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Jorhan Caelli-Merced
Jorhan Caelli-Merced was a Corellian human, born on his species homeworld of Corellia in the slums of the planetary capitol Coronet City. Both of his parents lived in extraordinary levels of poverty, as many in the slum districts did, his father taking what shifts he could at the struggling scrap yards on the fringes of the district, and his mother having to resort to begging to make ends meet. Born into such conditions, Jorhan managed to gain only a basic schooling at one of the nearby corporate academies, and was soon subjected to conscription alongside countless thousands of others, becoming little more than a number on a marching order at the age of sixteen.
Corellian Defence Force
Taken into the Corellian Defence Force and deployed on a five year mission to the Colonies on the northern-most border of the Mid-Rim, he was pushed through basic combat training at an accelerated rate, the ongoing expansionism of the Corellian Authorities demanding that more and more men and women got churned through the machines of war. Following the completion of his training, Jorhan was deployed onto the front lines as part of the Corellian First and Finest, an ‘cavalry battalion’ that was tasked with high-risk scouting and flank attack missions.
Assigned to a swoop squadron, he was given a grant total of six hours of training on how to pilot a swoop bike, and then deployed immediately on his first mission, and spent a few years on the fringes of the mid-rim, before being sent to Tatooine as part of an ongoing mission to subjugate the local Tusken Raider Clans playing havoc with the colonial interests of Corellian Corporations.
BATTLE OF NAME AND LARGER WAR
As the war was coming to an end, dissent moved through the ranks quickly, and rumours began to spread that the infantry conscripts (of which Jorhan was part) would be dropped as soon as they returned to Corellia. Movements began to form within the detachment, brotherhoods and fraternities who vowed to stick together if the worst should happen - watching in others back on Corellia as they had done on the front lines. It was into one such group that Jorhan fell, becoming a member of the Guns of Coronet fraternity, which, upon the dissolution of the battalion at the conclusion of the war, formed the swoop gang of that name.
The ‘Guns of Coronet’ Swoop Gang
With the dissolution of the infantry now having taken place, vast numbers of former conscripts now found themselves out of work, and out of luck back home - and it was thanks to this that Jorhan remained true to his oath as made in the infantry, and stuck with his fraternity, becoming a fully fledged member of the Guns of Coronet swoop gang. Pooling what small savings he had managed to scrounge, and taking what gear he could smuggle, alongside the rest of the Gang - Jorhan made a move to Coronets outer fringes, and his life as a ganger began.
Between entering swoop races, which stood as highly competitive contests between the various swoop gangs that entered them, Jorhans ‘job’ focused on gun running, the shaking down of businesses and individuals within the Gangs territory, and generally being a bit of a scumbag. He was exceptionally good at it, and soon was ‘promoted’ to the rank of Blood Rider within the Gang, one of the trusted inner circle of heavy hitters close to the boss, their former commander Jaster Korvas.
Soon his face was all over town, Bounty Postings to the princely sum of three-thousand credits sent up as the reward for bringing him in, dead, or alive. For Jorhan, this was a statement of just how far he had come since rising from the slums all those years ago, and so he wore his bounty as a badge of honor for a time, the constant thrill and edge of danger it gave him, working handily into his image as a hardy ganger. But such a reputation had to be constantly fostered and developed, and that required acts of criminality and daring.
The ‘Great’ Maglev Robbery
Such an opportunity soon presented itself, when, following a night of heavy drinking and gambling at one of the local tap houses, Jorhan and his crew overheard two local Maglev workers talking about a load coming down the main line in the coming weeks. Hearing the words Coaxium chucked into the mix, the young outlaw starting seeing credit signs, and had the gang set to work.
It was an ambitious plan, that involved robbing a moving, highly secured Maglev of highly volatile fuel - but the potential payoff was enormous, and would cement Jorhans position as a rising star in the Gang, perhaps even the natural successor to the Boss himself.
Approaching the train as it passed through one of the narrower gorges in the Coronet Wastes, the team disabled to drive engine, and moved down the length of the Maglev, losing only three riders in a daring shootout across the top of the suspended vehicle. Making off with their haul, just as the nearby security backup arrived, they rested on their laurels and riches for some considerable period of time, Jorhan enjoying the respect and wealth he had earned.
Shootout at the Scrapyard
However, his rising fortune and fame within the gang scene was not to pass unnoticed, and soon the rival Swoop Gang, the Red Talons began to make moves on the bosses turf, seeking to silence their upstart competitors before they grew to big for their stirrups.
Seeing Jorhan as the progenitor of these troubles, Jaster sent him to put and end to them, dispatching Jorhans riders to one of the many local scrap yards in the area, where the rival gang had offered to bring and end to the dispute once and for all. Heading to the meeting point geared out for trouble, Jorhan was hardly shocked when he was ambushed, having planned to do so to the rival gang himself.
A running gunfight broke out, lasting just shy of the hour, with scores falling on either side, and Jorhan emerging victorious, seemingly, the victor and the dispute put to bed.
Crackdown
However, his victory was short lived, for soon Jaster was to inform him that the Red Talons had been on the take, acting as informers to the Corellian Security Forces, in a planet wide bid to bring an end to the near-constant threat of outlaws and gang violence. The gunfight, instead of ending the gangs worries, merely fanned their flames, and for just under two years, the Gang was hounded, its members detained or shot in practices sting operations, CorSec hounding their every move.
Their numbers dwindling, their influence dropping by the day, the Gang had no choice but to disband - each going their separate ways, in an attempt to forge something of a life for themselves in the legitimate world.
Life on the Road
For Jorhan, there was only one business that would accept him, that of Bounty Hunting, a bloody trade that attracted the same sort of scum it tried to stop. As such, it was into that business that he entered, purchasing the required license to carry out more legitimate contracts, and despite the poor returns on them - he found himself to be rather talented in the field, and the work was to come in thick and fast.
The Red Talons
One of the earliest Bounties of note that he cares to recall, was to trace down the now-discarded leader of the Red Talons. Having outlived his usefulness to CorSec, the once proud gangster was hung out to dry, and a Bounty of some few thousand placed on his head. Unsurprisingly, Jorhan was only too happy to pursue the Bounty, tracking the man down to the distant world of Tatooine.
Heading into Mos Espa, on the back of an Eopie he approached his mark in the middle of the main street, displaying his Bounty license to the waiting law enforcement officers (little more than a sorry militia eaking out a living in the middle of nowhere), before gunning the former Gang leader down in the middle of the street, and claiming his money there and then.
The Guns of Coronet
His second memorable Bounty Hunt however, was something a great deal closer to home. CorSec, eager to see all former Gang Leaders put in the ground, placed a Bounty on Jaster, former Gang leader of Jorhan himself. In what seemed to be a trend for former Swoop Gangers, Jaster was also hiding out on Tatooine, and so Jorhan was able to complete the mission without leaving planet - crossing the Espa Reach to find the man in a small mining settlement, long since left abandoned by the Corporation that had founded it.
Engaging in a long gunfight in the abandoned mine, he eventually dropped Jaster by calling a simple duel - the quickest draw wins. The gambit was to pay off, with his draw beating Jasters by just shy of a second, his mentor and friend dead at his feet by the end of the contest. With the prize bagged, he returned to the wider galaxy.
Personality & Skills
A dour and gruff man, Jorhan is very much a product of his environment - disliking the finer things in life, in favor of a simple, ‘honest’ days work. Judging people based on what they bring by way of value to him and the task at hand, he is slow to make friends, preferring to operate as a Lone Wolf, with the rewards, and dangers that such an approach brings.
Able to speak Galactic Basic and to understand Huttese to a level that he is considered fluent, he is a keen negotiator, able to smooth talk people if needed. Preferring to use his skills with a blade and a firearm, rather than any more sneaky tactics, he is a very direct person.
Something of a gunslinger, he has a quickdraw that he is always seeking to improve, both on foot and in the saddle of his swoop. Unsurprisingly, he is very good at the controls of a swoop, and in keeping if mechanically fit for purpose and use. To that end he is reasonably talented at the controls of a ship as well.
Equipment
- Pistol
- Rifle (2)
- Blade
- Utility Belt (Datapad, Grapple Wire and Field Medical Kit)
- Cuffs
- Eopie
- Swoop Bike
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