"The Coward"
Age: 33
Height: 6'2
Weight: 190 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Grey
Race: Human
Veon Ennis, known professionally as Veon the Coward or simply "the Coward" is a mercenary who operates in various systems. He is known for rarely, if ever, removing his signature gas mask and for the efficiency and indiscretion with which he does his work.
While little is known of Veon's past, the story of how he received his nickname is common knowledge, as it is story often told among soldiers. On Veon's very first assignment, he found his superiors commanding him to detonate charges that would destroy an entire City-Tower on the planet Dossun, killing seven thousand men, women and children. He hesitated, finding himself unable to perform the task. While being berrated by his superiors over his communicator, and being called "a coward. The lowest of all cowards," his will finally eroded. Answering simply with the words "that I am," he detonated the charges, completing his mission. It was from that moment forward, that he donned the mask out of shame, though it is argued what shame he hides from: having nearly failed his mission out of cowardice, or that he went through with it and killed seven thousand people.
The Coward is an incredibly formidable soldier. He has been known to fight as many as three enemy soldiers simultaneously while completely unarmed and to eliminate far greater numbers of them with proper weaponry. Veon is quite resourceful, skilled in exploiting both his environment and his enemies' weaknesses. He has survived many apparent deaths and performed seemingly impossible feats such as catching knives thrown at him and punching through seemingly solid brick.
The coward's arsenal is just as deadly as the man himself. He carries a variety of firearms for various assignments, though his standard appears to be a customized Westinghouse M-28 Phased Plasma Pulse rifle. This firearm he refers to as "the Tool" and has proved inhumanly efficient with it, having used it to cut through waves of obstacles with the precision of a surgeon. Veon also carries two MF-134 Brokade handguns, several frag, chaff and flash grenades, a long vibroknife for cqc and a length of garrote wire. The knuckles of his gloves are comprised of the same, hyper-dense compacted plastic that parts of his armor contain and thus can be considered weapons themselves.
Psychologically, Veon's career has taken a toll on him. While he began with a sense of duty, honor and optimism, he now suffers both paranoia and clinical depression, both brought on by guilt over his actions and the belief he is far past the point of redemption. He views himself as a terrible monster and has on some occasions wondered if there was ever any human in him to begin with. The only reason Veon has not committed suicide to this point is that he views it as "the cowardly escape" and does not wish to shame himself further with it, though he has come close to defying this belief on more than one occasion. Several near attempts to end his own suffering were averted by either an incoming transmission to his ship or by a simple fear of dying.
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The Xuchilbara
The Coward's ship is a modified Tanto-class interceptor. Nauseatingly fast and over-armed with offensive capabilities, the Xuchilbara's greatest weakness is it's rather basic shielding system. While he has had ample opportunity over the years to upgrade this to something more fitting his profession, Veon the Coward has seemingly forsaken this precaution, likely out of some unconscious desire to finally be stricken from the sky.
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