Written by Neil Creek
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 18:03:50 +1100 (EST)

XATH GRENDOR - BOUNTY HUNTER

  Dex  -  3D+2  Blaster Pistol 5D+2, Grenade 4D+1, Melee Combat 6D
  Know -  2D
  Mech -  3D    Speederbike piloting 6D, Space transports 4D
  Per  -  3D
  Str  -  3D+1
  Tech -  4D    Demolition 6D, Security 5D+1
Xath was a young bounty hunter who nonetheless had seen his share of action. A member of the family-based Grendor criminal organisation, Xath was intent on broadening the horizins of the Grendor and getting a name for himself. Since it's inception several years ago, the Grendor had been involved in small time local crime, barely exerting an influence over the rag-tag systems of the outer rim. However, since the Imperial takeover of the nearby Elrood sector, Xath and his kin saw a new potential open up.

History

As a founding membor of the Grendor with his brothers and father, Xath is very influential in the organisation, and has great visions for it's future. Barely sixteen when he made his first kill, Xath was a powerful man by eighteen before an incident which nearly cost him his life. During a nightime speederbike chase after a failed raid on a government weapon depot, a laserblast trew him from his bike. When his attacker came round to finish him off, his cannons jammed.... so he rammed Xath. Xath lost his keft arm and much of his left shoulder, as well as severly scarring his face.

Fortunately for Xath, reinforcements soon arrived and he was treated before he died. As a replacement for his lost arm, his father paid for a bionic arm from the families "earnings", and Xath now wears a chest plate and visor. Being right handed, the new bionic arm makes Xath ambidextrous, and he is a formidible opponent in melee combat.

Xath's most recent and last mission was an attempt to gain the attention of the empire, and hopefully to give it a favourable impression of the Grendor. Xath and an accomplace went to Radel Mining's secret mining planet, Halbara, after they discoverd it's location. Xath hid on board a ship piloted by an accomplace, Tanbarr, who "crash" landed there, claiming to have hyperdrive problems. While Tanbarr arranged to get his ship repaired with Radel, Xath silently headed off to Halbara one, the main spaceport, in an attempt to sabotage it.

However he was spotted and tracked by some Radel mining employees in a convoy (my PC's :) ). He was intercepted shortly, but fought his way out, managing to arrive at Halbara One a few days later. He managed to do considerable damage to the spaceport before he made it to his ship, using a slave circuit. However, the same employees managed to delay Xath's escape long enough to enable Radell to launch it's three Z-95 fighters, which after a short battle destroyed Xath's Ghtroc Freighter, with him on board. He was assumed to have died, although his body was not found in the wreckage.

(Ignore any or all of the above plot material if you wish to use Xath in your own campaign. Let me know if he works well in any of your adventures :) A diagram will follow) 

                                                                  Neil
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