Tigran Sarkis

Tigran Sarkis in civilian attire, c. 2531

Tigran Sarkis is a human soldier and overseer that commanded Task Force Dauntless during much of The Dauntless Incident. Born in Yerevan, on Earth, Sarkis was a studious young man in a family of politicians, and was pushed to continue along a similar path. Sarkis travelled the world for education, eventually graduating with a degree in civil engineering. He was recruited as part of Project Grissom and assigned as an overseer aboard the EFS Dauntless.

Sarkis was eventually given command of the then-disorganized rabble of crew members aiming at reclaiming the ship by Sergeant Jacques Maret. Despite initial hesitance, he eventually settled into the role, and was officially given the rank of "Commander" by Colonel Roderick West.

### Events after Odyssey

Sarkis assumed a somewhat administrative position during the building of Babylon, rarely leaving the side of his romantic interest, Aida Prince. When the First Contact War began in earnest, Sarkis was one of the first to enlist, being reinstated as a commander in the Systems Union Marine Corps, though due to the almost nonexistent marine presence on Oasis saw very little action initially.

When Task Force Dauntless was reformed in 2535, Sarkis accepted the offer to resume his post with no hesitance, reuniting with several of his fellows from the Dauntless crew. He, along with Task Force Dauntless, was involved in the Battle of Zerios and the ensuing occupation. He had a heathy attitude towards the Tarkan species during this tumultuous period, and earned the respect of various communities in the city.

Despite the war's end, Sarkis felt it was his duty to remain in the military. Babylon had been completed, so his work as a construction officer was done, and he felt it necessary to ensure the security of what was now built, and those he loved, the only way he knew how.

### Fire on Oasis and Later Life

Shortly before the events of Masterly's War, Sarkis discovered that his wife, Aida Prince, was pregnant. This was an ecstatic moment for him, but he had little time to enjoy it, and returned to active service within days.

In a lull in fighting between the Fortess Delta campaign and the Battle of Petra, Sarkis interrogated and later recruited the first Tarkan member of Task Force Dauntless, Bex Sunda.

Friends say Tigran Sarkis snapped after the Glassing of Babylon. He had just watched one of his greatest friends, Tristen Malax, sacrifice his life, did not know the fate of Ruslan Yesorovich Torniv, another great friend of his, and could only assume that his wife, Aida, had been killed by the Tasaar Grand Fleet.

Shortly before Operation Trojan, however, he re-established contact with Aida and his sorrow was turned into an incessant drive to destroy the Tasaar war machine. On March 3rd he arrested Artaxerxes Engineer for his attempts to halt the alliance with the Tarkan Regime and insubordination, though Engineer would later escape. He had led Task Force Dauntless through the Fortress Delta Campaign, Battle of Petra, Battle of Redville and now Operation Trojan, where he killed the 912th Tasaar emperor alongside Derek Lee. Sarkis reunited with his wife just days later, on March 10th.

He went on to lead Task Force Dauntless during the Tasaar War, and retired in 2552 as the most decorated special forces officer in the history of the Systems Union Navy. He never worked again, instead living a comfortable life off of a significant military pension and his wife's gubernatorial salary, for which Aida joked he was a "stay-at-home father".

Sarkis never truly recovered from the horrors he had witnessed during the messy period of first contact, but a loving family helped to offset this, and he died peacefully in his sleep in 2601.