Name: Harken Calibos
Race: Turian
Call sign/Nickname: Churchill
Age: 34
Weight: 190 lbs
Height: 7" 1
Appearance:Like most Turians, Harken is tall and spindly in his built, covered in thick skin. He is of fairly average height and build by Turian standards but significantly tall compared to humans. His natural skin tone is a gunmetal gray. He has replaced his typical clan markings with a mark of a pre-Earth nation he admires, a symbol of imperialist unity, cultural power and historical significance - the union jack. This marks him as something of an outsider or individualist, which are basically the same thing by Turian standards, for denying or disrespecting his clan. He tends to wear typical Turian fashions, although his is a pragmatic choice rather than an aesthetic one, since most human clothes simply don't fit on Turian bodies.
Personality: Like most Turians, Harken is a war-nerd. More specifically, Harken finds the military history of humans most interesting. This sometimes makes him seem a bit strange for a Turian, since he ends up coming across as a bit too into humans - their culture, their history, their languages and so on. Like most outside observers to alien cultures, he's still got a lot to learn about stuff humans do but he has more understanding that a lot of his species. Still not as much as he thinks he has, of course. But enough to favour British English as "the proper English", which can stun English-speaking humans who don't expect that level of cultural statement from an outsider. He is quite an astute observer of others, keen to the body language of those around him - even of alien species. This means he quite often picks up on things other people miss, fine details that most simply aren't aware of or at least aware of the meanings behind.
By Turian standards, he is something of a renegade and individualist, but human's would have a hard time telling the difference given how strict and uptight they see most Turians as. Harken still has a strong respect for institutions, for authority, the group etc but he doesn't necessarily place the happiness of the group over the individual as automatically as most do. He has to think it's a good idea at least. This means he's more likely to take initiative in the moment than most Turians and responds better to failures in plans or infrastructure than most. He is good at adapting to new circumstances and finds the static circumstances Turians typically enjoy a bit boring.
Class: Turian Cabal
Powers: Dark Sphere, Singularity, Shockwave, Warp, Overload, Sabotage, Infiltration Cloak
Specialty:
Saboteur. As a trained Turian Cabal operative, Harken specializes in stealth, close quarters combat and covert ops. His most common combat loadout involves
heavy pistols (though often silenced) and
sub-machine guns to strike a balance between mobility and firepower. He often uses an upgraded Salarian
Scorpion heavy pistol for its precise demolition capabilities. His light duelist armor possesses a refractive coating which can be activated to render him
temporarily invisible, allowing him to sneak behind enemy lines and sew havoc on their infrastructure, or to deal critical hits against key targets.
Biography: After the battle of Earth, many Turians were stranded on the planet after the severe damage to galactic transport infrastructure, which prevented them from easily returning to Turian systems. However, the fallout from the war also meant a large quantity of Eezo was seeded into the planet atmosphere, contaminating the environment. Harken Calibos' parents, Ahren and Myra, were both survivors of the Battle of Earth who came together in the victorious celebration. Neither were biotics, but the fallout meant that they had both been exposed to considerable amounts of eezo. This naturally led to their children having a high chance of being biotic - even years after the war, their youngest emerged with considerable biotic talents.
In their damaged, post-war state, the Turian Hierarchy was eager to identify biotics at an early age and so young Harken was taken from his parents for training at a very young age. Turians also distrust biotics quite severely, so Harken and the other biotic children of his generation were isolated from most children. Normally this isolation wouldn't happen until they joined civil service, but the traumatic events of the Reaper War necessitated a social change and increased focus on social engineering for the next generation. And so Harken was largely raised in institutions, prep schools and academies. He was raised and trained for the role of a biotic in Turian society - a special operative and informant. When he came of age, he was drafted into the military like every Turian but with special missions - he was to observe his fellow trainees and squadmates. The idea was to make sure the other soldiers would always act as if anyone they met might be an observer for the Hierarchy. Once he grew old enough, he was placed into a dedicated Cabal.
Cabals are cells of biotics with specialized roles in the Turian military. They are infiltrators and special operatives, trained in infiltration, sabotage, small arms and close quarters tactics. They perform surgical hit-and-run attacks on vital enemy positions, cutting off supply lines or communication networks. A human analogue might be sentinels, due to their combined training in biotic and tech abilities, though with more of the Infiltrator's stealth abilities. They also tend to be kept distant from the mainline Turian troops due to the distrust biotic observers earn in their training. Being kept distant from the groups he had spent so long observing prompted introspection in Harken, causing him to question his loyalties, re-evaluate his priorities. He realized that for all the time he'd spent studying other people, he'd never made an identity for himself. When it became possible to, he left military service and spent some time moving around to find his roots. This involved spending some time on Earth, with his parents and studying much of the local history. He came to consider Earth his home more than any Turian world had been and engrossed himself rapidly in human culture. He in particular became interested in the parallels between the final Battle for Earth and the Battle For Britain in Earth's ancient history, the solidarity the British people had shown in that conflict.
He spent some time on the Citadel working as C-Sec, preferring the greater variety and diversity to be found there than the homogeneity of Palaven. So many races, so many individuals working together and developing new cultures and ideals together. He used his Cabal training as an undercover officer, earning great distinction by identifying and subduing a Cerberus terrorist cell planning a bombing on the Council chambers. In recognition for his work, he was promoted out of C-Sec and into the Spectres.
'murica man myself. Shadowkiller Naomi is also accepted. Just so everyone knows the years are counted under A.B.E (after the battle of Earth) so the RP starts in 50 A.B.E.
