Ralvex

Private Second Class Ralvex, Gunnery Specialist, Second Telkan Marine Division, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Scout Battalion, Delta Company, Second Platoon (Mobile Scouts), Heavy Weapons Squad is a Telkan marine and hero of the Second Battle of Hesstla for his defense of the town of Nemarlie.

## Description

Ralvex is a typical male Telkan. He lost his left arm, a few inches below the shoulder, to a precursor High Velocity Railgun round during the Second Battle of Hesstla and elected to have it replaced with a flat black warsteel cybernetic, rather than have it regenerated, in order to get back into action faster.

He is a devout believer in the words of the Digital Omnimessiah, frequently reading passages from *Walking with the Digital Omnimessiah* and listening to the *Hymns of Blessed Podlings* sung by Telkan choirs. In battle he enjoys listening to classical music, especially the songs of Sabaton.

### Equipment

As a Marine Gunnery Specialist, Ralvex uses the following equipment in combat:

* Telkan eXperimental Power Armor MK 00-1A (TXPA-00-1A)
* Telkan 20mm Carmex XM-4811e1 autocannon
* Telkan Heavy Scout Armor XM-393e2 smart harness
* Telkan Mag Ac Rifle
* MkII Cutting Bar (Chainsword)
* Telkan Marine Mark II Roboboi - Ralvex has named his *Tiny Tim*
* Telkan Marine Mark III Direct Fire Gunnery Assistant - Ralvex has named his *Stampy*

## History

Ralvex was born on Telkan-2, he was a teenager during the First Battle of Telkan and signed up for the Telkan Marine corps after that conflict. He went through training with his friend Kelvak, after graduating they were both assigned to Second Telkan who were placed into III Corps after the Second Battle of Telkan.

Sent to Belvack-8, locally named Hesstla, for integration training with First Cavalry Division aboard the TCSFN troop ship *Crazy Nick Cage*, Second Telkan were put into combat alert as soon as they arrived in system, the fleet emerging from hyperspace almost on top of an attacking Precursor fleet.

The Marines were drop podded onto the planet, but Ralvex and his platoon were forced to HALO eject when their pod took a near hit. Ralvex found himself alone, except for his Green Mantid engineer 525 and his force multiplier equipment, 85 miles off target and out of communication with his platoon and command.

Deploying survey drones, he found he was 30 miles south of the city of Duskelanst with the small town of Nemarlie further to his south, he also managed to get into communication with the BOLO *Cutter*, not close enough to provide direct fire support but close enough to be able to send him supplies.

Hesstlin vehicle were fleeing Duskelanst heading in his direction, he moved until he came to a 1200 ft. high mesa, Strebble's Drop, where the highway was cut into a ravine providing a potential defensive location. He noticed that Precursor forces were chasing the Hesstlin refugees and with help from Cutter prepared his defenses. Members of the Nemarlie police high threat response team turned up to help in plasteel riot armor, Ralvex sent them back to get people into shelters.

Fighting through the night with help from Cutter and stubbornly retreating, Ralvex drew all the precursors away from Duskelanst, who were convinced that he was a reinforced infantry division defending a town of immense military or cultural significance and ready to launch a counter-strike. As dawn broke he made his final stand at the top of the mesa beside a rest area. The Nemarlie HTR unit, now equipped with makeshift combat armor and weapons provided by Cutter, doing what they could to help. He lost his left arm to an HV railgun round, was reduced to using his chainsword but emerged victorious. Tanks from 1st Cav arrived, late, to relieve him.

Reunited with members of Second Telkan, he caught a ride on *Copperhead Road* from 2 AD, which narrowly avoided colliding with Dambree's car, to Striker Base *Boop* where his arm was replaced. He witnessed Terran soldiers kill an Atrekna and took part in a mission to capture a slorpy. Integrating with Mukstet's striker force he continued to fight the Atrekna and their AWMs, witnessing the Legion of the Damned disappearing due to TerraSol's Case Omaha.

## Sources

1. First Contact - Part 212
2. First Contact - Part 213
3. First Contact - Part 214
4. First Contact - Part 215
5. First Contact - Part 232
6. First Contact - Part 246
7. First Contact - Part 250
8. First Contact - Part 257
9. First Contact - Part 261
10. First Contact - Part 278

1. ↑ It is not known whether Stampy is in any way descended from Stompie, a pre-glassing tank locally famous in Bongistan.