Rosa Cossette D'Elise

"'Consider America, a pariah state with rotting warehouse filled with vermin. We must take all that we can from it before it falls in on itself. It must be stripped clean. America is the smallest germ, once planted, and can spread to kill the largest giant.'""- Rosa Cossette D'Elise"President Rosa Cossette D'Elise, usually referred to as Cossette or Madame President Cossette, was the President of the Federation of the Americas from 2075 to 2087. She was born in 2050, and is the daughter of the Adrian Rojas, the man who became President of the Federation for rom 2065 to 2075. After the death of her father during the US Invasion of the Federation, she ascended as President of the Federation.

Rosa is a nationalist, and is heavily militaristic and radicalized. Convinced that she was a descendent of Jesus Christ himself, she convinced herself that the only way to secure Federation sovereignty and independence was through blood. Further convinced that the long time rival, the United States of America, sought to dismantle the Federation if need be, she helped the Federation Council of Commanders declare all out war against the United States, and the European Federation. After the Federation-American War ended in a victory for the UNSC, she was given plastic surgery and fled South America for Indonesia. Cossette voluntarily turned herself over to the UNSC, and was pardoned for her role in the American Massacre, but still served three years in prison for her role in the war. Today, she is a citizen of Australia, and has earned herself a new name and identity.

Early life
Rosa Cossette D'Elise was born into the Federation Elite as Rosa Cossette Rojas in the year 2050, when the Federation of the Americas was undergoing a transformation from a First World Democratic Nation, to a Oligarchical Technocracy. After the Federation of the Americas declared victory in the Latin-American Wars and helped lead the United Nations Security Council to victory in the UNSC-SPIRE War, the Federation of the Americas government instated a Military Dictatorship and Catholic Theocracy. Cossette's father Adrian Rojas, was a popular general for the Federation Armed Forces, and was chosen as the next leader for the Federation of the Americas. Under many changes, he requested that his Daughter become next in line to be President when he died.

The general public looked upon the Federation Government essentially like a god tier status. The young Cossette's parents continued to send her to primary school under a pseudonym, Rosa Cossette Falcinelli. She made plenty of friends and almost formed a chorus at school to use her singing ability to make harmonies. She also learned to adore and respect theology and Catholicism, but she also grew to adore Math and Science. Her ultimate goal was to become a member of the Federation's Astronaut Program, and walk on Mars (Which was being explored by many nations at this time).

Career
In 2068, Cossette became an Astronaut for the Federation Space Program. Her first launch into space was in 2071-2073, when she became one of the few women to walk on Mars. By the time she returned in 2073, her father had become nationalized. She continued her work for the Federation Space Program, and she continued to make several friends.

Political Career
Disaster struck for Cossette's career in 2075. In July 2075, after her fathers decision to illegally annex the European Federation territories of Guyana and French Guinea, the United States of America launched an all out invasion into Federation Territory. The invasion was out of shock and surprise to many, and ultimately something the Federation hadn't accounted for. When US Forces entered the Federation Capital of Caracas, Venezuela, her father, not wanting to lose everything, ordered a M880 Missile Launcher to fire on the Hydroelectric Dam that provided power to the city. The resulting Flood of Caracas wiped out half of the entire US invasion force of 100,000 Men, and half of the Federation Defensive Forces that were due to hold the city, as well as several civilians. Her Father, was killed in the flood, meaning that she was now President of the Federation of the Americas.

Cossette was devastated, and all out outraged. Her entire family and some of her closest friends were wiped out in the flood, but she had a realization that it would never have needed to happen if the US had never invaded to begin with. On July 20th, 2075, Cossette returned to Caracas, and was downright disgusted at the destruction that was left behind. On the same day, she was officially swore in as President and Military Commander of the Federation of the Americas. In her first speech as President, she said on live TV..."'Compatriots of the Federation of the Americas. Today, or national sovereignty, our identity, our very way of life, was disrupted by a nation that for over 200 years has laid claim to its territorial demands over our lands. Our Capital may be in ruins, or country under attack, but the waters have receded. We are a nation of a unique and vibrant culture, a nation that has stood to the prejudice from neighboring states, being mocked on the international floor of imperialistic feudalism, a nation that cannot be shaken from a resolve of one goal, independence! As the new President of the Federation of the Americas! We stand firmly at war against the United States of America! Today we stand by our brothers and sisters and comradery, by our flag, and by our national identities as citizens of the new world order! We are the Federation of the Americas! Viva La Federacion!""- Rosa Cossette D'Elise"

Federation War
With the the outbreak of war between the two countries, Cossette became known for her defense of her country's offensive war. She personally ordered to chase down the retreating Americans and the invasion and occupation of Panama and Central America. She that the United States had for a long time tried to claim South America as its territory, and that the United States had been dictating global affairs for far to long. In a meeting with her top generals, Rosa was quoted saying. "'Consider America, a pariah state with rotting warehouse filled with vermin. We must take all that we can from it before it falls in on itself. It must be stripped clean. America is the smallest germ, once planted, and can spread to kill the largest giant.'""- Rosa Cossette D'Elise"It is unclear what happened afterward, but it became evident that the Federation Generals either took this as a message of Lebensraum 2.0, or something else, but ultimately it led to the Federation Armed Forces employing some very harsh measures against the United States, European Federation, and Russian Federation all throughout the duration of the Federation-American War. Some of these antics included the Hijacking of ODIN, the Chemical Weapons bombings of the European Federation, the executing of 20 Russian Envoys, and the American Massacre.

At her war trial, Rosa stated in english that what she said was mistranslated. She stated that what she actually said in the meeting was... "'Consider, if you will. The United States has murdered thousands of civilians across our territory for over a century, and for decades have publicly told the world that this continent is under their protection, and they have free will to do whatever they want. Even after a depression, a pandemic, and a war against a corrupt corporation, they still refuse to accept the reality we are an independent nation. With this in mind, I deem it that we must employ all means necessary to bring them down'""- Rosa Cossette D'Elise"

She argued in her defense that the Federation Military Command structure operated almost entirely independently from political affairs, and that she ultimately didn't have any connection to the American Massacre, or any other event that happened during the war. Since the Federation destroyed most of there documents and shredded most of the evidence, there wasn't much to go on if she was really guilty or not. The message those documents contained was never solved.

In 2082, Rosa Cossette D'Elise went on a tour of the occupied North America. Her initial impression to the American people was one of hopefulness, that they could fully understand what the Federation wanted to achieve for there country. However, while inside the US Mainline, she wasn't shown the atrocities the Federation were committing. She also went to Federation Occupied Europe, then to Iran, then to the Peoples Republic of China, and Indonesia during her six month tour. Her appearance and "friendliness" ultimately gave her the so called "Cream of the crop" appearance to the international community.

Eventually, with the recapture of the US Mainland, and the fall of Europe to the UNSC, Cossette's spirt of a globalized state under Federation was less evident. However, ultimately she started this war, and now had to finish it. When her generals gave the proposal for Project ZUES, she ultimately gave the go ahead to do so. As the war dragged on, she found herself stranded in the middle of a hopeful politician and one of the most evil people in history. As the war continued to increasingly stalemate in the American front, Cossette made less and less public appearances, and refused to travel anywhere outside of Federation territory.

Rosa Cossette D'Elise dreams soon took a sour hit in 2087. The UNSC bombed a factory at the Port of Rio that was being used to develop Project ZUES. Rosa soon fell into a panic, and her generals warned that it would be only a matter of time before the UNSC found out about there project. To delay the inevitable, she ordered an assault into Las Vegas, Nevada to distract the UNSC. When the battle was proven to be a failure, she personally gave the order to nuke the city in the process.

Her dreams took a final blow in July of 2087, when the United Nations Security Command took everything they had straight into the heart of Federation Territory, the launch sights for the Federation Space Program. Rosa, fearing for her life, Cossette refused to leave her Capital, and ordered that Project ZUES be used to repel the invasion. This plan ultimately would have worked, if the UNSC didn't hijack the Project ZUES and LOKI Space Station and turned Project ZUES against not only Federation Forces, but Federation Civilians to. By this point, she ultimately realized all hope was lost.

On July 12th, 2087, Rosa declared the war lost, and ordered evacuation for not only the government, but the generals to. Some generals continued to stay behind though and fight. Rosa using an underground tunnel, escaped from Caracas and out to Ecuador. From there, she took her personal boat and fled to the United States under a new identity. From there, she fled to Australia. While on the flight to Australia, she learned of the UNSC's flag raising over Caracas, and the Indonesian Surrender. She intended to flee to Indonesia, but this plan was ultimately gone.

War Trials
In February 2089, Rosa Cossette D'Elise turned herself over to the UNSC occupation force in Indonesia. Given that she had plastic surgery, the UNSC were reluctant to believe her, but a DNA test ultimately confirmed that it was her. Cossette was placed on trial for war crimes in front of the UNSC's International Court of Appeal in Brussels, European Federation. Cossette was issued a defense attorney, and was placed in front of a jury. Cossette's defense trial rested on the system of the Federations Government, and that Federation High Command and the Government were separate entities. However, it was soon found out that Cossette had been in constant contact with her generals.

When she was questioned about employing "All Means Necessary" against the United States Government, she responded that the generals had misread her orders. However, given the Federations policy of unconventional warfare in the past, they couldn't pin point exactly if Rosa did give the orders to do the American Massacre. Due to the lack of information to be put against her, she wasn't sentenced to execution, but a grand total of 30 years in prison. However, she only served three years before she was released due to trauma.

Life afterward
After the war trials, Rosa Cossette D'Elise was released into the public. She was barred from traveling back to South America, and was considerably barred from leading another country again. Eventually though, she got another plastic surgery, and resumed herself under a new identity. She moved from Australia to India in the 2090s, and then moved to South Africa where she resides today. She has since become a teacher at the prestigious University of Cape Town in South Africa, and has written several books about her life in the Federation of the Americas, as well as several pioneering Space Engineering novels.

In 2100, Rosa Cossette D'Elise was contracted by the United Nations Security Command to discuss the feasibility off world colonization. Cossette decided ultimately that it was in her best interest to refuse the contract, and she ultimately decided that she didn't want to accept her fate as a political pawn. Since then, she has done many interviews with the world media about her time as president of the Federation of the Americas. However, the Kingdom of Trinidad and the Organization of Central American States have refused to let Rosa to enter there borders, and have openly stated that she will be arrested if they do.