His strange surname has origin of his father. "Eagle" is a name that is rarely used by Zoner families. His father was a lonely, poor Zoner trader, who traded with shady and dangerous goods in the faraway Omicrons. He had no fixed abode aside from his old trade ship, until he met a young Libertonian lady on Planet Gran Canaria during a little holiday. They fell in love to each other and decided to live together. She convinced him to settle down on Planet Denver. There they had an adequate life and good jobs.
In 795 A.S. John was born. He was a unproblematic, calm boy. He had a pleasing childhood, his parents took care of him very well and he has acceptable school achievements. He was always in a funny mood and had no big problems in life. Over the years John began to show interest to the Liberty Navy. He dreamed of being a honorable and proud Navy officer. Thus his parents sent him to the West Point Military Acadamy. At the beginning he had several problems with teachers and subjects. Though he became a studiously and intelligent student. He liked to discuss about tactical issues in a fleet, but he mainly showed interests and talents for capital ships. He worked hard to get an education for advanced capital ship issues, which he finished with bravery. At the same time his main studys ended, a new Dreadnought was commissioned at Norfolk Shipyard. Meanwhile John graduated several duties as a fighter pilot composed of pirate conflicts and a couple of Rheinland border arguments. He attested skills in tactical organization and fleet coordination. Though he remarked that his handling with his fighter was not the best. He trained hardly but due to lack of fast reactions and the right feeling for his fighter he never became an outstanding pilot.
For the recently built Dreadnought hadn't been found a captain yet. There were high requirements and a lot of experience needed to become a captain of a Dreadnought.
All old veterans had either already the command of a capital ship or they already left the active duty. John caught this chance and applied for the position. At the beginning the High command refused, but after they coulden't find a capable captain, they agreed to promote John to a captain. But only because of his excellent performances at fleet strategies and coordinations he was approved for such a position.
Then, in 817 A.S. he got the command of a brandnew Dreadnought he called "EagleEye", after the animal he admired very much when he was a child. He associated the symbolism of the Eagle like leading, overview and spiritual force with his personality. This way a childhood dream of John came true.
Still in command the crew and the captain of the "EagleEye" have already fought many battles with pirates, the Order and primarily with the Rheinlanders. The "EagleEye" has participated on raids in Hamburg and defenses in Texas. It got several times heavily damaged but could always be repaired proper by the professional staff of the Norfolk Shipyard.
After a few months he recognized that the Secondary Fleet was very unorganised, more like a big mess. Nobody really knew who could order other captains or who was the highest ranked captain. Together with his friend Mathew Dragon he launched a communication channel for all Liberty Navy pilots who wanted to join a more organised group of pilots. The primary goal of this issue was to call the others more easily if help was required. But the teamwork and the acceptance together with the Primary Fleet is still not very good. Thus John is thinking about how to bring out the Secondary Fleet more respected and acknowledged.
Anyway John is very popular with his crew because of his sense of humour, his enthusiasm and his always optimistic mood. He has demonstrated much talent and leadership abilities when the "EagleEye" has fought with other Battleships.