Maius Wiks

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Maius Wiks is a bounty hunter, former pirate and a former mercenary, as well as crewman aboard the *CS Vikham*. A young man with a perchance for fighting, shooting, and getting in trouble, he is the 'action' to Zavis Halifax's 'talk'... and the one the good doctor most often has to patch up.

## Biography

### Early Life

Born aboard a Terran Federation starhold, Wiks often stared longingly out the portholes and windows, studying the subtle movements of engine thrusters, weapons, and docking hatches.

### Piracy

Life would reward Wiks' studious behavior when the pirate syndicate Sunrazer jumped him into their work. What followed was seven years of maintaining the ship to earn a modest salary. This is, until an almost failed raid on the planet Lyssa, in which Wiks ended up personally taking control when the command structure failed.

Despite this promise, Wiks was passed up for any kind of note or promotion, which led to him becoming disillusioned with Sunrazer and leaving with his haul. He would subsequently join Helix Force which he served with until he was shot through the ribs and defenestrated on a mission gone wrong.

Upon healing from his injuries, Maius went solo, using his skills to hunt bounties across Terran Federation space.

### Arrival on Chor's Gutters

Wiks arrived on Chor's Gutters in 2315 to hunt a bounty, and was immediately disgusted by both the status quo of poverty and the attitude of defeatism that permeated it. It was a place more jaded and cynical than him, and even though he was no stranger to dark alleys and trashed city streets, those of the gutters paled in comparison to anywhere he'd ever been - if it was not for events going very wrong, he would have left as soon as the target was secured.

However, they did; the mark was dead, his ship taken by the Hazbuzan Syndicate, and him placed 1 million credits in debt alongside Zavis Halifax. The mission changed, but the goal remained: get out of this hell-hole as quickly as possible. He dedicated himself to this task, planning to do it in the same way one would rip off a band-aide: finish quick and move on.

Throughout his time on Chor's Gutters, Wiks learned that his professional respect was directed primarily at Zavis (although he viewed his emotional attachment to the mission as a liability). Klux, to Wiks, showed apparent incompetence, poor judgement, and of course, was part of the criminal organization that trapped Wiks there in the first place.

### Repairing the *Vikham*

Wiks, having no ship of his own anymore but the promise of having the *Vikham* repaired to get him off the Gutters, was willing to work with Sarim and Seri, and spent the three months after assassinating Mei Zhao helping fix the decayed craft.

During the 'down time', Wiks hunted various bounties across the Gutters, specifically focused in the Frog District to maintain relatively close to the *Vikham* as it was being repaired.

Furthermore, he developed a deep respect for Sarim, who he viewed as a stone-cold professional except where Seri is involved; Seri, he tended to underestimate due to the gulf of her age and general optimism, but showed willingness to work with her for Sarim's sake (and the purpose of mission cohesion).

As time went on, Wiks was formally introduced to Shan who he viewed with partial suspicion, as their job fully entailed lying and moving outside the law. Whether he was aware of the partial cognitive dissonance due to his mercenary lifestyle is not known. Despite this caution, the help of Nero in the previous months had given Wiks a warmer-than-average view of the Caders, and he proved willing to give them a chance.

## Appearance

Standing 5'8 and weighing in at 150 lbs, Maius Wiks strikes an imposing figure, especially when armed with his trademark laser rifle. As a bounty hunter (and former pirate and merc) he also has a rather athletic build - his age has done nothing slow him down.

His age does, however, have some side effects: Wiks' hairline is receding, and there's a bit of grey on the ends. Furthermore, his skin, although mostly taut, shows the signs of age, and he even has a few scars across his body from jobs gone wrong.

## Personality

In general, the personality of Maius Wiks can be summed up as "cold and professional". He does, however, have a softer side: he gets alarmed when someone he cares about is in danger, or angry when they are threatened. He just hides this softer side when on the job - to Wiks, the job always comes first.