Name	His Excellency, Anson MacArthur
Appearance	Grand General MacArthur announcing his Regency
Titles	Regent of the Stoinian Star Kingdom (1584 PD -1600 PD), Duke of Ossia (1600 PD - 1609 PD)
Rank Nicknames	Strategos Hero of the Velutarian War Hero of Ossia The Reformer The Farmer General The Second Father of Stoinia
Service Years	1550 PD -1606 PD
Commands	101th Royal Army Division III Royal Army Corps, 87th Royal Army 37th Royal Army Theatre Stoinian Armed Forces
Wars/Battles	Velutarian War: Operation Lion Shield: - Battle of Elysium - Defence of Corillia - Battle of Qingdao - Battle of Ossia - Battle of Yggdrasil Operation Lion's Wrath: - Second Battle of Gagarin - Third Battle of Orphelin - Battle of Rindilli Station  - Battle of Hayseed - Battle of Cornucopia - Second Battle of Ossia - Battle of Victoria - Battle of Velutaria
Date of birth Father Mother Spouse Children	1st August 1525 PD Arthur MacArthur Lilly MacArthur Kathleen MacArthur 8
Religion Ethnicity	Stoinian Orthodoxy Neerian
Status Age Hair colour Eye colour Height Species	Deceased 84 T-years Gray Brown 1.92 m Terran

Strategos MacArthur who became the hero of the Velutarian War and the Regent of the Stoinian Star Kingdom in it's most desperate hour. He reshaped the nation and its military into their current form.

Early Life
Born as the son in a farmer family on the farm world of Ossia in the Core, he grew up in a poor but stable family. Amongst his family and friends he was always the most sportive person and was always looking for physical challenges for himself. That's why he was fascinated with the military from an early age when he first got in touch with it at school. Although he was expected to continue the family tradition, he wanted to serve his nation and "to protect this very way of life" as he told his father. The family eventually accepted his wish and he left for East Point Royal Army Academy to become an officer in the Army.

Military Career
As a freshman at East Point he was thrilled with the military life that had just opened up to him and soon became top of his class. He completed his studies after 5 years and took his first command of a Troop as First Lieutenant. From there on he would be tasked with patrolling different planets and train in all-weather combat. From the beginning of his career, he took a keen interest in the logistics as to ensure his troops could function as long as possible with as little as possible while ensuring optimal performance. Over the next four decades he would rise through the ranks and eventually gain the highest Command, a whole Army Group as a Grand General.

Velutarian War and Regency
With King Alexandru III's death by the hands of the Velutarians, the nation was left in turmoil. The Royal Court didn't know what to do as there were no suitable candidates for the regency due to old age or illness. However Chancellor O'Connell wanted to strengthen his powers as to ensure a strong leadership during the coming war. However MacArthur wouldn't have it. If the nation would be thrown down in a war, than the military should instead take control. His rhetoric challenged the civilian politicians who didn't have a clue of warfare or how to plan reasonable offensives. MacArthur spoke publicly in Sinaia and gained support of the populace though O'Connell still held the upper hand constitutionally. Nonetheless Lord Thorne of Tozoria also joined the squabbling though he was largely ignored by the Royal Court because of his reputation. After weeks of ineffective civilian command, the Royal Court saw only one solution, name MacArthur as the Regent. MacArthur accepted and addressed the nation shortly after and promised that no Velutarian would survive this war.

The Gagarin, Charian and Tozorian Sector had taken the front of the beating and some planets were suffering from glassing: the scorching of a planet with high yield plasma beams. The Navy stood no chance as the Velutarians were too technologically advanced and shattered the Navy's Fleets. So MacArthur proposed to reduce ship personnel and focus on Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (MAC) and mount these on ships. This new technology was promising and when it eventually came into service after four years these cannons only were able to penetrate smaller Velutarian ships. However their chance of fighting back had increased.
 

In the meantime his doctrine was to strengthen the planets and force the Velutarians to come down. This was possible thanks to a timely scientific breakthrough which was able to create rather inefficient shield generators on certain parts of the planet. These shields were able to withstand glassing attempts and forced the Velutarians to invade the planets. Here the Stoinians proved to have a fighting chance and MacArthur did his best to keep the odds in the best shape. The populace which had been trained in basic military operation, from kids to women, joined the ranks of the Army in Militias. Though there were a lot of efforts made to evacuate the children, it wasn't uncommon to see 16 or 17 year-olds fighting in the Army.
As a means to strengthen ground forces, he tasked ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) with the further creation of super soldiers in the SPARTAN-III Program, lead by Dr. Robert Grant. The initial Spartan-II's were holding off the Velutarians, but their numbers were too small. A more mainstream line of supersoldiers was needed. For this they sought candidates for genetic augmentation, however due to the stigma that came with tampered with genetics, many refused to cooperate. There were however souls eager to fight back the Velutarians at all cost. ONI contracted surviving orphans and genetically augmented them to become super soldiers.. It took six years to complete training and augmentation of the second generations of Spartans. Once they were deployed, the Spartans proved worthy of their name. However their origins were kept secret from the public and propaganda portrayed them as heroes of Mankind.

 

The ODST Program was also launched as a more broader version of the Spartan Program. This meant that they had acces to better gear which was created in tandem with the Spartan Program. Many of Spartan Technology was first used by ODST's. Orbital Drop Shock Troopers were meant to strengthen planetary forces by dropping with drop pods behind enemy lines and create chaos and diversion. They were selected from the best soldiers and proved a solid special force while the Spartans were still in training.

As Regent his duties also laid in part at Sinaia. Although he enjoyed the scenery, he was disgusted with certain political manoeuvres which aimed to strengthen corporations and the economical elite. MacArthur therefore disbanded Congress and assumed authoritarian control well within his constitutional rights as Regent. He also employed a new function: the Legates. These acted as Military Governors in absence of their civilian counterpart and acted in MacArthur's name. This was met with criticism, but the populace embraced this as they had found the politicians didn't understand what this war was costing them. In the first year alone 800 billion Stoinians had died.

Because of the scarcity of resources with the War, he also changed from where the Military gained their resources. Rather than buy them from corporations and be influenced by the market, he opted to gain them independently. Military men became miners and engineers. This rewrote the logistics of the Military and uncolonized planets were now claimed by the military to gain resources and optimize ship production.

After twelve years of slowing down the Velutarian advance, they had managed to set foot in the Core itself. If they didn't stop the Velutarians at Triton than Stoinia surely would fall. High Admiral Hague was put in charge of this battle with his newly retrofitted ships. This proved to be the turning point of the War and the Stoinians finally started to push back the Velutarians in their new operation: Lion's Wrath. After three years the Star Kingdom was free of Velutarians, but MacArthur had made a promise. One he intended to keep. It was only a matter of time before the young King would take the mantle and MacArthur pushed towards the Velutarian homeworld. Killing any Velutarians they met on their way. Eventually he secured Velutaria with extensive use of Spartans and ODST's and the Velutarian government capitulated. However as the mantle had now fallen upon the young King and the Velutarian populace resorting to terrorist attack, the King made his first official act. The Butchering of Velutaria. A fitting end after sixteen years of war and at a cost of 8.7 trillion Stoinians. Because MacArthur had changed the nation around, the young King wanted to preserve some of his work and put it in the constitution. These reforms became known as the MacArthur Reforms. MacArthur was also granted the title of Duke of Ossia for his actions, replacing the previous dynasty which had perished in the War. 

The MacArthur Reforms: Reshaping of the Nation
The Reforms were clear. The Military had to become independent from incompetent civilian command. Men as O'Connell weren't fit to lead an army when it needed it most. Instead the Military should run separately as they know best. However to keep the Military in check it would have it's own extensive judicial system and protocol codes. One example is that Spartan Armour self-destructs within a 10 km range from any Royal or Congressional building. The Military would also claim any colonised planet for the first ten years as to ensure a rigid defence system. This would be the new task of MacArthur's Legates. The Military had been empowered, but with fail safes in place. The monarch would also be the leader of the Military and serve as a bridge between the civilian government and the Military.
The role of Strategos was also create. It served as the Supreme Commander of the Stoinian Armed Forces in tandem with the King as to ensure none of them would abuse their power.
These reforms reshaped Stoinian society and maintains the new order of things to this day.

Strategos MacArthur, the First Mardakii Crusade and retirement
As the first Strategos he focused on training the new generations in logistics and operating operations which gained raw resources for the military. Although the media wanted to interact more with, he mostly rejected any interviews as he saw them as a waste of time. His logistical work had just begun after all.

The expansion was a necessary step for Stoinia to gain new resources. Thus he sent Expeditionary Fleets to the west which eventually lead to the First Mardakii Crusade and the Cheunh Compromise. MacArthur however didn't participate in any of these operations, letting the young King experience his new command. 

Death
In 1606 PD, two years after the Cheunh Compromise, he stepped down as Strategos and retired to Ossia due to his deteriorating health. Three weeks after his birthday, he died on his death bed amongst his family in 1609 PD. When the news spread three rounds of gunshots could be heard on every planet for the next week. It was a sign of respect for Stoinia's hero. 

Legacy
Because of his actions which are viewed by many to have saved the nation, he is often found to be the Second Father of the Nation. Not only did he save it from ruin, but he also reshaped it so that it wouldn't crumble again. Numerous monuments are named after him and no Stoinian doesn't know his name. A Military Medal was also named after him.

After his death however, the origins of the SPARTAN Program were revealed to the public and many critics jumped on the opportunity. However the Spartans themselves did several interviews, saying they volunteered for it. Nonetheless it created a scandal and questioned genetic enhancement and the ethics of the military, which continues to this day in Congress. These same people try to frame MacArthur as a military demagogue, though few share the same point of view.