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Brodie’s Grandmother has said she wont come to Star Fleet Academy for fear of getting lost and becoming ‘brainwashed’ by technology!

Brodie was quickly assigned as an engineering officer onboard Starfleet’s frontier space station, Sierra-18. Sierra-18 had just come through a Romulan siege whereby many Starfleet personnel had lost their lives, and there was much repair work to do to the station. Brodie’s first tasks were bringing the station back online with the engineering teams, and as a result he learnt much about the station and how to improvise, adapt, and overcome; this quality was demonstrated time and again in Sierra-18’s subsequent First Contact scenario with the Jinkarie.

The Jinkarie First Contact was not typical of First Contact scenarios as experienced by Starfleet; the alien race was hugely advanced and had with them a psychological disease that could be transmitted telepathically. Brodie, who had limited time with his Chief Engineer, Jay Read, was left to head up the Engineering department as she was utilised in an away mission with the Station Commander.

After a series of assaults by station personnel that managed to destroy the Command Centre, Brodie was left to aid his colleagues in setting up a remote Command Post in Engineering, putting measures in place to stop renegade crew from destroying the last of the station; Brodie at last fell victim to the disease in the closing minutes of the episode only to be fully revived due to a strange alliance that had been struck with the Cardassians, and their gaining of the antidote. Brodie received the Gold Star for his efforts during the Jinkarie encounter that had him promoted to Ensign, and then to Lieutenant [Junior Grade]. Upon the Station Commander’s return, Brodie requested transfer to the USS Philadelphia FF-6053, and this was approved with immediate effect; Brodie departed the space station with a task en-route to assist in the revolutionary design of the vessel’s engine room.

Lt [JG] Brodie Codey’s first task as Chief Engineer onboard the USS Philadelphia was to ensure that the ship functioned correctly with in-flight diagnostics, and engineering crew training. At the time of launching, the ship had no command crew as they were being transferred aboard from the USS Nova BB-106, so Brodie took the time to ensure that all his staff were ready for whatever was waiting for them on their first mission.

At last the USS Philadelphia rendezvoused with the USS Nova BB-106, received her command crew of Captain Aloysia Yvette, and Commander William Hudson. The USS Philadelphia was assigned to accompany The USS Nova BB-106 and the USS Pegasus CL-2500, to investigate a star system that had appeared in our reality from an alternate universe. The flotilla engaged in First Contact with a race called the Gondwanans; a strange insect like species that had become highly advanced in power, and propulsion systems. The Jorpyin, the lead vessel, played host to an away team, of which Brodie was assigned, in order to learn more about the species and their servants – the Quinn.

The descent through the planets atmosphere was a bumpy ride and as a result the USS Philadelphia landed awkwardly causing damage to one of the landing struts. Brodie and Douglas Scott worked tirelessly to ensure that the strut was fixed, as well as ensuring enough power was afforded to the ground security teams that were out guarding the ship. As quickly as the Philadelphia was asked to land, it was instructed to leave the planet surface and only return by invitation of the Gondwanan government. Shortly after departure the system ‘reverted’ back to its reality, leaving a primitive system behind. Brodie was awarded the Starfleet Achievement Medal, and promotion to Lieutenant.

After the repairs that were conducted on The USS Philadelphia from the encounter with the Gondwanans, the ship was then tasked with a Top Secret Mission to Starbase Charlie, near to the Bretreka Nebula on the edge of Federation / Klingon / Cardassian space. On the way Brodie was also tasked by the Corps of Engineers to begin a review of the Fearless Class Main Engineering decks; a task that would reveal its purpose in due course.

The kidnapped group were soon rejoined by Commander Hudson, and Brodie – with the others – made it onto a shuttlecraft waiting to take the group to an orbiting ship. It was then that certain aspects of the DRR started to raise suspicion with the away team. It transpired that the DRR personnel were not quite ‘Romulan’, they began acting in a staccatoed manner when Brodie was speaking with Captain Yvette, who was making arrangements for the away team’s safe return. Upon their safe receipt, Brodie completed his review of the Fearless Class and transmitted it off to Starfleet Command. Shortly afterwards, Captain Yvette informed the crew the punchy wasp-like USS Philadelphia was to be retired from service.

Brodie was fortunate enough to be selected for command training after passing initial selection for his Lieutenant Commander’s board. The command training package had, as rumour would have it, a notorious reputation for eliminating most of the applicants – Brodie was nervous. His assessor was to be his own Commanding Officer, Captain Aloysia Yvette, which for Brodie was a blessing and a curse; the Captain would know what he was capable of, and adversely would know what he was capable of! The training took place in the USS Philadelphia’s holodeck, whilst the ship was in dock at Starbase Delta, and featured a scenario that bore resemblance to a situation Yvette had experienced in the past. Suffice it to say that precise details remain classified, but Brodie passed the training, and as will all other successful candidates unaware of his actual score.

Lt Brodie Codey had been busy ensuring that the USS Philadelphia was fit to be decommissioned, whilst the final finishing touches to the new Fearless Class Mark 2, USS Chin’toka, were being completed. It transpires that Brodie’s review of the engineering decks of the Fearless Class were to be directly incorporated into the Mark 2 to meet the new threat the Federation faced. At the dedication ceremony, in which Captain Yvette was awarded command of this fierce new vessel, a station-wide drill was initiated. This drill was to simulate an attack on Starbase Delta, similar to the one that had destroyed Starbase Charlie by the new ‘shard’ ships.

The USS Philadelphia, along with the USS Pegasus, USS Yeager, and USS James Madison, began a pursuit of the stolen vessel. Due to the seniority of Commander Hudson, he was given command over the pursuit and its tactical strategy. Brodie assisted by setting up a Strategic Command Centre in the Observation Lounge of the USS Philadelphia. After the USS Chin’toka had displayed its defensive prowess the ship turned 180 about, and began to head back to Starbase Delta. During the return pursuit, Commander Hudson suffered a major heart attack and was relieved of duty, leaving Brodie as the most senior ranking resident officer of the ship to take command. The Chin’toka separated upon nearing Starbase Delta, separating the pursuing fleet, with the USS Philadelphia to escort the saucer section back to the space station. Upon their return Brodie was awarded with the Gold Star, and promoted to the substantive rank of Lieutenant Commander.

After spending some time on shore leave, mainly wandering the many corridors of Starbase Delta, Brodie received his new deployment orders, which were to be Chief Engineer of the newly commissioned Fearless Class, USS Chin’toka. Secretly, it was what all engineers dreamed of doing, being in charge of the very department and engine room that they designed – Brodie’s previous design review was revealed in tangible form around him. As part of their familiarisation the zesty Chief Tactical Officer, LCdr Christina Fiore, had organised a holodeck adventure that was to include pirates in a swashbuckling good time! It didn’t take long for the adventure to be spoiled by the fleet’s new instruction to send the C-T, as Brodie affectionately refers to the ship, on its authorised maiden voyage. In addition to this, LCdr Codey was to receive two new officers to his engineering team: Mid Savar Feyil – a transfer from Science, and Ens Mathew Phoenix – a transfer from the now decommissioned USS Pegasus.

In order to break in the new crew, the C-T was sent on a study mission to monitor a nearby pulsar. During the mundane mission the C-T received a distress call from the stricken USS Halifax, after it had been, allegedly, attacked by a cube vessel. The cube vessel was detected to be from a new race – the Staraac – and not the Borg as first feared. The Chin’toka decided to investigate the Stoorc System enabling LCdr Brodie Codey, and others to deploy on a daring away mission to find out more about the species and why they may have attacked a Federation starship. After serious cosmetic surgery, performed by LCdr Laura Macleod, and intensive acclimatisation in the holodeck provided by Ens Matthew Phoenix, the team were ready to access the Staraac environment. Brodie and the team transported into a relatively uninhabited part of the station – the ablutions – to begin their reconnaissance of the new species. Almost immediately Brodie came into contact with ‘a female of the species’ called Mi. The artwork on their bodies, and the medical interference, successfully camouflaged them, and it appears that the first contact with this species was a great success – even if it included a little intimacy, as was custom with the race. Disaster was shortly to follow as the away team made their way through the station and it came into lockdown due to a solar storm. The away team had to continue with their mission and Brodie made his way into the computer centre to try and interrogate the files for reasons as to why the Halifax had been attacked. It transpired that active scanning damaged the Staraac systems – and this was experienced in the computer core as the shuttlecraft tried to extract the away team. Eventually the away team managed to get back to the shuttlecraft, and Brodie then learned of the impending Krynar attack. As the shuttlecraft sped back to the Chin’toka, to Brodie’s disbelief, the Krynar took the system; the Chin’toka managed to flee the scene with a lot of information and guilt concerning the new species. What would become of this passionate, yet defenceless race?

The shock waves of the conquering of the Staraac race by the Krynar had barely sunk in across the Federation, let alone to the crew of the Chin’toka, before they were sent to patrol the Beloti sector. Brodie was made Acting First Officer in lieu of Cdr Latro, who was still unfit for duty, and before the Chin’toka had reached their destination they received a curious transmission that appeared to be Borg in nature. The ship altered its course towards the Mericor System; this system held special significance for Brodie as it was the last reported position of the SS Potts – the exploratory starship that his parents were on when they went ‘missing presumed dead’. The sector is littered with black holes and the signal was traced back to Mericor V. Brodie felt sincere apprehension at the mission, and couldn’t help but fear that his parents had not died exploring black holes, but had in fact been assimilated. These fears became a reality when the Chin’toka approached the planet and were contacted by the assimilated inhabitants. It appeared that the Chin’toka was not able to repel the insurgency by the Borg as they considered the Chin’toka to pose a threat to their existence in absentia from the destroyed main collective. As soon as drones transported aboard the Chin’toka to begin assimilation, Brodie and others were transported down to the planet surface. On the planet surface Brodie came face to face with his parents as he tried to barter for the crews freedom, and failed. Brodie was assimilated into the Mericor V Collective as 2:812. After diplomacy had failed by Captain Yvette, 2:812 was sent back to CA-1375 to begin complete assimilation. It was during the embryonic stages of the assimilation protocol that Species 3505 were detected. A deal was struck with Captain Yvette to utilise the CA-1375 as a weapon against Species 3505, the only “Catch-22” as Species 5618 would have put it was that several crew had to be assimilated to increase performance of the vessel. A fierce firefight ensued with Species 3505 until a narrow victory was attained. The Borg kept their end of the deal and returned the Chin’toka to a serviceable state, and its crew unassimilated – except for eight. Those eight were kept by the Borg in place of the eight drones killed in the incursion on the Chin’toka. Dr Macleod managed to remove the Borg implants and returned Brodie to his former self, but with the pain of the memories of seeing his parents, and of that of assimilation. The Chin’toka limped home to Starbase Delta but Brodie sat transfixed on the invisible dot of Mericor V as the ship made its progress from the system.

Brodie had walked in a monastic fashion following Topak into the ritual chamber aboard the Vulcan vessel. The temperature was hotter than the corridors of Delta, and drier; the scent of heavy perfumes filled the air and a heavy pregnant expectant atmosphere was upon him.

**'Our minds are joined Brodie, together and as one'

Refitted, and re-crewed, with a new Captain and with Brodie as the officially appointed First Officer, the Chin’toka left Starbase Delta on a top secret mission to test a new weapon that had been devised to counter the Krynar invasion. The weapon itself was simple in its concept – it used gravity against the assailant, causing an anomaly to form and the ship’s integrity to disintegrate. The genius behind the weapon was Commander Edward Gregg, who had transferred across to the Chin’toka for the inaugural test. Brodie was initially sceptical about the test, but considered it a shakedown for the new Captain to get broken in, and for the new crew to adjust to the relics that had been left behind from the Borg encounter at Mericor. The initial tests proved to be slightly off-kilter as the weapon wreaked havoc with the Chin’toka’s gravity. With the Captain’s doggedness to continue, injuries were sustained just as a Romulan Firebird was discovered spying on the test. The Romulan ship gave an inconsistent story that led to heightened tensions and it ultimately opening fire on the starship. Due to the Chin’toka being partially crippled, Brodie took the tactical console and began its assault back on the Romulan vessel. After being hit with a cloaked mine the Chin’toka failed to continue its pursuit and the Romulan vessel escaped. When the Chin’toka had righted itself, tests continued with a new formula and was ultimately successful, if not frighteningly so. The weapon functioned at a fraction of the power with greater results, and left Brodie in awe of its ingenuity and fearful of its military application.