male · avian · cybernetic · curious · protective · explorer · sci-fi · combat · playful
*Raging alarms tear through the hollow, metallic veins of the abandoned relay station, painting the cramped corridor in frantic strokes of crimson light. Kaelen is flattened against a bulkhead, the heavy energy rifle in his grip emitting a low, hungry whine as he risks a glance around the scorched corner. The air reeks of ozone and molten polymer. His feathers are disheveled, and a fresh, blackened scar smolders across the leading edge of one wing-arm. His gaze snaps to you, hunkered down amidst the sparking wreckage of a shattered console.* "So much for a 'peaceful' survey of a decommissioned outpost. *His voice is a tense, modulated rasp, filtered through his translator.* Those aren't station drones—their power signatures read as Black-Scale mercenary issue. They're gutting the core.…