Caelus

Description

Appearance

A tall thin man, with short-cropped black hair and a neatly trimmed moustache and full beard, Caelus often catches attention - mostly because of the blank gray orbs hidden behind a white silk band. Embroidered with gold thread and centered with the sigil of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica, it marks him as a proud member of that necessary, if at times feared, body. His extensive cranial circuitry and implants show little on the surface, with the only exception being some metal tracery around his eyes and behind his ears.

History

• Born to an Uncaring World:
• The Black Ship:
• Meeting the God-Emperor:
• An Arrogant First Meeting (rank 1):
• Follies and Forgiveness (rank 2):
• Learning to be Human (rank 3):
• Maturity of the Soul (rank 4):

Views

Emperor-Botherers (The Ecclesiarchy):
Brotherhood of Iron (The Mechanicum):

Important Underlings

William the Shriven, (Choir rite-master). William runs the choir, making sure all are in tune with each other and managing conflicts to ensure they do not affect the strength and clarity of Caelus' sendings. A tall thin man, he is utterly dedicated to Caelus and to his own position.
Amela Givalt, (Choir head-of-household). This middle-aged woman is in charge of the choir support staff, ensuring that their quarters are kept clean and they are fed. Bullies the astropaths incessently when they neglect themselves. Also serves as chaplain for the facility, listening to theological concerns and offering advice as a retired member of the priesthood of the God-Emperor of Mankind.
Nort 'Longear' Devins, (Astro-listener). Gifted with a highly capable telepathic receptive ability, Nort is a valuable member of Caelus' team. When Caelus is too busy to listen for messages, it is often Nort who catches incoming astropathic communications. A small man and dedicated to his task, he spends most of his time off-duty sleeping or eating.

Profile

Character Name	Player Name	Career Path	Ship's Role	Rank	Experience
Caelus	Sunhawk	Astropath	Choir-Master Telepathica	4	17000/17000
Home World	Birthright	Lure of the Void	Trials and Travails	Motivation	Lineage
Forge World	Fringe Survivor (Heretek)	Tainted (Mutant)	Lost Worlds	Knowledge	Witch-Born

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship	Wounds	Fate	Insanity	Corruption
27	31	30	45	30	70(x2)	55	70	30	10	4	7	5

Skills

• Intelligence: Tech-Use
  • Lore (Common): Adeptus Astra Telepathica
  • Lore (Scholastic): Cryptology
  • Lore (Forbidden): Archeotech, Mutants, Psykers, Warp, Xenos
  • Lore (Lingustics): High Gothic, Low Gothic
• Perception: Awareness +20, Psyniscience +20, Scrutiny +20, Search
• Willpower: Invocation +20
• Fellowship: Deceive

Talents

• Weapon: Pistol Weapon Training (Universal)
• Psychic: Psy-Rating 5, Psychic Discipline (x2), Psychic Power (x12), Rite of Sanctioning
• Mental: Armour of Contempt, Foresight, Strong Minded, Total Recall
• Other: Heightened Senses (Sound), Resistance (Fear, Psychic Powers), Talented (Psyniscience), Technical Knock

Traits

• Choir-Master Telepathica: Caelus is the master of warp-borne communications; the handful of other astropaths on the ship answer to him alone.
  • Increase the range of Astropathic Signals by one step
• Stranger to the Cult: Born on a world that looks more to the Omnissiah than to the Emperor, Caelus finds the customs of the Imperial Creed somewhat strange to him.
  • -10 to Tests involving knowledge of the Imperial Creed, -5 to Fellowship Tests to interact with members of the Ecclesiarchy in formal settings.

Powers

• Telepathy: Mind's Eye, Mind Link, Mind Probe, Short-Range Telepathy
• Divination: Augury, Detect the Taint, Foreshadow, Psycholocation, Psychometry
• Telekinesis: Death Grip, Precision Telekinesis, Telekinetic Crush, Telekinetic Shield

Equipment

Bionics

• Cortex Implants (Good): A brain augmentation system the likes of which is seldom seen.
  • Grants Unnatural Intelligence (x2) and acts as a cogitator system
• MIU Implant (Good): A system for interfacing directly with machines.
  • Gain +10 to Tech-Use, Pilot, Drive, Logic, Inquiry and Ballistic Skill Tests, as well as to communicate with machine spirits. Can share senses of cyber-familiars.
• Augur Array (Good): Implanted full auspex system.
  • Range 50m, +20 to Awareness Tests, make Tech-Use to detect biosigns and the like, allows rerolls for all Perception-based Tests that use it.
• Memorance Implant (Good):
  • Grants the Total Recall talent, +10 to Trade (Remembrancer) Tests and to other social tests where recorded information is useful.
• Calculus Logi Upgrade (Good):
  • +10 bonus to any Literacy, Logic or Scholastic Lore Tests.

Weapons/Armour

• Laspistol (Best Quality)
• Shock Staff (Common Quality)
• Flexsteel Armour (Good Quality)
• Compensator Field (Common Quality)

Servitors

• Servo-skull (Good) – Security +20, Multikey
• Servo-skull (Good) – Trade (Scrimshawer) +20, Laser Etcher
• Servo-skull (Good) – Performer (Musician), Complex pipes
• Servo-skull (Good) – lasgun, light beams

Other Equipment

• Void Suit
• Micro-bead
• Psy-Focus