Timothy Franco

Timothy Franco was the commanding officer of the USS Amerigo since 2382. For a short time in 2381, Franco was the commanding officer of the USS Pioneer. (🇸🇹)

Early Years
Born in, , Timothy Franco grew up in a household rich with. His father, David Franco, was a of ancient  and  at the  and his mother, Maria, was a  fluent in many languages including some off-world languages like  and, even some. Since he was heavily saturated in language ever since he was born, Franco became interested in other species. This interest eventually lead him to send an application to Starfleet Academy.

Academy Years (2353-2357)
Franco excellerated at Starfleet Academy, specializing in.

Early Career
His first posting as an ensign was aboard the USS Kaman as a junior. Aboard the USS Kaman Franco was exposed to new and different species, and this only encouraged him further. As a lieutenant Franco served aboard the USS San Pablo as the. It was on the USS San Pablo that Franco earned the rank of Commander.

Services aboard the USS Milano (NCC-2019)
Later he was transfered to the USS Milano to serve as executive officer under Captain Jay Preston. It was on the Milano that Franco met his wife Francesca Luzzeri. The tension between the and the Federation were increasing, so Franco and Francesca decided to get married before the a war broke out. Captain Preston preformed the ceremony. Ten months later, while the Federation wared with the, Francesca gave birth to their daughter, Julia.

The Dominion War
During the, Franco served on the USS Milano under Preston. During a skirmish between the Milano and two ships Captain Preston was killed and Commander Franco took command of the ship. After returning to Deep Space Nine and giving his report to Admiral Ross, Ross immediately promoted Franco to the rank of captain and gave him the command of the USS Milano. From then on Franco captained the Milano during the and he was successful in every battle he was in. The Milano was part of the Federation Armada that lead the invasion of near the end of the.

Later Career
After the war, Franco took a much needed shore leave back on Earth. After this shore leave his son Horatio would be born. After returning to the USS Milano, Captain Franco would have the distinction of being the first Starfleet Captain of meet the So'ja. Captain Franco is still one of the few Starfleet officers that can actually speak So'jan.

In 2381, Franco was reassigned from the USS Milano, to the USS Pioneer, because of his experience with the So'ja. After the successful rescue of Captain Benjamin Kelsoe, he was reassigned the the USS Amerigo, an Emperor-class vessel, which incorperated many new and innovated Statfleet ship designs and technologies.