Arin Bankole

Ensign **Arin Bankole** was a junior officer of the Centran Defence Force attached to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, stationed aboard the command ship *Avalon*.

## Biography

Some time before the departure of the Avalon Expedition Fleet, Bankole joined the Centran Defence Force. As a Midshipman, he was assigned to the *Avalon* as a member of its naval command staff, serving as a comms officer and an engineer. He travelled with the platform on its the transit through Edric's Gate to CDC-41-Gamma.

Bankole alerted acting-commander Lieutenant Jasper Ravi to the arrival of the *Triumph*. Later, he and a team of engineers were sent to the *Triumph* to fix the vessel's Carbon Dioxide scrubbers. However, they were instead knocked out and taken as hostages by Foreman Richard Sedgewick during the *Triumph* Hostage Crisis. Eventually, Bankole and his team were rescued by Tamara 'Meds' Melari and Mathias Croft of the *Guinevere*.

Bankole was present on the *Avalon's* command deck during Vice Admiral Winston Redfield's attempt to seize control of the fleet. Some time around when the *Avalon* moved to The Greenhouse, Bankole received his Officer's commission within the CDF, and was promoted to Ensign. His promotion was celebrated by command staff with a party.

Later, after the successful Raid on the Aegis of Invia, Bankole was the first to report a fleet of incoming Advari Lightships to Expedition command staff. On the last day before the enemy's arrival, Bankole commiserated with now-Lieutenant Commander Ravi over a shared Professor Kulkarni they had both been instructed by in officer training school.

During the Battle of the Greenhouse, Bankole was the first to report that the *Avalon* wouldn't be able to survive a transit through the Return Gate. Shortly thereafter, he elected to stay aboard alongside Lieutenant Commander Ravi as her performed his daring final act with the *Avalon's* drive plume. Bankole is assumed to have been killed when the *Avalon* went down soon after.

## Personality

Bankole appeared as a well-meaning, if forward, individual. He began to question Foreman Sedgewick's claims to some of Sedgewick's followers soon after he arrived aboard the *Triumph*, which caused some initial friction between the antsy passengers and the crew of the *Avalon*.

## Relationships

### Jasper Ravi

Bankole served as a right-hand to Ravi, acting as a moderating presence during Ravi's more anxious moments in command. In that way, Bankole was to Ravi much like Ravi is to Director Elizabeth Ancelet, serving as a diligent second-in-command. So much so, Bankole was willing to stay by Ravi's side during his final maneuvering of the *Avalon*.

### Elizabeth Ancelet

Bankole and Elizabeth were first properly introduced shortly before the Elizabeth left for a second survey on the Vitrified Planet, suggesting that Elizabeth didn't know all of her command staff personally. Bankole appeared somewhat nervous in Elizabeth's presence, perhaps only because he was not expected to be called upon. However, Bankole, much like Ravi, appeared to warm to the Director's command style over time, following her orders diligently.

## Appearances

* Volume 2
	+ *The Promised Land* (first appearance)
	+ *Theirs Not to Make Reply*

* Volume 3
	+ *Theirs Not to Reason Why*
	+ *Contact, Wait Out*

* Volume 4
	+ *Observer Effect*
	+ *Forlorn Hope*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "*The Promised Land*"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Forlorn Hope*
3. ↑ *Theirs Not to Make Reply*
4. ↑ *Theirs Not to Reason Why*
5. ↑ *Contact, Wait Out*
6. ↑ *Observer Effect*