A Hero ComesEan Stands about six foot four, with a lean build and fair skin. his hair is long and light brown, left wild and untamed like the man himself.
Ean is a calm and cool headed individual, ever seeking peaceful resolution to his problems. His ship, Cobalt Glaive, was designed and built by him over a course of several decades, the project stemming from a dream of better days. It is crewed by all manner of individuals, from all sorts of species and every kind of past. But the one thing they have in common is that when they were lost, broken, and abandoned, with no hope for themselves, and no one else hoping for them. When everyone, including themselves had given upon on them, he gave them a place to belong. He has been called a fool for putting his life in danger to safe those all others deem beyond saving, but it is his nature to protect those who are without protection.
Those of his crewmates who have been with him the longest share the story with all the others. Before Ean Falcor was the Captain of the Cobalt Glaive, he was a soldier, a hero on a planet where magic and technology where used together, interchangably and side by side. Raised in a military family, he joined at a young age, rising swiftly through the ranks until he had become the leader of his own unit. It was on a fateful mission quelling rebellion that him and his soldiers were pinned and under heavy fire, where he discovered his gift.
To save his soldiers, Ean unleashed a powerful psychic assault that ripped the engagement zone to dust. When they were extracted, it was not from the heavily defended compound they had went to. They were pulled out of a crater the size of a star ship. Immediately following that event, Ean was taken and trained to use his powers, to find their limits. The military quickly learned that they not only had a powerful psychic force at their disposal, but his Psionic potential was so great that with proper focusing, he could be used to literally rip worlds asunder. Needless to say, the government wanted this capability ready as soon as possible.
And so the greatest scientist of that world was assigned to find the means to enhance and best refine Ean's abilities. Her name was Docter Loraine Valios, and it was love at first sight. They married a year later, and had a daughter named Emily. Together, with Loraines guidance, Ean Falcor became the hero known as Vanguard, who's psychic abilities were used to defeat entire enemy armies without harming a single soul. Massive battle ships, legions of soldiers, Ean Falcor was able to obliterate their weapons entirely without causing harm to a single living soul. Such was the extent of his power that the government even considered engaging an assault against Holy Terra, to unseat the Imperium and take over the galaxy for themselves.
The problem with that plan would come from Ean himself, for though his power was great, his conscience was greater. Ean refused to use his powers to harm others, regardless of where they were from, and what they were like. "I am not god, It is not my right to judge who may live or die, and who may rule whom." Were the words he lived by. Begrudgingly, the government accepted his decision, and decided to drop the matter entirely. Others however... did not.
Sol Enterprises, one of the largest megacorporations in the galaxy, learned of Ean's abilities, and the CEO decided that his power should be used for the betterment of mankind, through the company of course. To this end, and to convince Ean to work for him, Arcus Sol set to have Loraine and Emily kidnapped. Ean was at work aboard a navy vessel when he received the call.
During the attempted kidnapping, Loraine and Emily fought back, and the criminals killed them. Ean's Wrath was like the inferno of a super nova, washing over the world in a terrible storm of energy so great that it was felt from one end of the galaxy to the other. That fire drove Ean from his home with a singular goal, to punish those who had taken his family.
News of Ean becomes scarce after this time, mere rumors and whisperings of his doings. The most reliable lead on his whereabouts came on the day that Arcus Sol vanished without a trace. He next resurfaces, years later, at a bar in Misrana.
Ean Falcor was driven to find solace in drink, the haze of inebriation being the best medicine for his pain. Whatever happened in the days of his disappearance, it has had an impact on his life, for Ean has since never used his psychic powers, not even in the most dire of situations. The Cobalt Glaive was built by hand, more often than not by Ean himself, who knows the ship better than anyone else in the world. His crew, his new family, is his entire world.
Woe to the fool who brings them harm.
The Captain doesn't have much in the means of personal equipment. His most common attire is a triweave carbon nanotube jacket, most notable for it's supple leather like feel and look, and it's ability to stop bullets smaller than a .50 calibur round. Aside from that he uses an array of hand made gadgets and gizmos, though his most common weapon is his Charge Pistol, that can launch an Ion "bullet" by gathering and charging particles from the immediate surrounding. Depending on the charge, this weapon can cause damage ranging from a stunning kinetic impact, to an incinerating plasma burn.
His Charge pistol also can be converted into a plasma torch "blade", by twisting an opening the barrel, the firing ports are allowed to release a continous stream of energy, ionizing and igniting the air they come in contact with. Holding down the trigger increases the charge, further increasing the output and extending the "blade" of super heated plasma. Ean jokingly refers to this particular function of his weapon as it's "Flaming Sword of Awesomeness".
Perhaps the biggest asset in Ean's arsenal is his Cobalt Glaive, the ship is about 300 meters in length and built from a skeleton of ultracompressed carbon mineral two times as durable as diamond, covered with a titanium carbonite alloy plating.
The Cobalt Glaive Not only serves as the ship of the Starhawks, but is also their home. It is armed with all manner of offensive and defensive weaponry and systems, including missiles, Gauss Cannons, and and extremely powerful fore mounted plasma Lance. Numerous Manned and Remote turrets operate from multiple angles. In addition to this, A hanger deck contains room for no less than three single pilot Fighter craft, which often double as scouting vessels or drop ships.
Aside from weaponry, the Cobalt Glaive also houses a fabrication system that allows it to construct "Pop Blocks", Self erecting structures that can be dropped from orbit into a location. The Prefabricated structures are packed into specialized drop pods that are then released from the primary mag launchers located in the same section as the fabrication system. The drop pods break apart upon impact with a suitable surface, activating the the pop block, which then rapidly assembles the structure from the fabrication pieces. This system can incorporate any number of designs, allowing that the designed structure can be broken down into a set number of parts. This capability allows the Cobalt Glaive to directly insert mining drills, shelters, security barriers and numerous other sorts of equipment directly to a planets surface, making her exceedingly adept in jobs requiring rapid fortification.
With as much as is known about Ean's vessel however, there is much about the Cobalt Glaive that isn't known, as her Captain is always experimenting with new combinations of gadgets and gizmos.