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Lance is the head of Solas Tempus. As a result he is the lead Temporal Operative of the organization. Historically he has preferred to stay in the field as much as possible, but recently this has changed. After the death of Candy Poole, his ex-wife he has started to go through a sort of crisis of faith in his choices over the years and is looking at how to change the way things have become with him and those closest to him.
He tends to be a complete asshole when he wants something, at times using his authority and power to get what he wants with little regard for others. This contrasts sharply with the lengths he is willing to go in order to keep anyone on his team safe. He has been disciplined several times for taking unnecessary risks and overriding the direct orders of the PERDOC Council.
Abilities
Innate Abilities
- Ability to control electromagnetic fields (3A)
- Temporal Aging
Biological Enhancements
Cybernetic Implants
Solar Crystal Ring
Grants him the ability to control all forms of energy to a high degree (4A), he can manipulate energy, alter its shape, or convert from one kind of energy to another. This includes magical energy as well as psionic energy using the ring. He can also manipulate the energy the makes up matter in a destructive way (stealing energy from matter causes it to weaken or disintegrate) to a lesser degree than with other forms of energy (4C).
Skills
Primary Skills
- Piloting (2A)
- Special weapons (2A)
- Covert operations (2A)
- Survival (2A)
Secondary Skills
- High energy physics (1C)
- Plasma physics (1C)
- Electrical engineering (1B)
- Warp field theory (1B)
- Subspace particle theory (1B)
Other Skills
- Basic Engineering / Maintenance (1A)
- Jury-rigging (1A)
- Hair Dressing (4C)
Pet
Lance has a pet dog, a Queensland Heeler that followed him back to his ship one day on a mission to 2012 in the western United States on Earth. The dog just seemed to attach itself to him and invite himself into Lance's life. No one can really say why, but to this day the dog, named Squash, and Lance travel together quite a bit. Trained in several different categories, Lance has taught the dog to respond to whistles and hand signals, in addition to the normal command words. Squash is very smart, for a dog, and has a communicator and tracking device attached to his collar.
History
Lance was born in California on Earth in 2322. He joined Starfleet Academy when he was 18 and made quite the name for himself. Section 31 recruited him early on for surveillance. His first posting was of their choosing and a minor but long term posting. As a young Lt. Commander he was forced into a more covert lifestyle when a tragic accident caused him an incredible amount of damage to his body and even parts of his brain. Section 31 repaired the damage using cybernetics throughout his body.
Section 31 listed him as dead officially and he was put primarily on wet-work. Assassinations, covert operations that the main of Starfleet would never approve of. During this time, he grained the trust and raised to the rank of Captain when he was given his own team. With this time, Section 31 used a slingshot method to accomplish time travel. When doing this they enabled basic temporal shielding around their ship for the project. The project was supposed to be for covert research, but Thomas thought something was up for sure - it just didn't feel right.
Origins of Solas Tempus / Blue Team
Everything started to change for the newly formed team. The scientists reported that the main computer libraries were requiring too many updates, and updates for established historical events. After doing a lot of off-the-books research, it was discovered that events being observed by the team were being altered by another force. Not only that, but evidence suggested that other events were being altered, then changed back. The only conclusion was two opposing forces were fighting to control past events. They were ordered off the project when Thomas started to ask questions.
This turn of events eventually lead to a good portion of the team going AWOL, culminating when Section 31 admitted to starting a temporal conflict, altering events from the past for covert benefit of Section 31 interest. The conflict arose from a reportedly unknown force opposing some of the Section 31 alterations - but not all. It is still unknown exactly what Thomas said or did to Section 31 to both secure their temporal operations and allow the team to go AWOL without repercussions.
Leaving Starfleet / Section 31
The team went AWOL and formed what would eventually become Solas Tempus.
In this new team he became deeply involved with his subordinate, Candy Poole who was, at the time, a Commander he promoted her to Captain and gave himself the title of Admiral. Upon forming Solas Tempus their involvement became very serious. Tensions formed, however, when the two were at odds with how to organize the growing group they had just formed. When it grew large enough, Lance finally relinquished ultimate control over the group and remained leader of its temporal action arm, Blue Team. Candy herself became the organizations overall leader outranking him as Fleet Admiral.
2364
Lance Thomas sent on surveillance mission to October of 1968, Earth. He was tasked with infiltrating a gang organization to find out the origin of a temporal wave which indicated the gang had used some kind of technology from beyond their time-frame. Unable to infiltrate using traditional means, he learned to be a hairdresser and began working with the wives of some of the gang leaders, listening for clues. The mission was successful and the aberrant technology was recovered.
2378-2379
In the middle of 2378, Lance brought a girl back from the mid 21st century. Mia Appleshire, caused a great deal with stress among the PERDOC council, but he prevailed in the end. They knew that if they denied him he may very well just hide her rather than face the music for bringing her forward in time with him. She was inconsequential in the scheme of things, making it simply an act of violating protocol. In 2379, she was killed in a horrific accident where the USS Vertigo was nearly destroyed trying to avoid an Infinity Wave. Her death and the subsequent being stranded in the 21st century caused him to go to Blazing Umbra Station upon his return and defer from field operations.
2381
Up until this point, Lance had preferred to stay in the field whenever possible it is extremely unusual for him to stay in one place more than few months, though lately he has stayed at the Blazing Umbra Station for an unusually long mount of time. Having used the time to catch up with some of his colleagues whom he does not see often. He set up some residence at the station after the loss of someone close to him, Mia Appleshire, who was herself displaced in time when he rescued her from a very bad situation that was destined to end in her death.
In September of 2381, Fleet Admiral Candy Poole died in a shuttle accident. The Serenity Concord voted with a fair margin to promote Lance Thomas to the rank of Fleet Admiral and have him assume her duties. He was not able to do this right away, no, even after a failed attempt to go back in time and save her - he was still unable to face the promotion or her death. He knew he had to and he realized early on that the newly minted Admiral Sal D'Amico was covering for him and holding things together. He was unable to even look his friend in the face, but somehow he knew Sal would understand. Sal himself was hurting, almost as bad as Lance was. It was a while before Lance could assume his duties as head of the organization.
Around this time, after the death of Candy Poole, Lance became involved with Drem Confusco as well as Shiro Yasei at the same time. The conflict that this highlighted has served as one of the primary reasons for him to attempt to change his ways and how he looks at the world. Though at this stage, the problem was still lost on him on a conscious level. It would take another 2 years before he was truly see the problem presented by his behavior.
2383
Late in 2383, he was kidnapped using a long range transporter beam while Codename Onyx attempted to infiltrate and tear down critical ties Solas Tempus relied on. He was rescued by Tal Ravis and Nine in December of 2383. Upon his return he ousted the imposter, Sal D'Amico, but the celebrations were cut shot when an Infinity Wave was detected. He initiated Theta Protocol and jumped all possible vessels and assets to the Sol system in 1520.
Home
Lance has a number of residences due to his work:
- The STV Galatine
- Blazing Umbra Station (Schatten Star System)
- Trocara (Markab Prime)
- Sleipnir
- Soteria (Schatten III)
Trocara House
This is by all rights Lance's primary residence when not in space. Though it can go very long spans without ever being used, there is a small staff to upkeep the house and the grounds while he is away, that also makes sure the house is stocked and ready for him should he call ahead to say he's going to be there. The grounds themselves span about an acre of land, the house sits in the middle of it. The grounds have a variety of gardens and water features, not shown on the map below.
Soteria Beach House Layout
This home sits on Dehka Island (the main body for the Dehka Islands chain). The house sits right on the beach, with the covered patio going down right onto the sand.
Equipment Notes
He occasionally carries a pirate saber with him, when appropriate since obtaining the sword on a mission to the distant Earth past aboard a pirate ship. He has always liked it and decided to keep it and thus has made it part of his dress uniform, tough he is the only officer who uses it to his knowledge.
In another mission to the American West on Earth he was required to obtain a bullwhip from a local merchant, the whip is of high quality and he brought it back with him. It usually sits in his quarters as a decorative piece, but occasionally sees use for various purposes.
Similarly he obtained a flintlock in a dual aboard a British naval vessel when contesting for command of the vessel trying to avoid a catastrophe that would have sent ripples of alterations through the timeline.
Along with these historical items he also carries with him a Solar Crystal bound to him and set in his Starfleet Academy class ring. It is a deep flawless sapphire blue.
When appropriate he is also known to carry a .50 caliber, 5 round, S&W 500 from the early 21st century Earth, the large ammunition allows him to put specialized rounds that represent higher technology than the pistol appears to possess. This is often used when he needs to be armed when in that time period.
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Pirate Saber
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Bullwhip
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Flintlock
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S&W 500 Pistol
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Academy Ring
