Charlie Reynolds

Charlie Reynolds is a Human male and former commanding officer of the USS Centaur. He is an old friend of Benjamin Sisko, who he has known since they attended Starfleet Academy together.

Personal life
Reynolds once lived on Barrack IV, where he was known as "the Bachelor Hound". He later married a woman called Magdalena and had eight children together, including two girls, Lindsey and Lucy. The others were one girl and five boys. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

Charlie once took one of his son's hunting. The boy hated it, and cried when he shot a gull. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

The Academy and Blue Rocket
Reynolds attended Starfleet Academy at the same time as Sisko, where he worked with him as his lab partner and in the aerial strategy simulation. The two were later assigned to the same starbase (possibly Pelios Station) together. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

In 2363, he helped to establish Blue Rocket colony. He brought in the settlers and their supplies and also helped in the construction of the buildings. He and his family also moved there, where two of his children were born and Magdalena's mother was buried. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

Conflicts
Reynolds fought the Klingons during the Second Federation-Klingon War and the Klingon-Cardassian War. The Centaur often came under attack by ships such as Birds-of-Prey during the conflict. (Articles of the Federation)

When the Dominion encroached on Blue Rocket, it was decided to evacuate the planet. Reynolds assisted in the evacuation and wanted to destroy all of the buildings there, leaving nothing for the Dominion to use. The Settlement Council disagreed, as they believed a return to Blue Rocket was possible. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

In the early months of the Dominion War, Reynolds and his crew were assigned to the Cardassian border. Their mission was to transport Starfleet Intelligence operatives, using a cloaking device to avoid detection. (DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

Reynolds encountered Benjamin Sisko on Starbase 375 for the first time in twelve years soon after. The two would later meet again much sooner than the thought. Reynolds engaged a Jem'Hadar warship that Sisko was commanding in a mission to destroy a ketracel-white facility. Reynolds broke off the attack when more Dominion ships appeared. The crew managed to destroy two and captured another. (DS9 episode: "A Time to Stand", DS9 novelization: "Call to Arms...")

Captain Reynolds later worked with Sisko again. The two took the Centaur into the Argolis Cluster to distract the Dominion forces there and allow the USS Defiant, under Jadzia's command, to destroy a large sensor array. (DS9 novelization: "...Sacrifice of Angels")

Several weeks later, Reynolds and his crew fought in Operation Return. Just before the battle, Reynolds put his and his crew's personal logs, wills and personal effects on the Bernadine Cook. He also recorded a message for his wife and children. His Captain's Log was explaining this was sent when the Centaur was believed to have been destroyed, although Reynolds survived.(DS9 episode: "Sacrifice of Angels", DS9 novelization: "...Sacrifice of Angels")

After this, Reynolds worked with several Romulans during the war, who he later described as being "damn arrogant". (Articles of the Federation)

Retirement
Reynolds retired some time later. In December 2380, he appeared on Illuminating the City of Light to discuss the upcoming conference between Nanietta Bacco, Martok and Tal'Aura on Grisella. (Articles of the Federation)