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- "On Wings of Hate, We Deliver Pain..."
- ―Night Raptors' motto
The Night Raptors were recommissioned in early 31 ABY and are serving in House Marka Ragnos of Clan Naga Sadow. Currently, they hold the accolade of the Consul's Own and are lead by Sith Commander Severus L'eonheart.
Battleteam History
Simple Origins
No one is quite sure who began the unit codenamed the Night Raptors, but what is known is that it was first created to train new members of House Marka Ragnos before they were transferred to the intermediate Battleteam of Ragnos, the Night Falcons and after their tenure in the Falcons, moved up to the elite clandestine unit, the Night Hawks.
However, this method began to prove ineffective and in an executive decision, the Night Raptors were decommissioned and brought back into the House. The team was shelved until 31 ABY.
On Wings of Hate
After the Ninth Great Jedi War, changes were made in House Marka Ragnos and Clan Naga Sadow as a whole; former Grand Master Jedgar Paladin took the Quaestorship of Marka Ragnos while Jade Sadow took the second-in-command position of Aedile.
In addition to a former Grand Master coming back to the Clan of Sadow, another Son of Sadow also ascended to the highest position possible in the entire Brotherhood; the rank of Grand Master and the right to sit on the Iron Throne; Muz Ashen, now known by the moniker of Darth Ashen.
Within days of Muz’s accession, his first decree was his choosing of a new Shadow Hand, or Deputy Grand Master, and he chose none other than Jedgar Paladin to take up the mantle of his second. Almost flawlessly, another leadership revolution shook the House Marka Ragnos, for the better; Jade Sadow took up Quaestor, Zaxen Dauketrenal Isradia became the Aedile after an application process and by massive demand, Manji Keibatsu Sadow was installed as Rollmaster.
It was during this revolution that the House Summit announced their first official mandate; the re-opening of the training Battleteam, the Night Raptors, under the leadership of the up-and-coming Jedi Hunter, Fremoc “Demonic” Pepoi.
Let Demons Reign
When Commander Fremoc Pepoi, callsign “Demonic” and former Commando, took command, things started looking up for the Night Raptors. Weekly status updates were filed with the Brotherhood database and new operating procedures and a Battleteam chain of command was implemented, with two Flight Leaders backing up the Battleteam Leader; Valorian and Horus Blackheart.
In late 31 ABY, Fremoc and his Team shined in an event called the Fractured Mirror, going so far as to earn the much sought after title of Consul’s Own, which was the Clan designation of elite unit.
Fallout
However, before the Battleteam could celebrate their victory, a resurgence of the Yuuzhan Vong appeared and with them their unholy vengeance, wasting the cities of Kar Alabrek and many outlying villages and settlements all across Tarthos. The Ragnosian capital was not the only planet ravaged, as an even more fierce attack decimated Seng Karash on Aeotheran and guerilla attacks sprouted across the surface of the Clan planet, Sepros.
Dubbing the massacre “Fallout”, the Consul ordered all of his Battleteams to retaliate by patrolling their cities, engaging the Yuuzhan Vong and extinguishing the fires that raged across the Orian System. It was in these preliminary patrols that the Night Raptors discovered something that was completely unexpected…the Yuuzhan Vong were not alone; they had forged an alliance with the Peace Brigade as well as rogue Jedi, those who had converted to the Vong religion.
It is in this predicament that the Consul’s Own find themselves, with a war on the home front. Under the leadership of Fremoc “Demonic” Pepoi, Dark Jedi Knight and Krath Commander, the Raptors are sure to come out on top and prove themselves the rightful elite of Clan Naga Sadow. The battle team split into two groups, Fremoc, Ryuk, and Arack Tavar, along with Manji Keibatsu Sadow, went after the various commanders of the Peace Brigade after Fremoc's VCX went down. Fremoc would later break off from that group and kill the Peace Brigade's main commander but wound up being severly wounded. The other group stayed at Ragnos Cathedral helping Raven and the Night Hawks defend the Castle. Only to their dismay that the Cathedral would soon have a doomed fate.
Knightfall
After Fremoc's revival from the Bacta tank, he led the Night Raptors to the office of Arnet, who was to be arrested for treason. The troopers that had accompanied the Raptors into the Office, turned their rifles to bear upon the Knight and his teammates. The Raptors quickly dispatched the traitorous troopers and began to follow Arnet. They quickly met the Night Hawks at a LAAT/i gunship and chased after Arnet. After the combined efforts of the Raptors and Hawks, Arnet was captured and gave the information to Fremoc, Raven, and Manji. This led them to Obsidian Station that had crash landed years prior, and they stumbled upon the Vong base. Fighting their way inside, the two teams gained the codes for the planetary grid to go back online but in the mean time William Darkfire was captured. The two teams were then sent to the Final Way and ordered to escort the Violator Gas Bomb onto the enemy Vong ship. Fremoc found William and fought him until William was reminded who he was and became normal again, without the Vong implants. The rest of the Raptors were engaging various Vong soldiers. Upon finding the Violator Gas Bomb broken, William stayed behind and sacrificed himself for his clan after making sure everyone had retreated from the ship. The Raptors have a memorial in their main headquarters for William.
A Quick Reign of Terror
Shortly after the death of William, Fremoc was appointed as Aedile to House Marka Ragnos and Fremoc appointed Ryuk, now known as Kano Verda, to be the next Battle Team Leader of the Night Raptors. Kano led the team on several missions, capturing various pieces of equipment, while also doing strike missions in different systems for Fremoc and Robert Sadow. On one such mission Kano came back from badly wounded, to the point where he could not perform his duties as Battle Team Leader.
But He's Just a Boy
Upon finding that Kano was badly injured to the point where he could not perform his duties, Robert Sadow and Fremoc Pepoi looked over various members of the House trying to figure out who would be best suited for the job. The two Dark Jedi, decided on Severus L'eonheart. Severus was called down to the Catacombs of Mucenic and into the Quaestor office, where he was appointed as Sith Commander to the Night Raptors.
Deployment to Markosian City
Shortly after Severus was put in charge of the Night Raptors, Fremoc sent the battle team to Markosian City to begin to protect the Governor's Palace. Severus and his team deployed in the city's blue zone where the mansion was located.
Night Raptor Kit
Raptor Assault Armor
The Night Raptors Armor
The Raptor Assault Armor was created by Valorian, but under Fremoc's supervision had models modified for different uses.
Standard is the basic model given out to all members of the Night Raptors upon joining the battle team. The specifications are as follows:
- Concussion-proof Armour Plating
- Health monitor for wearer within Visor's HUD
- Night Vision mode for the Visor and HUD
- Secure Communications system to other team members
- Able to provide an extra boost to abilities if needed.
Flight Leader is the model designed for the Flight Leaders in the battle team. The specifications are as follows:
- Additional Armour plating to withstand fragmentation blasts
- Built-in visor magnification capable of 5 times magnification
- Additional HUD monitoring for the Health of all members of their squad/flight
Commander is the model designed specifically for the commanding officer of the Night Raptors. It has all the main specifications from the standard armor but here are the modifications:
- Additional Armour plating to withstand anti-personnel mines
- Built-in visor magnification capable of 20 times magnification
- Additional HUD monitoring for the Health of all members of the battle team
- Communications contain an addition line directly to the Quaestor and Aedile
Raptor Assault Rifle
Currently in development, details to be added.
Raptor Pistol
Currently in development, details to be added.
Current Roster
Trivia
- After some time inactive, the Night Raptors where reopened under the Command of Fremoc Pepoi.
- Flight Leader Valorian created the graphics for the new Raptor armor as well as the symbol.