Campaign:SBRD/Characters/Kalos Thar
Kalos Thar, First Officer and Pilot/Navigator (played by ErianFrost)
6A7863, Age 30, Human Male
Mechanic-1, CargoHandler-0, Handgun-2, Bribery-2, Trader-2, Astrogator-2, Broker-2, Ship's Boat-0, Pilot-1, Streetwise-1, JoT-1, Admin-2, Forgery-0, Hide/Search-2, Gunner-2
Player Notes - Character Logbook - GM's Notes
Joined Fortunate Son in April 3731 on Zwingle (Daibei 1024).
Kalos Thar has been a Free Trader since age eighteen. Originally hired as a mechanic, he was swiftly promoted to 4th Officer. A series of unfortunate events taught him the value of a good sidearm, the art of greasing palms, and the finer points of making shady deals. Kalos served on several different vessels during his 12 years as a Free Trader, learning the trade and working his way up to First Officer. His last ship was Mercury's Shadow. Kalos had already had extensive experience with smuggling, but was dismayed to learn of some of the things that Mercury's Shadow specialized in: illegal weapons and hard drugs, mostly sold to organized criminal gangs. Kalos wanted no part of the violent criminal gang that was the Mercury's Shadow's Captain and crew. At the next port he jumped ship and found the Fortunate Son.
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Cr170,000, VaccSuit, Travellers' Aid Society
Kalos Thar left home at age eighteen, leaping into the Free Traders. Originally hired as a mechanic, he was swiftly promoted to 4th Officer. A series of unfortunate events taught him the value of a good sidearm, the art of greasing palms, and the finer points of making shady deals.
Kalos served on several different vessels during is 12 years as a Free Trader, learning the trade and working his way up to Second Officer. He had some doubts about the reputation of the Far Trader Mercury's Shadow, but signed on when offered a promotion to First Officer.
Kalos had already had extensive experience with smuggling, but was dismayed to learn of some of the things that Mercury's Shadow specialized in: illegal weapons and hard drugs, mostly sold to organized criminal gangs.
The final straw came when the ship was boarded by a small customs inspection team in a backwater system. In Kalos's experience, if you got caught smuggling you paid the fines and moved on. Now he learned another difference in smuggling serious contraband: there would be no surrender when conviction meant serious prison-time rather than fines. When one of the inspection team found a hidden compartment full of Tetrazombase, the guns came out, and a bloody firefight left the inspectors plus two crewmen dead.
Kalos wanted no part of the violent criminal gang that was the Mercury's Shadow's Captain and crew. At the next port he jumped ship and checked the "Crew Wanted" listings at the Port Office. He found the Fortunate Son, which was in need of a First Officer and was headed out to the frontier of Reavers' Deep, both of which suited Kalos perfectly. He signed on, found the Captain and crew to his liking, and is quite content with his new home.
Equipment: Gauss Pistol, 3 mags of needles Body Pistol Dagger Mesh Armor Jacket VaccSuit Rope Towel
PHYSICAL: Kalos is tall and thin ("spindly" is the word that comes to mind), with short dark hair he usually styles with a comb over.
EQUIPMENT: Kalos is generally well-dressed -- his shirt, pants, and shoes are made from quality material and rather expensive, though not too extravagant. He is almost always sporting his mesh jacket, which is in perfect condition... so far.
He carries his gauss pistol in a shoulder holster on his left side, keeping it loaded with Frag needles most of the time. He carries an additional three magazines of AP needles on his belt.
MENTAL: Kalos is calm and collected. He often seems withdrawn, to some degree believing that the less he speaks, the more people will pay attention to what he says.
He is a loyal friend to those who've earned his trust, taking their secrets to the grave and willing to die for them. He doesn't speak much about his past beyond what is public record.
His skill with a handgun was hard-earned in in disreputable ports, and he has more faith in his gauss pistol than in most people he meets. To Kalos, deals are sacred, not to be reneged on unless circumstances offer no alternative. Nobody has crossed him twice.