Current Assignment: Marine Corps Detachment Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Darryl Adin, MilOps
Career
Colonel Emilio Vega entered Starfleet Academy on Monday, January 7th, 2352 at
the age of 18. His parents, both radical pacifists and isolationists,
vehemently protested this decision, even to the point of organizing a protest
in front of the Academy the morning of his enrollment. Col. Vega held to his
original decision, however, and began his Starfleet career.
Cadet Vega chose the United Federation of Planets Marine Corps as his
preferred branch of service, and was accepted once the prerequisite physicals
were passed. Cadet Vega got along well with the other marine cadets, but the
protest organized by his parents made him the subject of ridicule among the
Federation Navy Cadets. Once they determined that this was a sore point
for Vega, they siezed upon it and continuously goaded him about it.
Consequently, the normal tensions and disputes between marine corps and
navy cadets rose considerably during Cadet Vega's first year in the Academy.
This brought the attention of the Acaademy Administration down upon the
recalcitrant cadets, and although 2352 was the most violent year in Academy
history, the administration believed they had everything under control (this
was not actually the case. The cadets had merely become more adept at
concealing their activities).
The rest of Cadet Vega's years in Starfleet Academy proved to be less
eventful, although the more senior Navy Cadets made sure to properly
indoctrinate the new cadets in an extreme dislike for the Marine Cadets. The
Marines, not to be outdone, responded in kind. Both sides of the conflict
were much smarter now, and the administration was comfortably (and perhaps
purposefully?) ignorant of the covert activities of their cadets.
Cadet Vega, in a form of defiance of his parents' wishes, excelled in
his academy courses and work. During his academy years he was at the top
of his class of the marine cadets, and was competing for the top position
overall with Naval Cadet Vernon Mason. The competition was fierce, all the
more so because of the aforementioned troubles among the cadets.
During Vega's senior year at the Academy, Cadet Mason gained a slight lead
in points over Vega. Vega was not able to overtake Mason, and so Mason was
slated to be Valedictorian of the Starfleet Academy Class of 2356. On the
night before graduation, all cadets went out for a night on the town.
Whether by design or by accident, a group of Marine Cadets, including Cadet
Vega, and a group of Navy Cadets, including Cadet Mason, ended up at a
bar called the Whistling Pig in downtown San Diego (the fact that the bar
was not in San Francisco gives support to the theory that the meeting was
not completely accidental). Comments were made by Cadets from both groups,
and the ensuing argument became quite heated. Witnesses (federation
presonnel on shore leave from the U.S.S. Hathaway) say that a Naval Cadet
threw the first punch. The marine cadet who was the recipient fell on the
table at which Cadet Vega was sitting, spilling his drink on his dress
uniform. Vega, who until that point had been staying out of the argument,
as had been Cadet Mason, returned the favor, and sent the nearest navy cadet
crashing into Mason's table. The situation rapidly degraded from that point.
By the time the Shore Patrol arrived, not a single naval cadet was left
standing, and the few standing marine cadets were attempting to carry their
friends from the bar. When the S.P. showed up in the doorway, Vega delayed
them long enough for the rest of the marine cadets to slip out the back of
the bar.
As a direct result of this event both Vega and Mason were informally
reprimanded, and though both still graduated with honors, the third ranking
cadet, Marine Cadet Janina M. Stevenson, was listed as Valedictorian in
both the program and in Academy Records. Additionally, the offending Cadets,
at least those caught by S.P., were made to pay for damages to the bar in
which the dispute took place
(As an interesting side note,
Cadet Stevenson was also involved in the dispute at the Whistling Pig, and
was knocked unconcious during the fight Cadet Vega carried her out afterwards,
and then returned to delay the Shore Patrol. If Cadet Mason knew of
Stevenson's participation in the fight, he made no official mention of it
at any time afterwards. Comments during the graduation ceremony centered
around the fact that the Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and a number of other
Cadets broke Academy tradition by wearing non-standard uniform (sunglasses)
to the ceremony.)
After the Academy fiasco both Vega and Mason were sent to remote outposts
for their first duty assignments, on opposite sides of federation space.
Apparently neither forgot the other, however, because on multiple occasions
there were conflicts between marines under Vega and naval personnel under
Mason during coinciding shore leaves. As both officers had excellent records
the rest of the time, these instances were overlooked, especially as both
officers were willing to split the costs for the damages.
This rivalry continued for most of their careers. During the last 11 years
of their respective careers no conflits have occurred, but neither have they
encountered each other in that time period.
Col. Vega advanced through the ranks rapidly, and earned multiple
commendations for bravery, including the Starfleet Navy Cross. His early
career was well documented, and can be looked up in most Federation Databases.
His Navy Cross was awarded him after a conflict in the
In particular, during his fourth tour he was involved in a conflict in the
nuetral zone between Federation forces and Orion pirates. In a daring
move, he transported with his platoon, during a break in shields, to
the flagship of the Orion fleet and managed to capture it before the
Orions could activate the self-destruct sequence. This marked the turning
point in the battle, and the Federation forces managed to drive off the
remaining pirates. His innovative tactics in this battle are now used as
an example in Starfleet Acamdemy Small Units Tactics courses.
Col Vega's 7th assignment was as the Regimental Commander of the 16th
Marines aboard the U.S.S. Valkrie. However, during the hostilities with the
Romulans, Col Vega was seperated from his command, and after things settled
his command was transfered to the U.S.S. Darryl Adin. (Yet another
interesting note is that although Col Vega is still listed as Regimental
Commander of the 16th Marines, the Darryl Adin is not capable of holding an
entire regiment, and the 16th Marines seems to now consist of 4 squads plus
support personnel). One is not quite sure just what happened during Col.
Vega's last tour, but whatever it was was odd enough to have him assigned
to the U.S.S. Darryl Adin, which is under the Command of Captain Stratton
Nelson and Commander Charles
J. Jakubiec, Executive Officer.
Authored by Private, First Class Lillioria, Doctor of Xeno-History,
Doctor of Psychology, Doctor of Military History, United Federation of Planets
Marine
Vital Statistics
Age: 50 Federation Standard Years
Birthplace:
Height: 1.68 Meters Weight *******
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Black
Marital Status
Divorced, Two Children