StarCitizen:Francis Kelting

Template:Infobox Character Francis Kelting was a former advisor to Messer, who stepped in and gained control of StarCitizen:Basilisk <ref name=":0">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

He signed numerous government contracts that included options and extensions which solidified the ties between the company and the despotic regime for decades to come. Any board member who opposed Kelting’s decisions was quickly unseated or (in one shocking case) convicted of corruption and embezzlement on clearly trumped-up charges.<ref name=":0" />

Kelting held onto the reins of power at Basilisk with an iron fist until he suffered a catastrophic heart attack during a particularly intense board meeting in 2673. Legend has it that one board member quipped, “I take it this meeting’s adjourned,” then collected her files and left without offering any help to the man many had come to despise.<ref name=":0" />