Elias Vaughn

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Elias Vaughn

Career

Occupation:

officer

Previous Assignment:

commanding officer,Deep Space 9

Final Assignment:

commanding officer,USSJames T. Kirk

Rank:

captain

Insignia:

Biography[]

Vaughn was a critical player in several crucial events in Starfleet history, including theTomed Incident, theBetreka Nebula Incident, the disaster atArvada III, the civil war onBeta VI, the liberation ofBetazed from theDominion, and theBorg Invasion of 2381.

Then, after a chance encounter with theBajoranOrb of Memory in theFirst Splinter timeline, Vaughn decided to pursue his lost dream of being an explorer. After taking the vacant First Officer's position at Federation starbaseDeep Space 9 at age 101, Elias Vaughn commanded theUSSDefiant on a three-month mission of exploration in theGamma Quadrant and continued to contribute to Starfleet. He would eventually rise to command DS9 for a period before accepting command of theUSSJames T. Kirk. Seriously injured during the Borg invasion and left in a comatose state for two years, Vaughn finally succumbed to his injuries late in2383, at the age of 109.

Early life[]

Elias Vaughn was born Saturday,24 October,2274, and was raised on the planetBerengaria VII. He was taught about the stars by his mother, which fueled his early passion for exploration. Vaughn's mother died early in his life ofBurkhardt's disease. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book One,TNGnovel:The Battle of Betazed)

On Berengaria, Vaughn was once attacked by a species of animal known asDraco Berengarius. The creature penetrated into the back of Vaughn's skull, causing some slight brain damage and leaving behind its own DNA traces and a scar running from his neck to his left ear. (DS9novel:Bajor: Fragments and Omens)

Vaughn had adog as a child. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book One)

Vaughn's uncle owned a farm where bison-like cattle were raised. (STnovel:Cast No Shadow)

Vaughn joinedStarfleet Academy in the year2293 following theKhitomer Conference and the signing of theKhitomer Accords, and discovered that he had a talent for intelligence and tactical operations. He graduated in the class of 2297. Vaughn gave up his dreams of exploration for a career in Starfleet Intelligence. (TOSmovie,novelization &comic adaptation:The Undiscovered Country;DS9 -S31novel:Abyss)

Starfleet operations[]

Most of the first ten years of Vaughn's service toStarfleet Intelligence was spent behind a desk, analyzing data and writing reports. The few times he did manage to get into the field his assignments included shadowing aBenzite engineer eventually found innocent of trading stolentechnology, and the infiltration of aTellarite mining facility. (TLEnovel:Serpents Among the Ruins)

Atthe age of 24 he was charged with the recovery of a container with a stolenLinellian fluid effigy inside. Before returning the vessel to the embassy he experienced a vision, one of the most peaceful experiences he ever knew. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book One)

In2300, Vaughn was working in the "Jigsaw department" at Starfleet Intelligence, part of a group of intelligence analysts. He disobeyed orders from his commander to follow up what had been dismissed as a redundant lead, resulting in him going into the field to help resolve a crisis on the Federation/Klingon border caused byRomulan-fundedKriosian terrorists, with Vaughn's investigation aided by former Cartwright conspiratorValeris. After the mission was completed,Malla Tancreda ofSection 31 attempted to recruit Vaughn in the organization, although Vaughn refused the offer, correctly guessing that they were only making the offer to him now because he was about to get an offer for an official position the next day. (STnovel:Cast No Shadow)

Tomed[]

After a decade of desk-bound analysis with Starfleet special operations, Vaughn, holding the rank oflieutenant, was sent on his first major official field assignment in the year2311. He was to accompany CaptainJohn Harriman andCommanderDrysi Gravenor, a woman he thought of as a mentor, on a mission to capture theRomulanflagship, theTomed.

Vaughn's responsibility during the Tomed mission was to steal a shuttle for the three operatives to escape in. Vaughn was nearly killed when the shuttlebay was decompressed, and later had to fightRenka Linavil inside the shuttle. He was later somewhat distraught that he was forced to kill her.

Following the successful completion of the mission, Vaughn was one one of only a handful of people who knew the full truth about the events that became known as theTomed Incident. (TLEnovel:Serpents Among the Ruins)

In the year2319, Vaughn first partnered withT'Prynn ofVulcan and the two formed a loose partnership that lasted off and on for thirty years. (DS9novel:Lesser Evil)

The Betreka Nebula Incident[]

In2328, theCardassian Union andKlingon Empire threatened to go to war over the planetRaknal V near theBetreka Nebula. The Cardassians claimed the world as their own, but the Klingons disputed the claim after the remains of the vessel of the legendary Klingon CaptainCh'gran were discovered on the surface. The Klingons, who wished to recover the legendary hero's vessel, argued that the presence of Ch'gran's ship on the planet constituted a prior claim to the planet.

Vaughn was assigned to the Starfleet-hosted arbitration delegation for the dispute aboard theUSSCarthage.FederationAmbassadorCurzon Dax arranged an agreement between the two powers wherein whichever government could best develop the world's resources would ultimately take the planet. Vaughn was very skeptical about this plan, and said so. His skepticism was proved out as the so-called "Betreka Nebula Incident" stretched out for eighteen years with few tangible results.

It was aboard theCarthage that Vaughn first met the ship'sscience officerLieutenantIan Andrew Troi, with whom he began a long friendship. Vaughn would eventually be introduced to Troi's wifeLwaxana, and children,Kestra andDeanna. He attended Kestra's funeral onBetazed in2336. (TLEnovel:The Art of the Impossible)

Further operations[]

Vaughn's travels exposed him to many tragedies;Verillian children orphaned by war, the hopelessness of aLethean veteran asylum and the genocidal holocaust onArvada III.

TheTNGnovel:Death in Winter established2339 as the date for the Arvada III tragedy, however it also established the tragedy as a plague outbreak, which may either be inconsistent with what Vaughn experienced or indicate another period of strife on the world which Vaughn was involved with, or this may have been the means of genocide.

Vaughn's mission also brought frustration, he was unable to do anything as he witnessed the deaths of eleven thousand men in the civil war onBeta VI and could not have foreseen the assassination of anElaysian governor. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book One)

Vaughn was imprisoned by the Breen for seven weeks. He survived by killing and eatingaurowaqqa, a small animal. (DS9 -Mission Gammanovel:Twilight)

In2343, Vaughn first met Starfleet CaptainJean-Luc Picard of theUSSStargazer. The two would meet several times over the ensuing years, including during acoup d'état onDarnak VII. (TLEnovel:The Art of the Impossible;STcomic: "Divided We Fall")

In late 2343, after Vaughn's promotion toLieutenant Commander, Vaughn and T'Prynn retrievedSpecial EmissaryRaisa Tartovsky from the planetDevniad as the Cardassian Union annexed the planet. Tartovsky was uncooperative, believing Vaughn to be a disguised Cardassian, forcing Vaughn to stun her and carry her back to his ship. Vaughn delivered Tartovsky toStarbase 47, where he reported to his superior in Starfleet Intelligence, CaptainUhura.

Uhura ordered Vaughn to return to Raknal V and give her his assessment of the situation there. Vaughn returned to Raknal V on theCarthage, and he and Ian Troi went down to the planet's surface together. Vaughn and Troi became trapped as a building collapsed on them due to Romulan sabotage. All evidence of the Romulan involvement was destroyed and Ian Troi died from his injuries.

Vaughn was severely injured and spent several months in recovery. After returning to duty, he tracked down Dax onRisa and informed him of the Romulan involvement at Raknal V. The two pooled their resources and discovered the truth aboutCh'gran, thus convincing KlingonChancellorK'mpec to cede the planet to Cardassia, finally ending the "Betreka Nebula Incident". (TLEnovel:The Art of the Impossible)

At some point in his career Vaughn designed part of the curriculum for Starfleet'sAdvanced Tactical Training course. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book Two)

Ruriko Tenmei[]

In2347, following theKhitomer Massacre, Vaughn and T'Prynn met rivalSI agentRuriko Tenmei on the planetKora II in Cardassian space. Vaughn and Tenmei were familiar with each other through their impressive after-action reports, and considered each other rivals. (TNGepisode: "Sins of the Father";TLEnovel:The Art of the Impossible)

Vaughn and T'Prynn were tasked with assisting in the defection of Cardassian scientistCren Veruda, the developer of anartificial intelligence that would give Cardassia a significant tactical advantage over the Federation.

The mission went wrong, and Vaughn found himself captured and brought to aglinn namedMadred for interrogation. Vaughn was rescued by Tenmei who was on the scene undercover as an agent of theObsidian Order namedKree Omiturin (An amalgam of "Ruriko Tenmei"). After being freed by Tenmei, the pair of S.I. agents freed Veruda from his confinement and managed to disable Veruda's A.I. system.

Vaughn found himself irritated not only by the fact that he met his chief rival as she rescued him from an operation gone bad, but also by the fact that he found himself attracted to Tenmei.

Tenmei worked with Vaughn and T'Prynn frequently after that, and both were present when T'Prynn was tragically killed in atransporter accident aboard theUSST'Plana-Hath in2349. Following T'Prynn's funeral onVulcan, Vaughn and Tenmei began a romantic relationship.

In2350, the two had a daughter,Prynn Tenmei, named in honor of their late colleague. While Tenmei took a leave of absence from SI to raise her daughter, Vaughn continued to be heavily involved in intelligence matters, to the detriment of his family life. In one instance, Vaughn was called away from his daughter's fifth birthday celebration byAdmiralPresley to deal with a coup onGemworld, theElaysianhomeworld. (DS9novel:Lesser Evil)

Bajor, the Gateway and the Borg[]

In2365, while working a mission specialist gathering and analyzing intelligence from the Federation/Cardassian border, the ship Vaughn was working on was contacted by a Cardassian dissident namedGaten Russol, who hoped to change Cardassia's policy toward other worlds, includingBajor and the disputed border colonies. Although Vaughn was ordered by AdmiralAlynna Nechayev not to directly involve himself in the Bajoran situation, Nechayev nevertheless re-assigned Vaughn toStarbase 375, and ordered him to regain contact with Russol and establish a dialogue with him. (DS9novel:Dawn of the Eagles)

In2367, following theincursion with the Borg, Vaughn took part in a classified mission toAlexandra's Planet involving Romulans and anIconian gateway. No other details of this operation have been released to the general public, although certain Starship captains, including Jean-Luc Picard, viewed the case-file during theGateways Crisis of2376. (TNGepisode: "The Best of Both Worlds";DS9novel:Demons of Air and Darkness)

In2368, following theKlingon Civil War, Vaughn was assigned toStarbase 621, analyzing starship movement along theTzenkethi border, when he was again contacted by Gaten Russol, with whom which Vaughn had maintained sporadic contact. Russol informed Vaughn that the Cardassian prefect on Bajor,GulSkrain Dukat, was about to make a fraudulent offer of peace and withdrawal to theBajoran people in exchange for theBajoran Resistance movement standing down and ceasing hostilities. (TNGepisode: "Redemption")

Russol explained that Dukat's position in regards to the Bajoran resistance had grown desperate, and if the Bajorans really wanted the Cardassians to leave Bajor, now was the time to push their efforts. Vaughn passed this information on to the Bajoran refugeeKeeve Falor at theValo II re-settlement camp following theSolarion IV affair. Falor then passed the information on to the resistance on Bajor, who made their final push against the Cardassians, finally driving them out of Bajoran space. (TNGepisode: "Ensign Ro";DS9novel:Dawn of the Eagles)

In2369, after Vaughn was promoted to Commander andBenjamin Sisko took command ofDeep Space 9, a rogue copy of Crem Veruda's AI software matrix re-constituted itself on the planetUridi'si. Vaughn and Ruriko Tenmei (who had just returned to active duty after 19 years) were sent on theT-Plana-Hath to deal with the A.I. as they had before. (DS9episode &novelization:Emissary)

TheT'Plana-Hath and theUSSValkyrie arrived at Uridi'si just as aBorg cube summoned by the A.I. arrived on the scene. The A.I. believed itself to be sophisticated enough to assimilate the Borg rather than be assimilated by them. After a pitched battle that left theT'Plana-Hath crippled and forced theValkyrie to retreat, the Borg ship linked with the planet-side computer where the A.I. resided, and uploaded the A.I.

As Tenmei was the only officer aboard with enough experience with the A.I. to take it out, Vaughn was forced to send Ruriko Tenmei and theValkyrie on a one-way mission to the Borg ship to ensure that the A.I. was destroyed.

Ruriko Tenmei was successful in her efforts in destroying the cube and the A.I., but was presumed killed in action. Prynn, who was atStarfleet Academy at the time, blamed Vaughn for her mother's death. (DS9novel:Lesser Evil)

The Dominion War[]

In2375, following the murder ofJadzia Dax, Vaughn was aboard theUSSNautilus as it, along with theTwelfth Fleet, prepared to liberate Betazed fromDominion control. This offensive was preempted when the Dominion attacked the Fleet atStarbase 19. However, during this battle, Vaughn received a message from theBetazed resistance proposing a new plan to overthrow the Dominion occupiers, which Vaughn then put into motion. (DS9episode: "Tears of the Prophets")

Working with the crew of theUSSEnterprise-E (includingDeanna Troi the daughter of his deceased friend Ian Troi), Vaughn infiltrated Dominion-occupied Betazed, and freed murdererHent Tevren from custody. Tevren knew of long-forgotten lethal mental techniques that the Betazed resistance could use against theJem'Hadar. Although Tevren was killed during the escape, Troi learned enough from Tevren to teach the resistance how to defeat the Jem'Hadar by overloading their empathic centers, which shut down the soldiers minds. (TNGnovel:The Battle of Betazed)

The War also saw Vaughn visitingPanora and witnessing the destruction of Jem'Hadar vessels overTiburon. (DS9novel:Avatar, Book One)

At some point in Vaughn's career he became aware of the rogue agency that called itselfSection 31, a secretive organization which dealt in black ops and the kind of activities that went against everything that the Federation stood for. Vaughn joined asmall cabal of Starfleet officers who had dedicated themselves to the destruction of Section 31. In2375, this cabal obtained an illegalholoship used in a failed Section 31 operation in theBriar Patch following the affair between theBa'ku and theSon'a. (TNGmovie &novelization:Star Trek: Insurrection;DS9 -S31novel:Abyss)

Deep Space 9[]

Re-discovery of dreams and purpose[]

InApril of2376, Vaughn was sent to search theBadlands with theUSSEnterprise-E in response to a rumoredBreen presence. At the time the war weary Vaughn was considering retirement. He confided in Captain Picard who suggested Vaughn would not be happy sitting back and letting worlds go by and suggested he turned to writing or teaching.

Shortly after theEnterprise found a wreckedCardassian freighter, theKamal, within which Vaughn discovered one of the missingBajoranOrbs. The Orb, theOrb of Memory, flooded Vaughn's mind with long-forgotten memories and dreams of his youth, reminding him of his long-lost dream of being an explorer.

One memory that was not his was of the final moments of the Bajorans and Cardassians who died on theKamal years earlier. In this vision, he also saw a man that he had never met, who he later identified as missing Starfleet captain,Benjamin Sisko.

Vaughn began to re-evaluate his life and career at that point. He became determined to live life for the moment, to enjoy it, even if that meant leaving Starfleet if they wouldn't agree to his wishes.

Upon arrival at DS9, and Captain Picard returning the Orb of Memory to BajoranColonelKira Nerys, Vaughn assisted Kira and station personnel in saving the station when the rogue Jem'Hadar soldierKitana'klan sabotaged the station'sfusion core.

Vaughn later met with Kira and told her of his experience with the Orb. Vaughn was astonished to discover that Kira had experienced the same vision of theKamal and Sisko as Vaughn had. With that, Vaughn put in the request to leave SI behind, and fill the vacant first officer's position onDeep Space 9.

At first, Vaughn's superiors were reluctant to grant him his request. But after Vaughn threatened to resign from Starfleet if they did not agree, they gave in, not wanting to lose a man of Vaughn's experience and knowledge. (DS9novels:Avatar, Book One,Avatar, Book Two)

New challenges[]

Two weeks later, using the 'holo-ship' acquired the previous year, Vaughn assisted in the covert removal of the displacedIngavi from the planetSindorin, who had lived on Sindorin ever since the Cardassian Union annexed their homeword ofIngav decades earlier. Section 31 attempted to breed their own Jem'Hadar soldiers at lab located on theBadlands based world using the expertise ofgenetically enhanced scientistEthan Locken. The situation grew out of Section 31's control when Locken betrayed them and established his own agenda. Section 31 informed the genetically-enhancedDr.Julian Bashir ofDS9 of the situation, hoping that the Doctor could clean up their mess for them. Following the operation, Vaughn recruited Dr. Bashir into thesecret cabal of officers that wage the secret battle against Section 31. (DS9 -S31novel:Abyss)

During the Gateway crisis inMay, Vaughn commanded theUSSDefiant during Starfleet's evacuation efforts at the planetEuropa Nova after a lethal radiation coming from a gateway leading to theDelta Quadrant infected the planet's atmosphere. He later negotiated with the xenophobicJarada for temporary use of their territory for displaced Europani refugees. (DS9novel:Demons of Air and Darkness)

LieutenantEzri Dax, Vaughn's first officer on theDefiant (and one of the successors to Curzon Dax), became drawn into events when rejected host-candidateVerad Kalon unleashed a virus designed to kill allTrill symbionts and start a civil war onTrill in a misguided attempt to "free" Trill from an imagined symbiont dictatorship. Colonel Kira sent Vaughn and theDefiant to assist Dax and the Trill government in any way they could. Vaughn and the crew of theDefiant worked along with the crew of theEnterprise to thwart Kalon's scheme and deal with the civil unrest that followed. (DS9comic: "Divided We Fall")

Gamma Quadrant exploration[]

Vaughn later commanded the USSDefiant on a three month mission of exploration in theGamma Quadrant. Vaughn's daughter Prynn had been assigned to theDefiant asConn officer prior to Vaughn's arrival at the station, and before departing on the mission, Vaughn made it clear to Prynn that her personal feelings about him notwithstanding, she would have to treat him with the respect due a superior officer if she wanted to participate in the mission.

Vaughn and Prynn had a more personal reunion after Vaughn had a near-death experience on an un-named world in the Gamma quadrant that helped to release alifeform known as theInamuri into this plane of existence, and saved the world of theVahni Vahltupali from destruction. The reality of almost losing her father made Prynn realize how much Vaughn meant to her, and the two began to heal their wounds together. (DS9novel:Twilight)

The reconciliation was short-lived, however, as theDefiant soon discovered a crashed Borg vessel, the assimilated USSValkyrie, in the Gamma Quadrant and an assimilated and still-alive Ruriko Tenmei within. Vaughn brought Ruriko back to theDefiant, hoping that her humanity could be restored. When theAssimilation imperative proved too strong for Ruriko to resist, Vaughn was forced to kill her in order to prevent her from assimilating Prynn, her own daughter. Prynn, not believing that her mother would have assimilated her, once again blamed Vaughn for her mother's death, and once again stopped speaking to him. (DS9novel:Lesser Evil)

Other notable incidents of the expedition included the aversion of a genocidal civil war on the homeworld of theYrythny, and an encounter with an ancient space-born artifact that had trans-temporal repercussions for several of his crew. (DS9novels:This Gray Spirit,Cathedral)

Upon returning to the Gamma Quadrant end of theBajoran wormhole, Vaughn and theDefiant arrived in the aftermath of the seemingly impossible: The closest star,Idran, had moved three light-years closer to the wormhole. The species native to Idran, theEav'oq, shared a link to the Bajoran Prophets similar to the one possessed by the Bajoran people. (DS9novels:Lesser Evil,Rising Son)

During the Gamma Quadrant expedition, Vaughn commanded theDefiant through eleven direct first contacts, exchanged sub-space friendship messages with sixteen other species, recorded or obtained 644 new types of life, and (with the help of probes) mapped over 1200 cubic light-years of space. (DS9novel:Lesser Evil)

Return to the Alpha Quadrant[]

After returning to theAlpha Quadrant, Vaughn was despondent over the renewed loss of both his wife and daughter, and sought the counsel of former BajoranKaiOpaka Sulan at the monastery atAshalla. Vaughn had met the former Kai during the Gamma Quadrant mission, and then at her request happily agreed to return her home to Bajor. (DS9novels:Lesser Evil,Unity)

Agreeing to help Vaughn, Opaka exposed him to another Orb, this time theOrb of Unity. During the encounter, the temple was seized byparasite infected monks who hoped to take over Bajor for their own purposes. This left Vaughn trapped in his ownorb experience, in which he came to terms with his grief in aprophet created simulation of a mental institution inEarth's1950s. During his orb experience, he metCaptainBenjamin Sisko during his own sojourn with the BajoranProphets. Together, Vaughn and Sisko sought to leave thecelestial temple behind, and return to linear existence.

With the assistance of Kira Nerys, who had flung open the arks of all of the Orbs at once in a confrontation with the alienqueen parasite, Vaughn and Sisko returned to Bajor just in time to deal with the parasite threat. (DS9novel:Unity)

After returning to the linear plane with Sisko, Vaughn approached Prynn, not wanting to be separated from her again for any reason. Prynn agreed to accompany Vaughn to induction of Bajor into theUnited Federation of Planets, but despite this promising start Prynn remained distant from Vaughn, canceling three separate dinner dates with her father over the next several months. (DS9novels:Unity,Warpath)

After the induction of Bajor into the United Federation of Planets, Vaughn assisted with the integration of Bajor's militia into Starfleet by conducting interviews and making evaluations. Vaughn, during that time, celebrated his 102nd birthday. (DS9novel:Bajor: Fragments and Omens)

Taran'atar and the mirror universe[]

In early2377, after the mind-controlledTaran'atar brutally attacked Captain Kira and LieutenantRo Laren, Taran'tar hijacked therunaboutUSSEuphrates and took Prynn hostage.

Vaughn immediately went in pursuit of Taran'atar in theDefiant, eventually catching up to him on the former Cardassian world ofHarkoum. Upon locating Taran'atar, the two played a game of cat and mouse through the abandonedObsidian Order prison known asGrennokar - a game that Vaughn lost.

Fortunately for Vaughn, Prynn had escaped from her confinement, found a weapon, and had caught up to Taran'atar and Vaughn. Before Prynn could incapacitate Taran'atar (or vice-versa), Taran'atar was transported out of the prison by theIntendant of themirror universe (who had believed Taran'tar to be an ally).

Vaughn and Prynn were rescued from the exploding prison by aCardassian woman who appeared to be the Mirror Universe's version ofIliana Ghemor. (DS9novel:Warpath)

After returning from Harkorum, Captain Kira relieved him from duty because she thought he made going after Taran'atar personal. After Sisko talked to Kira and he talked to Vaughn, she reinstated him and ordered him to ops to talk to theTerran Rebellion with the senior staff. He offered and accepted to go with Kira to themirror-Bajor to stop Ghemor. (DS9novel:Fearful Symmetry)

The Borg invasion[]

Sometime before2379, Vaughn was promoted to captain and commanded Deep Space 9, before accepting a reassignment to theUSSJames T. Kirk on a deep space assignment. His ship was called into service during theBorg Invasion of 2381 as part of a task force led byBenjamin Sisko, commanding theUSSNew York, defending the planetAlonis. Vaughn was severely injured in an attack and taken to Deep Space 9 for treatment by DoctorJulian Bashir. Sisko personally relayed a message to Prynn Tenmei regarding her father's condition.

Bashir was unable to revive the captain and as of August 2382, Captain Vaughn was still in acoma. His attending doctor,Julian Bashir, considered his prospects for recovery dim. Prynn, who remained at his bedside during his treatment, ultimately acceded to Doctor Bashir's recommendations that she deactivate the life support system keeping Vaughn alive. Vaughn was found to be able to breathe on his own. (ST -Typhon Pactnovels:Zero Sum Game,Rough Beasts of Empire)

As of August2383 Captain Vaughn had still shown no improvement in his condition. Having come to terms with her father's condition, Prynn accepted an offer from Kira Nerys to allow her father to move to a hospice on Bajor. (ST -Typhon Pactnovel:Plagues of Night)

By September of that year, Vaughn had been moved to the hospice at theVanadwan Monastery, where Prynn had agreed to allow her father to die naturally, without any medical aids. In due course, many of Vaughn's friends and colleagues came to sit by his bedside to read passages from several forms of literature; Benjamin Sisko readUlysses byLord Alfred Tennyson. (ST -Typhon Pactnovel:Raise the Dawn)

Alternate realities[]

In analternate timeline in which the Federation had been conquered by theKlingon Empire following the outbreak of war after theKhitomer Accords were not successfully signed, Elias Vaughn had become a member of theTerran resistance onEarth. Vaughn was considered an "in-the-shadows" operator byJean-Luc Picard. By the2360s, he had taken his people underground in response to the Klingon's starting to usecarpet bombing tactics. Around then members of Picard's cell considered approaching Vaughn's group after they took heavy losses, but as Vaughn and his group were at the time in hiding, and due to Vaughn's less direct tactics, Picard considered it an unlikely prospect. (TNG -The Last Generationcomic: "Inevitability")

InSeptember2376, during hissecond orb experience Vaughn took on the identity ofEli Underwood, a patient at the same insane asylum asBenny Russell on1950sEarth. While there he interacted with numerous members of the staff and other patients, all of whom were representations of his friends and family. Vaughn ended the experience when he and Benjamin Sisko returned to the real world. (DS9novel:Unity)

InJanuary2377,Kira Nerys experienced a vision set in ancientBajor where she encountered a man namedGhavun, a representation of Vaughn. (DS9novel:Warpath)

In another alternate timeline in which Earth was a member of the Andorian-ledInterstellar Union, Vaughn served in the Union's military, theInterstellar Guard, where he held the rank of Trooper. (ST -Myriad Universesnovel:The Tears of Eridanus)

Starfleet service record[]

location	assignment	dates	rank or rate	assignment insignia	rank insignia
Starfleet Academy	studentofficer	2293-c.2297	cadet
Starfleet Intelligence	analyst	c.2297-2311
			lieutenant
	field operative	2311-2343
		2343-2365	lieutenant commander
Starbase 375	intelligence agent	2365
Starbase 621		2368
Starfleet Intelligence	field operative	2369-2376	commander
Deep Space 9/USSDefiant	first officer/commanding officer	2376-c.2378
	commanding officer	c.2378-2379	captain
USSJames T. Kirk		2379–2381

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Background[]

Elias Vaughn first appeared in the first novel of theDeep Space Nine relaunch series:Avatar. He was one of several major new characters introduced to the series to compensate for characters who had moved on from Deep Space 9 by the end of the television series.

Marco Palmieri commented: "The twist on this new character is that he's a much older man than we're used to seeing. The closest comparison might be the Russian captain from thefilm version ofThe Hunt for Red October. I've always thought that, given the apparent good health and longevity ofStar Trek humans, having a starring character who was still sharp and active at ninety or a hundred, with all that life experience and with yet another fifty or sixty years of life to look forward to, would add something new and interesting toStar Trek's exploration of the human condition".[1]

S.D. Perry commented: "Let me say that Vaughn's been around for awhile, and he's been working for Starfleet for much of his adult life. Since humans live to be about 150 in this era of ST, a man in his late 90s, early 100s might make a very smart, very experienced character, with a lot of interesting, classified memories. When we meet him inAvatar, he's at something of a crossroad in his life and his career. He grows".[2]

James Swallow commented on depicting the young Vaughn inCast No Shadow: “There’s no set of hard-and-fast regulations for the character” but that: “a lot of notes on the older Vaughn, as we see him in the DS9 novels, but [there is] not a lot of backstory for his younger years. I tried to build on the way he’d been written in the future, ‘back-engineering’ him and stripping away all his experience and skills to the core tenets of the character.”[3]

From that first introduction in 2001, Vaughn has appeared throughout theDS9 relaunch and made an appearance in theStar Trek: Corps of EngineerseBookLost Time which crossed-over withDeep Space Nine. Vaughn's history prior to Deep Space 9 has also been fleshed out by appearances in severalThe Lost Era stories and theTNGDominion War novelThe Battle of Betazed.

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