Mᴇɴᴀɢᴇʀɪᴇ ᴏꜰ Cʏʙᴇʀɴᴇᴛɪᴄs
[H]arrison [G]irbach
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Alias: The Gentle Surgeon, Gravehand
Occupation: Cyberdoc, illicit bioengineer, black-market augmentation specialist
Affiliation: Independent (frequent ties to crime syndicates, cults, and shadow factions)
Species: Human
Age: Middle-aged
Force Sensitive: No
Very little is known about where Harrison Girbach came from, and what is known is contradictory.
Some claim he was once attached to a respected medical academy on a Core World, dismissed quietly after ethical disputes that were never formally recorded. Others insist he learned his craft in the Rim, stitching together smugglers and mercenaries in places where regulations never reached and bodies were currency. A few whisper that he was trained by someone else entirely, someone who is no longer alive, but not entirely gone.
What is consistent is that Girbach did not begin his career in the underworld as a butcher. Early accounts describe him as meticulous, gentle, even idealistic. He treated patients who could not afford legitimate care. He refused payment more than once. At some point, no one agrees when, this changed.
There was an incident, or several. A ship lost with all hands. A patient who should not have survived. A choice made too late, or too early. After that, Girbach vanished from any official registry.
When he resurfaced, his work had grown more ambitious. His procedures no longer aimed to restore what was lost, but to replace it with something better. He stopped speaking of recovery and began speaking of preservation. Those who met him noticed he had developed a peculiar reverence for the boundary between life and death, treating it less as a line and more as a workspace.
Since then, Harrison Girbach has drifted from system to system, never remaining long. He follows conflicts, plagues, and power struggles, anywhere bodies break faster than they can be buried. He does not advertise, yet those who need him always seem to find him.
Whether he is running from something, or toward it, remains unclear.
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Master Cyberdoc & BioengineerHarrison Girbach possesses an intuitive understanding of anatomy that borders on the uncanny. He does not merely install cybernetics; he integrates them, shaping flesh and machine so they appear meant for one another. His procedures are quiet, precise, and designed for longevity rather than spectacle. Clients often remark that his work feels less like surgery and more like correction, as though he is restoring a form that was always intended.
Unshakeable ComposureVery little unsettles Harrison. Screaming patients, power failures mid-procedure, incoming blaster fire, none of it causes him to rush. This calm is not bravado; it is habit. He trusts his hands implicitly and believes panic to be the most dangerous contaminant in any environment. This composure makes him extraordinarily reliable under pressure and deeply unnerving to those who expect fear or hesitation.
Moral DetachmentWhile not cruel, Harrison is profoundly detached from conventional ethics. He evaluates choices based on outcomes and efficiency, not consent or suffering. This creates friction with allies who possess stronger moral codes and makes him prone to misjudging how others will react to his decisions. What he considers a necessary improvement, others may see as an unforgivable violation.Obsession with PreservationHarrison struggles to let things end. Death, to him, feels like a failure of imagination. This compulsion has driven him to preserve lives that perhaps should not have continued, individuals or masters who later caused significant harm. His need to see what might be possible can override caution, tying him to consequences he did not intend.
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