Whesto Dwanian

[Whesto]

OMEGA-48, Planet Gran Canaria - 800 A.S.

Whesto 816 A.S.

A couple of Zoner parents, one researcher and one transport pilot made the move to this colony for work and to rejuvenate the Zoner life in exploring the edge of Sirius. With them were their two twin sons; Trex and Whesto Dwanian.

The early years for Whesto were pretty normal for a child with two working parents, education and spare time. Whesto did decently in the academics but found no real joy in it, he was more of a social person who took interest in the exploring part of the Zoners and pilot simulations. In his early teenage years this grew when joining his father on his work, transporting various commodities between Freeports along with Zoner escorts. Usually short distances for a Zoner with minimal altercations.

Whesto admired the fighter pilots and opted for that route when it came to further education and practice when he turned 18 in 816 A.S.

Whesto's desire for the combat part of piloting grew with the Corsairs presence in the system and on the planet, causing his peaceful family much distress and they questioned their settlement in the system for some time. A year later, Border World Exports settled on the opposite side of the hemisphere and further activity was noticed on Planet Gran Canaria but also in the system.

Whesto had begun his active duty as an initiate escort pilot, often on the same missions as his transport pilot father. His brother Trex had delved into exploration and business all over Sirius, with time most often spent in house space or independent systems.

The Dwanian's plan to move again came to fruition with the fact that the systems beta star were going to create increasingly worse cyclic ice ages on Planet Gran Canaria. The mother and Trex moved closer to Ames Research station to continue their works, Whesto's father adapted and moved his place of employment closer to them as well. Whesto stayed a bit longer to keep Zoners safe in the Edge Worlds.

MOVING TO OMICRON THETA

Leaving Planet Gran Canaria

Then the time came when Bretonia sent their forces to occupy Planet Gran Canaria and the mass exodus happened. Whesto still feeling he was an integral part of the Zoner life out there, moved further out into Omicron Theta and Freeport 9 with its biodome. There the seriousness of the Omicrons started for him and he was tested as an escort pilot and patrol of the stations NFZ.

Whesto still felt unaccomplished and unsatisfied and accepted more missions with exploration teams and researchers in their security wing. It was on one of these missions he stumbled upon a leader of the Zoners Trading Consortium named Johann Boll in a Freeport bar. Whesto was intrigued by the more adventurous nature of this consortium and was offered a job by Mr.Boll, if he could pass their intense fighter pilot training.

After hard work, failure and many lessons he passed the tests and successfully carried out minor missions for the ZTC and was added to their ranks.

Whesto eventually got tasked to secure Freeport 11's NFZ aside from his other obligations. Here he encountered many different factions and individuals, as well as The Order and the Nomad threat. Which skirmishes and wars he had to partake in for the sake of Freeport 11. This was Whesto's main concern, but not everyone seemed so distressed about it in the ZTC and Whesto wondered if The Order's initiative was more worth the cause or not.

Since Whesto was seen in these battles his reputation with The Order grew, but he was still a Zoner and they treated him as such. He did however in his diplomatic efforts manage to acquire a license for The Order's gunboat, Hathor, but only fitted with Zoner tech. It came with a hefty fee but aided him in combat, which The Order took advantage of.

OMICRONERS AND LOSING FREEPORT 11

Whesto - Omicroners

As time passed the ZTC's internal organisation stirred and was remade into the Omicroners. Whesto felt hope that this would increase their efforts at Freeport 11 and the Nomad threat in general. This would in the end not be true, apart from him and a couple of his wingmen. Omicroners organisation ultimately didn't unite and a big part of it departed on a voyage with a few staying, rebranding themselves into Phoenix.

At this time Whesto and his wingmen were also left to die by The Order more than once, who failed the Zoner calls for aid when attacked by Nomads at Livadia Shipyard among other incidents. The rug was swept underneath his feet and his concern about Freeport 11 reached none of his peers. Even the Zoners on Freeport 11 started acting delirious with some claiming that Whesto was infected by Nomads coming back from battle.

This was obviously not true. Now Freeport 11 was lost to him as well, and the Nomad hatred grew.

FREELANCER EXILE

Whesto - Freelancer

Whesto feeling powerless in his efforts decided to depart and become a Freelancer in the Border Worlds and Independent Systems until further notice.

The chaos of the Omicrons only continued which grieved him but he did not know any course of action in any case. He also took out his anger on the idea saying "I told you so", most often to himself. Omicron systems safety and fighting the Nomad threat had been his goal for a long time after all.

He was under the impression his concerns fell on deaf ears. Whether it was true or not.


ATTACK ON FREEPORT 11 AND THE CORE

In 822 A.S. he heard of a massive battle between the Corsairs and The Core. It intrigued him, seeing he never got along with Corsairs ever since Planet Gran Canaria. In fact, he despised them, almost as much as The Order.

The year after, he heard of an attack on Freeport 11 and deaths of Zoners caused by The Core. It was another "I told you so" feeling out of frustration and grief from Whesto's end, who had given up on it for some time. The Core however slowly grew inside his head for some years as other pilots spread word about The Core's Omicron agenda.

BACK TO THE OMICRONS - 830 A.S.

Eventually, Whesto was under the impression The Core's cause and hatred lined up with his own. He decided to learn more about their cause and their deal.

A visit to Dagger Station would turn the tide in Whesto's mind. He saw his reignition of a life in the Omicrons, alongside a faction and individuals who strive for the systems control and stability, at any cost. Waging war against Corsairs, The Order and Nomads in their efforts. Perhaps Whesto glorified it inside his own mind.

In any case, Whesto prepared to leave for Omicron Rho.

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