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Mysterious Benefactor: Daniels?

thomaselkinsthomaselkins Member Posts: 575 Arc User
I've been thinking about this mysterious benefactor mentioned in the Delta Recruitment announcement and started thinking about different characters from the franchise who have been involved in time travel. We've already been assisted once by Captain Walker of the 29th Century Starship USS Pastak, so it's possible that he and the people of his time could be the benefactors. However I also think that Cryptic would want to do something special for this update and would most likely bring in a real character from the series. What if this person is Daniels?

His Memory-Alpha page is linked to his name, but the short version is that he is a temporal agent from the 31st century. During the temporal cold war, he assisted Captain Archer in the 22nd century and made sure the United Federation of Planet came into existence as it should. He would be a perfect candidate to bring into the show and it would be great if they brought in Matt Winston to voice him. They recently brought in Kim Rhodes to voice Jhet'leya, so I can see them bringing in another "smaller" character to the series. Especially since Winston had an even bigger role than Rhodes' character who only appeared once.

As great as Daniels would be, the "mysterious" part of this character's description makes it slightly more difficult. We obviously already know who Daniels is, (although newcomers might not), but from an in-universe perspective, people probably have a general idea of who he is. If the player doesn't, I'm sure someone like Franklin Drake has an idea of who he is. So who else could be from Star Trek canon, but also be "mysterious"? Sticking with Star Trek: Enterprise, there is always the possibility that the mysterious benefactor is Future Guy.

I call him Future Guy because his identity was never given. I'm aware of what the producers have said about his identity, but since this never came to fruition, his identity still remains unidentified within canon and Cryptic can probably do whatever they want with him. He's certainly mysterious and from the future. While he has been a pain in Starfleet Officer's sides for a long time, he still seemed interested in helping them out when he could. He did not want the Xindi to destroy Earth and prevent the Federation from forming for example.

Future Guy would make for a pretty great character to add to the game. I know a lot of people didn't really care for the temporal cold war story on Enterprise, but the part that bugged me the most was the fact that they didn't answer all the questions when they finally wrapped up the arc. However it now gives Cryptic plenty of room to go back and take a look at the character. If he is this character instead of Daniels, (although they could also do both), it would be great if they could bring in James Horan to voice the character. He's got a great voice who really brings that character to life.

So what do you think? Is it Daniels, Future Guy or someone completely different?
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited March 2015
    No. Boo. :P
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    As far as i am aware, Matt Winston who played Daniels hasnt got a lot on his timetable these days, i wouldnt be surprised if they called on him as another famous face to the game.

    or

    They could of gone with Jay Karnes who did Ducane, who took over after arresting Braxton for his temporal crimes. if Jay Karnes isnt too busy, he could also be this face.

    there is no way to know for sure one way or the other. when it comes, it comes.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Captain Sisko.




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  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,748 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Any of the character actors to do VO work would be cool in my book. I loved Jay Karnes in The Shield. (an excellent show)
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,409 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Yourself that got brought to the future because in one timeline, the Iconians still managed to curbstomp the alliance.

    So after training your future self in temporal stuff, the time ops sent him/her back in time to train a red shirt that would have the goal of giving your past self enough bonuses to face the Iconians.

    That or super buff, shaped like a Gorn, future Neelix. Or the Epohn lady.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,557 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Depends on if our mysterious benefactor comes from the 29th or 31st Century.

    Future Guy was given a name in the Watching the Clock novel, Jamran Harnoth. Essentially, he was a part Suliban, Romulan, and Tandarans which showed up in only two episodes of Enterprise. So part of his motivation was to ensure that he existed throughout his temporal interference. Of course, this is all soft canon and has no relevance to STO.
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I don't think it could be Daniels, or they'd have gotten the actor to VA We're getting Sparticus as VA, remember?
  • medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Captain Sisko.




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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,557 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    darkjeff wrote: »
    I don't think it could be Daniels, or they'd have gotten the actor to VA We're getting Sparticus as VA, remember?

    They could bring in more than one VA. We have no idea who that actor is supposed to play.
  • baelogventurebaelogventure Member Posts: 1,002 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I'd personally be happy if it was Future!Franklin Drake.
  • zulisvelzulisvel Member Posts: 518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    darkjeff wrote: »
    I don't think it could be Daniels, or they'd have gotten the actor to VA We're getting Sparticus as VA, remember?

    Before they announced Liam McIntyre Geko teased on his twitter account:
    Another new Star Trek actor is headed to STO. Who do you want to see in the game?

    The Delta Recruitment blog states:
    A mysterious benefactor, an experienced captain traveling back in time, will contact all Delta Recruits during their faction’s tutorial and inform them of the opportunities not to be missed during their career.

    It all comes down to what Geko ment by "new." New as in a previous actor from one of the shows who hasn't appeared in STO before, or new as in new to Star Trek period. So both could be about McIntyre or we could be getting McIntyre and another Star Trek actor. And if it's both than the Star Trek actor would most likely be reprising a character who would still be alive post-2410.

    Also of note IMDB now credits Liam McIntyre as voicing Subcommander Kail (who doesn't exist in game yet) AND Chancellor J'mpok. O_O
  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    My money's on Tovan Khev.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    edited March 2015
    By stating that it is an experienced Captain... that automatically rules out Daniels as he himself indicated he wasn't Starfleet.
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,058 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    rattler2 wrote: »
    By stating that it is an experienced Captain... that automatically rules out Daniels as he himself indicated he wasn't Starfleet.

    That could simply mean Starfleet no longer exists in the 31st century, and has been replaced by something else.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    edited March 2015
    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Daniels_%28Crewman%29

    Daniels is listed as a Temporal Agent. Not officer. Probably means he's a member of the 31st Century incarnation of the Department of Temporal Investigations.

    Basically Time FBI. Not Starfleet.
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  • thomaselkinsthomaselkins Member Posts: 575 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    zulisvel wrote: »
    Before they announced Liam McIntyre

    When did they announce this?
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    It's gotta be Braxton, then. Only 'experienced' time-guy we know left.
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  • robert359robert359 Member Posts: 355 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Jonathan Archer. experianced captain, and it would not be the first time STO expanded on a shows story line. this one being Future Guy is Archer
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  • thomaselkinsthomaselkins Member Posts: 575 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Captain Archer isn't from the future though. Then again, Future Guy was from the 28th century and the producers intended him to be Archer. So somehow Archer gets sent to the 28th century?
  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    meimeitoo wrote: »
    It's gotta be Braxton, then. Only 'experienced' time-guy we know left.

    I'd love it to be Braxton. Bruce McGill has long been one of my favourite actors and he's got a great voice for VA work. :D
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Well, I'll be suprised if, whoever this Future Captain is, it isn't voiced by McIntyre. I'd also be quite shocked if Cryptic had him voice a captain who they might in the future have a chance of getting the original actor to do some VO work.

    Despite those predictions, if it IS a Captain we've seen in the shows, who could it be? They are all from the past. The easiest to make a plausible story as to how they were in the Future would be:

    Data - He's MIA (sort of), and more importantly, an Android so doesn't age.
    Sisco - He's The Sisco. Nuff said.
    Archer - Apparently the producers of Enterprise were going to make him Future Guy anyways so...

    Everyone else is present or accounted for and either Old already or Dead.

    The on-screen Captain I'd like to see most? Where's Sulu???

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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,376 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Keep his/her identity a secret.
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