(M)The Black Star Privateers: Blood and Blasters

[Splat]

The space raccoon will leave Vasha thoroughly confused, especially since she doesn't know what a raccoon is.

But even if the space raccoon looks nothing like



I will still always imagine it like that.

[SikstaSlathalin]

Haha.

[AngelDellaNotte]

Space Trash Panda!

[Splat]

Man, I'm so tempted to make a second character, but whenever I play more than one I always end up sidelining one of them in favor of the other TT____TT

[SikstaSlathalin]

Haha that sounds like a fun idea Angel, feel free to make it if you want.

And no worries Splat, I leave it all up to my players if they want to make another. I have enough ideas to make NPCs for every spot if needed.

[Enigma]

Sorry for the delay, it's a balancing act putting together a badger.

[SikstaSlathalin]

Haha I bet.

Spoiler: Leo "Wallop the Cat" Swiftpaw 

Name: Leo "Wallop the Cat" Swiftpaw
Age: 66
Gender(m/f): Male
Appearance(pic and description):

Spoiler: Wallop 

7 foot even 500lbs of furious muscle dressed in brown cargo pants and no shirt usually. Because of his massive shame he was stripped of his honors(the jewellery and all in the pic) Each piece represented an accomplishment he had earned from back on Skillio and top be stripped of every one means he is no better than a newborn cub among his people. And it rippled out to his family many of them losing honors they earned with his help. Through the years Wallop has collected an impressive array of scars and wounds and each one is marked by a patch of lighter fur giving him an overall gray appearance and thanks to an unfortunate sequence of events Leo now sports a silver cybernetic right arm and leg leg.

Race: Formally Kessen, but presently a Cyborg
Job: First Mate

Racial Skills and Abilities (limit of 4):

Perfect Night Vision: Like all cats Wallop can see perfectly well in darkness.

Superior Physical prowess: From a naturally physical race to a lifetime of fighting and training and now being a Cyborg, Leo is physically stronger, tougher and faster than a human and while Sharterrans are stronger Kessens are faster.

Claws and teeth: Having been born with a strong set of claws and teeth Leo has kept them sharp and ready.

Sense of smell: Leo can hunt and track with the best of the bloodhounds.

Normal Skills and Abilities(limit of 5):

Grandmaster: A premier Martial Artist and once a universally revered fighter. Leo Swiftpaw has mastered Martial Arts from all corners of existence. Even in his old age he is one of the few recognized Grandmasters in the known universe.

Gunner: For when punching things doesn't work Leo is also a skilled gunman skilled in using both rifles and pistols.

Survivor: A skill known to all Hunters, Soldiers, and Scouts, Wallop can live through many harsh conditions.

Teacher: A skill learned later in life Leo has the patience and wisdom to teach even the most stubborn of students.

Balance: From years of delving to the deepest ends of the Martial Arts Leo has gained control of the insanity that plagued him in his youth and dedicates much of his waking hours to maintaining a calm and collected demeanor.


Weapons(Limit of 4 weapons):

Body: While not normally considered a weapon in Leo's case his body really is one.

Silver Blaze, a particle rifle capable of firing both highly charged bolts of Plasma Energy and Plasma grenades. Both can obliterate most kinds of unarmored or energy armored opponents. But enemies with high-end composite armor that protect against both energy and ballistic damage can survive because this gun is made for fighting force fields.

Lone Star Revolver, an old school design capable of firing ballistic rounds enhanced with slightly corrosive properties.


Armor(one sensible suit of armor): In his life armor has always been an optional choice, but when he's needed it he prefers a suit of lightweight polymer/leather that doesn't hinder his speed or movement. It offers decent protection against most ballistic and energy weapons, but won't hold up to a heavy assault.

Augs(Limit of 3):

SaberKat Cybernetic right arm: From a cybernetic company founded by big cat people for big cat people the SaberKat cybernetic arm replaced Leo's lost arm from a Thantoscale attack. Many of his rivals have tried to use the arm against him being named a Grandmaster, but this is one of the unpowered models it simply gives Leo a right arm again and he's proven time and again that his natural left arm is just as tough and power as his cybernetic right.

SaberKat Cybernetic left leg: Like his right arm his leg is the same unpowered model from the SaberKat company. Simply returning to him the leg he lost evading a relentless merc company on Norvos.

Personality: Wallop is a keen Scout/Tracker/Hunter and unhinged from his accident, but he's kind enough and not someone you'd expect to be a murderer. But underneath his relaxed demeanor is the heart of his savage people. Through the years this has been proven true many times over, but through the course of his training Leo has mellowed out and gained a serenity about him. Nothing seems to phase him even when he's staring death in the face.

Likes: Fresh meat, meditating, fighting, females, and nature.
Dislikes: Sweets, alcohol, young males, cities, and birds.

Spoiler: Background 

Born in the northern part of his home planet of Skillio he lived as a simple hunter for many years right up until he reached the age of 16 and his family had fallen on hard times. The prey were growing scarce and his family were commoners for the most part so they were forced to leave the planet, his people were relatively new to planet earth and not all that well liked for their superiority to humans. But it was just this quality that made them such great soldiers. They were distinguished in many of the world's wars and Leo himself served in the second and third great uprising of Mexico where he won the Purple Heart. During his third tour in the Mexican Uprising the truck he was riding on went over a small IED, and while his size saved him from dying, it still launched him off his feet and made him collide into a building cracking his skull. Once more his race's size and strength saved him from death, but not without giving him a slightly damaged sanity. He was moved to the Rear and has been stuck there ever since, to keep himself active and busy he turned to the Combatives he learned healing up and became the head instructor of the 1025th Infantry Battalion moving from unit to unit teaching them.

Eventually he found himself in a unit where Kessens were more scarce than usual and the humans really didn't like them and it was just this prejudice that lost him his rank of Sergeant First Class and landed him in the Exo-Terrestrial Super Max Prison where aliens like him were sent when they proved too dangerous for the normal prisons. The story behind his fall from grace started in an on-base park at a party. He never drinks but everyone else does and as anyone can tell you, military personnel and alcohol don't usually mix well. Leo was always the biggest guy in his unit, but the younger enlisted were always looking to make their name and would mess with him trying to get the "kitty to hiss" usually the Officers put an end to it but this time they were all gone and the game continued this time they didn't stop at him threatening them. He was about to walk away when one of them threw a bottle at his head drawing blood, now for those who don't know, a Kessen seeing blood is worse than kicking a bull in the face. He blacked out when he awoke he found himself in the base's jail with blood in his fur and the strongest handcuffs they could find binding him along with six heavily armed guards watching his every move. His discharge hearing was a formality, he did found out what he did he killed his tormentors with his bare claws and ate part of them. He could play the insanity card but it would set a precedence for his people and he didn't want to be that guy. He got the death sentence and a dishonorable discharge. Because of that if he ever got pardoned he'd be forced to be some kind of assassin or bodyguard for some sleazy crime lord. But when he got word of Major Coldwall's mission he hoped and prayed to Fangrex he'd get picked. Redemption like this will save his family's honor as well as his own.

The Redemption by the gun program proved a rousing success and after running with the Major and his Suicide Unit for a few years Leo had earned his reputation back, but in the course of that run he had become a cyborg and the Kessen government is still catching up with technology and cyborgs were looked down upon as lesser beings still. So after living most of his adult life with prejudice Leo chose not to deal with it at home. Following the advice of the Major, Wallop became like the wandering warriors from the old Terra vids. Following the path of those Martial Artists, Leo Swiftpaw spent decades learning every fighting style he came across mastering many at a time until he earned the title of Grandmaster.

In that time he has trained many students, Dar-Jeela was one and in her he found one of his most dedicated pupils. She was strong, smart, and almost as quick as Leo, they trained day and night and Jeela accompanied the old cat on many of his journeys through the cosmos learning new fighting styles. By the end of their time together Jeela could almost qualify as a Master, but she was a prizefighter and the money and fame pulled her off the Master's path. Leo was disappointed in that, but everyone has their own destiny. They parted as friends, but Leo enjoys teasing the young woman about it whenever they see each other. Now in his mid sixties Leo has reached the pinnacle of his journey, and with policies changing on Skillio and for the Kessen people he contemplates returning home.

Spoiler: Other 

The wind whispered through the round green hills of Dorcha a 'chala. The newest planet to be founded in the Zeta Quadrant...or refounded if you speak with the reptilian natives and listen to their creation stories. As one of the few pioneers to care enough to ask Wallop the Cat has listened to their stories and found them deeply compelling. Hurlords terraformed Dark Harbor (as the layman calls it) and left the Guida here to protect and nurture the planet until the Hurlords returned.

This was from what Wallop and the other pioneers could guess over one hundred million years ago. Historians need to confirm this theory first, but if it proves true then it would make the Guida one of the oldest and most unchanged races in the Alliance. They have existed as a tribal society from their inception and thanks to the isolation of the Zeta Quadrant they have been allowed to grow to a state of total oneness with their planet. Natural mutations spurring them towards a harmony with their environment. Able to change their skin color to be completely invisible, throw sharp poisoned quills from their bodies, and have a type of earth sense that allows them to feel vibrations in the ground and react accordingly. Those abilities were likely the only thing that saved the Guida from going the way of countless other primitive races the dark realities of past planet rushes have wiped out.
Leo has unfortunately been present for a number of these extinctions, he fought as much as he could to stem the tide, but he was only one Kessen and of a very unpopular opinion. Resources were all most Planet Rushers cared about, making the quickest and most sustainable buck they can.

It is a troubling truth to be sure, but this time would be different Wallop could tell. He was on the first shuttle that landed six months ago and with only twelve passengers it wasn't hard to convince them to play nice, but each day more shuttles arrive and it has become harder and harder to keep everyone playing nice. More space is needed, more farmland needs making, and more land is being taken from the Guida. Tempers are boiling up and things will come to a head eventually and then something Wallop has spent too much of his life engaging in will come...war.

[Splat]

Omg, Vasha will love him xD She loves cats lol.

[SikstaSlathalin]

He'll be your First Mate come planetside so nothing but the best fish and milk will be accepted when he is being wooed. Haha

[IronQuill]

Edited Carcano's CS with your advice in mind, Siks. Hopefully he's ready now.

I wonder how the Sams will take to him.