Abel Niwen (FASA)

Abel Niwen

UFP Historical Society

Species	Human
Sex	Male
Advertising	Amazon

FASA Timeline
(FASA Roleplaying Game)

Admiral Abel Niwen commanded the United Nations Space Force's Sixth Fleet in the late-21st century, when the first official contact was made between Humans and Tellarites on Reference Stardate 0/7308.20 (20 August 2073). A Tellarite vessel entered the Sol system, declaring that it had been "annexed" by the United Planets of 61 Cygni. Niwen, aboard the Liberty class U.N.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, chose to diplomatically welcome the vessel, warning that any hostile action would be reciprocated. The Tellarite commander accepted what he saw as a message of friendship and implied military alliance. Admiral Niwen received the Medal of Honor for his efforts, and later retired from the UNSF to serve as Earth's first ambassador to Tellar.

Excerpt from Admiral Niwen's Log

"Here was a lone, somewhat backward-looking ship threatening ten heavily armed cruisers with extinction. Did they have a secret super-weapon on board? I doubted it. So in my best diplomatic voice, I called their bluff. I welcomed them to our Solar System, said we were always delighted to meet new intelligent lifeforms, and told them if they made a single hostile movement, we would destroy their ship.

"A very long silence followed, broken finally by the still gruff voice accepting our offer of friendship and exclaiming that as allies we would be an invincible duo."

Notes and References