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It is natural, then, that the Alanians have leveraged their position at the top of the SCO to spread their culture and philosophy to neighboring stars. Devoted to largely philosophical and theoretical work, Alanians are not only the perfect fit for such a mission, but among the most willing to pursue it.

And so devoted are some, that they would give up their life's career to pursue this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

One of these devoted is Director-General Ashkar Gazdanty of the SCO Office of Solar Military Oversight. A seasoned diplomat, veteran and hetman, Gazdanty is one of Alania's foremost citizens and one of the most revered public officials within the public eye.

Behind every major international meeting in the last twenty years, Gazdanty has stood as the mediating party, bringing trifling officials and world leaders together to agreement and arbitrating balanced agreements where all else fails.

OSMO under the leadership of Gazdanty has been credited with the faithful and fair enforcement of dozens of military disarmament treaties, including the Lunar Disarmament Treaty, in effect and never broken for over a century.

Gazdanty is not only respected within the relatively small community of Alanians across the system, but near-universally respected among his fellow diplomats. Gazdanty is a major proponent of automicism, and has devoted much of his life to religious and public service - this prime mission is what he now states is his motivation for venturing out into the stars.
-Excerpt from a 24th century news spot on Gazdanty.

Director-General Ashkar Gazdanty was a top international bureaucrat, Alanian hetman, and interstellar colonizer, best known in his role as Director-General of the Solar Commerce Organization's Office of Solar Military Oversight, as well as his command of the generation ship GS-7 Xwytsau.