William Cannon

This is from Universe 1William David Cannon was the first captain of the JMC Blue Dwarf. An experienced captain, if a bit useless, he commanded the Blue Dwarf on its expedition into the unknown. He was killed when a nuclear warhead detonated a few inches from his face.

History
He grew up with a select number of friends, 1 to be exact. Seymore, a younger boy would follow William like gypsies follow shiny things, this gave William confidence, and was a big factor in him joining the JMC. Seymore followed William all the way through school and then through JMC College, the big split came when William was offered the Command of a ship straight from college, but Seymore was offered a much lower position, the two didn't speak much after that. Before taking the command of Blue Dwarf, William served on two other ships, both are now in for, eeerrr, well, lets just say its a little more than a touch up and spray!

Personality
Cannon enjoys sports, especially the ones that dont make him sweat. When hes not working, (and usually when he is), he spends most of his time with Bo-Bo. Bo-Bo is Cannons pet mouse, it was found after a radiation leak, chewing through the steel bulkhead. Cannon saved the mouse from certain death, and now the mouse is forming an intelligence, on more than one occasion its beaten him at chess, and scrabble. Cannon says hes training the mouse to communicate, but if you ask me, the mouse has more brains than him.