Calliban Crimson

Calliban Crimson is the current leader of the Crimson Tide, and will stop at nothing until he has destroyed Clan Plagueis, especially House Exar Kun. The clan currently has a 50,000 credit bounty out on his head.

History

Pirate Leader

Of the numerous scum and crime syndicates that inhabit the vast galaxy one of the least known are the Crimson Tide, a savage group of cutthroats that ravaged the Antei system long before the Imperial Empire came into being. It’s origins date back to the crimson dynasty, a small and successful empire in its own right. One of the airs to the thrown, an arrogant and hated prince became disowned. This resulted in one of the bloodiest civil wars of the regions history. It ended in the collapse of the Crimson dynasty and instead led to the birth of a nomadic and violent organisation that were forced into piracy.

The reality of today is that the Crimson line died out many years ago with each successive leader assuming the name of Crimson. To be a member of the infamous Crimson Tide is to invite a life of bloodshed with the leadership being continually challenged by his or her subordinates. Of all the leaders that have served argueably the most successful has been Calliban Crimson.

Calliban has so far been the longest serving leader of the Crimson Tide and he has also proven to be the most bloodthirsty. Where many previous Crimsons had opted for stealing out of necessity and never to intentionally harm the victims, Calliban has used nothing short of barbaric savagery in all his raids. There are few survivors from a Crimson raid with those that do somehow escape a torturous death are often sold to slavery. In the latter part of the Imperial Empire, an Imperial Star Destroyer Graur was dispatched to hunt down and eliminate the pirate.

Calliban is a humourless and savage rogue, often seen wearing a patchwork of equipment and armour ‘liberated’ from his victims. He continues to maintain the Crimson name and even claims to be a direct descendent. His manners and language betray any trace of heritage to the Crimson line and has a strong ego and arrogant persona. In one recorded incident he actually beat an Imperial Commando to death with his own helmet.

To be a member of this volatile and dangerous group is to invite death on a daily basis, through blood and savagery it has become a breeding ground for highly motivated and deadly soliders and pilots. Though lacking any real sense of tactics and finesse they make up for with skill and brutality.

Reformation

After his lost at destroying Exar Kun as the dark jedi tried to escape Byfrost, Calliban knew he had to retreat and regroup. Not only was he growing old and tired, but also his number of loyal troops was growing smaller by the day. While he was never smart enough to beat Exar Kun, he was smart enough to know he had to find more troops. Secretly, he formed an alliance with General Kraul and found himself with plenty of armor, fighters, troops, and a Super Star Destroyer. He also formed alliances with Nemo Dupar, Semyon Cain, and Ravian Pulastra, and decided he finally had the men he would need to lead his attack against Clan Plagueis.

He thought himself with more troops when he got word that Alonzo was coming back with a group of pirates, but when he arrived, all he had was the blueprints to the Plagueis temple. While he really would have liked more troops, he didn't decline the layout. He declared that they would attack all of Plagueis, and destroy Exar Kun in the process. With over five hundred troops, armor, fighters, a jedi, and generals worth his while, he truly thought this would be the end of Plagueis. As stated before though, he wasn't smart when it came to battle.

Other

• Distinguishing marks: Crimson has a biomechanical right-arm and leg. During one of his first boarding parties in the early years, Crimson found himself seriously wounded and was almost left for dead. A smart scientist on his payroll kept him alive and replaced the lost limbs with artificial replacements. This 'doctor' became his "left hand", next to his "right hand" Alonzo Bodelle.
  
• Character information: Although no man should ever trust the captain, he himself relies heavily on the concept of trust. The doctor and Bodelle are his closest companions and he tells them everything, perhaps more than he should. Crimson became furious when he first heard that his enemy captured his loyal lieutenant. Unknown is the connection between him and General Kraul. Some kind of alliance is expected based upon the fact that the pirates on Eden wore the equipment of Stormtroopers.