[b]Name:[/b] Sergeant Serossa Sekula [b]Species:[/b] Human [b]Age:[/b] 31 [b]Planet of Origin/Birth:[/b] Uslam [b]Force Sensitive:[/b] Yes [b]Appearance:[/b] [img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/apgi_zpst08rgfja.jpg[/img] [b]Skills/Abilities:[/b] - [i]Battlefield Luck/Intuition[/i] - a point of debate within 1st Platoon is whether Sekula has a true intuitive sense of a battlefield, or if she's just the luckiest motherfucker in the Rebel Alliance so far. Whatever the source, luck or intuition, there's no denying that voice in Sekula's head got the "Liberators" off Uslam's surface in the nick of time. - [i]Advanced training, Uslam[/i] - Formerly corporate security turned Uslam militiawoman turned Uslam regular; Sekula wasn't simply trained on Uslam, she was one of the NCOs doing the training. Many of the Liberators' first contact with Sekula likely happens during her time as military instructor, before the Empire arrived on Uslam in massive force, before she is assigned to the unit as NCO. - [i]Command Presence[/i] - so long as Sekula is upright and moving, the Liberators will be okay--or at least, that's the sense of it. She never shows much fear, anxiety, or indecisiveness. And most importantly to a small unit such as the Liberators, Sekula never shows favoritism. She seems to genuinely care about each member of the platoon, even if that commanding presence tends to keep her isolated and at arm's length from her subordinates on a personal level. Sekula remains the counter-balance influence of a proper military non-commissioned officer to the pirates of [i]the Intruder[/i] and their cut-throat influence on the platoon. - [i]Rigger[/i] - Given her many experiences with public and private security, Sekula claims she can drive/fly anything; so long as a human can fit in it. Though she doesn't claim to be a starfighter, she could probably get a starship from point A to point B without crashing and burning. Of all things she wants a crack at, the Imperial AT-AT tops her list. - [i]Slicer[/i] - Sekula has a love of puzzles, and it's not uncommon to see her trying to work everything from a mathematical equation on a scrap of paper debris to playing little hand held geometric puzzle games. While that is known to members of the Liberators, what is unknown is that this love of puzzles manifested itself earlier in life as Slicing. Though no great Slicer, Sekula is capable of moderate to challenging Slicing tasks given the right gear. [b]Equipment:[/b] - Blastech A280 Blaster Rifle - Blastech DH-17 Blaster Pistol - Rebel Blast Helmet; the big one. - Blast vest, complete with load bearing equipment. - Uniform; a brown tunic and trousers, along with boots - Frag grenades - A frame pack with a number of the other essentials, including a comm link. - Other incidental infantry equipment as applies. [b]Psychological Profile: [/b] Many of the Replacements find their platoon's NCO, initially at least, to be cold and distant. She may forcefully remind you to drink some water when you seem dehydrated, or to sleep when you can barely keep your lids up, but it's very unlikely she'll come up to you from nowhere and ask what you were before the war, where you came from, or if you've got family. To the veterans, she seems more open, more relaxed; this is in large part to the realities of starside and planetside modern combat: A LOT of people die. Sekula has, simply put, gotten tired of getting close to people that may not last past the first few minutes of their first real fire fight. Those that live long enough to get to know, it's assumed, Sekula will eventually get to know. In the meantime she's watching everyone, and watching out for everyone. Need new boots? She'll make it happen. Need a new scope? She'll make it happen. On the flip side, Sekula is rather good at making herself the target: whether or not she's lucky or just that good is a constant debate, one Sekula just seems to smile at. Likewise, as one of the few women in the platoon, sexuality seems to distantly amuse her rather than ever make her uncomfortable around the men. Recently, the topic of what and who Sergeant Sekula was before the outbreak of fighting on Uslam has become just as hotly debated. The Replacements tend to favor the idea that she was some sort of actress or model, while most the Vets believe she was a Uslamer cop. A few that have been around since the Miners revolt know she was once Rim Mining, but turned on them in favor of the union. None seem to know exactly what she did for Rim Mining. [b]History:[/b] A Uslam native, from a long line of planetary police and militia. A family tragedy would keep Sekula on Uslam, when she might have otherwise gone off and continued her education, or even taken the Imperial recruiters up on their fine words. A family friend would get Sekula a position within the Rim Mining's private security force, and quickly would she hit the ground running and take off from there. Though even as Sekula would thrive in a corporate security setting, she would see (and be expected to forget) too many wrongs done by the conglomerate. Her bosses at Rim Mining would think it brilliant to put Sekula in a position where she might feel as if she was doing some good, even if any good she did was little more than a drop in the big galactic bucket. In her new role within Rim Mining security's investigative division, Sekula would get an even greater view of the bad being done by the Rim Mining braintrust. Worse for her and Rim Mining, Sekula would fall in love with a miner. Her new love's tales of how bad the mines were, of how dangerous they were, and how oppressed the miners really were...would eventually lead Sekula to betray Rim Mining. When her new love's union called for a Strike, Rim Mining called on the Empire to force the Uslamers into labor. The prospect of Storm Trooper overseen slave labor on her home world forced Sekula to begin training and helping the Union forces in their bloody fight. One blaster fire scuffle turned into four more, and soon enough shooting around corners and along ore processing plant catwalks became open warfare, and Sekula found herself deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole until there was nothing but dying and fighting. Any chance that Sekula might relent and submit to Imperial will so that she could stay on Uslam and stay close to her family ended the moment her lover died at Imperial hands. In response, Sekula would give Uslam and it's security forces everything she had left, everything she could give. It would eventually result in her appointment as NCO of the Liberators, and escaping off world without ever getting to see her sister and father again. The only way Sekula KNOWS she can return home and be happy is if she does so following a Rebel victory. With that in mind, Serossa Sekula is all in with the Rebellion, ready to take the Liberators anywhere they're called, any time they're called, for any fight. [b]Yes, and:[/b] Sekula is hard on Dob, at times, as with the Antares situation. He seems soft and willful, as if he never went through the mental and physical conditioning of real military training. Sekula now knows this is because he did not, and she will have to condition him on the run, if the dying fields of warfare don't do much of it for her first. When he's frustrated out of his senses and scared out of his mind, that's when her toughening him up will pay off. In the meantime, Sekula tries very hard to give the Mon Calamari gentle words and soft smiles when he really needs them, and only when he really needs them. Likewise, she has gone out of her way to make him feel like a contributor by always listening to any ideas he has given his unique skill set among the other Liberators.