William P. Cullen

President William P. Cullen is a minor character featured in the Orion Nero Initiative series. Despite being the founder of the Orion Initiative in 2055 under the jurisdiction of the Atlanta Federation, and later the president of the Orion Nero Initiative, Cullen's appearance in the series is minimal.

Atlanta Federation Governor
Cullen was originally the Governor of Orion, tasked with governing the entire country of Orion as a member of the Atlanta Federation, and holding a seat in the Central Security High Command. After the 2054 incident in Alvitr, Cullen was the High Command member appointed to the formation of a private military organisation under the orders of former Federation Director, Nicholas Haus to track down the mercenaries and terrorists responsible for the attack.

The Orion Initiative was officially established in 2055 comprising of private military contractors, but the organisation was quickly disbanded after directorship of the Federation changed, and Eric Saunders became the new director at the end of Haus' term in 2057. As soon as Saunders stepped into power, he called for the immediate disbanding of the Initiative after cutting all funding to the cause. Sceptical of the decision, Cullen and a a few other members of the High Command continued to the funding of the Initiative in secrecy until it became evident that Saunders was associated to the mercenaries during the 2054 incident.

President of the ONI
2061 saw the official dissolution of the Federation when Saunders and Armin Alvitr joined hands to form the Alvitr Central Security. The dissolution of the Federation saw majority of the Central Security siding with the ACS, enabling the new faction to invade into Ansaris for the mining of Alkania Crystal. In 2061, the Orion Initiative was renamed into the Orion Nero Initiative to include the country of Nero and became the replacement for the Federation, providing economical and political aid to the countries at war with the ACS, while also creating an entire military force to fight off the ACS. With that, Cullen became the official president of the Orion Nero Initiative.