Captain James Harvey

“The High Command and Military Council? They despise me but they would never consider demoting me, I’m too useful.”

Captain James Harvey was born in 88 ACW, just prior to the 3rd and 4th Reaver Crusades. Growing up in a rich merchant family, Harvey had everything he wanted, except for any sort of familial love. This had a large impact on him, making him prone to outbursts of anger and a lack of confidence.

This was made worse when his father all but forced him to attend Trade-School and take a course in Mercantilism, this caused further resentment to build up in the now sixteen year olds for his father. Though it’s unknown how, the young Harvey managed to catch a ride via a small VFC Trade Vessel to a Armadian Recruitment outpost, where Harvey promptly joined the Armadian Marine Corps.

He had joined by falsifying his age, writing himself to be 17, the legal age of consent and joining the Armadian Marines. When his father heard word of his rebellious son's actions, he attempted to have him reported to the Armadian Recruitment Office, but unbeknownst to him the report had ended up being lost due to a small malfunction in the system.

With the next transport to leave the station arrived, Harvey boarded it; sealing a chapter in The Armada’s History forever.

In the next few years he would go on to fight in the 3rd and 4th Reaver Crusades, seeing things that would haunt the Young man for the remainder of his days. Yet he would distinguish himself as an expert practitioner of Mobile Warfare, eventually being given an age inhibitor and command of the 1st Armadian Cavalry.

However, the luck of the Young Cavalry Captain would not hold out for long, shortly after the 4th Crusades, his hand was damaged while he attempted to fix a small plasma duct on a shuttle-craft, this would result in his hand being burned severely. While he retained full use of his hand, it was left permanently blackened and scarred from the Plasma. His men in the Cavalry noticed his injury and how he wore a black glove over his left hand, and eventually it became tradition in the 1st Cavalry to wear such a glove, earning the unit it’s nick-name of “The Black Hands.”