User:Stardestroyer001/STOJanok

Janok

Janok

Rank:

Commodore

Starship:

U.S.S. Challenger III, U.S.S. Providence

Race:

Vulcan

Profession:

Engineering Officer

Birth year:

2323

Janok is a Vulcan Starfleet Commodore, and commanding officer of the starship U.S.S. Providence, a Sovereign-class Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit, as well as commander of the 181st Task Group.

History

Early life

Janok was born in 2323 to a pair of Vulcan settlers, and was raised on a remote colony world on the outskirts of Federation space, near the Klingon and Romulan borders. The planet, which has become forgotten in the midst of time, was mostly an agricultural world, with a minor spaceport built into a small town. Romulan traders came by frequently, and due to Janok's curiosity with the futuristic craft, he came in contact with the much less civilized Romulans. In doing so, he developed a bond with the traders and their colleagues. As such, Janok never learned to repress his emotions as well as others, and was frowned upon by the Vulcan majority. He found himself accepted only by the Romulans, and by Nushid, an Orion female who worked on an Orion destroyer craft patrolling in the area.

Janok lived for many of his young adult life in the unpopulated but fertile hills to the east of the town, studying manuals from the original settling craft and honing his technical skills in solitary work. Janok created a rudimentary, innovative craft that launched into orbit in 2379, however he was ignorant to the true vacuum in space. Janok's craft exploded, but he was saved by an orbiting Federation starship, whose transporter officer was a third-year Starfleet cadet by the name of Charlott Kadjer. Over the next three months, Janok, Charlott, and Nushid quickly became close friends. When the Federation starship left the sector, Janok decided to leave his home and take on a new life, that of a Starfleet officer. Janok officially enrolled in Starfleet Academy in the fall of 2381.

As a Starfleet officer

The U.S.S. Laertes.

Passing the academy with above average marks in 2385, Janok was assigned to the U.S.S. Laertes, an Excelsior-class starship. While onboard, his solitary habits earned him the reputation of an outcast, and he was never in agreement with his superiors. Despite a promotion to Lieutenant, Janok applied for a transfer within six months, and was assigned to a remote Federation research outpost as Deputy Chief Engineer.

While at the outpost, using the retired Mark One Emergency Medical Hologram template in the outpost's deep memory storage, Janok created an improved Emergency Command Hologram, designed to think creatively and take over in emergency situations. Janok received a nomination for the Nobel Prize for Holographic Technology but lost the award to a snobby recluse living in the Beta-9-Sigma system. After two more years, Janok applied for a promotion after his hard work in keeping the outpost operational, and was accepted and transferred to a starship in 2394, along with his personal effects, log books, and a copy of the E.C.H.

For almost a year, Janok spent his time as a senior engineer at the rank of Lieutenant Commander on the U.S.S. Solstice, a Nova-class starship. The Solstice came under fire in multiple conflicts as a member of the Starfleet 13th Fleet, assigned to the Beta Ursae sector block. Janok was present at his longtime friend Charlott's promotion to Rear Admiral, on Deep Space K-7. Not too long after, Janok was promoted to Commander in 2398 and became the XO of the Solstice.

The U.S.S. Solstice.

Janok's pivotal moment, his first shot at the "big chair", was in 2401 when the Solstice was assigned to patrol the Gamma Orionis sector block. The Solstice was attacked by a Borg probe, which crippled the ship's weapons, defenses, and communications, as well as killing the captain and dozens of officers. Janok quickly ordered all hands to abandon ship and evacuated - but not before setting the ship's autopilot to ram the Borg ship, destroying it. Seventy-two officers and crew survived as a result of Janok's quick thinking. His actions earned him a prestigious medal and his subsequent promotion to the full rank of Captain.

As a Starfleet Captain

With the Solstice destroyed, Janok was assigned command of the U.S.S. Challenger II, a new Galaxy-class exploration cruiser, with orders to reinforce the Federation border with the Klingons in the Eta Eridani Sector Block. The Challenger II's advanced sensors gave Starfleet Elite Task Forces a better chance in battle engagements, and its hull was remarkably resilient.

Janok and the Challenger II participated in the defense of Vulcan against a Romulan fleet invasion in early 2409. Challenger II also participated in the battle to retake Deep Space Nine, and in the discovery of a Preserver Obelisk.

Janok temporarily took command of the shared reserve ship U.S.S. Repulse in 2409 when the Challenger II underwent a systems overhaul. Following the overhaul, the Challenger II returned to the front lines for another fourteen months of conflict with the Klingons. Among scientific, diplomatic, and combat missions, Challenger II encountered the Iconian Dreadnought Obex and traveled to fluidic space.

In April of 2409, the Challenger-II responded to a distress call from the U.S.S. Voyager. Upon entering the system, the Challenger-II discovered the distress call was faked by a fleet of Species 8472 warships, armed and waiting. The ship's formidable defenses could not repel a surprise assault on the warp drive system. Restricted from warping away, the ship could do little but endure the assault, and was crippled within ten minutes. A shot to the main impulse engine penetrated through fifty meters of the hull, striking the warp reactor. Facing a core breach, Captain Janok ordered his crew of over a thousand to evacuate the ship via saucer separation, escape pods and shuttlecraft, and also ordered the stardrive section to ram the lead enemy ship. Upon separation, the stardrive slowly rammed the lead vessel, crippling its ability to maneuver; the core breached thirty seconds later, vaporizing both vessels. Although the shuttlecraft escaped, the escape pods and saucer were destroyed by the vengeful 8472 fleet. Over nine hundred personnel, including enlisted and non-enlisted personnel, were lost in the initial assault or the evacuation; only 122 survived.

Captain Janok and most of his bridge crew returned to Dyson Joint Command onboard the shuttlecraft, and was transferred back to Earth shortly afterward. Upon debriefing, Admiral Quinn authorized Janok to take command of a Sovereign-class vessel as his new command vessel. On April 29th of 2410, Captain Janok set out from Vancouver Shipyards as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Providence.

Promotion to Commodore

U.S.S. Providence

Rare Sovereign-class Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit Registry NCC-93432

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

• Offensive Cruiser

Optimized Antiproton Spread-fire System

Borg-Upgraded Starship Defensive Systems

Aux2Bat Dual Cycling Advanced System

Ability: Redundant Regenerative Hull Armor

Value: 3,000

Over the next several months, the Providence set out to find and destroy Undine scout vessels, as well as assist in the Solanae Dyson Sphere. Providence was one of the first ships to voyage into the Delta Quadrant, and made contact with a few species. Janok personally made diplomatic contact with two new species while in the Delta Quadrant. Janok was a member of a small ground team responsible for taking down Gaul at the conclusion of the Vaadwaur conflict.

Janok was promoted in summer 2410 to the rank of Commodore and assigned as commander to the 181st Task Group. With his new rank, Janok had the Providence reassigned to the new 181st Task Group. Some of Janok's senior staff aboard the Providence transferred to the other vessels as their commanding officers.

Recent history

Janok's chief medical officer, Commander Nell Mutchler, has documented Janok displaying symptoms of unstable mental health. While Janok has continued to serve as both task group commander and commanding officer of the Providence, his day-to-day role as task group commander has been reduced to allow him to recuperate. Nevertheless, Janok was required to leave the ship on medical leave and take an three-month excursion back to Earth in summer 2410.

Janok is also well known for his contributions to Starfleet side missions, dubbed 'Foundry' missions by the general Starfleet populace. Janok, an amateur historian, has contributed a Foundry mission entitled 'HB: Best of Both Worlds', a recreation of the events prior to and during the Battle of Wolf 359. The mission is available to play, but is in the alpha stage and will not be completed.

Janok is currently married to Nydia Veselovsky.

Janok's Current Ships

Image	Vessel Class	Vessel Name	Vessel Registry	Commanding Officer
	Sovereign-class Fleet Assault Cruiser Retrofit	U.S.S. Providence	NCC-93432	Commodore Janok
	Guardian-class Cruiser [T6]	U.S.S. Addrivat	NCC-198327	Acting Captain ????
	Odyssey-class Science Cruiser [T5-U]	U.S.S. Challenger III	NCC-71099-B	Captain Gahyl Ihlob
	Eclipse-class Intelligence Cruiser [T6]	U.S.S. Nydia	NCC-169475	Captain Emenoi ......
	Tholian Recluse Carrier, Captured [T5-U]	U.S.S. Invicta Gerulus	NCC-96418-A	Ship on reserve
	Excelsior-class Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit	U.S.S. Repulse	NCC-2544	Ship on reserve
	Vesta-class Multi-Mission Strategic Explorer	U.S.S. Esquiline	NCC-160982	CO not assigned
	Widow-class Tholian Fighter Ship	Deceit Weaver	NX-92382	Fighter

Janok's Previous Ships

Image	Vessel Class	Vessel Name	Vessel Registry	Vessel Status
	Galaxy-class Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit [T5-U]	U.S.S. Challenger II	NCC-71099-A	Command Ship, Destroyed
	Steamrunner-class Blockade Runner Escort Retrofit	U.S.S. Appalachia	NCC-203291	Combat Vessel, Reassigned
	NX-class Light Escort	Columbia	NX-02	Training Vessel for Cadets
	Prometheus-class Advanced Escort (MVAM)	U.S.S. Hera	NX-210395	Combat Vessel, Reassigned

Gallery

Janok:

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  Janok's appearance, circa Summer 2412.

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  Janok's appearance in Winter 2413.

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  Janok, circa 2414 with the new Captain's Uniform.

Janok's Ships:

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  U.S.S. Providence

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  U.S.S. Repulse

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  U.S.S. Challenger II

Other Notes

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