[color=39b54a][b]Character Name:[/b][/color] Alpha-32 "Besk" [color=39b54a][b]Age:[/b][/color] 32 years old; looks way older. [color=39b54a][b]Species:[/b][/color] Human Clone ("Pure Jango") [color=39b54a][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male [color=39b54a][b]Rank:[/b][/color] Captain [color=39b54a][b]Role:[/b][/color] Commanding Officer, Alliance SpecForces Detachment Chakaar [color=39b54a][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] [hr] [indent][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/4UsYFW4.jpg?1[/img][/center] Besk is unmistakably a Jango Fett clone, and though they age in roughly similar fashion, each clone's experience differs and leaves an impact. And so while he has the darker skin tone and slightly folded eyes of his genetic forebear, he's picked up some wrinkles and scars to show for it. Besk actually went ahead and grew his hair out, along with his beard. "We're not the kriffing Empire" he tells his men, and any Alliance officer that voices concerns. He typically wears it in a bun, perhaps in an attempt to make himself look a lot less obviously cloned and pass more easily in a covert situation. Hair, beard and some sort of visor, and he can slip into a crowd.[/indent] [color=39b54a][b]Unit:[/b][/color] [hr][indent]Detachment Chakaar, 14 beings of varying species, cross-section of Alliance SpecForces specialties, tasked with recon, covert direct action, sabotage and other specialist activities on behalf of Rancor Company. They are often tasked with raiding Imperial supplies, boarding Imperial ships, extraction or reinforcement of compromised Intelligence operatives and capture/neutralization of key Imperial personnel.[/indent] [color=39b54a][b]Skills:[/b][/color] [hr][indent]- Cloned from the best - Jango Fett was a superlative warrior and the ARC program involved enhancing the genome; Besk might be slowing down and at the end, but he is still built from the ground up for his job. - Advanced Recon Commando training - Jango Fett trained the Alpha-Class ARCs personally to be used in covert operations and to function as military advisors to the Jedi. Marksmanship, close quarters combat, explosives, tactics, etc. Also: Mando'a. - Bounty Hunting - Besk spent a lot of time in Hutt Space grabbing bounties and gathering intelligence for the Alliance. He's learned the ins and outs of disguises and how to slip in and out without notice. - Slicing and communications equipment. - Huttese, Mando'a languages. - Clone/Imperial tactics and methods. - Cybernetic lower leg, and he uses it to kick down doors. He's very unabashed about it. - Unconventional Supply Procurement - Disruptors are illegal. Besk doesn't care. [/indent] [color=39b54a][b]Weaknesses:[/b][/color] [hr][indent]- Pure Jango - Jango Fett was not a team player. The white jobs, regular clone troopers, were given a lot of obedience reprogramming that wasn't given to the ARCs. They are an opinionated breed, always were, and age and experience has not made Besk more tactful. If he sees fit, he will disregard orders. - Rapid Clone Aging - Arthritis of the shoulder and general aches and pains. - Sleep problems/Anger Management - Doesn't like Jedi. Really doesn't like Jedi. He served under Jedi, and he considers them to be idealistic fools that should have been a little more vicious for the good of the Republic. He doesn't like that he was forced to kill a Jedi by a (now removed) chip, but he has a lot of resentment toward the breed. He'll never work under a Jedi again. - Needs the occasional medical treatment for clone health complications, including cancer. - Painkiller/Stims addiction - part of the drug regimen that keeps him going include a cocktail of drugs that keep the symptoms at bay. He won't last much longer, but he'll keep going until then. - Deathwish - he knows that the end is coming and it won't be pretty. He's intent on dying with his boots on.[/indent] [color=39b54a][b]Equipment:[/b][/color][hr][indent] - [url=http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/swfanon/images/e/e5/Marine_Assault.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090117083040]Alliance Marine battlearmor[/url]; it environmentally seals. ARC helmet instead of the standard, adapted from the old Phase II clone armor. However, this is not always worn; it is typically reserved for situations where the environment is an issue and the life support systems are needed. - When not in the battle armor, the Rebel-issue camouflage jumpsuit is favored, along with a blast vest and a modified helmet, cut down helmet and visor that has a built in comm unit. - Medpack, rigged to auto-deploy in event of trauma. It doesn't cure things so much as stabilize a wounded trooper for medevac. His is modified for suicide in the event of imminent capture - he does not want to become an experimental subject for some mad doctor type. - Blasters of varying types, but he is a fan of the Blastech T-21 and typically carries that, unless the fight is in close quarters, then he downgrades to something appropriate for tight quarters, such as the Blastech A280 CFE configured for close-quarters combat. But he really loves the T-21. - Blastech DH-44 heavy blaster pistol. - One of the many different brands of rotary or break action grenade launcher for those situations where he thinks it might come in handy, optionally. - Binder cuffs, rope, grapples, tripwires, grenades, motion sensors, mines. - Gripper gloves - Magnetic boots - Other specialist equipment as necessary, depending on deployment and constraints.[/indent] [color=39b54a][b]History:[/b][/color] [hr][indent] [b]Clone Wars[/b] [indent]As part of the ARC program, Alpha-32 and his batch were trained personally by Jango Fett with the intent of creating creative, dangerous clones that could exercise discretion in situations and act as military advisors to the Jedi. Alpha-32 was assigned to the Togrutan Jedi Knight Bashtim Vo and deployed into the fight alongside the General and his Padawan, Josa Zissai, a Zeltron. Toward the end of the war, Padawan Zissai and Besk started a relationship that was kept very secret, given the mores of the time. Knight Vo seemed to sense the tension and worked to keep the two of them apart, much to their annoyance.[/indent] [b]Order 66[/b] [indent]When Order 66 came into being, Padawan Zissai was off doing another task while Besk was kept with Knight Vo; when the order came through, he struggled with Order 66, but the implant overrode him in his conflicted state. He did not get away unscathed; the Togruta Knight took off his lower leg. Zissai came in on the proceedings while Besk was treating himself and he quickly told her to run and how to do it, despite the promptings of the implant, which he managed to reason over.[/indent] [b]Bounty Hunting[/b] [indent]After his maiming, he was fitted with cyborg implants for his lower leg, but quickly arranged to escape the hospital he was in; the nastiest of rumors were going on about what was happening with the Empire, clone troops and experimental medical treatments. Besk had no wish to become a lab subject, so he arranged to smuggle himself out. He was lucky enough to pay his way out to Nar Shaddaa, where he put himself into business hunting bounties. As he grew more prosperous, he acquired a small ship and a business that took him all over the Outer Rim, though he tended to stay in Hutt Space and the Corporate Sector to avoid being picked up by Imperial forces looking for deserters. Through the Dark Times, he took bounties, often using disguises and more covert methods for getting on planet, in order to avoid being easily recognized by a clone. [/indent] [b]Reunion[/b] [indent]Josa Zissai had a bounty placed on her head, and several other bounty hunters were hunting her. Besk tagged along with the group as they traced her over multiple systems, and finally tracked her down to Dalloris, where she was trying to secure a freighter's worth of Dallorian Alloy for Alliance operations. As the other bounty hunters got into place, Besk turned on them. In the fracas, Josa Zissai sustained a wound; despite attempts to keep her alive, she died on the hyperspace transit to the Rebel contacts that were picking up the alloy, which was slated to be used in the manufacturing of fleet weaponry. Besk's performance left him a wanted man, and he wound up signing on with the Alliance. Alliance intelligence quickly established Alpha-32's service record and Besk's bounty hunting career and vetted him thoroughly. Not entirely trusted, he was nonetheless run on several missions where he distinguished himself; as an experienced fringer, he was an effective recruiter and in tight spots he was good with a blaster. His transition into the Alliance hasn't been the smoothest. As a hardened veteran of the Clone Wars and the Fringes, he has a very different outlook from some of these idealists. He is opinionated and butts heads if there is something to butt heads about, and he is fond of the phrase "mir'osikiise (mando'a: Bullshitter) open mic night" in reference to diplomatic operations that he was playing escort on. There is a certain sense with Besk that a lot of the Alliance doesn't actually want to commit to fighting. One of his more cutting remarks to a dignitary was an observation that the galaxy seems to have a lot of issues with fighting for itself, but has no problem building clankers or cloning Mando boys to do it all for them. This comment was overheard by both Senators Mothma and Organa and may well have contributed to his transfer into something more suited to his nature. He was initially placed into a training command for SpecForces, but quickly demonstrated his capabilities and lobbied intensively for transfer to a line unit. Rancor company had a need and Besk's detachment filled it.[/indent] [b]A Good Death[/b] [indent] With an exemplary combat record under his belt, despite age and medical conditions quickly taking their toll on him as he ages rapidly, Captain Alpha-32 was put into one of the forward deployed units expected to plug the gap and fight the Empire in smaller actions while the rest of the Alliance built itself up for a different phase of warfare. The need for new field units to plug the gap was desperate. Besk was given the go ahead to grab the picks of the litter in the various SpecForces training units a put together a unit from those top-performing trainees; they needed those beings now, and couldn't wait on graduation ceremonies. The rest of the training was conducted en route to their new assignment and during downtime from other duties with Rancor company. Chakaar's first deployment with Rancor was prelimary recon of the depot on Anaxes, including terrain, assessment of enemy forces and other notable features. Besk's team designated landing areas and hardpoints to destroy in the raid. When things went south with a strong Imperial force reacting to the raid, Besk's detachment guided in the airstrokes and designated targets to help cover the extraction, using their knowledge of the terrain and concealment to best advantage. There were a couple short direct engagements with Imperial forces as they extracted out on U-Wings independently of the main force, which were tied to LAAT's. [/indent][/indent] [color=39b54a][b]Detachment Chakaar TO&E[/b][/color] [hr][indent] [i]Can be modified to fit in characters and so forth.[/i] Squad Mir'osik - CPT [color=fff79a]Alpha-32[/color] (M, Jango Clone) - CPL Qul Tesh (M, Weequay) - CPL Nyk Srukro (M, Gand) - SGT Inhulmal Le (F, Mon Cal) - CPL Zeal Brimall (M, Nautolan) - CPL Po Vagger (M, Aqualish) -LT Zanur Ves (M, Durese) -SGT Stog Bra (M, Rodian) -SGT Shestu Yankem (M, Human) -CPL Ssasamin Stigg (F, Trandoshan) -CPL [color=fff79a]Orren Yar[/color] (M, Human) -CPL Ta’Lani (F, Twi’lek) -CPL Sabra Toqot (F, ZabraK) Squad Breaker - LT [color=fff79a]Zuhlg Bens[/color] (Quarren) - SGT Pana Bren (Givin) - CPL Onhar Delstee (Ugnaught) - CPL Zaghirr (Wookie) - PFC Jaa (Yuzzeem) - PFC Venka Janrenk (Nosaurian) - PFC Mos Zessom - (Gotal) [/indent]