OOC Writer Account
"I was born lucky sir, I'm a Stormtrooper."
-Battle of Kaeshana
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Name: Joan Lunor
Alias(s): FN-888 "Three-Eight", "Helden", Erinys Sterren (Birth Name).
Age: 21
Race: Human (Clone)
Skill(s): Drill, Marksmanship, Field Craft, Advanced First Aid, Comlink Communication, Disarmed Fighting, Cavalry Fighting Vehicle Certification, Armoured Fighting Vehicle Certification.
Rank: Captain
Title(s): Captain, Ma'am.
Force Sensitivity: No
Ship:
Equipment:
- Special Forces Armour (FO-XS)
- T-7 Ion Disruptor
- F-11D Blaster Rifle
- SE-44C Blaster Pistol
- Z6 Riot Control Baton
- N-20 Baradium-core thermal detonator
- M1-VX "Vee Ex" Grenades
- M1-NR "Nerve" Autoinjector
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Physical Description: FN-888 stands at five feet ten inches or One-hundred and seventy-eight centimetres tall and is considered slender built with very little in the way of body fat carried on her frame maintained by strenuous exercise and self-monitored diet. Triple-Eight's eyes are a shallow blue with pupils wrapped in a thin gold sheath as a result of central heterochromia. Joan's eyes are complimented with shoulder-length brunette hair that she dyes a dark blonde, her facial features are sharp and angular with a short forehead and 'button' nose.
Gender: Female
Build: Slender
Skin Colour: Light
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Brunette (Dyed Blonde)
Uncommon or Specific Features?:
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Character Personality: Joan is a loyal and determined soldier who takes solace in performing her duty to the First Order to the very best of her ability. Joan does possess a hint of uncharacteristic compassion which she extends to fellow Stormtrooper and Military personnel. Joan' perceived compassion would draw the ire of her officer peers and superiors if it wasn't for her adherence to following orders with a ruthless efficiency that is expected of First Order Stormtroopers. Joan prefers to be given vague orders so as to decide the most efficient, ruthless and timely way to accomplish an objective though will usually not disobey a direct order thanks largely to her mental conditioning as a Stormtrooper. FN-888 despises unlawful behaviour which is epitomised by the likes of the Hutt clans, petty thieves, slavers and political corruption.
Character Habits/Quirks:
- Possesses an intense love for Numian cream and Mealbread, the former some believe to taste like chalk.
- Likes to prepare "Gourmet" meals in the field consisting of Numian Cream, Mealbread, Veg-meat and Spiced Polystarch.
- Rubs bridge of nose when deep in thought when questioned, manifests in the field albeit with helmet in the way.
- Brushes hair with the same purple jewel embroidered brush every day.
- Enjoys listening to the Jatz genre of music and uses it to fall asleep if struggling.
Character Backstory:
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- FN-888 was 'born' "Erinys Sterren" and adopted by Erik Sterren who later volunteered her for Stormtrooper training when Erinys was only five, while this is older than most Stormtrooper conscripts it is still young enough that Erinys has almost no memory of Erik Sterren. FN-888 struggled initially with Stormtrooper training, she was too independent and did not fully appreciate or understand teamwork, her ruthlessness reminded her trainers somewhat of the Stormtroopers who served the Empire and how they were trained to disregard friendly casualties. However, this would not be the way of the new First Order and as such FN-888 was scolded appropriately and shunned by her squadmates.
- After a light beating at the hands of her three squadmates, FN-888 becomes more team-orientated and actually strikes up a friendship with FN-7777 "Sev" who she shares a competitive nature with. The four Stormtroopers working together might for an incredibly efficient team within their company, their instructor. An NCO and Stormtrooper Veteran of the Empire would constantly extoll "You don't team unless your team wins! Your team is your Squad, the FN Corps and the First Order!" This mantra worms its way into Eight's skull and she would remember it for life, laying the foundation for her empathy and compassion for her fellow Stormtroopers and First Order Military Personnel.
- At the age of thirteen, FN-888 now known affectionately as "Helden" for her bravery under fire and mysterious quiet presentation when off-duty is promoted to squad leader within her platoon and with Sev, Deadeye and Shrapnel board the Imperial Star Destroyer called the "Whisperer", this vessel had been retrofitted for service with the First Order and though and older vessel its armament was no less impressive. It is at this age they constantly run their vivid combat simulations on a deck of the Star Destroyer. Live-fire exercises aboard the Star Destroyer allowed the supersoldiers to intensify their trust in one another.
- For her fourteenth enlistment anniversary aboard the Whisperer, Helden's squadmates gifted her with an Imperial Stormtrooper helmet to remind the young woman what it was they were fighting for; The legacy of the Old Empire and Old Republic, which had been stolen from them by insurrectionists, terrorists and criminals. Though Stormtroopers are supposed to be nothing but extensions of the First Order and the Supreme Leaders' will, Helden cannot deny the intense personal attachment she forms with the helmet as an extension of her squadmates. FN-888 proved herself as "Helden" when in a training simulation she protected her squadmates from hostile projections to the point of executing those who attempted to surrender in the middle of the simulated battle.
- FN-888s platoon is deployed from the Whisperer to an Outer Rim world with the aim of exterminating the local criminal gangs, Helden deduced it was likely because of their proximity to First Order territory they might observe the First Order and sell information to the Hutts or some other underworld organisation. It was a lightless evening when Helden's shoulder was pressed against the wavy metal wall and her eyes were fixed on the neon lights around the guarded doorframe of the Club house. When then the order came from a feminine voice within her helmet. "Breach! Go!" Two red flashes from the barrel of her rifle and the pair of guards dropped followed up by the screech of a shoulder-fired rocket launcher that blows the reinforced durasteel door off of its hinges. The Stormtroopers charge in behind Helden who shifts her fire selector into full-auto with left thumb, through the smoke she finds alien scum on their hands and knees, others lay on their back dying and a few challengers dare to raise their pathetic blaster pistols to her gleaming white armor. "Fire" Helden ordered and with her three Troopers they slaughtered the surviving gangsters.
- Shortly after assaulting their designated clubhouse, Helden ordered the place to be disintegrated and so the First Order Stormtroopers plant timed charges at the corners of the building before evacuating on an Upsilon-class command shuttle and remotely detonating the charges after take off, the rest of her platoon scored similar victories in the local area, Helden received a hefty amount of praise from her peers for taking lead after her Platoon Commander and Platoon Sergeant were incapacitated on the same lander after receiving a hit from a rocket-armed sentry when attempting to land. Three-eight's performance leads her to be officially promoted to Sergeant and provided with a Pauldron to signify her newfound rank.
- Triple-Eight is sponsored entry into the Stormtrooper Officer Corps by a mysterious benefactor whose name would be beyond memory for her now as a fully mature Human being. The Sponsorship was influenced by pending disciplinary action after it was revealed by a rival NCO that Helden was privately critical of her Stormtrooper training; believing that for most it discourages creative thinking and innovation. The Sponsorship was accepted only after some Agent from First Order Security Bureau became interested in the combination of Loyalty, Skill, Independent thought and creative thinking. Helden arrived at the officer academy and felt somewhat out of place and quickly identified somewhat of a disgruntling double-standard, as an Officer Cadet she felt treated like royalty in comparison to how she was as an enlisted Stormtrooper. The Officer Cadets she thought had an undeserved air of superiority around them, many justifying it with their family associations. Helden felt alienated, while the other Officer Cadets introduced themselves with full names, she only had an operating number and nickname.
- Helden excels in her studies and often shows up the raw officer cadets, a few of them attempt to impress her after Helden reveals previous combat experience against the enemies of the First Order. On one occasion at the range, a tall cocky red-headed male jokingly points an F-11D towards a peer only to be physically accosted by Helden who witnessed the negligent handling of the blaster and furiously shouted expletives at the cadet after disarming him to the grinning approval of the Stormtrooper rangemaster. It is a brief and accurate statement to conclude from this that Helden excelled at practical exercises but was average in the realm of classroom theory, though interestingly enough the propaganda produced at the academy reinforced to Helden the assertion that the First Order is superior to the Old Empire, although inwardly she does often wonder how does one maintain control of a territory as large as the galaxy without Superweapons or a Bureaucracy.
- Helden graduated from the Officer Cadets as a full Lieutenant with the First Order Army, though the real reward came in the form of a name that she decided to choose for herself an identity she could choose rather than given to her by the FN Corps, Helden chooses the name "Joan Lunor" while this seems insignificant and petty for a normal human. For Joan, the assuming of her own identity as a person like the Officer Cadets she'd befriended gives her a stronger sense of individuality and independence. Joan returns to the Whisperer after her receiving her commission to assume the position of Platoon Commander for her former Platoon, which includes her former squad now lead by Sev.
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Character Affiliation: First Order Stormtrooper Corps
FN Corps
Officer Corps
Character Future: FN-888 will likely take her company of FN Corps Stormtroopers into the frontier section of Galactic Alliance space aboard the Whisperer and might even launch an assault on or around Lothal in the not too distant future. Beyond doing general antagonistic things, FN-888 I hope will be exposed to opportunities for character growth into something beyond that of an ordinary Stormtrooper that will encourage her independent side and her latent non-conformity. Who knows, maybe she will be scooped up by Special Forces or Security Bureau in time for this uncanny trait?
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Weaknesses:
- Structural Inhibitor Chip - During the third trimester of her embryonic development Joan was implanted with a Structural Inhibitor Chip which is a common feature of Clones as it is believed to prevent psycho-chemical disorders in the subject and monitor aggression. The function of Joan's inhibitor chip is regulation of aggression, predisposition towards obedience to suggestion from lawful authority and is programmed with a safeguard against psychotic behaviour through a safety protocol activated by a code-phrase known only to her creators and Erik Sterren that will temporarily place her into a hypnotic trance. In day to day life, the Inhibitor chip predisposes Joan towards nightmares which she experiences chronically, they manifest as her alone in Darkness with malevolent spectres taunting her while she can do nothing but listen. It also has the unintended effect of making her permanently more vulnerable to the likes of Jedi mind tricks regardless of her determination to fulfill her objectives when compared to other Stormtroopers.
- No Flying Training - Unfortunately for Joan, included not in her training was the operation and maintenance of personal fighter craft, to put it gently Joan would be lucky to get a shuttle off the ground and certainly couldn't do it under combat conditions or where she is pressed for time.
- Controversial Opinions - Joan's private view on Stormtrooper training unnecessarily curtailing creative thought has been previously been made known thanks to a rival. This view might make her somewhat unpopular with members of the First Order who share Armitage Hux's views on the effectiveness of current training methodology, senior officers obsessed with upholding the status quo are likely to be suspicious of Joan for potential non-conformity.
- Fear of Death - Joan isn't an unthinking drone otherwise, she wouldn't be an officer, Joan is terrified of the void that awaits her and is in no hurry to arrive there. This fear takes hold during combat but is usually kept in check by her psychological conditioning, there is a risk that against a particularly monstrous foe Joan will freeze in fear or that under threat of death or torture she will co-operate with the enemies of the First Order to save herself from the cold dark void.
Strengths:
- Lethal Ranged Combatant - In terms of traditional Infantry combat, the Stormtroopers of the First Order are without peer and Joan is no exception, trained from childhood on a variety of weapon systems issued to the First Order Military and even systems issued to rival forces. Joan's marksmanship techniques and skills have been drilled down to a fine art with a near 100% hit-rate on targets within and at one-hundred meters with an F-11D in her hands. That said Joan doesn't train for long-range shooting so any target beyond the range of her F-11D is safe.
- Falleen Unarmed Martial Fighting - Joan has been extensively trained in the disarmed martial art practised by many members of the Falleen species, Joan is confident that she can subdue just about any humanoid target with the exception of similarly trained individuals, talented and trained force sensitives such as Jedi, Sith or Ren Knights and Mandalorians. The martial fighting style combines calculated and fast strikes without much in the way of grapples which is a prominent weak spot of the unarmed fighting training she has received with the First Order.
- Leadership - Joan is an inspiration to the Stormtroopers under her direct command she wishes to see a change in the way the First Order approaches its' own Troops and leads this change by example, she gives the members of her platoon nicknames. Joan encourages her troops to be loyal soldiers of the First Order and to love the men and women they fight beside and not to hate the enemy but simply destroy them without prejudice, remorse or compassion. The result of Joans' leadership is a platoon of loyal Stormtroopers who are confident in their commanders' orders and leadership beyond what is demanded to them by duty and conditioning.
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NPCs Commanded:
FN Corps, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2/17th Battalion, Alpha Company "Ironguard"
Source(s):
- First Order
- First Order Military
- First Order Stormtrooper
- First Order Ranks
- First Order Navy
- First Order Security Bureau
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- The Piracy Problem (Faction)
- Union (Faction)
Obsidian Base (Faction)
Casus Belli (Tygaran Alliance/Galactic Alliance vs First Order Rebellion of Kaeshana) (Rebellion)
The First of Many (Faction)
First Order: A Herevan Rose (Faction)
To Reclaim What was Lost (Dev)
Oderint Dum Metuant | The First Order Invasion of Galactic Alliance held Mustafar Hex (Invasion)
Shoring Up | First Order Dominion of Anoth and Faldos (Dominion)
