{"id":"0lafcaogez6p","gistID":"","level":3,"callsign":"ExCal","name":"Ignatius Cognitum","text_appearance":"Ignatius Cognitum is a young man in his early 20’s.  He is slightly below average height, and has the general aspect of a well-to-do youth.  He is a dirty blonde with skin pallid from too much time indoors, and is of slightly below average height.  He wears the fine clothes of a rich kid, and keeps his hair in a well-trimmed cut, but it is all clearly archaic.  He looks like a historic cosplayer.  He is exactingly polite in the way he talks, but comes off as somewhat uncomfortable with everything.  He often stammers to fill time, and clearly forgets modern terminology.  While he doesn’t look like much in person, inside EXCALIBUR he falls into the persona of a well-honed warrior.  He is serious, to the point, and always looking for the best way to achieve a total victory as quickly and decisively as possible.  This is, afterall, what he was born and bred to do.","notes":"","history":"Ignatius knew that he was uncommonly lucky from an early age.  It started with his birth as a Cognetium, one of the families on his home planet that had access to an ancient weapon of war.  Even in Ignatius’ youth, he knew that the idea of “home planet” was still an alien one.  Society on Tachyeon was in the midst of upheaval when the young heir was born.  It had only been a scant 2 decades from that fateful night when the gleaming ships arrived from between the stars.  Many of the Old Families were opposed to the sudden appearance and intervention of this “Union”.  The Cognitum family had never been particularly large or fertile, which left them with few ornery elders to stubbornly shake their fists at the sky.  Still, the other families fought back, thinking that their access to the weapons would make for a quick punishment of the upstarts from the sky.\n\nIt only took a single season for the Union to show them their weapons were not as unique as they dreamed.\n\nIgnatius did not have enough time in his young life to become aware of old ways, and lament their passing.  He, and the rest of the Cognitum household, welcomed the change and the prosperity it promised.  Perhaps it saved them, but they learned that this new future was not as rosy as they hoped.  Union seemed more interested in capturing, examining, and utilizing the Old Families’ weapons of war.  Centuries of makeshift fixes and esoteric maintenance of the old mecha made them a unique example of new innovation.  They would bleed this new well of knowledge dry before they bothered to clean up the mess they made of Tachyeon’s society.  \n\nIgnatius, as heir to the Cognitum family, has been trained his whole life to make use of their ancient weapon...mecha...he’s still getting used to the terminology.  As such, he’s been plucked up by Union for this “Lancer” program of theirs.  His family was reluctantly honored by his selection, and sent him along with best wishes, and the EXCALIBUR mecha.  EXCALIBUR, according to the Union people, is a much older model of [INSERT FRAME HERE], but has been immaculately maintained throughout the centuries.  Even if the repairs are a bit...old-school...they are completely functional, and it makes for an interesting throw-back model that can still tear up a battlefield.\n\nAll of this is gibberish to Ignatius.  His only goal is to preserve EXCALIBUR and make it back home.  Once he is on Tachyeon again, he can figure out how to apply what he’s learned of the galaxy to making his home world ready.  He is still not sure if he agrees with Union, or merely accepts them as the reality he knows, but he has a sneaking suspicion that he will find out soon if he is with them, or will follow in the footsteps of the lost Old Families.\n\n\n","portrait":"","cloud_portrait":"","quirk":"","current_hp":8,"active":true,"background":"noble","mechSkills":[0,5,0,0],"licenses":[{"id":"metalmark","rank":3}],"skills":[{"id":"control","rank":1},{"id":"readsituation","rank":1},{"id":"rank","rank":2},{"id":"invent","rank":1},{"id":"assault","rank":1},{"id":"gethold","rank":1}],"talents":[{"id":"monkey","rank":2},{"id":"duel","rank":2},{"id":"tactician","rank":1},{"id":"executioner","rank":1}],"core_bonuses":["kai"],"loadouts":[{"id":"wpj68qqggle","name":"Primary Loadout","armor":[{"id":"mobility_hardsuit","notes":[]}],"weapons":[{"id":"archaic_melee","notes":[]},{"id":"archaic_ranged","notes":[]}],"gear":[{"id":"camocloth","notes":[]},{"id":"speakers","notes":[]},{"id":"arm","notes":[]}]}],"active_loadout":"wpj68qqggle","mechs":[{"id":"ihf248pvnsl","name":"EXCALIBUR","notes":"","portrait":"","cloud_portrait":"","frame":"everest","active":true,"current_structure":4,"current_hp":12,"current_stress":4,"current_heat":6,"current_repairs":5,"current_overcharge":0,"loadouts":[{"id":"s688abeqsn","name":"Primary Loadout","systems":[{"id":"burst","notes":[]},{"id":"reactiveweave","notes":[]},{"id":"activecamo","notes":[]},{"id":"paintjob","notes":[]},{"id":"personalizations","notes":[]}],"mounts":[{"mount_type":"Flex","lock":false,"slots":[{"size":"Flex","weapon":{"id":"assaultrifle","notes":[],"mod":null}}],"extra":[{"size":"Auxiliary","weapon":null}],"bonus_effects":[]},{"mount_type":"Main","lock":false,"slots":[{"size":"Main","weapon":{"id":"tmw","notes":[],"mod":null}}],"extra":[],"bonus_effects":[]},{"mount_type":"Heavy","lock":false,"slots":[{"size":"Heavy","weapon":{"id":"hcb","notes":[],"mod":null}}],"extra":[],"bonus_effects":[]}],"improved_armament":{"mount_type":"Flex","lock":false,"slots":[{"size":"Flex","weapon":null}],"extra":[{"size":"Auxiliary","weapon":null}],"bonus_effects":[]},"integratedWeapon":{"mount_type":"Aux","lock":false,"slots":[{"size":"Auxiliary","weapon":null}],"extra":[],"bonus_effects":[]},"retrofitIndex":null,"retrofitOriginalType":null}],"active_loadout":null,"cc_ver":"UNKNOWN"}],"active_mech":"ihf248pvnsl","cc_ver":"1.3.10"}