Name: Enki Rigel
Aliases: Orion (as a bounty hunter), Crimson Star (when he raced)
Species: Ki (will elaborate later)
Homeworld: Ki (though he lived mostly on it's moon Nanna)
Ki is known as a quiet but prosperous planet, when it was taken into the Talim Empire its existing aristocracy was largely preserved in exchange for the "peaceful" transition into Empire control. Though their political power has waned as a prosperous merchant class grew by taking advantage of attractive opportunities within the Talim empire, they still retain certain privileges and the moon Nanna remains largely under their direct control.
Ki is a largely temperate planet, it's beauty partially preserved between the dense urban sprawls where most live thanks to a mineral rich asteroid belt in the system and a suitable small agri world that lacked any large or intelligent life forms to compete with to be used for crops growing and cultivating other natural resources.
Nanna itself lacks a true atmosphere, its surface covered with an intricate silver web of conduits, walkways and freight ways linking the gem coloured bubble cities and self sufficient lunar towers of the various aristocrats and industries who influence it.
The Ki themselves are a humanoid race, their culture and history one of rising and falling dynasties who's stability was often prolonged by the discovery of precursor artefacts that saw their technological advancement leap forward in burst of dramatic discovery. The Ki tend to be skilled operators of whatever vehicles they turn their hands to and upon achieving inter-stellar flight discovered a curious affinity for space travel that went beyond their natural talents as pilots. Those with a strong enough ability to properly perceive the leyland energies they use as part of this are so rare and infrequent that little knowledge has been retained or even acknowledged by the Ki of this talent.
Age: Adult
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Orion is tall with broad shoulders for a Ki, though by many other species' standard he appears slender still, his skin is a pale light blue that is patterned with intricate scales as is common to his people. Darker scales verging into purple score along his brow and highlight the tops of his angular cheek bones; another more concentrated ridge of scales bisects his forehead. His eyes are purple too, shoots of pale silver scoring through the iris when caught in the light around the diamond shaped pupils typical of all Ki. Larger plainer scaling covers his scalp, intersected with rising keratinous plates that rise and interlock together to form a curving flair of them above his face, similar to a human quiff in overall shape.
As a racer he was known for flamboyant style, often wearing military stylised jackets in reds and purples, pressed and tailored trousers and gleaming tall boots that seemed to ring on metal as he paced over the race way or the deck of his racer. He had a pair of custom gloves, made from the hide of some exotic alien beast and the pads lined with nanite firmament to ensure full sensation. When racing he would often wear a HUD display over one eye and ear, feeding data from his support crew into his ear and overlaying it before him. What was most remembered however was his signature red cloak, the high flaring collar making his profile instantly recognised wherever he went.
Now however he is more circumspect, his boots are functional, stopping beneath the knee with sturdy loose trousers tucked into them. Orion wears scavenged and repurposed pieces of a Talim infantry class armour set, one of the old Mk IV lines. The pieces have been recoloured black and grey, the chest piece and utility belt looking scarred and scuffed, the kneepads having worn their paint away from use to show the dull grey brown of the smart ceramic beneath. The chunky helmet and arm protection have been discarded in favour of a lightweight visor style helmet, the mirrored visor obscuring the top half of his face and capable of sliding down to meet a retractable rebreather that fits around his jaw line from the base of the helmet for low oxygen environments. His arms are kept free of armour except for a well worn set of stained and blackened racing gloves that extend past his wrist and flare out over the ugly but surprising resistant material of his long sleeve top. When outside of combat situations he typically wears a long grey duster style coat or a padded black biker jacket over all of this to help conceal his equipment from the casual observer.
Personality: Charming and well spoken, Orion can be affable and open when he wants to be. He is fiercely proud and stubborn, and sticks strongly to his own internal code of ethics no matter the cost to him. While he was once a social creature, surrounded by admirers and friends, these days he is more closed off; his well bred manners tempered to a smooth professional courtesy after a few years bounty hunting.
Background:
Enki was the scion of a lesser noble house, he was racing prodigy and became a minor celebrity after a succession of victories in his ship the Betelgeuse, a custom built racer he spent a considerable portion of his inheritance on. Unfortunately for Enki he attracted the attention of a crime syndicate who attempted to bribe and blackmail him into throwing a race.
When the Crimson Star defied their wishes, arrogant in his belief that he was untouchable, they came after him; not with violence however as he had expected but with lies and deception. The Crimson Star was framed, accused of murder and debauchery and as fans and the media turned on him, he disappeared.
Orion appeared in the Istio system a few years later, his racer remodelled into an angular black ship with lightweight armour called the Ninshubar and a reputation of being willing to take on any bounties against organised crime members fleeing justice, he has also occasionally smuggled small valuable cargo that needed to be delivered fast, a service he does not advertise as openly however. For now nobody is aware of his past, his face obscured behind his visor along with the changes to the profile and colour of his ship protect his identity.
Talents
Cyphers:
Aliases: Orion (as a bounty hunter), Crimson Star (when he raced)
Species: Ki (will elaborate later)
Homeworld: Ki (though he lived mostly on it's moon Nanna)
Ki is known as a quiet but prosperous planet, when it was taken into the Talim Empire its existing aristocracy was largely preserved in exchange for the "peaceful" transition into Empire control. Though their political power has waned as a prosperous merchant class grew by taking advantage of attractive opportunities within the Talim empire, they still retain certain privileges and the moon Nanna remains largely under their direct control.
Ki is a largely temperate planet, it's beauty partially preserved between the dense urban sprawls where most live thanks to a mineral rich asteroid belt in the system and a suitable small agri world that lacked any large or intelligent life forms to compete with to be used for crops growing and cultivating other natural resources.
Nanna itself lacks a true atmosphere, its surface covered with an intricate silver web of conduits, walkways and freight ways linking the gem coloured bubble cities and self sufficient lunar towers of the various aristocrats and industries who influence it.
The Ki themselves are a humanoid race, their culture and history one of rising and falling dynasties who's stability was often prolonged by the discovery of precursor artefacts that saw their technological advancement leap forward in burst of dramatic discovery. The Ki tend to be skilled operators of whatever vehicles they turn their hands to and upon achieving inter-stellar flight discovered a curious affinity for space travel that went beyond their natural talents as pilots. Those with a strong enough ability to properly perceive the leyland energies they use as part of this are so rare and infrequent that little knowledge has been retained or even acknowledged by the Ki of this talent.
Age: Adult
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Orion is tall with broad shoulders for a Ki, though by many other species' standard he appears slender still, his skin is a pale light blue that is patterned with intricate scales as is common to his people. Darker scales verging into purple score along his brow and highlight the tops of his angular cheek bones; another more concentrated ridge of scales bisects his forehead. His eyes are purple too, shoots of pale silver scoring through the iris when caught in the light around the diamond shaped pupils typical of all Ki. Larger plainer scaling covers his scalp, intersected with rising keratinous plates that rise and interlock together to form a curving flair of them above his face, similar to a human quiff in overall shape.
As a racer he was known for flamboyant style, often wearing military stylised jackets in reds and purples, pressed and tailored trousers and gleaming tall boots that seemed to ring on metal as he paced over the race way or the deck of his racer. He had a pair of custom gloves, made from the hide of some exotic alien beast and the pads lined with nanite firmament to ensure full sensation. When racing he would often wear a HUD display over one eye and ear, feeding data from his support crew into his ear and overlaying it before him. What was most remembered however was his signature red cloak, the high flaring collar making his profile instantly recognised wherever he went.
Now however he is more circumspect, his boots are functional, stopping beneath the knee with sturdy loose trousers tucked into them. Orion wears scavenged and repurposed pieces of a Talim infantry class armour set, one of the old Mk IV lines. The pieces have been recoloured black and grey, the chest piece and utility belt looking scarred and scuffed, the kneepads having worn their paint away from use to show the dull grey brown of the smart ceramic beneath. The chunky helmet and arm protection have been discarded in favour of a lightweight visor style helmet, the mirrored visor obscuring the top half of his face and capable of sliding down to meet a retractable rebreather that fits around his jaw line from the base of the helmet for low oxygen environments. His arms are kept free of armour except for a well worn set of stained and blackened racing gloves that extend past his wrist and flare out over the ugly but surprising resistant material of his long sleeve top. When outside of combat situations he typically wears a long grey duster style coat or a padded black biker jacket over all of this to help conceal his equipment from the casual observer.
Personality: Charming and well spoken, Orion can be affable and open when he wants to be. He is fiercely proud and stubborn, and sticks strongly to his own internal code of ethics no matter the cost to him. While he was once a social creature, surrounded by admirers and friends, these days he is more closed off; his well bred manners tempered to a smooth professional courtesy after a few years bounty hunting.
Background:
Enki was the scion of a lesser noble house, he was racing prodigy and became a minor celebrity after a succession of victories in his ship the Betelgeuse, a custom built racer he spent a considerable portion of his inheritance on. Unfortunately for Enki he attracted the attention of a crime syndicate who attempted to bribe and blackmail him into throwing a race.
When the Crimson Star defied their wishes, arrogant in his belief that he was untouchable, they came after him; not with violence however as he had expected but with lies and deception. The Crimson Star was framed, accused of murder and debauchery and as fans and the media turned on him, he disappeared.
Orion appeared in the Istio system a few years later, his racer remodelled into an angular black ship with lightweight armour called the Ninshubar and a reputation of being willing to take on any bounties against organised crime members fleeing justice, he has also occasionally smuggled small valuable cargo that needed to be delivered fast, a service he does not advertise as openly however. For now nobody is aware of his past, his face obscured behind his visor along with the changes to the profile and colour of his ship protect his identity.
Talents
- Piloting - Gets the most speed and manoeuvrability out of the ship he can
- Leyline Sensitive - Has an intuitive sense allowing him to locate fragments of leyline energy to give himself a speed boost
- Pistol Duellist - An excellent shot with a pistol, particular when on the move
Cyphers:
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