Name: Granite

Race: Rockman

Sex: Male

Age: 47

Backstory: Granite enlisted in the Rock military at a young age and for several years served as a marine on a multitude of Rock transports and warships. His career fell apart shortly after the dawn of the Rebellion as pirate and slaver activity increased due to the chaos caused by the war and the Federation’s string of major defeats. The ship he was stationed on was raided and he and his brothers fought like many times before.

Except this time, they were defeated. Their ship was crippled, disarmed and blinded, leaving them unable to even ram the enemy out of spite and Granite and his comrades were captured by Slug slavers, adding to the irrational Rock xenophobia a very rational hatred of the Slug race.

Granite was bought by a band of human raiders operating a rock light cruiser a few months before the final defeat of the Federation because the Slug slaver made the humans think he was a former engineer. Though the humans soon learned they’d been scammed, Slugs aren’t known for a moneyback guarantee on anything. Though he despised every molecule in the bodies of his new “owners”, cooperation was the best way to ensure survival. Eventually, Granite earned the grudging respect of the raiders both as a valuable addition of their boarding party as well as their sentient fire extinguisher.

The raider cruiser ran out of luck when it came across a lone Federation starship in a part of space mostly unoccupied by the rebels. As far as the pirate ship was concerned, granite was the sole survivor, coming out of the ordeal physically damaged, but alive. Although the Federation captain offered him a place among his crew on an important mission, Granite has had enough of starships for a few years to come and asked to be dropped off on the nearest inhabited world, and the request was granted.

Following the defeat of the Federation at the hands of the Rebel Flagship, Granite blamed himself for refusing to join that ill-fated ship and not being there to help them after they had helped him. When he was offered to take part in the Defiance initiative, he joined without hesitation, determined not to repeat his mistake.


Skillset: Combat
Role: Security Officer