Thread:USS Enterprise CVN-65/@comment-10905876-20140807061542

So I know you've been itching to know more about my RP character's backstory, so here it is, also this might be more in depth than on the backstory page because your telling of the Aires Wars was more in depth too:

David Hodston was born to an upper middle class-lower upper class family in the Empire, the Hodston family had some military experience, with David's uncle Tyberius Hodston being a general in the Army. From a young age he knew he wanted a career in the Imperial Navy, and once of age he enrolled at the Imperial Naval Academy. In his early days at the academy, he proved to be a brilliant but undisciplined individual, however that changed when he was noticed by a captain by the name of Alexander Duquesne. Duquesne took the young cadet under his wing, providing him with discipline and focus, resulting in Hodston being assigned to his ship, Renown BB-03. As the new dreadnoughts replaced the older pre dreadnoughts in the arms race against the Niveck Empire, opportunity for promotion was readily available, resulting in Hodston eventually being assigned to the dreadnought Intrepid (note this is an older Intrepid than the one currently active, I think I've got a picture of her in a thread on Bouexic's wall) as first officer. Meanwhile Duquesne had become Admiral of the Fleet, and stationed his flag on Intrepid to lead in a new Niveck war.

Hodston eventually became captain of the newly refitted battlecruiser Tiger, where he proved an able commander. But he did find that he missed the firepower of the Intrepid, and later got reassigned to command the new flagship, Iron Fist. While captaining this ship he once again served with admiral Duquesne, and became a protege of him. These times were when Admiral Duquesne became himself a legend, defeating the Niveck for a peace of ten years. This ending the first Niveck conflict. Hodston himself became a commodore, and oversaw the transition to aircraft during the peace, though at heart he still believed in the battleship, and saw many new battleships built through his urging. After the war Duquesne retired, with the Niveck pacified it seemed a good time to finish his career.

The peace with the Niveck did not last however, and the new battleships Hodston ordered were put to good use as the wars continued. Hodston proved that he could command as well as Duquesne could, and led the fleet to many victories. By the time of the Final War, he had hoisted his flag above the shining new battleship Iron Fist. With that ship he led the fleet to final victory against the Niveck Empire, allowing for a land invasion to wipe out the Empire's most dreaded enemy.

Soon after Hodston became aware of the KISDF, known then as the KIN, when a KISDF submarine attacked Iron Fist by accident. This first meeting would seem an unlikely way to form an alliance, but one eventually did, resulting in the AIF. 