Daryl Marks

Daryl Marks was a respected officer in the Human Federation armada. He captained the Nevada, an Endurance-class starship and did so successfully for just over a decade.

Before he was a captain, he was the helmsman of an Akira-class starship (the Mustang) and on one of his first combat operations, he was sent on an attack of a Cylon resurrection ship along with a dozen other ships. The attack ended up being an ambush, and that attack fleet was half-destroyed and forced to retreat. The Cylons had also used the opportunity to launch attacks on several HF colonies in the Helios system - rubbing in the loss. Marks' parents were killed in one of the attacks on the colonies, and this started the man's deep hatred for the Cylons.

The war between the Cylons and the Human Federation ended just a year later, and Marks recieved a promotion to 1st Officer of the Mustang and shortly after, proved himself well enough to earn his own ship.

He was stationed along the border between the Cylon territory and HF space when a Cylon basestar appeared, and Marks promptly moved to engage it. The Admiral overseeing the border operations ordered Marks to pull off the attack, but Marks continued anyway, and managed to severely damage the basestar.

The basestar had been damaged by a spatial anomaly, and its navigational charts and several other key systems were not functioning properly - which explained why the ship had jumped unexpectedly into HF space.

In an effort to avoid further conflict with their Cylon neighbors, the Human Federation apologized and stripped Marks of his rank for disobeying an order and attacking another vessel in a time of peace. He was given a seven year prison sentence at the Reticuli orbital prison.

After only three years, Captain Rick Nutron broke him out and invited him to join his fleet.