Aaru Dedef’ti

## Biography

Aaru is the owner of the merchant venture Aaru's Imports. Having stayed behind to tend Silvanus Prime in it’s new orbit, Aaru has been spurned to travel to the Commonwealth after the destruction of Memory Omega. Establishing first contact with his own species and soon joining the fleet’s tactical division. He brings with him the experience of overseeing his own security force and having faced and conducted business with dangerous and unpredictable customers running the weapons division of his company.

His reputation is that of someone who prefers to win his conflicts without firing a shot, relying on strategy and persuasion to navigate dangerous situations. During these encounters he’s learned much about the inner workings of various planetary militaries, and in addition his own security force makes up for it’s lack of size with a keen sense of stealth and guile. Aaru is a practitioner of realpolitik and his experience has also left him with a variety of unlikely contacts with various galactic civilizations, making it a point to almost always have some kind of leverage. In his history before joining the Commonwealth, it is also revealed that he was once a covert operative working for Siqhai's military, he's left the military after an incident where his platoon was used to bomb a friendly Dromtl village in an assassination attempt on an enemy target. The incident has left Aaru distrustful, defiant of authority, and instilled in him that there is no glory or honor in war.

Estak is an old friend of his and upon hearing he was unwell he has brought a briefcase of data that has been instructed for delivery in case he was incapacitated. Therefore, one of his immediate goals is finding out where Estak is being treated and making sure that data is safely in the hands of the fleet’s medical staff.

Later during his service Aaru has seen an opportunity to enter the Commonwealth's politics after the dismissal of former President Bol. Aaru campaigned hard and ended up victorious in a resulting snap election, and now oversees the Commonwealth as President. Entering at a volatile time in the nation's history, Aaru continues to struggle keeping it stable during the Umojan conflict. Seeing the writing on the wall, even before the election Aaru has formed a secret task force from the Fleet called the Shadow Commonwealth who's goal is to prepare the nation for possible collapse and soften it's blow among independent planets. During these desperate times, he has been allowed to also command a new ship of the fleet, the U.S.S. Wadjet.

The rest of his presidency during this consisted of avoiding open warfare with The Aventis during a period of aggression by Celia MacLowan, commitment to this ended in her assassination with the help of the Thunderchild and its captain Sovereign (S921/OV). Also during this period, Aaru took in several Roth refugees, making them a planet to settle in the Commonwealth called New Roth. He also provided aid to the Anthropian rebels while their planet was in civil war and slowly but surely oversaw the rebuilding of the Commonwealth back up to its original strength just in time for elections, where he was re-elected President for a second term.

The beginning of the second term mainly involved a treasure hunt for a mysterious Vault that for potential aid of the Commonwealth, a task given to the Arizona to give it a break from warfare for a more exploratory mission. The second term also saw peace made between the Commonwealth and the Aventis, counter terrorist actions against the RLA, and battling against Avalid aggression. This period also saw the discovery of the Interstellar Alliance, who had quickly made a protective pact against the Avalid threat, and just as the Commonwealth was winning the fight against the Avalid a new threat emerged in the Jaqc. The Jaqc proved themselves to be an universal threat unable to be reasoned with, so much so that fighting them drew a near unification of the Galaxy and ended Aaru's presidency at the declaration of martial law. In a subsequent snap election, Aaru swapped places with his Vice President Ahnoh Echegary. The rest of his term in office dealt with the Jaqc threat, accumulating in the Battle of Barras. The aftermath of the battle has left Aaru tired and wary of warfighting, and after the election he has opted to join the Consortium, and retreat to a quiet life funding the Redwake. We are yet to see how long this retirement will last.

## Service History

* Joined United Commonwealth of Planets - May 2421
* Transferred to Operations - May 2421
* Transferred to Intelligence - \*CLASSIFIED\*
* Promoted to Lieutenant (JG) - May 2421
* Assigned to Communications Officer, U.S.S. Callisto - May 2421
* Promoted to Captain (Brevit) - July 2421
* Assigned to Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Wadjet - July 2421
* Elected Commonwealth President - July 2421
* Joined The Shadow Commonwealth - December 2421
* Assigned to President, The Shadow Commonwealth - December 2421
* Assigned to President, Galactic Commonwealth - March 2452
* Removed from Presidency (Temporary Suspension) - August 2452
* Left Galactic Commonwealth - January 2453
* Joined Black Eye Consortium - January 2453
* Assigned to Patron, C.S.V. Redwake - February 2453
* Joined United Systems Commonwealth - October 2453
* Promoted to Admiral - October 2453
* Assigned to Director, Commonwealth Intelligence - October 2453