William McBatten

> *"I turned not because of the war or the possibility of loosing. I turned because of a matter of faith and morality. The UEG is my home now, there is nothing left back there, my family is dead, massacred on Remus, hell the planet is just a rock now." (Chapter 5, Part II)*
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William Kennedy McBatten was a human who served within the **Interstellar Naval Core** and a reclaimed citizen of the **United Earth Governing Alliance.** He served under Commander Johnathan Mercer until his death in 2555.

## Biography

William McBatten was born on March 15, 2487 on **Remus** in the Novaris System in Sector 521 under the authoritative government of the **Expanse Sovereign Union.** His father was a military scientist, and mother a teacher. He also had a sister who was seven years younger than him.

In 2503 he was conscripted into the **ESU** military a mandate required by law for those out on the Frontier. His first assignment was on the *El Bashir.* During his time on the ship he saw little activity but in 2509 he saw his first battle when a small freighter carrying medical supplies to a colony was captured and the escort ship destroyed.

In 2511, Remus had a major civil war when they attempted to return to the UEG, in return for killing a battalion of soldiers the **Mark 1.0** was launched and tested it's weapon on the planet eradicating all life immediately causing cellular degradation. Five days after the attack, McBatten and several others returned home to find it completely desolate and all 1.2 million civilians massacred. Together they all saw the horror of the weapon, and McBatten's own father who designed it was a victim of his own weapon. Taking his notebook he and the others and the one person who survived stole a transport ship and defected to the UEG.

After defecting he and several others were detained and interrogated. In effort to show he was sincere about joining he offered his fathers own journal detailing the weapon ship, and offering to help them build defenses, or learn to destroy it.

In 2511 he attended West Point Naval Academy and worked closely with the Office of Naval Intelligence becoming a **Head Hunter** with the Special Warfare Division. He often would assassinate high profile figures in the ESU. Later he would work with the Ministry of Science to attempt to create a defense.

In 2530 he left ONI and joined the Navy and continued his own carrier. However he continued to be a ONI Liaison. By 2550 he had served on several Prowlers on deep space reconnaissance assignment since 2542. The Office of Naval Intelligence would give him a new assignment in 2552 to serve as the XO of the *Spirit of Endurance.* In 2554 he would be revealed a turn coat after a mole was found onboard and secretly working for ONI.

His life and carrier would come to an end in 2555 when he took command of the "Suicide Team" instead of Commander Mercer. He personally would detonate the FTL drive and attempt to give the team a chance at escaping.

## Legacy

His unusual and mysterious carrier continued to covered in black ink, but in 2568 the remnants of Remus after being pushed out of orbit would be captured in orbit of a newly formed planet of a