The Crews and Subordinates of the Scoundrels:
[As organized by group name in alphabetical order; individuals are listed first. Individuals within the groups are organized by seniority.]
BT-7274
Allegiance: Jack Cooper, Frontier Militia
Rank: N/A
Species: Artificial Intelligence
Bravo-Tango-Seven-Two-Seven-Four, also known as BT-7274 or simply BT, is a Militia Vanguard-class Titan of the Frontier Militia's Special Recon Squadron. From the inception of the Vanguard-class by Militia engineers to the Battle of Typhon, BT was Piloted by Captain Tai Lastimosa. However, Lastimosa was killed in action during the Battle of Typhon. Extreme circumstances, and Lastimosa's last wishes, forced BT to link to then-Rifleman Jack Cooper.
The duo then fought across Typhon to investigate IMC activity there and stop a superweapon known as the 'Fold Weapon' from destroying the Militia. BT ultimately sacrificed himself to destroy the Fold Weapon and save Cooper; however, due to strange circumstances, possibly in conjunction to the Fold Weapon's ability to bend time, BT appeared safe and unharmed with Cooper within a Militia evacuation zone with full recollection of everything that had happened to him.
Like all Titans, BT is a sapient, self-aware entity. He is able to neurally link to a Pilot, allowing the duo's minds to connect so that the Pilot may pilot the Titan as if it was his or her own body. BT is a powerful A.I. in his own right, though his primary function is battle and the various areas that surround it, such as hacking enemy communications and tactics. BT, like all Militia Vanguard Titans, is bound by three main protocols to ensure mission success and eliminate the variable of a rogue or murderous A.I. These protocols are: 1. Link to Pilot, 2. Uphold the mission, and 3. Protect the Pilot.
Chewbacca
Allegiance: Han Solo, New Republic
Rank: First Mate
Species: Wookie
Chewbacca is the Wookie first mate of the Millenium Falcon and best friends with Han Solo, its captain. Born on the Wookie homeworld, the forest planet of Kashyyyk, Chewbacca and his species always held great regard for the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic they served. Chewbacca lived countless decades of a long Wookie's life peacefully on Kashyyyk, but when the Clone Wars between the Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems occurred, he and his people threw their lot behind the former. Chewbacca served as a soldier defending Kashyyk during the Separatist assault on the planet; however, the Republic and Jedi were betrayed by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, a secret Sith Lord, who brainwashed the clones of the Grand Army of the Republic into betraying the Jedi. However, the Jedi conducting the campaign, Grandmaster Yoda, survived with Chewbacca's help.
With the rise of the Galactic Empire, Chewbacca and his fellow Wookies remained loyal to the Republic. Seen as traitors and an inferior species by the Empire, many Wookies were enslaved, Chewbacca included. Eventually, he found himself on the planet Mimban, where the Imperials starved him, abused him, and used him to execute prisoners. However, when one of the prisoners dropped into his muddy cage was actually able to speak to him and formulated an escape plan, he joined the young human to escape the planet.
Since then, Chewbacca has been the loyal first mate of the same Imperial soldier from Mimban: Han Solo. Fiercely loyal to his rescuer and good friend, Chewbacca serves alongside Han first and foremost. While both have deep hearts, Chewbacca's primary concern is keeping his captain safe. Whether they serve crime lords, the New Republic, or themselves, Han and Chewbacca strive not only to make a profit, but perhaps do the right thing along the way.
Cortana
Allegiance: John 117, Dr. Halsey, UNSC
Rank: N/A
Species: Artificial Intelligence
Cortana is a smart A.I. created from a clone of Doctor Catherine Halsey's brain. Through the Human-Covenant War, she has served as the partner of the super-soldier John 117. An extremely powerful Artificial Intelligence, Cortana is able to complete nearly any task, including boosting equipment, planning strategy, extreme logic puzzles, spatial navigation, hacking, and analyzing unknown alien artifacts.
Catherine Halsey originally created Cortana to be a more powerful A.I. than anything the UNSC had available. To do this, she cloned her own brain twenty times, took one of these clones, and transferred its neural patterns into an A.I. matrix strata. After assisting Dr. Halsey with various tasks for a time, Cortana was transferred into John-117's MJOLNIR armor. Cortana was given her pick of Spartan's, and chose John due to his tactical expertise and extreme luck.
Cortana and John have since proven to be an extremely competent and dangerous team. Cortana is loyally devoted to her Spartan, and has secretly vowed to protect him to the best of her ability, even against the moral dubiousness of the Spartan program itself. Cortana has also proven to be an invaluable asset in analyzing Covenant and Forerunner technology and figuring out the terrible truth behind the Halo Rings.
The Apocalypse:
Eric Richter
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Executive Officer
Species: Human
Eric Richter is the Apocalypse's executive officer and Drake's second-in-command. A former captain in logistics within the Federal Army, Richter was present during the disastrous, forgotten and dragged-out Myridian War. During the ending stalemate in the planetary conflict, Richter was approached by a young infantryman named Thomas Drake, who presented him a plan to create a mercenary outfit. Bored and fed-up with his commission and the Army, Richter accepted and helped create the Apocalypse Mercenaries.
Richter has since served Thomas Drake as his second-in-command. It is his duty to not only help his captain and control the ship, but also keep everything flowing smoothly. While it might be surprising to some, Richter is perfectly content as the second-in-command. He is far more content in his work aboard the Apocalypse than he ever was in the Army: besides, his skills are far more suited to his role rather than that of a commander. Still good friends with Thomas Drake and the Apocalypse's pilot, Sarah Ordelphine, from their time in the Myridian War, Richter has loyally served the mercenary outfit since its inception, acting as its chief logistician and most level head.
Sarah Ordelphine
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Pilot and Navigator
Species: Human
Sarah Ordelphine is the Apocalypse's pilot and chief navigator. Ever since she was a young girl, Ordelphine always dreamt of sailing the void and becoming a pilot. Growing up, she discovered she had a knack for piloting, and so volunteered to join the Federal Navy to fulfill her dream. At the Naval Academy, Ordelphine learned how to pilot large capital ships: unlike some, she did not care for the maneuvers, speed, and swagger of fighter combat, but rather took pride in the larger firepower she commanded. She graduated first in her class, with record scores in navigation, piloting, and combat simulation.
However, due to the bureaucracy of the Navy, and her lack of interest in personal politics, Ordelphine was shunned. Instead of the large capital ships of the fleet that she wanted and felt she deserved, Ordelphine was given the helm of a freighter that ran supplies from Federal outposts to the planet Myridia where a stagnant, unofficial, proxy-backed civil war was occuring. It was there she met a young, intelligent and charismatic infantryman named Thomas Drake.
Fed up with the war, as most on the planet were, Drake hatched a plan to create a mercenary group to adventure around the galaxy and make far more money than any soldier on-planet ever could. To do so, Drake needed allies and a ship. He offered Ordelphine the chance she'd always wanted and felt she deserved, if she could grab allies from the Navy and help him and the forces he'd collected (among them a disgruntled logistics officer named Richter) steal a ship. Ordelphine gathered a group of like-minded naval officers and helped Drake and his ground forces steal the Autumn's Light, a light cruiser in orbit. With Richter's help, paperwork was forged so that the vessel would never be missed, or if it was, declared MIA in perpetuity. Drake renamed the ship to the Apocalypse, and gave Ordelphine the helm. The naval officers made up the bridge crew, and thus were the Apocalypse Mercenaries born.
Ordelphine now acts as the de-facto naval head of the Apocalypse. Her loyalty to Drake is absolute: without his charisma and people skills, nothing would have ever come of their organization. Drake was also the one to give her what she wanted, and Ordelphine now proudly helms the Apocalypse with the skill of the greatest of capital pilots.
Derrick Saul
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Commander of First Company
Species: Human
Derrick Saul was born on a Galactic Federation colony planet called Pyrithia as the son of humble farmers. Bored with the planet and a life that seemed to amount to nothing in his eyes, Saul joined the Federal Army to escape the mundane and see the stars. Accepted, he served with ferocious brute competence and skill. Recognizing his talent, his superiors recommended him for special-forces training.
Passing his special forces training with flying colors, Saul was assigned to the 317th Expeditionary Division, an elite reconnaissance and planetary exploration group. Saul served with the 317th for over fifteen years, rising to the rank of master sergeant. Eventually, after nearly two decades in service to the Federal Army, with his service and retirement bonuses secured, and tired of the same service with little recognition or pay, Saul was offered a place within the Apocalypse Mercenaries by Thomas Drake. He swiftly accepted, and was given command of the Apocalypse's First Company. He now serves as one of the group's armsmen commanders, and brings the same experience and skill as he did with his long service in the Federal Army.
Jean Garang
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Commander of Second Company
Species: Human
Jean Garang was born in Sudan to two stock brokers. Her parents' work took them throughout the African East Coast and Middle East, with the young Jean nearly always accompanying them. With her parents often away on work, Jean spent this time exploring the government facilities her parents worked in and spoke to the soldiers that guarded them. As she grew up, she decided she did not want to become any sort of white-collar businesswoman, but rather a soldier: the best in the business. She thus decided she would join the Army and attempt to apply to the Federal Guard, the elite, power armor-wearing shock troops of humanity's Galactic Federation.
There are few women within the Guard: not due to misogyny, but rather simply because many women, smaller in stature and less muscular than men, cannot pass the grueling physical tests required to wield the heavy weaponry and wear the power armor of the Guard. Jean always knew this and found it eminently fair. Tests existed to test, and if someone could not pass, then they would be a liability on the battlefield, regardless of who they might be. Jean, however, made it her mission to pass Guard training, and did so out of sheer tenacity and perseverance. She was accepted into the First Federal Guard Division, the 'Immortals', based out of the Middle East, and served with them for nearly a decade, making her way to first sergeant.
After many tours of duty, Garang's contract expired, and she decided she would move on to other things. She decided to use a majority of the money she'd saved over the years to buy her power armor from the Federal Army, and set about trying to find work. Garang was swiftly offered a job as an armsman commander within the Apocalypse Mercenaries by Thomas Drake, and after some thought, she accepted. She now serves as the commander of the Apocalypse's Second Company, and puts her power armor, deadly weaponry, and elite training to good use in Drake's service.
Rilgaldis
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Commander of Third Company
Species: Dracus
Rilgaldis was born the son of two Dracus military officers. As is customary in their society, the young Rilgaldis was expected to follow in his parents' footsteps and become a soldier. He did so, and joined the Dracus Royal Army as a private in the infantry. With his years of service up, he swiftly decided life within the Kingdom of Drac Ell was not for him, and left to see the stars, plying the only talent he had. The human Empire of Prosium's Foreign Legion is always accepting of new recruits from throughout the galaxy, and Rilgaldis decided to join them and the Empire.
This too was not to last for long: after a few tours of duty he took his discharge and joined a mercenary outfit, the Sabers of Jer Reupel. While their pay was slightly better than that of the Dracus Army or the Imperial Foreign Legion, he was dissatisfied and restless, and left them as well. So it happened for a few more mercenary outfits until Rilgaldis was contacted by Thomas Drake of the Apocalypse Mercenaries. Intrigued by their reputation and the high pay involved, Rilgaldis joined Drake and has never looked back. With his countless years of experience, he was named the commander of Third Company, and is counted as a trusted confidant and leader of the armsmen.
Jennifer Muelka
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Explosives Expert
Species: Human
Jennifer Muelka is a scientist who serves as the Apocalypse's explosives expert. Always extremely intelligent, Muelka had always been leaps and bounds above her peers. However, this was tempered with a rather unhealthy pyromania and need to test chemical experiments wherever she found most convenient. Nevertheless, such things were overlooked by her intelligence, and Muelka was granted a scholarship into the Federal Academy of Science on Earth, one of the most prestigious universities in the galaxy. There, she graduated with dual PHDs in physics and nuclear engineering. Recognising her talent, the Federal government swiftly hired her to work on their explosives and WMD programs.
While her work was stellar, her tendencies and fondness for experimental large explosions caught up with her. As she was doing unauthorized personal testing with a homemade chemical bomb, it exploded, destroying the lab she worked in. While no one was harmed, the government was fed up with her, and swiftly terminated her work. Left jobless, she was swiftly hired by Captain Thomas Drake of the Apocalypse Mercenaries. She now works as the team's explosive expert, making everything from grenades to napalm to nuclear weapons. Her more destructive tendencies are now kept in check by far more direct and disciplined superiors rather than government bureaucrats who only want weaponry. While accidents do happen, they are few and far in-between, for Muelka has finally found a balance between discipline and the unbridled freedom to experiment as she pleases.
Johanass Kraiker
Allegiance: Thomas Drake, The Apocalypse Mercenaries
Rank: Chief Medical Officer
Species: Human
Born within the Empire of Prosium, Johanass Kraiker was always destined for military service. However, unlike many of his peers, Kraiker always found the intricacies of medicine far more interesting than those of combat. Still motivated by a sense of duty, Kraiker joined the Imperial Army, wanting to be a medic. Recognizing a need for doctors, the Army sent Kraiker to Prosium's top medical school, where he graduated as a trauma surgeon with honors. He was swiftly sent to the front, where he was well-known for his skill and selfless devotion alike. Unlike many top doctors, Kraiker preferred to be on the front lines where he could treat wounded men sooner, rather than wait for them to be taken to the rear and possibly succumb to their injuries on the way.
It was this selfless streak that led to Kraiker's break with the Empire of Prosium. While Prosium is well known for their care towards their soldiers, a situation arose where Kraiker's battalion was cut off and surrounded with no hope of reinforcement. As he worked to save lives in the trenches, well over half of Kraiker's battalion were killed until the Apocalypse Mercenaries happened to break through the lines and rescue them. Disgusted by what he viewed as a betrayal by high command, and a lack of response towards the survivors, Kraiker left the Empire to instead serve Thomas Drake. Ever since, he has been the group's chief medical officer and trauma surgeon, working to keep the enemy (and the soldiers' own stupidity) from killing them.
The Enterprise:
Spock
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Lieutenant Commander, First Officer, Chief Science Officer
Species: Vulcan/Human hybrid
Spock (full name generally considered unpronounceable by humans) is a Vulcan/Human hybrid and the current executive officer of the Enterprise. Born on the planet Vulcan as the son of Amanda Grayson, a human schoolteacher, and Sarek, a Vulcon scientist and diplomat, Spock's mixed parentage caused difficulties throughout his early life. Despite marrying a human woman, Sarek was uncaring of Spock's half-human nature and raised him as a Vulcan. Many of Spock's peers taunted him, seeking to get him to provide emotional responses to things: due to his half-human, half-Vulcan nature, Spock found emotions confusing and did not entirely understand them. While his mother helped him to an extent, Spock's more emotional human half and more logical Vulcan half continue to battle, with his intellect and rationality keeping them in check.
When Spock became of age, he joined the Starfleet Academy as one of the first Vulcan cadets. He graduated as a computer and scientific expert and was swiftly commissioned. Spock was first assigned to the USS Enterprise as an ensign under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. After many adventures through the stars, Pike was promoted to fleet captain and James Kirk took over the Enterprise.
Spock was promoted to lieutenant and Kirk's executive officer. The Enterprise was given a long mission to explore the stars and seek out new life and planets. Throughout this mission, Spock has become close with the crew and fellow officers of the Enterprise, something that rarely happens with the uptight half-Vulcan. He considers Kirk a close friend, and will follow his captain and serve his ship with all the intelligence he can muster.
Leonard McCoy
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Lieutenant, Chief Medical Officer
Species: Human
Leonard McCoy, affectionately called 'Bones' by Captain Kirk, is an accredited surgeon and the Enterprise's doctor. Born in Georgia, USA, on the planet Earth, McCoy always had a sharp mind, steady hands, and a want to study medicine. He went to the University of Mississippi's Medical School when he became of age, and subsequently graduated as a surgeon. He was always a prankster, and he and his friends had frequent prank wars between themselves at college and beyond. He was hired by the Starfleet and became an officer.
McCoy found his work for the Starfleet to be extremely satisfying, and especially enjoyed helping people throughout the galaxy rather than in just one location. During this time, he developed a specialized surgical procedure for grafting neural tissue to the humanoid brain. Eventually, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise replacing Dr. Mark Piper under Captain Kirk's command.
McCoy quickly became friends with Kirk and the ship's executive officer, Spock. While he disparages the latter's lack of emotion and often butts heads with him, he does consider the Vulcan/Human hybrid to be a trusted confidant, and often enjoys pushing Spock's buttons. While McCoy does prefer human emotion over Vulcan logic, he often bemoans his captain's reckless behavior. While the crew's mission is to quite literally do what no one else has done before, McCoy is the ship's doctor, and will try to keep his rather impetuous charges from whatever harm they might bring themselves, no matter what may come.
Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Lieutenant Commander, Second Officer, Chief Engineer
Species: Human
Montgomery Scott, known as 'Scotty' to his friends, is a human Starfleet officer and engineer. Born in Scotland on the planet Earth, Scott spent his early life in the city of Aberdeen. Eventually, at the age of nineteen, he joined the Starfleet and began his engineering career. He found engineering to be his calling, and space to be the place where he felt most at home. Over his long career, he has served on a number of ships, working in the engineering department on the vessels' main reactors.
When Captain Kirk took over the Enterprise, he was appointed as the chief engineer: the first ship where he held this honor. He was also, by virtue of seniority, appointed as the second officer of the ship (third in command behind Kirk and Spock). Scott spends most of his time near the ship's reactor, and thus does not share quite as close a relationship as some of the bridge officers, but is nevertheless trusted and highly respected by his peers. This is furthered by his reputation as a master engineer; one of the best, if not the best in the Starfleet. He is referred to by his crew as the 'miracle worker', and his technical expertise and ability to pull the Enterprise through nearly anything. Though Scott has no ambitions beyond being anything other than an engineer, one thing is for certain: he loves his work, and has no intention of ever letting anyone get the better of his beloved vessel.
Hikaru Sulu
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Lieutenant, Helmsman
Species: Human
Hikaru Sulu is a human Starfleet officer and the helmsman of the USS Enterprise. Born in San Francisco on the planet Earth, Sulu joined the Starfleet Academy to become a pilot. He was always intelligent and mathematically proficient, and he passed his tests with flying colors. Sulu then began serving aboard the USS Enterprise as the head of Astrosciences. He was proficient at both science and piloting, and quickly became the Enterprise's helmsman.
Sulu has a love for European history and literature, so much so that he practices fencing as a hobby. He also has a great love for the works of Alexandre Dumas, especially The Three Musketeers. Sulu gets along well with his fellow officers, often being the soul of wit on the bridge. While he has many talents, much like his close friends Uhura and Chekov, his main role is helmsman. Sulu considers it his duty to pilot the Enterprise through whatever may come, and with a galactic exploration mission and a colliding of realities, that might prove far more interesting than he originally thought.
Nyota Uhura
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Lieutenant, Communications Officer
Species: Human
Nyota Uhura was born in Kenya on the planet Earth, where she grew up in a village near Lake Simbi Nyaima. She always had a talent for languages, and by the time she was in her early twenties, was fluent in over thirty seven of them, including Andorian, Vulcan, English, Swahili, and many more. Uhura originally planned to attend the University of Nairobi, where her parents were both teachers. However, shortly before her studies began, her parents and brother were killed in a shuttle accident. Due to this, she abandoned her original plans, finding attending the campus where her parents used to work too painful. Instead, she went to live with her grandmother - who herself had served in the Starfleet during her youth - and later followed in her grandmother's footsteps by attending the Starfleet Academy.
Uhura graduated as a linguistics expert and was given a commission aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike. She was given a rotation within the communications rotation; her talent for languages impressed the Captain, who regarded her as a prodigy. When Pike was promoted and James Kirk took command of the Enterprise, she was promoted to lieutenant and given a variety of duties on the bridge. While she is a proficient technician and has manned the helm, navigation, and main science stations, her first and foremost duty and expertise is the Enterprise's chief communications officer.
Pavel Chekov
Allegiance: The Enterprise, the United Federation of Planets
Rank: Ensign, Chief Security Officer, Navigator
Species: Human
Pavel Chekov is an ensign who serves aboard the Enterprise in a variety of roles. Born in Russia on the planet Earth as an only child, Chekov joined the Starfleet Academy at the age of eighteen. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise under Captain Kirk. There, he serves a variety of roles, including chief of security and miscellaneous functions to help the other bridge officers. He is the youngest and least experienced bridge officer, though he considers the other officers his friends.
Chekov has been noted to be boisterous, though he is often rigid at times in need of military discipline. He is fiercely patriotic of his home country, and often engages in good-hearted banter with the American officers over their respective countries' history. Even though he might be the least experienced, and at times is frightened over the experiences the Enterprise has gone through, he tries to do his duty as a good officer should, modeling his more experienced compatriots.
The Omen:
Simon
Allegiance: The Galactic Assembly, the United Nations, the Omen
Rank: Executive Officer
Species: Human
Simon is a female human officer who serves as Admiral Adam Vir's executive officer aboard the Omen. Born in Britain, Simon decided to attend the prestigious Royal Air Academy in hopes of joining the Navy. Simon had always been rigid and strict, and thus found life in the Academy to be to her liking, and thrived in the environment. She graduated with honors, and was commissioned into the United Nations Space Corps.
Her first posting was to the Harbinger under the command of Captain Adam Vir. Simon's first experience on the ship was to be good-naturedly pranked by Vir and the ship's officers into thinking the captain was one of the vessel's fighter pilots. Upset over the ship's apparent lack of discipline as she received a tour from the disguised Vir (as was part of the joke for the new officer), she was appalled to find out that he was actually her commander. However, Vir took her negative remarks in good stride, thinking that someone who had a more by-the-book approach would be good for the ship.
Simon has served as Vir's executive officer ever since. When the Harbinger was destroyed, Simon then moved on to the same position aboard Vir's new ship, the Omen. She is by far the strictest and most by-the-book of the ship's officers, which often balances out with Vir's more reckless and eccentric tendencies. Often exasperated by the crew's antics, she nevertheless serves loyally, and tries to keep her ship and shipmates out of trouble.
Sunny/Chalan
Allegiance: Adam Vir, the Omen, the Galactic Assembly
Rank: Weapons Officer
Species: Drev
Chalan, also known by the humanized name Sunny, is a Drev hero and current weapons officer aboard the Omen. Sunny was born upon the Drev homeworld of Anin to generals Lanus and Kazna. As per tradition, her mother, Kazna, left her village to give birth alone in the volcanic wastes of the planet. To her horror, her daughter was born weak, feeble, and small. Drev tradition called for such children to be immediately sacrificed; tossed into an active volcano. However, Kazna, to her disgust, could not go through with murdering her daughter and brought the child back to the village to be raised.
Kazna always despised her daughter, seeing her as weak and inferior. Despite this, Sunny's father, Lanus, and her older brother, Kanan, dearly loved her. Despite being very small for a Drev, she grew up as any child would, trained by her parents. During her childhood, a rift between her parents appeared, with her mother becoming colder, harder, and more distant. Her father, horrified over his wife's treatment of their daughter and what she had become, grew estranged from Kazna, but was always there to help his children.
When the Drev declared war on the Galactic Assembly, Sunny was mobilized to fight the humans that came to their world alongside the rest of her family. Surprisingly to many who knew her, she did extremely well in the war, even cutting off the leg of a human Iron Eye soldier named Adam Vir. However, her father and sister-in-law were both killed, and her beloved brother Kanan crippled. Her mother became even more erratic and sullen at Lanus's death. Seeing her only positive family members gone, Sunny decided to explore the galaxy.
Shockingly, her first act was to seek out the soldier whose leg she had cut off. She met then-Captain Vir aboard his ship, the Harbinger, and apologized, offering him a Drev-made prosthetic as recompense. Despite the misgivings of his crew, Vir accepted and invited Sunny aboard. The duo have become fast friends ever since. Sunny now serves the Omen as a weapons specialist, and with her brother and human friends by her side, she couldn't think of any place she'd rather be.
Dr. Kril
Allegiance:
Rank: Chief Medical Officer
Species: Vrul
Dr. Kril is a Vrul doctor and the Chief Medical Officer aboard the Omen. Widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best doctor in the galaxy, he is an accomplished surgeon and is an expert on a massive variety of medical topics. Born on the Vrul homeworld, he was part of the 'Alpha' class. Vrul society is divided into classes, each assigned from birth. Higher level classes are raised to be in charge of important positions, such as political leaders or doctors, whereas lower levels are trained to be menial workers. Kril always had a brilliant intellect and the necessary drive and skills to pursue medicine. Finished with his training, he served aboard a massive space station hospital, treating all species within Assembly space. Kril was one of the first alien doctors to treat a human: a captain named Adam Vir was injured in an accident that shot a metal rod through his eye. Fascinated and appalled over the amount of damage a human body could take and still survive, Kril decided to join the human captain's ship in order to better study the new species.
Kril has acted as the doctor on Vir's ship ever since. He finds the study of humans fascinating, and remains one of the foremost alien experts in that area. However, he has also found that humans often do many reckless, illogical things: a fact that drives him crazy to no end. While he may not understand what drives humans and their often idiotic, death-defying stunts, he has written countless scientific papers on the species and strives to find out how they work and think.
The humans aboard the Omen consider Kril to be anxious over the smallest things that might go wrong, often to an extreme. Despite his lack of patience for his charges injuring themselves due to stupid stunts, he remains perhaps the greatest surgeon and medical expert in the galaxy, a fact they are all grateful for. No matter what happens, Kril will do his utmost to save the crew of the Omen, even if he might complain while doing it.
Dr. Katie
Allegiance: The Galactic Assembly, the United Nations, the Omen
Rank: Assistant Medical Officer
Species: Human
Dr. Katie is a trauma specialist and surgeon who serves under Dr. Kril aboard the Omen. Growing up, Katie found a fondness for helping people. She went to medical school, and graduated with honors. Wanting to see the stars and help as many people as she could, she traveled and eventually met the Vrul Dr. Kedd. She worked with him for a time, helping patients in the medical center he was in charge of, until he went insane and started doing wildly twisted and horrifically unethical experiments on humans. At this point, the crew of the Harbinger was sent to bring him to justice. They captured him; Katie was subsequently hired by the United Nations Space Command as a civilian contractor to help Dr. Kril of the Omen deal with human patients more easily.
While Kril is a masterful doctor, perhaps the best in the galaxy, he is easily frustrated and occasionally does not understand his human charges. Katie is considered by the crew to be much kinder with a better bedside manner than Kril. She serves as a human intermediary between the master surgeon and the rest of the crew, helping both to understand each other better.
Maverick
Allegiance: The Galactic Assembly, the United Nations, the Omen
Rank: Captain [Marines], Chaplain of the Omen
Species: Human
Maverick is a human female Marine and the Omen's chaplain. Born on Earth in the slums, Maverick was an orphan growing up. Running and trying to survive on the streets, Maverick always felt that there was some supernatural darkness chasing her. Only she could see it; it seemed to always follow her, preying on the edges of her mind and sight. One day, running from this darkness, she stumbled upon a Mormon church within the city. The bishop in charge found her there and took pity on her, trying to help her as best he could. While Maverick continued to live her life around the city, being in the church was perhaps the first time she ever felt peace and escape from the darkness. She found that religious spaces of any sort, of which there were many types around the city, seemed to bring this same peace to her. Thus the young Maverick explored a variety of faiths and their histories, but continued to return to the church that had first welcomed her.
Eventually, Maverick joined the Marines. She met a fellow recruit there named Angel Ramirez who became a close friend. While she did accompany Ramirez and their new friend Adam Vir to the deep space expedition that found alien life, she immediately returned to Earth to enter officer's training to become a chaplain. As she had gone to a great many religious institutions to hide from the darkness, she was an expert on religious history, and quickly received the position. She was stationed aboard the Harbinger under Vir, and continues to serve on his crew on the Omen. While many of the humans aboard are agnostic and none share her Mormon faith, she still has the expertise to help them with whatever spiritual needs they might have. Her main role is to serve the Drev and their religion of spirits and ancestor worship, as they make up the largest contingent of faith on the ship. Whatever might come, Maverick is there to help with the spiritual side of things and push back the encroaching darkness.
Angel Ramirez
Allegiance: The Galactic Assembly, the United Nations, the Omen
Rank: Sergeant
Species: Human
Angel Ramirez is a sergeant of the marines that serves in the Omen's human troop contingent. Born in Huston, Texas, in the country of Mericanada on Earth, Ramirez lived with his parents, grandmother, and siblings. He was always athletic, and picked up figure skating when he was young. He was incredibly good at the sport, so much so that he was a hopeful for the Mericanada Olympics team. However, before qualifications, he left the team, dissatisfied with what he was doing and looking for more in life. He joined the Marines, and was slated to join the first human expedition into deep space. During the voyage, he became friends with a Naval officer named Adam Vir. The expedition would result in the discovery of extraterrestrial life, found by the ground team led by Vir on a planet the vessel had orbited.
Ramirez served the Marines faithfully. After the Drev War, he was stationed aboard the Harbinger as a sergeant under the command of Vir. He remains good friends with the now-Admiral, and will continue to serve with his friend come hell or high water.
Cannon/Kanan
Allegiance: the Omen
Rank: leader of the Drev aboard the Omen
Species: Drev
Kanan, also known by the humanized name Cannon, is the leader of the Drev clan/detachment aboard the Omen and the older brother of Sunny. Born on the Drev homeworld of Anin to the Drev generals Kazna and Lanus, Kanan was always the model of a good son, good soldier, and good Drev. He was the continued favorite of his mother over his 'deformed' and smaller sister. Despite this, he deeply loved and continues to love his sister; while he could not speak out against his mother, he supported Sunny at all times and tried to be the model of a good brother. He was considered to be extremely handsome by the Drev, and this, combined with his station as the son of two generals, led him to marrying a Drev female named Nechal. It was a good match, and the duo deeply loved each other. Kanan also made sure that his wife treated Sunny well, despite many viewing his sister as a useless runt.
During the Drev War, in which the species attacked the Galactic Assembly, the newest species to join, humanity, deployed to Anin to stop them. It was a protracted and bloody affair. Humanity eventually won due to deploying a super-soldier suit known as Iron Eye Armor and equipping volunteers with it, making them a match for the larger and more powerful Drev. Kanan's leg was crippled during the war, and he lost both his father and Nehchal. Broken and alone, he wandered the stars until he was found by a human naval officer named Adam Vir and his sister Sunny.
Sunny and Vir convinced him to join the Harbinger. With a purpose and new lease of life, he became the leader of the Drev soldiers aboard the ship. He remains close to his sister, and despite the War, he holds no grudge against the humans. He is good friends with Vir and many of the ship's officers, and strives to not only rule over the Drev clan aboard the ship in a just manner, but perhaps also create a lasting interspecies peace and understanding.
Conn
Allegiance: Adam Vir
Rank: N/A
Species: Starborn
Conn is a Starborn, a species of bizarre ghost-like entities that can only live in the pressure of the cold vacuum of space. Born of the Starborn Queen as all of his race are, he lived his early life within a distant nebula. Starborn are telepathic, and communicate through this medium. Because of this, everything within their race is collective, including their thoughts. Conn always hated this, much to the consternation and disgust of his kin. He preferred to be alone, and while he was perfectly fine with reading the thoughts of others, he despised it when his kin invaded the privacy of his mind. Individualistic to the extreme for a Starborn, he became an outcast.
When Captain Adam Vir and the Harbinger made contact with the Starborn, Conn quickly recognized it as an opportunity. He asked Vir if he could join his crew; the latter, excited over a new alien race and intrigued over the possibilities of having a telepath, agreed. Vir did recognize Conn's semi-malicious streak: the humans aboard refer to him as an 'asshole' for his tendency to play pranks and read minds when he shouldn't. Even though Vir is often the target of these, he has continued to keep Conn around. The duo share something of a telepathic bond and bizarre friendship. While Conn does enjoy being a nuisance, he is adamantly loyal to Vir, and will help his commander as best he can.
The Milano:
Gamora
Allegiance: The Milano, Peter Quill
Rank: N/A
Species: Zehoberei
Gamora was an adoptive daughter of Thanos trained as a master assassin and current member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Born on the planet Zen-Whoberi, Gamora's people were killed when the interplanetary warlord Thanos attacked. Gamora's mother attempted to hide her, but both were quickly found by Thanos's soldiers. She tried to fight them off, earning Thanos's interest. While Thanos executed her parents and killed half her people, he took her to be raised as his own adopted daughter.
Gamora was brutally trained by Thanos along with another child he found: Nebula, who was Gamora's adopted sister. Thanos often pitted the two against each other in brutal fights, and while they considered each other sisters, Gamora almost always won these fights, causing Thanos to 'upgrade' Nebula with cybernetics every time she lost. Nebula quickly grew to resent her sister, something that would not be rectified until much later.
Trained as Thanos's assassins, the two were tasked with hunting down the Infinity Stones when they came of age. Gamora quickly realized the power they held and exactly what could happen if Thanos ever got his hands on them. She joined Peter Quill to safeguard one of the Stones, keeping it out of Ronan the Accuser's hands.
Since then, the so-called 'deadliest woman in the galaxy' has put her talents to good use for the Guardians. When Thanos finally personally went out to find the Stones, he recaptured his daughter. To get one of the Stones, he had to sacrifice someone he loved to do so: the only individual that fit that description was Gamora, who was killed by Thanos in the name of destiny and the greater good.
However, with the event that finally eradicated Thanos, combined with Ahzek Ahriman's Second Rubric, Gamora has been returned to life exactly as she was before Thanos killed her. Her memories are intact, and she has continued to serve with the Guardians in the interim since.
Drax
Allegiance: The Milano, Peter Quill
Rank: N/A
Species: Kylosian
Drax, also known as Drax the Destroyer, was a former intergalactic criminal and now current member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Drax was born on Kylos, and was nothing but a simple family man, until Ronan the Accuser showed up and murdered his wife and daughter. Grief stricken, Drax scoured the galaxy, looking for Ronan and a chance to kill his hated advisory. His quest for revenge led him to commit many criminal acts against Ronan's forces, and eventually landed him in jail. There, he met the Guardians of the Galaxy, and quickly joined their forces.
Drax has been on the team ever since, acting as a devout warrior and backup muscle. With Ronan and Thanos now dead and his revenge complete, Drax has elected to stay with the Guardians. Even if he may not understand some of their jokes or their dislike for extreme levels of violence, they are the closest thing to a family he has.
Rocket
Allegiance: The Milano, Peter Quill
Rank: Weapons expert
Species: N/A (evolved racoon)
Rocket, also known as Subject 89P13, is a raccoon that has been genetically and cybernetically modified enough to gain sapience. Rocket was taken by a master geneticist known as High Evolutionary alongside several other Earthen animals and modified to such a degree that they gained sapience. When Rocket learned that High Evolutionary planned on killing his test subjects, he tried to free his friends, but the High Evolutionary killed one of them. Rocket then attacked his former master, mutilating him and inadvertently resulting in the deaths of the other test subjects. Afterwards, Rocket boarded a ship and fled to the cosmos.
Rocket befriended Groot, and the two traveled the galaxy, committing crimes and hunting bounties. The duo eventually met Peter Quill, who convinced them to help him sell an orb he had found for massive profit. However, when they discovered the orb held the Power Stone, Quill convinced Rocket and Groot, along with Gamora and Drax to help him stop Ronan the Accuser from using the Stone to destroy the planet Xandar. They were successful, and Rocket and the destroyed but newly-replanted Groot joined the Guardians.
Noticeably, Rocket was the only Guardian besides Nebula not killed by Thanos's 'snap' where he decimated half of all life in the universe. He helped the Avenger's regain the Stones and finally defeat Thanos. Now, with his found family restored once more, he provides advanced weaponry and firepower to help them in their fight against those that would do the universe harm.
Groot
Allegiance: The Milano, Peter Quill
Rank: N/A
Species: Flora colossus
Groot is from a species of sentient plants and accomplice of Rocket. Rocket met Groot at some point during his travels, and the two quickly teamed up, becoming criminals and bounty hunters. Eventually, the duo met Peter Quill, Gamora, and Drax, and decided to keep the Power Stone out of Ronan the Accuser's hands. During the final battle with Ronan, Groot sacrificed himself to save his friends; however, a part of his destroyed body was replanted to grow a new Groot, who was raised by and joined the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Noticeably, Groot only speaks three words at any time: "I am Groot." However, these words can mean a variety of different complex thoughts based on context, tone, and other communication signals. While it does take some getting used to, the rest of the Guardians can fluently understand what Groot is saying. In addition, Groot's plant physiology means he can do things that flesh and blood individuals cannot, making him a valued and dangerous member of the team.
Mantis
Allegiance: The Milano, Peter Quill
Rank: N/A
Species: Unknown
Mantis comes from a species of insectoid beings who developed from a larval state into a humanoid form. Apparently, these beings (lost to time) were empaths, a trait which Mantis shares. The Celestial known as Ego found Mantis orphaned on her planet, and took her back to his own world to raise as his own. Unlike the countless children Ego killed, he kept Mantis for her empathic abilities, using her to sense others' emotions and calm himself. Due to her sheltered state and living with Ego until adulthood, Mantis was rather naive and didn't understand social interaction.
When Ego found Peter Quill and brought him to the planet, Mantis interacted with outsiders for the first time. She quickly got to like the Guardians of the Galaxy and demonstrated her powers to read and alter other's minds and emotions. As they were the only friends she had ever met, she later informed them exactly what Ego was and what he had done. The group teamed up to stop him, and upon his defeat, Mantis joined the Guardians.
She continues to serve with them even after the Infinity War, trying to help them with her powers as best she can.
Nebula
Allegiance: her sister, Guardians of the Galaxy
Rank: N/A
Species: Luphomoid
Nebula is the adoptive sister of Gamora and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. When she was an infant, Thanos invaded Nebula's home planet, murdering her family and taking her to be his adoptive daughter and trained as his assassin. She was raised alongside Gamora, and while she greatly despised many other 'siblings', she formed a bond with Gamora, calling her sister. However, it was part of Thanos's training regime to pit the duo together, with dire consequences for the loser. Gamora won time and time again, and every time Nebula lost, Thanos 'upgraded' her with cybernetic parts, cutting away her flesh so that she might someday become her sister's equal. Due to this, Nebula eventually grew to resent her sister; consumed by rage, she only cared about winning.
When Thanos learned the location of one of the Infinity Stones was found by Ronan the Accuser, he dispatched Nebula and Gamora to help Ronan and eventually take the Stone back to him. Gamora rebelled and joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, knowing what would happen if the Stone was to fall into Thanos's hands. However, Ronan promised to kill Thanos with the Stone's power, and Nebula, satisfied that he would do as he said, sided with the Kree. Ronan would eventually die at the Guardians' hands, and Nebula fled. She was captured by the Sovereign, and turned over to the Guardians of the Galaxy. There, she finally reconciled with her sister and became wary allies of the rest of the team.
After Thanos's 'snap' which wiped out half of all life in the universe, Nebula joined Rocket to help the Avengers on Earth undo the damage. They succeeded: reunited with her sister once more, Nebula fights alongside the Guardians to whatever fate may come.
The Normandy:
Miranda Lawson
Allegiance: Cerberus
Rank: Executive Officer
Species: Human
Miranda Lawson is a high-level operative for Cerberus and close confidant of the group's leader, the Illusive Man. She now serves as the Executive Officer of the Normandy SR-2. Miranda is the daughter of Henry Lawson, an extremely wealthy, influential egomaniac. Henry used a modified copy of his own genome to genetically engineer Miranda to be a specimen of human perfection. She was not the first daughter Henry designed, only the first one he kept. Everything, from her appearance, intelligence, physical abilities and biotic powers were specially-designed to be the perfect human.
Henry Lawson was extremely strict, never showing approval or pride towards his daughter, only chastising her to ever become better. Eventually, Miranda ran away- although there was some gunfire involved, she managed to escape and elude Henry's agents. Miranda went to Cerberus for protection, and has since served them faithfully. She shares their pro-human goals, and has earned a place of great trust with the group's leader, the Illusive Man. Due to this trust and Miranda's intelligence, she was placed in control over the Lazarus Project, Cerberus's initiative to resurrect Commander Shepard from the dead. Miranda succeeded, and now serves Cerberus as the Executive Officer of the Normandy under Shepard's command. The two maintain a cordial relationship, though both know it is not Shepard that Lawson serves, but rather Cerberus.
Garrus Vakarian
Allegiance: Jane Shepard, the Normandy
Rank: Gunnery Officer
Species: Turian
Garrus Vakarian is a Turian sniper and vigilante currently serving under Commander Shepard on the Normandy SR-2. Garrus was born the son of a Citadel Security officer and a governmental worker. Like all Turians, he had compulsory military service, but later followed his father's footsteps into C-Sec.
Garrus did not fit well into C-Sec. He found himself hamstrung by red tape, and hated both the politics and lack of doing anything about problems within the organization. Still, he was competent, and eventually he was given the task of investigating Saren Arterius to see whether the Spectre had actually gone rogue. However, he was ordered to cease his investigation after a short time. Completely fed up, Garrus quit C-Sec and joined Commander Shepard in her hunt for Saren. The duo quickly became good friends, and Garrus an integral and welcome part of the team.
After Saren was caught, the Normandy was ambushed and destroyed with Shepard dying along with it. Garrus returned to C-Sec, but he grew even more frustrated and eventually left. He found himself on the crime-ridden space station Omega, and swiftly became a vigilante, administering justice where there formerly was none. Amassing a team, Garrus took on criminals throughout the station. However, he was betrayed, and his team all killed. Garrus holed himself up, and under assault from three massive mercenary companies united in taking him out, his prospects seemed grim, until the reborn Commander Shepard arrived to recruit him for her team once more.
Despite taking a gunship rocket to the face during the battle on Omega, Garrus and the Normandy's team survived. Glad at seeing his old commander and friend once more, Garrus joined her crew. Despite working for the firmly pro-human Cerberus and without two years of contact from Shepard, Garrus still trusts her completely. The duo, along with their friend Tali'Zorah, consider themselves to be the closest of friends and most trusted of confidants, and nothing, whether Collectors, Reapers, or the merging of galaxies, will stop them.
Tali'Zorah
Allegiance: Quarian Migrant Fleet, Jane Shepard, the Normandy
Rank: Chief Engineer
Species: Quarian
Tali'Zorah is the Normandy's Chief Engineer and close friend to Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian. Born in the Quarian Migrant Fleet on the huge liveship Rayya as the daughter of Admiral Rael'Zorah, Tali always had a large reputation to live up to. She possessed genius-level technical skills from a young age and a talent for all things mechanical. When she reached maturity, she embarked on her Pilgrimage, a rite of passage for all young Quarians to go out to the galaxy and bring something back for the Fleet. On her journey, Tali found indisputable proof that the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius was behind the assault on the human colony world of Eden Prime. However, this made her a target: hunted by Saren's forces, she escaped to the Citadel. There, she attempted to hand off the recordings to the legendary information dealer known as the Shadow Broker, but was betrayed by an agent working for Saren.
Tali was rescued by Commander Shepard and her team, and swiftly decided to go with them on the Normandy. While few outsiders ever met Quarians and many held xenophobic beliefs against them, Tali found friends and a home on the Normandy. After Saren was stopped and the Citadel saved, Tali completed her Pilgrimage by giving the Migrant Fleet data on the robot Geth race found by Shepard on their journeys. After rejoining the Fleet, and after the Normandy was destroyed and Shepard killed, Tali served her father and the Fleet. However, with recent events, Tali was once more approached by the resurrected Shepard to help her stop the Collectors and the Reapers behind them. Despite the Quarians' mutual hatred for Cerberus, Tali still serves her good friends aboard the ship, leaping at the chance for adventure and to do something for the galaxy once more.
Dr. Mordin Solus
Allegiance:
Rank: Science Officer, Research and Development Specialist
Species: Salarian
Mordin Solus is a Salarian ex-special forces operative, doctor and scientist. He now works as a scientist aboard the Normandy under Commander Shepard. Born on Sur'kesh, the Salarian homeworld, Solus joined the elite STG, the Salarian Union's special forces. His genius intellect was put to use by the STG in extending the Genophage, a sterility plague the Salarians had long ago used against the warlike Krogan species. Mordin was able to complete this task, successfully extending the plague. However, the morality of the act made him question the STG, and he left to found a medical clinic on the crime-ridden station of Omega.
Mordin ran the clinic for a short while, helping everyone he could free of charge. When a plague overran the station, he helped combat it. After synthesizing a cure, he was asked by Commander Shepard to join the Normandy's crew. He did so, and now acts as the chip's resident scientific expert and research developer.
Dr. Karin Chakwas
Allegiance: Jane Shepard, the Normandy
Rank: Chief Medical Officer
Species: Human
Doctor Karin Chakwas is the Normandy's doctor and chief medical officer. She enlisted in the Alliance military shortly after graduating medical school, seeking 'exotic adventure'. Even after the realities of service sobered her outlook, she stayed on due to a sense of duty to humanity and the soldiers she served, earning the rank of major. Eventually, she was assigned to the Normandy, where she served Captain Anderson and later Commander Shepard.
When the Normandy was destroyed, Chakwas managed to escape with many of the crew. She was posted to the Mars Naval Medical Center, but missed the exciting life aboard a starship. Eventually, she left the Alliance and joined Cerberus. Posted to the Normandy SR-2 under Shepard, she serves not Cerberus, but rather Shepard and humanity to try and bring down the Collectors, and perhaps stop some of the more reckless stunts the soldiers aboard the ship are wont to pull.
Jeff "Joker" Moreau
Allegiance: Jane Shepard, the Normandy
Rank: Flight Lieutenant, Pilot of the Normandy
Species: Human
Jeff Moreau, more commonly called Joker by his friends, is the Normandy's pilot. Joker's upbringing and career have always been colored by his health. He has a moderate to severe case of Vrolik Syndrome, which causes extreme brittleness of the bones. Born with severe fractures in his legs, he finds walking and many other normal activities nearly impossible, even with modern medicine. He must rely on crutches and leg braces to move around, and thus is usually found stationary in his pilot's seat aboard the ship.
Joker joined the Alliance Navy as soon as he was of age to become a pilot. He surpassed his classmates and even some of his instructors in training, becoming one of the Alliance's top pilots in the service. Assigned to the Normandy, he served and became good friends with Commander Shepard. When the original Normandy was destroyed, Joker was reassigned, but quit the Alliance to join Cerberus and serve Shepard once more. Joker now pilots the Normandy SR-2 in Cerberus's employ, but his loyalty belongs to Shepard and their old friends rather than the organization.
Jacob Taylor
Allegiance: Cerberus
Rank: Chief of the Armory
Species: Human
Jacob Taylor is a human Cerberus agent and weapons expert who serves as the Normandy's armorer and Cerberus's second to Miranda Lawson. Taylor joined the Alliance military, and was present on Eden Prime when Saren Arterius and the Geth destroyed the colony. After this and the latter attack on the Citadel, Jacob became disillusioned with the ineffectual politics and bureaucracy of the Alliance and left the service. Later that year, Taylor enlisted with Cerberus as a chance to serve humanity. He was hired by Miranda Lawson as her lieutenant in the Lazarus project, and after Shepard's resurrection, he serves her on the Normandy in their mission to stop the Collectors.
While Jacob believes Cerberus is one of the few organizations that is actually actively doing something for humanity, he remains suspicious of several of the more brutal and immoral elements within the organization. He works on the personal armor and weaponry of the Normandy's crew, and tries to stop the many cross-species and factional arguments on the ship.
Subject Zero/Jack
Allegiance: N/A
Rank: N/A
Species: Human
Subject Zero, also known as Jack, is a human female biotic of extraordinary power. Born to unknown parents, she was taken by the terrorist organization Cerberus as an infant and experimented on her entire life. Raised in a cold Cerberus cell, Jack grew up beneath the gazes of Cerberus scientists who had little moral scruples doing whatever they could to both make Jack into a weapon and learn all they could about biotics. Her life was marked by painful experimentations, loneliness, and often near-murderous fights with other children captured by Cerberus and forced to fight her by the scientists' commands.
Eventually, Jack broke free of the facility that held her captive and escaped into the wider galaxy. With nowhere to go and no one to turn to, Jack quickly became a criminal. After years of hapless destruction, mutual distrust towards the seedy underworld, and countless adventures, Jack was captured and frozen within a Blue Sun's mercenary prison ship called Purgatory. When there, she was attacked and raped by a group of guards and prisoners, despite her best efforts to fight back. Their victory was short-lived, however, because as soon as Jack healed, she personally murdered every single one of her attackers. Purgatory's warden then decided to freeze her in cryo status for both her safety and the safety of those around her.
Eventually, Cerberus located her and paid her bounty to the Blue Suns to release her so that she might join Commander Shepard's mission to stop the Collectors. Shepard arrived on Purgatory, but the warden double-crossed them, intending to claim their bounties for far more money. However, Shepard and her team set Jack free and escaped the ship before destroying it. While Jack now serves the Normandy, she has little trust for Cerberus, her former tormentors, or anyone else on the vessel.
Thane Krios
Allegiance: N/A
Rank: N/A
Species: Drell
Thane Krios is a Drell assassin, rumored to be the best in the galaxy, who now serves as a ground combat specialist on the Normandy. Born in 2146 on the Hanar homeworld of Kahje, Thane's parents willingly handed him over to the Hanar at the age of six to be trained as an assassin as part of the Compact between the two species. He was trained to be an efficient killer, and made his first kill at the age of twelve. Unlike many assassins, who prefer to snipe their targets from a distance, Thane prefers to kill his targets up close and personally, using a mixture of stealth, firearms, hand-to-hand combat, and biotics.
He met his wife Irikah during an assassination, where she stepped in the line of Thane's targeting laser to block his shot. Intrigued, Thane sought her out and the two married, eventually having a son named Koylat. The Hanar released him from his compact to have a family, but with no other skills, he freelanced his talents. Eventually, his wife was murdered in revenge for a mercenary leader he killed. Thane sent his son to live with his aunt and uncle, and hunted down his wife's killers, slaughtering them to the last. After this, Thane continued his freelance work, growing adrift from his son.
Thane based himself out of the planet Illium, where Cerberus tracked him down to hire for Commander Shepard's mission against the Collectors. Upon meeting Shepard, he agreed to join her crew. He revealed to her that he is slowly dying of a terminal lung disease called Kepral's Syndrome. To him, joining her suicide mission and possibly die in the process is a way to perhaps redeem himself from his past evils.
Thane is unusual in the fact that he is a deeply spiritual man. Instead of following Hanar or Asari religions, he subscribes to the old Drell polytheistic religion, praying constantly to its gods. He tells others aboard the Normandy that body and soul are viewed as two separate entities, with his body as merely a tool or vessel which others may commit murder with. However, Drell have eidetic memory, and Thane remembers every wrong he has committed and prays for forgiveness after every kill. Perhaps this mission might absolve him, but either way, Thane will die. He simply hopes he may find peace before he does.
Zaeed Massani
Allegiance: Highest Bidder
Rank: N/A
Species: Human
Zaeed Massani is a human mercenary who helped found the Blue Suns mercenary group and now serves as a Cerberus-hired gun aboard the Normandy. Massani is respected as one of the galaxy's most feared bounty hunters and mercenary soldiers. Zaeed helped found the Blue Suns mercenary group with his partner in crime, Vido Santiago. They dealt in gun running, extortion, arson, and, according to Zaeed, "knocking heads that needed knocking". As the organization grew, Vido wanted to get involved in the lucrative Batarian slave trade. Zaeed vehemently disagreed, resulting in Vido betraying him and shooting him in the face, leaving him for dead.
However, Zaeed survived. After a period of recovery and a period of drowning his rage in alcohol, he pulled himself back into mercenary work. He is one of the most dangerous independent contractors in the galaxy. Thus, when Cerberus needed crew for Commander Shepard's suicide mission, he was hired. He now serves Shepard, not out of a sense of loyalty, but because Cerberus will be giving him a massive payout when it's all done.
Kasumi Goto
Allegiance: N/A
Rank: N/A
Species: Human
Kasumi is a master thief who works with Commander Shepard aboard the Normandy. Born in Japan, Kasumi eventually left Earth to explore the galaxy. She found she had a talent for thievery, stealth, and sabotage, and quickly became a renown thief. Around this time, she met a man named Keiji Okuda, who became her lover and partner in crime. The duo were master thieves, and explored the galaxy, stealing various treasures. Both of them had devices called grayboxes installed, which were devices implanted in the brain that stored a person's memory. During one of their missions to rob a billionaire named Donovan Hock, their plan went awry and Keiji was killed by Hock for his graybox, which contained valuable information implicating the System's Alliance.
After her partner's death, Kasumi worked by herself as a thief, continuing what the duo had done before. Eventually, she is contacted by Cerberus to serve as a stealth specialist under Command Shepard. After meeting Shepard, she has settled into the Normandy well, though she does have a penchant for scaring people using her invisibility cloak.
Samara
Allegiance: Asari Justicars
Rank: Justicar
Species: Asari
Samara is a centuries-old Asari Justicar who serves Commander Jane Shepard aboard the Normandy. A member of the strict and monastic Justicar Order, she follows a rigid honor code. She was born on the Asari homeworld of Thessia. Like many of her species, her Maiden phase in life was marked by adventure and excitement. She ran with a mercenary gang, discovering a talent for combat, especially biotics. However, when she discovered cargo her gang was transporting was not weapons or machinery, but rather slaves, she tried to have the ship turned around. Met with resistance, she was forced to kill her team. She then freed the slaves and left that life behind.
She then found an Asari mate and raised a family. She had three daughters, but discovered to her horror that they were Ardat-Yakshi, suffering from a genetic condition that made them kill their mates during melding and take great pleasure in doing it. Two of her daughters chose to live their lives in isolation and comfort in an Ardat-Yakshi monastery, where they could not harm others. However, the third, named Morinth, refused and fled, beginning a spree of murder and violence. Recognizing her daughter's mayhem and growing addiction to killing her mates, Samara gave up her worldly possessions and swore herself to the Justicar Code.
She has tracked Morinth throughout the galaxy for centuries of an Asari's long lifespan. Each time, her daughter has slipped through her grasp, her atrocities becoming more and more terrible. Eventually, she tracked her daughter to the planet Illium, where she met Commander Shepard. Samara expressed interest in joining Shepard and stoping the Collectors, and swore an oath to her, making Shepard's morals her morals; however, should Shepard do something egregious against the Code, Samara has let her known that she will be forced to kill her after the mission. While Samara's talents as a near millenia-old biotic are invaluable, her hunt for Morinth remains foremost on her mind.
The Valhallan 597th:
(As is the way of the Imperium of Man, all members of the Valhallan 597th are fully human.)
Regina Kasteen
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Colonel
Regina Kasteen was a captain in the Valhallan 296th, an all-female rear-echelon regiment. When the 296th was deployed on the planet Corania against the Tyranids, it took over 50% losses, including nearly its entire officer corps, leaving Kasteen the surviving ranking officer. The 296th was merged with the all-male 301st Valhallan, a planetary shock-assault regiment that had been similarly decimated at Corania, and Kasteen was made colonel of the regiment by virtue of three day's seniority (which translated to her superiors dying three days sooner) over the more experienced Ruput Broklaw.
Tensions between the two merged regiments were high. While Kasteen tried her best, the officers of the dual regiments resented the nature of their merger, and Broklaw resented the fact he was a subordinate to the less-experienced Kasteen. These tensions came to a head aboard the troop ship Righteous Wrath, where a fight broke out resulting in the deaths of several troopers and naval provosts. The newly-assigned regimental Commissar, Ciaphas Cain, then stepped in to put a stop to hostilities and renamed the merged 296/301st regiment the Valhallan 597th.
Since then, Kasteen has proven to be an exceptionally capable leader. She is regarded as perhaps the best regimental commander within the Damocles Gulf, and has since become good friends with Broklaw. The duo make an effective leadership team, which is perhaps the reason the 597th is such a well-regarded regiment.
Ruput Broklaw
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Major
Ruput Broklaw was a captain in the Valhallan 301st, an all-male crack planetary assault regiment. When the 301st was deployed to the planet Corania against the Tyranids, it took over 50% losses, including nearly the entire officer corps, leaving Broklaw the ranking survivor. The 301st was merged with the similarly-decimated all-female Valhallan 296th. The ranking survivor of the 296th, Regina Kasteen, was made the commander of the combined regiment, now called the Valhallan 296/301st, much to Broklaw's resentment. He was a more experienced officer, and Kasteen won the colonelcy by three day's seniority, which translated to her superiors being eaten three days before his. Nevertheless, he was promoted to major and made the newly-formed regiment's second-in-command.
Tensions between the two merged regiments were high, and Broklaw, caught up in his resentment, did little to help; though again, all of the officers were still picking their old regiment and comrades over the new unified regiment and didn't do much beyond help inflame tensions. Ciaphas Cain, a well-respected Commissar, was assigned to the regiment to try and quell the issues, but they came to a head with a fight resulting in the deaths of several troopers and naval provosts. Cain then stepped in to unify the regiment, integrating the squads and renaming it the Valhallan 596th. He also forced the officers into their new roles. While Broklaw was initially disdainful of serving as a second-in-command to a less-experienced officer, he quickly fell into his role and became a model of the position.
Since that time, Broklaw has served as Kasteen's loyal second. He is a well-respected officer, and regarded as an exemplar of the position of second-in-command, and has helped Cain, Kasteen, and the other officer make the Valhallan 597th one of the best-regarded regiments in the Damocles Gulf.
Ferik Jurgen
Allegiance: Ciaphas Cain, Commissariat, Imperial Guard
Rank: Gunner First Class
Ferik Jurgen was a trooper within the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery. When Commissar Ciaphas Cain was assigned to the regiment (his first assignment), the regimental commander, Colonel Mostrue, gave Jurgen to Cain as his aide. This was an expression of Mostrue's distaste for the Commissariat, for Jurgen possessed a disheveled appearance, psoriasis, a terrible body odor and equally-terrible lack of social skills.
However, perhaps because Cain treated Jurgen as a faithful aide despite his shortcomings, Jurgen is emphatically loyal to the Commissar. He is the Commissar's continuous shadow, always by his side and ready to support Cain in whatever capacity he can. He is also extraordinarily brave and an incredibly good shot, so much so that Cain is often stupified by both attributes.
What's more, Jurgen is also perhaps the rarest of all humans: a psychic Blank. This fact is most likely why he is so distasteful to outsiders and why he does not understand cleanliness and other social skills. However, the fact that Jurgen can quite literally repel the powers of the Warp has saved both himself, Cain, and their allies on many occasions, and only serves to add to his usefulness. But Cain and Jurgen must be careful, for a Blank is a rare resource and there would be many loath to get their hands on him.
Marius Detoi
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Captain, Commander of Second Company
Marius Detoi was a lieutenant in the Valhallan 301st when it decimated and merged with the Valhallan 296th. He was made a captain and the commander of Second Company.
Since then, he is regarded by Commissar Cain, Colonel Kasteen, and Major Broklaw as a model officer. He is soft-spoken but well-respected among both his superiors and subordinates. This is augmented by his excellent tactical mind and tendency to be less gung-ho and overzealous than many of his counterparts.
Jenit Sulla
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Captain, Commander of Third Company
Jenit Sulla was a quartermaster sergeant in the Valhallan 296th. When the all-female regiment merged with the all-male 301st, Sulla was promoted to lieutenant and made a member of Colonel Kasteen's staff. Sulla was one of the most vocal opponents of the merger, often to the irritation of the male officers of the former 301st. However, when Commissar Cain renamed and changed the internal structure of the regiment, Sulla was made a platoon commander in Third Company.
Sulla served with distinction, and when the former commander of Third Company was killed in action, she was chosen by the 597th's high command to take his place. Since then, she has served as the commander of Third Company.
Sulla is an extremely smart tactician, but also very eager and courageous to the point of recklessness. Her superior, Major Broklaw, aptly summed up her character and general abilities with the simple statement: "She'll probably go far, if she doesn't get herself killed first."
Denis Federer
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Captain, Commander of the Engineers and Sappers
Captain Federer was a lieutenant in the 301st Valhallan's sapper corps. At the merger of the regiments, he was promoted to captain and made the 597th commander of engineers and sappers.
Federer is a man who only has one love: his work. He keeps to himself, and has a rather unhealthy fondness for explosives and large explosions. One thing is for certain, though: if you want something blown up, then Federer is your man.
Victor Lustig
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Lieutenant
Lustig was a veteran sergeant in the Valhallan 301st. When his regiment merged with the 296th, he retained his role. He was noted by his superiors for being extremely competent, and his squad was always the most disciplined throughout the tensions of the regimental merger.
Lustig later became Jenit Sulla's platoon assistant leader, and served in that capacity well. When Sulla was promoted to captain, Lustig became the platoon's ad-hoc leader. Later, when Sulla's captaincy was confirmed, he was promoted to lieutenant, much to his displeasure. He always considered himself a non-com, and while he respected officers, he had a distaste for actually becoming one.
However, Lustig has proved to be just as good at his role as a lieutenant as he was when he was a sergeant. He is a military man through and through, and characterized by his intelligence, discipline, and brute competence.
Inessa Grifen
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Sergeant
Grifen is a sergeant within the Valhallan 597th. While initially simply considered just another non-com in the regiment, her mettle was proved in the ice tunnels beneath the planet Simia Orichalcae, where herself, then-trooper Magot, Commissar Cain, and Gunner Jurgen were able to survive not only Orks but investigate a Necron tomb complex. While the tomb expedition is classified, the Commissar and high-ranking officers of the 597th now see her as one of the most competent soldiers within the regiment.
Since then, Grifen has been attached to Second Company under Captain Sulla, and is seen as one of her greatest assets. Commissar Cain also suspects Grifen to be romantically involved with her corporal, Mari Magot: however, this does not compromise her combat ability nor loyalty to the regiment, so Cain has elected to ignore it. Regardless, Grifen is seen as a quiet, but extremely competent leader, one that the 597th can always count on.
Mari Magot
Allegiance: Imperial Guard
Rank: Corporal
Mari Magot is a trooper within the Valhallan 597th, serving as corporal in Sergeant Grifen's squad. Her reasons for enlisting in the Guard are unclear, though Commissar Cain privately suspects it either had something to do with the law back on Valhalla, or serving because Sergeant Grifen also enlisted. Cain also suspects that Corporal Magot may be romantically involved with Grifen, as the not only do the duo share a level of personal connection rarely seen without some feeling involved, but also originally served in the same squad as enlisted personnel. When Grifen was promoted, Magot requested a transfer to her squad. However, Commissar Cain is a man who frankly does not care what his soldiers do in their off-time so long as it does not affect himself, the regiment, or their duties, and corporal Magot is seen as an exemplary soldier.
Described by her superiors as "cheerfully sociopathic", Magot is a soldier of unwavering courage with a slightly disturbing zeal and proficiency for unarmed combat. However, she is calm and collected when need be, and part of the reason why Grifen's squad is highly considered. Whatever her private interests and mindset, Corporal Magot is an excellent soldier, and unwaveringly loyal to her sergeant, the officers, and the Commissar of the Valhallan 597th.