Captain Orion Victoir Duval
Call Sign: “Hunter”
Captain Orion Victoir Duval is one of two crew members that was born on Earth. He hails from Port-Cartier, in the province of Quebec, in the old country state of Canada. He is career Space Ranger, as were seven generations of the Duval family. He is presently the Captain of the GRV 1249 Valkyrie.
Captain Duval is the perfect example of what it means to be a Space Ranger. He was fascinated with the tales of his father and grandfather and the adventures of the Space Rangers, the Cosmic Brotherhood. The stars filled Orion with wonder. As a young child, he always planned to join the Rangers and to serve the Galactic Commonwealth.
In his youth, Orion dreamed that one day he would become one of Galactic Commonwealth’s “Star Heroes.” There have always been famous Space Rangers, whose deeds and actions have passed into legend and folklore. He believes totally in the core concept of the Rangers, “When you are alone in the black, it is the Space Rangers who will RISK IT ALL to come to the rescue.” He also longed for the opportunity to explore the boundaries of known space.
Captain Duval is first a man of action. He is fearless and at times can be a little reckless when defending the weak and helpless. He is well admired and respected among his crew and is seen as a fair and just man. He believes in integrity and loyalty, as he has shown many times in the past. Orion will defend his crew with everything in his being, and would never ask any member of his crew to do anything he would not do. He is a veteran of the Draco-Wars as well as the Siliconite invasion of Altair. He is a great leader and tactician.
Captain Duval is fond of puzzles, which he claims help him with problem solving. Among his favorite possessions is a pair of custom Colt 45s, passed down in his family for generations.
Physical characteristics: Ancestry, French Canadian; Age, 36; Height, six foot and 2 inches; Weight, one hundred and ninety five pounds; Eye Color, deep blue; Hair Color, jet black.
Commander Elizabeth Leigh Clarke
Call Sign: ‘Ice Maiden’
Elizabeth Leigh Clarke hails from city of Virgora, which is located on the third planet in the Alpha Centauri B Star system called Asbolus.
Elizabeth is second in command and serves as Executive Officer on the Valkyrie. She is very proud of her British ancestry, which she claims gives her courage in great adversity. Her call sign, “Ice Maiden,” she earned for being cool under fire, and has the ability to remain focused under very extreme conditions. Elizabeth demonstrated this trait many times during the Draco-Wars. Commander
Clarke has been awarded the Cross of Valor (one of only a handful), the Common-wealth’s highest military honors, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. She was awarded this medal for her action during the assault of Sigma Draconis, where her vessel the GRV 216 Jeanne d’Arc, was heavily damaged. She stayed at her post and kept what remained of the crew fighting until relieved. The Jeanne d’Arc was thrown into the star to prevent its capture.
She is very polite and proper, yet very strong willed. When it comes to problem solving, she is very analytical and methodical.
Elizabeth loves being a Ranger, exploring the universe, which gives her life a sense of adventure and discovery. She also takes great pride in helping people in need. Her hobbies include archery and rock climbing.
Physical characteristics: Ancestry, English; Age, 32; Height, five foot and seven inches; Weight, one hundred and thirty two pounds; Eye Color, brown; Hair Color, light brown. She speaks with a slight English accent.
Commander Brom son of Kyrum
Call Sign: “Big Daddy”
Commander Brom son of Ky’ Rum is the only Centaurian aboard the Valkyrie. His planet of Cheiron orbits Alpha Centauri A, a star similar to our own. Centaurians are an alien race with gorilla-like features. This species walks on all fours and can look a six-foot person right in the eye. Centaurian’s hands are similar to human’s hands and their feet are larger with an opposable big toe and each is very dexterous and agile, (just like human hands).
Centaurians can run twice as fast as a human can, and climbing is second nature to them, but Centaurians have a heavy body mass density and cannot swim. When not walking they sit down. When they stand on their hind legs they would be 12 feet in height. All Centaurians are covered with a fine layer of fur, and have a mane that grows about the head. Only the males have facial hair. The hair color can range from light blond to very dark brown, depending on what region of Cheiron they come from. The more northern in Latitude the lighter the fur.
Brom is the third in command of the Valkyrie and serves as its chief engineer. Brom is in his prime, which for the long lived Centaurians, that would be at 262 years of age. The term gentle giant sums up Brom’s temperament, and he is very spiritual and superstitious, and a bit of a mystic. His otherworldly senses are correct most of the time.
Brom was one of his clan’s top warriors before the Great Alien Invasion. After the war his clan leader asked him to join the Space Ranger Corps in gratitude for human assistance during the darkest time in the war. Brom is a martial arts master in the Centaurian style, which is a mixture of kickboxing and wrestling. Brom’s favorite weapon, (besides his mini-gun) is a large blunt object or throwing rocks, at which he is very effective. Brom enjoys playing the harp and is a master of the Centauri game of “Orbs.”
Physical characteristics: Age, 262; Height, while on all fours he is six foot and 3 inches at the shoulder, and over twelve feet when standing on hind legs; Weight, seven hundred and forty eight pounds; Eye Color, deep green; Hair Color, chestnut brown.
Lieutenant Commander Takoda Redstar
Call Sign: ‘Torch’
Lieutenant Commander Takoda Redstar was born on Mars, and hails from the city of Kydon, in the region called Cydonia. This colony started out as a scientific community investigating the Cydonian pyramids, and is one of the first human settlements outside the Earth-Moon system.
Takoda is fourth in the line of command, and serves as the gunnery officer and operations control. He also commands the security forces and boarding party actions on the Valkyrie.
Takoda Redstar is a very solemn person, always thoughtful about his duties. He al
ways acts as if he has a purpose and he speaks directly and to the point. Fearless in battle, Takoda has a solid grasp of military tactics, both fleet and ground. He loves the chance to take any ground vehicle for a spin, either tracked vehicle or hovercraft, though he finds driving the track vehicle more entertaining.
Takoda Redstar’s motto is, “Be prepared,” and he constantly drills the crew. This preparation has paid off in many engagements. The crew appreciates Takoda, which increases their sense of security.
Physical characteristics: Ancestry, Navaho; Age, 24; Height, five foot and eight inches; Weight, one hundred and seventy-two pounds; Eye Color; hazel; Hair Color, dark brown.
Lieutenant Commander Tuu Bek, the Cetian
Call Sign: ‘Professor’
The Cetians are one of three major races of the Commonwealth. They live in the Tau Ceti Star System located 11.9 light years from the Sun. The Cetians live on the moon of Nuhaman, which orbits a super earth planet called Barāku, (Tau Ceti IV). Nuhaman is a lush swampy jungle world covered with vast oceans. This world has a mass 97.3% of Earth’s mass, which gives this world a lower gravity.
Cetians are a race of primates that resemble an alien version of a macaque, with a prehensile tail. Tuu Bek serves as the Valkyrie’s science officer and mans the sensor/scanner array. In ship-to-ship combat he controls the Valkyrie’s electronic warfare systems.
Tuu Bek is a leading scientist on his home world, and was encouraged by his colleagues and the Cetian Governments to join the Space Rangers. He loves all the discoveries his Ranger adventures have brought him.
Tuu Bek is the smartest member of the crew, with a logical mind and highly honed problem solving skills. He is fun loving, but doesn’t understand many of the jokes, expressions and slang used by the humans. Though Cetians by nature are a cautious race and believe, “caution is the better part of valor,” Tuu Bek is braver than most.
Tuu Bek loves the game of chess and looks forward to playing in the Galactic Championships some day.
Physical characteristics: Age, 57 years; Height, 4 foot and 4 inches; Weight, one hundred and twelve pounds; Eye Color; deep golden yellow; Hair Color light brown.
Lieutenant Momoko Mori
Call Sign: ‘Peaches’
Lieutenant Momoko Mori is one of two crewmembers on the Valkyrie born on Earth. She was born in Brunswick, Georgia. Because of her thick Georgian accent and southern mannerisms, her call sign is ‘Peaches,’ Her parents own stables where Momoko learned to ride horses, a skill she has adapted to other animals, even alien ones.
Momoko loves to play the violin and has won many awards. She also plays the Biwa (a Japanese short-necked fretted lute). She takes great pleasure in combining the two disciplines. (She plays the violin as a Biwa, and sometimes she plays the Biwa as a violin.)
Momoko loves to cook; her favorite recipe is baked chicken, and she also loves buffalo wings and teriyaki frog legs.
She serves as the Valkyrie’s pilot. When the need arises, Momoko can convert the pilot’s station into a Virtual Reality chamber and fly the vessel using her mind, becoming one with Valkyrie. Flying the Valkyrie in Virtual Reality for long periods of time can give Momoko migraines as well as other problems. She also serves as a fighter and shuttle pilot and can fly aircraft, any craft designed with wings for atmosphere flight.
Her martial arts training taught her to be observant of her environment, making it very hard to surprise her. Momoko is a career officer.
Physical characteristics: Ancestry, Japanese; Age, 22; Height, five foot and seven inches; Weight, one hundred and twenty-four pounds; Eye Color; dark brown; Hair Color, jet black.