Post by mongoose on Mar 20, 2007 15:35:14 GMT -5
I don't think I'll be able to comply with all the guidelines for character profiles at this time, as we don't yet know what races and species will be involved.
I made up the names. His given name is Kihn. He is a member of the dominant race and species in the SF galaxy, and as such does not have any outstanding features, qualities, or powers. He was, however, selectively bred with some genetic tweaking to yeild what the manipulators thought would be a perfect special operations soldier. They did well. When he was young, with the permission of their commanding officers, his parents took him to the most remote part of their galaxy to raise him in the "country" where he would be trained to hunt, along with other attendant skills, which might later be applied to military service. Kihn did well there, and when the time came, enlisted in the empirial fleet.
As a bi-product of his enhanced ability to learn and think strategically, Kihn became enamored with all kinds of learning. He applied this desire first to the study of military history, as that was more acceptible to his parents and teachers. The study of history divulged into the study of anthropology and cultures, and he learned of the ancients who had founded his race, as well as of some of the races his had conquered over the ages in their ever increasing need for resources, territory, and influence. He also learned, years into his distinguished service in the empirial fleet, as a special forces officer, of the Alliance of Faith.
All of this learning was accademic for Kihn for some time. He managed to focus sufficiently on his training in the Special Forces (whatever form these took) to distinguish himself there and rise in rank. He became known for his ability to learn all there was to know about a situation, particularly during surveilence. Conversly, he could remain inconspicuous, hidden, practically invisible. He could come, execute a mission, and leave without being detected. Thus is name of ghost roarken, a roarken being a bird of prey known for its quick, stealthy attacks on small game. Also, he was a natural leader and teacher, and was given the role of teaching new recruits into the Special Forces, and later of training the security forces of the allies and pawns of the empire.
After years of warfare, the loss of too many comrads, being ordered on too many hairbrained and unreasonably destructive missions, Kihn got fed up. He already knew of the Alliance of Faith, and though he didn't have any faith of his own, except in his own skills and those of his people, he positioned himself to be assigned the mission of infiltrating the organization and serving there undercover to feed intelligence back to the ruling party. He figured that by joining them and offering some of his tactical knowledge and strategic expertise in their service, he might aid them in mitigating the emperialistic practices of the empire. Though he succeeded in the infiltration, he kept his history to himself, as well as his service to the empire, abiding under his cover story for the duration and feeding enough information, much of it only partial truths, to the empire for them to maintain their trust in him. Meanwhile he advised the leading counsel of the Alliance of Faith such that they could continue to evade the attempts of the Empire to track and destroy them, even given Kihn's help.
It is shortly after Kihn ingratiates himself to the Alliance that he learns of the plans to invade the fantasy world. This being a prime example of all he hates of his own history, Kihn insists that he be sent to the world with the Alliance envoy, to warn them.
I'm not sure where we'd want the story to pick up, but if feasable, I'd like to establish the presence of Kihn and whomever else from the galactic empire, on the fantasy planet, for at least a decade before the empire colony ships show up.
Perhaps something goes amiss on the trip to the fantasy world, and the Alliance vessel is thrown back in time. Or the internal politics and conflicts with other SF races in or on the boarders of the empire distract their fleets, and their invasion of the fantasy world is delayed for a decade as they deal with it.
Kihn, Avaron, and whomever else make world-fall on the fantasy planet, and set out to establish diplomatic relationships with the people there. They are initially received with suspicion, but manage to escape the religious zealots that would have burned them at the stake, or whatever. Ultimatly, Kihn's learning and proficiency with languages and anthropology assist them in reaching friendly terms with some of the tribes. Even so, their warnings of imminent invasion fall on deaf ears, and besides, nothing appears in the skies over the next year. Kihn, for his part, heaves a wary sigh of relief, and retreats to a mountain village to make a new life for himself. Without the purpose that united the Alliance team, and without a faith like theirs, Kihn sees no reason to remain with them, but welcomes any who choose to go with him, as friends.
In this new life as a teacher of engineering in the village, he has time to deal with the turmoil in his soul. He's incredibly bitter about how the emperial government used him, the horrible deeds he'd commited in his past, and swears off of violence for the rest of his life. Yet it's a part of his genetic make up as well as his training, and occasionally it rears its ugly head, whether in responce to mountain predators that threaten the village, or bullies and brigands who get a little too close to his new family and friends, or whatever. The people begin to realize that there's something different about him, he's not just from a distant country, just a teacher or engineer, but rather a warrior. This plagues him something awefull, especially considering that he's trying to build a family with his new wife. Yes, I'll assume he marries one of the village women, though I haven't read the fantasy characters thread and don't know whether or not there's a compatible primary character. The problem for him grows worse when word reaches the village that the foretold invasion has occured, and cities in the plain have been destroyed or taken, people tortured, raped, and killed, etc.
Kihn now loves his new people, his new life, and has to make a choice. Defend them, thus loosing them and their love as his true nature is revealed-a nature abhorrent to him, and he assumes, likewise to them were they to discover it-or attempt to flee and hide with them, possibly keeping those that survived the high mountain retreat through the harsh winter- or simply hope the invasion forces chose to ignore or spare his village.
As I said, the story could start at any point, and he would enter at that point, the rest being either history or destiny.
Kihn is the quintesential quiet professional. He has a reasonably well developed sense of humor, and is somewhat sociable. He enjoys the company of good people, particularly fellow soldiers, but despises politicians and military brass. He has a sense of honor and chivalry that is rare among his comrads, and which he hides when it seems expedient to do so. He is friendly and good natured enough, but the displays of emotion are shallow masks, put on to smooth over relationships with other people. Deep down, as is revealed whenever Kihn is in mission mode, he's all business. He quietly takes in the situation with a keen awareness of causes and likely effects, thinks through the angles, makes a decision, and acts in a decisive and commanding manner on those decisions. He usually succeeds, but should his plans go off the wire he either has contingency plans, or comes up with something on the fly.
Physically, his build and appearance are average. He is neither ugly nor beautifull, extreemly muscular nor extreemly thin. He is average, thus his uncanny ability to blend into any role in any company. Under the loose clothing he usually wears, however, his body is built for endurence athletic competitions as those held of old; both for distance running, swimming, and fighting.
Speaking of fighting, he prefers not to, even while serving the empire. He read the works of the ancients, who advocated victory by deceit and subterfuge rather than by brute force or strength of numbers. If you know your enemy, and you know your self, you can apply your strengths to their weaknesses, and accomplish your mission with minimal enemy contact, and thus, minimal casualties. However, when it does come to a fight he is a tactical expert, weilding a variety of lazer weapons, firearms and bladed weapons with ease and to quickly deadly effect. He is also one of his people's most accomplished martial artists, as the arts are generally not regarded as viable military practices. Kihn, however, studies on his own and with any of the old ones who will teach him.
I made up the names. His given name is Kihn. He is a member of the dominant race and species in the SF galaxy, and as such does not have any outstanding features, qualities, or powers. He was, however, selectively bred with some genetic tweaking to yeild what the manipulators thought would be a perfect special operations soldier. They did well. When he was young, with the permission of their commanding officers, his parents took him to the most remote part of their galaxy to raise him in the "country" where he would be trained to hunt, along with other attendant skills, which might later be applied to military service. Kihn did well there, and when the time came, enlisted in the empirial fleet.
As a bi-product of his enhanced ability to learn and think strategically, Kihn became enamored with all kinds of learning. He applied this desire first to the study of military history, as that was more acceptible to his parents and teachers. The study of history divulged into the study of anthropology and cultures, and he learned of the ancients who had founded his race, as well as of some of the races his had conquered over the ages in their ever increasing need for resources, territory, and influence. He also learned, years into his distinguished service in the empirial fleet, as a special forces officer, of the Alliance of Faith.
All of this learning was accademic for Kihn for some time. He managed to focus sufficiently on his training in the Special Forces (whatever form these took) to distinguish himself there and rise in rank. He became known for his ability to learn all there was to know about a situation, particularly during surveilence. Conversly, he could remain inconspicuous, hidden, practically invisible. He could come, execute a mission, and leave without being detected. Thus is name of ghost roarken, a roarken being a bird of prey known for its quick, stealthy attacks on small game. Also, he was a natural leader and teacher, and was given the role of teaching new recruits into the Special Forces, and later of training the security forces of the allies and pawns of the empire.
After years of warfare, the loss of too many comrads, being ordered on too many hairbrained and unreasonably destructive missions, Kihn got fed up. He already knew of the Alliance of Faith, and though he didn't have any faith of his own, except in his own skills and those of his people, he positioned himself to be assigned the mission of infiltrating the organization and serving there undercover to feed intelligence back to the ruling party. He figured that by joining them and offering some of his tactical knowledge and strategic expertise in their service, he might aid them in mitigating the emperialistic practices of the empire. Though he succeeded in the infiltration, he kept his history to himself, as well as his service to the empire, abiding under his cover story for the duration and feeding enough information, much of it only partial truths, to the empire for them to maintain their trust in him. Meanwhile he advised the leading counsel of the Alliance of Faith such that they could continue to evade the attempts of the Empire to track and destroy them, even given Kihn's help.
It is shortly after Kihn ingratiates himself to the Alliance that he learns of the plans to invade the fantasy world. This being a prime example of all he hates of his own history, Kihn insists that he be sent to the world with the Alliance envoy, to warn them.
I'm not sure where we'd want the story to pick up, but if feasable, I'd like to establish the presence of Kihn and whomever else from the galactic empire, on the fantasy planet, for at least a decade before the empire colony ships show up.
Perhaps something goes amiss on the trip to the fantasy world, and the Alliance vessel is thrown back in time. Or the internal politics and conflicts with other SF races in or on the boarders of the empire distract their fleets, and their invasion of the fantasy world is delayed for a decade as they deal with it.
Kihn, Avaron, and whomever else make world-fall on the fantasy planet, and set out to establish diplomatic relationships with the people there. They are initially received with suspicion, but manage to escape the religious zealots that would have burned them at the stake, or whatever. Ultimatly, Kihn's learning and proficiency with languages and anthropology assist them in reaching friendly terms with some of the tribes. Even so, their warnings of imminent invasion fall on deaf ears, and besides, nothing appears in the skies over the next year. Kihn, for his part, heaves a wary sigh of relief, and retreats to a mountain village to make a new life for himself. Without the purpose that united the Alliance team, and without a faith like theirs, Kihn sees no reason to remain with them, but welcomes any who choose to go with him, as friends.
In this new life as a teacher of engineering in the village, he has time to deal with the turmoil in his soul. He's incredibly bitter about how the emperial government used him, the horrible deeds he'd commited in his past, and swears off of violence for the rest of his life. Yet it's a part of his genetic make up as well as his training, and occasionally it rears its ugly head, whether in responce to mountain predators that threaten the village, or bullies and brigands who get a little too close to his new family and friends, or whatever. The people begin to realize that there's something different about him, he's not just from a distant country, just a teacher or engineer, but rather a warrior. This plagues him something awefull, especially considering that he's trying to build a family with his new wife. Yes, I'll assume he marries one of the village women, though I haven't read the fantasy characters thread and don't know whether or not there's a compatible primary character. The problem for him grows worse when word reaches the village that the foretold invasion has occured, and cities in the plain have been destroyed or taken, people tortured, raped, and killed, etc.
Kihn now loves his new people, his new life, and has to make a choice. Defend them, thus loosing them and their love as his true nature is revealed-a nature abhorrent to him, and he assumes, likewise to them were they to discover it-or attempt to flee and hide with them, possibly keeping those that survived the high mountain retreat through the harsh winter- or simply hope the invasion forces chose to ignore or spare his village.
As I said, the story could start at any point, and he would enter at that point, the rest being either history or destiny.
Kihn is the quintesential quiet professional. He has a reasonably well developed sense of humor, and is somewhat sociable. He enjoys the company of good people, particularly fellow soldiers, but despises politicians and military brass. He has a sense of honor and chivalry that is rare among his comrads, and which he hides when it seems expedient to do so. He is friendly and good natured enough, but the displays of emotion are shallow masks, put on to smooth over relationships with other people. Deep down, as is revealed whenever Kihn is in mission mode, he's all business. He quietly takes in the situation with a keen awareness of causes and likely effects, thinks through the angles, makes a decision, and acts in a decisive and commanding manner on those decisions. He usually succeeds, but should his plans go off the wire he either has contingency plans, or comes up with something on the fly.
Physically, his build and appearance are average. He is neither ugly nor beautifull, extreemly muscular nor extreemly thin. He is average, thus his uncanny ability to blend into any role in any company. Under the loose clothing he usually wears, however, his body is built for endurence athletic competitions as those held of old; both for distance running, swimming, and fighting.
Speaking of fighting, he prefers not to, even while serving the empire. He read the works of the ancients, who advocated victory by deceit and subterfuge rather than by brute force or strength of numbers. If you know your enemy, and you know your self, you can apply your strengths to their weaknesses, and accomplish your mission with minimal enemy contact, and thus, minimal casualties. However, when it does come to a fight he is a tactical expert, weilding a variety of lazer weapons, firearms and bladed weapons with ease and to quickly deadly effect. He is also one of his people's most accomplished martial artists, as the arts are generally not regarded as viable military practices. Kihn, however, studies on his own and with any of the old ones who will teach him.