Captain:Qurik Skel

"No shame in surviving."

- Qurik

Qurik Skel, born Qurik Corvosa, is a marshal of the Void Combine attached to the reconnaissance prowler Silent Retribution. His status as the illegitimate runaway son of is a well-kept secret, known only to himself, Orsik, and Rikken Eksil, the Void Chrill. He left the Blood Combine at an early age due to his disagreement with many of his father's beliefs and policies, while his birth was still unknown to the rest of the, and made a deal with Rikken that would keep him away from Orsik's influence.

The title of Plague-Smiter was granted to him following his work ridding several Blood frigates and corvettes of a deadly parasitic lifeform, an act which has earned him a slight reputation within the Void Combine that he cares little for.

Birth and Defection to Void
Qurik was born in 3228 LD, the son of Orsik Corvosa and an unknown mother. His birth was kept secret, and his father attempted to indoctrinate him with therusist teachings from an early age. However, the young Qurik was resentful of such teachings, and his rejection of his father's beliefs helped fuel his later rejection of the Architect and Regulators as objects of worship. At the age of 16, before his existence could be made known, he payed off a Sloop captain attached to the Pullulation arkship to take him to Rikken Eksil, Chrill of the Void Combine. Upon meeting with Rikken, he explained his intent to covertly defect from the Blood Combine to Void, and Rikken sent him to be stationed on the Silent Retribution as a stealth reaver. Four years later, it would end up in the, monitoring the ongoing state of the.

Smiting the Plague

 * Main Article: Smiting the Plague

In 3250 LD, as the Pheras Conflicts began to die down and the Blood Combine began relocating the bulk of its forces to Tuuros, a battlegroup of frigates loyal to Blood went dark while still in Mirus. The count they served under payed off the Silent Retribution to investigate, bringing Qurik into the situation. Following the trail of the frigates, they soon found the trio of vessels mere kilometers from their last known coordinates, having apparently drifted after their engines shut down.

Appearance
Qurik, unlike most Marshals, prefers to wear a hood in the colors of his Combine as opposed to the standard horned helmet. His armor is much lighter in color compared to that of most Saviki, though is mostly identical in shape and function. Underneath his armor, he much resembles his father, with a more widely set head and extremely dark skin.

Personality and Traits
Qurik is one of the more pragmatic Saviki, preferring to leave little, his life least of all, to chance or probability. As opposed to letting emotions cloud his judgement, he assesses all situations as objectively as possible before making final decisions. This has given him a unique view of both himself and the Saviki as a whole—he and his brethren are simply trying to survive, and their ability to hang on and push through tough times is a kind of strength. He believes there is no shame in doing whatever it takes to stay alive, though he sees many of the Blood Combine's actions as unnecessarily aggressive and potentially threatening to the species, as it may attract retaliation from more powerful factions.

Qurik belongs to a rare mindset among the Saviki regarding the Architect and Regulators, in that he does not truly revere them. He acknowledges his species' dependence on them, but sees no logical reason to actively worship them. This view, of course, he keeps to himself in fear of punishment.

In combat, Qurik primarily relies on an electrified skewer—which does not effect him thanks to his insulated armor—that generates enough voltage to stop an Oslun's heart if one of the many thunderbolts emanating from it connects. In addition, he wears an Atriant's modified pulse gauntlet on his left arm, allowing him to fire a lance of electricity from his palm with a simple hand motion. When ranged combat becomes necessary, he also carries a long-rage Execution Rifle with an improved scope, and unlike most marshals, he retains the invisibility module from his time as a stealth reaver.

Quotes
"Respectable."

-, Storm Captain

Trivia

 * Qurik is the closest thing to a protagonist in 's fiction, and his most mobile character.
 * Shadow Thief serves as Qurik's theme.