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Captain Noel Edward Turner is the commanding officer of the USS Cantabrian ([Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions).

Pre-Starfleet History
Noel Turner was born to "Jum" and Molly Turner in Christchurch, New Zealand in November 1963. His father cultivated his interest in engineering and education, whilst his mother nurtured his interest in gardening and reading. Eager to learn by nature, Turner completed two doctorates, one by the age of 21, through the University of Canterbury.

During the Eugenics War, one faction detonated biogenic weapons, rendering thousands of people on Earth unconscious and riddled with an uncureable medical condition; Turner was one of the victims. The United Nations voted to place the victims in cryogenic sleeper ships in orbit of Earth, but most of these sleeper ships mysteriously disappeared in the early 21st century. (Starfleet later came to the conclusion the wake from the USS Voyager'''s trip to 1996 dragged these sleeper ships into the 23rd and 24th centuries, dispersing them throughout the Alpha and Beta quadrants.

The sleeper ship Turner's body was stored aboard was discovered in 2344, and he and the others aboard were revived.

Starfleet Academy
Noel Turner lodged a successful application for Starfleet Academy in 2344. With his two doctorates under his belt, Turner found many options available to him. He graduated the Academy with honours in 2348.

Starfleet History
Some of the starships Noel Turner has served aboard include:
 * USS Fendalton
 * USS Edmund Hillary
 * USS Christchurch (aboard which he was first officer under then-Captain Zahara Hogan

Aboard the Starship Cantabrian
Noel Turner gained the rank of captain and took command of the USS Cantabrian in 2369. Around the same time, his long-term relationship ended.

Later in that same year, in a tense stand-off with the Wthaure, a subspace weapon detonated, severely damaging both the Wthaure battlecruiser and the Cantabrian.

When Starfleet Command decided to refit the Cantabrian, with Turner overseeing some parts of the refit.

In 2372, Turner and a skeleton crew launched the Cantabrian from Utopia Plantia and headed towards Starbase Expanse 3 to gather the remainder of the crew.

Excerpt from Counselor's Report
'''Profile by Counselor Leslie Hernandez. Stardate 49008.3'''

''Captain Noel Turner instills confidence in his crew through positive praise, constructive criticism, open-mindedness to suggestions, approachability and dedication. He delivers praise where deserved and criticism to learn from. Senior staff meetings often consist of freely exchanging ideas, fostered by Turner, and he seems willing to attempt the most promising theories in the most dire of situations. Turner welcomes crew members to approach him with problems or concerns he or she feels he or she can't approach anyone else about. One trait paramount to Captain Turner's success as a leader remains to be his dedication to his crew and his ship. On many occasions in the past, he's demonstrated this dedication, especially in his dealings with races like the Zmakians, Fralkoni, and Wthaure, all of whom threatened the lives of his crew.''

Amongst Captain Turner's most notable achievements remain a successful first contact and on-going relationship with the Ukaldians and the discovery of unique subspace eddies supporting primitive life, leading to the establishment of a Federation task force dedicated to protecting the life forms, relying primarily on Turner's findings.

Starfleet stands confident in the abilities of Captain Noel Turner and tout him as one of Starfleet's up-and-coming officers.