Maximus Decimus Meridius

[Wafellini]

In year 786 after colonization of Sirius sector, was born a son of poor Corsair smuggler. His name was Maximus Decimus Meridius. His father was risking his life to provide food and water for his family. He was smuggling artifacts into Sigmas to earn for the living. His mother died, killed by a drunk freelancer when she was working in bar on Freeport 9. He wanted to use her but forgot that Corsairs rather die then loose honour. He shot her when she tried to fight back. Maximus was rise mostly by other Corsairs, helping in the docking bays on Crete. There he learned how to properly take care of ships and studied their weaknesses. Soon after he turned up 15, his father managed to gather enough money to afford a Dromedary freighter and start his big smuggler carrier. Max was watching his father very carefully, he wanted to learn as much as possible to help him and eventualy join him. One night when they were sitting in docking bay and they were having a supper, Max's father told him that he is saving some money for a nice apartment in Freeport 3 and with a little more effort, someday they will move there to leave all this mess behind. The image of normal, peaceful and careless life made them stronger. They were working twice as hard and twice as long to make their dream come true.

All dreams must come to an end...
One day when Max was hauling some supplies for Crete while his father was having a nap they were jumped by few Outcast fighters. It was just outside Hawai in Sigma. There was no Corsair patrol wing around and there was no help to come. His father decided that their only chance is to flee for Cryer base outside the Freeport in sigmas. While Max's father was steering the defence systems, Max set course for the station. Ship managed to dock with Cryer station but all the cargo was lost due to hull breach in cargo bay.
They knew that Corsairs artifact dealers won't let them take another load without anything to trade for it. They decided to take a job on Freeport 9 and get some money to buy the supplies or at least get enough money to buy another artifacts load.

They arrived in Theta few hours later and when they entered bar they saw a zoner watching them. Max couldn't bare someone watching his every move, he came to the zoner and grabed him. It was Maksymilian Fox, Merchant looking for freelancers to join him. Fox explained them the idea of his group. They were called Pioneer Corporation.

Pioneer Corporation was founded back in 720 by Fox's parents. They were bunch of rich zoners working hard to supply the borderworlds and edge worlds with supplies.
Max decided that this is exacly what they are looking for, a chance to break out from Gamma and start real life of Sirian trader. The took that offer and started their work in the PC. After long years of trading and smuggling. Max's father retired on Gran Canaria were he lived till the end of his days.

Max knew that this day would come and he was prepared. When Max came to his dad on his deathbed , he told him a story of Meridius family. It was a legend actualy. The story was about a proud and strong Corsair family back in the beginnings of the Corsairs Empire that were roaming Sirius with glory and pride. They were unstopable and rich. The Empire was founded by some of that money , Meridius family managed to gather by all these years. Unfortunatly Max's grand-grand father was tricked by one of his hermanos into bussines with Outcasts. After that trap Meridius family was declared traitors and all the money have been taken from them for the Empire treasury. Years were passing and the story of mighty Meridius family went blur and was forgotten. Max is the only decendent of that glorious familia. It was told that before the year 800 there will come the true son of Meridius familia and will bring back the glory over the family name. When Max's father ended the story he passed away.

This was a break point in Maximus life. He started to learn the fighting tactics and with some help of Corsair friends he managed to get skills in fighter ship class. One day while while cleaning up his father's old room he found a warcodex of Meridius family. It was just a small book with damaged cover. There he found the rules that he should follow to be a mighty and honourable warrior and good person. Maximus finally knew what was his destiny. He knew exacly what he needs to do and how to achive it.

After many years of flying under the PC banner. Fox decided that Max is capable to take over the escort fleet. Max was now in command of security units and had some very skilled pilots to fly with. Pioneer Corporation back then joined the Zoner Council as members of Zoner Union of Independents and started to work out their name as noticable group within the dangerous border and edge worlds. By helping the Zoners, Corsairs and the Order, Max was slowly working on his contacts and was making friends within groups of Omicrons and Omegas. Soon Maksymilian decided that Max is the person to take over the corporation. He stood down and gave all the power to Mr Meridius. Max decided that Pioneer Corporation can no longer hide on FP9 and that their forces need to move for a better bussines perspective. It was a wise move but dangerous. All Pioneer units currently were moved into Omicron Delta due to recent hostilities in Theta between some Zoners and Corsairs. It was a dumb conflict and PC decided to aid some of their allies but limit their action as much as possible to stay neutral. When Meridius arrived in Delta, Pioneer Corporation fleet was comming from Omicron Lost after exploration mission. It was known that PC main goal was deep space exploration which they could afford by earning money from large merchant division of the fleet. Max regrouped with Pioneer fleet outside the jump hole to Omicron Lost. Ships were formed and ready to move to the Kappa.

When Max decided to set course on Kappa suddenly from Omicron Lost they detected a possible contact incomming. While all ships focused their radars on that source of power, a horde of small nomad snubcrafts decloaked around them. It was a trap. A Jinkusu flag ship managed to shield some of the ships fleeing but it was a masacre. When Maximus was drifting away in his escape pod he saw a blast of the flag ship and Nomads vanishing in the Lost jumphole. He knew...it was over. The pilots who survived were paid the share of money left from selling Pioneer Corporation assets and it was the end of once strong and prosperous faction. Maximus knew that it was the only way to repay those people for the loss that they experianced...it was the only thing he could and had to do.

Left only with his Corvo ship and few crew members survived from PC jinkusu, Max set course on Omicron 74 where some of his friends decided to join the Omicroners. It was oportunity for Max to rebuild and recover from the loss. He's never stopped blaming himself for that atack. The anger was unimaginable it was pushing him forward and at the same time it was making him blind. He was taking risks that noone would even consider. That lead him to another dissaster. In 817 Maximus decided to lead an exploration mission into Lost system to look for remaining nomad ships and to have his revange on those squids. Once again he came into Nomad trap and his ship was damaged. This time Maximus decided that he is going to fight them off or die trying. The battle lasted for hours and the wings of nomads were numerous. It looked like they were organising for some powerful strike...then he understood. The nomad target was Minor. He knew some of the agents there, as a PC member and Omicroner he had the respect of pilots there. Blasted squids blocked his transmission and he couldn't warn them. The nomad force was massive...the single corvo failed and was left wracked in the Lost deep dark space. Emergancy Signal received by Omicroners saved him after weeks in hibernation. Corvo was recovered and returned to Omicron 74. Soon after Omicroners tired of living in such hopeless space decided to leave in search for a better home deep in space beyond the Sirius borders. Maximus decided that he couldn't leave Sirius.Not now, not yet. He had to stay and he had a new mission. He sweared on his father's name that he will hunt down every Nomad and will kill every infected till he will wipe out their blasted species.

Maximus started to make regular raids into Omicron Minor other Nomad sectors to destroy as many as he could. He was fighting and waiting for oportunity to settle down... He is now strong...marked by the past events...skilled and wise but still angry and unforgiving. His story is about to begin and the legend is to come!




//I know the name is an import and I know that probably I made here an uberzonercorsair but I picked the name from my favourite movie and it was back in the times when I was actualy a noob. This character is on discovery server with me from the start...I've never had enough time to get to this so here it is. Any feedback...constructive one...is welcome on PM ONLY if anyone would like to send a message my character I suggest communication channel - this topic will probably work as a diary of my character - I would like anyone to NOT POST IN HERE and all posts should be discussed with me before it will appear here.

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