William Henry Robinson

"It behooves every man to check his conscience, to seek not for the seeming justice of any cause in which he might engage himself but to search the innermost part of his being and see whether he himself possesses the aptitude to turn fire upon his native country. It seems that I cannot; though Earth gave birth to me, I have long ago cleaned the brown soil of Earth away, and red regolith has now covered me head-to-toe for more than a decade. As I am a Free Martian, Free Mars must needs remain free; therefore I humbly offer my resignation to this World Congress and plead peace between our peoples." -- Letter to Marcus Cato Scaevola
William Henry Robinson (SY 78 to SY 274) was a spacer, Free Martian, and Consortium-licensed diplomat. Born on Earth in the United States, he was appointed the official Consortium liason to Taikojing by the World Congress. He spent most of his time on Mars during his career.
By the outbreak of the Solar War, he had been living on Mars for more than a decade and acted as a diplomat between Free Mars and the Consortium. As relations deteriorated futher and further with the Consortium, he encountered a crisis of conscience and identity. 
He co-authored the Free Martian Council edict declaring, in no uncertain terms, that Consortium involvement in the war was unwelcome and interference would constitute an act of war, going so far as to write a number of private letters to Marcus Cato Scaevola, which only served to enrage the latter. 
Scaevola had hoped to enlist Robinson as the Commander of Mars for CONPOL; when he was offered the position, he blankly refused and immediately tendered his resignation. Thereafter, he informed the Free Martian Council of the Consortium's intent and brokered a number of meetings that formed the Protectorate.
He accepted commission from the Council to form a Free Martian Militia, which became the 1st Taikojing Militia. Under his command, they participated widely in a number of skirmishes engaging both Technocracy and Consortium forces.
During the first Blockade of Mars, he gave first-hand intimate knowledge of Consortium technology to Protectorate forces which played a key role in breaking the blockade. The most intense fighting he took part in occured during the twelve day Seige of Mars. When the defeat of Mars became apparent, he refused to surrender and chose to flee with the Protectorate and became the warlord of the Remus Exiles, a warband composed of Martian Militia veterans, expatriates from Luna, and refugees. The Remus Exiles were stationed around Jupiter and maintained friendly relations with other former Protectorate loyalists.
Robinson continued to lead the Exiles until his death at the very old age of 196.
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