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| affiliation = [[Volksfront]],[[Bundschuh]]
| birth_date = May 5th, 779 [[A.S.]], [[Planet Holstein]]
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| birth_date = May 5th, 770 [[A.S.]], [[Planet Holstein]]
 
| death_date = Still Alive
 
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==Education==
 
==Education==
  
Bachelor's of economics 795 a.s. Daumann Industrial College
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Bachelor's of economics 790 a.s. Daumann Industrial College
  
Master's degree of political science 797 a.s. Munich University
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Master's degree of political science 791 a.s. Munich University
  
Doctorate in history 800 a.s. New Berlin University
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Doctorate in history 795 a.s. New Berlin University
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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A son of two deceased parents, Josef Marks’ life story is a meteoric rise to the height of Rheinland society, followed by a fall just as dramatic and rebirth as a fiery Revolutionary.
  
 
===Early Life===
 
===Early Life===
  
A son of two deceased parents, all of Josef Marks' life has been a meteoric rise through Rheinland Society. When his father, a miner in Daumann's employ, died shortly after his mother's death in childbirth, Josef, lacking relatives, was given into the custody of Daumann.
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When his father, a miner in Daumann's employ, died in an industrial accident shortly after his mother's death in childbirth, Josef, lacking relatives, was given into the custody of Daumann. These were not happy years for Josef, for while it can be said that Daumann fed and clothed him, little more can be said about that which was provided for young Josef.
  
Considering the circumstances, Josef performed remarkably in his education, and was eventually selected for a scholarship to the elite Daumann Industrial College. Graduating with honors, Marks looked to continue his education, but was obliged to man a desk at Daumann. Skillfully playing universities off of each other, Munich University eventually settled the matter with Daumann. Marks finished his second degree there, and went on to complete his doctorate at the University of New Berlin.
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Considering these circumstances then, It was remarkable to see Josef perform so well in his education, and was to be selected for a scholarship to the elite Daumann Industrial College. Seeking perhaps, to distance himself as far as possible from the company that raised him and the parents whom he never knew, Josef chose to study economics. This was a field of study far from the rock crushers of Dresden and the Omegas, and offered an escape to Josef.  
  
===Academic Career===
+
Graduating with honors, Marks looked to continue his education, but was obliged to man a desk at Daumann – payment, in return for the years of childhood support, though pitiful, and the cost of his education. However, Marks’ high level of achievement at the college, comprising not only his grades but already a body of published work, attracted the attention of several larger universities. With the help of a kind professor at the industrial college, Marks was able to convince New Berlin University to settle the matter with Daumann. Marks finished his second degree there, a master’s of political science, and went on to complete a doctorate in history at the University of New Berlin.
  
Marks' thesis "The Ongoing Cycle of Revolutions" is to this day considered one of his best works, and a landmark in his field. His current status aside, it is often referenced in historical and political papers. It is also believed, that Marks first came into contact with underground organizations while doing the research for this paper. Long sympathetic to the numerous dissidents in Rheinland, Marks had admired them since his rough childhood in the hands of Daumann.
 
  
Once he completed his thesis, Marks was quickly offered a post at the University of New Berlin. He quickly became a popular and exciting professor, and remained a prolific writer. He entered into the circles of the Berlin intelligentsia, and a more social side of his personality became visible.
 
  
During this middle period, Marks was involved with the local Bundschuh chapters on campus, and often wrote propaganda material for them. From time to time, he would also contribute whatever information he would hear from his high-level contacts.
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===Academic Career===
  
And so Josef Marks existed, and for 10 years, nothing notable happened.
+
Marks' thesis "The Ongoing Cycle of Revolutions" is to this day considered a revolutionary deconstruction of revolutionaries and the regimes they fight and a landmark in the field. His current status largely ignored by the ivory tower, it is continues to be referenced in the historical and political papers of his academic peers. It is also believed that Marks first came into contact with underground dissenting organizations while doing the research for the paper. Long sympathetic to the numerous dissidents in Rheinland, Marks had admired them since his rough childhood in the hands of Daumann.
  
===Dissidence and Defection===
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His thesis was well received by the university, who immediately offered him an assistant professorship. Already an up and coming intellectual at the age of 25, Marks continued to impress and was made a full professor at the age of 32, in 802A.S. He became known among students as a popular and exciting professor, and remained a prolific writer. He entered into the circles of the Berlin intelligentsia, and a more social side of his personality became visible.
  
During the infamous raids of 810, many of Marks' comrades and friends were rounded up and sent to Vierlande as part of a clampdown on dissidents. While Marks' numerous friends prevented him from being arrested and sent to the "rock" as many called it; the officer in charge, Wolfgang Lepheim, flagged him for future reference.
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During this middle period, Marks was involved with the local Bundschuh chapters on campus, and often wrote propaganda material for them. From time to time, he would also contribute whatever information he would hear from his many well-placed patrons and friends Berlin society.
  
Nonetheless, the Bundschuh slowly rebuilt their network of students, and Josef Marks became the local coordinator for the New Berlin area. His writing taking a different slant now, Josef's material grew dangerously treasonous. In 813, officer Lepheim recieved a warrant to tap and monitor all of Marks' communication. Seeing the writing on the wall, Marks realized that he would have to flee.
 
  
To this day, Marks' escape is exhibited to RFP recuits as an example of the ingenuity of the enemy they are facing, and to what will happen when they perform so poorly in the public eye. Officer Lepheim is currently doing a satisfaction survey of all the rocks in New Berlin.
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And so Josef Marks existed, and for 5 years, nothing notable happened.
  
at 5 p.m. June 17, 813 a.s.; a bomb exploded outside the campus precinct of the RFP. Fearing a possible attack, all RFP officers, including those monitoring Marks, were called to the station to regroup. At this time, Marks and a few other Bundschuh assets, stole the station's "Ragnar" command center. Having been monitoring Marks, it was hijacked in the chaos of the explosion.
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===Dissidence===
  
Proceeding to escape, Marks utilised the craft's powerful broadcast equipment to publically destroy the RFP's reputation. As police forces desperately attempted to neutralize the well-equiped armoured transport, Marks broadcast almost every scrap of dirt that he had on the Police, the Military, Daumann, and the Kanzler. Maniacally being chased across New Berlin, a wing of Bundschuh fighters swept in, and escorted the transport, "requisitioned in the name of the people," to places unknown.
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During the infamous university raids of 805, many of Marks' comrades and friends were rounded up and sent to Vierlande as part of a republic-wide clampdown on dissidents. While Marks' more influential friends prevented him from being arrested and sent to the "rock"; the officer in charge of roundups at New Berlin University, Wolfgang Lepheim, flagged him for future reference.
  
==Current Status==
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Nonetheless, the Bundschuh slowly rebuilt their network of students, and a man who had been on the fringes of the movement earlier, helped to rebuild the New Berlin society around his fiercely renewed passion. His writing taking a different slant now, Josef's material grew dangerously treasonous. In 809, officer Lepheim received a warrant to tap and monitor all of Marks' communication. Seeing the writing on the wall, Marks realized that his remaining time on the planet was short. Whether he would leave New Berlin for Vierlande or Bruschal would depend on his actions.
  
An infamous and influential figure, Josef Marks has gained no small amount of notoriety in the public eye. He has used this to his advantage, publishing large amounts of propoganda in his name, and hosting much of the material on "Volksradio" a subversive radio station.
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===Defection===
  
==Craft==
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To this day, Marks' escape is exhibited to RFP recuits as both an example of the ingenuity of the enemy they are facing, and of what will happen when they perform so poorly in the public eye. Officer Lepheim is currently doing a density survey of all the rocks in Omega 11.
  
===Borderworlds Series "Dagger"===
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At 5 p.m. June 17, 813 A.S.; a bomb exploded outside the campus precinct of the RFP. Fearing a possible attack, all RFP officers, including those monitoring Marks, were called to the station to regroup. At this time, Marks and a few other Bundschuh assets, stole the station's "Ragnar" command center. Having been monitoring Marks, it was hijacked in the chaos of the explosion.
  
A common craft among thieves, Marks is known to pilot one, though his skill in it is unknown.
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Proceeding to make all haste for the exosphere, Marks utilised the craft's powerful broadcast equipment to take his best shot at publically destroying the RFP's reputation. As police forces desperately attempted to neutralize the well-equiped armoured transport, Marks broadcast almost every scrap of dirt that he had collected on the Police, the Military, Daumann, and the Kanzler. Maniacally being chased across New Berlin space, a wing of Bundschuh fighters swept in, and escorted the transport, "requisitioned in the name of the people," to places unknown.
  
===Ragnar class armoured transport===
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==Current Status==
  
His original method of escape, the transport has been transformed into "Volksradio", a craft that Marks has spent much of his time and effort on.
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An infamous and influential figure, Josef Marks has gained no small amount of notoriety in the public eye. He has used this to his advantage, publishing large amounts of propaganda in his name, and hosting much of the material on "Volksradio" a subversive radio station.  
  
==Associates==
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==Craft==
  
'''Kaspar Keitel''' A Bundschuh ace, Keitel has reportedly been teaching Marks how to fly, in Josef's words, "those spaceship things."
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Borderworlds Series "Saber"
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A common craft among a certain “independent” breed of individual, Marks is known to pilot one, though his skill in it is unknown.
  
'''Konstantin Preus''' An influential leader among the Bundscuh, Preus has been sighted several times with Marks.
 
  
'''Lyubomir Gechevski''' A man who knows no fear, he is rumored to be one of Marks' better friends.
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==Associates==
 
 
'''Klaus Schneide'''r While Marks knows him merely as an acquaintance, gossip tells that Schneider thinks much of Marks.
 
  
'''Helmut Pajo''' An LWB pilot who was been spotted with Marks, defacing the Kanzler.
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'''Unknown'''
 
 
'''Udo Ackermann''' While his initial romantic advances to Marks were spurned, they have worked together on occasion
 
  
 
==Outstanding Warrants==
 
==Outstanding Warrants==
  
 
Treason
 
Treason
 
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High Treason
Defacing the Kanzler
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Defaming the Kanzler  
 
 
 
Slander
 
Slander
 
 
Libel
 
Libel
 
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Destruction of government property  
Destruction of government property
 
 
 
 
Theft of government property
 
Theft of government property
 
 
Assault and battery
 
Assault and battery
 
 
Espionage
 
Espionage
 
 
Tax evasion
 
Tax evasion
 
 
Speeding
 
Speeding
 
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Illegal Parking  
Illegal Parking
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Impersonating an officer of the law
 
 
Insulting an officer of the law
 
 
 
 
Distribution of subversive media
 
Distribution of subversive media
 
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Conspiracy to commit crime
Conspiracy
 
 
 
 
Resisting arrest
 
Resisting arrest
 
 
Use of unlicensed spacecraft
 
Use of unlicensed spacecraft
 
 
Noise bylaw violation
 
Noise bylaw violation
 
 
Illegal and unlicensed radio broadcasts
 
Illegal and unlicensed radio broadcasts
 +
Racketeering
  
  

Revision as of 15:11, 2 July 2011

Josef Marks
Josef.Marks.JPG
Profile
Origin Flag-rheinland.png Rheinland
Affiliation Volksfront,Bundschuh
Born May 5th, 770 A.S., Planet Holstein
Died Still Alive


Education

Bachelor's of economics 790 a.s. Daumann Industrial College

Master's degree of political science 791 a.s. Munich University

Doctorate in history 795 a.s. New Berlin University

History

A son of two deceased parents, Josef Marks’ life story is a meteoric rise to the height of Rheinland society, followed by a fall just as dramatic and rebirth as a fiery Revolutionary.

Early Life

When his father, a miner in Daumann's employ, died in an industrial accident shortly after his mother's death in childbirth, Josef, lacking relatives, was given into the custody of Daumann. These were not happy years for Josef, for while it can be said that Daumann fed and clothed him, little more can be said about that which was provided for young Josef.

Considering these circumstances then, It was remarkable to see Josef perform so well in his education, and was to be selected for a scholarship to the elite Daumann Industrial College. Seeking perhaps, to distance himself as far as possible from the company that raised him and the parents whom he never knew, Josef chose to study economics. This was a field of study far from the rock crushers of Dresden and the Omegas, and offered an escape to Josef.

Graduating with honors, Marks looked to continue his education, but was obliged to man a desk at Daumann – payment, in return for the years of childhood support, though pitiful, and the cost of his education. However, Marks’ high level of achievement at the college, comprising not only his grades but already a body of published work, attracted the attention of several larger universities. With the help of a kind professor at the industrial college, Marks was able to convince New Berlin University to settle the matter with Daumann. Marks finished his second degree there, a master’s of political science, and went on to complete a doctorate in history at the University of New Berlin.


Academic Career

Marks' thesis "The Ongoing Cycle of Revolutions" is to this day considered a revolutionary deconstruction of revolutionaries and the regimes they fight and a landmark in the field. His current status largely ignored by the ivory tower, it is continues to be referenced in the historical and political papers of his academic peers. It is also believed that Marks first came into contact with underground dissenting organizations while doing the research for the paper. Long sympathetic to the numerous dissidents in Rheinland, Marks had admired them since his rough childhood in the hands of Daumann.

His thesis was well received by the university, who immediately offered him an assistant professorship. Already an up and coming intellectual at the age of 25, Marks continued to impress and was made a full professor at the age of 32, in 802A.S. He became known among students as a popular and exciting professor, and remained a prolific writer. He entered into the circles of the Berlin intelligentsia, and a more social side of his personality became visible.

During this middle period, Marks was involved with the local Bundschuh chapters on campus, and often wrote propaganda material for them. From time to time, he would also contribute whatever information he would hear from his many well-placed patrons and friends Berlin society.


And so Josef Marks existed, and for 5 years, nothing notable happened.

Dissidence

During the infamous university raids of 805, many of Marks' comrades and friends were rounded up and sent to Vierlande as part of a republic-wide clampdown on dissidents. While Marks' more influential friends prevented him from being arrested and sent to the "rock"; the officer in charge of roundups at New Berlin University, Wolfgang Lepheim, flagged him for future reference.

Nonetheless, the Bundschuh slowly rebuilt their network of students, and a man who had been on the fringes of the movement earlier, helped to rebuild the New Berlin society around his fiercely renewed passion. His writing taking a different slant now, Josef's material grew dangerously treasonous. In 809, officer Lepheim received a warrant to tap and monitor all of Marks' communication. Seeing the writing on the wall, Marks realized that his remaining time on the planet was short. Whether he would leave New Berlin for Vierlande or Bruschal would depend on his actions.

Defection

To this day, Marks' escape is exhibited to RFP recuits as both an example of the ingenuity of the enemy they are facing, and of what will happen when they perform so poorly in the public eye. Officer Lepheim is currently doing a density survey of all the rocks in Omega 11.

At 5 p.m. June 17, 813 A.S.; a bomb exploded outside the campus precinct of the RFP. Fearing a possible attack, all RFP officers, including those monitoring Marks, were called to the station to regroup. At this time, Marks and a few other Bundschuh assets, stole the station's "Ragnar" command center. Having been monitoring Marks, it was hijacked in the chaos of the explosion.

Proceeding to make all haste for the exosphere, Marks utilised the craft's powerful broadcast equipment to take his best shot at publically destroying the RFP's reputation. As police forces desperately attempted to neutralize the well-equiped armoured transport, Marks broadcast almost every scrap of dirt that he had collected on the Police, the Military, Daumann, and the Kanzler. Maniacally being chased across New Berlin space, a wing of Bundschuh fighters swept in, and escorted the transport, "requisitioned in the name of the people," to places unknown.

Current Status

An infamous and influential figure, Josef Marks has gained no small amount of notoriety in the public eye. He has used this to his advantage, publishing large amounts of propaganda in his name, and hosting much of the material on "Volksradio" a subversive radio station.

Craft

Borderworlds Series "Saber" A common craft among a certain “independent” breed of individual, Marks is known to pilot one, though his skill in it is unknown.


Associates

Unknown

Outstanding Warrants

Treason High Treason Defaming the Kanzler Slander Libel Destruction of government property Theft of government property Assault and battery Espionage Tax evasion Speeding Illegal Parking Impersonating an officer of the law Distribution of subversive media Conspiracy to commit crime Resisting arrest Use of unlicensed spacecraft Noise bylaw violation Illegal and unlicensed radio broadcasts Racketeering


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