Taren Mercer
somewhere only we know
NAME:
RANK:
AGE: Early 30s
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 186 cm | 6'1.25"
WEIGHT: 82 kg | 181 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blonde
SKIN: Pale
FORCE SENSITIVE: Not Tested
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
[+] Leadership Under Pressure: Raised in a military family and educated for command, Taren is good at imposing order on a chaotic situation without needing everything to be under his personal control first. He is good at triaging and prioritizing problems and making decisions.
[+] Broad Competence: Rather a jack of all trades and a master of none, Taren's life experience has given him a broad skill base, including some engineering, weapons, piloting, physical labor, etc.
[+] Loyalty: Much more than just choosing and liking 'his people,' Taren expresses his loyalty through action, even when -- and especially when -- it is difficult.
[-] Deeply Skeptical of Institutions: Taren's experience of Anaxes and the rest of the Core's profound disloyalty, the never-ending wars that crush ordinary people, makes Taren very skeptical of institutions and governments, particularly but not limited to Core-based governments and large superpowers.
[-] Repressed: Taren survived the destruction of his entire family, many dozens of colleagues, and the homeworld he once served, but he has never quite dealt with those losses. It manifests in his tendency toward stoicism, sardonic humor, and putting himself at the back of the queue when it comes to expending energy; he deceives himself into viewing self-neglect as duty.
APPEARANCE:
Tall and handsome, thought slightly weathered due to the circumstances of life, Taren has longish golden hair and dark blue eyes set under strong brows. He has a strong, square jaw and a broad chin, often stubbled. His body is tall, with a lean musculature. He has some tattoos and some scars; he doesn't like to talk about either.
BIOGRAPHY:
Taren was born Estaren Mercerant, the second-to-last of seven children (totaling 2 sisters and 5 brothers) in a multigenerational Anaxsi military family. He was expected to follow his elder brothers and sister into military service the same way they had followed their father, his brothers and parents, and so forth. He went to the academy, where he excelled, and began military service as a Lieutenant. During one particularly brutal invasion or skirmish or some such, much of the Anaxes defense fleet was devastated, and the ground battle was no better. His family were killed in the fighting, and in the aftermath, as surviving members of the Anaxsi forces swore loyalty to the new regime, he deserted.
Forging his new identity as Taren Mercer, he disappeared with a fellow deserter to Balmorra, where he worked in a weapons factory. When investigators seemed to be closing in, he jumped ship, taking a job as a shipyard technician at one of the Kuati orbital yards. Over the years, he became part of a growing network of displaced people trying to survive successive wars and upheavals in the Core. It wasn't until, during maintenance on a survey ship, he discovered an unfiled survey of an overlooked system at the edge of Wild Space that he and his inner circle began contemplating an escape. He stole the survey -- Outer Cartographic Survey No. Mern-Vev 27 -- deleted it from the surveyor's memory banks, and never looked back.
Eventually, over four hundred colonists would make their journeys after Taren and his inner circle established a new settlement.
SHIP:
TBD
KILLS:
N/A
BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
N/A
ROLE-PLAYS:
N.A
- Current Name: Taren Mercer
- Birth Name: Estaren Mercerant
RANK:
- Current: None, officially
- Former: Lieutenant, Anaxes Defense Fleet
AGE: Early 30s
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 186 cm | 6'1.25"
WEIGHT: 82 kg | 181 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blonde
SKIN: Pale
FORCE SENSITIVE: Not Tested
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
[+] Leadership Under Pressure: Raised in a military family and educated for command, Taren is good at imposing order on a chaotic situation without needing everything to be under his personal control first. He is good at triaging and prioritizing problems and making decisions.
[+] Broad Competence: Rather a jack of all trades and a master of none, Taren's life experience has given him a broad skill base, including some engineering, weapons, piloting, physical labor, etc.
[+] Loyalty: Much more than just choosing and liking 'his people,' Taren expresses his loyalty through action, even when -- and especially when -- it is difficult.
[-] Deeply Skeptical of Institutions: Taren's experience of Anaxes and the rest of the Core's profound disloyalty, the never-ending wars that crush ordinary people, makes Taren very skeptical of institutions and governments, particularly but not limited to Core-based governments and large superpowers.
[-] Repressed: Taren survived the destruction of his entire family, many dozens of colleagues, and the homeworld he once served, but he has never quite dealt with those losses. It manifests in his tendency toward stoicism, sardonic humor, and putting himself at the back of the queue when it comes to expending energy; he deceives himself into viewing self-neglect as duty.
APPEARANCE:
Tall and handsome, thought slightly weathered due to the circumstances of life, Taren has longish golden hair and dark blue eyes set under strong brows. He has a strong, square jaw and a broad chin, often stubbled. His body is tall, with a lean musculature. He has some tattoos and some scars; he doesn't like to talk about either.
BIOGRAPHY:
Taren was born Estaren Mercerant, the second-to-last of seven children (totaling 2 sisters and 5 brothers) in a multigenerational Anaxsi military family. He was expected to follow his elder brothers and sister into military service the same way they had followed their father, his brothers and parents, and so forth. He went to the academy, where he excelled, and began military service as a Lieutenant. During one particularly brutal invasion or skirmish or some such, much of the Anaxes defense fleet was devastated, and the ground battle was no better. His family were killed in the fighting, and in the aftermath, as surviving members of the Anaxsi forces swore loyalty to the new regime, he deserted.
Forging his new identity as Taren Mercer, he disappeared with a fellow deserter to Balmorra, where he worked in a weapons factory. When investigators seemed to be closing in, he jumped ship, taking a job as a shipyard technician at one of the Kuati orbital yards. Over the years, he became part of a growing network of displaced people trying to survive successive wars and upheavals in the Core. It wasn't until, during maintenance on a survey ship, he discovered an unfiled survey of an overlooked system at the edge of Wild Space that he and his inner circle began contemplating an escape. He stole the survey -- Outer Cartographic Survey No. Mern-Vev 27 -- deleted it from the surveyor's memory banks, and never looked back.
Eventually, over four hundred colonists would make their journeys after Taren and his inner circle established a new settlement.
SHIP:
TBD
KILLS:
N/A
BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
N/A
ROLE-PLAYS:
N.A