Patrick Bareketh

**Patrick Bareketh**, nicknamed **Pat**, was a male Human settler, pioneer, physician, and herbalist who served the United Cassiopeian Republic as part of an expedition to the planet Jalanthea. Bareketh helped found the Orla Quarry settlement on behalf of the UCR, alongside fellow pioneers Nikola Sulitan, Valery Caviss, and his husband Laurent Hanousek.

## Biography

### Early Life and Education

In 5447 ASA, Patrick Bareketh was born on the planet Uplarias, a UCR colony covered in advanced domed cities that comfortably housed billions of people. Patrick grew up in relative convenience with a comprehensive education, but thanks to the technological advancements of his homeworld, he rarely needed to perform overly exhausting acts of physical labor. As a teenager going through school, he befriended Laurent Hanousek, a Penumbrian boy in his class. Both students focused on learning medicine, from modern inventions to herbal and magical remedies.

### Herbalists in the Expanse

By the time they were adults, Bareketh and Hanousek eventually became licensed physicians after years of education. Together, they traveled to the Central Expanse and helped others in need of modern medicine and healthcare. At some point in their lives, Bareketh and Hanousek worked as herbalists on a backwater planet, aiding villagers with quality salves and poultices.

Bareketh and Hanousek's shared experiences in the Expanse made them grow closer than they ever were. The two ultimately became romantically involved.

### Settling on Jalanthea

In 5500 ASA, Patrick Bareketh and his partner Laurent Hanousek were selected by the UCR to join an expedition team to the planet Jalanthea in the southwestern Central Expanse. Their team's goal was to establish a base for the UCR and gather resources, as well as to create connections with the Jalanthean inhabitants. Leading Patrick and Laurent's assigned team was Nikola Sulitan, who had previously worked with the Cassiopeian Military as a physical instructor. The only other individual assigned to the small expedition team was the pioneer Valery Caviss. In that same year, the four UCR officials founded the Orla Quarry base and settlement.

A few months after the creation of Orla Quarry, Patrick and Laurent had a wedding, with their guests being the other settlers of the town.

## Personality and Traits

Patrick was a Human man with light-toned skin, ginger red hair, and brown eyes. In his adulthood, he sported a beard and a near buzz cut.

Patrick was a largely outspoken and experimental individual who was more than happy to try out new things. While surprises excited him, this also meant that he was rather poor with thoughtful planning, which some considered him reckless for. He was an empathetic and generous man who truly believed in making a positive difference by helping others through the skills he had. His optimism and love for adventure made him a valued candidate for the UCR expedition to Jalanthea. Patrick also suffered regularly with insomnia, as he kept himself up at night thinking about the thrilling, unpredictable things that could happen to him the next day.

## Skills and Abilities

Patrick's best skills were as a doctor and as an herbalist. Out of everyone in Orla Quarry, he was the most qualified to perform delicate medical procedures like surgeries as an expert in the medical field. He was a professional when it came to identifying and tending to plants, which greatly improved farming efforts for Orla Quarry. Patrick had significant familiarity in cooking and had basic familiarity in other skills like self-defense and animal-handling.

## Trivia

* Patrick is based off of a randomly generated colonist character from the sandbox video game *RimWorld*.
	+ His original generated surname was Finkelstein, which comes from fünkelstein—meaning pyrite or sparkling stone. His surname Bareketh comes from the name attributed to one of the stones of the priestly breastplate in the Book of Exodus.