Picus O'Kann

## Biography

Born on Roth Prime, to a poor citizen family, Picus Malthunis O'Kann lived with his mother and father on a small farm in the frozen tundra of Roth Prime. His mother and father were both low born famers and made a living selling vegtables at the local village in sub-arctic conditions.

Despite their poverty, Picus was raised in a loving environment and had a mostly happy childhood, attending a local school in the Rothian city of *Mal'teraan* where he excelled in most basic education. This performance caught the behaviour of the aristocratic headmaster of the school, who recommended O'Kann for a scholarship to the Rothian Military Academy on *Canaan Station*, normally only avaliable to Rothian Aristocracy but the headmaster was willing to pay for O'Kann's entry himself.

O'Kann's parents were opposed to the idea despite O'Kann's desire to attend which resulted in several arguements, breaking the once happy home and causing O'Kann to leave home in order to attend, eventually reporting his parents to the *Rothian Imperial Police* for treason and getting them both arrested and their farm destroyed. He never saw his parents again after this.

At age 20, he entered into the *Rothian Imperial Military* and excelled despite his low born status, taking steps to hide this from the other students and graduated with honours, serving aboard many different Rothian ships and participating in multiple skirmishes with the Aventis Empire.

At age 40, Picus was chosen personally by *Emperor Taltrix III* for his absolute, unwavering loyalty, to command the prestigious *13th Legion* and given command of the *R.I.S. Gestalt*, which became his personal flagship and sent on a top secret mission beyond the borders of Rothian space.

However, upon returning in late 2420, 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*.

In February 2421, Picus O'Kann was captured by the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A). He was sentenced to life at Redemption (Arne VII-Z1) for the attack on New Arkhosia Fleet Yards and the deaths of over 2,000 Commonwealth citizens.

In November 2421, Picus O'kann was able to use the internal strife within the Commonwealth to escape Redemption, manipulating a 15 year old youth into commandeering the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) as the boy wanted revenge on the Umojan Empire for the loss of his entire family when Commonwealth (Commonwealth I) was glassed during The Worthless War.

When Sky Marshal Leogryn Romeli recaptured his ship along with the crew of the Normandy before they could destroy an Umojan colony, Picus revealed himself, claiming that the Commonwealth had taken everything away from him and left his people broken and weak. He subsequently killed himself, cursing Romeli and the Commonwealth with his last breath as one last grand gesture.