The Fallen Angels "A" - Personnel Database

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Personnel File #4 - "Ivano Risi"

Full Name: Ivano Risi

Gender: Male

Hair colour: Dark

Eye colour: Dark

Medical Issues (if any): ► None

DoB: 25/05/795 A.S.

Nationality: Maltese

Additional Notes Cardamine user

"Humble Origins"

Born and grown on Malta, Ivano comes from a humble family that possessed a small Cardamine cultivation, which was the main income for the family. Ever since he was young, he helped the family in growing Cardamine, as well as acting as an administrator for the revenue. At the age of 18, after having concluded his school studies and piloting school sessions, he learned how to fly a freighter from his father, an ace pilot of the Maltese Navy, and started making up money for the family exporting Cardamine in his Dromedary. His target were the drug dealers located in Sirius' capital planets, and so he often employed the trick of looking like a Zoner in order to pass through security checks, land, offload the cargo, and head back. He made the way back and forth from Malta to Manhattan so many times, he earned a quick buck for himself in a very short time, and decided to swap his old Dagger for a shining new Gladius, said to be the top-notch craft for an Outcast.

"The Eta warzone: rise and fall of the 162th "Phantoms" Scout Wing."

At the age of 23, after having joined the Maltese secondary fleets as a scout, he was assigned to the Omicron Eta (now unaccessible as the jumphole collapsed during an ionstorm) frontline, acting as a recon wingman, flying his Gladius, to detect Corsair fleet movements as well as to warn the Outcast fleets of possible ambushes.
He was assigned to the 162th 'Phantoms' Scout Wing during that time. The wing itself was one of the most prolific in enemy detection and area sweeping among the others. The last patrol this wing made brought them within Corsair space, and right inside the Corsairs' cradle system - Omicron Gamma. The wing stumbled inside the system by a series of coincidences. Deciding of a joint accord to explore further and obtain precious intel for the Maltese Navy, they kept pressing on within the system. Corsair patrols were prowling the system, but Ivano and his wing managed to destroy lots of Corsair ships. As they were approaching Planet Crete, right in the middle, the worst nightmare of Ivano's wing appeared before their eyes: a Legate-class dreadnaught, accompanied by 2 Praefect cruisers. The Corsair patrol, without further ado, unleashed a hellish barrage of punishing firepower on Ivano's wing. The fighters kept dodging the shots, until a gunboat showed up along with fighter reinforcements, and engaged the wing as well. Caught in a crossfire, Ivano ordered the wing to retreat back to Outcast space as fast as possible. During the escape, though, the whole wing was struck down, one by one. Ivano's Gladius survived, but was badly damaged. He managed to escape into the Malvada Cloud, and pass through Xi undetected, and finally he entered Beta. He ran for Ruiz as fast as possible, and docked just in time. During the escape, Ivano itself suffered several injuries, but was luckier than his comrades. His ship was scrapped as deemed unservicable again due to the extensive damage, and Ivano was sent back to Malta for hospitalizing. After he was dismissed from the hospital, three weeks later, and lucky to have survived that hell, he took a off-duty period from the Navy, in order to reassest the family's business, which went a bit in disarray and, after he had sorted out all of his personal matters, including his parents' funeral, he put the family business in the hands of his younger brother, Silvio, picked a Scimitar and left Malta.

"Hell's Gorge and Heaven's Gates"

After leaving Malta, Ivano went into the Borderworlds, living as an Outcast raider, using a heavier ship (namely a Raven's Talon) to make some buck for himself. This period of his life prior to joining the Reapers' ranks isn't well recorded, aside from various interdictions and robberies. During one of these, he chased a transport full of goods all the way to the Omega cluster system - namely Omega-49, however he managed to land on Gran Canaria just in time. Not giving up, he landed as well and searched for the transport, only to find it empty already. Being tired after such a run, only to have failed, he went in a shady pub within the underground quarters of Gran Canaria, to take a drink. There, he saw a pilot, all dressed in black with a strange insignia, resembling a flying skull. He approached said pilot and asked him what kind of insignia was his. And the pilot told Ivano (at this time he was 27) of the Reapers of Sirius, and that they were searching for new blood. Without further ado, he enlisted as a Reaper, and was given a quarter onboard Shadowheaven. Cayman became Ivano's second home, so to say. In a very short time, he became one of the commanding figures of the Brailian Raiders, raising up to the rank of High Reaper thanks to his unjudgeable actions, tactical knowledge and unparalleled skill in combat. His ranking increased dramatically from the very first day, when he was assigned to a raiding party within Corsair space. The wing he was a part of came out unscathed. While the other wingmen flew the Reaper's VHF, the Lich, he flew a Skeleton LF as he acted as a scout. Even when solo, he downed lots of Corsair pilots on his own, bringing the captives back home. The first mission of his Reaper career impressed the whole Council, which outright promoted him to Senior Reaper, much to the dislike of some elder Reapers that wanted the promotion. Despite this, no one dared to challenge him in combat as his skills far surpassed theirs. Day in, day out - he racked under his portfolio hundreds of scores, and several bounties were collected by himself on his own. The Reaper Council was so impressed of him that they ranked him up faster than others. One year later, after the latest incursion into Corsair space, he was promoted to High Reaper. After the promotion, he was tasked with a very difficult mission: make an incursion within the Coalition's very home system, and bring back captives for questioning. He made a wing out of the top-notch Senior Reapers, and left for Omega-52. The incursion proved much more difficult than planned as Coalitioners were very aggressive. Yet, he brought his wing to shine in the sun of the Omega-52 system with a solo streak of 30 coalitioner fighters downed. With the captives in the holds, they made their way back home, only to be ambushed by a Coalition patrol. Said patrol also had a destroyer, but right at that time, the Reaper cruiser, MNS Palma, came to aid. The snubcraft were easily downed, and the destroyer followed them shortly after. With this impressive victory, when he got home, he was assured a place as the right hand of the Elder of the Braillian Raiders. Yet, little Ivano knew that a year later, he would be called by the Reaper council because the Elder was sick and near-to death, and despite his young age he was appointed as the new Elder of the Brailian Raiders. Under his command, many Raider wings went back and forth from Cayman, and everytime they came back, they brought trophies and captives. That time of glory, however, wouldn't last much longer... One day, after Ivano recalled the last Raiders back home to close the day, he went to Shadowhaven to report to the Archon and the Council, but soon discovered that the whole Reaper command figures went missing, and Ivano had to take a hard decision.
Ultimately, he decided to secretly leave Cayman and go into hiding for a while. He was never seen or heard of again...until now. Some time after said events, he was contacted by the new Archon of the Fallen Angels, that were none other the remnants of the Reapers of Sirius. He took on his call, and went back to Cayman to retake his role of Elder. Today along with his Archangel right-hand, Silvio da Gama, he took back his seat, ready to instill fear within their enemies' hearts..."The Braillian Raiders shall make their guns be heard throughout space."