Editing Harvey Armstrong (section)

== Background ==
Harvey's parents were casualties of the Civil War. His father had been assigned to the defense forces and had perished during the last days of the battle. His mother was placed on a transport ship and was critically injured as the transport was severely damaged in its escape effort. His mother suffered for weeks upon her return to earth and died in Port Elizabeth at her husband's family's beach home. Harvey had spent many months there and remained with his family following the long tradition of Marine studies for which the Armstrong's were famous. He lived at the beach house as he studied at university. Harvey was guided into his collegiate studies under family leading and the pressure they placed on him to become An Armstrong is a strong influence on his life. Like many young idealistic men, he has discovered that his best gift to the family would be to go out and serve justice, in order to prevent in as much as he us able the spread of factionalism within the Federation. He left school to go serve...