Post by Skando Karr on Feb 21, 2010 1:50:19 GMT -5
REAL INFO
YOUR REAL FIRST NAME: Ryan
YOUR REAL GENDER: Male
YOUR REAL AGE: 19
WHERE DO YOU LIVE: Queensland, Australia
HOW DID YOU FIND US? Kenpachi on Nationstates.
CHARACTER INFO
NAME: Skando Karr
AGE: 23
EYES: Pale blue
HAIR: Pale blonde
HEIGHT: 1.9 meters
WEIGHT:160 lbs
SPECIES AND PLANET: Chiss. Born to no particular planet as his birth parents were travelers.
ANY DISTINGISHING FEATURES: Most of his distinguishing features tend to be race related. His black hair, blue skin and red eyes are commonly found amongst most chiss.
He has long uncut hair, mainly due to neglect. He never stylizes or patterns it without notable reason for exception.
He has numerous scars including notably large ones on his right calf and his stomach. He tries to apply bacta to potential scarring whenever possible but his lifestyle does not allow bacta to be always on hand thus his scarring is still prominent though not as numerous as it would be. In contrast to the rest of his body his face has stayed largely free of scarring.
He tends to always wear Mandalorian armor, when not wearing mandalorian armor he can be found wearing some temporary outfit he purchased for the situation. He rarely takes off his helmet and even rarer his armor. He is rather tall for a near-human but not exceptionally so.
His build bears the regular leanness of Chiss and is well muscled. Due to his lifestyle his build tends to be more catered towards athletics and acrobatics then heavy lifting, however he is strong enough to easily handle the strong recoil of most heavy blaster pistols in each hand. Due to his physique he seems to be deceptively strong. He is a great shot with blaster weaponry and a fine swordsmen.
HELMET COLORS: Dark Red, Black, Dark grey. (This color scheme is also consistent to his armor.)
BIOGRAPHY: Skando was born to chiss travelers far away from home, who traveled the galaxy making a pay as merchants. Of this life he remembers little as he even the chiss don't mature fast enough to be out of infancy at the age of five, which was when this lifestyle ended. Truly of this time, his own name has been forgotten and knowledge of the chiss language significantly inhibited.
The reason for all this was certain events that could only be described as tragic. As his family passed through an only lightly moniterred airspace, they caught the eye of Trandoshan slavers. These slaves (as truly there was non-trandoshans amongst their ranks) had been down on their luck and a ship with little to no external defenses in unsecured airspace was to good for them to sanely ignore.
As soon as his family alerted danger they'd ordered him to run, he had then taken the initiative to hide in a ventilation shaft.
Through these vents he witnessed the murder of his birth parents by the guttural speaking aliens. They plundered everything aboard with glee but were hoping for there to be something more. Eventually Skando realized he'd need food so he attempted to sneak his way to gather some supplies as they kept the ship towed. He was caught in the hallway and due to his age was regarded as potential slave material. From then on he lived a hellish existence.
He was spared of the worst of it due to him being considered 'exotic' as they intended to sell him off to some collector.
There was other slavers amongst them who were not so fortunate, they were used to repair external damage to the ships even as it was in flight, or in the worst of conditions, in fire fights. They were cheaper then astromechs. In this enviroment luck was more valuable then skill. Possibly the only reason Skando survived this was once again due to his being considered 'exotic'
However, these events only continued for two years, as salvation would arrive in the form of the typical Mandalorian hostility.
The slave ship did not consider Mandalorian space as Mandalorian space and therefor transgressed through the loosely defined Mandalorian territories.
Of course, when the mandalorians did not need an excuse to beat their arses and pissing them off further was never a good thing. As they boarded the slavers the slavers were more confused then anything and immediately regrouped to (though sloppily) to meet this threat. This left an oppertunity for the slaves. Skando being a strong willed youth immediately sieged the opportunity. When the shields keeping them enclosed shut down to provide more power to the shielding he made a dash for it. He urged the other slaves to do the same but could not persuade them as they were either too traumatized, or feared the beating that might follow.
Skando was weak from the two years of captivity but desperation could make a weak child a strong man and with nothing but a blaster pistol and a small vibroblade he had scavenged from emergency supplies he set off for freedom or at least to die repaying some of his captors.
The power had gone out, and his above average chiss vision served him hell, he encountered two trandoshans, and without warning or pause, blastered one down, the trandoshans however weren't novices to combat and the surviver immediately set about revenging its fallen comrade. Skando's at the time small starved frame allowed him to narrowly avoid aimed blaster shots and he managed to stab the second trandoshan to death.
He progressed uneventfully until he made it to the main breach which saw the fiercest fighting, due to mandalorian superiority it was a one sided battle. He managed to kill a straggler at the Mandalorians cut down the opposition.
Impressed with his victory a member of the raid adopted him as a son into the Karr clan, and given the name Skando. He was taken back to Mandalore which became his first true home.The Mandalorians had a good deal of variation in ethnicity so he was not descriminated against. His personal strength and fast maturation saw him become a highly appreciated member of the Mandalorian community.
He was particularly notable for his proficiency in dueling with blades, modified to almost non-lethal standards of course.
It was under the tutelage of adopted parents and of the caring mandalorians that he became a strong man with strong values in honesty and loyalty.
When the imperials occupied Mandalore he could not stand to be subjugated nor see his people as such, whatever feelings he had of the imperials he could not suffer being considered part of the empire. Thus he left like many mandalorians to find work as hired arms. He had limited success in this and even though the career was less then a decade in length he had frequent ups and downs. In the ups he managed to purchase equipment, including claiming a ship, cheap as it was. In the downs he'd have to sell minor amounts of equipment and the condition of his ship would deteriorate.
He has minor to null infamy within the galaxy as a Mandalorian mercenary is one among many. He has taken leave from the mercenary life for a time to pursue his own mandalorian heritage more firmly. Of course, he is rather poor in credits. He has ship and a wide variety of equipment, as tools of the job but he has barely scraped by since their acquirement.
DETAILED LIST OF PERSONALTY TRAITS/ HABITS/ QUIRKS: Skando has a personality that seems rife with internal conflict largely hidden behind both his armors intimidating visage and his own externally projected confidence. While presenting himself as a close-minded overly self-confident man of fearful conviction he tends to internally question himself excessively.
He also can not get the mando'a accent out of his basic at all, nor would he want to. He has a deep code of honor that he'll hold in higher regards to any personal feelings concerning morality. He is loyal to a fault, he'll follow someone he respects loyally even if it puts him in great danger. He will however not be loyal to someone he loses respect for, a problem hes had with many mercenaries.
He has absolute faith in the superiority of the Mandalorian way, slightly less so in their own warrior abilities as he has a fearful distrust of force-users. He still holds that he'd rather die like a 'man' then as some lowly 'cheapshotter' or lightsaber wielding magician.
He has the habit of hitting material objects when he loses patience and has a hard time sympathizing with those he perceive to be weak or distinctly non-mandalorian.
He speaks Mando'a and Basic fluently. A smattering of his knowledge of chiss remains but would likely offend any fluent chiss speaker, or at least make him look as if he learned it as a second or third language.
Skando is no genius, but he is not stupid either, though his tendency to act on emotion and impulse can make him seem as such.
He has a love of bladed weapons finding them more personal and intimate in combat. Though he regrets that he has to sacrifice combat effectiveness when using them instead of a blaster.
He has repressed large parts of his childhood before the age of six, thus little reminders can stir him a little. In relation to this he has mixed feelings on slavery, for one the mandalorian way says its their punishment for being defeated but he can't help feeling little pangs of unease concerning it, perhaps this is why he is so resistant to the empire.
WEAPONS AND BASIC EQUIPMENT: Like a good mandalorian, he applies the 'p' for plenty philosophy to his equipment. He carries two heavily modified DE-10 blaster pistols modified to the standards of heavy blaster pistols. Like the standard DE-10 blaster pistols they are heavy, pack a large punch and have been a popular firearm amongst mandalorians. He has improved their damage output at the cost of any potential for a stun setting. His blasters are susceptible to overheating due to modifications made. Due to the focusing crystals used in his blasters, they may misfire occasionally.
He carries a pretty standard vibroblade (in the fashion similar to that of a traditional beskad).
His main equipment is his Mandalorian armor, with the clothing under it (visible between plates) being a bland dark grey, the main plates being black and the trim a blood red. Like most mandalorian armor the helmet includes a lot of benefits, such as a sophisticated heads-up display, re-breather, expanded vision and numerous little settings for different light conditions.
His clothing is largely fireproof. He managed to get armor made with authentic mandalorian iron, as opposed to the durasteel variants becoming more popular as the beskar mines are exploited by imperials. Mandalorian Iron is not cheap and thus its use consists in plates with rather large gaps (think of the modern Super-commando look sported by people such as Boba Fett and Jodo Kast)
ARMOR WEAPON ATTACHMENTS: As the popular Mandalorian trend he likes integrating gadgets and other things into his armor. To that end he has a fiber wire capable of supporting his full weight built into one gauntlet and a retractable vibroblade in the other.
His armor also sports an optional jetpack, which is acknowledged as a liability thus only used when it can most prove an asset.
His boots have added grip, and minor climbing hooks extend from the sides of his gauntlets.
His armor, while cared for extensively shows the markets of many combat situations. He takes great pride in its appearance but can't quite hide the damages it has suffered.
He has adorned the chest-plate with the Mandalorian insignia and bears a archaic neo-crusader symbol on his shoulder as to honor ancient times.
DROIDS OWNED: NONE - This field is already filled out for you.
Ship: He has a ship for which he has dubbed, Ven'gal. Its a small ship that can comfortably seat one person. It has minor shielding that can collapse after one blaster cannon shot. It is however hyper-drive capable and has a considerable amount of speed behind it. Out of all his equipment it is the least reliable and most finicky. It bears the marks of many close calls and is purely for transport.
Extra notes: All details negotiable, including race as I acknowledge Chiss was not on the species list. I was also considering the Firrerreos and the offshoot race of Arkanians. Same as numerous mixed race near-humans but the species list seemed to disapprove of that.
YOUR REAL FIRST NAME: Ryan
YOUR REAL GENDER: Male
YOUR REAL AGE: 19
WHERE DO YOU LIVE: Queensland, Australia
HOW DID YOU FIND US? Kenpachi on Nationstates.
CHARACTER INFO
NAME: Skando Karr
AGE: 23
EYES: Pale blue
HAIR: Pale blonde
HEIGHT: 1.9 meters
WEIGHT:160 lbs
SPECIES AND PLANET: Chiss. Born to no particular planet as his birth parents were travelers.
ANY DISTINGISHING FEATURES: Most of his distinguishing features tend to be race related. His black hair, blue skin and red eyes are commonly found amongst most chiss.
He has long uncut hair, mainly due to neglect. He never stylizes or patterns it without notable reason for exception.
He has numerous scars including notably large ones on his right calf and his stomach. He tries to apply bacta to potential scarring whenever possible but his lifestyle does not allow bacta to be always on hand thus his scarring is still prominent though not as numerous as it would be. In contrast to the rest of his body his face has stayed largely free of scarring.
He tends to always wear Mandalorian armor, when not wearing mandalorian armor he can be found wearing some temporary outfit he purchased for the situation. He rarely takes off his helmet and even rarer his armor. He is rather tall for a near-human but not exceptionally so.
His build bears the regular leanness of Chiss and is well muscled. Due to his lifestyle his build tends to be more catered towards athletics and acrobatics then heavy lifting, however he is strong enough to easily handle the strong recoil of most heavy blaster pistols in each hand. Due to his physique he seems to be deceptively strong. He is a great shot with blaster weaponry and a fine swordsmen.
HELMET COLORS: Dark Red, Black, Dark grey. (This color scheme is also consistent to his armor.)
BIOGRAPHY: Skando was born to chiss travelers far away from home, who traveled the galaxy making a pay as merchants. Of this life he remembers little as he even the chiss don't mature fast enough to be out of infancy at the age of five, which was when this lifestyle ended. Truly of this time, his own name has been forgotten and knowledge of the chiss language significantly inhibited.
The reason for all this was certain events that could only be described as tragic. As his family passed through an only lightly moniterred airspace, they caught the eye of Trandoshan slavers. These slaves (as truly there was non-trandoshans amongst their ranks) had been down on their luck and a ship with little to no external defenses in unsecured airspace was to good for them to sanely ignore.
As soon as his family alerted danger they'd ordered him to run, he had then taken the initiative to hide in a ventilation shaft.
Through these vents he witnessed the murder of his birth parents by the guttural speaking aliens. They plundered everything aboard with glee but were hoping for there to be something more. Eventually Skando realized he'd need food so he attempted to sneak his way to gather some supplies as they kept the ship towed. He was caught in the hallway and due to his age was regarded as potential slave material. From then on he lived a hellish existence.
He was spared of the worst of it due to him being considered 'exotic' as they intended to sell him off to some collector.
There was other slavers amongst them who were not so fortunate, they were used to repair external damage to the ships even as it was in flight, or in the worst of conditions, in fire fights. They were cheaper then astromechs. In this enviroment luck was more valuable then skill. Possibly the only reason Skando survived this was once again due to his being considered 'exotic'
However, these events only continued for two years, as salvation would arrive in the form of the typical Mandalorian hostility.
The slave ship did not consider Mandalorian space as Mandalorian space and therefor transgressed through the loosely defined Mandalorian territories.
Of course, when the mandalorians did not need an excuse to beat their arses and pissing them off further was never a good thing. As they boarded the slavers the slavers were more confused then anything and immediately regrouped to (though sloppily) to meet this threat. This left an oppertunity for the slaves. Skando being a strong willed youth immediately sieged the opportunity. When the shields keeping them enclosed shut down to provide more power to the shielding he made a dash for it. He urged the other slaves to do the same but could not persuade them as they were either too traumatized, or feared the beating that might follow.
Skando was weak from the two years of captivity but desperation could make a weak child a strong man and with nothing but a blaster pistol and a small vibroblade he had scavenged from emergency supplies he set off for freedom or at least to die repaying some of his captors.
The power had gone out, and his above average chiss vision served him hell, he encountered two trandoshans, and without warning or pause, blastered one down, the trandoshans however weren't novices to combat and the surviver immediately set about revenging its fallen comrade. Skando's at the time small starved frame allowed him to narrowly avoid aimed blaster shots and he managed to stab the second trandoshan to death.
He progressed uneventfully until he made it to the main breach which saw the fiercest fighting, due to mandalorian superiority it was a one sided battle. He managed to kill a straggler at the Mandalorians cut down the opposition.
Impressed with his victory a member of the raid adopted him as a son into the Karr clan, and given the name Skando. He was taken back to Mandalore which became his first true home.The Mandalorians had a good deal of variation in ethnicity so he was not descriminated against. His personal strength and fast maturation saw him become a highly appreciated member of the Mandalorian community.
He was particularly notable for his proficiency in dueling with blades, modified to almost non-lethal standards of course.
It was under the tutelage of adopted parents and of the caring mandalorians that he became a strong man with strong values in honesty and loyalty.
When the imperials occupied Mandalore he could not stand to be subjugated nor see his people as such, whatever feelings he had of the imperials he could not suffer being considered part of the empire. Thus he left like many mandalorians to find work as hired arms. He had limited success in this and even though the career was less then a decade in length he had frequent ups and downs. In the ups he managed to purchase equipment, including claiming a ship, cheap as it was. In the downs he'd have to sell minor amounts of equipment and the condition of his ship would deteriorate.
He has minor to null infamy within the galaxy as a Mandalorian mercenary is one among many. He has taken leave from the mercenary life for a time to pursue his own mandalorian heritage more firmly. Of course, he is rather poor in credits. He has ship and a wide variety of equipment, as tools of the job but he has barely scraped by since their acquirement.
DETAILED LIST OF PERSONALTY TRAITS/ HABITS/ QUIRKS: Skando has a personality that seems rife with internal conflict largely hidden behind both his armors intimidating visage and his own externally projected confidence. While presenting himself as a close-minded overly self-confident man of fearful conviction he tends to internally question himself excessively.
He also can not get the mando'a accent out of his basic at all, nor would he want to. He has a deep code of honor that he'll hold in higher regards to any personal feelings concerning morality. He is loyal to a fault, he'll follow someone he respects loyally even if it puts him in great danger. He will however not be loyal to someone he loses respect for, a problem hes had with many mercenaries.
He has absolute faith in the superiority of the Mandalorian way, slightly less so in their own warrior abilities as he has a fearful distrust of force-users. He still holds that he'd rather die like a 'man' then as some lowly 'cheapshotter' or lightsaber wielding magician.
He has the habit of hitting material objects when he loses patience and has a hard time sympathizing with those he perceive to be weak or distinctly non-mandalorian.
He speaks Mando'a and Basic fluently. A smattering of his knowledge of chiss remains but would likely offend any fluent chiss speaker, or at least make him look as if he learned it as a second or third language.
Skando is no genius, but he is not stupid either, though his tendency to act on emotion and impulse can make him seem as such.
He has a love of bladed weapons finding them more personal and intimate in combat. Though he regrets that he has to sacrifice combat effectiveness when using them instead of a blaster.
He has repressed large parts of his childhood before the age of six, thus little reminders can stir him a little. In relation to this he has mixed feelings on slavery, for one the mandalorian way says its their punishment for being defeated but he can't help feeling little pangs of unease concerning it, perhaps this is why he is so resistant to the empire.
WEAPONS AND BASIC EQUIPMENT: Like a good mandalorian, he applies the 'p' for plenty philosophy to his equipment. He carries two heavily modified DE-10 blaster pistols modified to the standards of heavy blaster pistols. Like the standard DE-10 blaster pistols they are heavy, pack a large punch and have been a popular firearm amongst mandalorians. He has improved their damage output at the cost of any potential for a stun setting. His blasters are susceptible to overheating due to modifications made. Due to the focusing crystals used in his blasters, they may misfire occasionally.
He carries a pretty standard vibroblade (in the fashion similar to that of a traditional beskad).
His main equipment is his Mandalorian armor, with the clothing under it (visible between plates) being a bland dark grey, the main plates being black and the trim a blood red. Like most mandalorian armor the helmet includes a lot of benefits, such as a sophisticated heads-up display, re-breather, expanded vision and numerous little settings for different light conditions.
His clothing is largely fireproof. He managed to get armor made with authentic mandalorian iron, as opposed to the durasteel variants becoming more popular as the beskar mines are exploited by imperials. Mandalorian Iron is not cheap and thus its use consists in plates with rather large gaps (think of the modern Super-commando look sported by people such as Boba Fett and Jodo Kast)
ARMOR WEAPON ATTACHMENTS: As the popular Mandalorian trend he likes integrating gadgets and other things into his armor. To that end he has a fiber wire capable of supporting his full weight built into one gauntlet and a retractable vibroblade in the other.
His armor also sports an optional jetpack, which is acknowledged as a liability thus only used when it can most prove an asset.
His boots have added grip, and minor climbing hooks extend from the sides of his gauntlets.
His armor, while cared for extensively shows the markets of many combat situations. He takes great pride in its appearance but can't quite hide the damages it has suffered.
He has adorned the chest-plate with the Mandalorian insignia and bears a archaic neo-crusader symbol on his shoulder as to honor ancient times.
DROIDS OWNED: NONE - This field is already filled out for you.
Ship: He has a ship for which he has dubbed, Ven'gal. Its a small ship that can comfortably seat one person. It has minor shielding that can collapse after one blaster cannon shot. It is however hyper-drive capable and has a considerable amount of speed behind it. Out of all his equipment it is the least reliable and most finicky. It bears the marks of many close calls and is purely for transport.
Extra notes: All details negotiable, including race as I acknowledge Chiss was not on the species list. I was also considering the Firrerreos and the offshoot race of Arkanians. Same as numerous mixed race near-humans but the species list seemed to disapprove of that.