Commander Luitpold Barnabas Vorhale
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Background[edit]
Luitpold Barnabas Vorhale is the third son of Laertes Timeo Vorhale and Drusilia Haekler-Vorhale, respectively Officer of the Watch and Dorsal Gun Capitain of the Chalice Battlecruiser TRIUMPH OF SAINT DRUSUS. As it is customary in the Imperial Navy, the young child, as well as his four brothers and two sisters, served on board of the battlecruiser bridge as a cabin boy, as well on the dorsal gun macro-battery with his mother. It is there, among the thousands crewman toiling in the sulfurus fumes and the roaring thunder of the gigantic canons, that the young child knew what he wanted to be. he wanted to be the one pointing this majestuous weapons, the one ordering them to shout in anger and smite His Ennemies to smithereen. Once old enough, he was sent to the Officer scholam in Port Wrath. It was harsh, for the Imperial Navy asks a lot to any one who want to serve Him among the stars, and the futur officers are not exceptions. But Luitpold did his best. He studied hard, especially geometrics, for a good gunner should know how to calculate a shell trajectory by head. But being a good Master of Ordnance is not mere calculus : it is an art. One must evaluate the trajectory his ennemy will take, discern the truth among the millions lies he will feed the sensors, ensure his crew will reload the canons perfectly and point them with the utmost precision, and weave a deadly schem of fire with shells to leave no escape. An art, a craft that Luitpold learned, polished, and finally, mastered.
Luitpold spent all his career at the head of a gun battery, at first, on the very ship he was born - 5th Port Broadside Canon-, then the Lance Prow Gun-Captain of the Firestorm frigate THE NAMELESS SAINT, and later, her Master of Ordnance.
Then, thanks to very good records, he was promoted as the Master of Ordnance of the Lunar Cruiser SIRIUS. For many years, it was he who launched and guided the volleys of the famous ship during her patrols in the Koronus Expanse. The SIRIUS is a very old ship, who served well in the Battle of Gethsemane during the Gothic War of 1436151M41; her crew is the very best of all Battlefleet Koronus. There, he honned and quenched his skills in battle against orks, eldars, pirates and reavers. His career was promising...
But, one day, all changed. In 811M41, the SIRIUSalongside the GETHSEMANE received and answered a distress call from a Mechanicus Convoy in the Cauldron. They were under attack from a strong pack of pirates backed by the Ruinous Powers. Once more, Vorhale's volleys were lethal, and both cruisers were obliterating the opposition. 'Alas, GETHSEMANE 's crew, still green according to the Navy, advanced too much. A dying Reaver ship boarded immediately the SIRIUS, vomiting all his crew, aiming for the ship's bridge.
It was very, very close. The ennemy breached the bridge, and in the decompressive explosion that followed, Luitpold was the only officer still able to take command. He did defend the bridge gallantly before the reinforcement arrived, but was heavily wounded. The ship surgeon thought he was lost... When the Magos in charge of the convoy offered him a cyber-resurection, in a sign of good faith for the rescue of his fleet.
It was painfull, and very weakened, Luitpold took almost three years to recover. And his recovery was too slow for the Imperial Navy, who decided to put him away in early retirment, with a shiny medal and a confortable stipend. After all, he was a good officer, but not much more : he was lacking some relations from noble-blood or high level friends.
For a man who only wanted to serve Hil once more, it was harsh. Especially that, once he was fully recovered, he was even more fit than before.
It was when he was almost resigned to spend the rest of his life on a space station, that he was contacted by an envoy, from the Peregrine Dynasty....
CHARACTERISTICS[edit]
WS :30. BS : 65 S : 29 T : 31 Ag : 40 Int : 45 Per : 40 Wp : 38 Soc : 45
Wounds :1d5=4 +2*3 = 10 +2*Sound Constitution = 12 Wounds.
Fate Points : 1d10=10 = 4 Fate Points.
Insanity : 1d10=9 = 9 Insanity Points.
SKILLS[edit]
Awareness (40)
Charm (45, -10 if using Disturbing Voice, +5 on the H.I.M.S Xanadu)
Command +10 (55, +10 on the H.I.M.S Xanadu, +5 on a different ship)
Common Lore (Imperial Navy +10) (65 thanks to infused knowledge, +10 connected on a Data Port),
Common Lore (Koronus Expanse, Tech, War) (55 thanks to Infused Knowledge, +10 connected on a Data Port)
Common Lore (any other) (23, thanks to Infused Knowledge, +10 connected on a Data Port)
Dodge (40)
Forbidden Lore (Archeotech, Xenos) (45)
Intimidate,(45, +10 if using Disturbing Voice, +5 on the H.I.M.S Xanadu)
Litteracy (45)
Navigation (stellar)(45)
Pilot (Flyers) (40, +10 MIU)
Pilot (Spacecraft +10),(50,+10 MIU)
Scholastic Lore (Astromancy, Tactica Imperialis)(55 thanks to Infused Knowledge, +10 connected on a Data Port)
Scholastic Lore (any other) (23, thanks to Infused Knowledge, +10 connected on a Data Port)
Scrutiny (40)
Secret Tongue (Rogue Trader) (45)
Speak Language (Battlefleet War Cant, Low & high Gothic, Techna-Lingua)(45)
Tech-Use (45, +10 MIU, +10 connected on a Data Port)
Trade (Voidfarer) (45)
TALENTS[edit]
Air of Authority,
Autosanguine,
Binary Chatter,
Disturbing Voice,
Electrograft Use,
Hatred (Chaos),
Infused Knowledge,
Logis Implant,
Melee Weapon Training (Universal),
Nerves of Steel,
Orthoproxy,
Peer (Military),
Pistol Weapon Training (Universal),
Sound Constitution x2
TRAITS[edit]
Officer on Deck: +5 Bonus to Command Tests while aboard any Spacecraft.
Loyalty: +5 to Wp & Soc tests while aboard his ship.
Void-accustomed : immune to space travel sickness, never consider zero or low gravtiy terrain as difficult.
Jealous Freedom : reacts violently toward prospect of imprisonment or loss of freedom. Wp test to avoid such a reaction.
Physical Perfection 1 : gains Machine 1 : do not breathe, immune to the effects of vacuum, extremes of cold, any mind-influencing psychic effect, armor points apply toward fire dommage. +1 Armour.
EQUIPMENT[edit]
Common-craftmanship Power sword. 1D10+5+2 E, Pen 5. Powerfield, Balanced.
Common-craftmanship Bolt Pistol. Range 30 m. S/2/-, 1D10+5 X, Pen 4, clip 8, Rld Full action. Tearing.
Guard Flak Armour.
Micro-bed.
Void Suit & re-breather.
Medal made from the armoured prow plating of the Emperor class battleship DIVINE RIGHT (blessed ship token).
Imperial Navy Uniform.
2 bottles of Amasec.
pic-recorder & vox-caster.
Free Acquisition : good quality Mind Implant Unit. (+10 to Tech-Use, Pilot, Drive, Logic, Inquiry, BS tests when interfaced)
From life & deeds :
Good Quality bionic arm (right arm). +10 on agility testsrequiring delicate manipulation & +10 to Strenght tests.
Storm trooper Carapace Armor. Armor : 6 everywhere.
ORIGIN PATH[edit]
BATTLEFLEET : - 5 Strengh, +5 Willpower. Officer on Deck. Void Born Ancestry. Ship Bound Fighter.
IN SERVICE TO THE THRONE : Born to Lead : -3 Toughness, +3 Int. Scholastic Lore (Tactica Imperialis), Command, Litteracy. 200 Cp.
CRUSADER: Call to Arms : +5 BS, Peer (Military), Hatred (Chaos), + 9 Insanity Points . 150 Xp.
PRESS-GANGED : Intimidate, Common Lore (Koronus Expanse), Jealous Freedoom.
DEVOTION : Loyalty : Trade (Voidfarer), +5 to Wp & Soc tests while aboard his ship. 100 xp.
XP SPENT[edit]
born To Lead : 200 xp Call to War : 150 xp Loyalty : 100 xp.
rank 1
awareness 100 xp. dodge : 100 xp scrutiny : 100 xp Sound Constitution x2 : 2*200 xp. Secret Tongue (RT) : 100 xp. +15 BS : 100+250+500= 850 xp. Tech Use (elite advance) = 400 xp.
rank 2 (Augmenticist)
Physical Perfection 1 : 500 xp. Perception +5 : 250 xp. Autosanguine : 200 xp Speak (Techna Lingua) : 300 xp. Forbidden Lore (Archeotech) : 300 xp. Binary Chatter : 200 xp. Infused Knowledge : 300 xp. Logis Implant : 300 xp. Electrograft Use : 300 xp. Orthoproxy : 300 xp. Disturbing Voice : 200 xp.
rank 3 :
Air of Authority : 200 xp. Charm : 200 xp. Command +10 : 200 xp. Speak High Gothic : 200 xp.
