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Harper Conn was the first official World League of Nations law enforcement officer on the planet of Mars.

EARLY YEARS

Conn was born to Henri and Matildhe Conn at the WLN Ice Research Institute on Mars' southern pole. He was the first of four children. His younger siblings, Marthe, Sherie, and Eugenie, followed in their parents footsteps and became scientists as well. The Conns hoped Harper would be that way, but his DNA said otherwise.

Harper grew quickly, reaching 198cm in height, and even with the lesser gravity of Mars, Harper was a physical specimen who loved vigorous physical activity including sports, hiking the Martian surface, and learning the recently innovated martial art of Zero-G Grappling (better known as 'Ziggy').

Through his practice of Ziggy, Conn was introduced to almost all of the military personnel on the planet and because of that influence, came quickly to believe in the values and ideals of the World League of Nations, a view that came naturally given his parents' positions within the WLN scientific community.

Volunteering for duty with the WLN, he did his training in Earth geosynchronous orbit and then requested assignment to Mars, an appointment he immediately received as most other members dreaded the thought of an appointment to Mars, fearing the appointment would become permanent or prevent future assignements back on Earth.. Conn had no such fears.

IN CHARGE ON MARS

On Mars, there was no enforcement and Conn was forced to be judge, jury, and executioner, a hard job requiring a hard man, but Conn was up to the task. Within months, Conn vowed to create the Rangers, a law enforcement organization of the roughest, toughest men on Mars. And they needed to be because the law was sometimes in direct contradiction to the interests of corporations, criminals, and even the various member states of the WLN. The reptation of the Martian Rangers now extends throughout the solar system and no one on Mars willingly crosses the Rangers, especially not openly, such is the legacy of Harper Conn. Conn became the living embodiment of the character he was named for, a cowboy who dispensed justice with and without a gun.