Pharen

Aspects
Home-world: Gilgamesh

Species: Near-human

Growing up: "genetically engineered," "evolve or die" Starting out: "failed experiment," "caste-less" Moment of crisis: "criminal past," "holds a grudge" Sidetracked: "don't tell me what I can't do," "stick with your own" On your own: "space-lane survivalist," "Better him than me"

Skills

 * Tactics: 5
 * Engineering (space) 4, Stamina 4
 * Survival 3, Energy Weapons 3, Agility 3
 * Brokerage 2, Brawling 2, Demolitions 2, Eva 2
 * Stealth 1, Vehicle 1, Medical 1, Intimidation 1, Archeology 1

Stress Tracks
Health: 5 Composure: 3 Wealth: 3

Stunts: (Pending)
"Ever-Evolving": This stunt allows Pharen to substitute skill ranks from one skill with another. For instance, he might add two ranks to "Pilot" by removing ranks from "Tactics." The exchange rate is, for every two ranks removed from one skill, one more may be added to another. No skill may be increased more than twice. And only one skill can be "buffed" per scene. This effect lasts until the end of the scene and costs a fate point to activate.

Backstory:
Pharen was born a biologically engineered experiment, grown in a lab funded by a splinter military faction on Gilgamesh. In his adolescence he was forced to compete with, and ultimately prove his superiority over the other "experiments." But no matter how hard he fought to prove his worth to the corporation, his usefulness was deemed obsolete after two decades. Granted "freedom" from his parent organization, he was left to fend for himself with nowhere to go. Spurned by his people because he was not born into the traditional caste system, he chose to leave his home-world in search of a name for himself. He joined with a slaver syndicate several clusters away, becoming a liaison between planets. Working for a prominent crime family he got to know one of their upcoming youths, and through him, made contacts that cemented his reputation among the black market. Finally striking some success for himself, he grew to despise the Gilgamesh way of life, and vowed never to return to his home-world. As a shipman on a routine "cargo" run, Pharen stopped at an Aundit space-port when the ship's power-cores were refueling. At the station he witnessed a mugging and Pharen was swept by an inexplicable capacity for compassion. The man who was being attacked was another "gene-freak" known as Ykthiel, Pharen hadn't seen one of his own since he had left Gilgamesh two years prior. Recklessly, and against the odds, Pharen managed to chase off the assailants and rescue his genetic comrade. Since that incident Pharen has receded from the "heavy" criminal underworld. Something changed him in those moments that he cannot yet explain. He wants to learn more about this gene-freak that doesn't even look remotely Zhenian. Since that time, he has been running Shreyfer from cluster to cluster (implicating an unassuming pilot in the crime more often than he'd like to admit).