Suddenly a Captain...
After his formal training at the Centri Academy, Gene was assigned to recover a communications beacon that was picked up by the Centri Militaries communications network. Deployed with his ship the Firehawk, Gene arrived at the communications beacon but discovered there was much more to it than just a simple com signal.
Inside the communications buoy was a set of blueprints and a small sphere. Upon touching the sphere his skin burned for a moment, but he just assumed that was due to the temperature difference. Little did he know that that sphere held an AI within; and by simply touching it, that AI had imprinted him as its Commander.
Upon returning to Centri with the buoy, blueprints and the AI; the latter of which talked his ears off on the return trip after it integrated herself with his systems, he quickly learned that his Commander already knew the content of the buoy and was in a great deal of trouble for him having opened it.
After reviewing the data on the blue print and several near court marshals, it was decided by the Centri Council that they would finance this ship on the blueprint and give the AI the home it requested. Dawning the ship the CSS ANGEL after the AI’s self identifying call sign.