Jarik Nyine
| Member Profile | |
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| Jarik Nyine | |
| Career Information | |
| Callsign | Belevorn |
| Full RS Name | Jarik Nyine |
| A.K.A. | Gunner Kid |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Join | August 2011 |
| Current Status | Active |
| Other Current Positions | Red Squadron |
| Personal Information (fictional) | |
| Homeworld | Coruscant |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 30 |
| Height | 1.82 meters |
| Weight | 83 kg |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown/Green |
| Distinguishing features | Uses to be smiling all the time |
| Personal Information (Real Life) | |
| Name | Daniel |
| Gender | Male |
| Location | Spain |
| Age | 30 |
Recently joined the Rebel Squadrons, Jarik Nyine works hard every day to be recognized as a full member of Red Squadron.
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Biography (Fictional)
Early Days
Jarik Nynie was born in a humble family in Coruscant 21 years BBY, just in the middle of the Clone Wars. Living in the lower districts was never a problem for him or his family, though his mother Leela, always wanted to belong to the elite families. Jarik Senior, his father, worked all day long to give home as many credits as he could, but that was never enough for Leela Nyine.
With the fall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire, Leela Nyine saw an opportunity for the Nyine family to rise up through the ranks of the society and convinced Jarik's father to join the Empire Navy.
Jarik Nyine was 10 years old when his father left for first time Coruscant as a recruit of the Empire Navy. Even now, in the present, Jarik can remember the sad smile of his father saying goodbye to him. "A man has to do whatever is on its hands to give its family the best, young one, even if that forces you to do things that you think are wrong." With these words, Jarik Nyine Sr. left the young Jarik with his mother, Leela, looking for a better future.
Soon the credits started flowing to Nyine's family and Leela's dreams were fulfilled. With the Imperial salary, they were able to move away from the lower districts to a modest house with certain luxuries. No messages from Jarik's father were sent to the family though, just the credits, and Leela looked fine with that. But the young Nyine still used to spend most of the time on the streets and he started to realize that the Empire was not as good as his mother wanted to make him believe. The Imperial propaganda was not for his ears, and sometimes from the windows of his house he stared at the windows to the ruins of the Jedi Temple. "Traitors", was the word on the street. But some people looked to other side when asked about the fallen Jedi Order.
Clones started taking common people from their homes, people who badmouthed the Emperor and his Empire, taken away not to be seen anymore. Clearly something was wrong.
At the age of eighteen, the Empire called at his house's doors. Two stormtroopers were there to deliver a message. His father had become a traitor by declining to obey orders from a superior and trying to escape in a shuttle, which was destroyed, killing him instantly. Now... the family of a traitor were traitors too, and Jarik and his mother were sentenced to death as well by Emperor's orders.
Leela Nyine waved her arms at them yelling that she was a loyal citizen of the Empire. Jarik managed to escape, not feeling too much sorrow when he looked back to see her mother being shooted to death by the stormtroopers.
Jarik offered his services in a cargo vessel and escaped Coruscant, decided to find out the truth about his father. His story was just about to begin, a story that would uncover more than he would have liked to know.
Jarik "Gunner Kid" Nyine
Jarik's escape from Coruscant was thanks to Jaleer Droma, a female twi'lek captain of the corellian transport "Long Runner". She found Jarik at the docks hiding from an imperial patrol and after helping him out of curiosity, she asked Jarik about his plans.
- So the Empire wants you, huh? What have you done, tried to assassinate the Emperor? - she laughed.
- They did that to my mother, I guess that's what they have in mind for me as well - he replied with cold eyes. Jaleer crosses her arms and smiled at the young boy, studying him. - Well, I'm not an Empire friend either, where are you heading, kid? - she said.
- Anywhere, and I'm not a kid, why don't just let me alone? - answered Jarik, getting annoyed. After the news of his father's dead and watching the stormtroopers murdering his mother, he was not in mood for jokes.
- Anywhere? - smiled Jaleer - I don't know of "anywhere" but I'm heading to the Outer Rim and that is far away from those stormtroopers and the Empire. Would you like to come?
Jarik blinked twice, surprised by the twi'lek offer and raised an eyebrow. - So you offer me to take me on your ship? What's the catch? - he answered suspicious.
- I may just need an extra pair of hands and you need to get out of here soon. Just follow my instructions on board and I'll consider your trip paid, deal? - said her offering a hand to him.
- Deal - smiled Jarik shaking her hand.
Jarik had to accept the only option he had, become a Long Runner's crew member, or better said, the errand boy of Jaleer. It didn't take long for him to realize that she was a smuggler who inherited the ship from his father. Though she always tried to look in control of everything Jarik also noticed that she was a lousy smuggler, though an excellent pilot. More than once Jarik got impressed on Jaleer's skills to evade imperial ships, though she never allowed him to put a hand on the controls of her "baby", as she called the Long Runner.
Jarik got used to his first job very fast, and started negotiating better deals for Jaleer when he was running her errands. Jaleer was really happy about him and she mentioned once that "feeding the kid was even cheaper than taking care of a protocol droid, and it was also way funnier." Jarik always was arguing with her about the "kid" nickname that she loved to use for him, though he knew that she really got to appretiate him.
Two years after his first travel aboard the Long Runner, Jarik got his first opportunity to prove his worth to Jaleer. They were leaving Nar'Shadaa in a supposedly easy mission when the ship got ambushed by an imperial battleship and several fighters. This time it was too much for Jaleer to handle and she didn't take long in yell to Jarik "run for the turrets and use one of them before we both die here!"
She didn't need to yell twice. Running for his life (and Jaleer's), Jarik ran to one of the turrets and taking the controls started shooting away at everything around the ship. The imperial fighters were way better than those he fought in simulators and it was impossible to land a hit on them. From the cockpit Jarik could hear the curses that Jaleer was yelling everytime the ship shaked with an impact. All seemed lost at that moment...
But Jarik remembered his past, the memories of his father and how he was killed by naval pilots like the ones he was fighting right now. Concentrating, he focused in forgetting everything he knew and aimed ahead his targets movements. A minute later, two of the fighters were down and the Long Runner was escaping the ambush and jumping into hyperspace.
Going down from the turret, Jarik found the twi'lek captain smiling at him. - Not bad for a rookie, not bad at all. It seems you are a gunner, Nyiner. I'll call you 'Gunner Kid' from now on, what do you think?"
- I'd rather be just called Jarik... - he started arguing.
Jaleer bursted into laughs interrupting him as she tapped his shoulder playfully - So be it, "Gunner Kid"! - she said.
Medals and Merits
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Work in Progress
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