Thomas A. Williams
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Thomas Alred Williams was a retired US Naval officer when he and his wife were collected at a Confederacy Extraction ('pickup') at Little Creek Mall, just outside Little Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Virginia towards the end of Year 2. Tom took four concubines with him. Since their last names were changed to his, only the first names are known for two of them:
- Hannah Williams, his wife of 20+ years
- LaRhonda, heaviset black woman with 3 children
- Joannie, overweight but attractive blonde with two children Johnny 10 and Sally 8
- Tina Hernandez, willowy Cuban with one child Hector 5
Little is known about Governor Williams' early service with the Confederacy. After some time in the early colonial fleets, he was brought back to Earthat where he served on a training ship, helping the crews of new-build ships learn their jobs. Soon after the Battle of Tulakat he was sent to command CNS Allison, an Ainsworth frigate helping maintain the blockade there.
Captain Williams's time in Allison ended abruptly when his ship found itself the only one in position to stop a Sa'arm blockade-runner. After the ship's fire-control system proved itself inadequate, he ordered the ship evacuated except for himself, an engineer, and two gunners, and piloted the ship to ram. The gunners eventually made this tactic unnecessary, but the orders and actions made Captain Williams a minor hero among the fleet.
Allison was too damaged for local repairs, so it was patched up until it was space-worthy, then sent back to its builder in Earthat space for proper repairs. This allowed Captain Williams' court-martial for attempted suicide to be followed throughout the Diaspora almost in real time, and the video record was dispersed far and wide. His acquittal and promotion to command a major warship -leading a small squadron back at Tulakat so he was effectively a commodore or junior admiral- showed the fleet that he had been cleared of all charges.
After some personality issues with the officer commanding the Tulakat blockade fleet, Williams was promoted to Rear Admiral and assigned to a suicide mission. This mission was cancelled by the CNO, and RAdm. Williams was instead assigned to lead a task force to, not protect a colony, but instead to protect a planet of non-spacefaring aliens and deny the system to the Sa'arm.
The Confederacy force ended up creating a colony anyway, as the only way they could obtain the support they needed to remain on station. When the colony grew to the point where a governor was required, Williams stepped into that role, trading his military 'Admiral' hat for a civilian 'Governor' hat.
