Daniel Butterworth

Daniel Butterworth
Biographical Information
Homeworld:	Earth
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Physical Description
Height:	6' 0"
Weight:	180 lbs
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Brown
Political Information
Affiliation:	United Federation of Planets
Posting:	USS Pacifica
Position:	Commanding Officer
Rank:
Played By:	Daniel Butterworth
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Physical Appearance

Height: 6' 0"

Weight: 172 lbs

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Brown

Description:

Daniel has short straight black hair and brown eyes, he always keeps himself looking clean and professional. He has an athletic build and fair skin.

Personality & Traits

General Overview:

Thanks to his sporting background Butterworth has always been a team player, which makes him open to other people’s ideas and points of view. He has a relaxed/casual outlook on life and rarely let’s things bother him too much, he approaches his command with the same style and is viewed by the people who serve under him as being very approachable. He is also a solid leader who is not afraid to make the difficult decisions when required.

Strengths & Weaknesses:

One of Butterworths strengths is his ability to make the tough decisions when the situation calls for it. His relaxed command style is also considered to be one of his strengths as it creates a comfortable yet efficient working environment.

Ambitions:

Butterworth’s life long ambitions were joining Starfleet and one day command his own vessel, both of which he has achieved. This has started to change as Butterworth is hoping to one day start a family with his fiancée.

Hobbies and Interests:

In his spare time Daniel enjoys time in the holodeck playing all of his favourite games that have been played thorough history on Earth Cricket and Ice Hockey to name a few. He also enjoys reading many classic earth novels and also loves to write as well which is one of his favourite past times.

Languages:

Federation Standard, Vulcan and Klingon.

Family

Father: Harold Butterworth

Mother: Vicki Butterworth

Siblings: Commander Rebecca Gallen

Martial Status: Married to Connie Butterworth

History

Childhood/Early life

Daniel James Butterworth grew up in the island state of Tasmania Australia, where he attended Lindisfarne North Primary school on Hobart’s Eastern shore, it was during his early years at the school when he laid his eyes on joining Star Fleet. All the way through his early life Butterworth had lacked a lot of self confidence and only stayed with in a certain group of friends. He began to open up during his last few years at High School, with his never give up personality Daniel became one of the most respected people in his year.

He also has some what of a quick eye, which has made him a very good sports player especially in his favourite sport of cricket.

Starfleet Academy

Butterworth entered Starfleet Academy at the age of 17 in the year 2366, he attended many different classes including minor courses in Flight Control, Engineering, and major courses of Command, Operations and Tactical and a number of minor courses including diplomacy . He was strong in all of his courses especially in tactical and flight control thanks mainly to having quick eye to coordination skills. During his final year at the academy, Butterworth was selected to take part in a training mission onboard the academy training ship. During this 1 month mission Butterworth proved to the academy instructors that he was a more then a capable officer.

Starfleet Career

Fresh from the academy Butterworth took up the position of a security officer on the USS Lovell. He served with the Lovell for three years spending the last two years as the ship’s assistant chief of security.

At the end of the year 2370, Butterworth decided to move from the security department to the operations department as it was something that he had wanted to do since joining the Lovell. This got him a transfer to the USS Santiago where he served for another year, before requesting and transferred to the USS Galaxy where he took up the position as Chief Operations, earning him a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.

He served on the Galaxy for five years, in which time he had become a valued member of the ship’s senior crew and served as acting XO a number of times. Before he was offered the position as Executive Officer on another Galaxy Class ship the USS Iowa which was apart of Star Fleet’s Forth Fleet under the command of Captain Edward Launceston.

He took up the position and transferred to Deep Space 12 where the Iowa was taking on new crew. During his first mission on the Iowa he had to take command when the Captain and a number of the Senior Crew disappeared. Butterworth holding the field rank of Lieutenant Commander lead the mission successfully and on the captain’s return was promoted to the full rank of Commander. He continued to serve on the Iowa turning down a chance to command the vessel himself when Launceston was transferred off ship. He served on the Iowa for a while longer before being offered his own command the new Sovereign Class USS Pacifica.

He accepted the position and with Lt. Morgan who was also named the new CMO of the Pacifica transferred to the Starbase 33 where the Pacifica was receiving her final trimmings. After a busy final week the ship was launched as Butterworth made final arrangements with his hand picked senior crew. During the Pacifica's first two months of duty Starfleet Command Promoted Butterworth to the rank of Captain. He was also named as Task Group CO of Task Group 3 "The Black Swans" in Bravo Fleet’s Task Force 86.

In his time on the Pacifica Butterworth has lead and helped out in a number of missions. He assisted Starbase 565 while his ship was docked at the Starbase for repairs. Shortly after pulling out of Starbase 565 Butterworth along with the rest of the Pacifica crew were ordered out on a secret mission to retrieve a segment from the legendary Dujonians Hoard for research, they successfully completed the mission and Butterworth was promoted to the rank of Commodore for his efforts. After persistent pressure by the ship’s CMO Butterworth took some time off and journeyed to Risa for some relaxation returning a few weeks later to find his ship in complete disarray, In need of major repairs Butterworth ordered the ship to head for the closet Starbase. Recently his personal relationship with Lt Commander Connie Morgan a long time friend of his and one of his officers turned interment they began to date each other.

During the Pacifica's stop over at DS12, Butterworth lead the Pacifica into a fight against a Borg vessel that was attacking the station, even though the Pacifica ended up being pulled inside the Borg ship Butterworth and the Pacifica played a small roll in bringing the Borg undone. Butterworth then lead a small task group made of the Pacifica and the USS Iowa under the command of Commander Norvin Kallis on a Joint Mission to track down the USS Noble which had disappeared near the Cardassian Border. When the two vessels ended up back in time Butterworth had to keep the timeline intact while retrieving the stricken USS Noble from it’s resting place on a water planet. Since returning to its own timeline Butterworth has continued to command the Pacifica, in 2380 he worked on re-establishing diplomatic contact with the Archerians an alien race who were once part of the Federation. During the mission Butterworth was badly injured and kidnapped along with other members of the senior crew, by a group of radical Archerians who were aiming to de-rail the peace effort. Thankfully the Pacifica crew resolved the situation and Butterworth was able to receive the treatment that he needed. Because of his continued service to Star Fleet Butterworth was named as the second executive officer for Bravo Fleet’s Task Force 17. He eventually stepped aside from the position as he wanted to fully concentrate on his command and his personal life. Butterworth was recently married to Connie Morgan and the two of them are looking forward to starting a family together.

Service Record

Starfleet Academy | 2366
Starfleet Academy | 2367
Starfleet Academy | 2368
Starfleet Academy | 2369
USS Renown | Security Officer | 2369
USS Renown | Assistant Chief Security Officer | 2370
USS Endeavour | Assistant Chief Operations Officer | 2371
USS Galaxy | Chief Operations Officer | 2372
USS Galaxy | Chief Operations Officer & Second Officer | 2374
USS Iowa | Executive Officer | 2376
USS Iowa | Acting Commanding Officer | 2377
USS Pacifica | Commanding Officer | 2377
USS Pacifica | Commanding Officer | 2379
USS Pacifica | Commanding Officer | 2384

Character Awards

The USS Pacifica Friendship Ribbon | August 2010

Veteran of the Rikan Campaigns | July 2013

Billet Information

Preceded by: None	USS Pacifica Commanding Officer 2377 - Present	Succeeded by: Incumbent
Preceded by: Edward Launceston	USS Iowa Acting Commanding Officer 2377	Succeeded by: Norvin Kallis
Preceded by: Ryan Marshall	USS Iowa Executive Officer 2376 - 2377	Succeeded by: Daniel Bond