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Aleksandr Sergeyevich
Kerensky: The Great Father
Born: 16 December 2700, Moscow, Terra
Graduate: Tharkad University (Class of 2721)
Graduate: Nagelring Military Academy (Class of 2723)
Graduate: War Academy of Mars, Gunslinger (Class of 2724)
Promotions: Lieutenant (2727), Captain (2729) Colonel (2729)
Lieutenant General (2731), Major General (2733)
Appointed General of the
SLDF: 21 April 2738
Married: 9 June 2763
Children: Nicholas (4 May 2764) and Andery (9 November
2766)
Protector of the Star
League: 2751-2762, Regent:
2779-2780
Died: 11 June 2801
Born to Nikolai Maksimovich
and Anna Trochina Kerensky, both former members of the SLDF,
Aleksandr was a sickly child. Plagued by a heart
condition until he was three years old, Aleksandr took another
two years to recover from the surgery that saved him.
The young Kerensky was shy and retiring, but an excellent
student. He inherited his parents' academic leanings,
his father was curator of the People's Museum of History and
his mother passed on to him her love of literature. He
earned a scholarship to Tharkad University in 2718, where he
met and befriended Michael Steiner, the future leader of the
Lyran Commonwealth, who was serving as a research
assistant. Their friendship would last until the
Exodus.
Late in his course of study, a routine medical
exam identified Kerensky as having a keenly responsive nervous
system. Supported by a battery of physical and
psychological tests, this capability earned him a place in the
MechWarrior training program at the Nagelring Military
Academy. Kerensky graduated from the Nagelring with
honors and went on to join the Gunslinger program organized by
the War Academy of Mars. After graduating from the
program in 2724, he became a duelist of the 564th Hussar
Regiment, fighting numerous engagements against DCMS troops in
the later years of the First Hidden War. By 2729, Kerensky had
reached the rank of captain.
He lead his first combat
command on the planet of Royal during Operation Smother, the
Star League operation to end the ongoing Draconis
Combine/Federated Suns conflict later known as the Second
Hidden War. When the regiment's command staff died in a
DropShip accident, Captain Kerensky took over and extricated
the unit. for his decisive actions, kerensky received
the Medal of Valor and a two rank promotion to
colonel.
His new command was the 261st Royal Dragoon
Regiment, based in the Taurian Concordat. There, he
became embroiled in local politics as he sought to stamp out
corruption among local government officials and
businessmen. His actions earned him the respect of the
people, but angered many of the higher ups. Kerensky's
honesty and integrity interfered with their plans to exploit
the Periphery realms, and so the Council Lords arranged his
promotion to lieutenant general. Kerensky was assigned
to the Planning and Strategy Sub-Command on Terra, where he
met First Lord Jonathan Cameron and his sister, Mother Jocasta
(then de facto ruler of the Star League). Kerensky also
became a firm friend of Simon Cameron, a friendship that would
turn out to be vital.
Continuing his rapid rise, in
2733 Aleksandr Kerensky was promoted to major general and
assigned as aide to SLDF commander Rebecca Fetladral.
Throughout his term of service, he continued his
anti-corruption crusade. When General Fetladral retired
following the death of First Lord Jonathan, her backing and
the friendship of new First Lord gave Kerensky the post of
General of the SLDF. At only thirty-eight years of age,
he commanded the greatest military war machine ever
assembled. After First Lord Simon Cameron's death in
2751, Aleksandr Kerensky became regent to Simon's eight year
old son, Richard.
The Exodus
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