Douglas T. Nimroy (2N)

Douglas Thames Nimroy (February 2, 2426 - May 29, 2517), commonly referred to by simply his first-name Douglas, was a Ceironian-Kashin business magnate, politician, and super soldier who served as the 6th Governor of Great Kashini from 2476 to 2486. A member of the Nimroy family and Republican Party, he previously served as the 3rd Chief-Executive-Officer and 2nd President of Nimroy Industries. After the death of Markus A. Nimroy, Nimroy would be the largest shareholder in the Nimroy Trust Group, seconded only by Matthew Nimroy. Douglas Nimroy's alias as a SPACE operative went by the name of the Silver Star.

Born into the distinguished Nimroy family, in Kihsan, Great Kashini, he would graduate from Kihsan University in 2446 with a Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently, Nimroy would move onto acquiring an MBA at Kashini Business School advancing in 2447. He enlisted into the Ceironian Union Army, and participated in numerous military operations in the First Heboi War from 2447 to 2449. Following serving within the C.U. Intervention Corps, he would work as chief negotiator for Nimroy Industries in securing contracts with the Ceironian government from 2449 to 2453. This period is when the relationship between High Marshal Georgiy Tarasov, the Nimroy family, and the greater conglomerate-government relations began to flourish. During this period however, Nimroy would remain a Lieutenant Colonel in the CUIC's SPACE and partake in numerous military efforts throughout the latter stages of the Tarasovian regime. Nimroy was a major proponent for the monopolisation of the National Space Exploration Administration' s contracts by Nimroy Industries' Kashini Extraterrestrial Company (then the Kashini Rocketry Company) and is cited as the primary reason why Tarasov approved of the sole-contractorship in 2452. He was the first governor of Kashini elected following the reintroduction of a multiparty state in Ceironia, subsequent to the wilful resignation of Tarasov. Supported by his close relations with Tarasov, and exploitation of said relationship during his time as an operative of SPACE under the title of Silver Star. Along with his Executiveship of Nimroy Industries to the benefit of Kashini, citizens voted overwhelmingly for Nimroy in the 2476 election season.

Nimroy defeated Republican Ayla Cherenkov in the 2476 election, although Cherenkov would eventually replace Nimroy as governor in the 2486 elections, by which point both joined the same party. Nirmroy's position as governor in his initial term was substantially involved in leading the pro-democracy faction during the disorderly period known as The Troubles shortly following Tarasov's resignation as High Marshal. Transition from the Tarasovite authority without due Constitutional amendments by Tarasov resulted in the apparent democratisation of the nation to be extremely open aired. Nimroy's personal relationship with Tarasov, his own principals, and general control over Great Kashini's politics and economy ensured that the region would have a guaranteed liberalisation. The Guarantee Act of 2477, Kashinic Autonomy Act of 2479, and the Liberty Proclamation were three key acts and executive orders that ensured Kashini could not have its own state laws be disregarded by an increasingly authoritarian and centralised government, if ever. Despite only being a member of the upper legislation, the House of Governors, Nimroy played a fundamental part in promoting a swift insurance through constitutional amendments that the social, economic and political freedoms of all Ceironians be guaranteed. After success on the home front, Nimroy continued to exploit his relations and business relations, largely using Nimroy Trust Group's Kashini News Corporation, a by 2480 well recognised and enormous news broadcasting corporation, to propagate Tarasovian democratic values. Upon winning re-election in 2481, Nimroy mostly relegated his time spent advocating for additional amendments to the federal constitution to his son, John Nimroy, who had become a Senator. Nimroy spent most of his second term improving the Kashinic economy, as both the economy and nation itself became far more open to the rest of the world and itself, this presented new opportunities for Nimroy to utilise for the benefit of his constituents. The Immigration Act of 2480, Zoning Reform Act, and the Workplace & Consumer Ethics Act, were three divisive but impactful legislations which defined the state for decades to come.

Nimroy inherited the role as CEO of Nimroy Industries after the retirement of his father, Markus Nimroy, and Matthew Nimroy's decision to not inherit the conglomerate, despite being first-in-line. Nimroy's position as chief negotiator proved extremely fruitful for the trust group and conglomerate, in-particular the sole-contractorship and the formation of the Ceironian National Industrial Conglomerate Agreement, so he was decidedly the most appropriate fit. From 2454 to 2463, Nimroy accumulated enormous proportions of revenue for his family, largely from enveloping other companies in mergers or total buy-outs. Most of all, subsidies from the Ceironian government ensured that the Trust Group's subsidiaries could fund significant research and development efforts. This came along with supporting colossal advertising campaigns, both to bolster the Nimroy and company image across Ceironia. Innovations such as economically viable coloured television, numerous vehicular novelties, high-speed rail initiatives and almost all space related inventions are a handful of discoveries formulated during the 2450s by Nimroy Industries. During this time period, immigration into Kashini and the suburban expansion of Kihsan and Kashini skyrocketed. The general economy of Ceironia and Kashini are viewed to be Ceironia's peak of economic growth, parallel by the 2520s after the 15 Years Program, a reconstruction and revitalisation effort by the Ceironian government following the Great Blizzard of 2507.

Early life and education (2426-2447)
Douglas Thames Nimroy was born on February 2, 2426, at Ibis Hospital in Kihsan, Great Kashini. He was the second child of Markus Arthur Nimroy (2387-2480) and Paula Churchill-Nimroy (2391-2459), and was raised in New Wynnoa alongside his sibling and brother, Matthew Nimroy (2421-2500). Nimroy's father was the second CEO of Nimroy Industries from 2441-2453, and most prominent owner of the Nimroy Trust Group until his retirement in 2453. His maternal grandfather, Anton Churchill, served as as Markus Nimroy's guardian, and was an Empherian immigrant. Nimroy's ancestry traces largely to Empherian with almost equal Kashinic influences, alongside Ceironian and lesser significant Ahitereiran, Svantaran, Eglyian and Koresan roots. His East Alaxian lineage originates from the first Empherian Diaspora into Kashini, during the 2320s, caused by an exodus of political rivals of Isaac Campbell after a series of repressive acts of parliament and violent clashes between the Nobility and Liberal militias across the country. The Nimroy family were originally referred to as the Ó'Nimoi, and were a prominent Noble clan from the 18th century onwards till the 24th, when they were forcibly migrated to Kashini and reformed into a business oriented family.

Following his birth by a couple weeks, in March 2426 the family would permanently move to their Lagoon Island Estate, in the town of New Wynnoa, located to the south of Kashini City. Nimroy's father had completed his Master of Business Administration degree by May of 2426, after being groomed for the role of CEO as Anton Churchill's heir to Latango Naval Construction Inc. LNC Inc was the last remaining company under Nimroy ownership that did not become defunct following the Ammonia Island Massacre in 2395, which resulted in all close relatives to Markus Nimroy being assassinated at the hands of criminal elements within Kashini. Due to this, Churchill was given guardianship over Markus Nimroy due to the existing close relations between the Churchills and Nimroys, this included the ownership of LNC Inc, up until Markus Nimroy became of age or whenever he delayed it to, which was after acquiring an MBA. During an interview with Ginsukyo National Television news anchors during his Governorship in 2488, Nimroy recalled his early childhood in relation to his father and Anton Churchill, stating; "Churchill was a grandfather to me, and without a doubt my father felt similarly-if not through blood, then via the bond and love that was shown—for this I am grateful." In a biography of Douglas Nimroy by author and biographer Annetta I. Cameron and called The Gateway Land. A chapter dedicated to Nimroy's relations Georgiy Tarasov goes into detail on how much Tarasov impacted his early life and youth. Cameron, who collaborated with Nimroy to understand the relationship between the pair was lectured on the matter. This included Nimroy proclaiming that without Tarasov, he himself and Kashini would be widely different, and for the worse. He elaborates by explaining that during the Ceironian Civil War from 2433 to 2437, when Kashini experienced heavy fighting between the Nationalist Front and Socialist Rosarists, that it was traumatic to him, as he was ten years old at the time. Tarasov was the most important influence in his childhood and life, Nimroy proclaimed that Tarasov was essentially a role model, particularly following the end of the Civil War, whilst becoming close friends during his latter youth until Tarasov's passing in 2485.

Within the period in-which fighting in Kashini took place, New Wynnoa was shelled by the factions of the civil war multiple times, with most of the Nimroy family, including Douglas, being evacuated from their estate. For five months, Nimroy lived on the CNV Venator, a Nationalist Front air-craft carrier built by the LNC, despite the war's hinderance to his childhood, Nimroys education as a student of Southside Integrated School continued in the form of an improvised education by onboard military academy training officers, up until the retaking of Kashini and New Wynnoa in the Battle of Aurora Bay in January of 2437,

Early & Latter Education
Nimroy only attended a single schooling institution up until college, Southside Integrated School, a college-preparatory academy in New Wynnoa. The school taught first years onwards to twelfth up until Oliver's Education Act of 2489. Southside permitted the enrolment of all species, of which the school's population was predominantly made up of Humans, Nagani and immigrant Heboian Vahti (following the First Heboi War). Amongst the Human ethnicities, Kashinics were most common, followed by Empherian and Ceironian students.

Nimroy would be enrolled at Southside at age five, in 2431, up until he was eighteen in 2444. However, as like many other Ceironian youths during the 2430s, many had their education stunted from the effects of prolonged urban fighting in major cities during the Civil War period. Despite the majority of suburban and urban youth experiencing multiple years of halted education due to a plethora of war related issues, the New Wynnoa portion of the Inner Kashini region was largely unimpacted in the war barring the latter stages. Throughout the conflict which, New Wynnoa only remained under shell fire and occupation by Rosarists for a period of five months, Nimroy would be displaced onboard the CNV Venator for the remainder of the war. Despite the displacement, Nimroy would continue his education on the vessel, whilst also being exposed to the potential of joining a junior military academy once he came of age. Nimroy stated that the primary causes for his volunteering to enlist during the First Heboi War was due to the period on the CNV Venator, alongside his growing relationship with Tarasov.

Following the end of the Civil War, and victory of the Nationalist Front and establishment of the Tarasovian regime, Nimroy would reattend Southside. Shortly afterwards he joined his local Junior League Hopallo club, Wynnoa Colonisers Intermediate, the 11-13 years subsidiary to the Wynnoa Colonisers. Nimroy would go on to graduate from Southside Integrated School as an upper band student, achieving the requirements to apply for a three year course in economics at Kihsan University. In 2446, he completed his thesis on the impacts of Rosarism on equatorial developing economies, titled "The Equatorial Communists". He subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics having attended from 2444 to 2446. Of his years in Kihsan, Nimroy himself described it as a delightful experience, "regardless of the security that of a job in in carpentry, or plumbing, or any other tradie course you can find—by far the greatest opportunity is found in upper education—not just that, but freedom as a whole. With that piece of paper, you can get any professional you want. Toppled with that, Kihsan offered an experience you couldn't finder any better elsewhere. The environment of the institution was extremely vibrant plane with a large array of peoples from all across Ceironia and Alaxia. Mutual respect and understanding for one-another was the key cultural aspect of Kihsan, if there was someone you did not appeal to, chances are relations would be mended overtime." An extract from an interview between Nimroy and the Kashini News Corporation's Sunday Eterna host Rupert Malcolm. Within the same interview, Nimroy went on to state; "in stark contrast to the Civil War, Kihsan was a place where the sum of our parts were wholly undivided." As a senior by this point, Nimroy joined the Panacoraxians, one of the four most prominent secret societies within Kihsan University, predominantly made up of foreign born students. In the wake of his graduation with a BA, Nimroy described himself as debatably above average student, acquiring a grade point average of 0.81. Immediately following the graduation, Nimroy entered Kashini Business School. He graduated in 2447 with a Master of Business Administration, one month after the beginning of the First Heboi War.

Early Political Involvement
In 2439, Nimroy would join the League of Tarasovian Youth, encouragement from his father, along with being inducted into the League by Tarasov himself. Contrasting with other equivalent youth organisations in autocratic nations at the period, such as the Sutonese Zhangist Youth Union, and Fazarian Imperial Youth Organisation, the League was not a militaristic foundation. Despite still acting as a tool to indoctrinate Ceironian youth into supporting the policy and ideology of the Nationalist Front, there was little coercion or societal pressure to join the League, and would simply be viewed as an extra-curricular activity. As one of multiple benefits that students who were members of the LTY, 2440 would be the first time Nimroy went abroad. He went on an excursion to Ginsukyo to study both the politics and history of the nation first-hand, which had just achieved total independence after an ousting of the pro-Fazarian government in December of 2439.

Nimroy described his political ideology at the time as; "nigh identical to all Tarasov had to say", as an avid reader Tarasovian Era literature in particular Tarasov's own works, such as Ceironian Exception and later on House of Rose. Despite believing the propaganda and teachings of Tarasovian ideals into his adulthood, following his tour in Heboi, he was largely disillusioned by its obsessiveness with exceptionalism. Recounting in 2501 that; "if not for the war in Heboi, I likely would have gone through with what I had been groomed to do by my family and Tarasov himself. That is, becoming a career politician and the next High Marshal of Ceironia following Tarasov's resignation." Due to this, Nimroy would avoid political positions. Aiming towards positions in the family business, and continuing to serve as an operative of SPACE. Even after admitting to Tarasov that he was no longer a believer of the autocracy of Tarasovism and wished to carve his own path, the pair would remain on well terms.

Family & Personal Life
Nimroy lived with Ezre Tazli on campus at Kihsan University for the duration of their education there during the 2440s, Tazli was a member of the House of Tazli, a significant Kashinic noble family that evaded persecution by supporting the Tarasovites during the Civil War. The Tazli family are one of multiple groups that were close acquainted with the Nimroys before 2395. Originally, Markus Nimroy and Illto Tazli expected and pressured Douglas and Ezre to form a relationship and commit to a marriage. However, the pair turned down the notion, remaining close friends regardless.

Nimroy had struggled with an addiction to Skyshards, an illegal psychedelic drug which originates from Cralas. The addiction began during the latter period of his time at Kihsan University, when he was exposed to the drug by colleagues. In 2466, it was discovered that members of the Panacoraxian secret society had been running a thirty year long drug struggling operation, importing skyshards from Alsara to Kashini. Despite his addiction, he passed through to acquire his BA and MBA. Following this, he would volunteer to join the Intervention Corps, however a medical test unveiled his addiction. According to Nimroy, his father would not speak to him for two weeks, and Tarasov was extremely distressed that even a Nimroy could succumb to drug abuse. Nimroy would voluntarily join a drug abuse support program to solve his addiction. Alongside this, Nimroy claimed that his belief and faith in Valkyr was essential to quitting his rampant skyshard usage. In an interview as promotion for the Don't Do It, anti-drug campaign, Nimroy stated: "one thing, one essential thing to 'Don't Do It', is that its not just about yourself—its about everyone—and that's the point. When my father, and Tarasov, discovered that I had been consuming the shard, I didn't feel not nearly half as much shame as I should have, now I absolutely do. Just don't do it, for family, for friends, and for yourself. Shards will not, and cannot bring you any joy or good, not like that of being with family."

During his military service, Nimroy took interest in science fiction and space flight. The captivation is primarily due to science-fiction comic series such Prodij Universe, Astronomical and Xomnia being issued to many Ceironian soldiers as entertainment during the Heboi War. Whilst serving and subsequently afterwards, Nimroy purchased many aerospace and astrophysics publications, reading them during his free time. Nimroy by 2453 had taught himself so much material in relation to spatial engineering, that despite the mainly political reasons for Tarasov request his appointment as Administrator of NSEA; Nimroy's ascendency to the position was somewhat sensible. However, Nimroy refused to take office as he wasn't fully qualified for the position, and had responsibilities elsewhere.

Enlistment & Augmentation
Immediately following the controversy of his skyshard addiction, Nimroy was barred from applying for the Ceironian Union Commissioned Officer's Academy Service. In spite of this set back, along with his family pleading for him not to enlist in the armed forces, Nimroy was determined to serve within the army. After a successful test having proven he hadn't consumed any illegal substances since the incident beforehand. In September, 2447, Nimroy would join the Ceironian Union Army Basic Training program at Fort Caste, Oceanis, lasting for two months. Nimroy joined the Infantry School following basic training, however it would be cut short. As a penalisation for his past actions, Georgiy Tarasov elected Nimroy to be assigned to a high-risk experimental enhanced soldier program. This would be known as Project Wonder and its existence was only partially disclosed to the public in 2488.

Nimroy, as a subject in Project Wonder, was reassigned to the Intervention Corps' black-site sub-branch, the Special Paleokaratic Analysis & Claimation Endeavour. Nimroy prepared under SPACE's Advanced Individual Training program for several weeks until testing was underway. In this period, Nimroy would commit to the training at Fort Ponhea, Stumond. Nearby the Paleokataric site responsible for the formation of SPACE and Project Wonder, was Bara Chuoi, the first uncovered Paleo-Kataric Bunker in modern history. Throughout early December Nimroy would under-go preparations for the augmentation procedure, largely involving psychological and physical examinations. Prior to Nimroy being elected a viable tester, a total of eleven subjects had been chosen beforehand. However, five of these eleven died during the process, four were hideously deformed or injured, and two had undergone no changes but with minor scarring. Despite the giant chances of being maimed, Nimroy was not informed beforehand of the fates of the previous subjects.

Following the successful augmentation experiment and his pass in the AIT program, Nimroy would be permitted to perform in the COAS with the purpose of acquiring a Lieutenant Colonel rank.

2476 Gubernatorial Candidacy
Nimroy, endorsed by Tarasov, announced his gambit as a candidate for the position of the Governor of Greater Kashini. The declaration took place at the footsteps of Kashini City Hall. He put emphasis on his aims to promote cohesion throughout Kashini and Ceironia, ensuring that democratic freedoms are upheld, and a government of integrity.