Revenant

Revenant
Species: Cybe
Age: 45
Drive: Bleedist
Warpside Assignment: Maintenance Officer
Groundside Assignment: Operations Officer

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This is your second life. Your first life was as Vaon Sors, a Combine naval officer. You were the right-hand man of Captain Aze Hawk, one of the greatest captains in the fleet. Tactical and technological analysis was your forte; pushing men and machines beyond their limits was his gift, and one you secretly envied. You could look at a problem and devise a dozen strategies in response, but Hawk would always somehow find a solution that defied the odds and won the day. Together on board his ship, Adamant, you were invincible.

That life ended on Hades. You detected a seemingly abandoned durugh base and led a survey team to investigate – and then a Mohilar battle group arrived in orbit. You did the math; there was no way Adamant could win, no way they could rescue you without risking the lives of everyone on board. Your cold tactical analysis demanded that Captain Hawk abandon you and your men.

You stood on the grey wastes of Hades and waited for your friend to work his magic, to defy the odds and break the rules and do the impossible one more time... but this time, you were right. There was no way to win. Hawk retreated, and you were mortally wounded when the Mohilar attacked. Vaon Sors did not die that day. He died months later, under the tender mercies of durugh interrogators. They tortured you, nerve by nerve, until your body gave out under the strain. The rest of the survey team were long since dead. You were abandoned on the surface to perish.

A cybe ship detected a durugh signal and found you. They took you on board and resurrected you, rebuilding your body with machine parts and cloned organs. You rose again and called yourself Revenant. You'd always been cold and analytical, but now your mind runs more on silicon than neurons. The cybes felt equally betrayed by the Combine, and their ideas about political independence resonated with you. You decided that the Bleed was your new home, and that your old existence was irrelevant. Logically, you chose to put your skills to use where you could be most effective – as a laser.

Then, you learned that Aze Hawk was coming back to the Bleed, and that he was forming a laser crew. Something in you – some vestigial spark of friendship, some need for closure, maybe some unspoken desire for revenge – made you sign on with him. You are not Vaon Sors any more, nor is he your captain, but you must rid yourself of this ghost just as the Bleed must rid itself of the Combine.

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The Crew:

• Aze Hawk: Still the shining hero, the doer of impossible deeds. Do you honor his glorious deeds, or does his one failure outweigh them all in your eyes?
  
• Francine Dare: A brilliant young pilot. She reminds you of a young Aze Hawk – she has something of his knack for doing the impossible.
  
• Tim Zaren: He comes from an engineered society, where everyone is trained from birth to fulfill an assigned role. This appeals to you, but he rejected it. You need to know why.
  
• Dr. Fairfax: The ship’s doctor. He appears harmless enough.
  
• Volith: This durugh is a mystery to you. She seems familiar... you can barely remember the agonizing months on Hades, but could she have been one of your interrogators? If so, what did they want with you?

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Plot Arcs:

• The Wounded Bleed: Revenant's loyalty to the Bleedist cause is tested by the extremism of some of his allies. Can he build a brighter future for his adopted home?
  1. A cybe scientist has discovered a way to improve cybe cognition by erasing the emotional content of old memories. All the data is retained and organized, but the essential feel of the moment is lost. Do you undergo this procedure, and at what cost to your friendship with Hawk?
     
  2. One of the cybes who rescued you from Hades is accused of being a pro-Bleedism terrorist. Do you alter the evidence to protect him?
     
  3. The Bleed is on the verge of civil war, and a cold-hearted analysis suggests the Bleedists have no chance against the Combine navy. Do you follow your political beliefs or your tactical analysis?
  
  
• The Late Vaon Sors: Revenant tries to come to terms with his past. Is he Vaon Sors or Revenant? Human or Cybe?
  1. Aze Hawk gets into trouble, and only Revenant can save him. What do you do?
     
  2. Alisa Sors, Vaon's sister, visits the Bleed. How does the cybe made from the corpse of her brother react to her presence?
     
  3. The crew discover that Volith was on Hades when you were being tortured there. What did the cryptic durugh want with you? Are you the reason she joined the crew of Regulator?