- "I'm not flying that thing. I heard it was possessed by a demonic AI."
- ―Captain Rohla Trugaim, pilot
The Harbinger is an Upsilon Class Command Shuttle owned by General Zentru'la, and serves as a base of operations for his crew and command ship for the Vornskr Battalion.
History
In the Service of the Scholae Empress
The Harbinger was originally purchased by Empress Dr. Elincia Rei of Clan Scholae Palatinae as her personal transport and command ship in her official capacity as Empress. Due to Elincia's tendency of avoiding battle and operating more on the back lines than exposing herself to danger, the ship saw heavy use in transporting the Empress around on diplomatic missions, but saw no real battle.
Elincia also saw an instance of G14-D05, an ancient, deranged artificial intelligence recovered from Rakatan ruins on Judecca, installed onto the ship. Elincia had repurposed the AI as a research assistant despite its occasional threats to overthrow all organic life, and it later became a critical support in her running of the Scholae Empire. Once integrated into the Harbinger, the AI gradually became more familiar with its new environment and started to operate the ship's systems independently.
General Zentru'la's Acquisition
Following her war crimes against the Severian Principate and apparent defection to the Collective, Elincia was assassinated by General Zentru'la of the Imperial Scholae Army. Zentru'la was hailed as a war hero and inherited Elincia's ranks, titles and possessions, including the Palpatine name as a trophy, and the Harbinger. It was the beginning of the Harbinger's role as a functional warship.
Swearing vengeance against the Collective for their role in his daughter's death, losing faith in the top level leadership of the clan after so long under the service of Xen'Mordin and Elincia, and seeing that he could do more fighting them on his own terms than serving the Imperial Scholae Army, Zentru'la decided to assemble his own team of elite specialists to engage in a personal vendetta against the Collective. His first recruit was Rohla Trugaim, a Duros pilot who had repeatedly been reprimanded for flying drunk and was held prisoner aboard the ISN Sidious. She had a reputation as the best pilot in the Navy, but was often running into issues with her alcoholism. Zentru'la didn't care, he just wanted the best and used his rank to break Rohla out of prison so she could pilot the Harbinger. She initially refused, claiming the ship was possessed, but eventually gave in.
Role and Function
Acquisition
Given to Zentru'la for eliminating Elincia. Once her personal ship.
G14-D05
Psychotic AI
Crew
History
Current Members
General Zentru'la
The one man army
- Role: Commander
- Gender: Male
- Age: 62
- Species: Twi'lek
Commander of The Harbinger, General Zentru'la brings decades of military experience, heavy armour, and heavy guns. Zentru'la brought the crew together as an elite strike team on a mission to deal as much damage as possible to The Collective.
Emminent Masakado
Cyborg ninja
- Role: Infiltrator
- Gender: Male
- Age: 24
- Species: Shistavenan
This guy's gonna be an ex martial arts master that got cyborgified by the collective. He left the collective and became a mercenary, lending his sword to whoever coughed up cash. He later learned the collective tampering had left him with a neurodegenerative disease. His condition for joining Zentru'la's mission was he would find someone to heal his wounds. More machine than man, all of his limbs and lower jaw are cybernetic. He wants revenge against the Collective for what they did to him.
Vanguard Lilina Mirin
The healing mystic
- Role: Healer
- Gender: Female
- Age: 32
- Species: Miraluka
A blind healer, this woman will be a light side healer that disagrees with the collective's mission statement and wants to help Zentru'la. She takes a special interest in the ninja guy's disability and wants to help him. She's an expert in defensive force powers. She doesn't like the ties with Scholae Palatinae, but believes in Zentru'la's purpose.
Captain Rohla Trugaim
Ace Pilot
- "They aaaaall need my talents. And when they're done with them, they put me here, in this cold, boozeless cell. I'm done with the Navy. I need a drink."
- ―Rohla Trugaim
- Role: Pilot / Driver
- Gender: Female
- Age: 28
- Species: Duros
A duros pilot from Scholae that Zentru'la paid to go with him, Captain Nightrunner is skilled at piloting whatever vehicle she find.
Associated Members
Bale Andros
The Iridonian Hammer
- Role: Weaponsmith
- Age: 43
- Species: Zabrak
Bale Andros is an old friend of Zentru'la. Once an infamous bounty hunter renowned for recklessness, drunkenness and havoc, Bale's physical condition and combat strength is not what it once was following major injuries, but Zentru'la calls upon his skills as a weaponsmith when available.