"I used to be a bad man. Still am. Now I'm a bad man with a cause."

Name: Lafayette Leroy Jackson Ransom
Alias: Leroy Ransom
Nickname: Dark Knight
Codename: Samael
Age: 35
Homeworld: Dantooine

Species: Human
Gender: Male
Height: 180.34 centimeters
Weight: 108.86 kilograms
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Skin: Light
Blood Type: O+
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual

Affiliations: Rebel Alliance; formerly Galactic Empire
Rank: None; formerly Sergeant

Vehicles: modified GAT-12j Skipray Blastboat The Horse That Death Rode, Flare-S Swoop
Armor: Rebel Assault Armor.
Weapons: WESTAR-M5 Blaster Rifle with customized scope and underslung micro-grenade launcher ("Vera"), A295 Blaster Rifle ("Tatiana"), E-11 Blaster Rifle ("Radmila"), DC-15x, Sniper Rifle ("Voya"), DXR-6 Disruptor Rifle ("Lejla")
Outland Rifle ("Mila"), DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System ("Lux"), Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon ("Sasha"), 2 Model 434 DeathHammer Blaster Pistols ("Alla & Arina"), 2 WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols ("Nina & Nadia"), 2 Mandalorian Heavy Blasters ("Milada & Milena"), T-6 "Thunderer" Heavy Blaster Pistol ("Vesna"), Renegade Heavy Blaster Pistol ("Natasha"), Dissuader KD-30 Slughtrower Pistol ("Anatasia"), Mandalorian Disintegrator ("Tijana"), Vibro Double-Sword ("Zenaida"), Force Pike ("Jasna"), Vibrosword ("Jelena"), 2 shivs ("Milka & Mirna"), 2 throwing style combat knives ("Milica & Masha"), Mandalorian Crushgaunts with knuckle plate vibro blades, thermal detonators, frag grenades, flashbang grenades [NOTE: This is an armory listing, not a list of weapons carried at all times.]
Clothing: Brown fur-lined high-collar vest (reinforced with fiberarmor weave), grey shemagh, , Alliance Army BDU pants, Alliance Army BDU leggings, Alliance Army BDU combat boots. Brown leather fur-lined high-collar greatcoat (reinforce with fiberarmor weave), black long-sleeved thermal shirt, grey cargo pants, black armored combat boots. Various tactical gear and clothing worn with both outfits.

Father: Gustavius Sterling Ransom- former Imperial Army Sergeant, bounty hunter, mercenary (deceased)
Mother: Evelyn Lizabeth Bragg- former Imperial Army Sergeant, bounty hunter, mercenary (deceased)
Spouse: Mara Antares - bartender, server (28)

Personality: Brash and unreserved, he is an open-minded individual who often lets his opinion be known. He is particularly ruthless and brutal in combat, many shocked by his tactics and strategies but none can argue with his results and success rate. Despite seemingly sociopathic tendencies he does care for individuals around him, considering his peers brothers and his subordinates sons, but rarely allows for those around him to know anything but a cold and calculating individual.

Background: He was born and raised on a farm outside of Hazard on Dantooine by parents who were once mercenaries but had turned to a life of rural, Outer Rim living. When he was 12, the farm failed, and his family moved to Coruscant, which caused him to develop a distinct accent and slang. During the Clone Wars, both his parents served the Republic, emancipating him before they deployed. He attempted several times to enlist himself, failing on each attempt.

When he was of age for enlistment, the Republic had become the Empire. He still wished to serve and joined the Imperial Army. He took to combat training quickly, and sought to master the Empire's techniques. After two years of service, he became a Special Missions Trooper and had reached the rank of Sergeant. After an additional year, he successfully entered and completed Commando training, achieving the rank of Master Sergeant.

His time as a Commando exposed him to more and more of what become a startling reality for him; the Empire was an oppressive and tyrannical regime hypocritical of its own goals and values. During the Reconquest of the Rim, both of his parents died, causing him to blindly follow the Empire. It wasn't until he was on Kashyyyk that he had his eyes truly opened. He had become nothing more than a slaver, and after four years of service, one fateful night he decided to terminate his own enslavement to the Empire. Wishing to give the Wookiees a fighting chance, while on guard, he sneaked into the power generator control room of his base and overloaded the reactors. Escaping just in time to be safe of the resulting blast, his base, one of the largest on the planet, was annihilated. Deemed a freak accident, it wasn't until he turned up as the only living survivor later that his complicity in the base's destruction was confirmed by the Empire, which put out a bounty on him.

Seeking somewhere safe to go, he assumed a false identity, and went to work as an ESPO in the Corporate Sector. They pay and the benefits were immeasurably better than that of the Empire, however he was beginning to be unable to stomach his duties there as well, and his true identity was found, leading to a fight for survival against the CSA and Empire that resulted in a lengthy criminal record, and a large bounty on his head from both the Empire and the CSA.

At this point, he headed to Hutt Space, where neither the Empire or the CSA dared to go, and began work as a mercenary and bounty hunter. He quickly earned fame in the region due to his background, extensive gear, ability, and willingness to accept and complete any job. Over the years, his moral code had been crushed and he soon became ultimately interested only in himself and credits; often working for a Hutt called Malum the Horrible. Despite his seeming turn down a path of sociopathy, he willingly takes on operations against the Empire and CSA, increasing his bounty. Eventually, he joined a crew of mercenaries, who when not conducting missions, operated as pirates.

During one of his crew's pirate raids on a ship, the Captain, a man by the name of Aaron Rawls, recognizing him for who he was, talked him into joining the crew; offering him better pay and a solid bunk. He turned on his team and proceeded to serve with the smuggling crew as their weapons specialist, maintaining the weapons of the craft and the crew, and selling excess weapons they procured during their operations. As a bit of a joke, Rawls took to calling him their "Public Relations Officer", as he was paid to either carry heavy objects that were their cargo or more often to shoot people.

Over his time with the crew, he began to open up again and found his humanity was returning to him. Although many on the crew were scared of him and avoided him, thanks to his past, his method of joining them, and his often brutish ways, some of the crew began to open up to him. He and the mechanic, Norrick Doohan, formed a bit of an odd couple relationship, with him often seen when not tending to his duties either helping the mechanic with repairs and manufacturing or arguing with him. On more than one occasion Rawls had to break up a fight, and during one particularly heated argument in which blaster fire was exchanged, threatening to kick both of them off of the ship. Despite some issues, they were generally a happy, albeit dysfunctional, family. That's what made the end heartbreaking. Rawls was arrested by the Empire, following which the crew risked their lived to rescue him. Shortly afterwards, he rewarded them by kicking all of them off the ship, and married a old fling.

The entire crew went their separate ways. He went the direction he only knew, and that was to return to Nar Shaddaa. There he found a badly damaged Blastboat that had been abandoned by the Empire upon crashing that had been picked clean of useful parts. It was free, and he had no other choice but to begin to fix it up through credits he made from bounty hunting and mercenary work.

While on Nar Shaddaa, he found that Mara Antares, one of the former crewmates of the Aphelion had also ended up there, working as a waitress in a strip club and bar. While she wasn't necessarily defenseless, he felt very protective over her. When he first met her, he had romantic intentions with her, but when their navigator, Davon Vanden, seemed to have the upper hand in the competition for her, it became more of a brotherly bond with her. He watched her from a far, not sure if he should reunite with her, and ensured she safely reached home every night from a distance, that is until one man couldn't take no for an answer. Although she defender herself from his forced advance, when the man wouldn't give up on the idea he came in to permanently take care of the situation. She was shocked by his sudden entry but happy to see him. That night he stayed with her as she was upset about the man trying to force himself upon her but it ultimately led to beginning of their romantic relationship.

Over the years, their love blossomed. In their spare time, he taught Mara how to fight and shoot, while she increasingly dragged the humanity, kicking and screaming, out of him. Once he had repaired the Blastboat fully, having modified it for single-user operation, turning the crew compartment into living quarters, and having rearranged the power plant to use a portion of the port compartment as a holding cell and a portion of the starboard compartment as a refresher; he and Mara went out into the galaxy on their own.

Over the coming years, they began to increasingly fight against the Empire, joining many small operators in doing so. When a rebellion formally began against the Empire was the same time he and Mara wed, and he decided he did not want her or any family they may eventually have to live in a galaxy where the Galactic Empire existed. Once he was able to find them a safehouse, ironically on Nar Shaddaa, he joined the Rebellion, becoming a member of Alliance Special Operations, joining a Mission Group.

Although his team members hated him for it, he was later part of the formation of the Alliance Special Forces, himself becoming a trainer and given the rank of Sergeant in the Alliance Army. He specializied in training, and often deployed with, SpecForce Marines and Urban Combat Specialists, and was ultimately recruited for Alliance Intelligence while stationed on Yavin. His new mission allowed him to return to Mara on Nar Shaddaa, and resume his previous life while secretly supporting the Alliance from the shadows.