Donald Lundee

General Donald Lundee was a former United States Marine Corps General who resigned his post to join the small arms company Armatech-Luccessi. He took up the position of CEO and renamed the company Militech, which has gone on to become one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers.

Lundee had a fiery temper, which made him more enemies than friends. He was determined to turn Militech into the largest military force on the planet while also becoming the most powerful man on Earth. The majority of the board of directors disliked Lundee, and many opposed him. He was responsible for antagonizing the Arasaka Corporation, his temper and arrogance resulted into a full scale war.

Biography
Donald Lundee was born to a military family in New England, he graduated top of his class from West Point and entered the Marine Corps in 1970. He saw combat in Vietnam, Grenada, the Gulf War, and the First Central American Conflict. His flawless record quickly elevated him to the rank of General, making him one of the youngest Pentagon chiefs in history. In 1998, after the FN-SAF fiasco, a disgruntled and disillusioned Lundee retired from the military. Then came the Collapse, crumbling the military contractors of the previous decades one by one.

Lundee realized that a modern arms manufacturer must be a streamlined, technological powerhouse, capable of providing superior products, and unfettered by political affiliation or government regulations.

2000s
He allied himself with Antonio Luccessi, and was apointed the CEO of the Armatech-Luccessi company. Lundee successfully reconstructed the company into Militech and returned to the Pentagon in 2004 - not as a general, but as a salesman. The US was finally scrapping the FN-SAF, and they chose Militech's Ronin as its replacement. This boosted Militech to megacorporation status, and Lundee had successfully continued as the CEO.

Unfortunately, Lundee, had been subtly warped by the tremendous power he had acquired. He originally joined Armatech-Luccessi with the highest of ideals. He wanted to produce superior military products at reasonable prices so that the U.S. and other countries wouldn't be left facing the consequences of inferior weapons workmanship. The expansion of Armatech into Militech was a logical step toward making that philosophy apply at all levels of weapons crafting, and not just to small arms. While Militech continued to maintain high quality standards and reasonable prices, there were no longer any idealistic explanations for it. It was strictly business; another way for Militech to expand its market share and consolidate power. Lundee espoused noble corporate goals for public relations reasons, but beneath it all was his desire to see Militech become the most potent force on the planet.

However, Lundee still faced problems. While no one within the corporation denied Lundee's leadership or executive abilities, not everyone on the board of directors viewed him favorably. This worried Lundee Although he held a large share of Militech stock and sat on the board of directors, he was not chairman; neither was the chairman a pawn of his. This meant that he could lose his position as CEO should the board of directors find fault with him. Lundee had been waging a subtle financial war, trying to consolidate as much of the voting power as possible in his hands and those board members loyal to him. This caused tension within the board of directors and had led to several assassinations and resignations. The power struggle between Lundee and those board members who would replace him with their candidate continued, and there was a great deal of intra-corporate turmoil. Lundee was not yet in imminent danger of being forced out, but his impulsive and heavy tempered personality made it increasingly difficult for him.

2022 - 2023
During the Fourth Corporate War, Donald Lundee worked with his corporation against the increasingly powerful Arasaka Corporation. Over the years he had set himself and Militech up against Arasaka so often and for so long that he became personally involved with the conflict and Arasaka didn't ignore it. To Lundee it was a pride to defeat the Japanese. His goal remained unchanged, to secure dominance as the largest military force on the planet, however, in his way was Saburo Arasaka a man with over million loyal employees to him. Lundee detested Saburo and saw him as a threat to his ambitions, the Japanese CEO had everything he was lacking and because of this the war became personal. His decisions of the time for to defeat the enemy whatever the cost. Despite his leadership control of Militech was taken away from him from prior President of corporation and President of the United States, Elizabeth Kress. After President Kress nationalized Militech, Donald Lundee was no longer able to see the war to it's end.

2040s
In the 2040s, Donald Lundee remained as the CEO of the Militech Corporation. Even twenty years after the war, he still was angered by the decision of the President not allowing him to continue his fight. His paranoia, arrogance, and temper was unchanged awhich led to much inner conflict with Militech. The board members still fought against him from obtaining more power so that he could not have more control the corporation then he already had. During this time he had his son named Donald "Dixie" Lundee Jr, who later became a member of the board.

At some point after 2045, Donald Lundee passed away while his legacy and direction continued with the new leaders of the Militech Corporation often sharing his ambitions.

Ambitions
In 2020, as a corporate chief executive, Lundee had discovered power above and beyond any he ever hoped to have as a military officer. He enjoyed this power, and made no secret of it. He also wanted more; his once noble ideals in establishing the Militech corporation had given way to inevitable corruption.Lundee wanted Militech to be the number one corporation on the planet. Unfortunately for him, the two corporations that stood between Militech's number three slot and the top of the heap were the mighty Arasaka and EBM corporations. Lundee was not easily daunted, and was convinced that, with proper management, Militech could become the largest, most powerful corporation on Earth.

A key part of Lundee's plan to make Militech number one was the acquisition or elimination of as many other large arms and arms-related companies as possible. Militech had made something of a crusade out of this, and was quite successful at picking off its competitors and reinforcing its position at the top of the armaments manufacturing oligopoly in the USA. The only corporations that are secure were those which were either under the wing of another large corporation, extraordinarily tightly run, or were too small to be worth any notice. All other arms companies were at risk from Militech, and tensions were high in the industry.

Another key part of Militech's plan for expansion was more extensive diversification. Militech already sold several general purpose products, such as computers, but most have their roots in some military application. Militech tried to expand into some other markets, including finance, industrial manufacturing, raw materials and the space industry. A number of other large corporations took a dim outlook on this.

Lundee for many years had put up Militech and himself against the Arasaka Corporation. After a while it was a matter of pride to defeat the Japanese, and Saburo Arasaka. As the most powerful and richest man on the planet, Lundee was determined in defeating him.