The Ship Master

This recent capture of Vincennes was taken at the
20th Anniversary celebration of his commissioning
of the ISS Demetria, still one of the fastest and
most luxurious passanger vessels in known space.

Carlos Vincennes was born into wealth.  His father was the owner of half a dozen medium-sized transports and several passenger liners.  The Elder Vincennes settled his family on the garden world of Holmeyer and spent a grat deal of effort ensuring that his only son had every advantage.  From the earliest age, Carlos was constantly learning.  He had master tutors from a every possible subject to teach him.  By ten years old Carlos had mastered a dozen human and alien languages, was familiar enough with nuclear engineering to design a new high-capacity fusion reactor, and could deliver a master thesis on virtually any subject.  During this time Carlos had little time for family or friends, he rarely saw his father, who spent most of his time in space overseeing his line.  This all changed one day when Carlos was 16, both his parents were away on one of their infrequent holdiays and word came back that their ship had been taken by pirates who were demanding a huge ransom. Arrangements were being made by the company officers to make the payment when Carlos intervened.  No one knows exactly what he said or did, but ultimately he convinced the board of directors not to pay the ransom.  He immediately assumed control of the company and made significant changes to operations over the next several months, at which time the pirates began mailing pieces of his parents back to him.  Small ones at first, but larger and larger as they became more frustrated.  The only action that Carlos took was to put a contract for the perpetrators of the crime.

Since that day, the Vincennes line has seen explosive growth under its ruthless new director, Carlos Vincennes now controls over a thousand ships of all classes, including a small but well equipped anti-piracy patrol force.  He was diversified his holdings into manufacturing, colonization, and resource acquisition and is one of the wealthiest people in the galaxy.