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| Callsign: | Tanus Solvona  | | ComNet Rank: | ComNet Cadet
| | Avatar: |  | | Division(s): | VE - Stormtrooper Corps | | Gender: | Male | | Species: | Human | | Birthday: | March 26 | | Date Joined: | December 22, 2006 | | Last Active: | July 20, 2008 at 12:05:48 AM | | Number of Posts: | 295 | | ID Line: | SL/GSGT Tanus Solvona/2SQD/2PLT/1CMP/1REG/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [EW1][ES1][LM][BC][CoR][LoS] | | Biography: |
Name: Tanus Solvona
Age: 20
Height: 6'1'
Weight: 174 lbs.
Eyes: Gold, with flecks of brown
Hair: Brown
Skin: Tan
Planet of Origin: Onderon
Known languages: Basic, Durese, Mandolorian
Build: Muscular, stiff frame, smoothened facial features.
Callsign: Tanus Solvona
Current Placement: Tadath
Divisions: ARMY
Current Rank: Gunnery Sergeant
Specialty: N/A
Positions: PFC-NightStalkers, PFC-Paladin, LCPL-Paladin/ARC, CPL-Paladin/ARC, CPL-Dark Dragoons(Transfer from Paladin)/ARC, SGT-Dark Dragoons/ARC, SFC-Blackjack/ARC, GSGT-Blackjack/ARC
Medals/Certifications: Emperor's Will, 1st Class; Emperor's Shield, 1st Class; Legionnaire's Medallion, Bronze Cross, Laurel of Strak
Appearance: Tanus is just beyond six feet tall and weighs 79.1 kg. Farther on, he has brown hair and gold eyes, which is strange for a human. He has a muscular and stiff build, along with smoothened facial features.
Personality: Tanus is an existentialist, meaning that he feels destiny is constantly set and reset, and in that time frame, you can live how you wish, you’re your fate is predetermined. With that in mind, Tanus likes to go with the flow, tending to bend with what’s around him. Of course, he also has a strong sense of duty, and will fight to the death for anything he thinks is important.
History: Tanus was born to small farming family on the outskirts of Iziz, the capital city and throne of Onderon. Tanus spent much of his early life on the fields with his father, learning the different types of herbs and plants that needed to be harvested to make some profit for the family. When Tanus was eight years old, a special test was given at his school. No one would say what the reward was for scoring the highest; all that was said was that the reward would be truly amazing. Luckily enough for Tanus, he found out what it was. The test was a placement exam for the Royal Onderon Academy, which was renowned for it’s teaching of the sciences and its extremely large feeder rate to the Onderon Royal Guard. For this reason, the academy also taught its students all forms of combat; Tanus took a special interest in swordsmanship and martial arts. When he was twelve, it was a requirement that Tanus take another exam to see how he would fare in the adult classes of the academy. Needless to say, Tanus scored very well. However, there was another part to the exam: Tanus had to best his colleagues in a fighting tournament that consisted of martial arts and fencing. This situation was new to Tanus; he had never been asked to fight against one of his friends before. But after the first bout of fencing, and Tanus’ victory, Tanus found it easy to detach himself from those around him, and for the remainder of the tournament felt nothing for those that fell to him. At the tournament’s end, about one hundred new recruits stood before the guard commander. They were given the pass. And a new chapter in Tanus’ life was about to begin.
The next few years for Tanus was very much the same as the others, save for much more intensive training; when he was fourteen, he was given his first introduction to squad tactics when they were put into a training simulation where terrorists had taken the palace. Tanus led his squad to victory with the best time and fewest civilian casualties. For the next two years, the simulations happened about once a week. However, when he was sixteen, Tanus was introduced to his first live fire training session. He was dressed in full armor and given a small medicine kit, which was strapped to his armor. Then he was given a blaster rifle, some spare ammo, and a short sword. With that, his commanding officer sent Tanus and his squad into the fray. When they entered the arena, the rest of the squads were already taking fire. They were fighting training bots that the Guard had on stock from both the Clone Wars and more recent models. The scenario was that the droids, or “terrorists”, were scaling the outside wall of the Palace and attempting to take it in force. Of course, the Guard trainees were meant to stop them. As soon as Tanus and his squad stepped out behind a barricade, they took fire from a squad of three droids. Tanus and his squad and opened fire on a short bursts, decimating the droids to smoking stumps. All around Tanus, he heard his fellow squad leaders barking orders over the gunfire. Tanus heard quite a number of screams too, as he saw some of his squads members fall; he wasn’t sure if they were alive or not. Tanus brought his squad to an elevated platform to help survey the battle with another squad and to try and keep the high ground. This was a lot easier than it sounded: from just about every direction, they were taking fire. It was by sheer luck that Tanus hadn’t been fatally wounded yet.
The two sides traded fire fore approximately twenty-five minutes before a new type of droids were added to the mix: they were Super Battle Droids. The large blue brutes opened fire with their wrist blasters, pushing the trainee guards back wounding some. By this time, Tanus already had two wounded and he had carbon-scorch marks all over his armor. He was running low on ammo, and they needed to find a way to end it. Then Tanus had an idea. He drew his short sword and turned to the troopers behind him. He didn’t even need to say anything; they all drew their swords and gathered behind him. Tanus held up his hand, ordering them to wait, he waited until there was a lull in the firing, then powered over the barricade, running on pure adrenaline. They ran in a wave, slamming into the droids with a force of thirty or so trainees and about seventy droids. Tanus merely grimaced as he stabbed the nearest SBD through the head and went on to the next target. Tanus wasn’t even aware of the chaos unfolding around him; all he was concerned with was dropping droid after droid. After about ten minutes, the droids were destroyed, either from the rush of swords or the hail of blaster fire from the remaining trainees. Tanus stood out among the rest, holding a battle droid’s head in his hand. He dropped it and crushed it under his boot hell. The ending alarm sounded, and the commandant came walking out. He looked around for a second, and then saw Tanus. He ushered him to follow him to his office. When they reached the commandants office and went inside, the head of the Royal Guards was sitting there. As he rose, Tanus gave him a rigid salute. The Guard Commander gave a wave of his hand and Tanus lowered his hand. The Royal Commander walked up to Tanus and looked him over; Tanus merely stared ahead, unmoving and silent. The Commander then walked back to the table and picked up Tanus’ transcript from the years that he spent at the academy. He said that Tanus was one of the most brilliant fighters that the Commander had ever seen. He then put down his papers and then turned to Tanus, giving him a proposition: Leave the academy early and join the hallowed ranks of the Onderon Royal Guards. Tanus couldn’t believe it. It took all of his resolve to keep himself from cheering at the top of his lungs. But he kept his composure. He saluted the Commander and accepted his offer. He went to his room and gathered his things before meeting the Guard Commander at the main entrance to go to the Guard’s training facility in the palace. Tanus turned one last time and saluted the academy. Then he turned and left it and his colleagues to his new life.
Tanus was by far the youngest of the Royal Guards, and he caught it from his older compatriots most of the time he was there. He usually got stuck to the back of the group on training simulations and given the most menial jobs possible. This was of course until a sparring match that left his opponent with 4 broken ribs. When asked how he pulled it off, Tanus merely said he did some training of his own on the side. From that moment on, they started to give Tanus the respect he deserved. Over the years, he spent his entire life in the Guard Training Facility, training everyday in anything Tanus could possibly think of, from marksmanship to sword training. When he was nineteen, Tanus and some of his Guardmates were called into the Guard Commander’s office. Upon entering, the Guard Commander was seated at his desk, and across from him was a man, tall and gangling and holding a folder in his hands. The Guard Commander got up as they entered, as did the tall man; Tanus and his fellow Guards saluted in respect. When the Commander sat down, Tanus lowered his hand ay stood at ease. Then the tall man walked forward and introduced himself as a recruiter for the Vast Empire Stormtrooper Corp. The man continued on with saying that the Stormtrooper Corp needed soldiers, and had heard from a reliable source that the newest recruits were some of the most promising that the Guards had ever seen; he looked right at Tanus when he said that last part. He then continued on by saying that he wanted to see their martial prowess in action. He then said that a tournament was going to be set up, and it would begin in four hours. Tanus and his Guardmates were then dismissed to get ready. Tanus spent his entire time meditating. When the four hours rolled around, he went down to the sparring arena to begin. Each one of the Guards would fight five opponents, the winners, if there were any, would go on to fight each other. Each match Tanus was in didn’t last more then ten hits, all ending in his favor. Unfortunately, they didn’t end so well for his Guardmates; the first eight of his colleagues were knocked out within their first three rounds; the only one to make to the end did fight Tanus, but it was over within thirty seconds due to a swift counter strike delivered to the man’s throat. Two hours later, Tanus was on a shuttle heading to Tadath to join the most prestigious group of fighters in the galaxy.
Notable Skills:
· Multi-Martial Arts – Tanus spent much of his time training in various forms of martial arts, specifically Stava and Knife Fighting. Of course, he was also taught by the Guards in many other arts, encompassing them into one, solid unified form.
· Swordsmanship – During his time with the Guards, Tanus trained in many weapons, specifically the sword. Since the age of 10, he has trained with all kinds, and has become a master in his own right.
· Pistol marksmanship
· Plant and herb knowledge
· Weapon repair
· How to read blueprints accurately
· Engineering (Structural Integrity)
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