Otto Laake

Otto Laake in his Martian Grand Marshal uniform

Mr. Sunshine

Laake Conspiracy

Darkwater

> "*Good evening gentlemen, am I too late?*"
> ― Laake after arriving to aid Republic forces during the Second Battle of the Gate.
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**Otto Laake** was a Martian Metahuman, Military Officer and Politician. He was notoriously infamous for being the Dictator of the Imperium, his conspiracy to overthrow the Solar Union and later his Directory of Darkwater.

## **Biography**

### **Early Life**

#### **Childhood**

Laake was the descendant of Kristoff Laake, General of the Martian Republic. He was born and raised in Hellas, a poor city in New Norway. His experiences with the local workers and syndical movement would later help form his political views.

#### **Early Military Service**

He entered the Martian Army as a regular soldier, wanting to be closer to his fellow men rather than having a comfortable position away from the battlefield as an Officer. He was an unremarkable soldier, and was positioned in the nearby city of Huygens.

#### **Becoming a Metahuman**

During a regular patrol, Laake was attacked by a native martian creature, who would inflict serious wound on him. He would barely survive this encounter. During his stay at the hospital, doctors would discover he was infected with a native Martian virus, which gave him the ability to turn light into superstrong crystals. The Martian Defence Organization (MDO) would find out and label him as a Metahuman.

### **Career as Officer**

#### **Mission to Phobos**

After strong discussion, Laake's father managed to convince him to join the Officer Corps, and Laake became a low-ranking field officer.

in 5 B.T., Laake was sent on a mission to Phobos alongside his commanding officer. They were sent to take care of a pirate group based there. With some planning and tactical skill in the heat of battle, Laake proved himself to be a skilled tactician, outshining his superior, a General.

#### **Promotion to Grand Marshall**

Following the Mission to Phobos, Laake was promoted to General personally by Leader Haakon. The death of the Grand Marshal in 2 B.T. meant that Haakon assigned Laake as the new Grand Marshal, the highest military rank in the Martian Republic.

### **Late Military Career**

#### **Role in Hades Crusade, Hunt for Hive & Third Battle of the Gate**

Laake would first meet Fox during the Hades Crusade, when Laake was sent alongside Fox and Von Spee to fight the Vortex in dimension AZ-99. Laake would then command the Martian forces at the First Battle of the Gate.

Laake would also command the Martians during the Hunt for Hive and Battle of the Moon, during both of which the presence of Martian Interdictor Cruisers proved cruically important.

During the Third Battle of the Gate, Laake would once again command the Martians and help defeat the Void Invasion.

### **Political Career**

#### **Consulship**

With the establishment of the Sol Imperium, Laake and Fox ran together and were elected the Consuls for the year 10 P.T.. However, this was short-lived due to the start of the First League War and Great Anarchy.

#### **Dictatorship**

Following the begining of the First League War, Laake was named Dictator by the Imperial Congress, and so immediatly deposed Fox and Mora. This caused further division among the Imperium as Foxites and Morites opposed the new government. Laake assigned Haig as the regent of the Interregnum to deal with the crisis.

Laake would manage the war poorly, losing Ceres to the Kara and only being able to retake it with the help of Foxites, Morites and Novaterrans.

Following the end of the First League War, Laake fought unsuccessfully against the Sol Republic, and would be deposed by Quisling during a ceasefire with the Republic.

**Citadel Incident**

After being deposed, Laake escaped prison and joined forces with the Metahuman Defence Force, an armed group in the citadel with the intention of fighting the Solar Union and asserting Meta dominance. He and Thyne, leader of the MDF, deposed Frost as governor of the citadel, but were defeated shortly after by a TDO force.

#### **Exile**

Following this, Laake went into hiding in an unknown location. Some time during the later 25s P.T., Laake began looking into the story of the former General of the HRA, Douglas Lloyd George, and his apparent survival after the Battle of Arkan.

#### **Laake Conspiracy**

In 30 P.T., Laake would find and ally himself with Douglas Lloyd George, now leader of the cybernetic Novak Dominion, in a plan to reinstate the Imperium as the centralized human government. Laake would contact and gain the support of paramilitary groups such as the Third HRA, the Order of Apollo, the Unionsarmee, the Commonwealth of Earth and the Phantom Fleet.

The so-called Laake Conspiracy (self-denominated the Centralist Army) would take control of nearly all of the Solar Union in a surprise attack, with only Novaterra holding out. Laake would then meet with the Centralist co-conspirators to form the new government, however the Zeitprinz, leader of the Unionsarmee, would betray them, killing the revolutions leaders, except for Specter, who wasn't present, and Laake, who was instead sent through a portal to another dimension.

### **Joining Darkwater**

#### **Early Career**

When he fell through the portal, Laake ended up meeting the misterious Darkwater deity, and was convinced into joining Darkwater. He later rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the director of the division. Many years later, he recruited Colonel Farran of the ISB into the secret organization after the Mission to Callan.

#### **Operation Pioneer and Death**

Around the year 50, Director Laake travelled to Novaterra as part of Captain Clara Wolf's requested reinforcements to fight the fifth and last Pioneer of the dark god Scotus, alongside a landship and it's pilot. During the sudden appearance of the fireborn creature, Laake entered the battle after the expermental Mocán piloted by Henry Davis and the Landship were taken out by a single strike. Easily destroying 3 ouf of the 4 heads with his ability, Laake was forced to sacrifice himself after the fifth pioneer had him in checkmate, annihilating the beast but also mortally wounding himself with a crystal spike right through his stomach.

## **Abilities**

### **Heliocrystal Virus**

A mysterious disease Laake caught whilst being a foot soldier of the Martian Republic (which had similar effects of alien DNA interacting with human DNA), that allows him to transform photon waves into particles. This ability is incredible versatile, as it allows him to create crystal shields, spikes and other sorts of weaponry on the spot.