Fiction:Jan Michiel Tasman

Jan Michiel Tasman is an officer within the and later dissident that refuses to acknowledge the  and its Imperial Masters.

He commands the dissidents onboard his prized and modified Acclamator-class, the Eendragt.

Early Life
Jan Michiel Tasman is born in 2769 in a military family, descendants of a long line of navel explorers. Serving within the Dutch Military Academy,Jan Michiel Tasman was noted for his keen insights for naval military tactics in combination with deploying fighters. Over the years he advanced to the rank of Schout bij Nacht (rear-admiral) and commanded an Assault-Frigate.

As with most of the Dutch, he looked in horror and was powerless to prevent the rise of the  when the considilated their presence in 2804.

Dissident
Jan Michiel Tasman took his crew of loyal Dutch officers and escaped Imperial authorities. Taking with him a small flotilla of ships in hopes of one day resisting and fighting the Empire. Over the following years, Tasman and his dissidents led numerous small strikes against the Imperials, but were nothing major or did serious harm to the Empire presence in the Finduila sector. The most significant strike was the theft of a damaged ransgalactic military assault ship from a salvage yards in 2810, it whereabouts a mystery for the Imperial forces.

Personality and Traits
Jan Michiel Tasman is a proud and capable man, leading the men and woman serving under him with a strict yet kind and gentle hand. A keen military strategist, he refuses to needlessly sacrifice his men and woman or ships and rather executes pin point strikes with minimal casualties and high chances of succes.

Personally, he is a brave man. Trained in the use of fire-arms and sports at least three times a week. He enjoys reading old books from the time of the original Earth.

He was dealt a serious blow when his own personal assault frigate was destroyed during one of the initial strikes by the Empire, though he takes pride in the recently finished, repaired and modified Acclamator-class they stole. The admiral named the vessel the Eendragt, which can be translated to either unity or harmony in the English langauge.

Acquintances
"I believe I can trust them"
 * Allies

"Blergh!"
 * Disliked

Gallery
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