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Donald "Don" Bacardi
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Bacardi on Tadath
September 5, 2010 —
Prefect
Adjutant
Name
Donald Bacardi
Callsign
Bacardi
Also known as
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Homeworld
Lianna
Position
Rank
Corporal
Weight
176 lbs
Height
6'
Family members
See family
University of Tadath
Profession
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Political Party
Residence

Donald "Don" Bacardi II is the current Commander of Training for the Vast Empire Army and a retired member of the accounting section of the VEA.

History[edit]

Lianna[edit]

Lianna.

Donald Bacardi II was born to Donald Bacardi I and his wife, Peggy Bacardi, in the state of Morven and on the planet Lianna. The senior Bacardi was the Master at Arms to the Parliament of Lianna, and by the end of his long career served as the personal security guard to the Speaker of the House, Donald Bacredi. Peggy Bacredi was a stay at home mother who was killed due to the complications of childbirth. The Bacardi family is distantly related to the Bacredi family through a common ancestor, Johanns Bacredi (who is Zhar Bacredi's great-great grandfather). Don, as he soon became known as, was not given a middle name due to his father's need to get his wife's permission on the matter, as they had settled the name "Donald" earlier.

Don was soon drafted into elementary school, where he performed adequately. He particularly excelled in the field of mathematics. By the time that Donald was 14, he was taking a college level mathematics course and performing exceptionally well in all of his other classes. Donald had passed through all of his classes by the age of 16, for which he applied to be let go early from the Lianna education system. The request was accepted, in part by pushing from Donald Bacredi, who his father was working for at the time. Donald applied to other outer rim universities, and he specifically wanted to major in mathematics and then join the military. The University of Tadath accepted Don, something that Don was eying due to the Vast Empire Army's headquarters being located on Tadath. Donald's father received a public grant to pay for the tuition and immediately let Donald board a shuttle to Tadath, with most of his personal belongings.

Tadath[edit]

Donald moved into the University dorm rooms, where he was allocated a space with two other students. Bacardi was able to get extra college credits in the summer that he arrived, as was therefore able to complete the university a year early. Donald started to study mathematics, but almost immediately transferred to accounting, something that he could serve with the military for, instead of in the military for. He took many visits to the Vast Empire Army Academy, and sometimes even took a trip to Platform Saratoga to visit with his distant cousin, Zhar Bacredi. Donald, by his sophomore year, was 3/4 of the way done with the University and was almost ready to graduate. By the time his second semester of junior year came around, he had graduated with full honors and a degree in Accounting from the University of Tadath. He graduated first in his class, which only held 29 other people due to the University's small size and large emphasis on military degrees.

Bacardi immediately enrolled in the Vast Empire Army originally as a volunteer for the Office of Recruiting, in which he helped spread around the funds to different planets to hire recruiters for the cause. He was then hired on to the Office of Recruting as a low-level recruiter for the local areas of Tadath, and soon after he was forced into the army by recruiters who threatened conscription. Bacardi immediately joined the academy and sped through the first courses, eventually becoming a Heavy Weapons Specialist and passing out of the academy. Bacardi had no will to stay with the army before the academy, but he was eventually eclipsed by it and decided to make it a full career. However, Don did not want to always do the fighting and instead wanted to have a desk job.

The Vast Empire Army[edit]

Bacardi was placed in RAIDERS Squad under Squad Leader "Sniping101" and a few fellow troopers. RAIDERS was undermanned at the time, and they participated in a few missions, most notably an assault on Arkadia. Bacardi served as the Assistant Squad Leader to Helena and Ron, both whom had went to bigger and better things. Bacardi was eventually incapacitated from battle during the Battle for Kalee, in which he retired honorably and was finally given a desk job, this time in accounting. Bacardi was commonly referred to as a "bean counter" by his former squad mates. He sent out the paychecks on time and got them correct every time.

Over the course of three years Bacardi was promoted to the Deputy Chief of Finance for the Tadath region, in which he signed the checks for thousands upon thousands of troopers. Bacardi was eventually promoted, after five more years on the job, to the Chief of Finance for the VEA, being the head of a 1,000 employee office. Bacardi, seen as having a large amount of management experience, was given a chance to apply for the position of Commander of Training, and his application was accepted and he soon became the adjutant to the Commander of Training, to fully know the job before he was given it.

Commander of Training[edit]