Voort saBinring
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 "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." | |
| Species: | Gammorean |
| Homeworld: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 29 (approximate) |
| Hair Color: | None |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Skin Color: | Green |
| Height: | 1.9 meters |
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| Allegiance: | New Republic |
| Unit: | Wraith Squadron |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Astromech: | R3-R7 (aka "Squeep") |
Piggy is an operative in Wraith Squadron, specializing in Intelligence, Unarmed Combat and Starfighter and Ground Assault Tactics.
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Background
Voort "Piggy" saBinring bears remarkable intelligence as well as phenomenal memory retention and recall as a by product of his brain having been bio-genetically re-engineered during the year he was held captive as an unwilling subject in Project Chubar, an Imperial experiment designed to give human-like intelligence and behavioral controls to a myriad of ‘lower’ species in order to use them as disposable spies against the enemies of Emperor Palpatine. This experimentation resulted in total loss of long term memories prior to the time of his detention on Saffalore. His treatment included re-education and testing in a wide variety of scientific fields as well as Imperial military regulation and history.
Following his escape, assisted by his primary observer Dr Turzin Gast (deceased), Voort spent several years on the library planet of Obroa-skai studying galactic culture, history and pan-theology with the Bilapheei monks to the point where there is very little in the way of facts which he cannot recall almost instantly.
All this book learning without any practical experience left a void in Voort and he eventually left Obroa-skai and sought out the Alliance where he felt he could put his knowledge to best use in practical ways that would make the galaxy a better place.
Awaiting career highlights with Wraith squadron and subsequent assignments
Physical Attributes and Abilities
At 1.9 meters 145 kilos Voort would be physically imposing to most anyone. His formidable strength is impressive even for a Gamorean. His overwhelming presence stands in stark relief to his gentle manner, and thoughtful demenor. Almost never put out when asked to do anything, Voort seeks to be helpful in a nearly invisible way. He does not deliberately avoid the limelight, but neither does he shy from accepting low profile tasks, such as desk work, or arduous physical assignments. He goes where he is needed, wanting only to be of use where his brain or his brawn can be best utilized in the given situation.
Personality Traits
Having long since come to terms with his being the only survivor the horrors of Project Chubar, Voort has acclimated very well with other sentients. Openly befriending practically anyone who will welcome him in turn and holding no visible animosity for those who do not. He also bears a constant sense that his uniqueness in the galaxy will cast him forever as an outsider to any culture, especially those of his own race, making it difficult at times to co-exist with other Gamorreans for extended periods. He has on at least one occasion expressed regret that due to the synthetic nature of his intelligence, it could never be genetically inherited by any offspring.
Voort can at times can be socially awkward. Many are at first put off by the incongruous nature of a hyper-intelligent Gamorrean. Around his friends and squad mates (largely one and the same) his only remaining social hurdle has proven to be the re-learning of the most basic things many persons take a life time to acquire. For example having no memory of his youth, references to children’s games often escape him. Of course, due to his extraordinary memory once he has experienced anything it is with him forever. The difficulty comes in seeking out things he does not yet know, and frankly, at this point, it can't be much.
Military Rank and Current Assignment
Rank: Captain
Voort is an operative in Wraith Squadron, specializing in Intelligence, Unarmed Combat and Starfighter and Ground Assault Tactics.
Significant Possessions
Perhaps as an after-effect of his time spent with the Bilapheei monks Voort has maintained the life style of an aesthetic. He does not collect mementos of his travels and his personal effects are only a few including one faded blue jumpsuit bearing an identity patch from Binring Biomedical.
Starships
Voort is an accomplished pilot having been trained and certified to navigate just about any form of starship whose cockpit will accommodate an over-sized humanoid, and a nearly equal number of URV (Unoccupied Remote Vehicles).
One ship of great significance in Voort's career was the Imperial corvette 'Night Caller' which Voort single-handedly captured and briefly assumed command of, with much help from his fellow Wraiths notably Chief Mechanic Cubber Dane in preparing the infiltration.
Astromech
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R3-R7 Nickname: "Squeep" R3-R7 was originally built in the IA factory development laboratories as the prototype R7 intended for use with Frei Tek'sE-Wing fighter. It is truly a one of a kind droid. It’s useful service life long past with the end of E-wing production, the droid was sold off at auction and the precise details of its whereabouts remained unknown until it was re-discovered some years later by Officer Rrowv of Wraith Squadron, while he was working undercover in a planetside reclamation center on Tyne's Horky. The Tongorian immediately realized the droid was unique, and stashed it away with the possibility in mind of refurbishing it someday. He and gamorrean squadmate Voort ‘Piggy’ saBinring reconditioned the droid shortly after the later rejoined Wraith Squadron. Voort was eager to take on the project, not so much to see if he could do it, but rather how long it might take. Changes included modifications to the chassis including an ultra-lightweight A-N-A droid frame that allowed Squeep to function perfectly in the droid socket of Voort's T65 X-wing. Additonally the two Wraith’s upgraded and overclocked the unit’s processor cores, cramming additional memory storage into every available space. It boasts capacities far beyond the factory specs of even the much vaunted R8 and R9 series droids. The astromech now features the high gain sub-etha band sensor package and a Sirius Cybernetics 4Z-1000^7 quad-linked zetta-core processors further modified to run on vacuum-rated coolant meaning each quadrant is capable of handling nearly five sextillion teraflops of data per cycle. Further blurring the droid's heritage the ubiquitous Tri-planar radar eye of the original R7 has been transplanted onto the semi-transparent smoked dome commonly seen on a standard R3 unit. It is a little known fact The E-wing was originally offered for sale to the post Imperial Remnant. R3-R7’s black and fluorescent green paint scheme was devised by Frei-tek engineers to be compatible with then current visibility specs for Imperial hard vacuum-rated equipment. During the initial demonstration of the fighter Grand Admiral Thrawn complained the coloring caused him to have a violent headache as its substrate radiated at frequencies passing almost into the theta band which is visible light for members of the Chiss species. Voort decided to keep the exterior trim as it was, specifically for the purpose of making General Wes Janson nauseous. Due to Voort's own innate ability to calculate hyperspace jumps with an unheralded degree of accuracy Squeep's function aboard the fighter is relegated to monitoring ship diagnostics and detecting radar-lock of enemy pursuers. It's AI's capricious displays of self-awareness led it to apply for sentient independence under the New Republic's manimution laws. R3-R7 has chosen to remain employed as Piggy's personal astromech, due in large part to Voort's unique ability among organic creatures to understand the droid without an interpreter.
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