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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hewligan" data-source="post: 3740062" data-attributes="member: 19688">How important is knowledge of the system? I haven't played it before. I know 40K canon reasonably well, and would like to participate, but may as well be honest and say that I don't know M&M 2e at all (although any system with the tag-line "ultimate power" can't be bad!)Rough Concept Character: Kai "Sky" TokaruPhysical Description:Late 30s, handsome face that still shows strong elements of his ancient Japanese roots, black hair shorn short, flecked with grey, light stubble and a silvered winding scar that runs along his left jaw line. 5'11", slim, muscular build. He has the Xeno Catechism tattooed in pale ink onto his left arm, almost invisible, but always with him. He tends to wear black, practical (free movement) gear, tight fitting, with a long black overcoat with upturned stiff collar. His piercing grey eyes are generally hidden behind thin black glasses, and his face seldom belies any emotion.Background:Sky is a greenskin expert, but his knowledge came at a price. As a young boy, traveling with his parents to the local hub for transfer into Imperium training (for he had exhibited great natural skill in piloting ships), they had been attacked by pirate greens. His parents were killed along with the majority of other passengers, but Sky and a few hundred others were kept as  live larder. Over three months the number of prisoners was whittled down until only a few dozen remained. During this time Sky tried again and again to raise some resistance, but the people were not warriors, and went meekly to death. Eventually he took things into his own hands.He seldom speaks of this time, but what is known is that he killed several greens with his own hands, before infiltrating the central piloting systems and jacking in to control the ship. He sent it hurtling towards the nearest planet, and then locked the system. He escaped in a small shuttle pod, but took nobody with him. Their failure to act against their captors had made them traitors in his eyes.Sky piloted his tiny craft to the nearest planet, watching the hideous bulk of the greenskin's craft plow into oblivion before following it down. It was two years before he was picked up by a passing Rogue Trader, Andu Rowen, signalled by the beacon from Sky's ship.Sky, now 16, was too old for training, but Andu saw potential in the young man and used him as a backup pilot, slowly becoming almost a father figure to the young man. When, three years later, a greenskin invasion of a nearby system was handed to Andu's crew to investigate, it was Sky who led the incursion team, and reported back on the alien artifact the greenskins were attempting to recover. There was no time to send in the Deathwatch, and Andu sent his best men down. They did not return. Sky, ignoring orders, went in alone using a stolen incursion pod.His success in the mission did not go unnoticed. He was sought out by the Ordo Xenos, not to be one of their own, but as a possible sleeper. He spent four years working for the Order in a notorious pirate haven, acting as a collector of information, and learning the language of the greenskins (among others).His loyalty and usefulness did not go unnoticed, and when the call came in for him to assassinate a powerful greenskin pirate lord, it was as much as test of his ability as a real need for the Empire. He passed with flying colours.He speaks little of his times since then, for they were spent in service to the Ordo Xenos. First with his extensive training, and later stationed with a shifting group of Rogue Traders. Sky is a gatherer of information. One whose hatred can be hidden behind a veil while he insinuates himself with the enemy, learning from them before he snuffs them out.He has been sent against many alien races, mostly as an information gatherer, someone who can gain their confidence, but it is the greenskins that he reserves his most wicked fury for.Weapons and Quirks:Sky carries a thin bladed knife, kept razor sharp. It is his weapon of choice, meaning he prefers to kill slowly when he can.He prefers single handed weapons, such as pistols, and is not really big of heavy-combat. He believes most missions can be completed using intelligence and turning the environment in your favour, rather than by blowing holes in walls.He speaks many languages, but doesn't have time for idle talk.He is happiest among the scum of the universe, for it is from their lips that secrets spill.He once let an orc baby live after an attack. He knows it probably died anyway, but to this day he still wonders why he let it live, wonders if perhaps there is some weakness in his resolve.</blockquote>

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