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[[Morgan Bateson]] was a [[Human]] man, a [[Starfleet]] captain best known as the commanding officer of at least three vessels, including the USS Bozeman.

He never knew his father and was raised by his mother. Known as “Bulldog Bateson.” Picard said Bateson “believes in himself more than the structure of [[Starfleet]].” After temporal displacement, he adopted [[Starbase 12]] as his hometown. (TNG novel: Ship of the Line)

==Biography==
===Starfleet service===
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In 2278, Bateson had his crew of the USS Bozeman to conduct repairs themselves. Following a transfer of two officers from Admiral James T. Kirk's [[USS Enterprise]] to the Bozeman, Bateson's ship came under attack by the IKS SoSoy Toj under Kozara. However, Bateson saw that this was a distraction. (TNG novel: Ship of the Line)

In 2368, as he and his crew were debriefed by Department of Temporal Investigations special agents Gariff Lucsly and Marion Dulmur, Bateson set a positive example by saying that the 24th century was their time.

In 2369, Bateson was infected with Cygnian flu by his crew so they could raid the Eridian Vault without his interference. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)

By 2381, Captain Bateson was in command of the Sovereign-class [[USS Atlas]]. 

==Relationships==
===Hikaru Sulu===
Bateson had decided to name Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu as his first officer on the USS Bozeman in 2278, just prior to the ship's disappearance. However just before Sulu was due to report on board the Bozeman, he met his daughter Demora Sulu and was given custody of her. Due to this unforseen change of events Sulu decided not to leave Earth. While irritated that Sulu was not going to be his first officer, Bateson knew that Sulu was in a difficult situation and didn't want to make it any harder on him. He did ask Sulu to make sure his daughter remembered the name [[Morgan Bateson]], as it was she who deprived Bateson of a good first officer. (TOS novel: The Captain's Daughter)

===Montgomery Scott===
Bateson and Scotty "go way back".

Particulars of how and when Scott and the much younger Bateson met and became friends are not given. This is likely intended as a humorous reference to the fact that both of them have been transported from the past.

===Clark Terrell===
Bateson and Terrell knew each other, and made a friendly wager about their ships' performance reviews shortly before the Bozeman disappeared.

===George Hill===
A non-aquatic decapus with mammalian eyes, ten muscled tentacles, and no suction cups. From an unknown planet. Weighs 80lbs. Mascot of the Bozeman crew and personal pet. (TNG novel: Ship of the Line)

==Personal timeline==
* 2230s-2240s: Birth and childhood
* 2250s: Teen years and Academy
* circa 2260: Graduates [[Starfleet Academy]]
* 2278: The Bozeman is caught in a temporal causality loop.
* 2368: Freed from the loop by the [[USS Enterprise-D]].
* 2371: Supervised the construction of the Sovereign-class starship USS Honorius, which was later redesignated as [[USS Enterprise-E]] following the destruction of the [[USS Enterprise-D]] at Veridian III.
* Early 2372: Given temporary command of the Enterprise-E during its shakedown.
* Mid 2372: Commanding officer USS Bozeman-A.
* 2381: Commanding officer [[USS Atlas]].