Nestor Kirilovich

A character in the Mecha_Chronicles Campaign.

Character

Poruchik Nestor Bogdan Kirilovich za Matochekland, Rytir in the service of House Matochek, in dress uniform including the chrome shoulder pads indicating membership in the Order of the Pauldron

Nestor Kirilovich

• Archetype: Dragoon Lifer
• Rank: Lieutenant (Poruchik)
• Title: Ritter (Rytir)
• Goal: To truly belong & contrbute to a group

Attributes

• Strength: 4
• Agility: 2
• Intellect: 1
• Will: 4

Skills

• Mecha Combat: 3
• Personal Combat: 3
• Field Ops: 1
• Social: 1
• Medic: 1
• Repair: 1

Orders

• Order of the Pauldron
• Order of Oxia Palus
• Order of the Fiery Sword

Traits

• Conservative
• Grounded
• Ruthless
• Supportive

Equipment

• Armored vest
• HG-25 Equalizer Handgun

Mecha

Sir Nestor's Mecha, Callsign: Volos

Callsign: Volos

• BaM-2 Krieger, Lovec variant
• Protocol: To save something pure
• Weapons 2
  • Chest-Mounted Pulse Laser (R2 Wave)
  • Left Arm Chain Gun (R1 Impact)
• Armor 4
• Speed 4
• Tech 1
• Configurations
  • Bulwark: Spend an Overdrive to allocate Movement Dice to Attack
  • Heavy Metal: Bulwark: Spend an Overdrive to allocate Movement Dice to Defense
• Description
  • The BaM-2L looks like most Krieger mechs, though the back is more solid and infrastructure has been reorganized for dynamic equilibrium. Commissioned by Matochek, the Lovec is based on a powerful gyroscope that allows for heightened movement and stability. Unfortunately, the drawback of the design is that the pilot is busy maintaining the gyroscope, leaving him/her slower to react to the enemy. Successful piloting of a BaM-2L requires a general awareness of what positions tend to be advantageous.

Linking

• Weapons (2) + Strength (4) = Attack 6
• Armor (4) + Will (4) = Defense 8
• Speed (4) + Agility (2) = Movement 6
• Tech (1) + Intelligence (1) = Engineering 2

Condition

• Overdrive: 2
• Stability:
• Severe:
• Lethal:
• Mech Stability:
• Mech Severe:
• Mech Lethal:

Background

Nestor on duty, observing the Poisoned City

Quote

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Poruchik Nestor Bogdan Kirilovich za Matochekland, Rytir in the service of House Matochek.

I should explain my reputation before you hear of it. When I was still a boy, I discovered my uncle, Margraf Otto Kiril Matochek, was a heretic who promoted Darkness with full knowledge of his actions. He had all the appearances of being a good man with a pious soul, but this was an illusion. He assumed I was too young and too naïve to realize what he was. He also assumed familial loyalty would keep me silent. He was wrong on all counts, and now he is dead. Some believe I tarnished the family line in bringing this into the open, that I care nothing for my house, and that I am a gloryhound. This is untrue. As a boy, I was given a choice between comfort in the Dark or suspicion in the light. I chose the latter, and my course has been set since then.

My callsign is Volos. Volos was the patron of merchants and shepherds. He became a god of death, and was locked in an eternal struggle against a being who brought destruction to the earth from beyond the sky. He appeals to me as we go through this long night.

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Commentary from Ministry of Fear File

One should begin with a discussion of Sir Nestor's uncle, Margraf Otto Kiril Matochek. Margraf Otto was a member of a secret society. When he discovered that it was an order allied with the Darkness, he attempted to aim its unholy fury at his enemies, particularly the Imperials who held land he believed belong to his family. It is unclear exactly how much was known by other family members, but many plead for mercy, claiming Margraf Otto displayed little interest in betraying Bauhas. Such claims, aired in open court, fell on deaf ears and ruined the reputations of at least two of the people making the claim.

In the wake of the scandal, House Matochek had two intertwined goals: reward and protect Sir Nestor on the one hand, and reestablish order as quickly as possible. Several decisions were made that served both these ends. First, Sir Nestor was sent on a pilgrimage. Beyond whatever benefits this had psychologically and spiritually, removing Sir Nestor from Matochekland for two years facilitated efforts to re-establish stability. He was further encouraged to become career military, but not associated with the Order of the Bison. Rather, he was sent into the Mecha Korps, and his induction into the Orders of the Pauldron and the Fiery Sword. After he began active service, Sir Nestor was recruited by the Order of Oxia Palus, as the Ministers of Fear thought he would be a useful asset.

Sir Nestor’s relationship with authority is grounded in a cycle of blind faith and indignant disappointment, and is consequently a source of inner conflict. He is defined by a constant search for a pure cause or leader to support, and a constant suspicion he has only found an imposter.

Due to both his upbringing and the Margraf Otto incident, Sir Nestor has turned directness into an artform. While not completely without guile, Sir Nestor excels at embracing inevitability. His plans will be successful, his enemies will be crushed, and to deny otherwise is to deny the sun rises and falls.

The fact that he has chosen the name of a trickster god of magic appears to be out of character, until one notes Volos is also associated with the wilderness, herding, oaths, and opposing the sky god Perun. One Minister of Fear was concerned that Sir Nestor's interest in Pre-Brotherhood polytheism bordered on a heretical fascination, but this conclusion has less to do with factual evidence than with the Minister in question being from House Luther (this final sentence is currently under review by the Minister of Fear's Office of Evaluation).