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Approved NPC Nova Myrmidons

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Vaena Askari

Lady Cadalthor
Vaena Askari
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
  • Intent: Minions for Vari.
  • Image Credit: Here.
  • Role: Force infantry.
  • Links: Matukai, Eldorai.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Equipment: They have access to Firemane equipment because I write the IC owner of that company, Siobhan Kerrigan. ICly Varisanthra, their boss, is a business partner of Siobhan and Firemane.
COMBAT INFORMATION
  • Availability: Unique.
  • Deployment: Minor.
Strengths & Weaknesses: The Myrdmidons are an elite unit composed of Force-Sensitive Eldorai. Their skill level is that of experienced Knights. They have an impressive control over their body and this control over their bodies allows them to suppress their pain. They are capable of drawing upon the Force to strengthen and augment their bodies to unnatural limits. This allows them to exert their bodies far past unaided physical limits. This allows them to achieve impressive feats of strength, speed and stamina. Their abilities make them excellent at melee combat. They are also very good at tanking for the same reason. Their self-awarness of their own bodies makes them skilled at discerning wounds and sicknesses. As a result, they are good medics.


They also have the ability to purge their bodies of sickness and disease, which translates into a high degree of resistance against poisons, chemicals and Force powers that seek to debilitate the victim's body. All in all, their physical enhancement abilities can be compared to those of the Matukai. This is no coincidence since they have been traind by Matukai adepts. Similar to these enigmatic Force-users, the Myrmidons can manipulate their body temperature and give the normally soft parts of their body unnatural rigidity to help reduce physical damage. In addition to their physical enhancement specialisation, they are proficient in Force Weapon and Battlemind. Bravery, skill and tenacity are characterics well-represented among the members of this elite unit. They excel at melee and close quarters combat. As a tradeoff, they are less effective at long range combat. In such a combat scenario they would require cover from sharpshooters or marksmen. They forego heavy weapons, which is a disadvantage if they are confronted by tanks, heavy walkers and so on.


Furthermore, they are specialists rather than generalists. Their focus on achieving masterful control over their body has caused other Force skills to suffer. In contrast to most Eldorai Force-Users, the Myrmidons lack elemental Force abilities. They cannot summon fireballs, manipulate the earth, conjure cones of ice or shoot bolts of elemental lightning from their fingertips. Indeed, even their telekinetic abilities are fairly lackluster and can be described as subpar. Their focus on close quarters combat also leaves them more vulnerable to long range attacks both from Force techniques and conventional weapons. Even the best tank can be taken down with enough firepower and the right equipment, after all. Tanking ability reaches its limitations when one is attacked with missile launchers, grenade launchers or anti-materiel rifles, to name a few examples. Being infantry, they are vulnerable to long range bombardment, such as air and artillery strikes. They also do not carry lightsabres, preferring physical weapons instead. The Myrmidons can strike very hard and very fast, but you will not see them crew tanks, operate heavy artillery, pilot gunships or snipe enemies from a distance. In a larger battle they will require support forces.


Description:

Adapt or die. This is a simple credo Varisanthra has lived by for many decades. Those who cannot march with the times and get ahead of the pack are bound to go under. Originally she served the Eldorai Matriarchy as a civil servant in a provincial government, trying to bring about modernisation. This put her in opposition to the vested interests of the church and the nobility. Ultimately her patrons were betrayed by jealous aristocrats and Varisanthra was forced to flee Kaeshana, joining the ranks of the Eldorai exiles. It was then that she made the conscious decision to reinvent herself. The experience turned her into an opponent of the backward ancien régime.


At first she was a smuggler and an insurgent. She made a profit by smuggling weapons, spice, electronics and forbidden literature to her homeworld. It amused her that she could subvert the decrepit ancien régime by getting blue bloods hooked on narcotics. Eventually she left her homeworld behind her and explored the stars. In this day, before the rise of great powers such as the Omega Protectorate and the Galactic Republic, one could make a profit by smuggling simple commodities or raw materiels to worlds cut off due to the Dark Age. Her smuggling business evolved into a shipping concern and she legitimised it after the rise of the Republic. Eventually she invested her funds into the creation of Nova Bank, which became a respected financial institution.


To ensure that Nova Bank would always have its due, she needed security forces and reliable 'debt repayment consultants'. Especially since she soon found out that the underground politics of Eldorai exiles and exodites could be just as cut-throat as those back home in the Matriarchy. Certain Eldorai revolutionaries seemed to have the bizarre idea that she was obligated to make donations to their cause. Unsurprisingly, she disagreed. For a while she relied upon mercenary companies, but this was not a sound long-term solution. Maintaining large armies was neither economical nor feasible, so instead she relied upon small elite groups. If need be they could be supplemented by mercenaries.


The Myrmidons were one of the units that would end up serving the banker. Compared to humans, Eldorai are a lot more dexterous, agile and have excellent coordination. They are also more resistant to disease. However, they are physically weaker, have a lower pain threshold and a higher metabolism. It was prudent to overcome these weaknesses. Units that focused on physical augmentation already existed among the Angelii, the Matriarchy's Force-Using corps.


Some Eldorai dissidents employed by Varisanthra showed promise in that regard. The banker acquired trainers by getting in touch with Matukai adepts who wanted to earn coin for themselves and their fellows. The Myrmidons would provide Varisanthra with some much needed muscle. Their abilities would enable them to intimidate her rivals, protect her interests and herself. State-of-the-art equipment was acquired through business deals with reputable arms manufacturers. Their gear focused on close quarter engagements. This made them an ideal unit for personal protection, close quarter urban warfare and boarding actions. Unsurprisingly, the training programme the Myrmidons had to undergo was a gruelling, rigorous one. Their Force training methods were inspired by Matukai teachings. It was supplemented by training in small unit tactics, leadership, guns and explosives. This would allow them to be potent even if they were deprived of their preternatural powers.


Though she had distanced herself from her people in many ways, Varsi still retained a sentimental attachment to them. But she only wanted Eldorai around her that could be relied upon, for she had burnt her fingers too many times by having dealings with the riven factions of her race. A fellow space elf called Kassana Valtathrae became the leader of the Myrmidons. She was a political dissident and rebel whose politics had driven her into exile and caused her to be labelled as a 'Dark Eldorai'. Kassana became a close associate of Varisanthra. Like her employer, she displayed a willingness to adapt, instead of scorning everything non-Eldorai as the work of barbarians or demons. Unlike Varisanthra, who had attended the Academy of Four Powers and reluctantly served a tour of duty with the Angelii corps, Kassana was a self-taught Force adept. After leaving Kaeshana behind her, she had learned from independent teachers, including a Matukai adept who later provided training to the Myrmidons.


Among other events, the Myrmidons saw participated in Nova Bank's stabilisation operations during the Netherworld Event, when the corporate entity cooperated with the Republic and the Galactic Alliance. They operated under the overall command of Salana Bek, Varisanthra's chief of security and lover, until the Twi'lek was murdered by Eldorai religious fanatics during the Great Exodus from Kaeshana. The Myrmidons took brutal revenge on the Ashiran zealots for the murder. A select cadre of Myrmidons tends to accompany Varisanthra to important business negotiations and inspections. To tease the royalists and mock the ancien régime, she sometimes refers to them as her Angelii. Unlike the all-female Eldorai royal guard, the Myrmidons allow Eldorai males to join.

Old Version Approved 12.31.2018

New Version Approved 02.24.2019
In Strengths and Weaknesses, first paragraph, added:

Their control over their bodies allows them to suppress their pain.
 
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