Editing Jacob Cameron

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| name                = Jacob Cameron
| birthdate           = [[2416]]<ref name=SLp182>''The Star League'', p. 182</ref>
| died                = [[2461]]
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House Cameron]]
| rank                =
| title               = 
| position            = [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]]
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = [[Richard Cameron (25th c.)|Richard Cameron]] (father)<br>[[Jessica Dravens]] (mother)
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = [[Constance Zel]]<ref name=SLp182/>
| children            = [[Theodore Cameron (26th c.)|Theodore Cameron]]<ref name=SLp182/>
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'''Jacob Cameron''' was a [[House Cameron]] noble, Naval Officer, and the eighth [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]].

==History==
Jacob Cameron was known to have a superiority complex which he developed as a child. His personality poisoned his relationship with the general public due to his strident and aggressive attitude which alienated himself. After a failed assassination attempt, his personality softened slightly.<ref name=SLp30>''The Star League'', p. 30: "Jacob Cameron"</ref>

===Early Life and Career===
Jacob was the sole child of Director-General [[Richard Cameron (25th c.)|Richard Cameron]] and [[Northwind]] Countess [[Jessica Dravens]]. Jacob was spoiled by his doting father, while his mother influenced him to believe that he was morally and socially superior to the general public. His parents' actions shaped Jacob into the arrogant man that he would be reviled for.<ref name=SLp30/>

Jacob steadily rose through the ranks of the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] Navy to become captain of the ''[[Vincent]]'' Class Corvette, [[Crowned Lion|THS ''Crowned Lion'']].  His military career was cut tragically short when his father died of a heart attack in [[2433]] while taking a tour on [[Terra]] of the Hegemony Research Facilities.<ref name=SLp182/><ref name=SLp30/>

A year after becoming Director-General, Jacob married [[Constance Zel]], an actress. She would bear him a son, [[Theodore Cameron (26th c.)|Theodore]], in [[2434]].<ref name=SLp182/>

===The Federated-Capellan Campaign of 2435===
A few years after becoming Director-General, Jacob would launch a military campaign into the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Capellan Confederation]].  The offensive ended in [[2435]] and resulted in minimal gains. During the offensive, many personnel of the Hegemony Armed Forces lost their lives in order to satisfy Jacob's ego.  The amount of lives lost for his personal desires did not sit well with the general public of the Hegemony. In order to drum up the support for the campaigns, Jacob had to petition daily to the people of the Hegemony.  During this time, anti-establishment movements cropped up who began to counter Jacob and his supporting minions. These groups ranged from disgruntled youths who rioted in the streets, to members of the government and nobility who banded together to have him removed from office.<ref name=SLp30/>

===The BattleMech and the Assassination Attempt===
The final developments of the first [[BattleMech]], ''[[Mackie]]'', had come to fruition.  After seeing the successful test of the prototype in [[2439]], Jacob drove his government's budget to the limit in order to mass produce factories and their product for several years.<ref name=SLp30b>''The Star League'', p. 30: "The Decadent Camerons"</ref>

In February [[2448]], Jacob was poisoned by an unknown party.  Fortunately for him, he did not drink enough of the poisoned champagne to be killed; however, he became deathly ill. While ill, he ordered a communication blackout of the situation and instructed the Hegemony Central Intelligence Department to conduct what became the largest manhunt the Hegemony had ever known, led by Lady [[Terens Amaris]].<ref name=SLp30/>

With the failed attempt on his life, Jacob's arrogance and superiority complex, which he was known for, was toned down. In its place, he began to be more charitable to the public by establishing Cameron Shelters for the Poor and Cameron Mercy Hospitals.<ref name=SLp30/>

In February [[2455]], Lyran commandos stole the blueprints for the BattleMech design from the Hegemony's world of [[Hesperus II]].<ref name=HSTLCp18>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 18: "Operation Prometheus"</ref> The [[Draconis Combine]] were able to steal the plans from the Lyrans five years later in [[2461]].  With the knowledge of how to build a BattleMech spreading to the other [[Great Houses]], Jacob accelerated the development and production of the Terran Hegemony's BattleMech technology to the point where other areas of his military would be neglected, including its [[WarShip]] Navy.<ref name=SLp30/>

His efforts to strengthen his military succeeded, but he nearly ruined the Hegemony's economy in the process.  Months after he began pushing for newer BattleMech technology, he would die of a stroke.<ref name=SLp182/><ref name=SLp30/>

==Notes==
In Jacob Cameron's write-up in ''[[The Star League]]'', it notes his son participating in the [[Battle of Tybalt (2435)]]; however, the Cameron Family Tree shows him being born in 2434. This makes it virtually impossible for Theodore to participate in this campaign as a one-year-old.<ref name=SLp182/><ref name=SLp30/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Star League]]''

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