Paul Casely

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Early Life

Paul Alexander Casely was born to an academic family in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. He has one brother. It was always expected that Paul would follow the majority of his family in Academe. Eventually, Paul entered Queens University and studied political diplomacy and military history as specializations. Combining the two, he achieved his masters degrees and was accepted into a doctorate programme. Despite his success, Paul was never satisfied and believed he was working more to please his parents than to create a life for himself. Finally, at 24 years of age, he left university and entered Starfleet Academy.

Immediately, Paul's parents cut him off from the family, more than a little disappointed by his leaving a prestigious academic career for what they considered a frivilious and dangerous military one.

Academy

Casely found that he was one of the oldest cadets enrolled in the Academy and as such had some difficulty relating to the other cadets. While this led to a rather lonely existance, cut off from family and having few friends, it did allow him to concentrate largely on his studies. Casely studied largely in tactical and in ship's operations, excelling in each. Given some advanced standing due to his previous studies, Casely graduated quickly from the Academy and was pressed into immediate active duty.

Early Career, USS Nimitz

Casely began active duty on the USS Nimitz at the rank of Ensign Junior Grade. Assigned as an Assistant Tactical Officer under Ensign Senior Grade Onyx Kateb, was first alerted to the 'cold war' between the two factions of Starfleet by CaptainDevan Sash. Despite some initial hesitation, Casely saw the sense of what the 52nd Fleet was doing and joined the battle against Doenitz.

Casely moved quickly up the ranks as Onyx Kateb and Edward Gideon, the Security Chief, were killed during the following mission to free Captain Sevant of the USS Boudicca from Doenitz. Now, fully the Tactical and Security Chief of the USS Nimitz, and promoted twice during the mission finally to Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Casely began taking Command Training from Captain Sash.

More to come...