Daniel Kincaid - Battlestar Cerberus

Danny Kincaid, Senior Defense Correspondent, Libran Post. It's one of those postings that's incredible prestigious to those in the business — which is to say those who follow the Colonial Military-Industrial complex — but incredibly boring to those outside of it. His 5,000 word expose on cost overruns and nepotism in contracting for the new Viper Mark VIII spaceframe project? A masterpiece. But it's not like it make him a household name.

But perhaps we should back up. Kincaid was born on Libra — to a comfortable family of a barrister and a house wife — and immediately took to being the sort of kid that people hated. Nosy questions? Check. Taking on authority? Check. So perhaps it was no surprise when he enrolled in the University to pursue his degree in journalism. After graduating, he took on a junior defense reporter role for the the Capital Daily News, covering all sorts of things no one else wanted to; ship commissionings, pro forma press conferences. All of that. But he made the best of it, asking the questions no one else dared to at these sorts of things, earning the ire of junior officials and respect of his editors. Along the way, he traded favors, learned the ropes, and became pretty cynical about how this whole 'defense procurement' thing worked. There, too, he ran across Allan Rejn, burying a story or two in return for enough deep background sources to fill his articles.

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Service Jacket

Date	Position (Rank)	Location	Notes
May, 2025 AE	Student	Libran	Matriculates at University of Libran, College of Arts and Sciences. Majors in Journalism.
May, 2029 AE	Junior Defense Correspondent	Libran	Graduates college. Hired by The Capital Daily News as junior defense correspondent. Assigned to cover Libran Department of Defense.
September, 2035 AE	Defense Correspondent	Picon	Hired by The Libran Post as defense correspondent. Assigned to cover the Colonial Fleet Headquarters in Picon.
April, 2037 AE	Senior Defense Correspondent	Picon	Promoted to Senior Defense Correspondent following his expose on military procurement and troop pay.
January, 2041 AE	Senior Defense Correspondent	BS Cerberus	Assigned to cover QUODEL for Libran Post. Viewed as "try out" before promotion to Presidential correspondent.
April, 2041 AE	Private	BS Cerberus	Enlists in Colonial Marine Corps in the first post-War Day class of Marines.
June, 2041 AE	Lance Corporal	BS Cerberus	Completes Boot Camp and classroom portions of MP AIT. Due to college degree, is advanced to Lance Corporal.
April, 2042 AE	Corporal	BS Cerberus	Promoted to Corporal. Awarded Fleet Commendation Medal with Valor for actions aboard CEX Areion.

Date	Role	Description
July 23, 2041 AE	Rifleman	Part of team that stormed Cylon research base over Sagittaron. (It Lies in Odd Numbers, Part II)
September 8, 2041 AE	Rifleman	Part of team that recovers survivors from Aera Yazd region. (Singing in the Rain)
January 29, 2042 AE	Rifleman	Participates in joint exercise to attempt to board CEX Areion. (All Aboard)
January 31, 2042 AE	Responding Officer	Responds to attack on Professor Magnus Dekker on MV Elpis. (Gravity)
March 10, 2042 AE	Responding Officer	Responds to attack on civilian on MV Elpis during a "Swarm" attack. (Face in the Crowd)
April 15, 2042 AE	Rifleman	Part of Marine team that boards CEX Areion during CDR Rudy Kepner's mutiny against the Fleet. Is seriously wounded during fighting. (For Our Altars and Our Hearths and From Hell's Heart)

Date Opened	Case Name	Description	Status
June, 2041 AE	Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics	An investigation of abnormal inventories turns into an investigation into the murder of Supply NCO Marissa Langer. Piers Rene-Marie is arrested for the murder after a lengthy investigation.	Closed
January 31, 2042 AE	The Attack on Magnus Dekker	An investigation into the attack on Magnus Dekker and its links to the civilian unrest. Eventually, all attackers are arrested after being given up by Piers Rene-Marie.	Closed
March, 2042 AE	The Rigged Trial of Admiral Abbot	An investigation into the shadowy forces behind the guilty verdict at the trial of Admiral Abbot. It is eventually discovered that an Areion Intelligence officer, Ios Santorin, hacked into Vandenberg's computer using Areion co-opted Cylon code and fed her information to influence her verdict. Santorin's involvement, however, is discovered too late to possibly influence the events of 15 April.	Closed
June, 2042 AE	The Attack on Cameron Adair	An investigation into the attack on Doctor Cameron Adair and trashing of the Deck 10 secure BioLab that stored Cylon samples.	Open

Physical Features

This Caucasian male might be in his mid-thirties, but the furrows of his brow and tiredness around his eyes suggest an age much older than that. His reddish-brown hair is let grown a bit longer down the back of his head in unruly curls, coming just below his ear; it's not quite regulation, but it's not exactly unkempt either. There are the first hints of white coming in, but they are not too predominant. So too is the hairline beginning to recede, showing some of his broad forehead, but he is at least holding the line. His blue eyes have a certain sharpness to them — like they're used to always being on the lookout. He's clean-shaven — perhaps a nod to regulations — but the bit of stubble around it suggests it's not a happy nod. He's average-to-tall for a fellow, about five ten, his build largely unremarkable, though clearly in-shape for someone his age.

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Trivia

Between the fancy ballpoint pen he carries — far nicer than anything standard military issue — the steno pad he uses to take notes, and just the way he asks questions, there's no doubt that Danny Kincaid is a former reporter. And there's also no doubt that he hasn't given up that side of him. While he might walk a beat rather than cover a beat, it's clear that he's a reporter first, and a Marine second.