Bio
Schwerpunkt was born on October 4, 2897, and was brought up on a ranch outside New Austin on Terra. Raised by his mother and "about 40 hands," Schwerpunkt apparently received a fairly decent education growing up. Though Schwerpunkt usually seems more practical than intellectual, he occasionally surprises his friends by displaying familiarity with a wide range of literature varying from the works of Imperator Messer to poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Schwerpunkt volunteered for the Marines as a way to escape life on the ranch and to "see the universe". He served in the ongoing fight against Vanduul raids seeing a lot more of the universe than he ever dreamt.
Gaining the rank of Colonel by the end of his service, he bought a surplus Carrack, to continue his sightseeing, and acquired a broken and not flight-worthy Hammerhead-class escort which he is working on restoring to full working order.