship design he looked at the Federation ships and was fascinated by them. He went to university studying advanced physics leaving his options open. However, after this he made he mind up and applied to Starfleet Academy who welcomed such a physicist of his calibre.

Onboard the Fox he served as an assistant engineer in the junior staff where when he left joined the Exupery as an ensign. Onboard Exupery, he made many friends, including a best friend, Will Carls. He learnt a lot in a short time about life and war. During his second mission aboard, the ship engaged a Dominion outpost and a small raider fleet. The ship was abandoned after heavy damage and was saved by the USS Enterprise. The war scenes he saw out there hit David hard and it seeded the beginning of an interest in the history of war. He made friends with most of the crew and found he enjoyed serving aboard and was then promoted to Lt. Jg. David found it very painful to lose his friends as they moved on to different positions. Will moved to Earth and Zaphirah left the ship as well. David progressed on and started to take on new responsibilities as the Acting First Officer aboard. After gaining more trust with Sergei Geiloj, a massive unexpected turn came when David disagreed with Sergei's decision. As a result, a mutiny enrolled where Sergei wanted to help a people in trouble during a war, but David insisted on following the Prime Directive. Sergei was killed on the surface in the war and David was assigned the position of commanding officer and promoted to Lt. Commander.

The next mission saw David face his greatest nemesis he would ever to face - the Borg. David knew one day he would face them but he never realised how soon - he felt this was his destiny. Whilst most of the crew cowered, David rose to the challenge and led the ship through a vicious battle where many died and many are still remembered today. David was promoted to Captain for his actions despite the fact Exupery was decommissioned due to excessive damage to the ship after this mission. The next mission saw David as Captain for the first time. His mission was to observe a supernova in his new Intrepid class vessel but Orion pirates boarded the ship murdering many crew until the senior staff finally repelled the invasion and escaped back home.

Despite the forthcoming missions David faced, he found it much more enjoyable now because of less fighting and more scientific explorations.

Other Notes: Not on file
Special Abilities: Plays piano well and enjoys practising Tae Kwon Do.
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