Hal Cassidy

Hal Cassidy is the commanding officer of the scout Blackbird, and leads the ship’s special operations team. Despite his long history with Starfleet Intelligence spanning over a decade and a half, and his experience of the Dominion War, Cassidy’s career began and initially flourished as an anthropologist and first contact specialist. Since Mars, he has become a part of Starfleet’s security apparatus, serving in and leading special operations units on assignments to protect Federation interests and safety. His gruff, no-nonsense manner and refusal to play politics has seen his career plateau, but Cassidy remains trusted enough with fieldwork to be given wide latitude and considerable discretion in decision-making. As such, from the Blackbird, he and his team are expected to resolve missions often in whatever way they see fit – a liberty that will likely be revoked should it become a headache for Starfleet Intelligence or, worse, Command.