Richard Blake

Richard Blake is currently the head of the United Nations in the New World alongwith Sherene who overseers the civilian government while he looks after the military.

Appearance
He is described as having his left leg only till his thighs and using a prosthetic instead.

Personality
He is a rather well liked officer with a very positive outlook on life. This positive attitude helped him build up the most powerful nation in the New World but the events after The Protectorate arrived in the New World later changed his outward demeanor entirely.

Background
Originally from Himpa Prime, Richard Blake was one of those 15,000 survivors from the planet. He was in a polytechnic lecture on mechanical engineering when the Swarm fell on the other side of the planet. Soon a planet-wide emergency was declared and he was called up to his reserve commission as a part of the Planetary Defense Force. Over several months, he would be part of the desperate action to delay the Swarm as the government attempted to evacuate as many people as possible.

After that, Blake enrolled in Fleet Naval Academy and fought in several distinguished actions before having his ship boarded with Swarm spores and losing it along with his leg. As the war with the Swarm continued, he felt left out and discarded in the safety behind front lines.