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Ashari

Matron of the Tohvayash, inhabitants of the Rogue Moon, the body of Ashari, the "Ava" [ā-va], resides in a stasis capsule that has preserves her life for millenia (unlike her descendants, she is not immortal). Although her body is in stasis, her mind is very active and linked to the colony computer network, allowing her control of the entire complex. She also may appear anywhere on the colony as a holographic avatar.

Her male counterpart and mate, Yetsam, the "Adam" [a-dam], resides besides her, mummified remains in the damaged stasis capsule.

Hounquichal & Spilizh

Following the emergence of Velkinor in the Republic, Arcturus met with two Turuk historians to aid in his research.

Hounquichal ...

Spilizh is still alive, but very old for a Turuk. She currently resides on Ojikan, the Turuk homeworld. In the year 3076:287RD (20 Apr 1694), Spilizh published her findings on the Spilizh Artifacts.

In her findings Spilizh found evidence of recurring extinctions throughout the galaxy. There was a mass extinction around 65 million years ago and another about 3.5 million years ago. Most of the artifacts found have been in geographical strata of both 65 million and 3.5 million years ago. Some theories are that there was a civil war with the ancient civilization, or a force from outside of the galaxy destroyed the civilization, or a natural phenomenon spurred chaos on the galaxy.

Lazda Seraphin

Lazda was recruited young into the military after losing his parents to slavers. He had a knack for ship's repair, and was widely utilized in the fleet on the most needy ships.

A very unfortunate turn of events cost him his tongue. Obviously, he could no longer function as a member of the Republic's military. Set on his own, outcast with a modest pension, he decided to pursue liberation of all slavers. He fell into the Nivan Slaver Liberation Front.

Lauren Grey

Representative of Humanity in the Republic Senate

M1RV

Often pronounced as "Merv", the medical robot designated M.1.R.V., is a companion of the group, typically isolated in the sick bay of the ship.

M1RV was manufactured by a notable Terran company to aid in Republic military operations. Manpower was at a premium, so M1 medical robots were in high demand. After a particularly cataclysmic battle, M1RV came to find itself floating among the remnants of a huge fleet in the field of an ion storm.

Although it was shortly rescued, M1RV began having thoughts beyond its medical programming. A group of salvagers pulled him aboard, and began using him to tend to the slaves in a nearby sector. While uninterested in the "human condition," M1RV found that he had an ethical problem with the idea of people as property. When it chose to express this newly-programmed ideal to its captors, M1RV was not-so-gently informed that he, in fact, was also the slavers' property. M1RV then spent his tenure aboard various slaver freighters tending to slaves. It tried to take very good care of them while secretly plotting against its captors. M1RV has not learned, and has no interest in learning, humor or an improved bedside manner. But it doesn't matter, because he gets his job done.

Recently, M1RV and his cadre of slaves were rescued by the renowned Fetek Radeljin. While most of the slaves decided to move on with wha they could salvage of their lives, M1RV asked to stay on with Fetek and his crew to save more people from the shackles of slavery.

Paul Ursum

Android on the run...

Savanna Ward

Member of the Solani Order, former companion of Arcturus until she suffered an injury to her head during the battle with the Chaluuk that left her in a nearly vegetative state.

William Chen

William Chen, born Chen Tāo Ming in Jinan, China, moved with his family at an early age to San Francisco, California. His father, a successful banker, and his mother, a skilled lawyer, placed a huge amount of pressure on William to achieve both academic and extracurricular success. Deprived of a normal childhood, his life was devoted to martial arts practice, homework and study for advanced placement school work, and internship work at both his parents businesses. Then, at the age of 16, he reached the limit of his endurance and suffered a major break-down, which ultimately led to him running away from home.

For the next 14 years, he lived life on the streets. His skill of charm and persuasion opened the hearts and wallets of many who contributed to his welfare. Where charm failed, William found that a convincingly forged document could come in very handy, such as for officially changing his name to William. In time, William began to grow out of the stage of survival and he began to become much more acquainted to the world around him. What he soon discovered was that the world around him sucked. The media reported problems of receding wilderness areas, overpopulated cities, pollution of the environment, extinction of animals and a massive gap in the upper and lower classes. Crime, drug addiction, famine, corruption and disease were out of control in the lower class. To William, the root cause of all these problems and the misery of mankind was the Primacorps. The power-hungry corporations were effectively squeezing the life out of Earth just to earn more money.

In 2100, William made the decision to do something about the Primacorps problem. This time, his charm and persuasion were put to work gathering like-minded individual to join his cause. Founder of the Anti-Primacorp Coalition, over the next 5 years he lead a campaign of war against the Primacorps. Protests, propaganda, riots, espionage, sabotage, bomb-threats and the destruction of installations and equipment were the battlefields of his organization. Quickly, he became the number one target of every Primacorps security agent, bounty hunter and mercenary in the Sol system. Concerned for his safety, several of his closest companions advised him to secretly flee Earth. Unfortunately, it was during his attempt to leave that the Primacorps security agents finally succeeded in tracking him down. Arrested and tried for acts of terrorism, he was sentenced to a life term in prison. Outraged by this arrest, Anticorp continued to wage war with the Primacorps. Leaders of the organization were preparing break William out of prison, but before they could make such an attempt, fate would lead William into the unexpected Escape from Brin-2 and his freedom.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. - C.P. Snow

Having a significant role in the rebellion that led to the fall of the Primacorps, and one of the key members of the group that established the interim government, he now serves as a high ranking official of the United Coalitions Imperium.