[hider=Conner L. Hadley][center][hr] [img] https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e3/34/1b/e3341b1b1545fa0242a5b7c1fed69580.jpg [/img][img] https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190107/8cb9c8a22713201b58e3b6607f1d202a.png [/img] [color=B0C4DE][sub] "I have never once regretted anything in my life, but I overwhelmingly want profit to feel the happiest. As well, I will extinguish those who I would consider trash to me and my goals." [/sub][/color] [hr] [color=#B0C4DE][b]Name:[/b][/color] [color=silver]Conner L. Hadley / Victor N. Returner[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Full Name:[/b][/color] [color=silver]Conner Leo Hadley / Victor Night Returner[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Alias Information:[/b][/color] [color=silver] Conner's alternate alias Victor is tied to the underground world of the Ascendancy. He uses it to keep his hold over the shadier organizations that would harm his businesses. In that case, he usually meets with mob bosses, with them not knowing they are dealing with Conner himself. He uses his pull to help the Ascendancy's President for Life Emmanuel to keep his power base. Anyone against Emmanuel will get everything coming to them.[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Age:[/b][/color] [color=silver]47, August 25, 2429[/color] [hider=Conner’s Appearance] [color=silver] Conner's hair is a normal length for an Interplanetary Megacorporation CEO based on Mars. His hair is well styled and kept by a hairstylist, which he paid for their great work in keeping his hair short and rugged. There's an outward aura about him that makes him seem nice or otherwise able to work with you in reality. Conner is hiding darker secrets about himself with this facade. He wears clothes that make him feel comfortable but not too comfortable because the Hadley Family is on edge to make a quick buck on others' backs. His eyes are the same as Scott Noreen Hadley showing how much of a visionary Conner is. He was the second coming of Scott, which scares some people in his family while others hold out he would do amazing things. He exudes confidence and shows every person he knows more than he lets on. It helps Conner bribe people to tell their secrets, which are usually using their vices or virtues. He speaks with a more thick wealthy Martian accent, which has hints of a mix between Northwestern American and British. It also has an underlining cunning to it, like he's trying to get his way in whatever deal he has. There's a specific nature to him, which always makes people second guess themselves or make them enraged. He is an Overseer and Business Man first. He only puts certain people on the totem pole of his many priorities if they are genuinely required to be, making the family his third of his overall importance. His body language is a grown-up outright knowing about everyone's vices and weaknesses since he deals with others' minds. His feelings are towards supporting who requires it the most, the President for Life, Emmanuel for his ideals.[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Height:[/b][/color] [color=silver]5'11"[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Weight:[/b][/color] [color=silver]195[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Body Type:[/b][/color] [color=silver]Athletic[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Hair Color:[/b][/color] [color=silver]Black Hair[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Eye Color:[/b][/color] [color=silver]Orange[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Birthmark/Scar(s):[/b][/color] [color=silver] Conner has a generational birthmark on his back, which first started with Scott Noreen Hadley. The birthmark covers twenty-five percent to thirty-five percent of his back, stars encased in a tight circle. It symbolizes a caged, ambitious personality that wants to control space's vastness and has infinite possibilities for doing that. He wants to spread his influence to every corner of the galaxy. It is primarily to keep the Ascendancy in power for as long as possible. He has a defensive scar on his left arm from the Steiner Nanite Self-Repairing Blade for trying to block it. His father was the one wielding the blade when this defensive scar happened. A disgruntled employee from TLI Research Institute created it.[/color][/hider] [color=B0C4ED][b]Important Item(s):[/b][/color] [hider=Conner's Items][color=silver][b][i][u]Scott Class, Luxury Deluxe Heavy Cruiser[/u][/i][/b] The Hadley In-Vector Corporation manufactures the Scott Class of Luxury Deluxe Heavy Cruisers. In terms, these cruisers represent the founder of the Hadley In-Vector Corporation. The Hadley In-Vector Corporation upgraded this specific cruiser to become a Heavy Cruiser, which boasts heavier armor and increased firepower and rudimentary systems. The Maddening Variance Cannons are three 203mm Cannon Emplacements apart of the Scott Victory System. As well, the Heavy Cruisers have Torpedo Launchers on their aft and rear compartments. Its cannons fires laser beams that primarily affect Electronics on Starships. These weapons hide on the starship to make it look defenseless on a surface scan. It usually is in a Gravia Military Company Fleet of ships or escorted by Ascendancy Ships. It will defend itself to keep its VIPs onboard protected from any hostile action or attack. The starship shows Scott's had extreme paranoia levels, which it has stealth detection in its suite to scan for stealthed starships. The bridge crew is from the Sky Callers Mercenary Company, which contracted to the Hadley Family for life. They are competent starship pilots that can pilot almost any kind of starship to Dreadnoughts if needed. The Gravia Military has a small contingency of forces on the starship to keep everyone safe. These forces are deployed in such a way to protect the Bridge and the Engineering parts of the starship. There are many additional guards to protect the passengers, the staff, Conner's guests, and his actual family themselves whenever it has a meeting onboard. There are two emblems on the starship: the Gravia Military Company and Hadley In-Vector Corporation on both sides of it. Conner and Shelly are the owners of the starship. However, no one from his previous family knows he has this starship or hasn't even cared to give them the access codes.[/color] [hider=The Compartments on the starship][color=silver]It has around twenty-five to thirty decks, which are entirely accessible to Conner and Shelly. The primary decks that are off-limits to VIPs that aren't Conner or Shelly are the first and twenty-fourth decks. They are the Bridge and Engineering Decks. All the decks in the middle of the bridge deck and engineering deck aren't off-limits to the VIPs. The twenty-five deck is the hangar bay deck, which holds the VIP fighters or shuttles stationed in it. The starship's lift system skips the twenty-fourth deck and goes straight to the fifth deck, which is the deck to check in with Conner, Shelly, or one of the hostesses. These hostesses are usually the ones to check-in if Conner or Shelly is in a meeting already. There's a total of four decks that are storage decks, which are twenty-sixth to thirty for starship staff to bring up more stuff. It is primarily to keep the party going or allowing the VIPs to rest and relax in their specialty five-star hotel rooms. The bridge staff usually gives the VIPs and others the greeting of the Hadley In-Vector Corporation's motto. It is a precautionary measure to make sure they aren't hostile to the Hadley Family. These people who are hostile to the family are disarmed and patted down to make sure they didn't bring any other weapons. It's to keep the other people on the starship safe. The people onboard take priority over having a firefight on board the Heavy Cruiser. However, there's a reason for the Armed Guards and Gravia Military Company personnel's small contingent forces to stop hostiles quickly. Subdue the ones responsible for breaking the starship rules and take them to the brig, which is on Deck nine. Deck nine is off-limits from anyone on the guest list, and they will hold in the brig until the starship reaches the nearest Ascendancy Starbase or Planet.[/color][/hider] [hr] [color=silver][b][i][u][url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/eb/63/b3/eb63b3ff80e27b089007dc840fb9dda6.jpg]Steiner Nanite Self-Repairing Blade[/url][/u][/i][/b] Frederick von Steiner is the weapon's creator and was specifically hired by the Hadley Family to manufacture the blade. Mr. Steiner created this weapon basically off the research he stole from the TLI Research Institute. He got kicked out of the TLI Research Institute for insulting and yelling at Debra Amberdine for being an annoying little child. This weapon is designed by stealing experimental nanites and was weaponized to create the blade. Conner would be the one who would wield it after testing it. These weaponized nanites don't harm the wielder of the blade. The blade gives off an eerily glow of bluish-green when the nanites sense armor, which in turn will devour and reinforce its structure. In terms, the blade's destructive power increases substantially with every single material it consumes on contact. In turn, the weapon can activate its specialized function after it increases its density by twenty-five percent. The blade's center will spin the quicker it spins, split open, and fires a targetted plasma beam at a person. It is precisely for people who don't expect the additional attack from Conner's weapon. After firing off the plasma beam, and it'll slowly start going back to normal. When it is fully normalized back into its blade form, and it'll be on a cool-down period of an hour. Researcher Steiner augmented this weapon with similar functions to TLI Research Institute weapons. It was DNA locked to specifically Conner and attuned to his biorhythm from his heartbeats, which was before he found his real family. If someone tries to wield a weapon other than Conner, it'll cause them to feel intense pain and suffering of being bitten or stung by a swarm of microscopic ants or spiders. It'll also give out a fierce pulse that directly affects the person's mental functions to let go of the blade before it starts devouring their flesh. Stuart used to hold it, but that was wiped from the DNA lock. The only people who can handle it are Sarah, Gregory, Shelly, and Conner as its wielders. But it will get used to them in the time since these weaponized nanites learn on the wielder's movements. Researcher Steiner reprogrammed them to make these nanites no longer hostile to Shelly, Gregory, and Sarah. It primarily was because Conner ordered him to do that. [b][i][u][url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d3/11/b3/d311b3f6af1083d43c66959382cc76ca.jpg]Gravine-JS561 Upgraded Variance Rifle (Gravia Standard Issue Rifle)[/url][/u][/i][/b] The Gravia Military Company's hyper-specialized sniper rifle, which Conner uses, can switch between armored anti-tank rounds to anti-personnel rounds. This sniper rifle's variance usually changes between whatever shell is needed for the time, which requires the blue glow on the sniper rifle to switch between green or blue. Green controls the armored anti-tank rounds, which blue contains the anti-personnel shells. Each shell is specialized in destroying tanks or personnel with ease. However, Gravine-JS561 Upgraded Variance Rifle must use more anti-tank rounds against a more heavily armored tank. The sniper rifle has a self-personalized AI that connects to the Gravine-XS356 Charged chip to help with range finding, wind, weather, and human error factors. It increases the range of it by 50 to 150 meters. The self-personalized AI has a soft woman's voice, which is Rena's voice encouraging Conner. Researcher Fredrick upgraded the sniper rifle with similar augments to it has Conner's Self-Repairing Blade, a DNA lockout, and a Biorhythmic attunement. The primary users are named Gregory, Sarah, and Conner. The sniper rifles that aren't upgraded are called Gravine-JS560 Variance Rifles. They are built for a singular purpose by the Gravia Military Company, and it is either using Anti-Personnel rounds or Anti-Tank shells. Each shell is differently sized to pick, which one is more useful to handle the situation requires. They don't have a DNA lock, but they are attuned to the heartbeats of the snipers of the Gravia Military Company. Frederick von Steiner upgraded these weapons to use the TLI Research Institute patent to lock on Locks by DNA and Biorhythm. It would've cost a lot of credits to buy the patents from TLI Research Institute. [hr] [b][u][i]Hadley Family Ring[/i][/u][/b] Conner wears his family's ring since it was passed down to him by his father, Stuart. He wears it on his left-hand ring finger as a wedding band. There's an H in the ring's direct center crafted out of the darkest of all metals. The metal contrasts perfectly with the gold on the rest of it. There's an inscription on the inside of the ring, which says the following sentences. [i]There are always only two soul mates for any of the Hadley Family members. However, if you don't require two extra souls within your heart, you should only marry one.[/i] It mainly means if you don't want to have two wives, you don't have to. Two hundred twenty-two years ago, Scott created this ring on his 18th birthday. He primarily made it to marry his two soul mates and true loves because he wanted a large family and saw it. It was the happiest time of his life, which Scott poured his entire soul into creating this family ring. Scott Noreen Hadley's ascension to become the head of it simultaneously happened as he married both of his soul mates on his 18th birthday. [u][b][i]Galactic Credits[/i][/b][/u] Conner's exact amount of worth in the Galatic Market is a bit insane. He makes most people cringe whenever he starts investing in anything, which gains more support and other benefits. However, his family is worth an untold amount of credits, which has been slowly increasing ever since the family started being an Interplanetary Corporation. The last time someone estimated the Hadley Family's value, it was in the multi-trillion worth of credits. Conner usually only keeps 250,000 credits on him at all times in physical or in digital form. [u][b][i]The Datapad of Ascension, Hadley Estate[/i][/b][/u] The Datapad of Ascension is the specific datapad for the Hadley Estate's access, which Conner L. Hadley controls. It is nicknamed ascension because its previous name was too old and not relevant anymore to Scott, and he altered it to become proper for the new golden age. The Hadley Estate is very strict regarding who is allowed to access the datapad, which has to live in the estate and is the family's head. It's locked by DNA and has a biorhythmic attunement to only the family's head. It gives them access to everything, which the Hadley Estate has regarding its defensive and offensive capabilities. This datapad can even lockdown the estate if there is an intruder, which wasn't invited on the premise. There's a verification code that tells the estate to do the safety procedures to make everything run smoothly, and nothing is wrong at its location. Conner returns from the Hadley In-Vector Corporation's HQ back to the Hadley Estate. It can contact elements of the Gravia Military Company or the Hadley In-Vector Corporation to help with its defense or maintenance. The estate acts as a prison to anyone who doesn't have the access codes from the datapad. In terms, the people who have no access codes cannot leave the premises or return. There are only three people who don't have access codes: Narvia, Freya, and Ashley. Conner created access codes for Shelly, Gregory, and Sarah to remove Lana's access to the estate soon. Everyone who isn't apart of the Gravia Military Company or is allied to Conner will have to ask Conner for one. Conner also has a warning if anyone tries to enter his study, which is taboo. The Maddening One's Prophecy Book is in Conner's study or secondary office in the Hadley Estate. [hider=The Hadley Estate's Defenses]The Hadley Estate is essentially equivalent to Fort Knox's ability to defend itself from any hostile action, which includes Orbital Bombardment. How the estate can protect itself, it deploys its Maddening Anti-Starship Orbital Cannon to shoot down any malevolent force over Mars. The estate can go deep underground to defend itself with a shield deploying itself where the Mansion was. The primarily the Estate Defense Technology advancements that the Gravia Military Company deployed throughout its two hundred and ten years of existence. Scott was highly paranoid about having his power base destroyed by hostile forces against his dreams and goals. Additionally, the Gravia Military Company will come to reinforce the estate's defenses with any available spacecraft in orbit. It is at the behest of the Space Fighter/Bomber Pilots of the Gravia Military Company that usually destroy any ground-based assault on the estate. However, up to four experimental weapon systems in the estate's arsenal and only Conner and Shelly know about them.[/hider] [hr] [b][u][i]Gravia Military Company's Overseer Omnitool[/i][/u][/b] Gravia Military Company's Overseer Omnitool is the primary creation over other omnitools in the Ascendancy. As a black ops organization, it is high tech but has the schematics to be heavily scrutinized by Military-Grade Based omnitools. Conner built this to the specs he required to track all the personnel in the Gravia Military Company. The personnel is chipped with the Gravine-XS561 Loyalty Chips. These chips track their loyalty levels (brainwashing), condition, location, mission-critical assignments, which they are given by Conner or his children that are classified as the Decidated. If their loyalty is lacking, they will have to go into mandatory loyalty training, which is heavily invasive in their lives and reconditions them not to betray the Gravia Military Company, their Overseer, and the Dedicated. Conner created the Dedicated role in the Gravia Military Company for primarily Sarah and Gregory. It is for them to help him keep track of all of the Gravia Military Company's personnel. He augmented his children with a heavily specialized chip called the Gravine-XS611 Augmented chip, giving them a more critical role in the company. The expanded chip's specialized nature gives them the ability to track each other by their condition and location. It gives them the ability to have a telepathic-like link between them by allowing them to talk much longer distances. However, it is a faux telepathic-like link since it is only between the two of them.[/color][hider=Additional Features][color=silver]It has a function to access the Hadley In-Vector Corporation. Still, it's crafted in such a way as not to be invasive compared to what it is for the Gravia Military Company. Conner gives the employees their off time and relaxation dates to keep up the Hadley In-Vector Corporation's goodwill. The employees with the highest stress factors will be given a vacation anywhere in the Ascendancy free of charge to show they are family within the MegaCorporation. It's always better to treat employees differently than you treat anyone else. The only reason why the Hadley In-Vector Corporation's so valued is because of the good press in giving its employees much-needed breaks. The other feature it boasts is it can contact anyone within the Ascendancy, and it primarily includes the President or any loyal military officers. He despises talking to Nikolas R. Zahrin the Dragon, mostly because of the reason he's forced to by his idiot of a father, Stuart. It does give him some insight into his children's godfather somewhat. He also contacts anyone else in the Ascendancy who has similar [i]business[/i] values as he does. If it weren't for his bribing of high-ranking military officers in the Ascendancy, he wouldn't have been able to get rid of Narvia. His access to Berkeley primarily allowed him that chance to do so. Still, Conner isn't fussed about losing that maniac of a bastard, Berkeley better to use and drop off the trash. There is one person in the entire Ascendancy of Man's military that is unbribable, and that's no other than Alexander Kherol, the Grand Admiral of the 1st fleet. If it weren't for Alexander's excellent maneuvers at the Battle of Proxima, the humans would have lost completely. In terms, the aliens would have probably eradicated the humans for their transgressions. However, the only accomplishment he's so sick and tired of hearing is from Nikolas R. Zahrin talking about Alexander's [i]leadership[/i] of getting a Wyvern on his side. Conner was one of the few people who care very little about the accomplishments of taming Nikolas' world's fauna. It's nothing but hogwash and doesn't care about anything on Draken'vina, in all honesty. A Core World that is beautiful but has so many mysteries about it is why the Za Clan's area is the only habitable land for humans. There are dragons on Draken'vina, which he would love to capture one of them to see how they tick since dragons are fascinating in some ways. The wasteland of Draken'vina is what he calls a bit strange, but the mystery will be interesting to understand later.[/color][/hider][/hider] [color=B0C4ED][b]Character Traits:[/b][/color] [color=silver][b]Color Visualization, Detecting Liars (Biotech Upgrade):[/b] Conner bought the best biotech upgrades he could afford for his eyes since he always has colorblindness problems. It allows him to change his eye color to any other eye color to blend in with the crowd, so no one knows he's Conner only if they are an idiot. It also affords him to be able to see three times further than someone with no biotech upgrades. Besides, he can see ultraviolet light with just a quick switch from normal vision to this additional function. It allows him to detect when people are lying to him, only by their body language or how they are acting. To turn off his lie detector portion of his upgrade, he has to blink his eyes three times. [b]Corporate Shadowman (Profiteer):[/b] Conner's family traditions raised him to be a cutthroat CEO in the civilian sector. He knows the inner workings of everything about his businesses and important or non-important contacts. It's primarily because of how he quickly found out the vices or weaknesses of someone like Berkeley L. Jensen. Berkeley's rogue nature made him an easy target for Conner's machinations to rid himself of Narvia. It didn't help that Berkeley hates brains over brawn, but some people cannot deal with the finer details of many plans. As well, Conner can easily use his corporate clout to be great at getting a better deal in the Galactic Market for his businesses and contacts that are aligned with him. [b]Gravia Military Overseer:[/b] Conner controls the Gravia Military Company has his playground of what he requires of it. He received the leadership role of this military company from his stupid father, Stuart, when Conner was 13 years old. All the soldiers within the Gravia Military Company are used as toy soldiers beside his real family. They help him run the Gravia Military Company smoothly. As an Overseer, he keeps and controls the movement of his toy soldiers through his Omnitool to make sure none of them lose their programming, which he put into them. [b]Gravia Military Weapons Training (Swords & Sniper Rifles):[/b] In terms, Conner has military-grade weapons training in the use of Sniper Rifles and specific melee weapons. The Gravine-JS560 Variance Rifle or the Gravine-JS561 Upgraded Variance Rifle is his bread and butter of usefulness. He primarily uses them to shoot 900 to 1,050 meters away. It helps him have a specific augmented Chip to help him increase the range of his sniper rifle. Conner also has specific ruthlessness in using his up and close personal sword called the Steiner Nanite Self-Repairing Blade. It shows a particular mastery with this one-of-a-kind blade. However, his talent cannot beat professional military-grade trained swordmasters. [b]Presidental Connections:[/b] Conner has connections with the President for Life, Emmanuel. It is the primary reason why his Gravia Military Company has been given much leeway in the running smoothly as possible. He sees Emmanuel's vision as paramount to get rid of all factors against humanity. In terms, one of the Gravia Military Company's mottos is [i]Better dead than being an alien slave.[/i] Somewhat similar to those long past mottos against Communism but slightly altered for the times humanity finds itself.[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Personality:[/b][/color] [color=silver] Conner's personality has changed much throughout all his life, but he used to be a kind and caring kid. It all changed because his mother had died, and Rena Lina Hadley meant the world to Conner. He keeps it from everyone, which means he still cares, but it is hard for him to care. The understanding of the mind is an asset to him compare to the feelings getting in the way. It is why he would rather use brainwashing to get his will across over talking it out with the other side of the argument. The Hadley Estate and his family means everything to him, but the shift in his priorities is towards Shelly rather than Lana. All because the Hadley Family requires a male heir, and Shelly provides that service. Conner sees the filth of Lana and her children as for what they are; the blood that flows in their veins isn't pure. He saw a problem in these children that they needed to be purified or altered in some way. It was why Conner destroyed Lana's unity rather than living a lie of happiness. The only reason was Lana's father killed Rena, the one person in his life he cares the most for, and it felt an insult to his mother's memory. It is why Conner never regretted anything done to Lana or her children. Conner does have many things to answer for, but he'll wait for that time when it comes to it. There is only one thing that drives him so far, and that's money and getting rid of those who are an insult to his family is a priority to him. His plans are still going on no matter what, and he won't let his personal feelings get in the way of finally marrying Shelly. Nikolas is the most enigmatic person he has met, so he realized one crucial thing he despised Nikolas. The only because his dumb father forced Nikolas onto him by making him the godfather of Lana and his children. Conner hates and wants to know Stuart's reasoning for all his problems, including the secrets. It'll be intriguing to learn those secrets, but his father isn't on the highest priority list after learning of [i]Narvia's[/i] death in the Ascendancy-Coalition War. He has given one crucial task to his emotional daughter Sarah the decider of Lana, Freya, and Ashley's fate. He also waits for the news of [i]Nikolas's[/i] retirement by his military contacts to enact his further plans.[/color] [color=B0C4ED][b]Short Bio:[/b][/color] [hider=Conner's History - An Evil Businessman][hider=Conner's Childhood to Adulthood][color=silver]When Conner was born on August 25, 2429, to Stuart and Rena. Conner's childhood was quite strange compared to the usual children of affluent parents that run the most influential MegaCorporation to date. He was going to become the next family's head, but there was a shock in his family with the death of his mother, Rena. It happened when Conner was ten years old, which was a great blow to him, but he had always been a kind child. On the other hand, his mother, Rena, was religious and always told him that she would die no matter what. There would be a demon going to take away the Angel for the rest of his life, which Conner nor Stuart seriously took until it happened. Therefore, it caused Stuart to give Conner the leadership role of the Gravia Military Company when he hits 13 years old. It only because Stuart was grieving the death of Rena, but he felt like he was dealing with other essential things in the family. Primarily the disappearance of Conner's aunt, who was influential in his life, always looked at the bigger picture. In terms, he outright hated his father for his decision to give a Military company to a child, but deep down, he was incredibly proud to be its leader. However, Conner changed slightly since he always wanted to get revenge against the one who took his mother away. Enough it would have to be the Steven family who had done this specific task. If anything, he was intelligent to the point of creating his specialized AIs and other types of inventions. However, he had something a bit thrown onto his lap, which was a marriage between him and a Steven by the name of Lana. Lana was a beautiful girl, who had lost much in her life, which made him slightly smile about it. Conner had to hide his true feelings of what he thought. Conner had a nice guy act but met someone who would change his life for the rest of it, Nikolas. If anything, it was annoying that Nikolas' had to be Lana and his godfather, but he only agreed since it would be better if someone named Lana's children instead of him. It was sudden since the guest of honor was no other than Grand Admiral Leon of the Dragon's Brigade Fleet and his son Nikolas, which felt like the Zahrin family will be a significant obstacle to his ambitions. After Conner got married to Lana, he efficiently managed to brain control Lana, who people in her life easily manipulated. However, four years later, Conner met and fell in love with someone beautiful to him named Shelly. They had similar feelings about the Steven Family, and she was a year younger than Conner too. He had to keep up the plan with his wife Lana, a long game compared to short-term projects. Therefore, Conner got Shelly and Lana pregnant, but Shelly had twins while Lana only had a singular daughter. Sarah and Gregory are twin children of Shelly and Conner, which he loves much more than Lana's child named Freya. After all that, the time flew by, and Conner had an additional two children with Lana by the names of Ashley and Narvia. It was odd, but he cared about Narvia since she looks identical to Lana, just younger. However, Conner learned about Narvia's birthmark on her left arm by a [i]froniter-borned[/i] maid in his service. It made him keep with the code in his family, which was to get rid of Narvia. However, to do this, he had to hurt his other two children much. He waited until Narvia turned five years old when he would have a meeting later on that subject. She would be at her birthday party while Conner would be dealing with crucial details of her future.[/color][/hider][hider=Conner's Deal - Dirty Dealings][color=silver]Conner sat at his desk in one of the many meeting rooms within his corporation. He had a call with an influential figure in the Ascendancy Military's High Command no other than Grand Admiral Berkeley. It was a bit before the meeting with Nikolas R. Zahrin, in which he had time to chat with Berkeley for some time.[/color] [color=B0C4ED] " Berkeley, I do hope you will keep your word that you will get rid of my daughter Narvia by any means necessary. I do hope you don't want your dirty laundry leaked all over the web and mainstream media. By some unscrupulous information brokers or whistleblowers of your deeds." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with superiority over the brawn idiot that Berkeley is. He wondered what retort Berkeley would have to say to counter what was said. Grand Admiral Berkeley laughs at the threat because he never takes what Conner says at face value. All because it reminds him what the Research and Development divisions in the military or even Nikolas R. Zahrin would say. However, he did see in Conner's eyes, and it showed a slight seriousness to them, but he was amused by responding incorrectly.[/color] [color=6A5ACD]" I will make sure Narvia gets an accidental death as you want, Conner. It would be so much better if I whipped her to death instead because she deserves it for being such a useless child. I won't fail you, don't you worry. I do enjoy butchering my enemies as much as my allies on accident or purpose. Conner, I do hope you have a good life." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with assurances of his guarantees towards Conner. Hopefully, that will get the bastard his just desserts since the Hadley Family are a bane of existence to the galaxy. However, Berkeley signed off from the call since time flies when you plan revenge and other types of things. Conner rolls his eyes at what he saw just by base instinct, and Grand Admiral Berkeley is a monster that will never be satisfied until he gets what he wants the most. Vienna R. Stoutfield was his ex-wife that he tried to murder for brutally leaving him to be with her savior in Nikolas. It makes him grateful Berkeley disconnected the call because any more of that brute gives him a headache as much as Nikolas' strong ideological beliefs.[/color] [color=B0C4DE][i] 'Ugh, Grand Admiral Berkeley will die a miserable death since he's a massive coward as much as he loves butchering others. No point anymore in telling him how he will die since he will learn it when it happens. The one who will get the last laugh at his death will be the Zahrin Family of all things. I don't care about the Jensen Family, and they are all fucked beyond belief.' [/i][/color] [color=silver]Conner thought with a frustrated look while rubbing his forehead like he had to go through tons of channels to reach Berkeley for just a bit of talk. If anything, if Berkeley dies, Conner doesn't have to deal with that prick any longer, but he is useful as an attack hound. Conner never once thought Berkeley had any plans or any goals; only killing others was his goal in life. If he were a kinder man, he would be at Narvia's birthday instead of being here at this moment, planning to get rid of her. However, Conner was waiting when Nikolas R. Zahrin would get here so they can hash out the deal he made with the military on bribing them to help him get rid of Narvia, which he never said the exact reasons for getting rid of her. When Nikolas walked into the meeting room with Vienna R. Stoutfield, his captain of his honor guard in the Dragon's Brigade Fleet, in terms of Nikolas' mood, he would rather go to his goddaughter's birthday party than be anywhere near Conner. Still, he was ordered by the President himself and eighty percent of the Ascendancy's Military. However, he knew something was up; it was in the air since he learned of the using children as guinea pigs to create magical super-soldiers, which he would call them [I] 'Star Marines.' [/i][/color] [color=6495ED] “I must ask Conner, what do you want? I haven't got all day, you know... I'm required to make sure the Dragon's Brigade Fleet is ready for anything from Berkeley's Butchers." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with an irritated tone of voice and held his forehead. However, he did know about Conner's other family since those bastards did try to kill him, but Lana's children in his mind are much more important than Gregory and Sarah. He did notice seven armed guards, which were unprepared altogether, and Conner sitting behind his desk. It took him a bit to sit down at one of the seats, with his Diffuser Sword held in its sheath. Conner noticed and was heavily irritated with Vienna walking into the room, which stood slightly behind her commanding officer. Only because she had two sisters, the youngest one worked for him, Jennifer was her name, while the other one is a captain of one of the starships in the Dragon's Brigade Fleet. He sighed slightly, which he finally smiles slightly towards Nikolas.[/color] [color=B0C4DE] "It's straightforward enough, why you were called here by almost everyone in the Ascendancy's High Command, besides Alexander Kherol. I know how much he despises my military company anyway, but you can't really stop a majority order by only being one man. It involves the [I]little whore[/i] by the name of Narvia F. Hadley, and this farce, we call a friendship. Stuart was a total idiot when he allowed you to become the godfather of my children, but we can't really alter history now, can we?" [/color] [color=silver]He questioned with a slight bit of a smirk on his face. It made him roll his eyes since he always had hated Lana and was using her for his own gains. However, after a few moments of thinking a bit, he wants to insult Vienna too.[/color] [color=B0C4DE] "Also, Vienna, I must say, I can't wait until Jennifer goes back to your family in a container the size of a small cube. Her usefulness is at an end, you could say, she's no longer needed as a maid in my home. She can go back to the Dredge Point Refueling Station and live her life in constant pain and suffering. I never once liked the people born on the frontier; they are a means to an end, in all honestly. Their Cybernetic Implants are an affront to the purity of our human forms." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke in a slight superiority complex towards anyone who's from a much lesser background like the Stoutfields themselves since Maya is definitely a Stoutfield. It wouldn't be surprising if he riled up Nikolas a bit with his insults of Vienna, Maya, and Narvia. Nikolas had one emotion rise up to the surface; it was all over his face, and that was rage would be the first time anyone would see the Dragon's Rage. It was specifically because of Conner's insulting of the Dragon's Brigade Fleet, Stoutfield Family, and Narvia F. Hadley. This means that the reason why he was called here, for this reason, is because Narvia is going to be put into that god awful [I] 'Star Marine' [/i] program to be killed, so Conner doesn't have to. He slowly gets up and rapidly takes out his Diffuser Sword to point it directly towards Conner.[/color] [color=6495ED]"You complete and utter bastard... I can't believe you would harm your wife's children all for what? Petty revenge..." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with a blatant rage in the tone of his voice, and he was about to the deed of cutting Conner in half. However, his sword was blocked by something, which he looked at and noticed his honor guard's sword blocking his Diffuser Sword. Impressive, Vienna had come a long way from when he first trained her. Vienna looked at her Commanding officer and Conner at the same time, which she sighed because it seems these seven armed guards weren't quick enough to stop Nikolas. [/color] [color=B7A74A]"Nikolas, stop this, you shouldn’t go down to [I]his[/i] level... Do you want to be court-martialed for what? Killing one of the President's supporters, he would hang you for this..." [/color] [color=silver]She spoke with a bit of emphasis on the President's supporters more than Conner's level. However, she was furious too, but she wasn't going to take out Conner for his words because it isn't the Brigade's Way, or they would be classified like Berkeley's Butchers.[/color] [color=B7A74A] "I can't believe I am going to say this, but can we get to the business at hand instead of being enraged or angry now? Both of you should be ashamed of yourselves; you should act like adults and not children... You are both in your thirties, while I am barely 20 years old..." [/color] [color=silver]She spoke towards the two men in the room, which shows she learned much from the idealism in the Brigade. Vienna did put back her sword since Nikolas would do the same since drawing your weapon means others would have to defend the one you attack, no matter what. Conner was unironically grateful for Vienna's save, of all things, since his guards are incompetent since they are barely able to take out their weapons and shoot out at Nikolas. He sighed deeply and looked at Nikolas, which he was actually going to kill if it wasn't for Vienna.[/color] [color=B0C4DE] "Yes, please reseat yourself down, Nikolas... It looks like from the onset... My plans won't come to fruition, with Grand Admiral Berkeley..." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with a tone in his voice that he was deathly afraid of Nikolas since he has never seen anger like that so suddenly. However, he did realize that what he said would probably make Nikolas angry, but he had a good scenario for everything. It took him to breathe in and out and move his hands to the armed guards that were useless to get the fuck out of here. And they did without any arguments from them since they knew failure isn't something to take likely in Conner's services. Nikolas saw Vienna's putting up her weapon, and so he did with his; he laughed somewhat. If it weren't for Vienna, he would definitely be hanged by the Ascendancy's High Command for this. However, he reseated himself back on the chair he was sitting on before going so gun-ho on the bastard. But what he heard really pissed him off, which means Nikolas would have been the exchanger to give Narvia to Berkeley, which wouldn't be in his best interests.[/color] [color=6495ED] "You were going to give your daughter to Berkeley? I always knew your connections with Berkeley, but I can't believe you would sink so low as to use him to do whatever he wants is utterly stupid... Therefore, I must ask, what are you going to do, Conner? As well, may I be so kind... Don't Harm Narvia or those little brats you care so much for will blood on [I]YOUR[/i] Hands." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke with a definite knowledge of what's going on. It definitely shows he's disgusted at this whole situation; Conner would allow Narvia to be near Berkeley when that bastard doesn't do what he is told most of the time. This is the reason why he had to save Maya from Berkeley. Conner's eyes went wide for once in his life since he hasn't really realized what Berkeley does to women under his command since he didn't really want to know. He deeply sighed and shook his head slightly about the whole situation with Berkeley.[/color] [color=B0C4DE]"Alright, Alright... I concede... I hereby announce that the safety of Narvia Folspear Hadley is your responsibility and no one else's. Since I didn't know what Berkeley did to his female crew. I heard rumors of what he does but didn't know that's the truth. However, I will get back to you for this crime against my sensibilities... It's a bit funny, I am giving Narvia to the one person I hate the most, but I don't want Narvia's Innocence to be destroyed. I beg of you, to hide this from... her." [/color] [color=silver]He spoke like a true father for once in his life to Narvia, but he does hate her still only because of what was on her. It is funny to ask the one person to hide it from his own child that he truly cares about in only this moment. However, he needs to tell Nikolas about when she's supposed to be taken by him.[/color] [color=B0C4DE] "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, Five years later is when she's legally allowed to be taken to become a Child Soldier of the Ascendancy. Also, one more thing, what was that one thing you wanted to tell me before we got heated?" [/color] [color=silver]He questioned slightly since he was interested. It is odd for him to ask this at all since he never really enjoyed Nikolas or his stories. Nikolas had a feeling Narvia would be taken at 10 years old since that feels like the age of all the children would be taken at. However, he was more shocked at Conner didn't know about what the monster does to his female officers and soldiers, but sighed with relief about the whole thing. He will have basically care for Narvia like she deserves, like a father she deserves. He laughed slightly at the one thing he wanted to know.[/color] [color=6495ED]"Alexander Kherol is a legend on my planet by [I]'taming'[/i] a Wyvern. But he's really more of leader material than a Wyvern Tamer. It's nice you are giving me your daughter; it seems like you have shown your true colors even more than you know. You truly do care for them, but you will never actually tell them to your face, will you?" [/color] [color=silver]He questioned Conner because it's obvious as the day he truly does care, but his hate for what flows in their blood is blinding him to the truth of the matter. However, it was now time for him to leave since he definitely learned from what he has done today. Nikolas knows their relationship is over, but he will keep his word that Narvia will never know the truth about this event since he's the Cryptic Rear Admiral of the Dragon's Brigade Fleet. The two went their separate ways after that moment; no matter what, they still hate each other to this day, but they learned something important from the other. Never underestimate Nikolas' Rage or his willingness to make things right. Conner often looks back onto these moments with a bit of a miscalculation on his part in getting the Dragon so riled up he almost died for it. However, he still hates what Nikolas brought up about the legacy of Alexander Kherol since all those Wyverns would be useful would make much more money to keep his corporation on top of Mars' Corporations and Research Institutes.[/color][/hider][hider=Oddity and Investigation][color=silver]Conner had an oddity appear on his screen on his desk in the office, which said someone went into his study at the house. It had the signature of Narvia F. Hadley, which was definitely odd; what does that mean. He rushed home to figure out what had happened, but his daughter was sleeping when he did get home. Therefore, he had to figure out what had happened in the office that made that oddity happen since the Estate's Warning System tells him if anything enters his study without permission. It took him some odd time to look through the cameras and saw the oddest thing ever. However, he wouldn't want to bring this up with Narvia since it's taboo to enter his study without permission. It was like it was real as day, but he had much to deal with to make sure his plans don't get ruined, but he told his children with Shelly not to harm Narvia no matter what. This was because they would be giving Nikolas the little girl on her 10th year birthday. When the day had come, the one good thing he learned was Gregory and Sarah were shaken with their next encounter with Nikolas but unharmed. It is like the Dragon does keep his word, which means it is funny enough. The Honorable Dragon that he is makes it easy to know what should happen to the Dragon. He sent an encrypted message to the President or anyone in league with the President since he knows that there's going to be a war soon, from what he learned from the Butcherer. That there was alien scum that built a massive Galactic Bazaar. Obvious as day that the humans wanted to increase their living space and be the first ones to give the aliens a decisive blow to the aliens. This encrypted message was to ask the President to disband the Dragon's Brigade Fleet after the war and update him on any developments. With the most decorated military officer to this date, the only other one would be Alexander Kherol. It feels like the two most opposed fleets because one fleet is on a harsh Ice World, and the other is on a Paradise World like Draken'vina. However, Nikolas outright respects Alexander Kherol out of all the Grand Admirals in the Ascendancy. The fleet's idealistic behavior is a massive problem, and the Dragon is definitely a dangerous man for his beliefs. The Dragon's Brigade Fleet would be better to [I] 'disappear' [/i] in the ether as the last known remnants of the Zahrin Family.[/color][/hider][hider=The Present Day][color=silver]Year, 2476 AD; Conner is patiently waiting for information on the data on what Nikolas R. Zahrin said during that meeting with Grand Admiral Alexander and Grand Admiral Laguna. Therefore, he can activate his next stage of the plan; he knows many things. Still, he fully supports Grand Admiral Laguna and Emmanuel in everything they are doing for the Ascendancy. No matter what, humanity will regain its rightful place in the stars and take down all its enemies. It is better to be dead than an Alien slave, is what his Military Company's Motto is. Hopefully, he can look at the unique technology that is on the Dragon's Brigade Fleet ships. They are definitely dangerous compared to other types of ships. He always wanted to get his hand on a Black Ops Ship, and now his loyalty will be rewarded for all he has done. In this case, he cannot wait for Grand Admiral Laguna's arrival to Astervole One, his second Headquarters of the Gravia Military Company. It is because his military company protects the Primary Core of space. Conner would have done that no matter what to protect the blue pure world from anyone since Emmanuel's primary power base. His power base is on Mars, which is why there are always two headquarters for his company. Slightly funny, he threatened Berkeley constantly to leak his dirty laundry, but he truly never did, but he learned by a rumor that Berkeley killed himself at the Battle of Proxima. Good riddance to bad rubbish, one less trash in the galaxy. Primarily from a source, which was intercepted by one of the Gravia Military Company's Information Brokers. It showed that Berkeley was much more than a Butcherer in those final moments of his life, an oddity, to say the least. Always showing a false face to hide deep down, he was a coward and only wanted the glory to wipe away his crimes, and that list is many. The Butcherer was actually vulnerable for the first time in his life, and Conner got to see it, which was a bit sad, but fate had other plans for Berkeley's Butchers. However, taking his own life would make sure his entire crimes would probably be known for all time by everyone in the galaxy, alien, human, and others. Obviously, [I] 'remnants of his fleet' [/i] after that battle didn't want to be assimilated because the association of who they followed would be hanged for his crimes instead. At least, the fleet's remnants were much much weaker than the full power of what Berkeley's Butchers were only a ragtag fleet of fewer than 10 ships and all smaller than cruisers. It would be a matter of time when Berkeley's Butchers would be erased from complete history since they deserve that much. However, the turnover rate of soldiers in Berkeley's 11th fleet was staggering, which meant more than twenty percent of his personnel would quit rather than stay in that fleet longer than a year or two. It was only because of how much of a bastard Berkeley was, which was saying something. However, Conner had much more important things to worry about than 10 ships that couldn't really do anything but be eradicated by the might of Alexander Kherol. In terms of waiting for word of Nikolas R. Zahrin's full retirement and his honor that he will stay on Draken'vina. This information would definitely come from Grand Admiral Laguna or even Alexander Kherol if he felt like talking to a Businessman who supports the President. The galaxy works in mysterious circumstances, but that would be for another day, he supposed. Conner sits at his desk at the Hadley In-Vector Corporation, watching Berkeley's last will for one last time since it's interesting to see a man who acted tough was really softy this whole time. He laughs at Brawns over Brains when it would be better to have both things or people to help you with the latter instead of pushing everyone away because you have a hate for change. He did send a small encrypted message to Alexander Kherol, congratulating him on everything he's accomplished throughout his career and gaining any insight from Alexander Kherol during his meeting with Nikolas R. Zahrin, the Dragon.[/color][/hider][/hider] [color=B0C4ED][b]Extra Information:[/b][/color] [hider=The Hadley Family - Conner's True Family] [color=silver]Scott Noreen Hadley is the founder of the new age of prosperity for his family. It took him only ten years after founding the Gravia Military Company to form the Hadley In-Vector Corporation. The MegaCorporation's Date of Creation happened in 2276 AD, under complete control by the Hadley Family. The Hadley Family lives on Mars, which had many different families, underdogs vying for supremacy. However, Scott was nicknamed the Maddening among his family because of his outrageously skeptical prophecies, which came true with every single step forward for his family. He was a visionary compared to his competition, which made him one dangerous man to deal with in any way. The Gravia Military Company helped him keep his other competition down, which had him as the Overseer. Additionally, in the 210 years, the company has grown to have two Headquarters; the first one is called Scott's Heritage on Mars. The second one is called Astervole One, an Asteroid Base in the Sol System over the Asteroid Belt. The Prophecies of the Maddening One is the tomb where he kept all his visions written down. Scott's primary vision saw the Hadley Family's fall by one born into the family by a foreboding, omen bearing birthmark, which has three stars surrounding a triangle. This child in question would have the worst luck in the family, no matter their gender. This is the family's biggest secret, which only members of Scott's Bloodline can know it. That means no one outside of the family can know this secret, or it'll cause a panic in the family as a whole. It has only been passed down to the eldest or only son throughout the two-hundred years under the Maddening One's Prophecies. However, most family members are still skeptical about this omen bearing birthmark since it hasn't shown up in the family so far. In terms of Conner, he had a presence or birthright surrounding him, which was Scott N. Hadley's second coming. This means Conner has been leading double lives as a loving father and planning something terrible for the other part of his life, including Lana's family. The Double Life comes from the reason he cheated on his wife Lana with Shelly L. Marshall's woman. Simultaneously, both women had children, which he's much kinder to Shelly's kids than Lana's children or even to Lana herself. He had three children in 2449 AD, one with Lana by Freya and the other two with Shelly, twins by Gregory, and Sarah's name. Lana had two children, additionally, with Conner by the names of Ashley and Narvia. Conner & Lana's children have a godfather named Nikolas R. Zahrin, which also named his children on top of it. If anything, he despises how honorable and idealistic Nikolas is, making him unbearable to deal with most of the time while trying to hide the truth. In all this time, he outright hates his father for giving him the burden of controlling the Gravia Military Company at 13 years old. Afterward, Conner learned an important detail from a Frontier-Born Maid, Narvia, his last-born daughter with Lana, had the Omen bearing birthmark. This information pissed him off, which made him smile at the maid in allowing her to keep her position for now, but she's a Stoutfield, the worst of the frontier-born people, who live on a Refueling Station called Dredge Point, near a Gas Giant in bump fuck nowhere. At least he had a mistress on the same plan as him since she was his advisor in the Gravia Military Company and the mother to Gregory and Sarah. However, Conner did have perfect control over his wife, Lana, from a broken family home called the Steven Family. Lana could've been a catalyst to stop the feud between the two families, but Conner hadn't enough patience to deal with that problem. He still hated her family for killing his mother, Rena. Derrick, Lana's father, was brutally killed by Lana's older sister Maria, a tragedy, but it was one less thorn in the Ascendancy's side. Conner knew how close Lana was with her two sisters, but her closest to Maria was greater. It didn't help when Lana learned about Maria's trial and execution by Berkeley R. Jensen, the Admiral of the 11th Fleet. Berkeley was young for his time, but he was the most brutal of the Grand Admirals already, mostly because killing an anti-propagandist dissident is the military's job. Conner never thought it possible it would be easy to control Lana, who was grieving over her father and older sister's deaths. It was odd that she was grieving for Derrick for what his assumptions were cruel beatings, but Conner never really cared or wanted to know the truth about the matter. Conner had many plans, with Shelly's help, to get rid of Narvia and use Lana's eldest daughters as tools in his schemes. If anything, he once had genuine feelings for Lana when he first met her, which was love at first sight. The family's tradition was meant to make sure he would get rid of Narvia F. Hadley and get the others to leave his life for their pitiful existence. He already had his true family with his advisor Shelly and her children Sarah and Gregory. However, he has to wait before implementing the second phase of his plans with Lana, Freya, and Ashley, by good news from Emmanuel, the Ascendancy President, and Grand Admiral Laguna, about the second other greatest thorn in his side, the Dragon. Because Nikolas outright saw through his plans with his youngest daughter, which makes him a bit worried that if the Dragon's Brigade Fleet is allowed to stay operational, it will ruin his plans. The Hadley Family never breaks from Scott's one family tradition, and that is never to kill your own family and allow someone else to do the deed. It couldn't be helped that Berkeley utterly failed in that one task he asked him to do, but Nikolas' brigade protected Narvia throughout the war. Conner waits and smiles, hoping to hear the words of [i]' the Dragon will stay at his roost,' [/i] because it will be a good time to start his next part of his plans. However, he has given Shelly and his daughter Sarah the right to pick Lana, Freya, and Ashley's Fate.[/color] [hr] [color=silver][b]Shelly Lina Marshal[/b] (Mistress, 46, Alive - Advisor in the Gravia Military Company/Mother)[/color] [img] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/bf/f9/b6bff9e6e4779e62e1c0d2b54794ff52.jpg [/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]Sarah Riley Marshal-Hadley[/b] (Twin Daughter, 27, Alive - Dedicated of the Gravia Military Company)[/color] [img] https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8d/63/c9/8d63c9fff9ac236e061a0a70883f3c2d.jpg [/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]Gregory Iris Marshal-Hadley[/b] (Twin Son, 27, Alive - Dedicated of the Gravia Military Company)[/color] [img] https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4d/d3/1f/4dd31f7aa9129c0414f2aeb3b258174a.jpg [/img][/hider][hider=Conner's Theme Songs] [color=B0C4DE]Conner's Greed:[/color] [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiVieUBSX6A [/youtube] [color=B0C4DE]Conner being in control:[/color] [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so8V5dAli-Q [/youtube] [color=B0C4DE]Conner's Rage:[/color] [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54FgoUdV2S4 [/youtube] [color=B0C4DE]Conner's Fourth Theme Song:[/color] [youTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZRkFLKJzw [/youTube] [/hider] [/center][/hider]