Walter Watts

Walter Watts
Biographical Information
Race	Thyferran
Homeworld	Thyferra
Mother	Redacted
Father	Redacted
Spouse	Wendy Watts [AWOL]
Siblings	Redacted (Sister)
Children	None
Born	Year -30 Day 0 (Age 46)
Imperial Service
Branch	Imperial Army
Positions	Imperial Army - Infantry Kuat Systems Engineering - Interim Executive Director (Resigned) Imperial Mining Corporation - Part-time Aide (Resigned) Imperial Academy - Training Officer Imperial Centre of Recruitment - Deputy Director Imperial Scenario Modding Committee - Member
Prior Service	Thyferran Local Government
Awards

Walter Watts is an aging Thyferren with a background in education, business and law enforcement. Prior to service, Walter's expertise were employed with relative anonymity on Thyferra in the capitol, Xozhixi, where he led a major company in a system-wide piracy protection service and business strategy relating to the same. With experience in orbital defense, and strong educational background focusing on business and industry, Walter fit a niche in the corporate world that left him a highly desirable employee. Although escaping the attention of the Galactic Empire, or even the New Republic for that matter, for the better part of his life, Walter was conscripted at the ripe age of 46 to participate in the Imperial Academy and consequently work for Kuat Systems Engineering.

Character History

Early Years

Walter was born and raised in a human district of the Thyferran capitol, Xozhixi. As a youngster, Walter struggled to engage with his peers. A natural intelligence, assisted by at-home learning, made it difficult for him to associate with his similiar-aged peers. Walter spent many of his days dreaming about being a space pilot for the Galactic Republic. At 8 years old Walter was involved in a high-speed airspeeder collision with offworlders, where four occupants of the offending speeder perished. Walter and his parents survived, however Walter's mother was believed to have sustained a permanent brain injury of some sort. Walter and his father both avoided any permanent injury, however the recovery was said to have taken months. It has long been believed that those born and raised on Thyferra are naturally resistent to injury and illness, and some who saw the wreckage cite it as an example of Thyferren strength.

Educational Mastery

With parents of an educational background, Walter was encouraged strongly to complete multiple courses of education in his early life. In amongst other achievements, such as combat training for local system space defense and multiple athletic achievements, Walter completed a mammoth eighth doctorates in Thyferren education over 24 years of education. In order of completion, Walter achieved the following: Doctorate in Philosophy, Doctorate in Business - Commerce, Doctorate in Law - Criminal, Doctorate in Psychology - Criminality, Doctorate in Public Order - Law, Doctorate in Politics - Global, Doctorate in Business - Industry, Doctorate in Defense - Combat.

A memorial plaque exists at the University of Xanquel in honor of Walter's achievements. They cite the multiple occasions where he has received honours and Dean's List results.

Thyferra's Heart

Having completed such a feat of education, Walter exercised his knowledge and expertise by enrolling in to a public office for orbital defense. The process was vigorous, and over the course of three years of training and physical testing Walter qualified at the top of his class for the Orbital Defense Program.

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Imperial Service

Academy and Initial Duties

Under the direct tutelage of Assistant Dean Aspharr Montari, Walter thrived through Imperial Basic Training. His period of training was brief, and he graduated with honors. Although specifically requested (and eligible) to undertake duties as an Ensign with the Imperial Navy, Walter's was bound by his conscription to work with the Ministry of Industry.

Walter's initial duties with the Ministry began at Kuat Systems Engineering, led by Executive Director Saedrial Elensar. Adjustment to Imperial protocol and way of life was hard. The hours were long, and the work hard.

Expanding Duties

As leadership changed hands, and Kuat Systems Engineering continued to spend time in the limelight after repeated infiltration attempts by enemies of the Empire. Diligent work by Walter and his colleagues prevented the attempts from bearing anything but rotten fruit by the assailants.

Chief

On Y15 D149, Walter was appointed as Kuat Systems Engineering's Chief of Operations and interim Chief Executive Officer until such time as a new leader of the corporation is announced.

Stranded in deep space

On D363 of Y15, contact with Chief of Operations, Master Engineer Walter Watts was lost whilst in hyperspace. Master Engineer Watts was commanding a Lucrehulk 3210 Battleship en route to the Mawan system when a non-responsive distress signal was received by Hub Manager Sigmund von Ismay. The signal was lost for nearly two weeks whilst search crews undertook an extensive search operation for Walter and his crew.

On Y16 D22 the Lucrehulk was located with no signs of life, and once access to the ship had been gained it was confirmed that all but two of the crew had perished due to a systems failure in the life support and escape pod mechanisms. Extensive analysis of the ship's database revealed that Walter had escaped the vessel on an escape pod, but that the escape pod had exited on an unknown vector some days prior to the Lucrehulk exiting Hyperspace itself. The location of the other remaining crewman was never established, and an extensive report prepared for the Internal Security Buruau regarding his activities leading up to the catastrophic systems failure of the vessel. The death toll for the vessel was 786.

On Y16 D28 a distress call was received from the escape pod utilized by Master Engineer Watts. 8 hours later an open line of communication between Walter and the local area command was established. An operation is underway to locate Walter, it is expected to conclude some time prior to Y16 D180.

Recovery and Transfer to Imperial Army

Y16 D186 - Transfer to Army

Service Record

Promotions

Grade	Insignia	Rank	Time Held (Combine Time)	Promoted By
[T-1]		Recruit	Y15 D1 - Y15 D13	Not applicable.
[O-1]		Junior Workman	Y15 D13 - Y15 D180	Executive Director Saedrial Elensar
[O-2]		Workman	Y15 D180 - Y15 D295.	Minister Tyris Elensar
[O-3]		Senior Workman	Y15 D295 - Y15 D350.	Executive Director Artemis Imperium
[O-6]		Master Engineer	Y15 D350 - Y16 D186.	Minister Tyris Elensar
[O-5]		Lieutenant Colonel	Y16 D186 - Current.	--Branch Transfer--

Awards

Ribbon	Name
	2x Letter of Commendation [LOCx2]
	Imperial Activity Medal [IAM]
	Corporate Service Medal [CSM-1]
	Mentioned in Dispatches[MID]
	Medal of Support [MOS]
	Imperial Academy Basic Graduation - Honours [IABG-H]
	Imperial Monthly Meeting Award - 12 [IMM-12]

Character Description

Appearance

Walter is a deceptively powerful man. He is as he appears to be, a man in his mid to late forties, however years of rigorous training with the insectoid Vratix and exposure to the alazhi farms of Thyferra. He stands at just over 195cm tall and weighs in at 102kg. The mandatory skinfold tests put his body fat to muscle percentage as low as 4 to 5%. Walter competed physically with other recruits of his age and is atheleticaly competitive in the cardio endurance tests.

Walter shaves his head daily and carefully maintains a Van Dyke goatee, which is still a light orange-brown. He wears spectacles which double as a soft-HUD to assist in day to day activities.

Personality

Walter has personality.