Schuyler
From Star Trek: Gamma One
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| Schuyler, Henrik H.
Fleet Captain 458-34-07243 07 JUL 2210 Netherlands, Earth Captain, USS Halcyon |
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Dossier
Henrik Hercule Schuyler is a Terran-born human, specifically of Dutch and Walloon (French-speaking Belgian) ancestry, from the border of the Belgian province of Liège and the Dutch province of Limburg. His father's lineage contains military and service fleet officers sporadically, going back several generations, with his father having served during the transition from UESPA's Star Fleet to the UFP Starfleet from the late 2100s into the early 2200s. His mother is from a long line of craftspeople and artisans spread throughout the Low Countries of Northern Europe.
Henrik Schuyler was raised to the ideals of skilled work, service, and public civic participation. He began his course of study at the Academy in Applied Mathematics, belonging to that school of thought that Mathematics, in theory and application, is the mother and father of all other disciplines of any branch of science, engineering, and applied technology. It allowed him, though trained as a pilot with the bulk of his professional training courses, to serve well on his Cadet Cruise as a deputy quartermaster with the Deck department of what was then a major frontier starbase, plotting short-distance trade routes and clockwork galley schedules which made him a rapidly developing expert in what his first mentor, Commodore Tyler Stockton of Starbase 10, called 'gastronomic diplomacy'. Even now, more than 40 years later, FCPT Schuyler continues that trade -- studying the culinary and cultural as well as practical and military supply and support of colonies and allies would lead him, on either TDY duty assignment in the 2240s or full leave of absence in the 2260s, to earn graduate degrees in related fields from the London School of Economics and the Vulcan School of Diplomacy. His eye for logistics also made him not just competent but excellent as the founding Provost of the Saturn Flight Range of Starfleet Academy; since he opened its doors as its first commanding officer and overseer in 2255, he has no longer been an active pilot himself, but a trainer and facilitator of same, including his own current first officer, Commander Glarpin, who was one of the first students at the Range.
FCPT Schuyler's keen mind for creative mathematical and logistical solutions extends beyond his administrative and diplomatic work -- he is like most modern Starfleet captains a trained strategist as well as a tactician in ship-to-ship combat, and is said to be aided in this by a photographic memory that allows him to recall the studied tactical patterns and strategic gambits of Captains he has never met but only studied from afar. He keeps reasonably fit for his age with a continued athletic regimen of long-range hikes and winter-sports such as skiing and skating in the countryside on planets which have terrain suitable for such sports; on ship, he prefers light calisthenics, Terran yoga and its Vulcan equivalent, and a personal combat skills regimen which combines French Savate (kickboxing) and Le Canne de Combat (stick and cane fighting) with Starfleet Academy boxing lessons and the internal and meditative Vulcan art of Ponn-Ifla which he studied while taking his troon-arr at the VSD. He continues to ply his youthful skills as a chef and tailor to his own sartorial and gastronomic splendors, and has been known to make some of his own civilian attire and little snacks with the textiles and ingredients of a dozen worlds.
If Schuyler has a weakness, it is perhaps the fair guess of many rivals and enemies that his overconfidence masks years of self-doubt -- he holds the record for the longest-serving Brevet Captaincy in Starfleet, keeping that rank in a 'holding pattern' for more than a decade before he was finally conferred it as a permanent rank with a permanent ship-of-the-line command. It is whispered that he is easily goaded into rash or unwise actions, even to the point of alienating his staunchest supporters, by threats against the rank and position he waited so long to achieve. He has made many enemies over the years, from the Klingon troopers and starship commanders he has faced in border combat repeatedly over more than 35 of his 47 years in the Fleet, to some of the Federation's own human and Vulcan diplomats and bureaucrats he has angered with his achievements and arrogance over the years. It is also well known that on at least one mission of USS Potemkin, his previous command, he personally led the diplomatic push which ousted a Flaxian force from taking over a failed Andorian colony, effectively denying the Flaxians major power status as a multi-colonial power of their own, and that he is referred to in Flaxian popular culture as The World-Thief.
Service Record
- GEN 2210: Born at the Randwyck Hospital, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands.
- GEN 2228: Matriculates at Starfleet Academy with its incoming class of 2232, officially logged and noted as the last SFA Cadet Midshipman to be admitted under regulations and standards from SFA's post-UESPA transitional charter allowing the relaxation of certain entrance requirements for the children of previous generation UESPA Star Fleet or UFP Starfleet captains, or of those officers who were awarded certain high-value military honors.
- GEN 2229: At conclusion of first year general professional officer's training at the Academy, Cadet Midshipman 3rd Class H.H. Schuyler is accepted provisionally into advanced command branch helm & piloting training.
- GEN 2230: At conclusion of probationary year of helm & piloting training, Cadet Midshipman 2nd Class Schuyler is retained for continued and advanced training in the program.
- GEN 2231: At winter season break, in December 2231, Cadet Midshipman 1st Class Schuyler receives formal certification of completion of coursework and is released with warrant of temporary rank to serve his 'cadet cruise' period. Senior Cadet Midshipman Schuyler is assigned to the Shuttle Flight Squadron of Starbase 10.
- GEN 2232: Entries in the formal command logs of Starbase 10 filed by CMDR Pu'ugh Bromm, in his capacity as First Officer of the station, indicate the temporary detachment and reassignment of MIDN/S Schuyler from the Shuttle Flight Squadron to the Deck Department with concurrent responsibilities as Watch Officer over the Auxiliary Shuttlebay and as Deputy Quartermaster. Formal challenge to the order is filed by MIDN/S Schuyler but the order is upheld by CDRE Tyler Stockton in his capacity as Commanding Flag Officer of Starbase 10.
- GEN 2232: MIDN/S Schuyler receives formal commendation from CDRE Stockton, citing "dilgence, zeal, creativity, and efficiency in nearly doubling the size of the available menu choices available to the officers and crew of Starbase 10 by arranging for additional trade in a mere 11 foodstuffs items on 4 nearby planets, resulting in a commensurate increase in crew morale."
- GEN 2232: Paperwork filed by CDRE Stockton recommends MIDN/S Schuyler as the sole crewmember not of commissioned officer status, and one of only three crewmembers below the rank of a Lieutenant Commander, to share in a joint award of the newly created Palm Leaf of Axanar award to the senior staff of Starbase 10 for its successful negotation of a Peace & Reconciliation Treaty which returned a total of 5 lost or breakaway human and Axanari colonies to the fold of the United Federation of Planets. The paperwork filed bY CDRE Stockton specifically notes MIDN/S Schuyler's "behind the scenes efforts in gastronomic cultural diplomacy to win over delegates from the colonies and client states with carefully cultivated and tireless arranged food, drink, and entertainments."
- GEN 2232: Receives formal notification as to the logging of all required cadet cruise 'hours', by which he is deemed a graduate of Starfleet Academy, receiving his baccalaureate degree in Applied Mathematics and is proctored his oath of commissioning as a Starfleet Ensign by Commodore Tyler Stockton of Starbase 10.
- GEN 2232: Receives orders of transfer to the Shuttle Flight Section, Command Department, NCC-599 USS DaVinci, Daedalus-class, to serve as a junior officer of the watch and relief shuttle pilot.
- GEN 2232: Receives formal notification of the delayed decision by the Office of the Commandant of Cadets, Starfleet Academy, of his selection as the Midshipman recipient of the Commandant's Own Award for the SFA Class of 2232.
- GEN 2234: Receives regular promotion to LTJG.
- GEN 2234: Receives orders of transfer to the Shuttle Flight Section, Command Department, Luna Shipyards, Sol Sector.
- GEN 2235: Receives orders of transfer to the Helm Section, Command Department, NCC-779 USS Helix, Antares-class, to serve as a junior helmsman.
- GEN 2236: Awarded the Ribbon of Sacrifice for injuries sustained in the line of duty, defending USS Helix from Klingon boarding party.
- GEN 2236: Receives orders of transfer to the Helm Section, Command Department, NCC-1130 USS Branson, Kitty Hawk-class, to serve as a helmsman.
- GEN 2237: Receives regular promotion to the rank of a senior Lieutenant.
- GEN 2238: Receives orders of transfer to the Command Department of Starbase 12 to serve as a general-duty administrator, officer of the watch, and training officer under the direct supervsion of CDRE T'Phen.
- GEN 2240: Receives TDY orders to report to Earth for Starfleet-sponsored graduate training in Colonial & Interstellar Political Economy at the London School of Economics.
- GEN 2241: Completes M.Sc. at LSE, is removed from TDY list and receives orders of transfer to report to Starfleet Academy as an officer-instructor.
- GEN 2242: Receives regular promotion to rank of Lieutenant Commander.
- GEN 2242: Completes line officer equivalency training as part of ongoing officer-instructor continuing education plan at SFA.
- GEN 2243: Receives orders of tranfer to report to Starfleet HQ, Office of the Chief of Interplanetary Affairs, to serve as an aide to the Deputy Chief for Colonial Affairs.
- GEN 2245: Receives orders of transfer to report to the prototype destroyer NX-1500 USS Magellan, to serve as its Chief Helmsman and Second Officer on a planned 3 1/2 year combined shakedown cruise and regular tour of explored and unexplored space along the UFP-Klingon border.
- GEN 2246: By order of CAPT Jane De Santos, CO of USS Magellan, is relieved of duties as Second Officer and appointed as the ship's First Officer.
- GEN 2248: Receives orders of transfer to report to Communications Command Post Epsilon Azura, Acamar Sector, as its Acting CO.
- GEN 2249: Receives regular promotion to rank of full Commander and orders making permanent his position as CO of CCP Epsilon Azura.
- GEN 2252: Receives orders of transfer to report to the scout ship NCC-1688 USS Barents, Trailblazer-class, as its CO for a 2-year exploration tour just beyond the far shared border of UFP and Klingon space.
- GEN 2254: Receives brevet promotion to the rank and grade of a Captain in Starfleet and further receives immediate emergency orders to report to NCC-1371 USS Republic, Constitution-class, to assume immediate responsibilities as its Acting CO in wake of an Admiralty Board of Inquiry against its entire senior staff.
- GEN 2255: Is relieved of command of USS Republic by official orders from the Starfleet Board of Inquiry against the Starship Republic's former command crew. The orders of the board of inquiry were specific and binding that he should retain his temporary brevet to a Captain's rank "pursuant to his clear excellence in pursuit of the arduous duty of a top-to-bottom review under emergency stressors of the entire command structure of a Starfleet ship-of-the-line".
- GEN 2255: Is appointed to the senior staff of Starfleet Academy as Founding Range Officer & Acting Provost of its new branch/annex campus for helm and navigation students, the Saturn Flight Range.
- GEN 2260: Receives Silver Palm for extraordinary efforts in ongoing continued development of the Saturn flight Range curriculum and operational status, at the five year anniversary of its activation as an SFA annex and branch campus.
- GEN 2260: Files for and receives a transfer to reserve TDY status on long-term educational sabbatical from Starfleet. Matriculates at the Vulcan School of Diplomacy.
- GEN 2264: Receives honors designation as a troon-arr, the equivalent of a doctoral-level graduate, from the Faculty of Trade & Economic Relations at the Vulcan School of Diplomacy.
- GEN 2264: Resumes regular active duty at the formal rank of a Commander, but the brevet rank of a Captain rank and designation of a Post Captain in the Office of the Chief of Interplanetary Affairs, Starfleet HQ.
- GEN 2265: Receives emergency orders to assume command of the SFA transport and training vessel, NCC-689 USS Jolly Roger, J-class, from its temporary command crew following a hazard in space leaving half of its crew, including its CO, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike, plus a load of SFA Cadet Midshipmen medically incapacitated or administratively relieved of duty.
- GEN 2265: Receives formal notification from the Board of Inquiry into the events aboard USS Jolly Roger on or about Stardate 4991.9, and the chain of leadership failures and operational errors in the Starfleet Academy field docent program leading up to those events, that his participation as a witness in the BoI will disqualify him formally from candidacy for the Fleet Captain position or its subordinate Captaincies in the Field Docent program.
- GEN 2266: Receives formal orders making his brevet promotion to a Captain's rank permanent back to the original award on Stardate 3063.2, more than 15 years earlier, and appointing him CO of NCC-1657 USS Potemkin, Constitution-class.
- GEN 2267: At conclusion of remaining 15 months of USS Potemkin's ongoing 5 year mission, interrupted by the change of command, is ordered retained as CO for another 5-year mission.
- GEN 2272: At conclusion of USS Potemkin's third five-year mission, is ordered retained as CO for another 5-year mission.
- GEN 2272: Awarded cluster to Silver Palm for continued achievement in scientific and diplomatic service as CO of USS Potemkin.
- GEN 2277: At conclusion of fourth five-year mission of USS Potemkin, is ordered relieved of command pending reassignment.
- GEN 2277: Appointed as the plankholding CO of the newly launched NCC-1949, USS Halcyon, Illustrious-class.
- GEN 2279: Following actions of USS Halcyon in support of ongoing Organian Peace Treaty efforts at Cochrane Station, Archanis Sector, is inducted into the UFP Legion of Honor.
Decorations
| Palm Leaf of Axanar |
| Awarded: 959.4 Citation For active participation in the forefront of efforts by the command crew and senior staff of Starbase 10 to negotiate the Peace & Reconciliation Treaty of 2232. | |
| For personal distinction on diplomatic missions. |
| Commandant's Own Award |
| Awarded: 1018.4 Citation For embodying, among all cadets of Starfleet Academy's graduating class of 2232, the highest ideals of the United Federation of Planets and its Starfleet. | |
| Awarded only twice each year on the recommendation of the Starfleet Academy Commandant -- once to the Starfleet Academy Cadet who, on his or her cadet cruise, best amongst all of the peers of his or her graduating class exemplifies the ideals of the Federation and its Starfleet, and the other to the officer in the Fleet who provides the best example and mentorship to any such cadet on a cadet cruise. The officer awarded the 'mentor prize' need not be the mentor of the cadet awarded the 'cadet prize'. |
| Ribbon of Sacrifice |
| Awarded: 1719.7 Citation For injuries sustained in the line of duty, defending the Starship Helix from a Klingon boarding party. | |
| For receiving and surviving severe injury in defense of the Federation or its citizens. |
| Silver Palm with Cluster |
| Awarded: 6278.3 Citation Original Award dates to SD4124.5, for excellence in establishment and administration of the Saturn Flight Range of Starfleet Academy. Later upgraded with clusters for continued excellence in command on multiple consecutive missions of USS Potemkin. | |
| As for Silver Palm, but moreso. |
| Legion of Honor |
| Awarded: 7505.2 | |
| For extreme devotion to Starfleet ideals which improves the UFP. |
Commendations and Reprimands
898.4 - Letter of Commendation
MIDN/S Schuyler is hereby commended by CDRE Stockton for his dilgence, zeal, creativity, and efficiency in nearly doubling the size of the available menu choices available to the officers and crew of Starbase 10 by arranging for additional trade in a mere 11 foodstuffs items on 4 nearby planets, resulting in a commensurate increase in crew morale.
1319.9 - Letter of Commendation
Under Starfleet Academy regulations, it is the honor of the Commandant to commend LCDR Schuyler for achieving the honor and distinction of Starfleet Academy's Officer-Instructor of the Year for the 2242-2243 Academic Year, as selected from his peers by their own evaluations and the evaluations of the Corps of Cadets.
3072.8 - Letter of Commendation
It is further the decision of this Board of Inqury duly convened that CAPT(BVT) Schuyler is to be commended pursuant to his clear excellence in pursuit of the arduous duty of a top-to-bottom review under emergency stressors of the entire command structure of a Starfleet ship-of-the-line.
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