His current 'gig' is navigator of Outworlds Partners Starship 'Wanderfall', out of Grendal, on a trade pioneering mission in Reavers' Deep.
Chemz Khand Age: 43 Race: Human(mixed) Citizensip: Federation of
Daibei
Chemz Khand, is a 'Retired' ex-Imperial Scout Service Member. He has 12
years in the Survey Office, 8 years in the Exploration Service, and 4
years in the Communications Office.
Khand looks young for his age, mid 30's. He has thick black hair, is
clean-shaven, with keen grey eyes. He has a ready smile, though it isn't
in appearance at the moment. He is tall and trim, athletic in appearance.
He's not as strong as he used to be, as he has aged a bit. Often wears a
ball cap when shipboard, but right now, he came aboard wearing a leather
'cowboy hat'. He doesn't wear suits.
When shipboard or in starport, usually found in a skintight VaccSuit.
His watch is set for the local time, as well as Standard Imperial (old
habits die hard). Depending on circumstances, Chemz will have his digital
camera, and/or digital computer link. He has a 10mm Automag Pistol in a
holster, and an extra clip. A survival knife and 'tactical' flashlight
are strapped to his hip. He's got hard currency, and local cash cards.
When dirtside, Chemz is usually in civilian clothes. He likes to wear
boots, custom made, and hand tooled. Czargaf hide. Interested in local
clothing habits. Likes to blend in, with the exception of his ball cap or
leather outback hat. Probably carrying his camera, and will have his
'puter link. Law Level and local custom permitting, he'll carry the
Automag and probably his knife.
Chemz spent most of his career near the border of Imperial space, assigned
in the Daibei & Reavers' Deep Sectors. He has spent time on both sides of
the border, and in fact, for the last 4 years, he has been 'on loan' to
the Caledonian Scout Service, bringing the Caledonians up to speed on the
way the Imperium does things. He was discharged on Grendal, as the
Caledonians lease the scout base there. He's out now, and ready for
adventure and not interested in returning to the war-torn Imperium any
time soon.
His current gig is Command Pilot of Outworlds Partners Starship
'Wanderfall', flagged out of Grendal, and doing trade pioneering in
Reavers' Deep.
Emad Kralev Age: 40ish Citizenship: Carrillian
To look at: blond hair in crew cut (now going bald), grey eyes, the odd
scar, small and lightweight and agile. Perfectly happy in zero-G. Usually
wears a grubby set of coveralls with assorted tools in the pockets. Hates
having to dress smartly. No time for bureaucracy, officialdom or people in
uniform throwing their weight about (members of the armed forces in bars,
for example!). He has a trail of minor charges of drunk & disorderly
behind him, and a few folk who'd beat him up given half a chance. When
he's sober he knows he can't fight and avoids trouble, when he's had a few
he is not so cautious... and, but only in port, he does tend to drink a
bit too much.
Apart from enjoying time in the pub, he is happiest curled up with a
stack of tech manuals or a piece of kit which has malfunctioned. His
current gig is Chief Engineer of the Outworlds Partners Starship
'Wanderfall', flagged out of Grendal, on a trade pioneering cruise in
Reavers' Deep
Eneri Viidumaskiri Age: 34 Citizenship: Imperial
If there were ever the stereotypical Vilani, Eneri Viidumaskiri's holo
would be in the book. Every gesture, every mannerism screams 'First
Empire'. Eneri is a well-trained merchant, having papers from a
prestigious Imperial merchant academy. He worked a few years then got
laid off, finding a berth with Caledon Ventures and some of the crew of
the 'Scotian Huntress', the famous CV trade pioneer.
But all good things come to an end, and Caledon Ventures cut back due to
the Rebellion, and Eneri was 'beached' on Gralyn. Recently hired, he's
become part of the 'trade team' and de facto purser of the Outworlds
Partners starship 'Wanderfall', flagged from Grendal, on a trade
pioneering cruise through Reavers' Deep.
Marvin Gentry Age: 30 Race: Human(mixed) Citizenship: Imperial
(Spinward Marches)
Brown eyes. Black hair, now long, though freshly cleaned. A bit of his
freshly cut bushy beard remains. Light skin, brown with the local
starlight. Better than average build. No standard dress code.
His homeworld is Monghas/ Regina/ Spinward Marches but he hasn't been to
those waters in many years. Considering current conditions, there is
little chance of ever going back now.
For the most part he is modest about his skills and abilities.
He lost a crewperson he cared about deeply on his last ship (Crimson
Sphere), despite his best efforts to save her. Though all reassured him
it was not his fault, he couldn't remain aboard the ship with all those
memories. He has been groundside for the last 6 months, surviving and
slowly learning to live again. Finally, he is ready to return to space.
That much is an open secret among the locals.
Though unwilling to speak about the incident, the fire in his eyes when
pirates are discussed seriously might be a clue. His current berth is as
the ship's medic on Outworld Partners Starship 'Wanderfall', flagged from
Grendal, on a trade pioneering cruise in Reavers' Deep.
Merinn Falakir Age: 34 Race: Human (mixed) Citizenship: Federation of
Daibei
Merinn is the daughter of two mid-level executives of a megacorporation.
As a teen, she never seemed to fit into her parents’ lifestyle, so she set
off to see the universe as soon as she became of age. After she was
refused admission to the Imperial Naval Academy, so she took a job aboard
a merchant ship. Although she earned her commission, her career never
became what she dreamed it could. Finally, she decided to simply not renew
her contract. She is currently just between; relationships, and homes.
Merinn is 5' 8" tall, 120 lbs., red hair, blue eyes, medium complexion.
She is pleasant in demeanor and average in appearance. She is outgoing and
professional when the need arises. She generally prefers relationships
with other women, and she still has a friendship with an Aslan female who
was her lover for a time.
Her current gig is part of the trading team and de facto lead steward
onboard the Outworld Partners Starship 'Wanderfall', flagged from Grendal,
on a trade pioneering mission in Reavers' Deep.
Bernice Van Buren Age: 33 Race: Human (Solomani) Citizenship:
Federation of Daibei
Looks - Strawberry blonde, blue eyes - 5ft 2" - cute rather than pretty.
To be honest - she doesn't stand out as her hair is cut short and she
usually wears a slightly too large set of ships overalls topped off by a
reefer (style) jacket with the subdued rings of a merchant Second Officer
on the sleeves. People have in the past underestimated her skills as she
looks more naive / less competent than she is. Chain smoker.
The obvious background: Bernice is an experienced 2nd Officer of the
Merchant Service. Most of her service has been on either Far Traders or
Fat Traders (although she did a brief stint on a small liner as Comms
Officer - early in her career). Her papers are legit, the equivalent of a
Seaman's Union - she's a fully paid up & accredited member of it. She can
happily supply references from her previous employers. The last ship she
served on was the MV Katshui Maaru, but she was laid off when the Master /
Owner died in an accident. The ship was repossessed by the bank (in lieu
of unpaid loans) so she was now mooching around Gralyn looking for a job.
She found one.
Her current job is assistant Medic/Communications Officer onboard the
Outworld Partners Starship 'Wanderfall', flagged from Grendal, currently
on a trade pioneering cruise through Reavers' Deep.
Andrew Keating Age: 38 Race: Human (mixed) Citizenship: Federation of
Daibei
Andrew is burly, weathered, tanned, not a gram of fat on him, somewhere
around 40 but definitely not over the hill. He moves like a jungle feline
on the prowl. You get the feeling this one worked as a professional
neckbreaker sometime in his past. As a matter of fact, he was a former
Imperial marine who left the Service in disgust of the wanton destruction
of the Rebellion.
Andrew was serving aboard a tramp as a gunner/cargo handler, but did not
feel comfortable with the activites of the captain and crew, so decided to
take his leave before becoming 'guilty by association'. He does not have
any real destination, nor clear idea of a goal. He ended up in the reavers
deep more as simply an area of little conflict (by scale) and of
reasomable stability.
He got his current gig, Security officer/gunner, aboard the Outworld
Partners Starship 'Wanderfall', by accident -- he was contacted to help
kidnap the ship's medic, Mikhail Johnson, but decided against it.
Deciding to contact 'Wanderfall's captain, she hired him on to replace
Alan Tournquist.
Currently, 'Wanderfall', flagged from Grendal, is doing a trade pioneering
cruise in Reavers' Deep.
Buzz joined the Caledonian Scout Service out of Grendal, but was forced
out by budget cuts. He preferrs serving in mostly urban settings and
spaceports.
The few remote assignments he served on special duty were boring to him.
If not for the beaker monkey he befriended on his first remote assignment,
he would have gladly started a forest fire just to break up the routine.
His average size belies his strength, and his manner of dress is in
keeping more with the dirtside crowd than a ships crew whenever possible,
and his monkey will only done its space gear when it has no choice (which
is also the only time Buzz even tries this). Most notable quote: "Well,
if the monkey DID shit in your drink, you must have done SOMETHING."
After spending over a year on 'Wanderfall', he left to track down the
unknown people who killed his friend, Mikhail Johnson.
Brandi 'Go-Go' Hiromashu is the owner-aboard of the Wanderfall, as well as
being the senior partner of Outworlds Partnership. She is a Carrillines
Merchant Academy honors graduate, and spent 16 years with Carrilines in
the Sales and Marketting department.
Go-Go, as she became known, asked for, and recieved the job of Carrillines
station head at the Grendal (Reavers Deep 2127) trade station in 1122, a
traditional dumping grounds for Carrillines' screwups and malcontents.
She was instrumental in getting the station back into a highly profitable
node.
While onstation on Grendal, she dabbled in some free lance trading for
Outworlds Partnerships, a Grendal corporation owned by her uncle and some
associates. After the death of her uncle in the crashlanding of
Wanderfall into Grendal's Steelsheen Ocean, she assumed the senior
partnership of the corporation, resigning from Carrillines after salvaging
the Wanderfall and having it delivered for refurbishing at Outpost, a
Federation of Daibei naval yard.
Currently, she's running the Deep, trying to keep one step ahead of the
competition, going to exotic planets, meeting new and colorful people, and
taking them for every credit she can.
Akira Hiromashu Age: 25 Race: Human (mixed) Citizenship: Carrillian
Akira is a young and full of it punkish flyer. His temper is a bit hot as
is his sidearm, a caseless ammo auto-pistol he 'won' in a bar brawl with
someone who was trying to cheat him. He's never without it now. He
considers it his 'good luck' piece.
He was in the close defense forces of Lanixohn for a bit as a fighter
jock. The Carrillian Assembly government wanted to pull him offworld to
Ildrissar to help put down the rebellion there. NOT a good idea, his Aunt
Brandi just happened to be one of the head rebels there. He stalled around
until his hitch ran out then made a run for a neutral country. With a
small bribe, he got thru customs & got onboard an Outworld Partners
starship, the 'Lotus Unfolding'.
He caught up with his aunt, Brandi 'Go-Go' Hiromashu, about 6 months ago
on Grendal when he was doing sensor ops and backup computerman work on the
Lotus Unfolding.
He speaks three languages fairly well, Anglic, Erde, and Japanese, though
he has a slight accent to his Erde and Anglic. When with his aunt he's
usually speaking Japanese or Erde. After a 6 month tour with Go-Go, he
rotated back to the Lotus Unfolding.
Lena Kurov Age: 24 Race: Human (Solomani) Citizenship: Federation of Daibei
Lena was born in the Imperium at Persistance in Zhemi Subsector (Daibei
0323), but left there when she signed on with a free trader heading for
the Imperial border due to the Rebellion heating up.
She signed with Outworld Partners two years back, becoming the Assistant
Engineer of first the 'Flower Unfolding', then transfering to the
'Wanderfall' six months ago where she became Chief. She keeps her fiery
red hair cut down to about 4 cm length, and is usually dressed in black
dungarees and a black leather vest open to the front. Several of the crew
wonder why it doesn't show more, but Lena isn't saying. She also
constantly wears a toolbelt, unless she's out and about in a spacer bar in
port.
Lena is friendly, but not *that* friendly, prefering to raid the fleshpots
of whatever world she's on rather than 'play' with fellow crew.
Mikhail Johnson Age: 31 Race: Human (mixed) Citizenship: Grendal
Mikhail was born on Grendal to the Carrillian Consul, and grew up in
private schools in Carrill System. A natural student, he applied for and
was accepted at Roundtable University Medical School, graduating with
honors.
Somehow he got an exit visa and returned to Grendal, where he signed up
with the Caledonian Scout Service as a ship's doctor. He stayed 4 years,
then returned home to Grendal where he became contract doctor for the
Carrillines trade station and Beowulf Down Scout Port. It was there he
met Go-Go, falling in love with her. Unfortunately for him, Go-Go treats
him strictly as a valued co-worker.
His involvement with the salvage effort of the Wanderfall on Grendal
convinced him he wanted to work with Go-Go until she sends him away, so he
got out of his contracts and signed on with Outworld Partners as ship's
doctor. However, on 256-1125, he was kidnapped and killed. The crime
is still unsolved, and several of the original crew are out looking for
revenge...
A'Rolr Age: 42 Race: Aslan Citizenship: Khteaouw (Reavers Deep 0129)
A'Rolr was a promising young officer in the elite Tehleikhoi ('Soldiers
of Twilight') Aslan Merc unit until his squad was all but destroyed in an
engagement with pirates on some god forsaken rock that very few people
knew and even fewer cared about.
A'Rolr was platoon leader for what was to be a normal recon sweep against
a planetside pirate base. Intel was incorrect and instead of going up
against a lighty defended bolt hole, came upon a fully armed, battle ready
encampment of several companies of Solomani-supported soldiers.
When all of the dust cleared, the Platoon was decimated and since A'Rolr
was in the medlab healing wounds during the hearings he was declared at
fault. He was disgraced and exiled from the Unit and lost all of his land
holdings. Being discharged form the service after 5 terms he made his way
around the mercenary market, trying to reconstitute his holdings and gain
back his honor for his future bloodline.
He was an engineering assistant/security specialist onboard 'Wanderfall'
until Mikhail was kidnapped and killed. Now he's accompanying Buzz and
Tournquist on their quest for justice.
Alan has the bearing of an Imperial Marine officer on the beach. He
doesn't talk about politics, though, what with the recent breakup of the
Imperium. What he's doing in the Deep, far beyond the borders of all
Factions, is anybody's guess. Medium height with a slight tendency toward
thin, brown hair, green eyes, no distinguishing marks. If you bumped into
this man and were asked about it later you'd most likely have a hard time
remembering what he looked like, very average.... nondescript.
Alan seemingly can get along with anyone, a person can dislike him but it
requires constant energy to keep a grudge against this easy going
individual. Philosophically he generally believes what goes around comes
around. That's why he's trying to keep up some good karma. Politically he
generally believes that the Imperium is dead and should be gotten over
before too many more good people die trying to sustain it. That being said
he doesn't favor any faction in the rebellion but rather scorns Dulinor
for starting the whole mess and Lucan for being a spoiled child bent on
breaking all of his toys so he won't have to share them. Also the changes
taking place within the remaining institutions under Lucan disturb him.
The high point of his career came several years ago at the start of the
rebellion. He had been serving with a group of pro-Imperial rebels in some
backwater world for quite some time. Word came down that the planetary
government had a change of heart and the rebels were to be delivered to
them for crimes against the people. Alan managed to get them all off
planet and into the media with their story of betrayal by the Imperium
before any action could be arranged against them. Thus was he sent to the
back waters of Reaver's Deep and given 'a window seat.' The low point in
his career came just months later when he determined that the Imperium
couldn't be healed and his detachment assets were to be 'liquidated.'
He can see validity in most of the religions he has had a brush with and
has always intended to do a lengthy comparative study to find his own
religious belief system, he just hasn't gotten around to it yet. If there
is an afterlife he doesn't really believe it'll be very pleasant for him
considering all the righteous judgment most religions seem to use for
insuring behavior in this world.
Borsalla doesn't say much, but tends to listen a lot. His hair is in what
can only be described as a 'punked mohawk', and he wears metal studs in
his eyebrows and tongue. Despite his somewhat shocking appearance,
Borsalla has landed the job of factor for Outworlds Partners on Gralyn.
He is a survivor and a good friend to have at your back in a street fight.
Although his papers say Federation of Daibei, his Anglic is accented, not
unusual in this era of refugees.
He spent seven months onboard the Outworld Partners Starship 'Wanderfall'
as the 'schmooze', or head steward/purser. When 'Wanderfall' made port at
Gralyn, the owner, Brandi Hiromashu, discovered the company trade factor
was skimming profits and promptly fired him. Korporan replaced him.
UPP: ABA979 Gender: Male Player: Greg Smith
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UPP: 777BC7 Gender: Male Player: Matt Ashley
UPP: 9A6889 Gender: Male Player: Craig
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UPP: 9AAB87 Gender: Male Player: Gary WachterThe NPCs
'Buzz' (Truename unknown) Age: 35 Race: Human/mixed Citizenship: Caledonian/Grendal
UPP: 9AAC85 Gender: Male
Brandi Hiromashu Age: 35 Race: Human/Mixed Citizenship: Carrillian
UPP: 797AC8 Gender: Female
UPP: A9AA79 Gender: Male
UPP: A76967 Gender: Female
UPP: 6B8BC9 Gender: Male
UPP: AC99F5 Gender: Male
Alan Tornquist Age: 38 Race: Human (unknown) Citizenship: Imperial
UPP: 788CF6 Gender: Male
Koparan Borsalla Age: 30 Race: Human (mixed) Citizenship: Federation of Daibei
UPP: ABA984 Gender: Male
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