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Contents 1 Fleet Admiral Duncan Teg, Second Fleet,Starfleet Command 2 Early life 3 Starfleet career 3.1 Academy days 3.2 Posting to the USS La Grange 3.3 Posting to Starfleet Headquarters 3.4 Aboard the USS Sisko 3.5 Assignment to Starfleet Command School 3.6 An NX experiment 3.7 Second Fleet 4 Service record 5 Personality 6 Personal interests

Fleet Admiral Duncan Teg, Second Fleet,Starfleet Command

Duncan Teg
Personal Data
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Age:	48
Height:	173 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Eye Color:	Green
Hair Color:	Ash
Biographical Data
Faction:	United Federation of Planets
Place of Birth:	Sydney, Australia, Earth
Base of Operations:	Second Fleet HQ
Marital Status:	Unmarried
Known Relatives:	Father: Reece Teg Mother: Wynona Nelson (deceased)
Professional/Military Data
Occupation:	Commanding Officer, Second Fleet
Rank:	Fleet Admiral
Current Assignment:	USS Nocturne, NCC 94000

Early life

Duncan Teg was the only child born to hydrologist Reece Teg and civil engineer Wynona Nelson. He was born in 2361 in the home of Wynona’s parents in Syndey, Australia at the height of the Federation’s bicentennial celebration. His family jokingly nicknamed him their “bicentennial baby”. Because of his parents’ expertise in managing water resources, particularly in agricultural systems, the family moved frequently. From 2361 until 2365, his parents were stationed on the recently raised Earth subcontinent of “Atlantis”, named for the mythical island that purportedly sank centuries before. The family relocated to the Gault farm world in 2365, and then to Bajor in 2369. With the founding of the New Bajor colony in 2370, Wynona and Reece Teg began splitting time on the worlds, but alternating so that one parent was on Bajor with young Duncan and the other on New Bajor. Reece and Wynona were two of the primary architects of the highly touted irrigation system at the New Bajor colony. Unfortunately, Wynona was caught on New Bajor during the Jem’Hadar attack that year and was killed. Despite his grief, Reece Teg stays on Bajor to continue with the repair and replacement of the Bajoran irrigation system. But as tensions deteriorated between the Federation and Dominion, Reece sent his son back to Earth in 2373 to live with his maternal grandparents in Australia.

Since Duncan had always shown a natural disposition for the sciences, his grandmother arranged an interview at a science preparatory school in Melbourne. Not only was Duncan admitted to the academy, he received a full fellowship in 2374. In a short period of time, Duncan rose to the top of his class in physical and stellar sciences. In 2377, Duncan’s independent research projects caught the attention of Nella Daren, who was at that time the Chair of Stellar Sciences at the Daystrom Institute. Daren invited Duncan to apply for a prestigious Seyetik externship at the Daystrom Institute, which he received for the next year. Duncan reported to the Daystrom Institute on Galor IV in 2378 to begin his externship program. Among the scientists on Galor IV at that time was Dr. Paul Stubbs, who was serving as a sabbatical lecturer. Impressed by Duncan’s enthusiasm and intelligence, Dr. Stubbs helped Duncan gain entry to Starfleet Academy.

Starfleet career

Academy days

Duncan Teg reported to San Francisco with the freshman Academy class in 2379, majoring in astrophysics and temporal mechanics. Duncan excelled in these disciplines throughout his Academy career. During his third year he received field training at Deep Space 3 studying the nearby black cluster. As a senior in 2382, Teg was assigned additional field studies aboard the USS Seleya, a Streamrunner class vessel assigned to study stellar phenomenon in the Lorenze Cluster. During his time aboard the Seleya, Teg was befriended by the Bajoran first officer, Suda Nors, who valued him as a fellow springball player and someone with whom he could share memories of home.

Posting to the USS La Grange

After graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2383, Teg was posted to the Nova class science vessel USS La Grange. During his tour on the La Grange, this ship was one of four science vessels assigned to continue the internal study of the Dyson Sphere discovered in 2369. Since its discovery, Starfleet had spent the intervening years mapping the internal structure of the Dyson Sphere. By the time the La Grange was assigned, Starfleet was establishing protected landing sites for starships on the sphere’s inner surface to facilitate study of the culture that built the sphere. The team from the La Grange, which included Teg, was charged with determining what solar events triggered the evacuation of the Dyson Sphere and whether the star could be stabilized so that the internal surface could be permanently colonized. Teg’s research was instrumental in this regard. Teg continued to serve with distinction aboard the La Grange until 2386.

Posting to Starfleet Headquarters

Teg was promoted to Lieutenant JG in 2386 and transferred back to Starfleet Headquarters with a part-time assignment as an assistant lecturer at Starfleet Academy. During his two-year tour, Teg worked with a team preparing and updating star charts for the Gamma Quadrant and Delta Quadrant based upon data received from various starships, probes, and subspace telescopes. Since the Gamma Quadrant charts were made by vessels with minimal cartography resources, and concerns about residual resistance from the Dominion was decreasing, Starfleet decided that several detailed surveys were needed in space formerly held by the Dominion to update star charts.

Aboard the USS Sisko

Teg was transferred to the newly-commissioned Nebula class starship USS Sisko as a member of the Stellar Cartography Department. The Sisko was commanded by Teg’s friend Captain Suda Nors and was assigned as the command ship for Gamma Quadrant Taskforce 22, based at the new starbase in orbit of New Bajor. The taskforce had two directives: 1) Map space in the Gamma Quadrant held by the former Dominion; 2) Survey the disposition of former Dominion members towards the Federation. As Teg’s father Reece remained on New Bajor after the Dominion War to rebuild the irrigation network, father and son were able to reconnect after years of subspace communications. Over the next five years, Taskforce 22 visited more than 130 planets formerly associated with the Dominion and received welcomes ranging from open arms to open hostility. The taskforce participated in 29 separate combat actions during this period, the most serious of which occurred in late 2390 when the Sisko stumbled upon a large group of renegade Jem’Hadar soldiers who were experiencing severe withdrawal after exhausting the ketracel white cached in the storage facility to which they were assigned. Unaware of the presence of these Jem’Hadar, an away team, which included the Assistant Head of Stellar Cartography, Teg, and a minimal survey team, beamed into the ruins of the compound to retrieve database information on neighboring star systems. Surprised by the Jem’Hadar, several members of the team were injured. With the encampment surrounded by a scattering field that prevented transport, Teg organized a defensive position, protecting the injured until reinforcements from the Sisko breached the field and beamed in reinforcements. Among the injured was the Assistant Head of the Stellar Cartography Department who was forced to retire. Teg was decorated for his action, promoted to Lieutenant, and assigned as Assistant Head of Stellar Cartography. In 2393, Teg was placed in charge of Stellar Cartography and supervised the final assembly of the starcharts produced by Taskforce 22.

Assignment to Starfleet Command School

Teg’s taste of leadership aboard the USS Sisko prompted him to apply for admission to Starfleet’s Command School. His application was sponsored by Captain Suda. Teg completed the Command School curriculum in just over two years, graduating as a Lieutenant Commander in 2395. His first assignment as a command officer was aboard the Intrepid class USS Clarke as second officer, but his roots in the sciences followed him as service as science officer was also included within his duty assignment. The Clarke spent five years serving a variety of roles for the fleet, including 241 survey or science missions, 47 diplomatic missions, 13 minor skirmishes, 6 major combat actions against various factions, and 6 first contact missions. Three days after the Federation calendar entered the 25th century, Teg was promoted to Commander and assigned as first officer aboard the Clarke. For the next three years, from 2400 to 2402, the Clarke continued in various fleet roles. During an extended mission in the Beta Quadrant, the Clarke was damaged in a dark matter nebula and the captain and first officer were both severely injured. Commander Teg took command of the Clarke and led the crew to safety. Functioning only on reserve power and with damaged Bussard collectors, Teg ordered the chief engineer to use the ship’s transporters and replicators to cannibalize tables, chairs, bulkheads, and other solid materials to provide the energy needed to maintain the ship’s systems until the warp core could be repaired. During the ship’s refit, Teg retained command through the latter half of 2402 until the captain returned from medical leave – with new orders for Teg.

An NX experiment

Ordered to report to the Utopia Planitia Shipyards, Teg was briefed by representatives from Starfleet Command on a new NX starship project. The plan was deployment of a dual-warp core starship for extended mapping and survey missions. Rather than pursuing the traditional Explorer class design for this new class of ship, Starfleet was considering the advantages of using a smaller, faster, more discrete ship for such duties, such as the Luna-class starships. The reduced power capabilities of these smaller Explorer-type ships were considered a drawback until Dr. Leah Brahms completed field equations for a starship with two warp cores. Following the design standards of the previous centuries, the primary warp core would be responsible for powering the warp engines, offensive and defensive systems, life support, and all other standard systems. The smaller secondary warp core would be slaved to the ship’s scientific systems and enhanced astrometrics array. Seeking to prevent the conflicts that arose from close encounters with the Dominion and other smaller stellar empires, the theory was that a smaller ship with a more powerful, dedicated suite of sensors and telescopes could conduct mapping and survey missions at longer distances with a reduced chance of provoking hostile responses. The engineers had chosen an Intrepid class hull on which to develop this project, dubbing this variant the Alexandria-subtype and the ship, the USS Alexandria, was given an NX registry. Unfortunately, the engineers were so focused on the design they failed to consider the aesthetics of the vessel. The secondary warp core resulted in a large “hump” on the dorsal side of the engineering section just above the shuttle bay. Given the distinctive shape of the saucer section and its resemblence to a particular desert animal, it didn’t take long for line officers to make the jump from Alexandria to Egypt, and from Egypt to camels. Hence, the in-joke in the fleet was that Alexandria-type Intrepid variant was the “Camel-class” starship.

After completing shakedown of the Alexandria in 2403, Teg earned respect for his “camel” by completing a four year mission in the Beta Quadrant, which included mapping and survey missions in some previously unexplored regions of that quadrant. These missions reinforced relationships with known species in the Beta Quadrant and were directly responsible for the addition of two new worlds into the Federation. The Alexandria identified 15 worlds for potential first contact and 4 worlds to be avoided. The ship was involved in three “spontaneous first contact” scenarios, which was the term Starfleet Command had adopted to describe accidental, unexpected, or necessary encounters with previously unknown species. All three resulted in the establishment of peaceful diplomatic relations. A chance meeting with a Metron ended on a positive note, but without normalization of relations.

Having proven the merits of the dual warp core starship design, Teg was promoted to Rear Admiral and placed in charge of Exploration Operations for the Beta Quadrant in 2407. The Alexandria remained his command ship during this time since Starfleet withheld its redeployment while the performance reports on the ship's mission were reviewed and the future of the design debated.

Second Fleet

After running Beta Quadrant Exploration Operations for nearly two years, Teg was recruited by Fleet Admiral De Vito, promoted to Vice Admiral, and assigned as the commanding officer for the Second Fleet Exploration and Research Division. Vice Admiral Duncan Teg took command of this division in 2409. He selected as his command ship the Ambassador-class refit USS Nocturne. A short time later, in recognition of his service, Teg was promoted to Admiral of Sciences and charged with oversight of the Sciences Branch of Second Fleet, which included the Diplomacy Task Force as well as the Trade and Commerce, Exploration and Research, and Medical Divisions. When an attack by a Klingon assassin claimed the life of Fleet Admiral De Vito and forced Admiral C.J. Garbo into medical retirement, Teg was given command of Second Fleet and was promoted to Fleet Admiral.

Service record

2379 - Entered Starfleet Academy
2382 - Field studies at Deep Space 3
2383 - Field studies aboard USS Seleya
2383 - Graduated from Starfleet Academy and posted to the USS La Grange
2386 - Promoted to LT JG and given split assignment at Starfleet Headquarters and Starfleet Academy
2388 - Assigned to Stellar Cartography Department aboard the USS Sisko
2390 - Promoted to LT; Assigned as Assistant Head of Stellar Cartography aboard the USS Sisko
2393 - Assigned as Head of Stellar Cartography aboard the USS Sisko
2393 - Entered Starfleet Command School
2395 - Completed Command School, promoted to LT Commander, and assigned as second officer and science officer aboard the USS Clarke
2400 - Promoted to Commander and became first officer of the USS Clarke
2402 - Assigned command of NX starship USS Alexandria, Intrepid-class variant
2407 - Promoted to Rear Admiral and assigned as Chief of Exploration Operations for the Beta Quadrant
2409 - Promoted to Vice Admiral and assigned as the commanding officer of the Second Fleet Exploration and Research Division; Assigned command of Ambassador-class refit USS Nocturne
2409 - Promoted to Admiral of Sciences, Second Fleet
2409 - Promoted to Fleet Admiral, Second Fleet, following the assassination of Fleet Admiral De Vito and retirement of Admiral Garbo

Personality

On the surface, Duncan Teg looks like a man who’s only got business on his mind. True, the constant moving during his childhood and his natural bookish tendencies contributed greatly to this general disposition. A perfectionist, he sets high standards for himself and all those around him, which made him difficult to deal with as a student and junior officer but was the key contributor to his professional development and success in command positions. Teg is notoriously hard on young officers, but is a dedicated mentor. The in-joke amongst the officers he has trained is “that your first dunkin’ from Teg is intended to determine from the start whether you can sink or swim as an officer in Starfleet. If you start to sink, he makes sure you sink to the bottom. But if you can swim, he makes sure you know how to swim forever”. Although gruff and inflexible when it comes to training, the technique has proven successful as many of the young men and women he has mentored have risen rapidly through the ranks and now hold positions of importance throughout Starfleet.

Although Teg has never been married, he has been engaged twice but both ended in an amicable parting of the ways with the love interest. The ship’s counselor aboard the Selaya once told Duncan’s friend and mentor Suda Nors that he believed that “the death of Duncan’s mother had created a fear of loss that was hindering his ability to form stable, healthy romantic relationships.” While partially true, Suda knew from their early friendship that Teg actually preferred the more fleeting relationships (romantic or otherwise) because it left him free to pursue his career and his personal interests first.

But there is a softer side beneath that stark exterior, cultivated primarily by his grandmother and Suda Nors. Teg is a different person on liberty, particularly if he has the chance to snorkel along a tropical reef, tromp through untouched wilderness areas, or go horseback riding. Many junior officers have tried to curry favor by engaging Teg in conversations on these subjects, only to be met with an uncomfortable silence. Duncan shows that more carefree side rarely, and only briefly, and it is only the privileged few that he calls friends that have shared in those fleeting moments.

Personal interests

In addition to encouraging his studies in the sciences, Teg’s grandmother also introduced him to his one true love - horses. Teg quickly became a skilled rider and during his free time could be found either in the show ring or riding through the Australian outback, the North American wilderness, or the European highlands. Teg had few chances to ride during his initial postings after the Academy, but had ample opportunity to return to his favorite pastime upon his return to Earth.

In subsequent years, Teg became interested in the various animals that were used as mounts on different planets. He received permission during a diplomatic mission to the Talarian homeworld to visit the stables of the Ceremonial Guard to view the t’stayans. While talking with a stablemaster named Ronik, a young Talarian officer overheard Teg mention that he had experience riding. The Talarian competitive streak emerged at this point and the officer challenged Teg to a t’stayan race in hopes of embarrassing or dishonoring a Starfleet Officer. Seeing this as an opportunity to solidify relations with the Talarians, Teg’s commanding officer gave him permission to compete. The race was short-lived however as the powerful animal and its unusual six-hooved gait proved too much for Teg. He was thrown within the first few moments, suffering multiple injuries. Knowing the Talarian respect for those that can endure pain, Teg recovered his mount and completed the course albeit far behind his Talarian opponent. The assembled crowd was highly impressed. In the ensuing weeks, the stablemaster took Teg under his wing and taught him the finer points of t’stayan handling. This training continued over subspace and on the holodeck as the two stayed in contact after the departure of Teg’s ship. Years later, Ronik heard about Teg’s posting to Command School and subsequent graduation. Several young t’stayan colts had just been born and Ronik knew that the many of the mares would be culled by the military in favor of the stallions. With permission from the Talarian military and the Federation Veterinary Council, Ronik presented Teg with a t’stayan mare as a gift. Teg named her “Freyja”, after the Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, as well as war, battle, death, and prophecy. As the gift came from a patriarchal, militaristic society, the name seemed appropriately ironic.