Cell (Captain)

CHARACTER
Cell
Name:	Cell (2379 - present) Daniel (1879 - 2379)
Gender:	Male
Species:	Changeling (1875 - present) omni'X (2377 - present)
Born:	1875
Affiliation:	Starfleet Section 31
Rank:	Captain
Insignia:	File:2373 - Cpt (Command).PNG

Cell (formerly known as Daniel) was the Commanding Officer of the USS Phoenix-X.

History

Cell was a Changeling from the Gamma Quadrant who escaped the Founder's homeworld due to his ethics. In the early beginnings of the Federation, he joined Starfleet under the lie that he was Human. As his lifespan lasted longer than normal, his truth came out, but was covered up by an agreement with Section 31. In 2374, Cell became the Captain of the Section 31 driven USS Phoenix-X.

Early Life

The Gamma Quadrant

Cell was a young Changeling when he existed with The Great Link on thier Homeworld in 1879. In February of that year, an El Aurian by the name of Daniel crashed landed his Shuttle craft on the Homeworld. He was quickly met with the Changeling (Cell/Daniel), who innocently imitated the El Aurian. Unfortunately, when the Female Changeling caught sight of this, she immediately killed the El Aurian - leaving the Changeling (Cell/Daniel) to take his name and likeness.

Cell was quick to escape the Homeworld on a shuttle, due to his rising ethics, and warn a new friend, Guinan, that the Founder's intend on destroying thier newly colonized world located on the 4th planet in the Founder system. Unfortunately, the shuttle was not able to get to the colony in time. Twenty to thirty ships escaped - one of which contained Guinan's father.

The El Aurian Daniel had been set to marry Guinan not long before. But after Guinan's efforts to find her lost engagement turned up ill-fated, she allowed the Changeling imitation Daniel/Cell to carry on with the illusion of being her husband - a thanks for warning her and attempting to save her people; and a sympathetic gesture for his escape of his people. That same day, the El Aurian ships evacuated through a Wormhole, of whence they came, more recently than too long ago. (PNX: "The Links Traitor")

Vulcan

In 1879, the El Aurian had become momentary friends with the Vulcan. Some were allowed to even live on thier world. One of these were Cell/Daniel. Cell moved to Vulcan to settle for some time, while Guinan moved on to explore other worlds - the first being Earth.

After about a Century, in 1983, Cell/Daniel was contacted via subspace transmission, on Vulcan, by the Female Changeling. She wished for him to return, but he was quick to refuse.

Cell/Daniel then went to visit Earth, in search of Guinan. Unfortunately, he could not find her, so he returned to Vulcan and spent another few hundred years there - learning to fight, to teach, and be a leader.

It wouldn't be until the 22nd century when Cell/Daniel would decide to join Starfleet under the false pretense that he was Human. (PNX: "The Links Traitor")

Note: it is not certain as of yet, how he was able to fool Starfleet bio-scanners of the lie that he was Human. But in 2382, Theseus reveals that Section 31 was there to help Cell/Daniel out in the beginning. (PNX: "Spider Agencies, Part II") It is possible that Cell/Daniel either struck a deal with Section 31, or that he was nieve to thier assistance at first in keeping him registered as a Human.

Night Gotens/Seifer

Cell, who was known as Daniel at the time, met the joined Trill, Gotens (symbiont), at a Federation Eelstock Convention on Flortarios III in 2302. Gotens, at the time, was in his 4th Host, and ranked a Lieutenant. Ever since meeting Gotens again, in 2374, Cell has not remembered the meeting, and Gotens has not bothered to bring it up. (PNX: "The Tiloniam System")

Name Change

In 2379, Captain Daniel changed his name to Cell. The decision was caused by being knocked into the year 2344, where he spent 35 years in the past as a unchangeable liquid state. When the Captain was finally recovered in the present and allowed to take humanoid form again, he decided to change his name. (PNX: "Occurrence, Part II")