Dan

Dan (or Ensign Dan) was a Starfleet science officer aboard the USS Phoenix-X, at times able to double as a security officer and operations officer. In 2410, he was the Helmsman aboard the Phoenix-X. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X)

Biography

No matter what, Ensign Dan was always referred to with "Ensign" before his name, and was known for constantly being relieved of duty almost every shift due to stubborn behavior. Captain Daniel once speculated that "Ensign" was his first name, but this was never proven. ("False Management")

History

During the Occupation of Bajor, Ensign Dan lived on Earth's moon. ("Factors of Humanity")

In 2375, Ensign Dan introduced the Bajoran trove drink to Commander Night Gotens, unintentionally causing him to become relentlessly nostalgic. He saved Gotens by concocting a cure drink. Later, during a battle with a Dominion fleet at Flortarios III, he remotely replicated the drink to expel in gaseous form upon the Jem'Hadar ships, causing all its occupants to fall into a frenzy and lose the fight. ("The Bajoran Trove")

In 2404, Ensign Dan and the crew of the Phoenix-X were caught in the same massive molecular reversion field, intermixed with an ion storm, that the USS Hijinx and several other starships were caught in. The result of being trapped in this phenomenon caused him and everyone involved to undergo a reduction in age. The trauma from the accident caused all included to temporarily lose years of memories. ("Delta Recruit", "Celestial Dynamics")

Like Captain Reynolds, it is likely he retook Starfleet Academy, aligning with events in Star Trek Online.

Appendices

USS Phoenix (NCC-65420-X) senior staff
2374-2377 (Season 1)	Daniel/Cell	Night Gotens	Armond	Kugo	Red	Kayl	Lox	Shane	Wallace		Ensign Dan
2377-2379 (Season 2)		Night Seifer
2379-2383 (Season 3)			RaeLuna		Amp			Trunks
2383-2391 (Season 4)			Armond		Red	Kayl		Omega	Mayhem	Wallace
2391-2397 (Season 5/6/7)	Night Seifer		Tong	Gewdeque	Hachi	Briggs	Xyrenia	Veker	Elly
2397-2404 (Season 6/7)	Night Seifer (clone)
2410 (Season 4/5/6)	Oroku Seifer		Armond	Kugo	Ensign Dan	Kayl	Lox

Background information

• As the first episodes of the first season were role-play, characters Gotens (later renamed Seifer) was played by Hawku, and Daniel (later renamed Cell) was played by DL. Ensign Dan was an accidental creation, misunderstood to be played by DL at the beginning (as "Dan", in the first scene of "The Tiloniam System" with Gotens on the shuttle). When it was quickly understood to not be, "Dan" was quickly re-written as "Ensign Dan". This miscommunication led Ensign Dan to be constantly be written as "relieved of duty" in nearly every episode as an in-joke.
• In Star Trek: Phoenix-X, Ensign Dan was always written with "Ensign" as part of both his name and rank. Even in descriptive paragraphs where other characters would normally be referred to without their rank, Ensign Dan would consistently be described as "Ensign Dan". Although, it is not necessarily the character's first name, it is the name of the character.
• Ensign Dan, in his fused title and name only, is also a parody of Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump.
• For nearly every episode of Star Trek: Phoenix-X Season 1, Ensign Dan was relieved of duty at least once. The same went for Season's 3 and 4, although it is certain that every episode in those seasons had him relieved of duty.
• In Season 2, not one single episode has Ensign Dan relieved of duty.
• Several Captains and their crew, from Star Trek: Phoenix-X, share the same experiences from the video game missions of Star Trek Online. It is a soft-break of the fourth wall that they all are semi-conscious of this whilst interacting with each other. The only differing experiences between Captains and crew are depicted through in-story from the Star Trek Online: Literary and Unofficial Literary Challenges.

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