Sam Wilson

## **General information:**

Sam is an enigma to the majority of **UFC**, only **Admiral Darren Shepperd** knows anything about his past, and he keeps things secret in order to protect Sam. Growing up was rough for Sam. He was raised mainly by his older brother, Owen, after they lost both of their parents and they lived by thieving until Sam turned 13, his brother being 16, when they began to work as mercenaries. It was their work in this business that caught the attention of the Shepperd Crime Family who hired them for a job and then threatened to turn them in to the authorities with video evidence if they did not enter the family’s employ permanently. Not much is known about the types of jobs done by the brothers but they did allow Sam to develop a set of skills akin to that of a UFI Special Forces operative. Sam never stopped trying to escape and he did as soon as he got the chance at the age of 18 in 2397. He and Owen were left alone with a connected computer, he hacked their systems, deleting the evidence they had against his brother and himself. Sam escaped on a stolen ship but Owen refused to leave. That was the last time the brothers saw each other before Owen was found dead at the hands of Evelyn Shepperd during the battle of Black-Sun. Sam rose quickly through the ranks of UFI/**UFC** through a series of battlefield promotions and appointments. However, he has never been allowed a crew of his own, due to failing the required psychological evaluation, twice. After the G-Corp Civil War Sam wrote a book about his experience on mars, titled: "To Mars, The Future and Back", which became a best seller

## **Meeting Darren:**

Sam met **Darren** on 13/11/2398 when they were introduced to each other by Old Joe however, nothing is known about his actions in the year between his escape from the Shepherds and his meeting **Darren**, and he seems to want to keep it a secret as he lied to **Darren** when telling him about his past, saying he went straight from the Shepherds to Old Joe. If **Darren** has noticed the discrepancy, he has not yet confronted Sam about it. Old Joe introduced **Darren** initially as a partner on a smuggling job however they worked well together so they decided to form their own partnership which they were successful at for 5 years before they were shot down on Mars at the beginning of the G-Corp Civil War.

## **G-Corp Civil War:**

Sam joined UFI through unconventional means, accepting an appointment as Commander so that he could join in the fight against G-Corp as newly reappointed **Captain Darren’s** XO onboard the specially modified Hammerhead Class, Athena. This was offered at **Darren’s** insistence and Grand Admiral Jonathan Beach making allowances for his old friend, allowing Sam to skip basic training based on his previous combat experience on Mars. Sam spent much of the war as **Darren’s** XO, helping with the effort to protect CBR and convince them to aid in the war along with other battles with G-Corp. Sam was promoted to Captain on 27/8/2405, three months after he joined UFI, making him the fastest promoted Captain in UFI history. His promotion was so that he could take over as the Athena’s CO and join the X-Fleet to take down The Admiral. Sam then spent the next three months on the front lines driving back G-Corp forces until they destroy Mars and he reunited with **Admiral Darren Shepperd** as he takes executive command of the Athena temporarily before it is assigned as the escort ship for **Admiral Darren’s** flagship, the Challenger. Sam assisted in the invasion of **Azerfar** and was the one to kill the G-Corp emperor after he shot **Darren**. On the way out **Darren** ordered Sam to leave him behind and escape the collapsing facility. Even though **Darren** survived this left its mark on Sam who still feels he has a debt to repay.

## **Loyalist Uprising:**

Sam was working with **Darren** as Spec Ops to take down the last remnants of G-Corp when Davis’ uprising began. **Darren** and Sam took the Sanctuary and went into hiding, starting the Chimera Resistance Cell at Phoenix Base, an abandoned G-Corp base. Sam got the Athena back after a raid on a UFI Loyalist shipyard full of ships that were to be scrapped. Sam took part in several important battles of the war, including the reclamation of the Phoenix and the recovery of the Grand Admiral. Sam came up with the name **UFC** while on pain meds at a meeting. At the Battle of Earth, the Athena was damaged beyond repair, so Sam overrode the engines and crashed it into Starbase 1, killing Supreme Admiral Davis and turning the tide of the war. He escaped EVA onto the Sanctuary.

## **Catching Wallace:**

In December of 2408, Sam was faced with **Darren's** past as his friend dragged him around the quadrant in the hunt for the Daemon of Darren's past. Sam was a key player in the battle to defeat Wallace.

## **Collective War:**

Sam was with **Darren** on Black Sun when the Collective war began. Being one of the first to experience the technological might of the Collective, having barely escaped the glassing of the planet by hiding in a bunker which he barely survived the fight to get to, he never underestimated the Collective. He was present for many of the biggest moments of the war. He was a survivor of the attack on the Commonwealth, having to scavenge to survive with **Darren** and make it to the commonwealth wreck with the other survivors. He was also one of the last UFC officers to evacuate **Earth** at the end of the Collective’s invasion, having been sent with **Darren** to recover Admiral Spark, any surviving staff and technology from the top-secret Black Box facility. Sam was also present in Edinburgh for the destruction of the last civilian escape ship from **Earth** and was severely affected by the loss of innocent life. Sam after told to give a speech to the refugees, later confided privately with DOT that he didn’t know what to tell them, that he could not make things ok. He delivered a speech where he told the people the truth of their situation and inspired the beginning of a revolution against the Collective.