Robert Nichols

Colonel Robert Nichols was an officer of the on the colony of . Born in , he joined the in , believing that the threat of the was simply a ploy, and the would need more recruits to fight off what he saw as an inevitable dictatorship. 
Based in a settlement protected by the Colonial Defense Forces as part of an representative group, he was eventually violently driven out in . In retribution, Nichols and his men attacked and burned the stocks of the settlement's CDF garrison. Leaving the area, Nichols and his group engaged in skirmishes with forces. 
Eventually, in , Nichols returned to the area he had left decades prior, and formed an uneasy alliance with the so-called 'free' CDF units to aid them in fighting off the . He was eventually killed at the Battle of Grasok Run after the reneged on its alliance with him and his fighters.
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