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He later fought in the battle against the [[Volsung Mercenaries]], who had been sent to conquer Manticore by the [[Axelrod Corporation]]. During the fight, he noticed a weakness in one of the enemy ships' [[autocannon]] defenses, which Commodore [[Rudolph Heissman]] used for a maneuver that left the Volsung flagship, ''Odin'', seriously damaged. He was also instrumental in the destruction of the Volsung battlecruiser ''[[Tyr (Volsung Mercenary ship)|Tyr]]'' with his idea of running a training missile parallel to ''Casey'' and blocking ''Tyr''{{'}}s energy attack with its wedge while ''Casey'' was able to fire its energy torpedoes. |
He later fought in the battle against the [[Volsung Mercenaries]], who had been sent to conquer Manticore by the [[Axelrod Corporation]]. During the fight, he noticed a weakness in one of the enemy ships' [[autocannon]] defenses, which Commodore [[Rudolph Heissman]] used for a maneuver that left the Volsung flagship, ''Odin'', seriously damaged. He was also instrumental in the destruction of the Volsung battlecruiser ''[[Tyr (Volsung Mercenary ship)|Tyr]]'' with his idea of running a training missile parallel to ''Casey'' and blocking ''Tyr''{{'}}s energy attack with its wedge while ''Casey'' was able to fire its energy torpedoes. |
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| − | After the battle, Long was nominated for the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Medal]], but Admiral Locatelli used his family's influence to keep the Admiralty from awarding it. ({{Story|ACTA}}) |
+ | After the battle, Long was nominated for the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Medal]], but Admiral Locatelli used his family's influence to keep the Admiralty from awarding it. ({{Story|ACTA}}) After helping to take down the Volsung Mercenaries during the events in ''[[A Call to Vengeance]]'', he proposed to [[Lisa Donnelly]]. ({{MA|3}}) |
== Service Record == |
== Service Record == |
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Revision as of 22:13, 29 June 2022
Male
Travis Uriah Long was a Manticoran citizen and an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. He was a "mustang", an officer promoted from the enlisted ranks.
Biography
He was born in 1512 PD[1], the son of Melisande Vellacott Long and her second husband. His father died when Travis was young, and he never grew close with his mother or his older half-brother, Gavin. (MA1)
One of his high school teachers noted how his name (with the middle shortened to an initial) sounded somewhat like Travis Oolong, an Old Earth brand of tea. This earned him the nickname "Travis Tea", which soon started the tradition of calling him "a travesty" of all kinds. He joined the Royal Navy as a young adult, with the expressed goal of protecting the Star Kingdom.
Holding the rank of Lieutenant (senior grade), he served aboard the destroyer HMS Phoenix. When he wanted to write up Fenton Locatelli, who was the nephew of Admiral Carlton Locatelli, for sloppy work, his captain and executive officer refused and soon had him transferred to the light cruiser HMS Casey.
He later fought in the battle against the Volsung Mercenaries, who had been sent to conquer Manticore by the Axelrod Corporation. During the fight, he noticed a weakness in one of the enemy ships' autocannon defenses, which Commodore Rudolph Heissman used for a maneuver that left the Volsung flagship, Odin, seriously damaged. He was also instrumental in the destruction of the Volsung battlecruiser Tyr with his idea of running a training missile parallel to Casey and blocking Tyr's energy attack with its wedge while Casey was able to fire its energy torpedoes.
After the battle, Long was nominated for the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, but Admiral Locatelli used his family's influence to keep the Admiralty from awarding it. (HHA6.2: ACTA) After helping to take down the Volsung Mercenaries during the events in A Call to Vengeance, he proposed to Lisa Donnelly. (MA3)
Service Record
Promotions
- Spacer Third Class (since 1529 PD)
- Spacer First Class (in 1532 PD)
- Petty Officer Third Class (in 1533 PD)
- Lieutenant (JG) (since 1539 PD)
- Lieutenant (SG) (in 1543 PD)
- Lieutenant Commander (1544 PD)
Posts
- Gravitics Technician, HMS Vanguard (1529-1532 PD)
- Gravitics Technician, HMS Guardian (1532-1533 PD)
- detached as a college student[2] (since 1533 PD)
- Officer Candidate, Officer Candidate School (until 1538 PD)
- a first junior officer post, HMS Thorson
- recruitment officer, a recruitment station in Landing (in 1539 PD)
- Assistant Tactical Officer, HMS Phoenix (DD-08) (1540-1543 PD)
- Assistant Tactical Officer, HMS Casey (CL-01) (1543-1544 PD)
- Tactical Officer, HMS Casey (CL-01) (since 1544)
- SIS agent (since 1544)
Decorations
Royal Unit Citation for Gallantry- Monarch's Thanks
