August Veers

August Veers was a commissioned officer of the, and would later become the founding member of the Imperial Army Special Operations Group and the first Commander-in-Chief of the Galactic Empire Special Operations Command. He was the son of and the grandson of the infamous. Veers would also hold a Bachelor's in Political Science and a Master's in Macroeconomics from the.

Biography
August Veers was born in on the planet of  into the Veers family: his father was, and his grandfather was , a renowned Imperial general best known for the infamous Imperial victory at the  and who had been a pioneer in the astoundingly successful employment of Imperial  walkers in the field. However, his grandfather would perish over petty jealousies in the Empire, and Zevulon, seeing how his father had died over such ridiculous feuds, demanded that his son, August, stay out of the Imperial military service.

Zevulon would strongly encourage his son to become an academician, and the young Veers, unlike many in his family, attended a public university instead of a military academy, the esteemed, a galactically-renowned school for the political sciences. August would graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and then would attend postgraduate studies, earning a Master's Degree in Macroeconomics, also from Commenor. Although fully intending to earn his Doctorate, the death of his father Zevulon would lead August uninspired, and without his father's guidance, he entirely threw away his promising career in academia, instead attending the Imperial Academy to experience the military lifestyle that had brought his grandfather,, such galactic renown.

August would enjoy a prematurely-promoted career in the. His reputation as the grandson of surpassed him, although he would surprise many by instead electing to join the Infantry Corps instead of the Armor Corps where his grandfather had made his legacy. He was also lauded because of his Master's degree and his Bachelor's degree, two degrees that many Imperial Army officers didn't have, especially from such a fine establishment such as the.

Behind the Scenes

 * August Veers was named in part after Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, the first Emperor of the Roman Empire.