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Personal History

Joseph was married to Commander Jessica Hunter on Starbase Alpha on Stardate 20411.14. Commander Hunter died on Stardate 20702.05 after spending the better part of year in a coma. He has an 8 year old daughter named Chloe from this marriage.

Joseph Daher was born on July 27^th in New Orleans, Louisiana on Earth. He is the son of two Starfleet officers; his father in the Security Department and his mother in Science. When Joe was two years old, he left with his father to the New Orleans class starship USS Houma while his mother was assigned to an astrological survey of the Black Cluster. When Joe was five, he met Shawn Timmons, the son of a recent Starfleet transfer to the ship. Being the same age, the pair became best friends quickly and remained in contact despite being separated by their families’ duties.

When Joseph was six years old, his grandfather was killed during the Federation/Romulan war when a Romulan fleet destroyed Federation Outpost 367 along the Neutral Zone. This incident had a profound effect on young Daher. Since this incident, he has become hateful and distrustful of all Romulans and he vowed to bring the officer responsible for the attack to justice.

Throughout the rest of his young life, Daher moved from ship to ship or base to base depending on where his parents where assigned. When he was thirteen years old, his father was assigned to the Federation embassy on Betazed. While there he often baby-sat five year old Salene Tynan, the daughter of one of the Betazoid ambassadors.

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he applied to Starfleet Academy and was accepted. While his friend Shawn, who had always been adept at fixing things, studied Engineering, Joe had taken an interest to law and criminal justice. He became romantically involved with Laura Hall, another law cadet, in his freshman year. Shortly after, he discovered that she was cheating on her and broke off the relationship. He found it difficult to concentrate on his studies and requested to transfer to a new major, Tactical.

Joseph graduated summa cum laude in the top 5% of his class. He was promoted to the rank of Ensign and assigned to the USS Gettysburg, BC-1863 as a junior tactical officer at the height of the Second Federation/Romulan War. When he achieved the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) a few years later, he was considered a respectable weapons officer on the battlecruiser. When his Department Head was incapacitated, Captain Wueste assigned Daher as the Acting Chief Tactical Officer. Inspired by this new position and responsibility, Joseph worked as hard as he could.

During the Borg Invasion he was promoted to full lieutenant and assigned as the Chief Tactical Officer. For his meritorious service in the Borg Invasion, in which the Gettysburg played a critical role, he was promoted to lieutenant commander and awarded the Gold Star, one of Starfleet’s highest honors. Even at this point in his career, Daher was showing leadership abilities. Captain Wueste noticed this and appointed him as the Second Officer on the Gettysburg.

However, a major disappointment in Joe’s career came when Commodore Wueste left the Gettysburg to serve as Assistant Fleet Commander on Starbase Charlie and Captain Alex Lorien took command. Instead of appointing Daher as his executive officer, Lorien brought Commander Elisa Godard from the USS Philadelphia. Joe wasn’t sure if he disliked his new CO for passing him over for promotion or just for taking Wueste’s position.

On his first mission with Captain Lorien, Lieutenant Commander Daher was approached by Starfleet Intelligence to participate in negotiations with the Romulans and the Cardassians. Forced to work with people he’d harbored a deep hatred for most of his life, Daher lost his control during the mission and attacked a member of the Romulan diplomatic staff after being insulted. Starfleet Command suspended Daher from active duty pending the results of a JAG Article 32 hearing and counseling sessions. Joseph was officially reprimanded for his actions, but returned to active duty status.

Joe thought that his career was over after that – an official reprimand would make promotions nearly impossible – but Captain Himbog spefically requested him for First Officer of the USS Sheridan. The destroyer was a lot less glamorous than his previous assignments, but Joseph was determined to make use of his second chance and prove that he was worthy. In his first mission as First Officer, Captain Himbog was incapacitated and the Sheridan was catapulted into the 51st century. Daher successfully commanded the ship and managed to get her back to the present.

While serving as FO of the Sheridan under Captain Dramar, Joseph participated in the Battle of Tansec (awarded the Starfleet Achievement Medal) and defended the Federation against the reptilian aliens that attacked on Stardate 20412.05 (awarded the Diamond Star). He formed a close friendship with Captain Dramar and asked him to perform his wedding ceremony. Joseph married Lieutenant Commander Jessica Hunter on Stardate 20411.14.

On Stardate 20501.31, Joseph was promoted to the rank of Captain and assigned as the Commanding Officer to the light cruiser USS Titan, CL-2007. His first mission was to explore a super-solar system with the USS Yeager and the USS Copernicus. Joseph prepared for an uneventful mission; it turned out to be anything but. He discovered an ancient Iconian gateway under Romulan control on the planet Dvorak and rescued the USS Yeager and her crew after the scout ship crashed on a planet. For his actions, he was awarded the Gold Star.

On his second mission as CO of the Titan, he was ordered to conduct a search for the missing frigate USS Denver, which had disappeared near the western Federation border. The Titan followed the Denver’s trail to the uncharted nebula FSG-477 when an unknown energy entity infiltrated the ship’s systems and began wreaking havoc. The entity slowly took over the control systems through the use of the computer cores and began trying to exterminate the crew. Commander Hunter, Daher’s wife, was among the casualties. The crew eventually prevailed by ejecting the computer cores and destroying them, thus killing the entity. They were then rescued by the very ship they had been sent to find – the Denver had also been taken hostage by the entity.

After a brief shoreleave on Starbase Alpha, Daher was ordered to take the Titan to the Hiromi cluster to search for the missing USS Comox. During their search the Titan picked up four Starfleet officers in an escape pod who claimed to be working for Starfleet Intelligence. Joseph had worked with one of them, Commander Avark, before during his joint mission with the Copernicus. Avark tricked Daher into rescuing his parents who were being held captive by the Klingons and when Joe tried to arrest him, the rouge Klingon disabled the Titan and made off with their runabout, USS Mississippi.

After Commander Avark was killed by a Klingon agent before his trial began, Daher was cleared of any wrongdoing by a JAG investigation. Less than a year later, Rear Admiral Otlan took a position at Starfleet Command, leaving the 2^nd Battle Group Commander billet open. Joseph was selected by the CINC of Starfleet and President Jon Beckett to fill the role.

Personality

He graduated in the top 5% of his Academy class, has served on 4 different starships, and achieved flag rank by the age of 40. He has been awarded the Starfleet Achievement Medal once, the Diamond Star once, and the Gold Star twice.

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