Clark Cameron (Cameron) - First off, Cameron, as previously mentioned, is a psuedonym, and the player has no idea that this blog exists, so I find it hysterical that he happened to choose Cameron as his character's surname.
Clark was born in Montana in 3036. His parents worded on a farm, and Clark quickly gained an affinity for animals. He attended high school, then went to one of Terra's many universities to become a veterinarian. While in school, he developed a fascination with the Branth, a dragon-like creature native to Lopez, a world in Marik Space. For his post-doc work, he traveled to Lopez, and en route discovered he suffered from Transit Disorientation Syndrome, or TDS. He suffered the effects for four months on his way out, studied there for four years, then suffered another four months of agony to get home. Clark has not been out-system since.
Clark moved to Colorado when he returned to Earth in 3061, opening a veterinary practice that looks after the animals of local ranchers who raise animal stock. When he returned to Terra, he found the planet under Word of Blake control, which greatly complicated his homecoming. He managed to land, but learned that life on Terra had taken a turn for the totalitarian, and soon found himself listening more intently to, and eventually gently aiding those who were trying to make it clear to the Word of Blake that the Old ComStar they believed they represented was no longer welcome here. This all took a turn for the more necessary when the Word of Blake assaulted Tharkad in December of 3067 -- the Word was blatantly evil, and any qualms Clark had with more direct action disappeared.
Simon Temple (Anthony) - Simon was born in 3033 in Colorado. His father worked in insurance and his mother was a skilled administrator until she elected to stay home full time after Simon was born. Simon grew up to the standards of academic excellence his parents had always envisioned for him, going to the finest preparatory schools and studying Communications at Colorado University. Simon found the womb of academia a comfortable fit, and remained at the school through the 3050's, eventually earning a Ph.D. in Hyperspace Physics, with a focus on HPG communications. He seemed a shoe-in to work at ComStar, and was offered a prestigious post by ComStar, but he rather decided to join the Singularity Foundation, a theoretical physics Think Tank with an office in Denver. There he excelled at HPG/Conventional Communications integration, and made considerable strides in traffic management between HPG stations to increase effective bandwidth significantly. The work he did for SF is now implemented on almost all Terran HPG stations, and is being distributed throughout the Word of Blake Protectorate.
In 3064, the Word of Blake administrators on Terra used their efforts to coerce Simon into making a tour of the Chaos March HPG stations that his discoveries were being implemented on. Simon was unhappy with the arrangement, and the change utterly ruined his personal life, by removing him from his friends and family for nearly three years. In 3066, Simon's father passed away while Simon was on Terra Firma. Simon did his job, but harbored increasing resentment of the Word. He returned to Terra in January of 3067, and immediately resigned from the Singularity Foundation, forming Temple Communications, a consulting firm in which he offered his services in maintaining HPG networks. Although he only is brought in once or twice a year to various HPG stations on Terra, his bill rate is sufficient that he can live off the income such sparse work provides.
In December of 3067, the news of the Word of Blake assault on Tharkad and New Avalon was enough to convince that his resentment of the Word of Blake wasn't merely a personal slight, but that the Word was, in fact, an evil organization that needed to be stopped. It was then that he became involved in the Coloradan resistance cell.
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