Zak Kebron
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| Zak Kebron | ||
 Lieutenant Zak Kebron (2374, Dru Blair) | ||
| Full Name: | Zak Kebron | |
| Species: | Brikar | |
| Gender: | Male | |
| Temporal Displacement: | 2373 to 2374 by the slingshot effect | |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet | |
| Career | ||
| Previous Assignment: | Chief of security, USS Excalibur | |
| Assignment: | Chief of security / Senior Counselor, USS Excalibur-A | |
| Rank: | Lieutenant | |
| Insignia: | 
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Zak Kebron was a male Brikar Starfleet Officer serving in the late 24th century. He was born on planet Brikar Prime as just simply Zak within the Clan Kebron to Mol Zebron and Tel Zebron. Kebron served on the USS Ranger under Captain Yuri Danilov and on two starships Excalibur, the NCC-26517 and the NCC-26517-A, under Captain Mackenzie Calhoun.
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[edit] Starfleet Academy
Kebron was only the third* Brikar to serve in Starfleet. He entered Starfleet Academy in 2357. Upon arrrival at the Academy campus in San Francisco, but before checking in, Kebron picked a fight with the Academy's first Klingon recruit, Worf Rozhenko.
Kebron's people had a history of conflict with the Klingon Empire, and he considered all Klingons to be cold blooded killers. The Academy dealt with this situation by making Kebron and Worf roommates, forcing them to work out their differences. (TNG Starfleet Academy (YA Book Series) #1: Worf's First Adventure)
Kebron's squadron (which consisted of Worf, Soleta of Vulcan, and humans Mark McHenry and Tania Tobias) were part of an Academy attachment that was on the planet Dantar IV when the colony was attacked by the Brikar, who had briefly declared war on the Federation. (TNG Starfleet Academy (YA Book Series) #2: Line of Fire, #3: Survival)
- *(Discrepancy note: Worf's First Adventure refers to Kebron as being "...only the third Brikar we've had at the Academy". No Limits refers to him as "The first Brikar in Starfleet". However, the statement in No Limits is part of the story's introduction, and not in the story itself. It is possible that this means there have been three Brikar at the Academy but Kebron was the first to graduate and join Starfleet.)
[edit] Starfleet
[edit] The USS Ranger
In 2361, Kebron was to the USS Ranger as a security officer under Chief of security Lieutenant commander Raka. Kebron went undercover as a park statue on the planet Iban in order to apprehend a Federation bureaucrat who was selling military secrets to the Cardassian Union. Although that mission didn't go as planned, Kebron managed to save the life of Iban Prime Minister Niad from an assassination attempt. (New Frontier short story, "Waiting For G'Doh" from the anthology No Limits.)
[edit] The USS Excalibur
In 2373, Kebron became the Security and Tactical officer aboard the USS Excalibur (NCC-26517) under Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. The Excaliburs mission was to provide aid, comfort and stability to the residents of Sector 221-G, formerly known as the Thallonian Empire. Also on the Excalibur were his Academy classmates, Soleta and Mark McHenry.
Kebron got off on the wrong foot with Thallonian "Ambassador" Si Cwan after Cwan stowed away onboard the Excalibur without Kebron's knowledge. However, Kebron's animosity toward Cwan did not deter him from defending Cwan, whose enemies attempted to assassinate him. (New Frontier novels: Into the Void, The Two-Front War, End Game)
Kebron served as the Excalibur's security chief until the vessel's destruction early in the year 2376.
Shortly after the destruction of the Excalibur, Kebron and McHenry went on an undercover assignment on the planet Liten, where they had an encounter with the entity known as Q. It was here that Kebron came to the realization that McHenry was hiding something about his true nature. Kebron began an intense investigation of his Academy friend, who turned out to be a blood relative of the Being known as Apollo. (New Frontier novels: Dark Allies, Requiem, Being Human)
[edit] The Excalibur-A
When the Excalibur-A launched in mid-2376, Kebron resumed his post as ship's Chief of security. (New Frontier: novel Excalibur: Restoration, Gateways novel: Cold Wars)
Shortly after the launch of the ship, Kebron started to under go a metamorphosis in which large portions of his rock-like skin began to peel away, eventually revealing a new 'skin' underneath. This was part of the Brikar maturation process. Kebron described it as moving past adolescence and into adulthood. The old surly, taciturn Kebron was replaced by a friendly and talkative Kebron. (New Frontier: novels Being Human, Gods Above)
Kebron continued to serve as the new Excalibur's security chief throughout the brief war with the Selelvians and the Tholian Assembly. By 2379, Kebron was doing double-duty as both security chief, and Head Counselor.
He was on board the Excalibur in late 2379, when the ship was temporarily swept into the gelatinous realm of the race known as the Teuthis. (New Frontier: novels After the Fall, Being Human)
[edit] Retirement
Kebron eventually retired from Starfleet, returned home to Brikar and started a family. In the year 2525, Kebron's son, Cal, was given an assignment by his school Mentor to study "the glories of war" by interviewing his father about his experiences in the Dominion War. Kebron instead gave his son a lesson about the waste, pain, and futility of war, much to the dismay of Cal's Mentor. (New Frontier short story, "Stone Cold Truths" from the anthology Tales of the Dominion War.)
| USS Excalibur personnel | ||
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| USS Excalibur (2240s) | R. Bannock | 
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| USS Excalibur (NCC-1664) | T. Haleakala-LoBrutto • Harris • J.T. Kirk • H. Ogden • Thonen • M. Walsh | |
| USS Excalibur II | Preye | |
| USS Excalibur (NCC-26517) | Argyle • R. Beth • Boyajian • Burgoyne 172 • M. Calhoun • M. Christiano • Howard • M. Gold • Hecht • M. Houle • Janos • Z. Kebron • M. Korsmo • Kothari • K. Kurdziel • G. La Forge • R. Lefler • Lowe • Martins • Maxwell • M. McHenry • Meyer • C. Mitchell • Morgen • W. Morrison • K. Mueller • Ramirez • W.T. Riker • Scannel • Selar • Shastakovich • E.P. Shelby • Soleta • R. Takahashi • Torelli • T'Shanik • D. Voyskunsky • P. Watson • M. Wilkarah • Yates | |
| USS Excalibur (NCC-26517-A) | Burgoyne 172 • M. Calhoun • Candido • Dreyfuss • Janos • Z. Kebron • R. Lefler • M. McHenry • Selar • E.P. Shelby • Soleta • T. Tobias • Xy | |
