Chief Ironside
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Provide Thirdas with his own elite unit of combat specialists following his return to active duty.
- Image Credit: jarold Sng (Artstation)
- Role: Strike team | Reconnaissance unit | Sniper unit | Infiltration unit | Sapper team
- Permissions: N/A
- Links:
- Rumors: Nida Perl turns to the dark side.
- Big Trouble on Little Coruscant: Dorn Company goes rogue and is subsequently disowned by Ranger Command.
- An Extended Leave of Absence: Thirdas leaves in search of Nida only to be tracked down by Kyra Perl.
- Return of the Jedi: Thirdas and Kyra find and steal Nida away from the Sith.
- The Trial of Nida Perl: Nida answers for her crimes and she and Thirdas are parted yet again.
- Unit Name: The Storm-Crows
- Affiliation:
Thirdas Heavenshield
| Silver Jedi Concord (Antarian Rangers) - Classification: Elite military unit
- Description: Distinguished by their dark grey armor and shrouded in ominous hooded cloaks, the newly formed Storm-Crows are a highly elite unit of combat specialists centered around Thirdas Heavenshield, recently returned to active duty. Their left shoulderpad displays the insignia of the Antarian Rangers upon a white background, while their right depicts a silver crow unique to their ranks.
- Unit Size: Small
- Unit Availability: Rare
- Unit Experience: Elite
- Equipment:
- Armor:
- Weapons:
- Explosives:
- Combat Function: In the field they carry a wide assortment of weaponry, including powerful sniper rifles with which to take out enemy officers and high-value targets, along with combat knives and vibroblades for a more stealthy approach. Their combat roles are varied and as such they carry the necessary equipment to take on most objectives, be it to take out specific targets or blow up key structures. Their main usage revolves around their incredible skill at long-range marksmanship, utilising adaptive camouflage to hide their presence before suddenly unleashing a coordinated attack seemingly from nowhere, crippling the enemy force before slipping back into the shadows.
- Utilises a wide assortment of explosives to deal with any situation
- Finest marksmen the Antarian Rangers have to offer
- Trained in most forms of warfare
- Close-knit group of professionals
- Cloaks grant adaptive camouflage
- Few in number
- Difficult to replace casualties
- No heavy weapons
- Lightly armored
For almost a full year the young lieutenant had been listed as having taken an extended leave-of-absence, during which time he bravely risked his life by heading deep into Sith territory on his lonesome to locate and bring back the fallen Jedi
Nida Perl
, believing no-one else would. He was proven wrong when the youngest of the Perl sisters,
Kyra Perl
, showed up to join his crusade to rescue the fallen padawan. Despite their many differences in character and background, the pair learned to work together to accomplish their goal of saving his girlfriend and her sister respectively.Once Nida was brought back to the Silver Jedi, a trial was held to determine the damage of her crimes against the Jedi as well as the innocent during her time with the Sith, and a fitting judgement was rendered that would once again see her and Thirdas parted. Disappointed and hurt knowing they still could not be together until she had served out her sentence elsewhere, Thirdas took solace in knowing at least she was safe and sound, and her departure had been made voluntarily. Rather than let her continued absence cripple him, he sought to put himself to good use by returning to active duty with the Antarian Rangers, resuming his rank of lieutenant.
Prior to his leave-of-absence, Thirdas had belonged to the now-disgraced and disbanded Dorn Company, whose violent and grissly actions had earned them being stricken from the records of the Antarian Rangers for their disservice, and so the young Heavenshield boldly requested that he be authorised to put together his own unit rather than having to go through reassignment to another company. Ranger Command approved of his request, granting him full authority to create a brand new combat unit with him as their leader. He surprised them with an already prepared list of personnel, and so the letters of reassignment went out to each name on the list. A week later a dozen men and women had answered the call of their new commanding officer.
These dozen were the finest marksmen the Rangers could boast, however their role also included expert knowledge in explosives, stealth and infiltration, guerilla warfare, and close-quarters proficiency. By the end of their first mission as a unit, their previously pristine combat attire had turned murky grey in color, and their cloaks used to camouflage them were all left frayed and tattered. This ghostly visage, coupled with the ferocity with which they fought, earned them the name "Storm-Crows", and they've since adopted the avian creature as their unit insignia.
Just as crows are considered a foreboding omen on his homeworld, the enemy will learn to fear the appearance of the Storm-Crows as an ominous sign indeed.
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