Techoren society is filled with hundreds of thousands of noteworthy
individuals, from planetary world governors, to major corporation CEO's,
leading research and development scientists and battle field champions.
Every world has its leaders and its villains, just as every Starfleet has
its own heroes, myths and legends. Ultimately however most of these figures
are irreverent to the greater scheme of the Federation, few individuals
truly have the power and influence necessary to affect the greater whole of
Techoren society. Below I have constructed a list of those people I consider
either the most important or interesting within the Federation, it is by no
means a complete list but covers more than was necessary. Logically I have
started with the nine most powerful people to the Techoren, The Nine
themselves.
Grand General Ivan Stormrider: Commander-in-Chief of the Domestic armed
forces, champion warrior of the Federation, and one of the greatest success
stories in all the Techoren. Every soldier knows the legend and because of
it none challenge the Stormrider. Ivan was little more than a common soldier
four hundreds years ago when the Sentinel Shar'vuck awoke and lead a
military rebellion against the then current Nine. The war quickly escalated
as various factions swore loyalty to the mythological figure that was
Shar'vuck, the Nine sensing the growing danger sent out a large scale strike
force into the heart of Shar'vucks territory, but alas they were betrayed.
The strike force commander had secretly pledged his loyalty to the rouge
Sentinel and corrupted many of his lieutenants to do likewise, the assault
was nothing more than an ambush and a massacre. Yet despite the odds the
Stormrider would not be stopped, he cut a swath of destruction and death
through the ranks of his traitorous brothers and sisters until he stood
before the feet of his advisory. There the two engaged in mortal combat,
mano a mano, how it is not known but Ivan emerged victorious, last man
standing. With Shar'vucks defeat the fighting came to an end and both sides
swore allegiance to the Stormrider. It did not take much longer for Ivan to
take his seat among The Nine. Still as dedicated a patriot as ever the
Stormrider busies himself with the Federations defense and crushing the
enemies of the Techoren and the Alliance, which he considers just about
everything else.
Supreme Space Admiral Johnath Brigs: Supreme Admiral Johnath Brigs,
Commander-in-Chief of the Space Armada was always expected to achieve
greatness. Born to a family with a long history of Space Commanders it came
as little surprise to anyone when Johnath was accepted into the elite space
training academy Cosmoses, when he broke all of the academy’s previously set
records, then people became impressed. Johnath Brigs became the youngest
space Commander ever in recorded Federation history, then faded from any
note worthy view for many years. It was with the Shikana Hive incursions
that Johnath became truly famous, The Storm Raider and Black Claw fleets had
already attempted to halt the progress of the billions of bug like
creatures, but the bizarre tactics of the Hive minded aliens quickly
overwhelmed the two fleets and forced them to withdraw. That’s when Johnath
and his Red Talons fleet arrived on the scene, he quickly masterminded a
counter offensive and convinced the two broken fleets to combine with his
own, within 5 years he had not only broken the enemy but incinerated their
many Hive worlds, permanently eliminating that particular threat. Johnath
Brigs ascended to The Nine when former Supreme Space Admiral Tatso Shoguna
was killed with the destruction of the legendry world killer, the super
capital ship Kureal, in the Black Wars. Johnath independently seized control
of the Space Armada with Tatso's death and pressed the war against the Dark
Jurai, when the Black Wars ended the remaining 8 members of The Nine
welcomed him in. Since then Johnath has busied himself with designing and
engineering improved starships for the Federation and constantly monitoring
the position of all Techoren fleets. Calm, soft spoken, and always in
control, Johnath is a master tactician in the prime of his life.
Guild mistress Shundra Soulice: Head of the Federations mighty Empath guild,
Shundra Soulice has complete dominion over the psionic potential of the
Techoren race. The guild mistress is the oldest serving member of The Nine
and known for her cold-hearted efficiency and protectiveness of follow
Empaths. Shundra was born in the age of the Empath Wars, when the
psionically aware had seized many positions of great power and had turned
upon each other in mad quests for yet more power, dragging the Federation
into civil war. Taken as a child Shundra was to be trained as a Templar, yet
before her training could be completed the Empath Joshive Jivec, sensing her
psionic potential, took her and subjected her to his own methods of
training. Shundra's psionic might was harnessed and she was thought to be an
obedient servant in the bloodied wars, a slayer of other Empaths, Joshive's
puppet reaper. Until the day Shundra had had enough, she had grown tired of
the senseless killing and seen the ultimate futility of the war. In less
than two years the war came to a close, various opposition leaders either
killed or forced to bow to Shundra's might, the Empath Guild was
reestablished, with Shundra as its Guild mistress, and that’s simply how its
been ever since. Rumor has it Shundra has reached the limit that
Bio-regeneration is capable of extending a life, despite still sustaining a
middle aged appearance, and has began seeking a replacement for her seat
among The Nine.
Guild master Boris Von'Telsin: Supreme leader of the awesome Merchants
Guild, Boris Von'Telsin is renowned for his cold calculations, indomitable
patience and smoldering anger; he is a man one simply does not wish to
cross. Boris was born in the Shylas sector, an area of space a vast distance
from the Sphere that was at the time controlled by a powerful multi global
Mob cartel. Having survived a violent childhood Boris spent his early years
as a hit man for the Descan family. Finally as several world leaders united
together to take down the Descan family Boris was sent to eliminate them,
the job however was a setup, Boris was going to be used as a scapegoat, the
wanted killer being handed over to get the leaders to back off. But
something went wrong, Boris was too good, he actually managed to kill
several of the leaders before realizing the trap, evading arrest and making
off with a vast some of the Descan families money before finally
disappearing underground. Boris Von'Telsin vanished for over 20 years, in
secret he had invested large sums of money into various corporations in the
Shylas sector until he finally controlled most of the market, then used the
vast sums of money those corporations brought to buy off world presidents.
When Boris Von'Telsin reappeared it was violent and bloody, the Descan
family had been engaged in a long standing feud with several of Boris's
corporations, suddenly a massive government crack down occurred, due to
Telsin's manipulations of World Presidents, at about the same time all
Corporations stopped there dealings with the Descan family, the Mob cartel
was arrested and bankrupted in the same blow. In the aftermath Boris
expanded his merchant network, eventually joining with and ultimately
assuming control of the mighty Merchants Guild. In recognition of his
successful coup the former Guild master stepped down from The Nine allowing
Boris Von'Telsin to take his place.
Resource Administer Amy Wethers: Though born to a poor family on a remote
colony world, Amy Wethers was a born genius. As a mentat, a human computer,
Amy soon found herself intellectually far above her closest peers and had
completed advanced tertiary study by the mere age of 15. She spent her next
5 years working as a financial consultant for the many corporations on her
home world and was beginning to make quiet a reputation for herself. It was
about at this time that the Orcish Blood Skull fleet attacked the worlds of
Amy's home sector Zigmra. The Blood Skull fleet struck with a savage cunning
and tactical brutality that caught the defenders off guard. They napalmed
whole fields and farms, bombed granaries and ambushed supply and merchant
vessels before demanding immediate surrender of the entire sector. The
situation was dire, reinforcements were several months away and there simply
wasn’t enough food to last the worlds of the Zigmra sector that long. That’s
where Amy stepped in, formulating a daring and very risky plan, she
calculated the remaining food reserves of each world comparing it to its
population of workers, soldiers and children, then arranged for covert
transports of supplies between the various worlds. After 1 month the Orcs
had become agitated, as per Amy’s plan, rumors had leaked to them that the
Techoren had a secret food reserve and were not in fact in danger of running
out, in anger the Orcs broke their defensive position and launched an all
out assault against the perceived location of this hidden reserve. At last
the defenders could take the fight to them as a bloody battle erupted, one
that came to a surprising conclusion when the Orc war chief was slain in
close combat by the meek Amy Wethers. When reinforcements finally arrived
they were shocked at the abrupt turn of events and soon afterwards Amy was
inducted into the High Government.
Chief Developer Professor Zien Uter: Energetic and chirper, Zien is always
out to make a new discovery, both for the better of the Federation and
knowledge for knowledge’s sake. Born to a wealthy family Zien was put
through the finest schools, however he failed miserably due to his
unorthodox viewpoints and constant arguing with his tutors. It was with
great difficulty that he managed to land himself a job as a maintenance
engineer aboard the half derelict old Battle station, Star Wrath.
Immediately noticing the lack in security, insufficient crew and the run
down nature of the old station Zien went to work, he quarantined off several
areas, declaring them unsafe till further notice and then began his
development. At first he stole parts from other places on the station, then
he began to pillage docked military vessels and supply craft, amazingly this
continued for over 15 years with the only effect being many considering the
station haunted. Ultimately everything changed when the Raven Shadows
Starfleet went rouge, declaring themselves space pirates and rapidly began
pillaging all the surrounding worlds. First they crushed the smaller Storm
Crow fleet that attempted to intercept them, then they moved through several
worlds, The Star Wrath, a run down old battle station was suppose to be an
easy target for fresh supplies. To their surprise when they arrived they
found a fully armed and operational bastion of war possessing a shielding
system superior to their own. Further more Zien had developed a crude neural
network control system, allowing him to operate most of the stations
defenses on his own. The Raven Shadows meet their final doom upon the most
beloved of Zien's creations, though crude by today’s standards, the
prototype version of the epic super weapon, the wave motion cannon, was more
than capable of eradicating the traitorous Starfleet. When the High
Government heard of what happened Zien was quickly offered a vastly more
respectable job and a near unlimited budget.
Internal Security, Executive Director Jenna Evades: Just exactly who or what
Jenna Evades actually happens to be is not entirely known. There is no
recorded documentation of her existence prier to her accession among The
Nine, in fact neither I, nor any other watcher had seen or heard of her
prier to her rise. Soft spoken and exceedingly confident, Jenna appears
capable of reading others emotions. It is even rumored that she can
instantly tell when another is lying to her. While it is not known where
Jenna Evades came form, many widely believe she was taken as a baby by The
Nine, some extremist believe she was even genetically created. Either case
she first appeared 100 years ago when the rouge scientist Zander Scragskel
had created an organization of robotic synthoids programmed with artificial
intelligence. The Techoren appearing machines infiltrated society and began
to establish themselves in positions of power, seizing control of worlds and
gaining a foothold in the High Government. As war began to wage across the
worlds and space Jenna Evades was finally let loose, she covertly
infiltrated Zander's organization, appearing as nothing more than another
Synthoid, eventually identifying and locating all of Zanders robotical
agents. Finally she personally executed Zander and his robotical elite for
the crimes of treason against the Federation and creation of illegal
robotics. Since then Jenna has busied herself with the internal security of
the Federation, setting up vast information networks and vigorously hunting
down all traitors and rouges of the great Techoren society.
Extra Techoren, Executive Director Blain Lightclaw: Blain is a handsome,
soft spoken, polite, killing machine. As the head of the MIB Ex division
Blain has studied the fighting styles and behaviors of other races and
empires, as such he is both a gentlemen diplomat and a ruthless assassin.
Blain spent his early days as nothing more than a junior ranking Agent
commonly cited for lack of discipline and misconduct. This all changed
however when Blain was deployed with 4 other Agents to a shikana infested
world to take out an Overlord Seer, the mission was a disaster right from
the beginning, the shuttle was attacked before plant fall and crashed badly
killing the other 4 Agents and injuring Blain, worse still a shikana
invasion swept out from that world and several others destroying the
Starfleet that had deployed them and forcing Techoren forces to retreat from
the system, Blain was stranded, alone and injured in uncharted territory
surrounded by millions of blood thirsty Shikana. Somehow against all odds
Blain survived over 2 months on that accursed world, studying his enemy,
watching their habits and learning there weakness’, finally on the beginning
of the third month with his wounds mostly healed he armed himself up and
attacked, he not only took out the Overlord Seer, who apparently failed to
see him coming this time, but the Hive mind Shivus herself, the blow sent
the Shikana swarm into chaos and allowed the battered Techoren Starfleet’s
to launch a counter offensive. Upon retrieval Blain was swiftly promoted.
Political Administer Carlous Shownvic: Politics is as important to the
Techoren as it is to any other race, perhaps even more so. So it is with
great importance that Carlous is appointed to the position to make sure all
events flow over as smooth as possible. Carlous both oversees all foreign
affairs developments and acts the role as the spokesmen for The Nine, making
sure the Federation is both properly informed of any new rules, regulations
or development in the war fronts. Exceedingly cunning Carlous Shownvic is a
master programmer, scholar of ancient Techoren history and learned
professional of the cultures and languages of other races, and is known for
his inventions such as the Techoren universal translator, which is not so
universal by our standards. Carlous's great skills of persuasion first came
to the notice of The Nine when he was 45 leading an expedition on the ruined
world of Shadlin 7. There the party of explorers came face to face with the
dreaded Starfire, Carlous not only managed to secure his parties safe
withdraw but lived with her for over a month discussing issues of ancient
history allowing him to dig up vaults of their forgotten knowledge.
Additionally I have included below several more individuals. While they
themselves do not hold the ultimate positions of power that the above Nine
do, they are exceptionally powerful or influential in their own right and I
felt it inappropriate to exclude them.
Ambassador Samuel Lindinheart: While Carlous Shownvic is in charge of
Foreign Affairs it is Samuel Lindinheart that people will evenly come face
to face with. The first thing one must understand about Samuel is that their
is not one but many Samuels. Over the eons the various members of The Nine
became increasingly frustrated at the intimidation tactics leveled against
their Ambassadors, many of the allied races of the Alliance possess strong
supernatural powers that most Techoren are lacking and while their diplomats
are savvy of tongue many were humbled before the awesome array of powers
frequently on display. This could not be tolerated. So Samuel was
effectively engineered, he knows no fear and feels no pain, his body can
sustain great physical trauma and if he is eventually killed there are many
more clones of him about the Federation. Samuel speaks the words of The Nine
and no one else; in all situations he is looking out for the interests of
the Federation and wields "nearly" unrestricted power.
Empath Desaal Lightingale: At the mere age of 26 many consider Desaal the
strongest empath alive in all the Federation, second only to Shundra
herself, and some even say she has surpassed her. In a race where power is
rare and great power rarer still hers is without question. While possessing
some lesser powers Desaal's prime ability is to see the near and distant
futures and pasts, something she has done to great effect. It is even
rumored that Shundra has chosen Desaal to eventually take her place among
The Nine, while I am unable to confirm this the two have met on many
separate occasions. It has also not slipped my eye that her name bears great
resemblance to that of our ancient enemy, considering that and her vast
psionic potential I believe it merits further investigation.
Foren Truo: The owner and founder of the multi global corporation known as
Techoren Industries 3,000. He is considered by all the most financial and
dangerous man not affiliated to any individual organization in all the
Federation. It is publicly known that he has many personal contacts with
powerful Mob cartels, and yet his company is also the sole provider of
plasteel weapons for the MIB Agency, further more many of his companies sub
corporations are involved in top secret development projects with the High
Government. All this was achieved while continuously refusing to join the
formerly dominating Merchants Guild, several attempts were made to convince
Foren otherwise but they always ended the same, with the death of the
assassins and the collapse of the corporation that sent them, in many cases
literally speaking. So great is Foren's influence and respect that he was
offered the position of Guild Master among The Nine before Boris
Von'Telsin's accession, and much to everyone’s surprise Foren turned it
down, he simply wasn’t interested.
Senior Agent Kila: Classified, as reckless, temperamental and dangerous Kila
has now grown too great to be controlled. She has survived more high danger
missions than any other Agent to date, and has come face to face with untold
legions of nightmares. Mages, Demons, Wraiths, Ghosts, Psion’s and genetic
mutations, Kila has beaten them all, and all without a power to call her
own. Her countless campaigns and suicidal missions have caught the eye of
the public, with each new success her image grows and she is swiftly
becoming an idolized icon of the people. A true patriot of the Federation,
she is unbribable, incorruptible and currently, unstoppable.