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Diavo Jinx - Diavo - 12-26-2008
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The following information has been acquired by contractual means by a covert government agency specializing in psychological and historical evaluations. This data is being sent to all House government databases except the Rheinland. Our employer will not be identified for security reasons.
The subject, Diavo Jinx, was captured for testing during an extended stay at the Jolson Pleasure Center on a certain planet in Kusari space. For 3 weeks we used our specialized drug treatments to keep him in a dream-like state, making him easy-going for our questionings. However, we were not able to learn as much about his past as hoped, due to his resilient mind.
It should be noted that knowledge of the information in this report is to be used discreetly, as the subject was given a mild amnesia-inducing drug prior to his return (often called "dumping") back at Jolson, where he finished his month vacation. He has no recollection of our meddling, and will swear he had such a great month at Jolson that he can't remember most of it.
This report consists of four parts: Recommendation, Psychological Evaluation, History, Ship Preference.
Name:
Diavo M. Jinx
Ship name:
D14V0
Age:
~late 20s
RECOMMENDATION:
Diavo Jinx is like a small yellow sun in a galaxy of stars. He is bright & shiny, but not significant to the whole.
However, due to certain tendencies we discovered in our experiments, our recommendation to the House Governments is just to leave Diavo Jinx alone. He's harmless by himself as a loner, however if over-provoked he could create havoc.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION:
Diavo Jinx is a man that has "flexible morals" and dislikes being told what to do. He would prefer to be famous over infamous, but is looking for a worthy cause to fight for. His half of participation in "The Christmas Eve Rebellion" ('08) in the New York System shows both a dissatisfaction for the law, and a strange generous side (creating Christmas loot of all).
In his desire to be left to do his own thing, he also rarely disturbs others. He has only been seen attacking in self defense ("The Christmas Eve Rebellion" being a momentary exception). This is a classic "loner" syndrome; however, we do see hints of a need for friendship.
He actually obeys most laws in Sirius, and respects the Navies & Police forces. He recently was on a self-appointed mission to cleanse the Colorado silver fields of Xenos, and turned on the Liberty Rogues (who he found mysteriously aligned with) to prove to the Liberty lawfuls that he was not a badguy. Regardless of his tag and now-jumbled Reputation board, he still flies under a Pirate ID, but invokes no trouble.
Diavo stays neutral to most factions, wanting no trouble. He will fire when fired upon, but would rather just fly by and not look back.
HISTORY:
Diavo Jinx was uncooperative in revealing details of his past. Higher-than-normal "treatments" were used with this subject to extract the following bits...
Diavo Jinx's mother was a scientist working for the Kusari government, and was assassinated just hours after Diavo's birth by unknown-government agents. The nature of her work is no longer clear due to almost 30 years of cover-ups.
Diavo Jinx's father was a small-time diplomat, alternating time in Kusari and Liberty areas. He took newborn Diavo and stole a small space craft and flew directly to Planet Manhattan, where it is believed he had several friendly contacts. The unknown assassins chased him and attacked the little ship as it began its procedure into the Planet Manhattan docking ring. Significant damage was inflicted to the ship's engine, causing a blow-back of energy, looking to all as if the ship had exploded, but in actuality it was knocked off course, steering disabled.
Diavo's father used the ship's Shield Batteries to bring the shields back online for a fireball entry into Planet Manhattan's atmo. Accounts report a fireball in the sky, crashing into a lake on the surface.
From there we have not ascertained the fate of Diavo's father. However, Diavo grew up in an orphanage, but we were not able to pry out its name or exact location. This hints at significance of the owner...
Diavo Jinx spent his teenage years as a hired hand on freighters. This is where he learned about computers, electronics, engineering, turret firing, and possibly "flexible morals". He was never paid much, but the knowledge he gained, he said, was worth more than credits.
In his early 20s he started gambling at cards, and then cheating at it, to good profits. He won a Starflier very light fighter ship in a high stakes game where he went "all in" by offering himself as a slave if he lost. The next day, when the loser found out his loss was due to cheating, he confronted Diavo in the hangar of the ship, and tried to kill him with a knife. Diavo defended himself aptly, killing the loser in reply, though he won't reveal how.
This is when Diavo began flying for himself, unbound by gravity or ship captains & crew; his dream.
House Government reports show no major confrontations with Diavo in space. After some time his moved what little he owned into Kusari space, and started to look for information about his mother's work. Apparently he did not find out much.
He traded ships for a Kusari very light fighter that was extremely fast & nimble (with few guns) and became a courier for hire, ferrying single packages across Sirius, but was barely eking out a living. During this time he returned to gambling & cheating at it cards to make extra money.
Recently, he learned that a long-time contact of his was actually his only known family member, a cousin. This man goes by the callsign "JCool" and is an opportunist, and a profitable one. He has been gifting Diavo Jinx with credits and various tech for his new ship (including the credits to buy said ship). These two cousins often fly together, and have an inseparable bond.
SHIP PREFERENCE:
Diavo Jinx's ultimate ship would be an agile tank: tough, fast, maneuverable, and loaded with powerful guns. Not just to play rough with, but to scare anyone he meets away from trying to do him harm. He has no interest in flying capital ships, as he doesn't want to rely on other people to crew for him.
He has been piloting a "Stinger" very heavy fighter for some time. He names all of his ships "D14V0" and that ID can be seen on radar. "D14V0" is his name, Diavo, written in the oft-mistranslated robot language [as a side note, there was one rumor we picked up that Diavo has a droid pilot friend, but it is unconfirmed]. It should be noted that the last character is a zero and not an "oh", and that he pronounces it "dee fourteen, vee zero".
During his time at our... "facility", our ship engineers inspected his ship closely in the hangar.
This ship has a modified cargo hold which he had amenities built into the walls. A sink, toilet, cot bed, and table have been added, as well as a large holoscreen and extra computer. It would seem that Diavo Jinx lives on his ship permanently, instead of taking up a planet or station-side residence. His mounted very long range Scanner, instead of a short-range radar/long-range cargo scanner like his Pirate ID should suggest, implies that he wants plenty of time to be warned of danger while sleeping.
His weapons preferences are for as many hard-hitting, medium refire-rate blasters as his ship can support. He has level 9 & 10 guns mounted on his ship, and cares not for their origins.
With level 10 shields and an Enhanced Thruster, the D14V0 is close to his dream ship; an agile tank.
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Diavo Jinx - Diavo - 12-28-2008
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Our subliminal persuasion during the processing has been effective.
Diavo Jinx has recently sold off his coveted Pirate ID and smartly registered a Mercenary ID, aligning himself slightly with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
He also swapped ships for a Raven Claw class very heavy fighter, bought in Colorado, and returned to Kusari space. [Possibly contracted to do so by Kishiro Technologies, with whom he is closely allied. The Raven Claw's model is a Kishiro Technologies design originally, whose plans were stolen by the LSF who began using this model. Will more "legal raids" continue?]
He has left Liberty space and is basing out of Deshima Station, spending much time in among Kusari space. The Kusari Navy & Police seem to consider him a good friend of their House, perhaps because of his parents' work for the Kusari government?
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Diavo Jinx - Diavo - 01-03-2009
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A "follow-up session" was required due to reports of suspicious activities involving Mr. Jinx...
Our brief "re-interview" requires us to append the database entry yet again.
Name:
Diavo M. Jinx
Ship name:
BigDaddyV
Ship Class:
Orca Gunboat
Diavo Jinx had apparently come into money during his time in Kusari space as a Mercenary and was able to purchase an Orca Gunboat, fully outfitted. Rumor suggests large earnings in one of his scammed high-stakes card games, as some time ago he was reportedly flying merely an Arrow. No evidence suggests his previous ship, a Raven Claw, was destroyed. We believe he may have sold it for the cheaper ship to bankroll a card game.
His current neural net account status indicates he is no longer well into the black, and may only just be breaking even in his missions.
We also have been able to ascertain that he has pieced together a robot from a discarded Ageira accounting/data-processing droid. It would seem Diavo's amateur attempts at robotics were enough to bring the unit online and give it free-learning capabilities.
Little is known about this robot creation of his -- except its name: r.a.x.i.s. -- and that Diavo has no control over it, it seems to be autonomous.
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