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Kelvin is energetic and nervous. Well qualified, but inexperienced lacking confidence he's reluctant to take the initiative on his own. He shows great potential - the Commonwealth's loss is very much the Indies gain. He still has a few Navy reflexes, including an annoying habit of calling people 'Sir' and saluting. He tries very hard to get on with Sergei, but finds it difficult to get Sergei to treat him kindly.

Kelvin's background is in the Commonwealth, as he was born on Mars, Earth's first colony. He grew up under the Martian education system, which focuses on intensive schooling up to age 16,when he passed the examinations and tests necessary to became a full Martian citizen.

After taking military training at the Mars orbital academy he was sent to officer training at Jupiter Military Academy. He graduated with an advanced WEP qualification and served a four month in-flight training period, before being transferred to active duty on the Corvette Rome. He was flagged as 'not command material' on his confidential files and would never have made it past Second Lieutenant due to being 'ideologically unsound' and expressing 'anti-Commonwealth sympathies'. (He expressed sympathy for the people of a blockaded Indie planet).

Ironically he was captured by Edison Hayes on his first flight mission,when Edison and his crew commandeered the Rome. After some persuasion by Edison he joined the Indies, and became gunner on the Spartacus.