BRAVO FLEET ADMIRALTY
Character Biography
HISTORY OF BRAVO FLEET SERVICE:
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[LT. COMMANDER - CAPTAIN] 1998-99 |
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[COMMODORE] 1999 |
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[COMMODORE] 1999 |
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[REAR ADMIRAL - VICE ADMIRAL] 2000-01 |
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[VICE ADMIRAL] 2001-Present |
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[VICE ADMIRAL] 2002-Present |
AWARDS / DECORATIONS:
STARFLEET RECORD:
2358> Graduated from Starfleet Academy. Specialty of Starship Operations, Secondary of Interstellar Flight with emphasis on runabout operations. Commissioned officer, rank of ensign. Assigned to USS Hood as shuttle pilot
2359> Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
2361> Transferred to the USS Republic, Communications Officer
2363> Promoted to full Lieutenant
2369> Promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Assigned position of Chief of Operations
2370> Promoted to Commander. Reassigned to the USS Entente, Beta Fleet. Position of Chief of Tactical Operations
2373> USS Entente / Romulan Skirmish - Commander Taggart takes helm in emergency situation
2373> Promoted to Captain. Reassigned to Starfleet's Special Warfare Division, STOAT Branch. Given command of the USS Odysseus
2375> Promoted to Commodore (Rear Admiral Lower Half), assigned Task Force position of Deputy Commander and Squadron Commander of AKST
2376> Stardate 99041.6 - STOAT / Dominion Skirmish. Stardate 0621.99 - USS Odysseus decommissioned. Commodore Taggart placed on "unassigned status" due to pending legal duties. Stardate 0819.99 - SFCMJ rules in favor of Rear Admiral Hunter and the USS Dominator. Commodore Taggart given 1 month shore leave Stardate. 0919.99 - Commodore Taggart assumes role of CIC Project Commander. Stardate 1005.99 - Prototype plans for fleet-use CIC completed. Scheduled to be fitted aboard USS Hornblower.
2677> Promoted to Rear Admiral and assigned as the commander of Task Force 17, Bravo Fleet
2678> Promoted to Vice Admiral.
2679> Assigned as Fleet Corps Director, Bravo Fleet.
BACKGROUND:
Flynn Taggart was born on Bajor, from father, Richard Taggart, and mother, Luann Taggart. Since his father was Human and his mother was Bajoran, Flynn was born half and half, with mixed traits from both races.
Flynn was encouraged to join Starfleet, as his Father was a Captain and posted on a special ops Admiral's tactical staff. His mother, a Major in the Bajoran Army, could not convince Flynn to join the Bajoran Army. Flynn was all for Starfleet, and applied at age 19, being accepted to the Academy that same year.
In the Academy, Flynn excelled. His was intensely interested in interstellar fighters and combat craft, and flew with Nova Squadron, the premier Starfleet flight squadron, for two full semesters. He also had a gift for music, and often played the Trombone in Jazz and symphonic bands, more notably the Academy Orchestra and the Marching Band, serving one of those years as Drum Major for the Marching Band. Flynn also found interest in starship operations and console operation, and took many courses in that area. Thus, Flynn Taggart graduated from Starfleet Academy with a specialty in starship operations and a secondary in interstellar flight.
He got his first posting on the USS Hood as a shuttle pilot. His four years of service on the Hood earned him a promotion to Lieutenant J.G. Eventually, Flynn transferred off the ship to find other areas to pursue.
It wasn't long before he found the USS Republic, and was posted as a Communications Officer. Serving on the Republic, Flynn earned the promotion of full Lieutenant within another two years, then Lieutenant Commander and the position of Chief of Operations in six more years, for a total of eight years of service on board the USS Republic.
Seeing his potential, Flynn was assigned to Beta Fleet and given the rank of Commander. There, he served on board the USS Entente as Chief of Tactical Operations. It was then, during a routine patrol route on the Romulan/Federation border, that a covert Romulan strike group attempted sabotage of a Federation Listening Outpost designed to monitor interstellar anomalies in deep space, thinking it was a spying device. The USS Entente was key in the station's defense. However, there were complications.
The Entente's captain was injured during the fight, and was forced to sickbay. With the Exec dead, it was up to Commander Taggart to take the helm. Working with the crew like a finely-tuned machine, Flynn was able to fend off the Romulans until reinforcements arrived.
A prominent figure in Bravo Fleet, Admiral Mike Jarovik, noticed Commander Taggart's excellence under pressure. Flynn's father, the above mentioned Captain Richard Taggart, was once part of his tactical staff until his retirement shortly after Flynn was posted aboard the Entente. It was then that Admiral Jarovik introduced Flynn to the special forces arm of Bravo Fleet, Task Force 17.
Flynn was promoted to Captain by the Admiral himself, and given command of the USS Odysseus, a Ulysses class STOAT Starship for BravoFleet's Task Force 17. It wasn't long after that he found out that Admiral Jarovik had put him on the Commodores' list - a promotion to flag rank that few in Starfleet could claim. Now-Commodore Taggart was given the honored position of Deputy Commander of Task Force 17 after two years of exemplary service within STOAT. In addition, he commanded the Anti-Krazzle Strike Team (AKST): a squadron of four starships including the USS Odysseus, which became the flagship.
It was within the AKST that the idea of the Combat Information Center (CIC) was born. Installed on the USS Odysseus, below the bridge module, the CIC was the central Intelligence, Communication, and Tactical Coordination center of the AKST, and sometimes the entirety of TF17. The CIC design was kept mainly within STOAT, but has since branched out to include some of Starfleet's flagships and main starbases.
On stardate 99041.6, Bravo Fleet launched a fleet-wide campaign against a searing number of Dominion forces. STOAT was no exception. Assigned the mission of seeking and destroying a possible Dominion Anti-STOAT force, Task Force 17 was defeated and took heavy losses. The Odysseus survived the battle with major damages and heavy casualties and fatalities. However, a Dominion computer virus was planted in the ship's computer core, designed to take over all ship's systems and put them under Dominion remote-control. The plan almost succeeded, but it didn't count on Lieutenant Commander Caine Tarlyn and his prototype AI computer, "Void." With Tarlyn's expertise, the Odysseus avoided falling into the clutches of the Dominion and emergency-landed on Hymmes III - a remote and desolate planet. The Dominion followed and a ground battle ensued, the Odysseus crew unable to call for help due to heavy atmospheric storms. They would have surely been lost if it hadn't have been for the USS Dominator, a highly-classified Sovereign-class starship designed for military duty and to function as the Federation's only independent-operations battlecruiser. Under the command of Rear Admiral Daniel Hunter, the USS Dominator evacuated the crew...but arranged for all surviving personnel to be permanently transferred aboard the Dominator.
Flynn and his XO, Captain Balio Tebris, managed to put the Odysseus back into space with the help of the Dominator. However, Flynn was enraged at the "political kidnapping" of most of his crew. Unable to form a new crew due to the losses inflicted upon STOAT during the fleet-wide mission, BUPERS (Bureau of Personnel) agreed to the Dominator transfer and relieved Flynn of his command until another could be provided.
Outraged as to BUPERS decision, Flynn challenged it before the Starfleet Court of Military Justice. He cited that Admiral Hunter went through improper channels in attaining his crew, "robbing" personnel from the Odysseus to fill the Dominator's crew roster. The legal battle went forth for two months and received major publicity and criticism within Starfleet and the Federation Council, specifically because it brought the USS Dominator out into public view. Unable to accept Flynn's personal crusade for fear that it would bring bad publicity to STOAT, Admiral Jarovik released Flynn from his duties as TF Deputy Commander and AKST CO. Without an assignment, Flynn continued his appeal. The Starfleet Court of Military Justice, after two months, ruled in favor of Admiral Hunter and the USS Dominator, harping that the Dominator's personnel needs, due to its mission, were above the Odysseus' and, given the situation, Admiral Hunter acted in the best interests of Starfleet to serve his command. The SFCMJ granted Flynn one month of leave time until an position opened up for someone with his rank.
After his month of leave time, BUPERS did indeed find a position for him, but not what he was expecting. Instead of a ship and a possible group command, Flynn was assigned as project commander for a familiar sight -- the Combat Information Center. The project itself was designed to incorporate a lesser version of the full-blown CIC found on fleet flagships and most starbases, to be integrated into Task Force flagships to increase Starfleet's battle efficiency within its Task Forces. For a month, Flynn and his design staff hammered out details, and finally scheduled the prototype to be fitted on the USS Hornblower, the flagship of BravoFleet's Task Force 67. Flynn and his selected staff have since been assigned to the CIC on the Hornblower to oversee the prototype module. It is also no accident that the prototype CIC module is "commanded" by one of the most experienced CIC commanders in Starfleet today.
Shortly thereafter, STOAT was reassigned to another fleet. Fleet Admiral Mike Bremer, Commanding Admiral of Bravo Fleet, requested that Commodore Taggart be transferred back to Bravo Fleet to assist in re-creating the Special Forces, Task Force 17. Starfleet Intelligence, Special Warfare Division, released their newest Task Force to Bravo Fleet, code-named 'DarkStar Operations." Commodore Taggart was promoted to Rear Admiral and ordered to assume command of the new Task Force 17. On Stardate 0515.00, Flynn Taggart was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral for his continued service to Bravo Fleet as commander of Task Force 17.
The following year, Task Force 17 was disbanded and its assets spread amongst the rest of the fleet. Vice Admiral Taggart was temporarily assigned to advisory duty at Bravo Fleet Command until he assumed the duties and responsibilities as Fleet Corps Director for Bravo Fleet.
FAMILY/RELATIVES:
Father: Captain (ret.) Richard Taggart, Starfleet tactical operations. Human. Part of Admiral Mike Jarovik's tactical staff. Service of 30+ years to the United Federation of Planets.
Mother: Major Luann Taggart, Bajoran Army. Bajoran. Serves in the 153rd Combat Platoon on Bajor. Resides with Richard Taggart, her husband of 20+ years.
Sister: Rachael Taggart, Civilian marine biologist. Human/Bajoran. The only member of the family to not have a military career. Rachael serves on the faculty on the Organic University on Ryllist II.
SPECIAL ABILITIES/TALENTS:
Trombone player; played in the Academy Orchestra, Academy Marching Band (1 yr. Drum Major)
Martial Artist, winner of the annual Diamond National Tournament on Earth, for forms and musical forms. Superior knowledge of starship operations, bridge console operations.
Considers himself somewhat of an old Earth historian (independent study). Fascinated with the ancient Earth era, the 1500's to the 2000's.
Enjoys formalities. Tends to be the only officer in Starfleet that is comfortable in a dress uniform.