In 2259 took a job as a stringer for the Federation News Service. In 2265 he became a frontier correspondent, based on Stars Landing, the civilian section of Starbase 47, reporting to FNS editor Arlys Warfield. After filing a report on the destruction of the USS Bombay, that was made to look inaccurate, he was fired from that position. After being fired from FNS, he began traveling with Cervantes Quinn on board Quinn's ship the Rocinante. The Pennington School in Wellington, New Zealand, was named in his honor. (VAN novel: Harbinger)