Vanessa Cerda

Vanessa Cerda was a Terran Admiral and former rebel who rebelled against the UTSEA due to the events of the Beacon War.. She would later rejoin the UTSEA after seeing the devastation caused by her former rebel comrades.

Vanessa Cerda is a descendant of Matt Tygore's wife, Noemi Cerda, something the Kaiser was aware of.

Vanessa Cerda was close allies with Gyrar Taikor and Rigel Arcasi throughout many conflicts and operations and was the creator of both the Axis of Freedom and New Sapphirian Alliance.

## History

### Early Life

    Vanessa Cerda was born to a fairly wealthy family on planet Stellarussia in the year 12,473 HE. She is the descendent of Noemi Cerda's cousin Caesar Cerda. The Cerda clan remained influential in UTSEA politics until 12,300 when Yun Fai Cerda stepped down from his position as Earth Governor after numerous scandals.

Vanessa Cerda's childhood was largely similar to most children of her era, virtual reality games, holographic shows, expeditions to other Terran colonies etc. She grew up a strong supporter of the UTSEA and like most Stellarussians had a severe hatred of aliens following the constant attacks on their planet.

    At age 15 her father bought her a "Silus Wan" ground car for her birthday, she would use this vehicle for both recreation but to develop skills she sought to utilize for the UTSEA military. a few short years later she enlisted in the UTSEA Military. She managed to quickly get through basic training and was proficient in ground vehicle combat, she graduated from the Officer academy of Solo Votary city in the year 12,491.

    With her graduation from the academy complete Vanessa Cerda and most of the comrades she made including Zach Jenson were placed in the 4th Fleet, now in the 4th fleet Vanessa Cerda was now part of the "12th Raider batallion" Vanessa would immediately be given a trial by fire with the ongoingSangerrikan Forest Wars.

### Sangerrikan Forest Wars

UTSEA forces were already making little progress in the wars on Sangerrika, Vanessa Cerda's arrival to the planet was met with immediate chaos, her Gunship transport was shot down, killing many of her former friends, Zach Jenson was MIA for the remainder of the war.

    Vanessa Cerda survived and was capable of combat the next day, the 4th fleet began battle with Sangerrikan resistance forces at the battle of Aera 9952-XT. UTSEA forces commanders bickered over what they were to do against the Sangerrikan forces, Commander Jason Tygore planned to feign incompetence to throw off the Sangerrikan commander T'Rahn. however Fleet Admiral: Jen Jessix argued against this and wanted to use their numbers against the eenmy, Jessix plan won out and the UTSEA fell into a trap.

Vanessa Cerda herself barely avoided capture, following the deaths of the majority of her squad mates, Vanessa managed to use her wits and escape into the forest back to the UTSEA lins. Jen Jessix was removed from command following this disaster. With Jason Tygore in charge, he inacted his plan to feign incompetence, Jason's plan worked in Jessix's own failure to trick the Sangerrikans, the UTSEA seemingly attacked the same area again, however this force was a decoy unit lead by Vanessa Cerda and the 12th Raider batallion who's raider vehicles were fast enough to avoid most of the enemies counter attacks with few casualties. With their forces out of position the Sangerrikan forces were surrounded in a piercing attack, allowed to flee while being tracked by the raiders all the way back to their outpost and destroyed by SC-4 Valiances orbital bombardments.

The UTSEA scored a major victory and Vanessa Cerda quickly began to rise through the ranks.The Forest wars came to an end after two more years befoer the Sangerrikan government ceded control of its Solarian holdings in exchange for a UTSEA withdrawal. The UTSEA Quarter Council and the Kaiser both agreed to their terms.

Vanessa Cerda returned home a hero.