Melchior Kreutz was born roughly 33 years after the 80 years war between Rheinland and the GMG. His parents had both served in the Kriegsmarine during the war, so one could imagine that his parents were quite strict with him. Because of the influence of his parents, he wanted to go into the military when he was old enough, and that's just what he did.
At 19 years of age, Melchior entered the Rheinland Military. At first, he was seen as annoying for being a stickler for rules because of the way his parents had raised him. Today, he is a bit more lax about rules and regulations after years of experience. His preferences for procedure though...have not changed at all since he entered the Military. Even a slight deviation from procedure will tend to end badly if Melchior is around.
(Let us fast-forward to the Nomad War...shall we?)
During the Nomad War (800 A.S. or so) Kreutz was stationed on the Battleship Tyr near the Sigma 13 Jumpgate. He served as a pilot for one of the vessel's Defense Squads. He had been stationed on the Tyr for about 5 years prior to this, so it was home for him. He had made many friends on the vessel as well as off it.
One day...a report comes in of incoming Nomad vessels (at the time, they didn't know they were Nomads, so it was actually 'Inbound Unidentified Contacts') and the Tyr is sent to investigate...What they found was a Nomad Battle group (One Battleship, Two Gunboats, around 20 or so Fighter class vessels)
The defense squads are launched from the Tyr as the Nomad group closes in on it. The Guboats are the first to go down, along with 6 fighters. Melchior is mortified at what happens next. A flurry of energy is released from the Lapis colored vessel, and hits the Tyr's reactor section several times...causing it to explode within a matter of seconds. Melchior and the rest of the Tyr's remaining defense fighters attempt to flee the Nomad vessels, but many of them are destroyed. Melchior is one of the few survivors that came back that day...
Radiation poisoning from the Tyr's reactor exploding had hospitalized Melchior for nearly a month, and by the time he was out...the war had ended. For his and the surviving members of his flight group...they were awarded a promotion for bravery in the face of implacable odds.
Now a Captain, Melchior was commissioned a Gunboat, designated ?berlebender (Survivor), in 804...
He still commands the ?berlebender to this day, and has no plans on retiring from the Military anytime soon, even though he is 86 years of age.
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This is my first actual RP post, any insight or recommendations on how to make this better would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to comment