Legacy of the Confederation III - Characters - Brennan Mace
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BIO: Born on the colony of Sirius (Canis Majoris), Mace, like many 'Sirians' is known as a 'pup' in the Confederation. Sirius is known as "The Dog Star" by astronomers and the colony is known as "The Pound." The Sirius Colony, despite its close distance to earth (2.6 parsecs), offers little in the form of resources due to the unusual make-up of the binary star system. Sirius B, the white dwarf, has a six year revolution period around Sirius A. The Sirius colony orbits Sirius B. Occasionally the colony will be between both stars (approximately 4.7 AU's from Sirius B and 15.3 AU's from Sirius A). When this occurs, it causes tremendous disturbances in the planet's magnetosphere and allows small amounts of the system's solar winds to leak through. This makes the colony practically worthless as an agricultural center. The composition of "The Pound" is largely basalt and other extremely common elements providing little in the form of alloys and other natural resources with the exception of copper. Sirians rely upon other colonies for agricultural and material imports and use their inexhaustable copper supply as currency to trade for...everything. What they can't trade, they sell on the open market. Sirius is the black sheep of the Confederation, and most military officers in the UMC who are citizens of Sirius have not risen above the rank of Colonel. Admiral Brennan Mace is the exception. Due to various compromises made between earth and its outlying colonies, every colony is able to design and produce its own style of military uniform. Much like the 'Confederate States of America' in the USA on earth during the 1860s, colonies take tremendous pride in the design of their own uniforms. While the coloring and appearance of the shirt, pants, coat, and hat vary colony to colony, rank pins, division pins, combat ribbons, and other federal designators are uniform for all colonies. This ensures that all UMC personnel can easily be identified in rank even with a different color or style to the uniform. You'll notice that Mace has three gold stars on his shoulderboards. Admiral Ra'Chek also has three but the styling between both Mace's shoulderboards and Ra'Chek's are very different. Sirius, being outcast by the Confederation in general, refused to align its uniform coloration to a variant of blue. Instead, Sirius produces black uniforms for its citizens who are in the military. Mace had to fight and claw his way up the chain of command in the UMC as his status as a Sirian drew much skepticism by various review boards when he petitioned for each promotion. Mace stood head and shoulders above other candidates, including those from earth (often considered the favored children of the UMC) due to his extraordinary ability to redeploy forces to adapt to enemy movements on the battlefield. Whether it be on a large scale surface attack or in space, Admiral Mace is able to turn aside Zerg counter-attacks with ease. His ability to improvise instead of retreat in the event a combat plan goes awry garnered him promotions straight to the admiralty. Admiral Mace also has personal loathing of the Zerg beyond that of most Confederation citizens as he has lost both of his sons and his ex-wife in the line of duty. Admiral Ra'Chek took notice of Mace's hatred of the Zerg along with the Admiral's tactical prowess and befriended him. It is widely rumored that Mace is not only Ra'Chek's best friend but also his only friend (as Ra'Chek prefers to spend most of his free time in solitude). With the death of his sons and former wife burning in his mind every minute of every day, Mace's only mission now is to exterminate the Zerg entirely from the galaxy. |
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