Marten Pohl was born on Planet Stuttgart on the 25th March 794 A.S, being the eldest of four he would and was expected to help out on the family’s farm when not in school. Whilst on the surface the Schwarzbär farm was idyllic and tranquil a peek underneath showed the farm’s finances were rotten to the core.

Frequent arguing between Meike (Martens Mother) and Armin (Martens father) mostly centred on finances but also Armin’s drinking habit came to a head when Marten was age 18, Meike was confident in Marten’s ability to manage the farm and the family left Armin. Meike remarried within a year to a Synth Rep on Stuttgart this blow led to Armin becoming increasingly withdrawn and becoming an Alcoholic giving Marten de facto control of the farm.

Whilst Marten was able to stabilise the farm. The efforts and long hours it required took its toll on the Pohl family with Armin becoming a practical recluse rarely venturing forth from his private study except for food. Martens youngest brother Klaus was kept mostly unaware of the troubles mainly due to his age and continues to manage the farm. Alice Pohl, Martens younger sister became increasingly radicalised by the LWB, since the collapse of the LWB Alice has gone missing and presumed to have become affiliated with another of Rheinland’s criminal factions. Whilst Michael Pohl the elder brother of Klaus but younger than Marten has recently taken up arms for the federalist cause despite the Pohl’s reputation for Imperial support in the Bad Boll region on Stuttgart.

With Klaus now successfully managing the farm and Armin now regularly attending AA meetings Marten has decided it is time for a career change having managed the farm since 812 A.S deciding to use his freighter captaincy skills he picked up from making runs to Freiburg and on occasions Hamburg and wishes to join a company that shares his political ideals.