Lerr'ek

The School of Harder Knocks

## Overview

Lerr'ek had been a mercenary and turned to crime, becoming one of the crime lords of Devon before Baba Yaga decided the planet was going to be her refuge/secret base. Many of the crime lords and their gangs are decimated in her determination to evolve the planetary society into a place that provides fulfilling lives for those who will work for it. Lerr'ek survives because BA sees there is a core of integrity in him that she can nurture.

Lerr'ek expresses his business philosophy with little nostalgia for his military days.

“Business is competition without the bloodshed. However, there is nothing sweeter than running your hands across the flank of a machine built to blow annoying objects into their constituent atoms.”

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## Activities

### The Kurtherian Gambit

#### Ahead Full

Lerr'ek fashions himself as a businessman even though he grows his business through intimidation and strong-arm tactics. When Bad Company's Direct Action Branch arrives he sees them as just another obstacle to overcome. Then Baba Yaga and Stephen take one of the companies he had targeted, the company head being willing to take 80% of the value from BA rather than 10% from him. When Lerr'ek shows up at the meeting with his bodyguards they make a fatal error in attacking Stephen who promptly kills them all leaving Lerr'ek cowed. BA explains the new terms of his life including paying back what he has stolen and also serving BA for the next ten years. To emphasize her point she takes him into the Etheric for a physical lesson.'

When she brings Lerr'ek back he understands there is only one rule, don't upset BA/Baba Yaga. If he has any questions. call Stephen. Lerr'ek is also let in on the fact that Baba Yaga and Ba are the same person. The carrot side to the deal is that he will be protected by BA and her people and if he performs well for the next 10 years he will be considered for a permanent role. The only physical upgrade Lerr'ek gets is communicator implant.

#### Capture Death

Lerr'ek role as point person for Baba Yaga has made him an assassin target. He hires Nock as a bodyguard.

### The Kurtherian Endgame

#### Payback is a Bitch

It has been years since Lerr'ek had had to choose between death and 10 years of penitence working for BA. He had overseen the construction of her spaceport and expanded her reach into almost of all of the locally based interplanetary company He would like to move on when BA offers him the opportunity to end his contract if he can forge the local gangs into a neighborhood watch that protects the locals rather than preying on them. If he wants to leave, she will wipe certain memories but compensate him well relocated to another planet.

Lerr'ek visits the planetary banking council to let them know their security has been breached by off world players who can damage them and in turn the whole planetary economy. One of the members is an EI/AI who has an "out of meeting" discussion with ADAM. ADAM reveals that BA has aggregate ownership of over 50% of the banks and if they do not shape up, they will be out of jobs. ADAM promises to provide information so they can immediately secure their systems.

Lerr'ek takes point on upgrading BA's High Tortuga spaceport. The original concept for the spaceport was for it to be a staging area for her "hidden" forces. The assaults on High Tortuga show that it needs to also support planetary defense.

#### Checkmate

Lerr'ek is leading his "Rough Males" neighborhood protection team against the invaders on High Tortuga.

### The School of Harder Knocks

#### She is the Principle

Bethany Anne decides Lerr'ek will be her point person to help evolve High Tortuga from a criminal dreamland to productive society. She provides him with Level 2 Pod-Doc enhancements that bring him to his peak physical condition for a Zhyn.

BA decides Lerr'ek needs to step up because both she and Stephen are going to be consumed by the transition out of the Empire. She places him in charge of the Institute of Education-Focused Extrajudicial Foundational Studies. Kirian will be his first student.

## References

1. ↑ Anderle, Michael. Kurtherian Gambit Boxed Set Three: Books 15-21, Never Submit, Never Surrender, Forever Defend, Might Makes Right, Ahead Full, Capture Death, Life Goes On (Kurtherian Gambit Boxed Sets Book 3) (p. 1323). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition