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Admiral '''Licah Fox''', [[FireClaw Squadron|FireClaw 11]], currently serves as the '''[[Rebel Squadrons Internet Officer]]'''.  He devotes most of his time to working on the RS website and flying the X-Wing series flight sims.  In the past, he served in a variety of roles in the Rebel Squadrons, including [[Fleet Commander]], [[Chief of Staff]], Fleet CO of [[RgF]], [[R2F]], and CO of several squadrons. He has contributed many project ideas to the club, such as [[Beginner's Path]], [[MrBot]], the [[Council of Justice]], [[Aldermen]], the [[Missions Database]], the RS [[Gallery]], and this wiki.
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Fleet Admiral '''Licah Fox''', [[FireClaw Squadron|FireClaw 11]], currently serves in the '''[[Internet Office]]'''.  He devotes most of his RS time to working on the website and flying the X-Wing series flight sims.  In the past, he served in a variety of roles in the Rebel Squadrons, all the way up through [[Fleet Commander]]. He has contributed many project ideas to the club, such as [[Beginner's Path]], [[MrBot]], the [[Council of Justice]], [[Aldermen]], the [[Missions Database]], the RS [[Gallery]], and this wiki itself.
  
 
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== Active service ==

Revision as of 14:33, 7 November 2017

Member Profile
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Licah Fox
Career Information
Callsign Sheddah
Full RS Name Licah Fox
A.K.A. Fox, Licah
Rank Fleet Admiral
Join August 2001
Current Status Active
Current Station Minos Cluster
Current Offices Internet Office
Current Command Positions none
Other Current Positions Internet Officer
Past Positions of note tbd
Recruited by Juho's website
Personal Information (fictional)
Era(s) Late Imperial
Homeworld Valruudd
Species Mixed human
Gender Male
Age 19
Height 1.78 m
Weight 69.83 kg
Hair color Reddish and white
Eye color brown
Distinguishing features He's a fox!
Personal Information (Real Life)
Name not disclosed
Gender Male
Location New England
Age 26
Occupation Musician

Fleet Admiral Licah Fox, FireClaw 11, currently serves in the Internet Office. He devotes most of his RS time to working on the website and flying the X-Wing series flight sims. In the past, he served in a variety of roles in the Rebel Squadrons, all the way up through Fleet Commander. He has contributed many project ideas to the club, such as Beginner's Path, MrBot, the Council of Justice, Aldermen, the Missions Database, the RS Gallery, and this wiki itself.

Active service

Licah is currently stationed aboard the CRS Windstorm with the rest of FireClaw Squadron, in their tour in the Greeop Sector. He spends much of his downtime on the HoloNet advising High Command.

Biography

Early life on Valruudd

At a very young age, Licah Fox already had a penchant for hacking authorities' computers. At the age of eight, he managed to override the boot process of all of his school's computers with an infinite loop of the Valruudd national anthem. His flair for the theatrical showed itself at the moment when he walked into the administration's office just after he rebooted every computer. Nearly kicked out of school, he only received reinstatement after testaments on his behalf from his parents and a local bartender named Snappleguy who served him Snapples several days a week.

As a teenager, Licah explored the distant recesses of the HoloNet in an attempt to learn more about the universe. Deep into a message board devoted to starfighter combat tips, he came across an advertisement by Juho Taskinen for the Rebel Squadrons. Though in admiration of the autonomous frontier style of the RS, Licah gave it little further thought until he happened to run into Snappleguy at a local bar a couple of years later. He hadn't seen Snap for almost four years, and asked him where he'd gone. To Licah's surprise, Snap had spent his time commanding a squadron and even a wing of the Rebel Squadrons. Licah always remembered Snap's words afterwards: "It'd suit you, Licah. That little stunt you pulled at school a long time ago? They'd recognize your talent and give you important work to do." Along with Snap's stories of the flying ability of his squadmates, Licah suddenly felt a strong urge to get off his planet for the first time and join the Rebel Squadrons.

First assignment: FireClaw Squadron

Upon arrival at the Academy, Licah received an assignment to share a bunk bed with Dev Azzameen, a fateful pairing of pilots that would continue for many years and induce terror into enemies' hearts. After they both completed their training with distinction, they received a transfer to FireClaw Squadron under the command of Menshk Vrei'Sik. After getting used to the pace of the Patriot Battle Fleet, Licah and Dev soon put FireClaw on the map. When Menshk received a promotion to Wing CO, Licah took over command of FireClaw and turned it into the cream of the crop in the PBF. For an entire year, FireClaw pilots continually destroyed more Imperial ships than those of any other squadron, and led all twelve squadrons on the leaderboard. Licah convinced Snappleguy and Nefo T'chir to rejoin squadron stalwarts such as Jairo Pantoja and Jack "Blazer" Barnes, amongst others. Even Kirghy Lommax flew with the squadron at its height. Knowledge of FireClaw's fabled history, including stints as CO by Jack Stewart and Mike "MacMan" McEwen, kept Licah motivated to make FireClaw the very best of the Rebel Squadrons.

Special Operations: Ace Pilot

As Licah's time in service grew, he received many requests from command to assist with special operations elsewhere on the frontier. Befriending ace pilot Han Suul and brainstormer Adam "Vender" Fene, Licah began to spend his off-duty time exploring the history of the RS and the problems it currently faced, and pondering with the others how to solve them through targeted missions with ad hoc squadrons. Licah eventually made the decision to leave his full-time position in FireClaw and fly missions with Skull Squadron, Jedi Squadron, Red Dragon Squadron, Stinger Squadron, Phantom Squadron, among many others. He developed a reputation as one of the top five pilots in the Rebel Squadrons, able to complete any mission with a remote probability of success.

Hacking the Command Staff

After almost two years of service, Licah had grown dissatisfied with always taking orders from the top brass, even when the leadership seemed unable to divine the necessary actions that seemed obvious to him. He used his computer expertise already displayed on Valruudd to gradually hack into the RS's mainframe, and eventually gained access to the very core of the database, including all internal messages beyond the official communiques, and the ability to mimic the identity of any officer. He kept his abilities under wraps until a particularly frustrating moment, when due to his access, he saw that the RSXO had falsified documents relating to his performance in previous missions. Immediately filing a grievance about it without any thought of consequences, but only out of a sense of righteousness, the top command staff quickly discovered Licah's illicit activities and not only dismissed his case against the RSXO, but FC Rahj Tharen very nearly expelled him from the RS with a dishonorable discharge. Only the private appeal of Dave Trebonious-Astoris, who saw Licah's potential, kept his career alive. Rahj, with misgivings, decided to take Dave's advice, and appointed Licah as provisional RS Internet Officer, which had largely lain vacant since the departure of Shikkie Kaaran many years earlier. The special skillset required for the job, along with its high-pressure nature, had meant the total absence of anyone qualified and willing to fill the position properly. Embracing his new set of tasks, Licah set about updating the whole communications network of the Rebel Squadrons, a task which would take him many years.

To be continued . . .

Appearance and personality

Licah is descended paternally from the Vulpes species, and as the only member of that species serving in the RS, all officers immediately recognize him due to his fox-like humanoid appearance. Due to copious shedding during the stress of battle, his personal fighters have a special filtration system to ensure clean air.

For most of his life, Licah had the easygoing, relaxed attitude of a creature who knew he could match any rival in combat or intellectual wit, took all assignments with aplomb, and especially enjoyed the hardest tasksthat few accepted. Towards recent years, however, the pressure and responsibilities of long years of difficult leadership have made Licah much more serious, and an extensive list of lost squadmates has kept Licah from stepping into the cockpit except in cases of sore need. The loss of so many good officers in Command also has placed a heavy burden on Licah. He and Joshua Hawkins alone share the responsibilities of maintaining the HoloNet, with a list of duties that remains the same as in years past, but without the help of dozens of other officers.

RS career

Positions held

History

  • 1998: First discovered website of Juho Taskinen's Red Squadron, flew RS custom missions
  • 2000: First joined RS, completed all Academy requirements except biography, withdrew from Academy
  • 2001: Joined RS as Licah Fox

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