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+ | | Gender = Male ([[Andorian genders|thaan or chan]]) |
| Species = [[Andorian]] |
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+ | | Born = [[2363]] |
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+ | | Homeworld = [[Vega colony]], [[Vega IX]] |
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:''For Shon's [[mirror universe]] counterpart, see [[Val Shon]]. |
:''For Shon's [[mirror universe]] counterpart, see [[Val Shon]]. |
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| − | '''Va'Kel Shon''' was a male Andorian [[Starfleet]] officer who held the rank of [[Captain]]. He served as [[commanding officer]] of the {{uSS|Belfast|NCC-75633-C}} and later the {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-F|-F}}. |
+ | '''Va'Kel Shon''' was a male Andorian [[Starfleet]] officer who held the rank of [[Captain]]. He served as [[commanding officer]] of the {{uSS|Belfast|NCC-75633-C}} and later the {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-F|-F}}. ({{G|ST|Star Trek Online}}) |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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By [[2409]] Shon had been serving in Starfleet for twenty-three years, primarily as a [[tactical officer]]. He had been on three deep [[space]] exploration missions and fourteen [[first contact]] missions, and had also served as a liaison to the [[Romulan]]s after the [[Hobus]] [[supernova]]. ({{STO|{{stod|First Contact Day}}}}) |
By [[2409]] Shon had been serving in Starfleet for twenty-three years, primarily as a [[tactical officer]]. He had been on three deep [[space]] exploration missions and fourteen [[first contact]] missions, and had also served as a liaison to the [[Romulan]]s after the [[Hobus]] [[supernova]]. ({{STO|{{stod|First Contact Day}}}}) |
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| − | Shon's wife and children were listed as missing, presumed dead after the 2409 [[Borg]] attack on the [[Vega colony]], their home [[planet]]. ({{ss|STO|Mirror Image}}) |
+ | Shon's wife, Tress, and children were listed as missing, presumed dead after the 2409 [[Borg]] attack on the [[Vega colony]], their home [[planet]]. ({{ss|STO|Mirror Image}}) |
| + | Not long after the formation of the [[Romulan Republic]], Shon's USS ''Belfast'' was assigned to [[Battlegroup Phi]] and responded to an [[Elachi]] invasion of [[New Romulus]] along with several other Starfleet and [[Klingon Defense Force]] vessels. ({{STO|Devil's Choice|Shadow Play}}) |
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| + | Soon afterward, Shon took custody of former [[Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire|Praetor]] [[Taris]] after she was apprehended by another Starfleet captain in the {{Dis|Iconia|star}} [[system]]. ({{STO|{{stod|Taris}}|sub = Romulan Mystery}}) |
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After the battle, he was offered command of the newly commissioned {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-F|-F}}. He intended to turn down the offer, as he felt that [[Data]] should take command of the new ship. After meeting with Data, he changed his mind and accepted when Data encouraged him to take the command. ({{Ss|STO|Unexpected Honor}}) |
After the battle, he was offered command of the newly commissioned {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-F|-F}}. He intended to turn down the offer, as he felt that [[Data]] should take command of the new ship. After meeting with Data, he changed his mind and accepted when Data encouraged him to take the command. ({{Ss|STO|Unexpected Honor}}) |
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Shon's command of the ''Enterprise'' led the Andorians to feel that they had returned to prominence in the Federation. (''[[Star Trek|ST]]'' magazine: "[[Star Trek Magazine]] #40") |
Shon's command of the ''Enterprise'' led the Andorians to feel that they had returned to prominence in the Federation. (''[[Star Trek|ST]]'' magazine: "[[Star Trek Magazine]] #40") |
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| − | In one of his first missions on the ''Enterprise'', he led the assault against the [[Dominion]] fleet at [[Deep Space 9]]. The fleet was able to retake the station. ({{STO|Boldly They Rode}}) |
+ | In one of his first missions on the ''Enterprise'', he led the assault against the [[Dominion]] fleet at [[Deep Space 9]]. The fleet was able to retake the station. ({{STO|Boldly They Rode|sub = The 2800}}) |
Sometime later, Captain Shon commanded the ''Enterprise'' in missions to the [[Tau Dewa sector block]], assisting in efforts to secure it against threats to the recently established [[Romulan Republic]]. ({{STO|Tau Dewa Sector Patrol (Daily)}}) |
Sometime later, Captain Shon commanded the ''Enterprise'' in missions to the [[Tau Dewa sector block]], assisting in efforts to secure it against threats to the recently established [[Romulan Republic]]. ({{STO|Tau Dewa Sector Patrol (Daily)}}) |
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| − | Shon and the ''Enterprise'' were later summoned to [[New Romulus]] to be on hand for the activation of an [[Iconian gateway]]. The gateway activated, but a malfunction or misalignment triggered a seismic event, and Shon, [[Worf]], and a party of Romulan, Federation and Klingon personnel were forced to escape through the gateway. They found themselves inside [[Storage Facility Z98]]. While investigating, Shon was captured by the [[Solanae]] and experimented on. He was rescued by Worf and one of the captains from the New Romulus alliance delegation. Shon, Worf, and the other survivors then stole a ship, the ''[[Obelisk 1]]'', and made their escape through a gateway to the [[Jouret]] [[system]] where, fighting alongside the flagships of the Federation, [[Klingon Empire]], and [[Romulan Republic]], they engaged and defeated a fleet of [[Elachi]] vessels. After the engagement, Captain Shon advocated destroying the gateway, but relented, and was ordered otherwise, because the gate was in Romulan jurisdiction and the presence of [[Omega particle]]s was detected on the other side. ({{STO|Sphere of Influence}}) |
+ | Shon and the ''Enterprise'' were later summoned to [[New Romulus]] to be on hand for the activation of an [[Iconian gateway]]. The gateway activated, but a malfunction or misalignment triggered a seismic event, and Shon, [[Worf]], and a party of Romulan, Federation and Klingon personnel were forced to escape through the gateway. They found themselves inside [[Storage Facility Z98]]. While investigating, Shon was captured by the [[Solanae]] and experimented on. He was rescued by Worf and one of the captains from the New Romulus alliance delegation. Shon, Worf, and the other survivors then stole a ship, the ''[[Obelisk 1]]'', and made their escape through a gateway to the [[Jouret]] [[system]] where, fighting alongside the flagships of the Federation, [[Klingon Empire]], and [[Romulan Republic]], they engaged and defeated a fleet of [[Elachi]] vessels. After the engagement, Captain Shon advocated destroying the gateway, but relented, and was ordered otherwise, because the gate was in Romulan jurisdiction and the presence of [[Omega particle]]s was detected on the other side. ({{STO|Sphere of Influence|sub = {{stod|Solanae Dyson Sphere}}}}) |
Very late in 2409, Shon and the other two flagships fought as part of a large fleet to prevent the [[Voth]] from activating the [[Solanae Dyson sphere]]'s jump capability, eventually pursuing the {{USS|Dyson}} and a Voth {{class|Citadel}} [[dreadnought]] through another Iconian space gate into the [[Jenolan Dyson sphere]], where the four ships were able to stymie an [[Undine]] fleet's attempt to capture the [[Dyson sphere]]. |
Very late in 2409, Shon and the other two flagships fought as part of a large fleet to prevent the [[Voth]] from activating the [[Solanae Dyson sphere]]'s jump capability, eventually pursuing the {{USS|Dyson}} and a Voth {{class|Citadel}} [[dreadnought]] through another Iconian space gate into the [[Jenolan Dyson sphere]], where the four ships were able to stymie an [[Undine]] fleet's attempt to capture the [[Dyson sphere]]. |
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| − | After this, a Mexican standoff ensued between the three flagship captains: [[Captain]] [[Koren, daughter of Grilka|Koren]] of the {{IKS|Bortasqu'}} tried to claim the sphere as property of the [[Klingon Empire]], while Shon disputed the claim on grounds of the Federation's prior possession. [[Commander]] [[Tiaru Jarok]] of the {{RRW|Lleiset}} tried to claim the sphere as an ostensibly neutral party, but was shouted down. [[Rear Admiral]] [[Tuvok]] managed to defuse the standoff and invited all concerned parties to a summit in the sphere to settle the argument diplomatically. ({{STO|A Step Between Stars}}) |
+ | After this, a Mexican standoff ensued between the three flagship captains: [[Captain]] [[Koren, daughter of Grilka|Koren]] of the {{IKS|Bortasqu'}} tried to claim the sphere as property of the [[Klingon Empire]], while Shon disputed the claim on grounds of the Federation's prior possession. [[Commander]] [[Tiaru Jarok]] of the {{RRW|Lleiset}} tried to claim the sphere as an ostensibly neutral party, but was shouted down. [[Rear Admiral]] [[Tuvok]] managed to defuse the standoff and invited all concerned parties to a summit in the sphere to settle the argument diplomatically. ({{STO|A Step Between Stars|sub = {{stod|Solanae Dyson Sphere}}}}) |
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In [[2410]] Shon attended the conference. When the Empire's [[Ambassador]] [[S'taass]] accused the Federation of hypocrisy in dragging its feet in dealing with the Undine in the past, and then rushing to defend what it saw as its property when directly threatened, Ambassador [[Jiro Sugihara]] started to downplay the issue, but Shon interrupted Sugihara and admitted that the Federation had been in the wrong. When the Undine in turn interrupted the entire conference, Shon took the ''Enterprise'' to the [[Sol]] system to aid in the defense, and headed for [[Luna]] to clear away the attackers there. Shon subsequently led Starfleet reinforcements to [[Qo'noS]] to help repel an Undine assault on the Klingon capital. |
In [[2410]] Shon attended the conference. When the Empire's [[Ambassador]] [[S'taass]] accused the Federation of hypocrisy in dragging its feet in dealing with the Undine in the past, and then rushing to defend what it saw as its property when directly threatened, Ambassador [[Jiro Sugihara]] started to downplay the issue, but Shon interrupted Sugihara and admitted that the Federation had been in the wrong. When the Undine in turn interrupted the entire conference, Shon took the ''Enterprise'' to the [[Sol]] system to aid in the defense, and headed for [[Luna]] to clear away the attackers there. Shon subsequently led Starfleet reinforcements to [[Qo'noS]] to help repel an Undine assault on the Klingon capital. |
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| − | When an [[Undine planet killer]] appeared through a giant [[fluidic space]] rift late in the battle, Shon launched from the ''Enterprise'' in the {{USS|Aquarius|prototype}} and, with an allied starship escorting him, rammed it into a hull breach opened by a [[nanite]] [[torpedo]] from the {{USS|Voyager}}. ''Voyager'' was able to [[beam]] him off just before impact, and he subsequently made an appearance at the victory celebration on Qo'noS. ({{STO|Surface Tension}}) |
+ | When an [[Undine planet killer]] appeared through a giant [[fluidic space]] rift late in the battle, Shon launched from the ''Enterprise'' in the {{USS|Aquarius|prototype}} and, with an allied starship escorting him, rammed it into a hull breach opened by a [[nanite]] [[torpedo]] from the {{USS|Voyager}}. ''Voyager'' was able to [[beam]] him off just before impact, and he subsequently made an appearance at the victory celebration on Qo'noS. ({{STO|Surface Tension|sub = {{stod|Solanae Dyson Sphere}}}}) |
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In an [[Yesterday's Enterprise timeline|alternate timeline]] where the [[Klingon Empire]] conquered the Federation in the [[2360s]] and was in turn conquered by the [[Dominion]], Va'Kel Shon was the skipper of a [[freighter]] called the ''{{dis|Belfast|freighter}}'' employed by the [[Tholian Assembly]]. He had a family in this timeline. During a stopover at a [[Tholian]] [[space station]] in the [[Azure Nebula]] in [[2409]], he encountered the alternate timeline counterpart of a captain from the [[prime universe]], who may have convinced him to distract a Tholian guard so the captain could infiltrate the control center and free the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-C|-C}}. This timeline was erased when the ''Enterprise'' escaped the station and returned to [[Narendra III]] in [[2344]]. ({{STO|Temporal Ambassador}}) |
In an [[Yesterday's Enterprise timeline|alternate timeline]] where the [[Klingon Empire]] conquered the Federation in the [[2360s]] and was in turn conquered by the [[Dominion]], Va'Kel Shon was the skipper of a [[freighter]] called the ''{{dis|Belfast|freighter}}'' employed by the [[Tholian Assembly]]. He had a family in this timeline. During a stopover at a [[Tholian]] [[space station]] in the [[Azure Nebula]] in [[2409]], he encountered the alternate timeline counterpart of a captain from the [[prime universe]], who may have convinced him to distract a Tholian guard so the captain could infiltrate the control center and free the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-C|-C}}. This timeline was erased when the ''Enterprise'' escaped the station and returned to [[Narendra III]] in [[2344]]. ({{STO|Temporal Ambassador}}) |
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| + | In another alternate timeline, when Shon was only 12 years old, the Dominion defeated the [[Federation Alliance]] and enslaved most of the galaxy. Shon was part of a resistance movement that took advantage of the Borg-Dominion War in an attempt to overthrow the Dominion. He was the commanding officer of a stolen Jem'Hadar Dreadnought named ''{{dis|Belfast|dreadnought}}''. He and a captain from the prime timeline destroyed the founders by engineering a virus that would destroy them, this left the Dominion without crucial leaders in the war with the Borg who eventually defeated them, however the Borg then assimilated the entire galaxy and used transwarp conduits to invade the Andromeda galaxy where the Borg-Iconian War began. ({{ss|STO|The Darkest Timeline}}) |
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==Appendices== |
==Appendices== |
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| + | {{Realworldsection}}Va'Kel Shon is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083075/ Dave Rivas] in ''Star Trek Online''. Rivas also portrays [[Hakeev]] and [[Eric Cooper]] (as well as [[Eric Cooper (Undine)|Cooper's Undine replacement]]). |
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Revision as of 23:38, 1 December 2019
- For Shon's mirror universe counterpart, see Val Shon.
Va'Kel Shon was a male Andorian Starfleet officer who held the rank of Captain. He served as commanding officer of the USS Belfast and later the USS Enterprise-F. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
Biography
By 2409 Shon had been serving in Starfleet for twenty-three years, primarily as a tactical officer. He had been on three deep space exploration missions and fourteen first contact missions, and had also served as a liaison to the Romulans after the Hobus supernova. (STO mission: "First Contact Day")
Shon's wife, Tress, and children were listed as missing, presumed dead after the 2409 Borg attack on the Vega colony, their home planet. (STO short story: "Mirror Image")
Not long after the formation of the Romulan Republic, Shon's USS Belfast was assigned to Battlegroup Phi and responded to an Elachi invasion of New Romulus along with several other Starfleet and Klingon Defense Force vessels. (STO missions: "Devil's Choice", "Shadow Play")
Soon afterward, Shon took custody of former Praetor Taris after she was apprehended by another Starfleet captain in the Iconia system. (STO - Romulan Mystery mission: "Taris")
Shon represented the Federation during the Borg Conference on Deep Space 9, and took part in the running firefight that ensued when time-shifted Dominion forces under First Kar'ukan attacked through the Bajoran wormhole. (STO - The 2800 mission: "Second Wave")
Shon engaged the Jem'Hadar at Facility 4028. He managed to push them back but lost the Belfast and most of her crew. (STO - The 2800 mission: "Facility 4028")
After the battle, he was offered command of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise-F. He intended to turn down the offer, as he felt that Data should take command of the new ship. After meeting with Data, he changed his mind and accepted when Data encouraged him to take the command. (STO short story: "Unexpected Honor")
Shon's command of the Enterprise led the Andorians to feel that they had returned to prominence in the Federation. (ST magazine: "Star Trek Magazine #40")
In one of his first missions on the Enterprise, he led the assault against the Dominion fleet at Deep Space 9. The fleet was able to retake the station. (STO - The 2800 mission: "Boldly They Rode")
Sometime later, Captain Shon commanded the Enterprise in missions to the Tau Dewa sector block, assisting in efforts to secure it against threats to the recently established Romulan Republic. (STO mission: "Tau Dewa Sector Patrol (Daily)")
Shon and the Enterprise were later summoned to New Romulus to be on hand for the activation of an Iconian gateway. The gateway activated, but a malfunction or misalignment triggered a seismic event, and Shon, Worf, and a party of Romulan, Federation and Klingon personnel were forced to escape through the gateway. They found themselves inside Storage Facility Z98. While investigating, Shon was captured by the Solanae and experimented on. He was rescued by Worf and one of the captains from the New Romulus alliance delegation. Shon, Worf, and the other survivors then stole a ship, the Obelisk 1, and made their escape through a gateway to the Jouret system where, fighting alongside the flagships of the Federation, Klingon Empire, and Romulan Republic, they engaged and defeated a fleet of Elachi vessels. After the engagement, Captain Shon advocated destroying the gateway, but relented, and was ordered otherwise, because the gate was in Romulan jurisdiction and the presence of Omega particles was detected on the other side. (STO - Solanae Dyson Sphere mission: "Sphere of Influence")
Very late in 2409, Shon and the other two flagships fought as part of a large fleet to prevent the Voth from activating the Solanae Dyson sphere's jump capability, eventually pursuing the USS Dyson and a Voth Citadel-class dreadnought through another Iconian space gate into the Jenolan Dyson sphere, where the four ships were able to stymie an Undine fleet's attempt to capture the Dyson sphere.
After this, a Mexican standoff ensued between the three flagship captains: Captain Koren of the IKS Bortasqu' tried to claim the sphere as property of the Klingon Empire, while Shon disputed the claim on grounds of the Federation's prior possession. Commander Tiaru Jarok of the RRW Lleiset tried to claim the sphere as an ostensibly neutral party, but was shouted down. Rear Admiral Tuvok managed to defuse the standoff and invited all concerned parties to a summit in the sphere to settle the argument diplomatically. (STO - Solanae Dyson Sphere mission: "A Step Between Stars")
In 2410 Shon attended the conference. When the Empire's Ambassador S'taass accused the Federation of hypocrisy in dragging its feet in dealing with the Undine in the past, and then rushing to defend what it saw as its property when directly threatened, Ambassador Jiro Sugihara started to downplay the issue, but Shon interrupted Sugihara and admitted that the Federation had been in the wrong. When the Undine in turn interrupted the entire conference, Shon took the Enterprise to the Sol system to aid in the defense, and headed for Luna to clear away the attackers there. Shon subsequently led Starfleet reinforcements to Qo'noS to help repel an Undine assault on the Klingon capital.
When an Undine planet killer appeared through a giant fluidic space rift late in the battle, Shon launched from the Enterprise in the USS Aquarius and, with an allied starship escorting him, rammed it into a hull breach opened by a nanite torpedo from the USS Voyager. Voyager was able to beam him off just before impact, and he subsequently made an appearance at the victory celebration on Qo'noS. (STO - Solanae Dyson Sphere mission: "Surface Tension")
Alternate timelines
In an alternate timeline where the Klingon Empire conquered the Federation in the 2360s and was in turn conquered by the Dominion, Va'Kel Shon was the skipper of a freighter called the Belfast employed by the Tholian Assembly. He had a family in this timeline. During a stopover at a Tholian space station in the Azure Nebula in 2409, he encountered the alternate timeline counterpart of a captain from the prime universe, who may have convinced him to distract a Tholian guard so the captain could infiltrate the control center and free the USS Enterprise-C. This timeline was erased when the Enterprise escaped the station and returned to Narendra III in 2344. (STO mission: "Temporal Ambassador")
In another alternate timeline, when Shon was only 12 years old, the Dominion defeated the Federation Alliance and enslaved most of the galaxy. Shon was part of a resistance movement that took advantage of the Borg-Dominion War in an attempt to overthrow the Dominion. He was the commanding officer of a stolen Jem'Hadar Dreadnought named Belfast. He and a captain from the prime timeline destroyed the founders by engineering a virus that would destroy them, this left the Dominion without crucial leaders in the war with the Borg who eventually defeated them, however the Borg then assimilated the entire galaxy and used transwarp conduits to invade the Andromeda galaxy where the Borg-Iconian War began. (STO short story: "The Darkest Timeline")
Appendices
Background information
| This section is written from the Real World point of view. |
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Va'Kel Shon is voiced by Dave Rivas in Star Trek Online. Rivas also portrays Hakeev and Eric Cooper (as well as Cooper's Undine replacement).
Connections
| USS Enterprise-F personnel | ||
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| Frontier Day (2401) | Elizabeth Shelby • unnamed USS Enterprise-F personnel |  
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| 25th century (from 2409) | Jirelle Kav • Kyona • Phillipa Matthias • Kirayoshi O'Brien • Savel • Va'Kel Shon • Tem Inasi • Samuel Winters | |
| alternate timeline 2382-2388 | Krueger • Geordi La Forge • Tom Paris • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Deanna Troi | |
| alternate timeline 2408 | Blair • Data • Hauman • Lamont • Margolin • Tucker | |
External link
- Va'Kel Shon article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.