Character Max Darksun

[Max Darksun]

Another reboot - Yes, I know?! But third times the charm, right? lol

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NAME: Max Darksun
FACTION: Galactic Alliance
RANK/OCCUPATION: Lieutenant/Pilot, Engineer (mechanic/demolitions), Farmer (former)
CALLSIGN: Reaper

SPECIES: Human; Chandrilan
AGE: 30
GENDER: Male; Heterosexual
MARITAL STATUS: Single: Widower

HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 180 lb
BUILD: Tall, lean, and muscular
EYES: Dark brown
HAIR: Brown and wavy; kept in a short crop with facial hair from time to time.
TATTOOS: Yes; across back, shoulders, neck
PLAYBY(S): Theo James & Wedge Antilles

FORCE SENSITIVE: Not that Max is aware of...


BIOGRAPHY:

• Max was born on the agriworld of Chandrila to Marek and Alexa Darksun. His first name is derived from a combination of his parents; corny, but a true story.
• Marek was a naval officer for the Republic during its hay day. After Captain Darksun's active duty tenure was over, he returned to his homeworld and joined the Chandrilan Defense Fleet as a reservist while taking a position as an instructor at the Brionelle Memorial Military Academy.
• Alexa was a member of the Diplomatic Corps and served as an administrative assistant to the Governor, and later as a special envoy for Chandrilan House.
• The Darksun family (grandfather and uncle) operated a considerable 'cereal grass' farm not far from the Gladean State Parks system in the Emita Providence that is on the Ananta continent.
• As a youth when Max wasn't working on the farm, he volunteered as a junior park ranger where the Chandrilan learned valuable skills from the scouts, hunters, and survivalists that regulated the parks and kept the tourists safe.
• Of course, like his father before him, Max developed a love of the stars. When of age, he attended the military academy and received his aviator wings. "Reaper" was the callsign his fellow squadmates gave him because of the type of farming his family did. He was assigned to one of the Chandrilan Air Defense Squadrons (CADS) and stationed out of the Emita spaceport where the military had a joint base.
• After securing his military career, Max married Meri Davies, his hometown sweetheart, and they started a family soon after; settling down on a small piece of farmland given to them by his beloved grandfather as a wedding present. This was about the time that Chandrila joined the Galactic Alliance after the faction came to their aid to help rid the last of the remaining One Sith from the Bormea sector.
• Max and his ever-growing family were happy until the day the Alliance fell to the Lady of Secret's End Game plot to destroy the New Jedi Order from the inside and take the GA as a whole with it.
• That day, the Sith Empire unleashed their dark beasts upon the small blue-green planet of farms, calm seas, and rolling hills leaving nothing but devastation and heartache upon Chandrila. He was on duty that day, patrolling the outer edge of the system rimward along the Perlemian Trade Route. By the time his squadron was recalled to defend Chandrila, it was too late. Max's pregnant wife along with their young son, Jakob, and daughter, Savanah, had taken the local shuttle service that crosses the Emerald Ocean to Hanna City that day. They were all killed as the capital city was hit hard not only by the beasts but by their Sith master's merciless handiwork too.
• Max simply cracked. He just couldn't stay after losing everything dear to him so he left his destroyed world, both figuratively and literally, behind and lost himself to drink along with club fighting to numb his pain or replace it with another; taking jobs flying escort for various shipping companies and organizations in the Outer Rim to keep his pockets lined with credits.
• Sometime later, Max made his way back towards the Core... An acquaintance of his father stumbled across the younger Darksun loitering stone-cold drunk on a park bench in New Coronet on Corellia. She sobered the Chandrilan up knowing herself how easy it was to give in to despair and lose oneself to overwhelming grief and survivor's guilt, then encouraged him to get back in the game of life for it was too precious to waste on something he could not change.
• Max took the fellow pilot's sage advice and rejoined the Starfighter Corps just as the reformed Galactic Alliance was unifying the Core Worlds under one umbrella. But, his sobriety didn't last too long...
• After getting caught trying to fly while under the influence of alcohol (it was more he was very hungover from a binge night and was in no condition to do so), he was demoted from the rank of Captain to Lieutenant, and thus sent to rehab.
• LT Darksun has since returned to active duty and passed his probation period without further incident.
• He continues to be sober as of this day, but it is a daily challenge...

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES/QUIRKS/HOBBIES:

• Recovering alcoholic
• Still wears his wedding band on a chain around his neck with his dog tags.
• Is a highly skilled pilot
• Accurate shot with a blaster.
• Martial Arts trained.
• Is willing to take on high-risk missions as he doesn't have any dependents to mourn him if the worst outcome befalls him. (Survivor's guilt)
• He is a pretty decent mechanic from years of fixing farming equipment, and flying starfighters in the military service.
• Knows a fair amount about demolitions too.
• Chews gum and/or does push-ups when he feels the need to have a drink. Occasionally, punches things as the pain is a distraction; old habits die hard.

GEAR:

• Flight suit/helmet
• Pilot sidearm
• Datadagger
• Tool kit
• Comlink
• Datapad
• Holocube
• Pack of spearmint gum
• Sobriety Coin
• Astromech Droid BB-11 "Double One"

 

[Max Darksun]

HOLO ALBUM

A young Max pictured as an academy flight cadet... when life was easy.

A static image on Max's holocube of his late wife, Meri.

Max and fellow pilot Olen Halcorr chatting it up in the ready room.

"Reaper"​

 

[Max Darksun]

FLIGHT LOG



TBA​