Characters
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:11 am
Mercutio Hammurabi
Homeworld: Gashidda A56A969-E
AGE: 30
STR: 8
DEX: 10
END: 7
INT: 8
EDU: 8
SOC: 7
Skills: Admin-0, Broker-0, Carouse-1, Electronics(Comms)-0, Electronics(Computers)-0, Drive(Groundcar)-0, Gunnery(Turret)-1, Jack of all trades-1, Persuade-0, Pilot(spacecraft)-1, Stealth-1, Streetwise-1, Vacc Suit-2, Zero-G-0
Born in 1085 (5603 AD) on the water world of Gashidda to a Solomani administrator aiding the Imperial occupation, Mercutio grew up with his grandparents’ tales of the Solomani Cause and the Solomani Rim War. He was torn between his Solomani ethnicity and his father’s role in helping support Imperial martial law. Rebelling against his quisling father, Mercutio hung out with the seedier underside of society despite getting prestigious and comprehensive schooling. Too much partying and maybe a bit of overconfidence led to him disastrously flunking the university entrance exams, much to the shame of his father. Fleeing a confrontation, he signed on as a crew member aboard one of Solar Shipping’s freighters. Over the next several years, his freighter would spend as much time docked in port repairing damage from sabotage, suspected to possibly be sponsored attacks by a competitor like Tukera Lines, as actually plying the stars. Spending more time carousing in the shadier startowns outside the starports, Mercutio, going by the nickname of Merc, eventually found a smuggling crew willing to take him on.
Smuggling drugs and contraband to worlds in the Imperial occupied Solomani Sphere proved profitable; so profitable in fact that the crew were approached by an illegal human trafficking ring associated with the Jardin Syndicate. They were asked to smuggle a load of mixed race or non-Solomani, no doubt to some form of sweatshop labor. Merc and his crew however drew the line at slavery and they not only rejected the job, but freed as many slaves as they could before fleeing.
Was the Imperial Navy patrol that caught them red-handed over Kidashi with a load of recreational herbs years later just bad luck or a form of revenge from the Jardin Syndicate? Merc does not know for sure but that patrol seemed to know exactly which ship to board and thoroughly search. Thankfully, his lawyer successfully pleaded reduced culpability and a reduction in sentencing, and Merc got away with a “mere” 50,000 Credit fine. The smuggling ship was impounded and the other crew members were either jailed or scattered after similarly hefty fines. With an Imperial arrest record and feeling the call of his Solomani heritage, he decided to skip across the border. It was surprisingly hard to find a ship willing to take the grubby looking Merc across the border. Fortune seemed to smile upon him though when he spotted a familiar face at the starport: one of the people he had freed from the human trafficking ring 4 years ago, a Vilani going by the distinctly non-Vilani name of Daddio McCool. The recognition was mutual and after an explanation of his circumstances (and waving a sufficient wad of Credits), Merc was taken to see the captain, Soloman Jones.
The price was steep, a full 20,000 Credits, for passage to Twylo where the ship was due for its annual maintenance. Along the month long journey, Merc got to know the crew and sufficiently impressed Soloman enough to take the place of one of the other crew due to leave the ship.
Homeworld: Gashidda A56A969-E
AGE: 30
STR: 8
DEX: 10
END: 7
INT: 8
EDU: 8
SOC: 7
Skills: Admin-0, Broker-0, Carouse-1, Electronics(Comms)-0, Electronics(Computers)-0, Drive(Groundcar)-0, Gunnery(Turret)-1, Jack of all trades-1, Persuade-0, Pilot(spacecraft)-1, Stealth-1, Streetwise-1, Vacc Suit-2, Zero-G-0
Born in 1085 (5603 AD) on the water world of Gashidda to a Solomani administrator aiding the Imperial occupation, Mercutio grew up with his grandparents’ tales of the Solomani Cause and the Solomani Rim War. He was torn between his Solomani ethnicity and his father’s role in helping support Imperial martial law. Rebelling against his quisling father, Mercutio hung out with the seedier underside of society despite getting prestigious and comprehensive schooling. Too much partying and maybe a bit of overconfidence led to him disastrously flunking the university entrance exams, much to the shame of his father. Fleeing a confrontation, he signed on as a crew member aboard one of Solar Shipping’s freighters. Over the next several years, his freighter would spend as much time docked in port repairing damage from sabotage, suspected to possibly be sponsored attacks by a competitor like Tukera Lines, as actually plying the stars. Spending more time carousing in the shadier startowns outside the starports, Mercutio, going by the nickname of Merc, eventually found a smuggling crew willing to take him on.
Smuggling drugs and contraband to worlds in the Imperial occupied Solomani Sphere proved profitable; so profitable in fact that the crew were approached by an illegal human trafficking ring associated with the Jardin Syndicate. They were asked to smuggle a load of mixed race or non-Solomani, no doubt to some form of sweatshop labor. Merc and his crew however drew the line at slavery and they not only rejected the job, but freed as many slaves as they could before fleeing.
Was the Imperial Navy patrol that caught them red-handed over Kidashi with a load of recreational herbs years later just bad luck or a form of revenge from the Jardin Syndicate? Merc does not know for sure but that patrol seemed to know exactly which ship to board and thoroughly search. Thankfully, his lawyer successfully pleaded reduced culpability and a reduction in sentencing, and Merc got away with a “mere” 50,000 Credit fine. The smuggling ship was impounded and the other crew members were either jailed or scattered after similarly hefty fines. With an Imperial arrest record and feeling the call of his Solomani heritage, he decided to skip across the border. It was surprisingly hard to find a ship willing to take the grubby looking Merc across the border. Fortune seemed to smile upon him though when he spotted a familiar face at the starport: one of the people he had freed from the human trafficking ring 4 years ago, a Vilani going by the distinctly non-Vilani name of Daddio McCool. The recognition was mutual and after an explanation of his circumstances (and waving a sufficient wad of Credits), Merc was taken to see the captain, Soloman Jones.
The price was steep, a full 20,000 Credits, for passage to Twylo where the ship was due for its annual maintenance. Along the month long journey, Merc got to know the crew and sufficiently impressed Soloman enough to take the place of one of the other crew due to leave the ship.