Physical Appearance: Of average height and
weight, Daniel Evans looks more like someone’s loveable grandfather than a Fleet
Admiral. The indelible laugh lines around his eyes and the ever-present,
enigmatic smile has lured many into thinking him harmless—an assumption far from
the truth.
Personality: Daniel is quick to laugh, whether it’s at the world, someone
else, or himself. He firmly believes that life is fun and should be enjoyed to
the fullest. Intensely loyal to his friends, he is equally ruthless toward his
enemies. He cannot abide a "yes-man," preferring his subordinates to stand
behind their convictions and offer him their opinions. As he told one young
officer, "It’s alright to make a mistake, it is not alright to make the
same one twice."
Other Pertinent Data: Fleet Admiral Daniel Evans is Captain Talon
Steele’s godfather and is "allowed" (as he describes it) to share his living
quarters on the space station Flying Cloud with Steele’s black panther,
Jade.
History: Fresh out of Starfleet Academy, Daniel Evans was assigned to the
destroyer USS HILL (NCC-1121) as Assistant Weapons Officer, where his uncanny
abilities with phasers and photon torpedoes earned him the nickname "DeadEye
Dan." He was quickly promoted to Weapons Officer and earned the ship several
Battle Efficiency Awards. Following his tour on USS HILL, Evans was transferred
to the light cruiser USS ALUDRA (NCC-619) as Assistant Operations Officer. On a
routine patrol near Betelgeuse, the ALUDRA responded to a Mayday from the cruise
ship Caledonia, which had struck a gravitic mine and was heavily damaged.
Evans was put aboard the ship to head up the recovery team. Working under the
most arduous and dangerous conditions, Evans was able to safely bring the ship
and its 1,000 passengers into the space dock orbiting Betelgeuse. As a
Lieutenant Commander, Evans was sent to be the First Officer on another
destroyer, USS WAINWRIGHT (NCC-1120), sister ship to the HILL. From there he
went to Second Fleet Headquarters as Operations Officer, then to the heavy
cruiser USS RESELOUTE (NCC-1960) as Commanding Officer. Evans was promoted to
Rear Admiral and sent to the staff of Third Fleet as Chief of Staff. He left
there after only three years and became the Commandant of Third Fleet Academy on
Enya. When Fleet Admiral Dat Nguyen was lost in a freak transporter accident,
Daniel Evans was promoted to Fleet Admiral and assigned as Commander, Third
Fleet.