Corsen Messer V

Corsen Messer V (2609-2662) was the [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator) of the [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) from 2643 to 2662. Born youngest son of [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii), his older sister, [Livia III](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/01dWwaQkrL-livia-messer-iii), became Imperator in 2628. He ascended to the office in 2643, when his sister retired from public life two years after her husband Daniel Scota and their son [Marius](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RxNxAgrXZz-marius-messer-iv) were killed in a shuttle crash in Moscow, Earth (Sol III). During his reign, he widened the range of crimes eligible for capital punishment, raised taxes throughout the UEE, suspended the right to a trial for political crimes, increased censorship, founded the Monumentalist architectural movement, and opened more political prisons on Charon III. He and his elder son [Gammon](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0rxrqgDP12-gammon-messer) were assassinated via poisoning in 2662. Though the culprit was never uncovered, historical consensus places the blame on his youngest daughter, [Illyana VI](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bZwQBNmWrL-illyana-messer-vi).