Manson Briggs

New Republic Lieutenant Colonel


Stats:

Dexterity: 3D+1
Blaster 8D, Dodge 8D+1, Melee Parry 6D
Knowledge: 3D+1
Bureaucracy 8D, Business 5D, Intimidation 6D, Law Enforcement 6D+2, Strategy and Tactics 6D+1, Willpower 6D, Value 6D+1
Mechanical: 2D+1
Starship Gunnery 7D, Starship Shields 6D
Perception: 4D
Command 9D, Investigation 6D+1, Persuasion 5D, Search 6D+2
Strength: 3D+1
Brawling 4D+2, Stamina 4D, Lifting 6D
Technical: 2D+1
Demolitions 7D, First Aid 3D

Equipment:

Personal Equipment: Manson tends to carry a regulation combat blaster carbine, fitted with a Thermal, Laser and image intensification sighting system that gives him a +2D bonus to his blaster skill in all conditions. In addition, he usually wears a Grummar Personal Sidearm. Finally, he will use heavier weapons, usually Radon Anti-craft submunitions, or a Matsure Personal Repeating Blaster.

Other Equipment: Manson has spent most of efforts toward acquiring his personal fortune, now totaling just over 1.2 million credits in liquid assets, and nearly twice as much in real estate and assorted interests. Manson's funds are always held in New Republic banks, and large percentage of his investments are in NR War bonds. Manson has political aspirations of the highest order, and is known to make large campaign contributions to various senators and other elected New Republic officials. Manson's desire to play the political game may have lead him to transfer several capital ships into Grand Admiral Thrawn's navy, hoping for an Imperial commission, should Thrawn succeed. These allegations remain unproven, as Manson had nowhere near the sort of power required to get control of those ships, but they have kept him out of immediate entry into the field of public politics.

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Appearance:

Clothing:

Manson always wears New Republic uniforms, usually grey combat fatigues with his full array of medals.

Retainers, henchmen, and associates:

Manson is a political individual, with no real friends. He sees people in terms of the power they posses and the influence that he can exert on them, rather than individuals. As such, he is a remarkably effective military commander, able to see his soldiers as resources rather than people, and able to sacrifice a few with no qualms. Those that served under him appreciate the fact that he kept them alive where another commander would have been routed, but they have little love for him, both because of his personality and his attitude. Manson is the nominal commander of a New Republic operative group that includes Aiera Ap Lyffed, Regin D'Arc, Lyon Destrier and Lugruf CiKoba. As half of the other members don't have any official position in the New Republic, and as those that are officially in the New Republic are both contemplating leaving it, Manson doesn't have the sort of complete control that he desires. Still, they usual take his orders under serious consideration, as they are always tactically sound, and occasionally show flashes of brilliance. Manson has numerous contacts in the New Republic command chain, and some very influential congressmen owe him favors, even if they don't like him much.

Common haunts and habitues:

Since his transfer to the Yaeger Sector, Manson has been spending his free time either on Dumak or Raljiis, trying to gain influence in the governmental and military command chains of the sector.

History:

Manson was originally an officer cadet in the Imperial Navy. After discovering that relatives in high places, and the ability to follow orders without question were just about the only traits that the Empire looked for in it's officers, and after seeing a protege, Kohabel Sirret, get sent into a high combat area simply because Sirret's superior feared his ability, Manson decided to jump ship and join the rebellion. Though he saw the chances of the rebellion as a whole as being limited at best, he saw his chances of personal survival and advancement as being much better in the Rebel organization. Also, he realized that if the Rebellion ever did succeed in restoring the Republic, its members would probably wield a disproportionate amount of power in the new Galactic order.

Once he made that decision, he devoted all his efforts to the Rebel cause as best he was able. He realized that bringing some resources in with him to the rebellion would be something that would guarantee him a fairly high position in the alliance, so instead of jumping from his Imperial training ship, he and a pair of accomplices hijacked it, first pretending to be the commandant, and dumping the cadets on a temperate world that was thought to be uninhabited "for a survival test of undetermined duration". Continuing with this ruse, the let the rest of the two hundred man crew, and all of the professional fighter pilots, take a shore leave on Morkoloth. They were all somewhat disconcerted when the ship hypered out, leaving them on a world with a large number of attractive beaches, and nothing of a higher tech level than a beach umbrella.

His place in the rebellion insured, Manson went on to command first a platoon, and later a division of Rebel troopers. During this time, Manson saw a large amount of heavy combat, and began investing all his pay into the then very high interest Alliance War Bonds. After the battle of Yavin, he received several medals for his actions, and top level commanders were made aware of his tactical brilliance, and his remarkable success rate. He then got a fairly significant promotion, and was assigned to a newly formed special operation group, then headed by Regin D'Arc.

Throughout the years of the rebellion, Manson proved his value to the group again and again, unofficially taking control of the group fairly early on, and receiving official control of the group after his promotion for his remarkable success at Alarn Bakur. Manson still retains control of the fragmenting group, but he himself is looking for a larger command, or an appointment as a planetary governor.

Personality:

Manson is a politician at heart, who enjoys being close to and holding power of virtualy any type. In pursuit of that goal he can be quite relentless, pushing aside virtualy any obstacle in pursuit of that goal. His deeper ideals are far more questionable, for while he does support the New Republic, his ideological commitment to the cause seems to be spawned of convinience rather than conviction.

A quote:

"Limthrain, Markus, I want you both up that hill. Now, when the enemy opens fire on those two, that will reveal their position..."
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