Raptormm4
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Raptormm4 is a Cascadian politician who served as the 14th President of Cascadia from May to July 2024. He is currently the Director of the National Parks Service, Director of Intelligence, and Chancellor of the University of Cascadia. A native of Cascadia's Frontier region, Raptor spent most of his political career as a leading figure in the Frontier post-2023 and often pushed for reforms that were especially relevant to the Frontier.
Having originally join Terra Aurora just a few weeks after it's start date in the summer of 2022, Raptor had established the town of Yellowstone before 42ing a few weeks later. He returned to the server and his town in October 2023, joining Cascadia with the goal of establishing Yellowstone National Park. He first entered politics in the aftermath of the Osoyoos Crisis, being elected a Representative for the Eastern District in the December 2023 General Election. During his first term in the House of Representatives, Raptor passed the Cascadian Conservation Act, which was a landmark law for Cascadian conservation that created the modern national parks system. Following reelection in the January 2024 General Election, Raptor was elected Speaker of the House, a role he would maintain for the following 2 terms, until being selected to lead the Department of Defense by President Paper1emur in March 2024. During his 5 months in the Legislature, Raptor helped push for the return of the Eastern District to the "Frontier District", helped establish some of Cascadia's earliest national parks, and advocated for foreign policy choices which improved Cascadia's soft power abroad. As Secretary of Defense under both President Paper1emur and President SergioTheCrafter, Raptor helped reform Cascadia's long-dormant Department of Defense, creating new armories, strategic goals, and realigning much of Cascadia's strategic assets to intelligence and clandestine activities as opposed to conventional PvP. Most notably, this period saw him propose the Military Command Restructuring Act of 2024, which restructured the National Guard's command structure, the Classified Materials Act, which created a system for classifying and protecting secret information, and The Espionage Act, which officially defined the crime of espionage for the first time. Raptor ran for president in the May 2024 General Election, ultimately defeating incumbent President SergioTheCrafter.
An environmental conservationist, Raptor's most prominent policy was the expansion of Cascadia's national park system, which by the end of his presidency had expanded to a total of 7 parks, with only 2 having predated his entrance into politics. His economic policy was the first to by led mostly by Treasurer RAWRyoutube, who would continue to serve as Treasurer for nearly another 6 months, ushering in a period of economic stability and steady growth. His foreign policy during his first term would mostly be spent dealing with the OFN, wherein Cascadia's closest ally Havaiki was dealing with a rebellion from Zealandia, and OFN-ally Vermont was attempting to mediate negotiations between Cascadia and the North Sea Republic regarding borders surrounding the NSR holding of San Fransisco. It was during these negotiations that Raptor caused the now-infamous "Fucking Ireland" Incident. He also joined the long list of presidents who attempted to fix the long-lasting ice rail problem, creating a National Commission on Transportation to organize transit efforts. Raptor would defeat SergioTheCrafter for a second term in a landslide victory in the June 2024 General Election. Raptor's second term was dominated by foreign policy, as near the beginning of the term Cascadia faced invasion from Texas, kicking off the Great American War. While Raptor led the initial preparations and response to the conflict, his plans would ultimately not come to fruition until similar ideas were put into action by Secretary of Defense FieryMatter a few months after his presidency. With the conclusion of his 2nd term in July 2024, Raptor would announce his retirement from presidential politics, instead choosing to focus on other roles in the government that were more specialized towards him.
Raptor left office with a roughly 15% increase in economic growth during his 1st term, and a roughly 30% increase during his 2nd term. However, with the Great American War, the 7/23 Nuking, and general stagnation following his presidency, the months immediately following would see very little economic growth. While Raptor is remembered fondly by many for his conservation efforts and military reforms, his inability to effectively organize recruitment and upgrade the nation shop has sometimes led him to be regarded as a president who mostly kept the ship steady during his tenure. Since retiring from presidential politics, Raptor has served as Director of Intelligence since the position's inception within the National Guard in March 2024, and as Director of the National Parks Service since that position's inception in November 2024. He was also appointed the 4th Chancellor of the University of Cascadia in June 2025, by President 4Floppas. In these roles he has centralized Cascadia's intelligence operations, which now rank amongst the server's most advanced, and continued to expand the reach the Cascadia's national park system, including the creation of Cascades National Park.
Native Frontiersman
Raptor originally joined EMC in the Spring of 2020, during Terra Nova, attempting to settle in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho. While his time on Nova was short, he returned to EMC with the opening of Terra Aurora in the summer of 2022. [WIP]
Early political activities
Raptor first ran for a seat in the Eastern District of the House of Representatives in December 2023. [WIP]
Secretary of Defense
Selected by President Paper1emur to lead the Department of Defense, Raptor became the 13th Secretary of Defense on March 17, 2024. Raptor had originally preferred to lead the Department of Interior, where he could work on environmental conservation and infrastructure projects. However he accepted the position nonetheless, having only a few weeks prior worked with former President and fellow Frontiersman Akeboun, then-Secretary of Defense Cheeseballfluffy, and then-President Setrus, to create the earliest organized intelligence organization as a unit within the National Guard. [WIP]
Presidency
Raptor announced his long-anticipated campaign for the presidency on May 10, 2024. [WIP]
Post-Presidency
Following his retirement from presidential politics, Raptor has mostly focuses on his work with the National Parks Service and Office of Intelligence.