Leelan Fonn

Leelan Fonn is an Efrosian Starfleet Admiral with a distinguished career. He has received numerous awards, honors, and medals. He served as Captain of the USS Forman for twenty years. After he was promoted to admiral, he commanded Starbase 689, near the Romulan Neutral Zone for seventeen years. During the Dominion War, Starbase 689 was attacked nine times by Jem'Hadar forces but never taken. At the age of 76, Admiral Fonn asked Fleet Admiral Nosira Ra'al to give him command of Waystation. She tried to dissuade him, but, as an admiral, he could pick his posting. Captain Lisa Beck was informed that Fonn was coming in to take over. When he arrived, though, he told her that he had absolutely no interest in running the station. He had had a long career, and he was tired. He just wanted to sit back and relax for the next three years until his retirement. Since the Multeks had opened up to the Federation, the Collectors had disbanded, and President Bradley Dillon was away on the USS Explorer, Waystation seemed like the perfect place to lay low. He wanted Beck to pretend that he was not even there. (Words From On High [WAY]) Fonn interviewed Yeoman Tina Jones to see if she was ready to attend the Starfleet Academy Annex. The interview was disrupted by a holodeck malfunction from which Jones was able to rescue them. (What About Baughb? [WAY]) After learning that Captain Beck had directly contacted the Romulan Ambassador on Earth, a situation that had Fleet Admiral Ra'al demanding to know what was happening, Fonn ordered Beck not to interfere in the situation between the Romulans and the Multeks over who owned Edgeworld. Beck did not get involved. Instead, she had her command crew discreetly deal with the situation. (Romulans On The Edge [WAY])

Fonn was finding that commanding Waystation was involving far too much actual work for his tastes, so, after discovering that Multos was a vertiable retirement paradise, Fonn put his name forward to take on the position of official Starfleet liaison to the Multek Enclave, knowing full-well that Frequoq Wuddle would go straight to Lisa Beck with any problems. With Fonn on Multos, command of Waystation was returned to Captain Beck. (From This Day Forward [WAY])

The name of Fonn's previous command, the USS Forman, comes from a strained series of connections. The Efrosian Federation President seen in Star Trek 6 was played by Kurtwood Smith, who played Red Forman on "That 70s Show." When I decided to make Fonn an Efrosian, that link popped into my head. It was either the USS Forman or the USS Dumbass. I thought the latter might be pushing it.