Rothian 13th Legion

## General Overview

Feared by both aliens, and their own people, the *Rothian 13th Legion Expeditionary Force* are an elite unit within the *Rothian Imperial Military*, answering only to the *Emperor* themselves. The 13th Legion was originally founded by *Emperor Enicles II*, a ruler renowned for his paranoia and xenophobia, creating an elite unit of only the most loyal nobles within the *Rothian Aristocracy* for use in high-profile political assassinations of *Rothian Officials* should they be caught showing sympathy to enemy aliens or the general citizenry.

Over time, the 13th Legion evolved into an elite unit, tasked with a wide variety of covert operations within the *Rothian Corporation* and beyond, feared for both their ruthlessness and efficiency as well as their tactical cunning.

Popular conspiracy theories indicate that the *13th Legion* may have been responsible for the death of *Emperor Tavus V* of the Aventis Empire, framing the death as *"natural causes"* and the subsequent disappearance of his four surviving children however this has never been conclusively proven.

In 2398, the official motto of the *13th Legion* was recorded by *Rothian* historians as *"Sel'manis regara met'an" ("Death Prowls Unseen"* in *Federation standard)* and in 2414, *Emperor Taltrix III*, officially expanded the unit, commissioning a completely new class of vessel designed specifically for the unity, the *Rothian Invicta-Class*, equipped with all the latest technological advancements from throughout the *Rothian Coporation*.

Only five of these vessels were ever constructed, at a hidden shipyard at the secret imperial throne world of *Monarchia* and were put under the command of the 13th Legion's new ruthless *Primus, Picus O'Kann.*

Under the direct authority of *Taltrix*, *O'Kann* led the 13th Legion on a highly classified mission beyond the borders of *Imperial Rothian Space* in 2419. Although the mission was highly classified and kept secret from even the highest of the *Rothian* nobility, recent records recovered by the *Rothian Union* on *Monarchia* seem to indicate that the *13th Legion's* mission was actually to make first contact with The Pryde of Ma'lkon, from information recovered from a captured House Telkana vessel in the *Lylat System*.

*Taltrix*, who had become increasingly obsessed with his own mortality following several failed attempts on his life during his reign, had tasked the *13th Legion* with obtaining a biological sample of a mysterious organic substance which the Pryde were able to utilise. This level of organic-based engineering became of increasing interest to the Emperor following the revelation of its mutagenic capabilities.

However, upon returning in late 2420, unable to establish contact as the Pryde Worldship had shifted location, O'Kann discovered that *Emperor Taltrix III* had been killed and the entire *Rothian Corporation* had fallen in a war with the United Commonwealth of Planets, which resulted in the complete destruction of *Canaan Station*, in which he had lost both his wife and his two children.

Devestated by the loss, O'Kann launched several attacks against the United Commonwealth of Planets in late 2420, resulting in severe damage to New Arkhosia Fleet Yards at Io. He also captured Admiral Leogryn Romeli and tortured him for the access codes to the Chion Prime shield grid so that he could launch a decisive attack and shatter the Commonwealth.

Despite Leogryn's attempts to reason with him, O'Kann remained resolute in his hatred for the Commonwealth and what they had done to the Roth, considering them to be an interfering power not even native to the Black Eye Galaxy, therefore having no rights to manipulating galactic affairs.

When the U.S.S. Normandy attempted to rescue Leogryn Romeli, O'Kann managed to escape and remains at large with the *13th Legion*.