Miloš Pacovsky/Lore

**TW : descriptions of violence**

## Early Life

Miloš and his twin sister Danička were born on the Outer Rim planet X-3996 to mother Ingrid and an unknown father. The household also included many members of their extended family. Their family could be described as impoverished, with Miloš taking small jobs to support his family from as young as 10 years old. Ingrid worked as a housekeeper for the wealthy Arctis employees that would be stationed on X-3996. She would often have affairs with her employers as a means to get various benefits from them. Because Ingrid was involved with many different men at the time, it's unknown who the twins father is and any attempt by them to ask her was met with silence. This culminated in both the twins and Ingrid being on the receiving end of mockery and ridicule from the other towns people. Many viewed her as a class traitor for her proximity and seeming affection for Arctis, and the twins were viewed as an extension of that.

There was also tension inside the home, with Ingrid and her parents constantly arguing about her relationship with these men. When Miloš was younger they'd try their best to just drown out the noise as best as they could, but as soon as they were old enough they tried to stay out of the house whenever possible to avoid the incessant conflict. Eventually Miloš would come to befriend Sascha, opting to spend the majority of their time with him and his older brother, Niko.

### The Revolution

When The Revolution took place on X-3996, Miloš played a role in the resistance despite their young age, being just 13 years old. Following the murder of Sascha, Miloš began plotting the assassination of the man responsible, ████████, an important member of the X-3996 government. He took to stalking the man for more than three weeks straight, getting a sense of his schedule and finding any potential weaknesses in his security. They then executed their plan, being able to sneak into his home undetected. The politician had an authentic medieval sword on display in his home as members of the elite often keep high valued artifacts from Earth as a decorative status symbol. Miloš took the sword off the wall and slowly approached the politician from behind. When he turned around he only had a split second to react before Miloš swung the sword, severing his head off. Miloš left the body there, being later discovered by Ingrid as she went into work the next morning. He took both the head and the sword, leaving the former on the steps of a government building.

They would not get away with this for long however, with authorities knocking on their family home two weeks later to take him in for questioning. To this day they claim their innocence and have been administered multiple polygraph tests, passing all of them. However, due to his mother being one of the politician's housekeeper, it was easy to assume how he would gain access into his house. They also had a motive for killing the politician, as ████████ allegedly played a role in the murder of Miloš’ close friend, Sascha. He was found guilty and charged with murder in the first degree, unlawful conspiracy, terrorism, and treason at the age of 15.

### Conviction and Imprisonment

Because of the severity of the crime and the importance of his victim, Miloš was tried and convicted as an adult. His sentence would be served on Ipelia I, a desert penal planet for more severe crimes. Incident files from the Ipelia I correctional staff shows multiple altercations between Miloš and the other older inmates. Most notably, a situation which rendered Miloš completely blind in their left eye at the age of 19 due to blunt force trauma . Medical files retrieved also record many more inconsequential wounds, as evident by the intense scarring of his face. Most if not all incidents were not instigated by Miloš, but targeted due to the prison officials being corrupt. The family of the politician would pay off other prisoners to attack them, and pay off the guards to look the other way. A couple of these attackers were later discovered deceased, however they all appear to have been murdered by other inmates, with no link to Miloš. Miloš only killed his assailants if an escape wasn't possible, as murdering them comes with the risk of being caught and an inmate murdering another inmate leads to an automatic death sentence for the perpetrator. Therefore, to save himself he would frame other inmates for the crime.

For their own safety, they began forming alliances with the few inmates who weren't lured in by Arctis. These two allies were Mardochée "Mardo" Baptise and Orpheus Jiāng. Mardo would act as a sort of bodyguard for Miloš in exchange for him doing her work and bringing her smuggled in cigarettes and other contraband. Many of the murders Miloš enacted in prison were executed with her, with him delivering the blow and her taking care of the aftermath, or vice versa. Neither considered the other a friend, but there was an unspoken mutual respect between the two. She was even the one who slit the throat of Miloš' attacker after he was stuck with the metal pipe that would render him blind his left eye, saving his life in the process.

At 19 Miloš first met Orpheus when he arrived on Ipelia I. Orpheus and Miloš both were apprehensive when initially meeting each other, but soon developed a romantic relationship, even if they never labeled it as such. They were nearly attached at the hip and could be seen together around the prison, often gaining odd stares from the other prisoners because it was understood that other than targeting him on behalf of Arctis, he was essentially a leper. Those seen with them also had a target on their back by association, but it seemed that Orpheus payed no mind to this. The two slowly created a deeper bond, with Orpheus even installing Miloš' cybernetics. Miloš became eligible for a work release program about 2 years into their relationship, however they declined because they didn't want to leave Orpheus behind. About a year after this, the two began planning their escape. Before their plan could be executed however, Orpheus disappeared in the middle of the night, with Miloš under the impression that he left him behind and escaped. In reality, Orpheus was transferred by Arctis to a different facility in the Mid Rim where his skills could be utilized. Regardless, this contributed to Miloš' abandonment issues.

### Scylla

Without his relationship with Orpheus, Miloš had no reason to not apply to the work release program. He was assigned to work on the exploration ship Scylla 06942 at 23 years old on a work program to lessen his sentence. He was given the role of engineer intern, despite having no prior experience in the field. Unbeknownst to them, their two very close childhood friends from X-3996, Niko and Mona were also assigned to Scylla 06942, with the 3 of them reuniting for the first time since Miloš' imprisonment.