Agent Marc Vachon

Marc Vachon was originally an NPC in the Blackriver Charter adventure who, as a PC, has recently joined the Starjammer crew as a pilot and executive officer.

Name Marc Vachon		Position(s) Pilot/Executive Officer
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 9AAEB4
Birth Date 009-1060	Homeworld Kline (Magyar 3012 A642987-E)
Service Navy		Rank Lieutenant
Certifications Mechanic’s Certificate, Spacecraft Pilot’s License, Limited Mate’s License, Sensor Operator’s Certificate, Qualified Operator (autopistol, cutlass, gauss pistol).
Possessions autopistol, cutlass.		Assets kCr12.25
Comments Marc was admitted to the Imperial Naval Academy but failed to graduate. He did serve five terms in the Navy, first with Flight branch, then Support, and finally transfered to Naval Intelligence before his retirement in 1102.

The Meritorious Performance of Duties Medal is a non-combat decoration occasionally “awarded for impressive service in areas the navy does not want to disclose, such as intelligence work or research and development of sensitive systems.”

Marc Vachon was born in the planetary capital of Mirjam, a metropolis of some 300 million. His family had a long history working as shipfitters in the Allied Prefabricated Ships and Vessels yards, but due to his grandparents’ involvement in union organizing Marc’s parents were unable to find employment in the family trade and were forced to work a series of menial, unskilled jobs. Despite growing up impoverished, Marc’s athletic ability and keen intellect allowed him to do well in school, which offered his best chance at escaping the slums of Mirjam.

In 1078 Marc won entry to the Imperial Naval Academy (Magyar Branch), located at Seloo (Magyar 2102 A4319BA-E). Candidates are normally recommended by a noble patron who holds either an active or a reserve naval commission, but Marc won his own way through exceptional academic performance. The Navy operates these very selective academies for the recruitment and training of officers. Over the four-year course the candidates learn basic shipboard skills and receive specialized training in the branch of their choice during the final year. Although Marc excelled at his coursework, in his senior year he became involved with the daughter of an instructor and failed to graduate.

In 1082 he was inducted into the Imperial Navy as a lowly Spacehand, though his academic performance allowed him to enter the Flight Branch, normally reserved for well-connected officers. Flight is perhaps the most prestigious of the specialist navy branches: its officers pilot and navigate starships and are the most likely to gain a command position. Flight personnel are responsible for communications, sensors, and small craft operations as well as the more obvious flight operations.

Marc was assigned to the 109th Fleet, which protects Kline subsector. He served on Gionetti-class light cruisers as part of the 180th Cruiser Squadron based out of Hrongding (Magyar 2817 B621511-C). The commander of the 180th, Commodore Amanda Iikam, quickly recognized Marc’s potential and ensured he was promoted to Able Spacehand.

In 1086 Marc signed up for another term in the Navy, but his romantic relationship ended badly, and he gained an enemy in his former academy instructor. With the assistance of Commodore Iikam Marc was granted a commission as an ensign and was sent to Flight School on Seloo.

In 1090, at Commodore Iikam’s direction, Marc transferred to her personal staff and attended the Naval Intelligence School on Hrongding. The Commodore recognized Marc’s ability to seamlessly slide between rough working class and posh upper class social circles, a useful skill for an intelligence agent. While serving on the commodore’s staff Marc uncovered a conspiracy of several officers within the 109th Fleet, high-born “gentlemen” with sympathies to the Solomani cause. The resulting fallout was a deep embarrassment to Admiral Denis Hansen. Rather than being rewarded with a promotion, Marc was held back.

In 1094 Marc transferred to Imperial Naval Intelligence, “the foremost intelligence service in the Imperium, with a remit to ensure the security of the Imperium from both internal and external threats.” There Marc was promoted to sublieutenant and caught the attention of Commander Ginnoni Salman, a legendary analyst within Naval Intelligence who was known for his intellect, conviction, and willingness to buck the system in pursuit of Solomani agents. When Marc met him Salman was on the outs with his superiors for relentlessly pushing his theory that Solomani Security had at least one high-level mole embedded within INI. Accordingly, Salman was forced to chase his theory off the books. The famously prickly Salman took a liking to Marc and used him to run down various leads on his special project. Despite this, Salman was always very careful never to share too many details about his theory with Marc.

In 1101 Salman’s offices were raided by agents from INI’s internal investigation bureau, who claimed that Salman had been improperly diverting Imperial funds for his personal use. Marc found himself frozen out of their special project files and brought in for days of questioning, but he knew few details about Salman’s theories and absolutely nothing about missing funds. In the end Salman was forced to resign and stripped of his pension, but the entire affair was kept out of the public press. Marc was promoted to lieutenant but pressured to retire from the Navy in 1102.

Within a few weeks Marc was approached by Sir Virgilio Khan, seneschal to Duchess Shanika. The Duchess maintained her own Kline Security Directorate, a subsector intelligence and counterintelligence agency under her control. The KSD had cultivated its own HUMINT networks and enjoyed something of a “friendly” rivalry with the much larger Imperial services such as INI. Sir Virgilio, an old friend of Salman’s, brought Marc in as an outside consultant to the KSD, where Marc discovered that the Duchess had her own concerns about the integrity of Imperial Naval Intelligence.

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