#military people due to the fact most of the recruits are really born and bred to be soliders while say irl you have a family and country to

[dykedvonte]

I dislike takes that Danse would be just as conservative in modernized aus when it's clearly shown his staunch views of things come from his time in the Brotherhood and his deep-rooted desire to belong to something with a greater purpose.

Not to mention lines that show much more open-mindedness that get overlooked for his harsher sentiments when you first meet him. Like the oppurtunity to be a part of something is why Danse fell so far into Brotherhood dogma and it doesn't negate the offense things he does but I feel like it's just lazy to be like "hmmm he'd def be racist" just so it aligns to his BoS beliefs.

[theinsanecrayonbox]

i present the crew of the Marauder, my Galra OCs in a nice clean full reference way lol

i’ll do up bios under a cut to reduce space. but wow, this...was a project. it was a really good exercise to do character design, but yeah...i fail at drawing backs of people and after the nudes, gave up doing backs for the other designs. but i wanted to do this to show the differences in them more than anything else, between colors and shapes,  so that was accomplished no argument i think.

also working on this gave me tome to develop headcanons. so those get  worked in too lol. so onto the bios below the cut!

Commander Kotov Varloc

age: 50-60s equivalency

height: 8′8″

former occupation: Commander in the Galra Army

current occupation: Commander of the Marauder, in service of the Blade of Mamora

likes: his sauna time

dislikes: Raynes interrupting his sauna time

brief history: Varloc was a younger son to the Kotov name, and not seen as the favored heir, so he was enrolled in the basic military training. He worked his hardest and excelled, reaching high ranks. He was betrayed by his second in command, literally back-stabbed and left for dead on a backwater planet in an outer system. He did not die, but the lack of critical medical care has left his horribly scarred with lingering pain. Despite being raised as a loyalist, he took arms with the resistance in the goal of taking out his treacherous lieutenant. After that goal was completed though, he stayed on because of his useful military knowledge and strategies, as well as the fact that all records stated that Kotov Varloc was dead in the eyes of the Empire.

Ventis “Ven” and Vex

age: 30s equivalency ; 12-13 equivalency

height: 7′9″ ; 6′3″

former occupation: In-training Space Station Systems Engineer ; none

current occupation: Self-taught Pilot ; Assistant Mechanic of the Marauder 

likes: 80s power ballads from Earth ; building things

dislikes: people touching his stuff ; having to put back together what he takes apart

brief history: Ven was born into the Worker Caste, and was sent off for technical training as soon as he learned to walk and speak. When he was transferred to a certain space station for advanced engineering training, he fell in love with the ships in the shuttle bay, and started sneaking off during the nocturnal cycles to attempt to teach himself how to pilot one of them. Several of the seasoned guards on the station were aware of his activities as time went on; he had two potential friends among them, but there were others who weren’t friendly in the appropriate ways. Ven discovered he was pregnant with Vex after getting caught in the shuttle bay by one of the less friendly types. Months later, the Blade of Mamora orchestrated a raid on the station; Ven was liberated then because he managed to convince Varloc (who was part of this raid) that he could fly his group off the station. Despite having no real flight time, and going into labor, he totally managed the feat, and sealed a place in the Resistance for himself and his kit.

Raynes

age: 18-19 equivalency

height: 7′1″

former occupation: Member of a Street Gang

current occupation: Sniper on the Marauder

likes: knives

dislikes: being told what to do

brief history: Raynes was born on a planet in an outer system in the Galra Empire that was known for being overrun with half-breeds. He never knew who-or what-his parents were, but due to his more Galra-like appearance, he was taken in rather quickly by one of the many street gangs. He lost his tail when he was 7 (equivalent); the clinic he as taken to said it was impossible to save the appendage, and just docked it completely, leaving him with a nasty scar. Couple years back, during a turf war, the Resistance was trying to broker a deal for information and got caught in the middle of everything; that’s where Varloc managed to recruit Raynes. Despite his preference for knife fighting, it was discovered that he actually had a natural talent for long range sharp-shooting, and the Resistance trained him to be a sniper instead. Due to his dislike to follow orders though, he was assigned to follow under Varloc when he purposed he Marauder, and at first he didn’t recognize the kid.

The Marauder

Despite having been part of the Resistance for many, many years now, Varloc has never meshed well with all those involved, never really being able to shake off the Loyalist he was raised to be/was for most of his life. So he purposed taking a small team himself for covert solo tactics. At first he was denied the request, because they couldn’t spare ships or pilots for something like that. But then Ven volunteered his piloting services, as well as the old small ship he had been working on restoring. Having a ship and willing pilot, Varloc was granted clearance, as well as assigned the obnoxious Raynes to be part of his team. Now they just sorta go around, doing small missions that need not be noticed, gathering information, and pulling last minute extractions for assents that become compromised.

And now for some species related headcanons...

purebloods are intersexed; half-breeds are single sexed. those with female parts do have heats.

the Military uses suppressants to reduce/control unwanted breeding in the ranks, heat-wise.

they are (usually) born with tails, but those of the Military and Worker castes typically have them docked when the kit is a few days old (before they need to learn how to balance without it, and also before they remember the pain of it) Tails have sort of been mostly bred out, and being tail-less means an easier time assimilating into things. Those that keep their tails are sort of socially seen as something more animal and feral like.

the Resistance doesn’t require tail docking, but if you apply for an undercover job, you sorta have to...tail docking at an older age is very painful and takes a couple months of physical therapy to relearn ow to balance without the appendage.

the back claw on their feet is another “feral trait” that seems to be breeding out. it used to work like a raptor’s claws. it also grows in later than the other claws, around the time puberty strikes.

they have pads on the bottom of their feet, but not on their hands/fingers

offspring are called “kits” rather than “cubs”

familial surname before personal given name. only high ranking Military and Noble Castes have them anymore though

they have a Caste System that’s mostly job orientated...basically i use this as a basic model with it being Nobles-Military-Worker-Common (which includes half-breeds)-Slaves (typically non-Galra). usually you’re born into teh caste, but the Common caste are tested at intervals to find specialized individuals to change. the military cannonfodder are also plucked from the Common Caste, but are not re-graded to Military Caste.

“Kitzen” is the equivalent of “John Doe” or “Mr Smith” if they need to give a name for some reason