Beyond Alpha Centauri: Character Thread

[Frankychan]

Main Hive characters

Emperor Sheng-Ji Yang (formerly Chairman Yang/Security Chief Yang) (human)

-Since leaving Chiron, Yang's faction has literally exploded with victories. His faction has grown into a formidable force and the sheer size of the Greater Hive Empire is testimony to the "utopian society" idealism that he possesses. (?)

After the string of victories over the alien civilizations, Yang has crowned himself emperor, believing it his 'manifest destiny' to control the perfect society. His public persona has, over time, developed into something larger than life and so many citizens consider him a god.

Still believing in the good of the state, he strives to make his empire 'perfect' under his image. This being the case, there are NO companies in his empire...everything is controlled by the state. However, realizing the sheer diversity of his citizens, he does allow them more freedoms than he used to.

Personally, he has maintained his warm demeanor and his "god-hood" hasn't affected his ego greatly. The upper echelon's of the Hive Empire approach him with reverence and he still has his sense of control over his emotions.

His role as a leader is still as it was on Chiron. He makes the majority of the decisions and military campaigns are usually started because of his orders. He does have a cabinet and listens to them for additional information he may need.

Royal Guard (various)

-The Royal Guard are the elite bodyquards of Yang. Still wary of outsiders he keeps a retinue of the best warriors in the Empire close to him. 100% loyal, each member comes from different regions and species in the Empire.

Minister Abdullah Ehud (human)
Minister of Hive Economy
-The great-grandson of Minister Ehud, Abdullah carries the knowledge of his great-grandfathers assassination. Abdullah Ehud fosters a deep resentment of Morgan and his citizens, believing they are responsible for the death. He has dedicated his life so the Hive economy will one day rival Morgans, but has so far ben relatively unsuccessful.

Warmaster Kang (Bulwark)
(Supreme Commander of the Hive Military)

-After the Bulwark Commonwealth capitulated to the Hive, then Chairman Yang began eliminating any potential Bulwark threats. One who wasn't killed was Barthos Kang.

General Kang led the Bulwark offensive at the end of the war that killed Hive general Smith on his command ship. The tactical brilliance Kang possessed was noticed by the Chairman and decided to make him a Warmaster.

Being a Bulwark, Warmaster Kang towers over the humans and his size is only accentuated by his muscles. His hand-to-hand combat skill is unmatched except by the Emperor. His loyalty to Yang is unquestioned.

Minister Fredrickson (Human)
Minister of Hive Interior

-A human in charge of interior affairs, Johann Fredrickson is in charge of seeing the overall well being of Hive citizens. Healthcare and public works fall under his jurisdiction

Minister Takahashi (Human)
Minister of Research and Development

-Yukio Takahashi is in charge of R & D for the Hive. Military weaponry as well as practical technology fall under his command. His ongoing side project is research on New Lanark, observing the Gaian/Hive research.

Minister Zell (Xiero)
Minister of Foreign Affairs

-Minister Zell's jurisdiction is keeping the data on other factions up to date. Ambassador's report to him as well as Emperor Yang in dealings with other factions.

Minister Shirlak pronounced 'sheer-lack' (Tarlak)
Spy Master

-Tarlak are known for their cunning and deviousness and Shirlak is even more cunning. His title as spy master ensures that if any covert operations are performed by the Hive, he will almost certainly have some part to play in it. Assassinations, abductions, sabotage, are just some tools under his disposal.

-------------*some minor Hive characters will appear later on as events develop. I did not want to have people deal with and keep track of too many Hive individuals.*------------------

[Sprayber]

General Kilgore--Commander of Spartan All-Enviromental Marines


Captain Yates--Captain of the 10th Spartan All-Enviromental Marine unit.

Admiral Paiktis-Commander of Space Fleet Inca (Sparta's newest ships)


More on the bios will follow.

[Silence]

Faction: The Lord's Belivers
Faction Leader: Brother Martin Keenes
Temple Gaurd Leader: Marshall Dexeter Mathews
Offical Title: Speaker of the Conclave

Martin Keenes bio:
Age: 50
History:
Born during the rebuilding of New Jerulsam, Martin had shown a keen instrest in government and religon. He joined the Temple Gaurd at the age of 18 and began his 30 year long career in the field or protecting the planets. He entered politics after the Demover Consipracy which forced the Marshal of the Heavnly Host out of office. He was inducted into the Conclave and soon became the leader of the law making body due to his poltical neutrality.

Dexeter Mathews
Age 70
History.
Born on a tramp frighter that ran the rout between New Jerulsam and New Eden, Dexeter soon fell in love with space. He was impressed by the Temple Gaurds at the age of 15 to fight in the pirate campaign, (which cleared out the astroids of New Eden) he soon rose in rank and became the captain of the Light Crusier Lighting Strike . The crusier was the one that resuced Speaker Lias in the Kittmon Crisis. With the rescuse of the Speaker (who became his patron) he began to climb rapidly up the ranks of the Temple Star Fleet. It was Vice Admiral Mathews who lead the Dreadnought Victory at Lab 3 that took down Marshal's Demover mercrancy fleet and the godless man's hopes of dommination over the 6 worlds of the Believers.

[History Guy]

MORGANITE LEADERS II

MORE TOP BANANAS OF MORGAN INTERSTELLAR

Dr. Celia K. Dingswayo
President, Sol-based Morgan Industries Holdings

~ Miss Celia K. Dingswayo was born on Earth in 2665 in Namibia. A distant relative of CEO Morgan himself, she helped purchase what had been old Earth’s Morgan Industries, the company formed by CEO Morgan before the Unity project even began. She was made Vice-President to Mr. Haldeberd, who was replaced by Morgan in 2700 and sent to control some mining colonies in the Propus System. In his place Miss Dingswayo was made President, and she valiantly dealt with the anti-Morganite aggression from Interplanetary Enterprises and other Terran groups. She is engaged to be married.

Paul Lehman
Major General, Second-In-Command, Morganite Armies

~ Paul Lehman was born in 2609 on Pollux C, ‘Aristophanes’, into a strong, Germanic family. His father was a common worker there. Lehman joined the army for basic training, and soon decided to stay in the army. He was promoted to Major in 2630, and then Lieutenant Colonel seven years later. Then another four years later he was promoted Colonel. By 2700, he was Major General and Second-In-Command of the Morganite Army, and is now one of Marchand’s most trusted officers.

Right Hon. Amalthea Whitaker
Secretary of Defense

~ Mrs. Amalthea Whitaker was born in 2589 at Castor A, ‘Cyrus’, Morgan Industries. Her father was a war hero, being wounded in the heroic defense of Morgan Mines against the Bree attackers. Her mother was a stock analyst. At the age of 20 she briefly joined the army, apparently to learn discipline. She entered politics at the age of 41, and by the time she was 57, she was made Secretary of Defense. She served in that position very capably, after replacing Ivan Ludger, who was considered very poor when compared to her.

Right Hon. Cornelius Walker
Foreign Secretary

~ Cornelius Walker was born in 2307 at Morgan Studios on old Chiron. His mother was a Gaian and a friend to Lady Deirdre Skye. It may well have been this fact that made him aspire to become a diplomat. In 2600, he was made Foreign Secretary.

Right Hon. Sonia Rabinowitch
Assistant Foreign Secretary

~ Mrs. Sonia Rabinowitch was born in 2424 at Morgan Industries on old Chiron. Her family was of Bavarian-Jew descent. She proved invaluable to Mr. Walker and to Morgan Interstellar during Pirate Gate, and was thus made Assistant Foreign Secretary. She was sent, along with Mr. T.M. Morgan-Reilly, Mr. Imran Siddiqui, and many other luminaries to Earth’s moon in late 2700 for a peace conference with Interplanetary Enterprises Corporation. Unfortunately this conference failed, and she was slightly injured in a surprise attack on the diplomat’s ship by InEn forces. The result was a full scale war between Morgan Interstellar and Interplanetary Enterprises.

Dr. R.W. Delgado
Board of Trade Director

~ R.W. Delgado was born in 2634 on Castor C, ‘Xerxes’ to an old Spanish family. He quickly became a trade supervisor, and even worked briefly on the Namibian Queen, which would suffer a sad fate in 2700. His competence soon led to his promotion (in 2697) to trade director (and BoT Director) of Morgan Interstellar.

Dr. Ishimora Heidyako
Trade Analyst

~ Ishimora Heidyako was born in 2658 on Castor B, Darius, to a family of Japanese descent. As well as being a superb chef at a Japanese style restaurant for some years, Heidyako made a fortune in the stocks, and was soon recommended by a friend in the Morganite Board of Trade of Castor B for trade work. He excelled as a trade analyst, and was finally requested by Director Smithson (replaced by Delgado after his tragic death) for work at Morgan Interstellar, arriving a year before Delgado was made Trade Director.

B.W. Ewell
Economics Advisor

~ B(enjamin) W(alter) Ewell was born in 2672 on Castor A, Cyrus, into a family of Anglo-Saxon descent. He was recruited by MorganNetDaily.com for Economics Analyst, and was soon given a government position as a minor Economics Advisor to the CEO. He is engaged to another Economics Advisor, Miss Sophie Carstairs.

Sophie Carstairs
Economics Advisor

~ Sophie Carstairs was born in 2673 on Castor A, Cyrus, into a family of Anglo-Saxon descent. Her father, George Carstairs, was an Economic’s Advisor to the CEO. It was through this link that she too became an Economics Advisor. She is engaged to B.W. Ewell.

Antonio Vallachi
Admiral, Commander of Morganite Space Fleet

~ Antonio Vallachi was born in 2598 on the watery planet Castor B, ‘Darius’. His great-great-great-grandfather had been an officer in Morgan’s (small) fleet on Chiron. He became a scout ship ensign in 2627, and a captain in 2635. By 2689, he was promoted to Admiral, and then overall commander of the Morganite space fleet in 2692. He soon began to call for the re-organization of the fleet.

Saeed El-Hashian
Governor, Pollux C

~ Governor Saeed El-Hashian, Planetary Governor of Pollux C, ‘Aristophanes’. Born of Saudi Arabian parents in 2557 at Castor D, ‘Artaxerxes’, Morgan Studios, he received a PhD in Political Science at MorganEducation University on Castor B. After befriending Imran Siddiqui, El-Hashian’s political power seemed to grow from nothing to a diplomatic advisor literally overnight. Unfortunately after a near stock crash on Morgan Ceramics in 2604, he was given the boot. He was soon shipped off to a remote moon of Castor F to supervise mining operations. He excelled at it, surprisingly, and was later sent to Pollux C as Governor.

[Lonestar]

Lord Protector Ian McDiarmid I
Ruler of the Human Protectorate
Born: 2023, New Braunfels, United States, Earth

Notes: Graduated from Texas A&M engineering school. Served as the Head of the Texan Militia during the Great Burn of 59-60. After the UN Space Agency collpsed, post-Unity, the United States began construction on their own ship. Ian was assigned as Security Chief.

The USS Endeavor, a few years after launch, fell into a Wormhole and was deposited in the Altair system. The command staff was awaken, and Captain Griffin agreed to the decision to colonize Altair 4.

In 2089, a uprising began on the Southern Continent, and Governor Griffin was killed. Forces under McDiarmid crushed the Rebellion with minimal casulties on both sides. The Senate propelled McDiarmid, first into the Governorship, then as Lord Protector. The Protectorate was born.

The Protectorate has held togather mostly through Ian's force of will. He has used Linear Accelaterators ("Mass Drivers") against rebellious colonies. He has maintained the complete secrecy of the Protectorate amongst other Human Nations. And he has cemented a Alliance with the equally secretive Dosi.

Unfortunatly, this part of the Orion arm is getting crowded, and the time will soon come when the Protectorate is revealed...

[GeneralTacticus]

Laekdaemon Cadre Characters


Menelaus: Born in 2219, Bunker 56, parentage unknown. At the beginning of the war against the Progenitors the Usurper air force gas-bombed Bunker 56 out of existence and all citizens were presumed dead. Menelaus and a few others however did not die, as the Cadre had successfully infiltrated the base and was evacuating when the attack came. They helped everyone else that they could to escape too, and brought Menelaus up as a member of their movement. As a consequence he believes deeply in the Cadre and it’s aims, and was very well trusted because of this.

At the age of 16 he was shot in the face with a shredder pistol during a Spartan military raid on a Cadre command post. He suffered severe scarring on his right cheek from this, and although the shattered bone was replaced the scars remain as a distinguishing mark.
He was commissioned at the age of 19 as an officer in the Cadre forces, and also fought alongside the forces of the other human factions, including the Spartans, against the Progenitors.

He served especially well as a combat leader, as the memory of the pain inflicted on him with the scars always seemed to be a fresh source of anger in battle. In consequence he was not promoted beyond combat level to strategic posts, but was a highly respected and influential member of the Cadre. This was shown by the fact that he was always given a share of the meagre Longevity Vaccines that the Cadre owned.

After the Spartans left Chiron for the stars, Menelaus was promoted to higher ranks, but frequently returned to combat in raids against Spartan targets. He spent far less time in battle, however, than in planning and administration.

After the assassination of the last Leonidas, Menelaus assumed personal control of the Cadre and gave authorisation for Project Odyssey. When it was put into action he led the operation himself and it went flawlessly.

He is currently the supreme authority over the settlements on Agamemnon Prime and is attempting to establish some basic infrastructure there. To this end he is interested in making peace with the Spartans and especially with the Morganites and Drones. However, he also believes that the Hive may have technology of use to him, so he is not willing to go all out with Sparta if it means angering Yang.


Warmaster Reibisch Leinin: Commander Reibisch is Menelaus’s chief military commander and was the main organizer of Project Odyssey along with Intel Director Katrina.
He was born on Sparta Prime in 2657 the son of Mark and Cassandra Leinin, and graduated from the Spartan Military Academy in 2677. He was an outstanding member of his class at tactical and strategic exercises, though only average at hand to hand combat. As a result he was assigned to a role in planning and strategy, and served excellently for several years. However, after he organised a Spartan attack against a Cadre group (having been told that they were ‘traitors and terrorists’) and witnessed afterwards what the Spartans had done, he became disillusioned and made contact with a Cadre leader. He requested a spell of leave from duty and when this was granted he joined the Cadre.

With the Cadre he once again demonstrated his skill at organisation, planning and tactics, and was steadily promoted until he was made chief of the Cadre’s command staff 2689. His most successful operation was an attack on a Spartan armoury on New Caladon, which resulted in the Cadre obtaining a quite substantial stockpile of military hardware. After Project Odyssey and the establishment of Cadre independence, Menelaus appointed him as the supreme commander of his armed forces and a crucial figure with in the Cadre.

Intel Director Katrina: Intel Director Katrinais the only person in the upper ranks of the Cadre who was not born in Sparta. She was born in the University in 2508 and received extensive training in physics and computer skills before joining the University Probe Teams in 2531. During training with them she came into contact with several ex-Data Angel operatives who had had past dealings with the Cadre. After completing training in 2536 she was assigned to keep the Spartans under surveillance and in the process discovered much information about the Cadre.

She sent a report to her superiors about the Cadre, who in 2540 ordered her to attempt an infiltration of them in the hope that useful information could be gleaned. She did manage enter the outer level of Cadre recruits, but the new entries were scrutinised constantly by Cadre security teams. She was caught and exposed as a University operative but rather than being executed she spent several years being indoctrinated into Cadre ideology and in the end agreed to serve with the Cadre on the condition she not be asked to act against the University.

She became part of the Cadre security forces and steadily worked her way up. She survived the last Spartan purge in 2556 and was able to save almost a hundred Cadre members from arrest and execution. In 2587 she was promoted to be the Director of the espionage forces and remained in that post ever since.

She was given substantial cybernetic enhancement by the University, and this has aided her greatly in tasks such as computer hacking and endurance.

Admin Chief Marcus Fletcher: Marcus is one of the few Cadre members who did not rise through the ranks by involvement in the military. He was an aide to the Spartan commander of the two colony ships seized during Odyssey and co-operated with the Cadre afterwards. He showed himself to be a capable civil governor and as a result is now in complete control of civilian administration.

He was born in 2662, on Sparta Prime, as the son of James and Marie Fletcher. Due to health problems chose to enter the Spartan bureaucracy rather than the military. As he was an efficient worker he was assigned as an aide to the Spartan governor of Brasidas and afterwards to the future governor of whatever colony the stolen ships would have set up.

He does not have a particularly distinctive or outgoing personality, but he is organised, diligent, efficient and obedient. These qualities make him valuable and he is treated as such.

[Sprayber]

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[Cybergod]

Originally posted by Sprayber
Bump for Cybergod

Thanks!

Here are some pictures, I will post later in depth as I am extremelly busy at the moment..

The Saturn Kingdom

Leader: Maria Sanchez
Short Background: As a teenager joined the Saturnian rebel alliance called the Nova Saturna after her father, an opposition politician was killed; after years of experience, she had risen to the rank of the official leader; now after the Titan independence established the Saturn Kingdom as a self-proclaimed Queen
Agenda: To liberate and unite all Saturnian territories

[Lonestar]

Dr. Henry Pym
Provost, National Science Council
Born: 2021, Amarillo, Texas

Something of a Wunderkid groing up, Henry Pym earned his first Doctorate at age 17. (in Astrophysics) After spending a comfortable life at UC Berkeley, he accepted a job at the University of Houston Particle Physics Lab in 2060, as the United States dissintigrated.

He was chosen to head the Endeavor's science department, but, strangely enough, not the Engineering section. Following Planet fall, Pym began to work with Chief XenoBiologist Dr. Muir in creating food for the colony. He is widely regarded to have been crucial in preventing a historical "Starving time" colonies have gone through in the past.

In 2100, Pym created the National Science Council, and began work on new alloys for starship construction. Such early research has allowed the Protectorate to maintain a lead on starship hulls even before the acquistion of Dosi Nanotech hulls.

Even more important, Pym discovered Tachyon emissions in 2134, proving the existence of FTL communication. Somewhere, out there, there were advanced E.T.s.

Unfortunatly, Pym nearly died in lab accident in 2189. He fell into a coma and remained there for 400 years at the insistence of Lord Protector Ian. When he finally revived, he seemed more brillant than ever, driving forward the technology of the Protectorate at a rate never seen.

Today, Pym is one of the few members of the Inner Cabinat who can get away with speaking derisively to Ian. Ian knows that this brillant man may be the only one who can get the Protectorate on top, and make sure it stays there.