Craig Janson
Character
NAME: CRAIG JANSON
FACTION: The Galactic Republic
RANK: None
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 34
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 6’ 2”
WEIGHT: 210 pounds
EYES: Golden-brown
HAIR: Brown
SKIN: Tan
FORCE SENSITIVE: no
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
+ excellent pilot – formerly a fighter pilot
+ intuitive starship mechanic/engineer
+ leadership skills
+ savvy businessman
+ academy trained at hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship
(-) Inner ear damage suffered in one of his numerous dogfights prevents him from acrobatic piloting, thus he is no longer a fighter pilot
(-) Knee damage suffered in a different battle limits his mobility
APPEARANCE:
See above descriptors and picture
BIOGRAPHY:
Craig was born into a family that had a long line of Republic pilots, most of them of the fighter variety, and he was happy to continue that tradition.
He attended Corellia University and graduated with honors in Advanced Aerospace Engineering. Following graduation he promptly joined the Galactic Republic as a pilot and proved to have the aptitude for piloting fighters, as he’d expected all along.
He was bounced around from base to base depending on the needs of the Republic; being assigned to hot zones and flying countless combat air patrols which led to almost as many skirmishes with combatant fighters.
Shortly after his tenth anniversary with the Republic Fighter Corps, he flew his last combat mission. Three TIE bracketed him and blasted him out of the sky over a contested world. The locals took care of him until a SAR team could be sent in to extricate him and ship him back to the rear for medical treatment. A cracked skull and resulting inner ear damage ended his piloting career. Any acrobatic maneuvers rendered him useless with vertigo. Because of his academic training and aptitude for maintaining starfighters, Craig was assigned to lead a maintenance and repair squadron at one of the rearward bases.
Craig’s squadron received praise from the pilots and honors from upper command for the way they maintained the fighters that were assigned to them. So much so that pilots requested having their ships maintained by Craig’s team.
The notoriety spread… too far. A flight of TIE/sa bombers was assigned to slip behind the front and take out the M&R base, eliminating that very successful resource for good. Craig’s base was devastated and most of his crew killed. That was the attack when Craig’s knee was shattered.
Craig resigned his commission and moved far from the front, as far from any battles as he could get. A friend from school helped him establish a small business servicing and repairing private starships. With his friend opening some doors for him, Craig took advantage of the opportunity and developed an extremely successful business, and now even buys aging starships, refurbishes them and sells them at a considerable profit.
SHIP: Varies, depending on crew’s current project
KILLS: None
BOUNTIES COLLECTED: n/a