Simon Powell

Private Simon Z. Powell is a character in The Kremlin Chronicles. He is a member of the US Army V Corps stationed near Frankfurt, West Germany. He is a new recruit during the Soviet incursion through the Fulda Gap, and participates in the battle against Warsaw Pact forces along with Cpl. Nick Bocconcini, Pvt. Horace Pike and Sgt. Eugene Driscoll. 
== Biography ==
Simon Zacek Powell was born to a working-class family from the Allegheny Mountains. His father was a coal miner and his mother was the ninth daughter of a family of Slovak immigrants. 
Originally having no interest to join the military, he was persuaded to join the military during his time as a cleaner in the local carnival midway, after a confrontation with one of his supervisors. He enlisted in the US Army on August 22nd, 1978, nearly a year before his first day in battle.
On July 6th, 1979, Powell and his unit were one of the first NATO forces to engage Warsaw Pact forces in the forests surrounding the Inner German Border, along with the West German 12th Panzer Division. 
After five days of battle against the combined Soviet, East German and Polish armoured forces, Powell's unit was ordered to advance southeastward, towards the Bavarian Alps. Powell begrudgingly agreed, following his unit to set up camp in the Monastery of the town of Sankt Norbert am Main.
== Personality & Traits ==
Powell is described as a quiet yet assertive person, governed by a strong sense of right and wrong and indifferent to the opinions of others. This attitude has resulted in many problems with authority in the military and civilian life, with his first major altercation being a fistfight with one of his supervisors before enlisting in the military. 
Despite his problems with authority, Powell still believes deeply in his mission as a soldier and will go to great lengths to safeguard the lives of his countrymen, even if it means putting up with the rigid mindset of his superiors.
Powell is a close friend of Nick Bocconcini, as both soldiers share many of the same traits and opinions about their officers' handling of the Soviet affair.
Powell is somewhat fluent in Slovak, which is occasionally useful in the battlefield against Warsaw Pact forces.