Name: Robert DeSoto
Rank: Captain
Position: Commanding Officer

Assumption of Duties: Stardate 35536.9
Date of Birth: November 21, 2318
Sex: Male
Species: Human

Height: 5' 11"
Hair Colour: Receding gray hair
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Build: Athletic

Birthplace: New York, Earth
Parents:
Father - Lester DeSoto (deceased)
Mother - Janice Hunter
Siblings:
None
Spouse:
Rachel Bridges (divorced)
Dependents:
Captain Cain DeSoto (Killed in Action, 2375)

Interests:
History, Music
Languages:
Federation Standard, Cardassian, Vulcan, limited Klingon, limited Romulan
Education:
2335-39 - Starfleet Academy

 

Service Record:
2340s - USS Beslan

2358-Pres - Commanding Officer, USS Hood

Background:

Robert DeSoto Age 25

Robert DeSoto has commanded the USS Hood for over twenty years, making him one of the few veteran captains who has refused promotion to flag rank and a desk job, for the experience of remaining in the captain's chair and out among the stars.

Though DeSoto's first officer of 2363, William Riker, had gone on to a stellar career aboard the Enterprise D & E, DeSoto himself has had many interesting tales of his own.

2364 - Rendezvous with USS Enterprise D so passenger, legendary Admiral Leonard McCoy, could conduct tour

2366 - Transported mission specialist Tam Elbrun for a priority rendezvous with the Enterprise D concerning the Tin Man

2366 - Part of task force sent to RNZ for possible engagement against Romulan buildup at Nelvana III...Proved to be disinformation.

2366 - Joined Enterprise D on a terraforming mission to Browder IV

2367 - Battle of Wolf 359

2368 - Part of fleet involved in the tachyon detection grid to detect Romulan ships on a secret convoy mission to supply the Duras family during the Klingon civil war

2373-75 - Involved in numerous battles during Dominion War

2379 - Part of Task Force Omega assembled to engage Shinzon's ship, Scimitar

2380 - Sent to F'asa Sector, Delta Quadrant, to aid Federation forces against belligerent local powers

Decorations:

United Federation of Planets Golden Sun

Starfleet Medal of Honor

Preantares Ribbon of Commendation (2nd Class)
Space Exploration Medallion
Starfleet Citation for Conspicious Gallantry
Gold Palm
Grankite Order of Tactics (Excellence)
Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission
25-year Service Award

Conflict Ribbons:

Tzenkethi War Service Ribbon

Cardassian Border War Service Ribbon

2367 Borg Conflict Service Ribbon

Klingon War Service Ribbon

2373 Borg Conflict Service Ribbon

Dominion War Service Ribbon

 

Robert DeSoto was first mentioned (as well as first appearance of USS Hood) in the 1987 TNG premier episode "Encounter at Farpoint", written by D.C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry. He was finally seen in the 1990 TNG episode 'Tin Man', written by Dennis Putman Bailey and David Bischoff