Pasha Leonov

Pavel Andreevich Leonov (CID: 0174-846-PAL4639), more frequently referred to as Pasha, is a human overseeing the colony of Cadmus. Placed in charge as Overseer by the UNSC, he is a generally well liked and respected figure. Known for his studious attention to detail when it comes to paperwork and his excellent management record, Pasha Leonov is generally stationed at planets requiring some degree of experience or expertise in their control, or simply when the situation calls for a trustworthy actor.

Early Life
Pasha was born on January 3rd, 2466 to a middle class family in the Moscow Oblast of Russia to parents Andrei and Anna Leonov. He attended school in Moscow before leaving to Reach to study law, specializing in planetary governance. After several years, he acquired work with the Colonial Administration Authority shortly before it was folded into the United Nations Space Command.

Adulthood
Pasha's stints as planetary overseer, or assistant thereof, were often at hotbeds of activity during the Insurrection. He was stationed at Eridanus II shortly following the first rebellion there, where he worked to restore local government, working closely with the United Nations Space Command. He gained a reputation for a no-questions-asked, do as told style of management, and a charismatic personality able to ease tensions wherever he was stationed.

He came to work directly under the UNSC during this time, and was sent in an advisory and monitoring role to many areas damaged by the Insurrection or at risk of activity. Such postings saw him move from planet-to-planet frequently, and as such, his physical age slowly grew more and more desynchronized with his chronological one. While similar effects had been seen in military personnel before, usually not quite to the degree that Leonov had sustained. As such, he is generally monitored by UNSC medical scientists for lasting effects of prolonged cryosleep usage, though as of yet, none have shown.

Overseer of Cadmus
When Forerunner ruins were discovered on Cadmus, and the population grew to a size where more skilled management than could be provided from within the UNSC was required, Pasha was called in to manage the planet. During this time, he was given a brief, critical information withheld, regarding ONI activities on the planet, and told to comply with all orders issued by them, as well as the UNSC. otherwise, he was free to govern the planet as he saw fit, as long as it did not prove problematic.

Pasha's governance saw the planet grow quite quickly. While the criminal activity from gangs such as Bartley Haldeman's Forty Clubs continued to flourish, Pasha saw their existence as inevitable, and let them remain, partially as well as a way to prevent the Insurrection from taking hold. He was briefly forced to return to Earth for a trial regarding the Scorching of Lockout 88, but the case was ultimately dismissed, and he returned to Cadmus, where ha managed it until the arrival of the Covenant in 2550.