Jacques Desmond

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Super-short WIP version while I take a short nap: Jardinist commander with a battleship and a plan. Kind of unhealthily obsessed with ancient history. Saw the elephant through a pair of red spectacles. A gourmet. Considered kind of an odd duck of the Jardinian admiralty, is probably far more on the ball than he appears to be though. Comes from a rich and powerful family that hasn't been doing so hot since the Guitler Plot; they're not on amazing with Le'Reinnes and this filters down to him in unfortunate ways. Might be a honest-to-goodness true believer in Jardinian ideals, despite pretensions to cynicism. Has a rather suspicious-looking moustache.

Personally led the rescue of a merchant convoy hit by commerce raiders - ended up wrecking his eyes and getting a limp; although technically fixed, he kept the cane he had to use for some time as a memento. Also rescued Irina Polikarpov in the process of getting said bodily damage, his pocket-sized current staff officer slash bodyguard, who has mastered a wide variety of unhealthy lifestyles and habits in the service of her saviour. (and who is a bit of an unhealthily obsessed killing machine, which is probably for the best given all the trouble Jacques keeps getting into, although he remains consistently oblivious to her kind of dangerous affection. God help us all if dueling ever becomes legal in Jardin, though) The raider captain escaped and remains at large, a score to be settled.

His greatest rival is a certain highly suspicious silver-haired Rifter captain, who consistently frustrates his operations around and within League's borders. (some of which are, admittedly, more related to Jacques pursuing historical shinies than anything else and not really all that officially approved) Jacques lost a space axe duel aboard a burning cruiser falling into a gas giant with him last year, in part because Jacques is really no good at space axe duels. Which has not stopped him from sharpening his axe and already planning a rematch. (Desmonds can be really stubborn at the worst of times)

Rumours say that he had - perhaps still has? - an Imperial captain as a lover out there in the lawless space in his youth, far away from clear-cut frontlines, but the idea appears rather spurious and the sources are highly dubious; a cheap shot by someone trying to suck up to Le'Reinnes, surely. Which has not stopped Officer Polikarpov from sharpening her axe and already planning a beheading.

The less sid about his idiot older brother, the better.

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=Attributes and Skills

Attributes

IQ: 7

Wits: 5

Charm: 2

Cunning: 4

Durability: 4

Physical Action: 2

Skills

Blackmail: 0

Horse Trading: 0

Chummy: 1

Bureaucracy: 3

Legal: 1

Speech: 1

Plotting: 3

Ship Command

Helmsmen: 1

Gunnery: 2

Leadership: 2

Squadron Command

Maneuver: 2

Formation: 3

Command: 3

Fleet Command

Maneuver: 2

Formation: 3

Command: 3