Fredrick Ferguson

"*It is a tragic thing to live as a citizen of a world in which almost no one remembers peace, but from this day forward I and the rest of the CORE will work to ensure that no child born on Etixnaren soil will ever again know such a terrible conflict.*"

-Director Fredrick Ferguson

The Honorable Director Ferguson was the head of the CORE during the end of the End War and is the current director during the Extinction War.

## Biography

### End War

#### Preparing for Operation: Deliverance

Three years before Emergence Day, Ferguson summoned some of the highest-ranking officers of the CORE Army, Navy, and Defense Research Agency to meeting in the House of Knights. He arrived at the meeting with Agent Louise Settile from the Intelligence Agency, Maynard, and another assistant. After taking position to brief the assembled officers and scientists, Ferguson told them that the room was soundproofed and that everything was on a need-to-know basis. He told Maynard to turn off the lights, and activated a projector showing the coast of the Macarod Republic. He revealed that the DNA's' base at Kurdun Point was building the Ragnarok, an orbital weapons platform that could be the end of the CORE if they didn't do something about it. He handed the briefing over to Settile, and after she explained what was going on there, Ferguson pointed out that their weapons platforms were still in the computer modelling stages, and that it wouldn't be enough to destroy the data on the weapon: they had to take it, because whoever had it would win the war. He told Gen. Zane Tarkov to come up with a plan to take Kurdun Point and the technology there before the day was over. Tarkov asked him to spell out his priorities and asked if he wanted them to steal the whole facility minus the bricks and mortar, and Ferguson confirmed that that was what he wanted. With his briefing finished, Ferguson left the officers to come up with the plan to capture the technology, but insisted that they capture key personnel alive.

#### Awarding the Victors

Five weeks after Operation: Deliverance, Ferguson hosted an awards ceremony to present the medals earned in the operation. He gave Cobalt Stars to Sgt.William O'Malley, 1st Lt Tina Byrne, and Pvt. Pavel Gregovich, and awarded posthumously to Pvt.Thomas Gregovich.

### Extinction War

#### E-Day

In the early hours of E-Day, news reports came across Etixnare that several cities where under attack, at first the DNA was believed to have restarted the war or that the holdouts launched an all-out offensive. Soon it was released the attackers were not the DNA but in fact, subterranean creatures that would soon later be referred to as Scalers. Director Ferguson tried to reassure CORE's citizens and activated all CORE military units to be sent to the front lines forming inside cities across Etixnare. The Scaler Swarm was able to defeat the CORE and advanced across the surface for over a year; the majority of the CORE nations under Ferguson command abandoned their fellow CORE and began fighting for self-survival.

### Legacy

Ferguson made one of the most controversial decisions in the CORE, expanding the military outside of the Army and entering into Special Forces and naval forces. Using the new strategy to raid Macarod and steal the Ragnarok technology. His efforts lead the CORE to win the nearly century-long End War. But when he tried to lead the CORE to defend from the Scaler Swarm. With a major Scaler incursion in North Fenixium, Ferguson had no choice but to unleash Ragnarok and destroy everything outside of St.McCarthy. Killing everything on the surface and destroying every remaining CORE nation including Ex-DNA members that Ferguson fought so many years against.

## Personality and Traits

Ferguson was more of a businessman than a politician. Ferguson was also quite determined and steadfast, ready to do anything to preserve the nation of North Fenixium and the CORE and all of its ideals.Due to his dedication to the CORE, Ferguson is known to be available at any time - day or night. During the End War he was completely determined to take the Ragnarok Technology from the Democratic Negorgik Archipelago, no matter the cost. His only view was that the DNA must not have this technology, and the CORE would stop at nothing to allow the DNA to have it. Because if the DNA had control of the technology, it would have meant the utter end of the Communist Ordered Republiks of Etixnare. He regrets unleashing Ragnarok in order to defeat the Scaler Swarm but understands it was the only way the human race would survive.

Ferguson's greatest skills lay in his ability to give speeches and inspire confidence, despite having to manipulate information within his speeches.

## Quotes

*"As all of Etixnare has learned, peace is fragile. This new, ruthless enemy has rendered most of Etixnare's leaders either helpless or dead. This enemy believes Etixnare  is finished. Some in the Coalition of Ordered Republiks of Etixnare also seem to believed Etixnare is finished-a sick, feeble animal waiting for slaughter. But today, citizens of Etixnare, we- Fenixians, the heart of the Coalition- will take back our planet. To ensure your safety and cooperation, we are reinstating the Fortification Act. All of Etixnare will be under martial law. No one is exempt. Survivors should immediately start evacuating to St.McCarthy. These unclean creatures, these SubTerranis, are unable to penetrate McCarthy's granite base. Therefor, in McCarthy, we are safe-for now. We won't let this rampage go further or surrender power. The Coalition will employ Etixnare's entire arsenal of Orbital beam weapons to scorch all Scaler-infested areas. For those citizens who cannot make it to St. McCarthy, the Coalition appreciates your sacrifice. Please forgive us. This is the only way."* -Director Ferguson on the Ragnarok Counter Attack

"*The Communist Ordered Republiks of Etixnare still exists, the rule of law still exists, and our social covenants still exist. We may no longer be in a state of war, but we still have a battle ahead to survive and rebuild, and in these difficult days there will be no tolerance of lawlessness and antisocial behavior. Unity defeated the Scalers. But disunity will be the certain end of us all.*" - Director Ferguson after the sinking of St.McCarthy

"*Humans are no strangers to war. After all, we’ve been fighting for as long as we can remember. War is all we know. In the past, we fought for Chudo-Toplivo. We fought for country. We fought for freedom. But all that changed after E-Day. For 15 years, we’ve been fighting for our very survival against inhuman, genocidal monsters. But it is a fight we cannot continue. Humanity faces extinction, unless we end this war now. We had hoped the Ragnarok bombing would decimate the Scaler Horde, but they survived…and have returned stronger than ever. They’ve brought with them a force that can sink entire cities. Even St.McCarthy, our last beacon of hope through all these dark days, is now at risk. Soon we’ll have nothing left to defend, and that means we have only one option…attack. Reds, what I ask of you now is not an easy thing, but it is necessary. If we are to survive…if we are to live long enough to see the seasons pass, our children grow, and experience a time of peace that we have never known…we must now take this fight to the Scalers. We will go to where they live and where they breed... and we will destroy them! This is the day we take the battle to the heart of the enemy! This is the day that we correct the course of human history! This is the day we ensure our survival as a species! Soldiers of the CORE, my fellow Reds, go forth and bring back the hope of humanity!*"

—Fredrick Ferguson, before Operation Trebuchet.