[size=medium]♦ Rorry's Past

John Roary Santiago, better known as Rip Rorry is the soul leader of the Renegades. He is a bastard child who's father, a Corsair, sent him off at a young age because of his embarrassment of Rorry's origins. Rorry spent his teen years with the Omicroners in Theta until he was able to skillfully fly his own ship. He then set out to "prove" himself to his father and the Corsairs as a whole.

His solo piracies began not to far from Theta: Sigma 13. Finding a haven at Yangi, he claimed "kinghood" over the Sigma lanes and taxed all those that passed by. Excluding of course the Junkers, who gave him a place of refuge and rest, Zoners, who essentially raised him, and the Corsairs, who he tried ever so hard to prove to them he was worthy of their notice. Abandonment from the Corsairs took a toll on Rorry, his mind mad with the desire to gain their approval. This madness is what spurred his self title of "King." Thinking that dominance over others would raise the "respect" level of the Corsairs toward him. His self obsession grew immense, and he expanded his hunting grounds...

The GMG quickly took notice of Rorry in their space, and as time went on Rorry found he couldn't always remain in their space without risking his life. To make himself scarce in the GMG's eyes, he moved some of his operations to the Frankfurt system. Spending his time hunting back and forth from Sigma 13 to Frankfurt to keep on the run from the GMG. He still called himself "King of the Sigmas," but a new threat was biting at his heels...

A Rheinland freelancer group lead by one "Adam Spire" soon noticed Rorry and his solo antics. Because Rorry was of no serious threat to the Rheinland government, but still a nuance, Adam Spire's "[FL]" group found themselves in the perfect position to dedicate time to hunting Rorry. The "King" had no where safe to run...

He took a break... Traveling Sirius in an attempt to find a place he fit into... This journey was the biggest turning point in his life, and the start of the Renegades. During his time in Bretonia he was contacted by a young man by the name of "Alan Write." A brilliant mind exiled by the lawfuls due to his extensive knowledge of Nomad Research and other military secrets. Alan had not contacted Rorry for any trivial reason... They were brothers, though 4 years apart and having different upbringings. Alan grew up with the mother of the two sons, in Liberty, and of course Rorry with the father, a Corsair. Alan had with him a loyal group of pilots, and offered to assist Rorry in the future if he ever needed. With this new knowledge, Rorry continued to explore Sirius. With time he found himself in a foreign space, beyond the Taus... Gallia.

Rorry had not gone far into Gallic space before he was stopped by the local Navy. When passing words he heard mention of their "King." For a moment Rorry thought he had found his final adversary, a man with whom to battle titles with. Little did he know the forces of Gallia were far larger than any group he had even encountered before. He decided to fight the naval forces before him, but was quickly outgunned and almost died, had it not been for a group known as the Brigands and an independent Freelancer that came to his aid...

And so Rorry came into contact with the "+LE+" of the Brigands, and the unusually large Bretonian scumbag known as "Gator." Gator was in debt to the Brigands, for unknown reasons, and was serving a 10 year sentence as their personal dirty job man to pay back what he owed. Rorry was quick to pay the Brigands for saving his life, and after talks with their leadership, he found a mutual hate for the Gallic King and the Royalists. He wanted to keep contact with the Legion, as his personal vendetta against the Royalists had been sparked. He paid for Gator's owed debts, granting him his freedom, but he tasked the large man to remain in the area and to keep contact with the Brigands for him. Rorry then left Gallia for the time being, but intent on heading back to "play games" with the Royalist scum who's King was "better" than Rorry...

In the Tau's Rorry received a most disturbing message from his brother... Alan had visual proof that their father had planned and murdered their mother years age when they were but children. Rorry was furious. He made his way to Planet Crete as fast as possible, where he found his father drinking with his 'amigos.' Stabbing his father and killing multiple Corsairs, Rorry fled Gamma. He pledged to forever hunt his former father's "family" till his death.

[color=#FF6600]♦ Birth of the Renegades

Back in the Frankfurt area, Rorry called his brother, Alan Write (Santiago), to his aid. Rorry now had a small group of men at his command, and he always kept an eye out for more men willing to join his ranks. Together they formed what is now "Rorry's Renegades." They found that, with their combined efforts they could make far more credits, taking entire transport's cargos and then smuggling it to a suitable selling point. Rorry and his men became rich beyond all their dreams.


But it was not enough... Rorry wanted to wreak unending revenge on the Corsars, whom he despised as a race, believing them to be corrupted and decrepit. And he wished to continue his "games" against the Gallic King who had unnerved him, and to tighten the ties with the unlawfuls of Gallia whom he had found a liking to, as well as a strong following of Renegades flowing from their ranks.

Rorry got back into contact with the Brigands, specifically the Legion of the Damned, agreeing on a deal to trade information of Sirius and to hunt the Royalists in exchange for technology in the Legion's possession and credits. With his new found technology from the Brigands and a small "army" at his back, he was ready to wage havoc on the Corsairs and Gallics alike. But a small war has costs... Ties with other unlawful of Gallia were made to secure allies in their plights against the Royalists. Each day the Renegade force in Gallia grows, taking up arms as dedicated soldiers for the Brigands and Council; and each day Renegade smuggler pilots ship out more Brigand vessels and parts for their wide spread use by Renegades abroad in the Omicrons/Omegas and Rheinland.

The Renegades also made contact with the Outcasts, securing a deal to get paid for killing the Corsairs, so as to cover the costs of un-ending combat. To further gain the trust of the Outcasts, Rorry has delegated a select few smugglers to continuously supply and ship Slaves and Cardimine for the Outcasts. Though this deal is only known by a VERY select few. Since then the mutual hate for the Corsairs has made the bond between the Outcasts and the Renegades strong. It is rumored that recently, the Outcasts have begun giving harbor, repairs, even vessels and weapons to the Renegades in exchange for their ongoing efforts against the Corsair people.

It didn't take long before word of a growing force in Rheinland reached Liberty ears. The Renegades soon found support from the Liberty Rogues, who demonstrated their favoritism of the reckless Renegades by giving them just short of a fleet in Rogue vessels to continue their work. To this day these Rogue craft are used by the "higher up" members of the Renegades.

With the growth of the Renegades numbers growing faster than Rorry could ever imagine, he needed to form a structure to his band of thieves and murderers. The "Ring Leaders" were formed. A circle of the oldest and/or most experienced Renegades brought together to put order to the great numbers flocking in. Turok, Jose, and Rorry became the first "Three" to lead, with the option of more to come. Together they created a "code" of sorts to live by, one that would keep the Renegades banded together under one form of thought. The Haven was their beacon to the people of Sirius. A call to the outcasts of society, a call to the 'Renegades.'

"I am free, I have but to see it.
I am my own Master. My own King.
I am limited only by my own actions.
My greatness is defined by those I submit below me.
For defining my greatness, I have been outcast by society.
But better to rule in Hell, than to server in Heaven!
Society shall call me 'Renegade' for my differences.
But I shall embrace the name,
And rise with those who live by this code.
Kings among Peasants!
Warriors among Simpletons!
Renegades of Sirius!"