= Physical Appearance =
Homeworld: Bothawui
Age: 22
Species: Bothan
Native Language: Bothese, Basic
Gender: Male
Skin Color: Dark tan/brown
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 175lbs
Hair Color: Creamy brown
Facial Hair: Creamy brown
Eye Color: Dark red
Scars: One deep scar running across his nose
Tattoos: None as of yet

Burukt, as per the norm with bothans, is very short compared to most races. However, he makes up for his lack of height with his sheer muscle, while remaining nimble and light on his feet. His long hair flows a few inches down his shoulders in dreads. He owns a small collection of tailored outfits, as comfortable as they are expensive, that generally cling just right to his body. It is very rare that he is seen in simple tee shirts and garments, as he prefers to dress professionally. At all times he is seen with a pack strapped to his shoulders, hanging onto his back, where a few of his most needed possessions rest inside.

== Character’s Background ==
Born on Bothawui to father Dazza and mother Yazelis. His father was a well known technician by day, and a stealthy smuggler by night. His mother was a well known and respected healer, whom many believed to have married down. Burukt's parents took education very seriously; even taking upon themselves to tutor their only child for an hour each day after school. Once finished, he spent all of his free time learning how to build and repair spacecrafts as well as droids with his father, as well as being taught how to pilot a variety of foreign star fighters and a myriad of transport crafts that his father was able to purchase from his smuggling credits. When he wasn't with his dad, Burukt was off learning the many medicinal purposes of several variations of herbs; both domestic to Bothawui, and foreign; from his mother. His parents placed well manners and a respectful attitude in his young mind, albeit teaching him self defense tactics and stealth manuevers for when diplomacy failed and survival was necessary.

His parents were both strong advocates of the Imperial cause; his father was even rumored to having been under the employ of several Imperial soldiers and brass, whether it be repairing shuttles or droids, or even running under the radar smuggling operations. He was raised to respect the rebellion, however he was taught that the order that the Imperials possessed was ever important to the success of the galaxy.

== Personality ==
Burukt has always been dangerously curious; going to any extent necessary to uncover the truth, or hidden facts about anything he felt was vital knowledge. He has extreme trust issues, which doesn't effect his well-mannered nature or outgoing personality, but gets in the way of his cooperativeness. However, once his loyalty was gained- mainly through his own curious findings- it is extremely difficult to lose. He has been more than willing on numerous occassions to hide the truth from teachers or adults as a boy whenever his close friends were accused of trouble. He has a reputation for being friendly, however he is firm-minded and stubborn, often discovering information out for his own and sticking firmly to it, no matter what anyone has to say about it. What most do not know is that as friendly and even-tempered as Burukt seems to be, he can be prone to violent outbursts when he feels betrayed. Most of those who do betray him, never repeat the same mistake. Burukt values his privacy to an extreme extent, so much so that he considers his privacy being corrupted to be a form of betrayel itself.

In his short spare time, he enjoys baking, a trait not well known within the bothan culture. He taught himself at an early age; although most of this self-taught skill was meant for personal satisfaction, he attributes his talent as a defense mechanism for when he is caught in tight situations were food may be scarce. He is very clever, many may even go as far to say ingenious, and always comes prepared to any situation he can foresee. He enjoys herbs and low-level spices as a relaxant, and main ingrediant in many, if not all, of his baked goods. However, whenever his supply of herbs run empty, he is known to become very irritable and impatient, and much more prone to his violent attacks.

His piloting skills, for his young age, are quite good, however very defensive and raw. He much prefers this approach to a more aggressive path, and has been out piloted as many times as not because of this. It is rumored that when he was 17, he was engaged in a swoop race with his best friend, and an aggressive move lead to the fatal crashing of his friend's swoop. Burukt himself has spoke nothing of it. To this day, the case was closed by the Bothawui protection corps, as an engine failure and accidental death. Burukt has stood by that notion.

To coincide with his niche for piloting, Burry is also skilled in the art of using blaster pistols- although heavy weaponry is an extreme weakness for him. He is naturally talented in stealth, and when such circumstances call for it, can handle his own in hand to hand combat, to which his uncle has profoundly trained him in.

His greed for knowledge, illegal herbs, and credits made him insist on becoming a freelance smuggler at the age of 18; he strictly works alone at this point, not deeming anyone trust worthy enough to bring in as a partner. At the age of 22, Burukt decided to put his honed piloting and diplomacy traits to use and enlisted in the Imperial Navy.

Excellent work, Sanjiro.

Welcome to the Navy, Crewman!

I'm Drac, one of our Operators here at the Academy. I'll be guiding you through the training regimen. If you ever have any questions about the Navy, the Vast Empire, or anything else about the club feel free to come to me.

You've already completed the first step in training: Initiation. You did this by posting in this forum. Congratulations! Now we move on to the first stage of training.

In your biography, you will need to list the following (just copy and paste):

OOC:

= Physical Appearance =
Homeworld:
Age:
Species:
Native Language:
Gender:
Skin Color:
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Facial Hair:
Eye Color:
Scars:
Tattoos:

Physical appearance section. Give details about how your character dresses, the way they carry themselves, etc.

== Character’s Background ==
(Give me 1-2 solid paragraphs with information on your character’s past. Using a large amount of detail isn’t necessary, but if you feel like you want to, go ahead.)

== Personality ==
(Just write about what your character’s personality is. Make him/her interesting!)

One more thing to remember is that we write in the third person in the VE. Best of luck!

Here are several links that should help you out:
Flight School,
Chapter I,
Example biography,
Creating a wiki tutorial.

You may also find Wookiepedia to be a great resource for information to help round off your character's rough edges: Wookiepedia

Regards,
-Drac

bah. Looks like I'm not paying attention either today, lol. Go ahead.

-Drac

One could peer out of their ship’s viewport and describe the aerial dogfight between the TIE Interceptor and the T-65 X-wing as beautiful, graceful, artistic, even coordinated. The two enemy star-fighters glided in and out of their turns, rolling up and over each other, nearly colliding on several occasions to the untrained civilian eye. From the viewport of the TIE fighter, the blue-white stars began to stretch as Sanjiro, a Bothan Imperial pilot, increased the energy into the thrusters and began rapidly accelerating. In near perfect unison, the X-wing corresponded with the same action, almost as though the rebel pilot had knew exactly what Sanji was going to do before he himself even thought of it. Sanji applied more pitch to the fighter while simultaneously rolling to the right, attempting to have the X-wing overshoot and end up in front of his targeting reticule. The maneuver however, was unsuccessful. The X-wing was far too agile and its pilot was far too seasoned to not anticipate and defend against the move.

Streaks of green energy shuffled passed the Interceptor, nearly ripping into the right wing. The bothan accelerated again, this time keeping a straight flight path, a near suicidal decision as the X-wing immediately acquired a missile lock. The warning alarms in  the cockpit went haywire, collaborating with the flashing red lights in the cabin. Sanji smiled as the X-wing took the shot, firing two missiles directly at the Imperial star craft. With apt haste Sanji rolled his craft again, forcing it end over end, as he pushed down on the yoke, sending his TIE into a spiraling dive. Both of the missiles began flying over and under one another, mimicking the TIE fighter, and finally collided into one another as they attempted to dip down after the fighter. The X-wing’s pilot reacted as instinctually as he good, pulling up on the yoke with as much strength as he could lend. It was not enough, as the nose of the X-wing flew through the explosion of the missiles. Shrapnel dug into the sides of the T-65, ripping into the engines, and rending them useless, sparking fire within the cabin of the fighter.

Within the TIE, the bothan pilot smirked to himself as the X-wing soon flew out of control before it finally met it’s ultimate demise in the deep of the dead space.

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Word count- 392

OOC:

Sorry I went over the limit

/me calls for a vote to increase the word limit on this assignment to 400.

Good work, Sanjiro. Please take the Aviator's exam: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cktESWcxdENjUWlfV3BVVVl2U0RJMFE6MA.

Upon passing you will be placed in a squadron by the NTO. Best of luck.

-Drac

Sounds good. You should be contacted soon with your results and your placement. In the mean time, feel free to hang out on IRC and to read up on current events in the Navy.

-Drac

Well done, Sanji.  Congratulations.

Sanjiro wrote:Thank you, guys. I'll be able to get fully into the swing of things tonight. Can't wait to work with some of you.

Only some?

Perhaps we'll have a Wing Story in the future, now that Driver (Atrasin) is in charge of things.  We'll see, though I do believe I would enjoy writing with you.

/me thinks Drac is more informed than he appears....

That would be cool, though

If there is a Wing Story, Driver won't be doing much.  He told me that he won't be doing much writing in his new position and he won't miss it.  I'm DR, by the way.  Congrats.