GENESIS PROJECT PERSONNEL DATABASE
MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORD ARCHIVE, LISTED UNDER PUBLIC INFORMATION BY ORDER OF THE UNITED EARTH COUNCIL
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NAME: ROSS, ELIJAH SEX: MALE D.O.B (DATE OF BIRTH): 10/10/2176 ETHNICITY: MIXED, CAUCASIAN-LATIN
P.O.B (PLACE OF BIRTH): ARCADIA, MARS P.O.R (PLACE OF RESIDENCE): ULROP STATION, EARTH ORBIT
MOTHER: ROSS, MELINDA (deceased) FATHER: ROSS, DANIEL (deceased) SIBLINGS: ROSS, LAUREL (age 38, botanist)
ENLISTMENT: ARCADIA CONSCRIPTION OFFICE (age 17) RANK: COMMANDER DEPLOYMENT: VITAE
LICENSES: FOR PILOTING WARSHIP AND GUNSHIP CLASS VEHICLES
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MARTIAN UNITY NAVAL OFFICE
ARCADIA NAVAL STATION, MARS
9 September, 2203
DOCTOR CHEKHOV
GENESIS PROJECT
UNITED EARTH COUNCIL
Subj: LCDR ELIJAH ROSS
ARCADIA NAVAL STATION, MARS
9 September, 2203
DOCTOR CHEKHOV
GENESIS PROJECT
UNITED EARTH COUNCIL
Subj: LCDR ELIJAH ROSS
This is a formal letter of recommendation for the inclusion of Lieutenant Commander Elijah Ross in the Genesis Project. His skill at the helm of any ship cannot be overstated. He is an experienced commander of men that has proven himself to be unwavering in his bravery, even in the face of impossible odds. Those who have served with the man can attest to his effectiveness as a leader and strength of character. He has shown the ability to instill loyalty and discipline in his crew through a strong, commanding presence intermixed with compassion and understanding.
The Lieutenant Commander served humanity faithfully during both the Battle of Ceres and the Battle of Mars. At Ceres, the Lieutenant Commander elected to remain behind with with the Fleeters longer than the rest of the Unity relief fleet. His cruiser was the last to evacuate with the escaping personnel transports, managing to escape the Devastators by the skin of their teeth. Ross's risk was calculated, however- he knew that his ship could survive because he trusted in his own skill at the helm.
In the Battle of Mars, Elijah Ross and his crew held the line alongside the rest of the Martian fleet. He positioned himself aggressively to defend the orbital defense satellites from encroaching alien vessels for as long as his ship was able. Many crucial shots were fired off by the satellites because of Ross's bravery and intelligent maneuvering. Most impressive, however, was the fact that Ross did not sacrifice himself, his ship or any of his crewmen during this operation- Ross pulled back just in time to allow himself to continue to stay in the fight.
It is due to these many shining qualities that the office of Rear Admiral Holder formally requests that the Lieutenant Commander is brought on to work with your project. We need men like him if we want to survive this.
The Lieutenant Commander served humanity faithfully during both the Battle of Ceres and the Battle of Mars. At Ceres, the Lieutenant Commander elected to remain behind with with the Fleeters longer than the rest of the Unity relief fleet. His cruiser was the last to evacuate with the escaping personnel transports, managing to escape the Devastators by the skin of their teeth. Ross's risk was calculated, however- he knew that his ship could survive because he trusted in his own skill at the helm.
In the Battle of Mars, Elijah Ross and his crew held the line alongside the rest of the Martian fleet. He positioned himself aggressively to defend the orbital defense satellites from encroaching alien vessels for as long as his ship was able. Many crucial shots were fired off by the satellites because of Ross's bravery and intelligent maneuvering. Most impressive, however, was the fact that Ross did not sacrifice himself, his ship or any of his crewmen during this operation- Ross pulled back just in time to allow himself to continue to stay in the fight.
It is due to these many shining qualities that the office of Rear Admiral Holder formally requests that the Lieutenant Commander is brought on to work with your project. We need men like him if we want to survive this.
Sincerely,
Vice Admiral Jessica Holder
Captain of the Valiant
Office of Naval Command
Vice Admiral Jessica Holder
Captain of the Valiant
Office of Naval Command
With all due respect Doctor Chekhov, I don't know what the hell you're thinking by bringing this guy in, but it's a mistake. I mean, you've seen the file, haven't you? I know he's supposed to be some kind of Martian war hero and all, but...for Christ's sake. Just look at this.
His lungs are practically falling apart! He has to lug around a respirator unit everywhere he goes because he can barely breathe on his own. Maybe that would be fine on it's own, but that leg of his is barely functioning as it is and he refuses to get it amputated for a prosthetic. We don't have a lot of room on these ships. Is there really nobody else out there who can take this guy's place? Yeah, I get it. Martian Command has a huge boner for the guy. And his service was admirable. But can we really afford to be spending valuable medicine and tech just to keep him from keeling over on us?
RE: On the Commander's health
I understand your concerns, Marcus, and I share quite a few of them as well. But my hands are tied. We received an official letter of recommendation from the Martian Unity government. Do you know how much trouble I'd get into if I told them no? This E-Mail simply existing might be enough to get the two of us fired. No, he's going on-board the Vitae. The arrangements have already been made and I'm supposed to contact him in the morning.
Just make sure we have those prototypes on hand when he gets here in a week, alright? He's going to need that leg brace and the respirator pack if he wants to survive out in space.
And for God's sake, Marcus, show a little decorum. The guy almost died fighting the Devastators for guys like us.
His lungs are practically falling apart! He has to lug around a respirator unit everywhere he goes because he can barely breathe on his own. Maybe that would be fine on it's own, but that leg of his is barely functioning as it is and he refuses to get it amputated for a prosthetic. We don't have a lot of room on these ships. Is there really nobody else out there who can take this guy's place? Yeah, I get it. Martian Command has a huge boner for the guy. And his service was admirable. But can we really afford to be spending valuable medicine and tech just to keep him from keeling over on us?
Sincerely,
Doctor Marcus
Doctor Marcus
RE: On the Commander's health
I understand your concerns, Marcus, and I share quite a few of them as well. But my hands are tied. We received an official letter of recommendation from the Martian Unity government. Do you know how much trouble I'd get into if I told them no? This E-Mail simply existing might be enough to get the two of us fired. No, he's going on-board the Vitae. The arrangements have already been made and I'm supposed to contact him in the morning.
Just make sure we have those prototypes on hand when he gets here in a week, alright? He's going to need that leg brace and the respirator pack if he wants to survive out in space.
And for God's sake, Marcus, show a little decorum. The guy almost died fighting the Devastators for guys like us.
Sincerely,
Doctor Chekhov
Doctor Chekhov
REQUISITION OFFICE
THE VITAE
TO: CDR ELIJAH ROSS
We have successfully transported the requested items you wanted from your home on Ulrop Station. Below is a list of the requisitioned items. If anything is missing or if some kind of mistake has been made, please inform us so that it may he rectified shortly.
Here are the items we acquired:
One 125 gal. terrestrial aquarium
Several fish of varying species
Two six ft. bookshelves
Several hardback books
Three environment screens
One virtual reality headset
One personal computer
Several decorative Chinese box lamps
One indoor flowerbed
Several artificial sun lamps
One archaic watering can
If you have any questions, please forward them to this account. Thank you for your service.
THE VITAE
TO: CDR ELIJAH ROSS
Greetings Commander,
We have successfully transported the requested items you wanted from your home on Ulrop Station. Below is a list of the requisitioned items. If anything is missing or if some kind of mistake has been made, please inform us so that it may he rectified shortly.
Here are the items we acquired:
One 125 gal. terrestrial aquarium
Several fish of varying species
Two six ft. bookshelves
Several hardback books
Three environment screens
One virtual reality headset
One personal computer
Several decorative Chinese box lamps
One indoor flowerbed
Several artificial sun lamps
One archaic watering can
If you have any questions, please forward them to this account. Thank you for your service.
Cordially,
REQUISITION OFFICE
THE VITAE
REQUISITION OFFICE
THE VITAE
Mars Planetary Television News logo flashes across the screen as the program begins. Commander Ross is shown sitting in his study on the right, while the interviewer, Dana Kelly, sits at her desk in the studio to the left. Ross is in full dress uniform.
Kelly smiles at the camera.
KELLY: Welcome back, everyone. I'd like to introduce you all to MPTV News's latest guest, Commander Elijah Ross of the Mars Unity Navy! How're you doing today, Commander?
ROSS: Please, Miss Kelly, call me Elijah. I'm doing great today, thanks for asking.
KELLY: Elijah it is, then! For our audience at home- why don't you tell us a little about yourself, Elijah?
ROSS: Of course. Well, as has been said already, my name is Elijah Ross and I am a Commander in the Unity Navy. I was born and raised in Arcadia. My father was an ice miner and my mother was a botanist in our local hydroponics garden. Since my father was away on expeditions most of the time, I spent my days learning to cultivate plants in mineral solutions. I'm sure we all know what that's like.
Ross and Kelly share a laugh.
KELLY: And when did you decide you wanted to make a career in the Navy, Elijah?
ROSS: Oh, my. I think I was about nineteen or so at the time when it really hit me. Met the desk sergeant that changed my life forever when he really helped...put my life into perspective. The sergeant couldn't go off world anymore, ya see. He lost his legs in combat so they put him behind a desk. I saw that and decided right then and there that I didn't want to waste my life staying in one place.
KELLY: W-what do you mean?
Kelly appears to be nervous.
ROSS: Y'know, most people'll tell ya they went military because they wanted to serve their planet, or help people. Most of the time that's just hogwash.
Ross chuckles. Kelly looks confused
KELLY: I'm...sorry, sir, hogwash?
ROSS: Ahh, my apologies. It means nonsense. Real old school slang from back when the United States was still around. What I mean is, a lot of the time, kids like me picked that job because we just wanted to get away. You spend your whole life in one place for so long that you start to get anxious to move. TO go somewhere. Cheapest way to travel is the Navy. Nineteen year old me would laugh at ya or call you crazy if you told him where he'd end up as an old man.
KELLY: Hell of a time to stick with it just to travel, don't you think? With war on the horizon and all that?
ROSS: Ahh, yeah. Truth be told I wasn't paying too much attention to the news in those days. I heard about the Cold War sometimes, but the reality of it didn't really hit me until we started doing the orbital bombardment drills at the academy. It was scary, I won't lie to ya.
KELLY: But that didn't stop you, did it?
ROSS: Almost did. But...well. I was about as stubborn then as I am now. Wasn't going to let some interplanetary war stop me from seeing the stars.
KELLY: And...where were you when the Devastators first attacked?
ROSS: The mess hall in the super carrier I was station on at the time, the Relentless. It was lunchtime. They were serving meat and potatoes again. The klaxons went off, red lights started flashing. The droning voice over the intercom told us that the Citadel had come under attack by unknown forces. Everyone I knew that it was pirates. The return of the Scourge, they called it. I wish.
KELLY: Wow. And you were part of the first task force the Unity sent to Ceres, correct?
ROSS: I was. I was commanding a Destroyer at the time, the Benevolence. At the time we still didn't know they were aliens, just an unidentified fleet that had torn it's way across the system and was making for Ceres. Fleeters had asked everyone for help. Only Mars answered. I didn't understand what we were facing until I saw their ships with my own two eyes. They were...inhuman. Never seen anything like it.
KELLY: What was it like fighting them?
Ross is silent for several seconds, his expression shifting into a hardened grimace.
ROSS: Hell.
--The rest of the broadcast has been deleted due to containing potentially damaging information. Anyone in possession of the rest of this transcript is to present it and themselves to UEC authorities at once for questioning.--
Kelly smiles at the camera.
KELLY: Welcome back, everyone. I'd like to introduce you all to MPTV News's latest guest, Commander Elijah Ross of the Mars Unity Navy! How're you doing today, Commander?
ROSS: Please, Miss Kelly, call me Elijah. I'm doing great today, thanks for asking.
KELLY: Elijah it is, then! For our audience at home- why don't you tell us a little about yourself, Elijah?
ROSS: Of course. Well, as has been said already, my name is Elijah Ross and I am a Commander in the Unity Navy. I was born and raised in Arcadia. My father was an ice miner and my mother was a botanist in our local hydroponics garden. Since my father was away on expeditions most of the time, I spent my days learning to cultivate plants in mineral solutions. I'm sure we all know what that's like.
Ross and Kelly share a laugh.
KELLY: And when did you decide you wanted to make a career in the Navy, Elijah?
ROSS: Oh, my. I think I was about nineteen or so at the time when it really hit me. Met the desk sergeant that changed my life forever when he really helped...put my life into perspective. The sergeant couldn't go off world anymore, ya see. He lost his legs in combat so they put him behind a desk. I saw that and decided right then and there that I didn't want to waste my life staying in one place.
KELLY: W-what do you mean?
Kelly appears to be nervous.
ROSS: Y'know, most people'll tell ya they went military because they wanted to serve their planet, or help people. Most of the time that's just hogwash.
Ross chuckles. Kelly looks confused
KELLY: I'm...sorry, sir, hogwash?
ROSS: Ahh, my apologies. It means nonsense. Real old school slang from back when the United States was still around. What I mean is, a lot of the time, kids like me picked that job because we just wanted to get away. You spend your whole life in one place for so long that you start to get anxious to move. TO go somewhere. Cheapest way to travel is the Navy. Nineteen year old me would laugh at ya or call you crazy if you told him where he'd end up as an old man.
KELLY: Hell of a time to stick with it just to travel, don't you think? With war on the horizon and all that?
ROSS: Ahh, yeah. Truth be told I wasn't paying too much attention to the news in those days. I heard about the Cold War sometimes, but the reality of it didn't really hit me until we started doing the orbital bombardment drills at the academy. It was scary, I won't lie to ya.
KELLY: But that didn't stop you, did it?
ROSS: Almost did. But...well. I was about as stubborn then as I am now. Wasn't going to let some interplanetary war stop me from seeing the stars.
KELLY: And...where were you when the Devastators first attacked?
ROSS: The mess hall in the super carrier I was station on at the time, the Relentless. It was lunchtime. They were serving meat and potatoes again. The klaxons went off, red lights started flashing. The droning voice over the intercom told us that the Citadel had come under attack by unknown forces. Everyone I knew that it was pirates. The return of the Scourge, they called it. I wish.
KELLY: Wow. And you were part of the first task force the Unity sent to Ceres, correct?
ROSS: I was. I was commanding a Destroyer at the time, the Benevolence. At the time we still didn't know they were aliens, just an unidentified fleet that had torn it's way across the system and was making for Ceres. Fleeters had asked everyone for help. Only Mars answered. I didn't understand what we were facing until I saw their ships with my own two eyes. They were...inhuman. Never seen anything like it.
KELLY: What was it like fighting them?
Ross is silent for several seconds, his expression shifting into a hardened grimace.
ROSS: Hell.
--The rest of the broadcast has been deleted due to containing potentially damaging information. Anyone in possession of the rest of this transcript is to present it and themselves to UEC authorities at once for questioning.--
Rear Admiral William Locke: Ross initially met the Rear Admiral a few years after he became an enlisted officer. Locke never remembered it, but he had a supremely profound affect on the young Elijah. His character and convictions made Ross seriously reconsider how he looked at his own duties as an officer, and helped better him as both a soldier and a man. The two met once more when Ross had been promoted to his own command aboard the Benevolence. He served underneath Locke prior to and during the Three Days War, their warships having fought side by side during the Battle of Mars. Though they briefly parted ways after the smoke had cleared, the two recently promoted officers met once more as they were both assigned to the Vitae. Ross considers Locke an important figure in shaping his life, and considers him a valued friend.
Captain Matthew Lopez: Ross and Lopez were introduced when the two were assigned to the same fleet. The Benevolence acted as an escort to Matthew's ship during several operations, keeping watch over the SpecOps soldier and his team. They continued their working relationship throughout the cold war, up until the Devastators attacked. Lopez's fighter protected the Benevolence while it stood guard over the orbital defense platforms, and the two fought in tandem in the final, combined push that threw the invaders from Mars's orbit. They were reunited aboard the Vitae, where they now work tirelessly to keep the Military Garrison at the ready.
Dr. Melanie Denise Larson: TBD
Dr. Naomi Wolfe: TBD
Michael 'Smith': TBD
Chief Engineer Keith Sullivan: Commander Ross and Sullivan have worked together numerous times over the last five years aboard the Vitae. The two have had a few squabbles when it came to the maintenance of the Nyx, though in the end Ross tends to bend. Keith knows his way around technology better than Elijah ever will, and he has seceded that point on several occasions. As far as Ross has seen, Sullivan might be rough around the edges, but he's a good man, with a good heart.
Chief Investigator Raymond Conley: TBD
CoS Gavon TreVayne: TBD
Walter Hyde: TBD
Audrey Knight: Potentially know each other through medical wing visits. TBD further
Rois Holt: TBD
Marlene Lyons: Potentially piloting in the Nyx's escort. TBD further
Hal McCormick: TBD
Dr. Ludwig Dobrov XII: TBD
Maeve Katz: TBD
Captain Matthew Lopez: Ross and Lopez were introduced when the two were assigned to the same fleet. The Benevolence acted as an escort to Matthew's ship during several operations, keeping watch over the SpecOps soldier and his team. They continued their working relationship throughout the cold war, up until the Devastators attacked. Lopez's fighter protected the Benevolence while it stood guard over the orbital defense platforms, and the two fought in tandem in the final, combined push that threw the invaders from Mars's orbit. They were reunited aboard the Vitae, where they now work tirelessly to keep the Military Garrison at the ready.
Dr. Melanie Denise Larson: TBD
Dr. Naomi Wolfe: TBD
Michael 'Smith': TBD
Chief Engineer Keith Sullivan: Commander Ross and Sullivan have worked together numerous times over the last five years aboard the Vitae. The two have had a few squabbles when it came to the maintenance of the Nyx, though in the end Ross tends to bend. Keith knows his way around technology better than Elijah ever will, and he has seceded that point on several occasions. As far as Ross has seen, Sullivan might be rough around the edges, but he's a good man, with a good heart.
Chief Investigator Raymond Conley: TBD
CoS Gavon TreVayne: TBD
Walter Hyde: TBD
Audrey Knight: Potentially know each other through medical wing visits. TBD further
Rois Holt: TBD
Marlene Lyons: Potentially piloting in the Nyx's escort. TBD further
Hal McCormick: TBD
Dr. Ludwig Dobrov XII: TBD
Maeve Katz: TBD