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Beltor “Bell” Cyrus
Age: 28
Species: Human Echanni Hybrid
Gender: Male
Height: 6'6/198cm
Weight: 200lbs/91 kg.
Force Sensitive: Yes
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
A rather unassuming specimen, and generally a mix of the baseline human form and typical Echanni. He stands at, roughly, 198 centimeters tall, is decently well proportioned and fit given his active life style. He weighs roughly 91 kilos, both as a distaste of highly processed foods and because he often opts to eat and live frugally. His skin is pale, as was his mothers, but with a noticeable pink hue from his human father. His eyes are a steel blue with flecks of silver, and his hair, both facial and on his head, is predominantly a warm brown with streaks of pale silver shot through.
He typically dress for function over form, with a leather jacked over a simple shirt, and with a preference for smuggler style trousers and boots over more august garb. He can typically be found wearing both a wrist mounted data tablet, and a pair of clear, half circle glasses when doing academic work.
INVENTORY
- The Jade Finch
-- Arguably his most prominent possession, the Jade Finch is a modified Dynamic class light freighter modified as a mobile field base for Dr. Cyrus's archeological exploits, and is refitted to fit this role. Onboard facilities include a small 1.2 meter by 1.2 meter clean box for the handling of artifacts, a large and sophisticated data archive and computer for research data and personal writings, an enlarged living suit with a main bed and two guest beds, a refitted kitchen to cater to his hobby of cooking, and a high gain antenna and subspace holo relay for...optional side works.
It's weaponry has been some what tamed down, in leu of the added academic facilities, but it still maintains a small but potent arsenal of defensive weapons, namely the pair of quad mounted heavy laser cannons along the ventral and dorsal hull, a small torpedo magazine capable of launching fighter grade munitions, though it is typically used for launching survey probes, and a pair of secondary heavy repeating blaster turrets cover the cargo hatch and main ramp in to the ships internals. It has a stiff but still civilian grade shielding array, and its engines have been turned more for long range and slow acceleration then rapid impulse speeds. Its Hyper drive is a specially refitted Class-1, allowing it surprising speed and range for a ship that small. It has been known, on the occasion, to malfunction in the process of formulating exit coordinates.
It is painted in a single tone grey finish with a blue striping along the ventral and dorsal strakes.
-74Z Speeder Bike
-- An older, potentially archaic model of ground speeder bike, is typically kept in cargo hold of the Jade Finch as his personal method of travel when needed.
-Worn Lightsaber, restored.
-- One of his earliest archeological findings, it has been lovingly restored to function with a new lens, power cell, and amethyst crystal giving it's blade a distinctive purple hue. It features a curved dueling style hilt, and is arguably his most prized possession, above even his starship.
-Archaic Slug-thrower pistol.
-- An archaic, potentially ancient model of slug thrower pistol firing 11.23mm rimless cartridges fed from 10 round magazines. Ammunition is hard to find, and so he often hand loads his rounds in his ship's workbench. He typically carries it in a shoulder holster with two spare magazines.
-Personal Data pad.
-- Given his fondness for relics, one would think that his personal computers would also be old. This is not the case, both his data-pad and ship board computer are cutting edge models fit for high grade academic work, with equally high capabilities in data slicing and recovery.
PERSONALITY AND BELIEFS
In a word, Bookworm. To expand on that...
He is an academic at heart, with a deep, passionate love of history and with a focus on the various light and dark side organizations that have used the force in the centuries since their orders came to prominence. He can come off as a know-it-all, especially when speaking on his topic of study, but it is typically born out of love for his field of work rather then wanting to be arrogant. When interacting with others he typically tries to remain polite, courteous, and professional. This has led to some calling him cold, among academic circles, how ever when around trusted friends he opens up far, far more.
Often described as some one who would openly give his shirt off his back to a friend in need, share his last meal, or offer a credit or coin to those on the street. To his friends, he is a true friend, one for his life.
To those that have drawn his ire he is a storm made manifest. His deeply fueled drive to further his studies can and has bled out in to his wider self in moments of anger, and can even be said to have one hell of a temper when properly roused, though that does come at a long fuse. He has killed and found while it is not something he enjoys, it is something he can do with little pause, given the one being killed deserves it.
He does have a well formed sense of justice, how ever, and will not take actions that go against it in regular situations.
He could be described as a laymen philosopher, given his field of study has brought him rather close to both the Jedi and Sith, though far less often in respects to the latter, and he has often stated he holds a 3rd position on the historical battle of good vs evil, light versus dark. He doesn't believe in an afterlife, and this has caused him to put more effort in to his actions in life, wanting to make a name for him self.
He has a soft spot for children and small, fuzzy animals.
STRENGTHS
Mental Processing.
- A Graduate of the Anexxes Naval College, with a PHD in Force Studies and Histories, he has sharpened his deductive reasoning and mental analytics capacity to suit his work, and has found a secondary use of this skill in Data Slicing.
Nomad.
- Due to his work, and his nature as a born spacer, he has never felt a fondness or attachment to any location or planet, often sleeping best aboard his ship then in any bed on a planet. This has allowed him to live rather comfortable in his wonderings across the galaxy.
Data Slicer.
- While his historical studies on the nature of the Sith and Jedi are his passion, with only his love of cooking coming a close second, the reality of the matter is he must make a living wage, and his grants have long since run dry. He has found a second line of work acting as a mid level net runner and data recovery specialist, and will often take up contracts on the dark net for the cash.
Grey Morality.
- His time as a void nomad and traveling archeologist has meant he has had more then his fair share of brushes with men and women on both sides of the law, and has done activities most would frown at, either for the sake of furthering his studies, or just to afford his next load of fuel. He is not proud of him self, but one must do what one must.
Bloodied.
- In a galaxy as rife with war and strife, it is a hard thing to avoid the various wars, conflicts, and generational blood feuds, especially when one travels as much as he does, as such, he his a competent shot with a blaster, and has a modicum of melee weapons training. He can handle him self, even kill with little hesitation if the situation requires it, but he is not proud of that fact.
WEAKNESSES
Arachnophobia.
- A simple irrational fear that can drive him to a rapid level of violence upon the sighting of any scuttling creature with far to many legs or eyes.
Recovering Alcoholic.
- He was, in his cadet year, a booze sponge, so much so that is nearly cost him his commission and did cost him his first and to date only real romantic relationship. He has been Sober for nearly ten years at this point, but does hear the siren call of the bottle from time to time.
Grey Morality.
- His time as a void nomad and traveling archeologist has meant he has had more then his fair share of brushes with men and women on both sides of the law, and has done activities most would frown at, either for the sake of furthering his studies, or just to afford his next load of fuel. He is not proud of him self, but one must do what one must.
Bloodied.
- In a galaxy as rife with war and strife, it is a hard thing to avoid the various wars, conflicts, and generational blood feuds, especially when one travels as much as he does, as such, he his a competent shot with a blaster, and has a modicum of melee weapons training. He can handle him self, even kill with little hesitation if the situation requires it, but he is not proud of that fact.
Nicotine Habit.
- Pure and simple, he likes to smoke, while he prefers a synthetic tobac vaporizer with a deeper preference for fruity flavors, he will smoke most forms of tobac if he's low on smokes.
HISTORY
Born nearly 3 decades back on a refugee freighter heading coreward in the years after the last major wars in the mid-rim, his mother, Marian was a traveling Echanni martial arts teacher, his father, Matheus, was a crewmen aboard that freighter and Belltor him self was the result of a whirlwind romance that likely wouldn't end well. Sadly, it didn't. He will not often speak on the death of his parents, as it's a sore subject, and will often darken the mood.
He spent his teens as a working deckhand aboard various ships and freighters, and between his work and the small inheritance left from his mother, was able to afford early entry in to the Annexus Naval College once he scored high enough. Having grown up listening to the stories of his parents and various ships crews, he found a deep love for history and had the some what dubious honor of being one of it's few graduates of its robust but often forgotten histories program. His time there was not the easiest, as he faced derision from the more upper class cadets and often battled an addiction to the bottle, one that nearly cost him his commission and did cost him first and to date only real romantic relationship with a fellow cadet.
Advancing further in his studies at various prost graduate schools, he attained his PHD after publishing his doctorate thesis on Force Studies and the Histories of the Jedi, Sith, and various third column organizations, entities, and cults that sprung up from the two orthodox faiths. His thesis did draw up some notice, and he found a comfortable if short lived stint as a member of various historical societies and research initiatives that have sprung up in the years since.
In the recent years, how ever, he has hit a string of bad luck in terms of funding and support, and elected to cash in his saved paychecks to purchase a vessel specially refitted for his studies abroad and across the wider galaxy, making ends meet selling his services as a moderate level data slicer with a specialty in data recovery and network infiltration.
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