Each MECHA and kaiju will have its own background and some specifications. I will begin with the key player in the Kaiju Conquest universe. It is the Battlemaster Lord Vankar Nogel.
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| Battlemaster Nogel standing on the shoulder of his Battlemaster class MECHA. Art by Becca-TR. |
Battlemaster Nogel is a Djoreli (jor el ee). The Djoreli have slightly golden hued skin and stand between 7.5 and 8 feet tall. They can live up to 200 Earth years if they live well (A Djoreli year is roughly equal to 1.5 Earth years). They are one of the earliest species to spread out to the stars in our galaxy nearly 5,000 years ago. Battlemaster Nogel was not born to a noble family. That will be explained later.
Like all youth in his species, Vankar joined the Army branch of the Djoreli Imperium at the age of 10. During the first three years in the military the Djoreli soldiers learn more about the military aspects of the Imperium. It's history, the various military branches and how they all support one another in battle. They also learn more about their allies and foes in the galaxy. Next, they receive unarmed combat and martial arts training.
By 12 Djoreli years of age, they begin weapons training with various slug throwing and energy pistols and rifles of the various warfaring species. This way, in combat, they can easily take an opponent's weapon and know how to use it right away, when their own weapon is out of ammo or damaged.
By 15 Djoreli years, they have already been posted to their respective military branches in the galaxy. Like any soldier in any military in the galaxy, Vankar Nogel started out at the Private rank. He was posted to a garrison on a world called Throwback. It was a backwater mining world. His unit was posted there to protect the mining facility as it provides valuable minerals in the production of armour plating for their vehicles and starships.
About 8 months into his tour on Throwback, Vankar's unit and the inhabitants at the local city were attacked by Gorakan Pirates. The Pirates wanted the minerals to make more of their own vehicles and starships. They are space scavengers. They will practically attack any species that has something of value to them.
During the battle, Vankar has to occupy an anti-air cannon, and was able to down several of the Gorakan shuttles and fighter craft before his gun emplacement was destroyed by one of the fighters. Vankar was injured from the attack, but he was able to continue the fight for as long as possible until proper medical aid could reach him. While injured, he and several of his fellow soldiers were able to repulse a platoon of Gorakan Pirates from infiltrating the mining facility.
By the end of the third day of battle, the Gorakan Pirates managed to steal a few containers of the minerals before hightailing from Throwback, losing a lot of their members. But they always gain more their species. They breed like rabbits.
Due to his efforts in protecting the mining facility, Vankar was given the Purple Star, the lowest of the medals of honor, and promoted to Battle Squad Second-in-Command (2ic). Equal to an Earth Corporal.
In the ensuing years, like many other soldiers, Vankar rose through the ranks to Sergeant Major of a Battle Company before he was given the opportunity to go Officer. At the age of 30, Vankar was now a Lieutenant (Lt) and rising quickly in the Officer ranks. His first command as a junior officer was on the planet Horakon, where his unit, the 23rd Powered Infantry (PI) Battalion, and two other PI Battalions, was to engage a Ja'Kel regiment that had occupied Horakan for their own, slaughtering thousands of civilians and enslaving thousands more. Lt Nogel led his platoon of 24 men and women soldiers into battle against the Ja'Kel. It was a rough fight in the Horakan city. The Ja'Kel were putting up stiff resistance, holding civilians as hostages and shields against the Djoreli advance.
Lt Nogel has lost at least 6 of his people before they were able to wormhole their way through the walls of the buildings. They did this by burning holes big enough for them to crawl through. They would throw whichever grenades they had available, be it stun, flash, blind, frag, HE or plasma. Although they tried to be careful when it came to the civilians, it became useless, as the Ja'Kel would often kill the civilian shields and just create supports for them to stand them up.
The battle at Horakan city lasted at least two weeks before the Ja'Kel were eliminated. Not one of them was allowed to leave the planet alive. The city was nearly destroyed, but the Djoreli have a contingency for situations like this. They called in their Construction Engineers to help the citizens of Horakan re-build their city.
Lt Nogel's remaining soldiers were given Purple Stars for their performance on Horakan, Vankar Nogel was given the Bronze Star. Over the next two years, Vankar became a Battle Captain in command of a Battle Company. He continued to impress his superiors that he was given the opportunity to join a new organization in the Djoreli Imperium. The MECHA Research Division.
Part Two on the Battlemaster will be posted on Sunday, December 10th,
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