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−	Michael's biggest change to the Hegemony's government was his Edict he issued on New Year's Day [[2351]].  This cultural bomb, was an announcement to the Terran Congress that he would revise the old social class of nobility. The new nobility meant to show the Hegemony's gratitude to individuals who had achieved special accomplishments and were recognized for them. These Hegemony titles gave land and privileges to the individuals for their efforts.  These titles would be only for the individuals, and not be transferable to their family.  Six months after the announcement, Michael would pronounce the list of individuals.  To the shock of the politicians, none of them were named. Instead, a mix of civilian and military individuals were selected.	+	Michael's biggest change to the Hegemony's government was his Edict he issued on New Year's Day [[2351]].  This cultural bomb, was an announcement to the Terran Congress that he would revise the old social class of nobility. The new nobility meant to show the Hegemony's gratitude to individuals who had achieved special accomplishments and were recognized for them. These Hegemony titles gave land and privileges to the individuals for their efforts.  These titles would be only for the individuals, and not be transferable to their family.  Six months after the announcement, Michael would pronounce the list of individuals.  To the shock of the politicians, none were named. Instead, a mix of civilian and military individuals were selected.
	Among these individuals were [[Gregory Atlas]], who was a scientist working for HRAD (it would be later revealed he was one of the creators of [[myomers]], which led to the development of [[IndustrialMechs]] and later [[BattleMechs]]).  Another was a novelist from [[Thorin]], [[Yumiko Sakuma]], who was named Countess of the Arts.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 22: "The New Nobility" - Michael's introduction of Hegemony nobility and making it a means to honor individuals for their accomplishments</ref>		Among these individuals were [[Gregory Atlas]], who was a scientist working for HRAD (it would be later revealed he was one of the creators of [[myomers]], which led to the development of [[IndustrialMechs]] and later [[BattleMechs]]).  Another was a novelist from [[Thorin]], [[Yumiko Sakuma]], who was named Countess of the Arts.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 22: "The New Nobility" - Michael's introduction of Hegemony nobility and making it a means to honor individuals for their accomplishments</ref>

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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = | caption = | name = Michael Cameron | birthdate = [[2310]]<ref name=SLp182>''The Star League'', p. 182: "Family Tree"</ref> | died = [[2381]]<ref name=SLp182/> | othernames = | affiliation = [[House Cameron]] | rank = | title = [[Lord Protector of the Terran Hegemony|Lord Protector]]<ref name=SLp20b>''The Star League'', p. 20: "Michael Victorious"</ref> | position = [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]]<ref name=SLp20b/> | profession = | parents = [[David Cameron (23rd c.)|David Cameron]] (father)<ref name=SLp182/> | siblings = | spouse = [[Margaret Stewart (24th c.)|Margaret Stewart]]<ref name=SLp182/> | children = [[Margaret Cameron]]<ref name=SLp182/><br/>[[Mitchell Cameron]]<ref name=SLp182/> }} '''Michael Cameron''' was a politician, and the second [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]]. ==History== Michael was considered a highly schooled individual who was known for his passion in solving challenges that he was given.<ref name=SLp20a>''The Star League'', p. 20: "The Rise of the Camerons"</ref> He was considered to be a genius and he had a love for knowledge.<ref name=SLp20c>''The Star League'', p. 20: "Government and Science"</ref> ===Selection to run for the Directorship=== After his third cousin, [[James McKenna]], died in [[2338]] the Hegemony High Council began a search of McKenna's relatives to find someone to take the place as Director-General. In their search, they came to Michael and McKenna's nephew, Congressman Graham Nellas. Michael was serving as a reserve officer in the Terran Hegemony Army when the Hegemony Councilors came to him. During his interview with the councilors, they found that he had a distaste for politics and religion. Despite that, they were impressed with how well schooled he was and that he was quite the intellectual. He was able discuss any topic that they brought up which made one of the councilors compliment him as being a "Renaissance Man." Michael was able to show that he had brought passion to whatever task he came up to doing. With these qualities, the councilors selected him and his political conservative cousin to run in a limited campaign for the Directorship.<ref name=SLp20a/> During the restrictive political campaign, Michael and Graham had a series of debates designed by McKenna so they would only highlight the characteristics of candidates. Surprisingly to some members Hegemony High Council, on 17 January [[2340]], the people of the Terran Hegemony voted for Michael to be the next Director-General. The people felt that the quiet, competent Michael was the man for the job over the self-confident and politically well connected cousin.<ref name=SLp20b/> ===As Director-General of the Terran Hegemony=== Michael's ascension to the Director-Generalship of the Hegemony brought about some challenges. He had to readjust himself in order to handle being viewed constantly in the public's eye, which he did not like. Despite this, he brought his intense concentration in doing his job to play. After witnessing for the first few years of how the Hegemony ran, he first created the [[Hegemony Research Alliance Department]] (HRAD). This new centralized research organization would concentrate the Hegemony's nonmilitary research into one think tank. Despite protests of centralization, HRAD led to the creation of a micro-sized fusion generator the size of a suitcase and cures for off-world diseases. In his early years, he used his love of knowledge and his genius to set out to make changes to the government. Through these changes he was able to make the government an incredibly more efficient bureaucracy.<ref>''The Star League'', pp. 20, 22: "Michael Victorious" & "Science and Government" - Early years of his reign as Director-General</ref> During these early years, Michael would find a wife in Lady Margaret Stewart; they would have two children together.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 182: Family Tree - Wife & children noted.</ref> ====The Creation of the Nobility & Cameron's Edict of 2351==== Michael's biggest change to the Hegemony's government was his Edict he issued on New Year's Day [[2351]]. This cultural bomb, was an announcement to the Terran Congress that he would revise the old social class of nobility. The new nobility meant to show the Hegemony's gratitude to individuals who had achieved special accomplishments and were recognized for them. These Hegemony titles gave land and privileges to the individuals for their efforts. These titles would be only for the individuals, and not be transferable to their family. Six months after the announcement, Michael would pronounce the list of individuals. To the shock of the politicians, none were named. Instead, a mix of civilian and military individuals were selected. Among these individuals were [[Gregory Atlas]], who was a scientist working for HRAD (it would be later revealed he was one of the creators of [[myomers]], which led to the development of [[IndustrialMechs]] and later [[BattleMechs]]). Another was a novelist from [[Thorin]], [[Yumiko Sakuma]], who was named Countess of the Arts.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 22: "The New Nobility" - Michael's introduction of Hegemony nobility and making it a means to honor individuals for their accomplishments</ref> Later that year, seeing little resistance to Cameron's Edict of 2351, he then allowed his daughters to retain their surname after they had been married. This act set into motion dynamics of families retaining seats of power for generations to come. Shortly after the colonization of [[New Dallas]], Cameron ordered a large [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] presence on the planet to monitor the colonists for disloyalty. Eventually this program was terminated because the HCID found nothing.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 5</ref> After twenty seven years as Director-General, Cameron resigned so he could enjoy a quiet retirement with his wife. He then handed over the reins of the Hegemony to his elder daughter, [[Margaret Cameron|Margaret]].<ref name=SLp22b>''The Star League'', p. 22: "Lady Margaret Cameron"</ref> ==Family and Legacy== Michael had two children, Margaret and Mitchell. Mitchell would be lost at the age 36 while aboard an explorer ship named the ''[[Tao (Individual spacecraft)|Tao]]''. Margaret would succeed Michael in Director-Generalship of the Hegemony. His love for science and creation of HRAD, would aid the Hegemony in staying ahead of the neighboring states. His leadership helped to bring about Terra's restoration as the place of importance to humanity.<ref name=SLp22b/> ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' [[Category:Terran Alliance Characters|Cameron, Michael]] [[Category:Terran Hegemony Characters|Cameron, Michael]]

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