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NAME: Horatio Black
NICKNAME: Ghost
RANK: Captain
ID CODE: Black-Omega-Echo-6-4-2

HAIR COLOUR: Black
EYE COLOUR: Green
AGE: 32

ASSIGNMENT(s):
First Officer - USS Valkyrie
Senior Field Officer - Department of Temporal Investigations
Course Director - Starfleet Academy Red Squadron Programme

FAMILY:
Lieutenant General Alexander Black (Deceased)
Commodore Sophie Black (Deceased)

BACKGROUND:
On November 5th 2377 Horatio Black was born to Starfleet officers Lieutenant General Alexander Black and Commodore Sophie Black in the family home in Arlington, Virginia on Earth where his mother worked in a Starfleet Medical Research Facility. Alexander was a distinguished General in the Starfleet MACOs and highly decorated. He was particularly famed for his ruthless command style and strict approach to running his units. This made him highly effective as a leader and as a result positions within his regiment were highly sought after by new recruits and established officers alike. After the first Dominion War and the successful incursion into the Gamma Quadrant lead by Alexander Black he was posthumously awarded the Starfleet Medal of Honour after encountering a lone Borg cube and being assimilated into the collective. It is unknown if Alexander Black is still alive as a drone or if he suffered another fate. Conversely Horatio’s mother, Sophie Black, was a doctor at Starfleet Medical based in a research facility near the family home and spent her time compiling research into Project Clarity. Project Clarity was a top secret biochemical stimulant for use in the field to improve the reflexes and stamina of combat troops in extended warzones. However on Horatio’s tenth birthday in 2387 Sophie was killed in her office and the research and the facility were lost with her.

An investigation was launched and after months of following leads neither Starfleet Security nor Starfleet Intelligence had enough evidence or enough of a case to bring before the Office of the JAG. Horatio; although only ten requested he could keep the work that the two branches had found as a memory of his mother which they allowed. He now keeps these files under lock and key as the only connection remaining to his mother’s legacy. Since then Horatio has found it incredibly difficult to form emotional attachments because he finds it difficult to cope with the fear of loss and never wanting to relive the pain that he did that day however this has since changed after he met Violet Skye in 2409. He also has a deep loathing and partial-fear of the Borg. An orphan, Horatio went to live with a close family friend, Commodore James Stone who worked in the Department of Temporal Investigations. Commodore Stone took Horatio to Earth from his assignment on Mars Colony for the funeral and after the service handed Horatio a gold plated hypospray that had belonged to his mother. The specially crafted hypospray was a thing of beauty and with the engraved dedication made it even more special. It was at this time that James told him that his mother always wanted him to remember the importance of trust, loyalty and humanity; all qualities which she had taught him during his early childhood. As he was now the responsibility of Commodore Stone Horatio now resided on the Mars Colony and attended a local school there. He often came into contact with a Klingon boy named Mek`tor who was known by the children as the local bully and often beat the other children. After a few months of watching the Klingon’s behaviour Horatio challenged him to a fight to defend the weaker members in the group and was subsequently beaten to a bloody pulp and ended up in the infirmary with broken ribs, cuts and bruises and a broken leg. After the recovery however and remembering the values his mother had taught him he took up mok'bara, a style of Klingon martial arts and combined this with mek'leth sword fighting techniques from a series of manuals he found in the library. He then found Mek`tor bullying a younger human boy and stepped in. After a gruelling challenge in the training arena after dark it was the Klingon that ended up in the infirmary and was so shamed he soon quietened down and avoided confrontation with the other children.

It was also during this time that Horatio took up a number of other sports and fighting styles. He taught himself several different forms of martial arts and composed his own style; Kata. This was a unique form of hand-to-hand combat that encompassed what he considered to be the best bits from Terran, Vulcan, Romulan and Klingon forms of martial arts. Horatio also took up the old Earth sport of Fencing and became highly proficient in the Epée which resulted in him becoming the Colony Champion in the annual competition. Although Horatio tried his best to interact and form relationships with his classmates he found social interaction very difficult and this continued at home where it was even harder for Horatio to associate with his guardian. This resulted in an almost estranged relationship between Horatio and the rest of the world he lived in. This was however rectified in 2395 on Horatio’s eighteenth birthday when Commodore Stone had a critical heart attack and moments before passing whispered “I am sorry for failing you… you make me, your father and your mother so proud”.

Later in that same year Horatio applied to the Starfleet Academy with a letter of recommendation from his Counsellor. He sent this off to the Academy in San Francisco on Earth which was accepted. He was then invited to undertake the entrance competition exams and for the first time since his mother’s funeral he made the trip to San Francisco to complete them. The exam contained sections on hyperspace physics and dynamic relationships, among others which Horatio, having come from a scientific background found simple. Along with the infamous "psych test", where Horatio faced his greatest fear; facing the Borg in an alien and unknown surrounding. Although fear was something he had learnt to control this test was particularly draining on Horatio who had to truly focus to keep calm and remain in control of the situation. After surviving the initial round of tests Horatio was exhausted as per the norm for this stage of the entrance competition. He was then given a physical test of strength and mental agility under severe pressure which he performed adequately in. Several weeks later he received information that he had finished in the top six percent which; while being an incredible achievement was not quite enough to gain entry into the academy. He persevered however and not wanting to let the memory of his parents down went through the competition all over again to ensure that he was admitted in 2396 at the age of nineteen.

During the summer of 2396 Horatio underwent the Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program; which consisted of six weeks of summer classes. He successfully navigated his way through classes and exams while still having enough time to practise his fencing. It was also during this time that he met Simon Bond, an intelligence recruit from Rigel III. The two, became good friends and practised combat training together as well as more mentally stimulating past times such as chess and logic games. After passing this exam Horatio’s place was guaranteed at the Academy along with Simon. Both cadets then moved into the Gold Wing Accommodation section of the main Campus along with two other cadets in a shared house Blex and Sarah Moore. Simon and Horatio continued to form a strong friendship which was described by the others as a brotherhood. Both were keen on fencing and logic games and because of this they were often seen putting on a display for the other cadets outside their dorm building. The four were soon all firm friends and often socialised in the evenings together after classes had finished. Although they all had plans to follow different paths in their Starfleet career the first year was comprised of basic training modules which all cadets had to pass in order to progress to the second year. Horatio completed this basic year and finished the top quarter along with the remainder of his flatmates. After this basic year Horatio, along with his friends had to choose the major degree that would impact their future career choice within Starfleet. It was at this point that Horatio enrolled Temporal Mechanics and Quantum Cosmology with a minor in Combat Engineering. While in his second year Horatio also took a number of extra credit modules that would give him marks in the top 1% guaranteeing him a place on the elite Red Squadron Academy Training Program along with Simon.

Upon entering the Red Squadron in his third year Horatio was nominated as Red Squadron Leader by the programs Directors after a lengthy summer assessment program that involved several exams and practical assessments. In this role he was able to spend his third year learning in more depth and with more practical sessions the way in which command and his particular field of interest, temporal mechanics, worked in the field. He was assigned the command of a Sabre Class vessel, the USS Trident, and with a crew comprised of Red Squadron cadets was mentored by Commander Richard Jackson; one of the Red Squadron Program Deputy Directors. In the week before the final exams the Red Squadron was assigned to patrol the Xenexian Republic boarders near the planet of Xenex and was forced into combat by pirate raiders in search of minerals that were native to the asteroid belt in this sector and were considered national treasure for the Xenexians. Using quick thinking and a calm and stoic logical thinking with some clever command tricks the Valiant managed to repel the attackers. However during the skirmish a team beamed onto the ship and took Commander Jackson hostage. Feeling it to be his duty to rescue the captured Commander Horatio nominated himself to undertake a daring mission into the bowls of the ship to find the Commander and repel the raider group. Taking Simon with him the two acted with skill and bravery and managed to neutralise the threat and save the Commander from harm. The two were given a special commendation in their personal records for the actions undertaken.

On the day of the Graduation Ceremony in the summer of 2400 Horatio accepted his completion of the Academy and his advancement to Ensign and a direct recruitment into Temporal Investigations onboard the USS York as a junior field operative. During one of his early assignments Horatio was tasked with was to plant evidence to ensure a corrupt officer was arrested. The officer in particular was stationed on one of the most secure facilities in Starfleet and to the disbelief of his commanding officer Horatio was able to infiltrate, plant the evidence and depart without being noticed making the assignment a flawless incursion and less messy than had been proposed originally. As a result he was given the nickname ‘Ghost’. By 2403 Horatio had been promoted to Lieutenant Commander and was a senior operative onboard the York often called upon for missions that required a softer touch. During this period he was lucky enough to meet and learn from some of the greatest figures in the history of the Federation which is something he is proud of to this day. One of the biggest assignments Horatio was called in to take care of was the sabotage of the USS Excelsior’s transwarp drive. The Excelsior receiving that technology had been an error in the timeline and as a result threatened the natural development of Starfleet and would greatly impact the mission of the USS Enterprise. As a result Horatio planted a PADD on the mechanics of transwarp drives in the quarters of Commander Scott so he would figure out how to sabotage it thus saving the timeline. For his ingenuity and ability on the assignment he was promoted to Commander.

In 2405 The USS York was attacked while on assignment in the future by the Borg which killed the ships Captain and first officer. Horatio took command and managed to fight off the Borg long enough to get the ship back to Earth Spacedock and to safety. Horatio was summoned by Admiral Quinn and promoted to Captain and given command of the Luna class timeship USS Pathfinder. While on assignment Captain Black and his crew undertook a mission to help prevent the destruction of the Vega Colony. Horatio found this mission incredibly difficult due to the run-in with the Borg but managed, with the help of others, managed to keep the timeline intact. In 2409 Captain Black was teaching at the Academy to supplement his duties with Temporal Investigations and found himself on assignment with several other officers who were brought together when a mysterious alien race threatened the lives of them all and the Federation. After many injuries and several skirmishes they managed to fight back the aliens and survive although the Pathfinder and the crew were lost causing immense mental pain and sadness for Horatio. It was also at this point that Horatio met, got closer too and fell in love with Violet Skye whom he now has a relationship with. Promising her he would cut back on the dangerous temporal assignments for which he had built a reputation he agreed to only take on specialist temporal assignments and command the Red Squadron cadet programme at the Academy. In September 2409 Horatio learnt that his friend Captain Lock, wanted by Temporal Investigations, was about to embark on a new assignment as CO of the USS Valkyrie. Horatio argued with his superior for hours to ensure that the Temporal Investigations officer posted as first officer to keep watch over Lock was him. Horatio is now the first officer of the USS Valkyrie, course director for the Red Squadron at the Academy and officer of the Department of Temporal Investigations. It was also in September 2409 that Horatio's own command, the Red Squadron training ship and timeship USS Victory NCC 91003 was reconstructed using the new Venture Class frame. the Victory E was launched in late September 2409.

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PostPosted: Sun September 4th, 2011 1:47 am 
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AWESOME!!!! Very well writen and very well thought out. Horatio you have outdone yourself and if you are keen to having your futrure played out before your eyes, you have given me some ideas :twisted:


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PostPosted: Sun September 4th, 2011 2:07 am 
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Glad you like :) - I find characters you have an affinty with and care about tend to write themselves.

My future played out? hmm should I be worried now? lol :P

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PostPosted: Sun September 4th, 2011 9:53 am 
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This is really excellent Horatio, it's fluid, it's exciting, and there is a lot of emotion there it rounds your character beautifully!. It's nice to know more about the characters I play with, and I feel very honoured to play with such talented role-players.

You are an exceptional writer, but with the calibre of RP we have been kicking out from improv I am not suprised, when we have more structure I think it's going to be mind-blowing.

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PostPosted: Sun September 4th, 2011 11:01 am 
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Aww well thank you :D I'm glad you like it. It really is nice to know the characters you're playing with - makes them all seem that much more real! I likewise, feel honoured to be a part of the Valkyrie crew and able to play with incredible and talented people. Mind-blowing is certainly the right word - that or AWESOME! :D

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Thanks Horatio always good to know some of your boyfriend's history ^_^ especially such well thought out and written history!

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May I add myself to your "Fans" Horatio ? What a story! Deeply inspiring! More of it :D

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Haha - always happy to accept praise :) thanks!

Also - welcome to Epsilon Sqaud!

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