Ghanso Larkinson

the Glowing Planet campaign where he was part of 1st Volari Starhawks, a spaceborn regiment of the
Bentheim Division.

In his fourth skirmish against the vesians, he became an expert pilot. In this battle, he lost his friend Alex Dirge, and landed a shot against an expert mech

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He was initially assigned to a Vhendra S a
laser rifleman mech and an in house design of his Mech regiment. He was later reassigned a Vhedra, an older baseline
of the Vhedra design and found it to his liking. He had already distinguished himself
by taking down seven mechs since his reassignment and found his accuracy
against moving targets had improved significantly and not even the swiftest
light mech could escape his retribution.He whispered a silent prayer to his
fallen teammate before resuming patrol with his squad. Soon after the campaign He
was then eyed by his MechCorp superiors for his fantastic performance.

### Sandman war

Venerable Ghanso had an important role in the defense against the sandmen. He parricipated in .....

## Excerpts

(*Spoilers for the Glowing Planet campaign follows)*

Here is
Ghanso’s full experience from a mere recruit to an expert potentate in the
Glowing Planet campaign:

When we’re introduced to his character, he had recently finished
an additional training course and was assigned to 1st Volari Starhawks, a spaceborn regiment of the
Bentheim Division and is seen chewing on stimulant.  He is partnered up with Alex Dirge, a SpaceKnight
Pilot who claims to be 50 years old.

He introduces himself as a laser rifleman pilot when conversing
with Alex and sincerely thanked him in advance for covering his back, and would
rely on him to counter missile and laser volleys.

Ghanso is assigned to a Vhendra S that was designed inhouse
by Stalari Warhawks design team.

Captain Rynsel was an advanced pilot who led the Volari Starhawks with Lieutenant Fairfax being in command of the squad.She became Captain only because she had enough experience to lead a platoon.

The variant Ghanso is assigned to a light blue rifleman mech
that gives a faster flight speed but will last a little less. The trade-off is
that its long range accuracy won’t be as impressive either.

However even while Ghanso prepped his Vhendra for battle
while boasting fully charged energy cells and a robust cooling system to vent
and store the rapid build-up of heat . It came at cost of its armor and stealth
making the Vhendra series particularly vulnerable to the heat seeking missile
payload of the Vesian Kingdom.

**Glowing Planet Campaign**

Ghanso’s  Vhendra-S
emerged from the launch bay of his fleet carrier and accelerated its powerful
flight systems in order to catch up with the formation of his squad.

The Starhawks followed their training and entered into a
predetermined matrix formation that maximized each ranged mech’s coverage so
they could spread out their anti-missile capabilities.

He faced off against the Vesian Vanguard, the Grand Chasers known to
be the fastest space-born regiment in civilized space.  The Grand Chasers unleashed 1200 torpedoes.

As they prepared to take on the torpedoes Lieutenant Fairfax
the leader of his squad advised to switch to high powered beams which Ghanso had already done as the Vesian torpedoes despite
being old stock were impervious to low intensity laser fire.

The Volari Starhawks took out 500 torpedoes due to their volley
of anti-ballistic missiles and incidental damage to their exterior.  However as the missiles neared medium range,
every mech in the spaceborn regiment fired against the incoming torpedoes
trying to take out as many as possible but it was nearly impossible to destroy
them all.

When less than three hundred were left, the mechs were
firing with increased intensity trying to eliminate as many of them as
possible.  Every pilot echoed the slogan *“For*
a brighter tomorrow,”

As Ghanso spoke those words, a sense of sacred duty filled
his mind, his aim grew steadier and his grew as methodically shot down one
torpedo after another with the help of his fellow Starhawks. The spirit  of the Starhawks infused his neural
connection between his brain and his mech and two fought closer in sync. The
Vhendra became an extension of his body
and his utilized his substantial training to take down as many torpedoes
as possible as they entered their terminal mode.

As the final Vesian torpedoes made their sprint they kept a fourth
of their energy reserves buring it over several seconds before impact to ensure
a powerful unavoidable collision with any bulky ship, Ghanso  snarled and sent a mental note to override his
rifle’s safeties, making the rifle fire like a machine gun in the Vhendra’s
frame firing a succession of rapid full powered laser beams at the accelerating
torpedoes; while he caught only one, his colleagues destroyed over two thirds
of the torpedoes that had made it this far.

When they got close enough for impact he rolled his mech to
a ball to leave his frame as least exposed as possible. While the Republic’s
ECM successfully fooled 26 torpedoes into non-existent targets. 17 torpedoes
found their mark ramming into their chosen ships which outright destroying
small combat carriers while crippling the fleet carriers. Seventeen ships had been lost.

Both the Starhawks and Chasers prepped for their second
round . The former held the advantage as latter held an oblique trajectory,
while their mech regiment composition was mostly of light mechs.

Captain Rynsel ordered to make a single pass and to stay in
formation while commanding to hit the mechs in front of them. She ordered them
to not get into dogfights and not let their squadmates drift into space if
immobilized.

As Ghanso's Vhedra boosted In line with his squad, he suffered
extensive internal damage due to all the excess heat and energy running through
its systems at the final moment.  While
choosing on whether to pushing his mech or conserve its integrity he chose the
latter by venting as much as heat as possible by lowering its over all output,  he brought his mech to a normal condition
while coming into effective range of the Chasers.

Volari Starhawks now faced an advantage as the Grand Chasers
all consisted of light mechs which fell short of the balanced composition of
theStarhawks. Both Mech formations went into arcing trajectories meant to spoil
the aim of those aiming long range.

Many Starhawk mechs fell out of formation due to the focused
fire of the Vesians,Vesian mechs were targeting two mechs at a time due to
their light armament, the Starhawks In turn had expend lesser firepower to
eliminate light mechs.

Ghanso still found it to be a challenge to actually land a
hit against the agile mechs but once he was successful, it often crippled the
unlucky target. As a volley of ballistic fire streamed past his mech, he
started juking around like a hyperactive monkey.

Alex chastised him for it and valiantly defended his Vhendra
before it could suffer significant damage. Ghanso who became angry for his
disgraceful behavior poured his vengeance into his rifle, firing back at the
attackers as they tried to get past the Space Knight’s meaty shield.

As two mech formations meshed a rapid flurry of fire of
shots and hits was exchanged before breaking apart in opposite directions.
Ghanso’s mech drifted out of formation as his flight  system got hit by rear debris which was from a
nearby Starhawk that blew up after its piloted ejected.

Even Alex's space knight had its shield chewed up at the end, causing his mech to endure the final volleys on its frontal armor, to which Alex responded *"Don't look at me. I'm fine. This is all in a day's work for a space knight."*

As the Vhedra is soon hauled away for repairs, Ghanso
despaired after the engagement due to the substantial loss of lives and any
excitement of having his skirmish with the Vesians disappeared.  He then conversed with his squadmate Alex on
the outcome of the engagement.

An excerpt is below

Ghanso: *“Did we lose the battle?”*

Alex: *“It’s hard to say, The*
Grand Chasers underestimated us. We took out more mechs from our firing pass,
and we've been able to capture every living Vesian trapped alive in their
cockpits."

Ghanso: *“Yeah, but we lost*
so many ships.”

Alex:  *"It could have been worse.*
Twelve-hundred torpedoes is nothing special. Wait until they gather an entire
division and throw out a wave of ten-thousand torpedoes. You'll really taste
despair at that point."

**Ves' Whereabouts:**

 Ves is on the surface of the glowing planet.

Died in Chapter 2687