Species: Naerian (Reptilian) Full Name: Nalz Malan Zurrani Gender: Male Height: 7'2" Weight: 255lbs Age: 31 Home Planet: Sihv Home Continent: Ramaj City of Birth: Kaaje Physical Traits: Body Type: Has an overall athletic and toned musculature. His military training has left him very physically fit and capable. Eyes: Slit pupils. Emerald irises, amber surrounding. Arms: Has four arms, each hand has four fingers. One thumb and three digits each with a small, blunt, off-white claw. Legs: Has digitigrade legs. He walks on four large toes, off-white claws at the tip of each. Head Details: Reptilian snout, imagine a very well rounded rectangle with the same semi-blunt tip. Nostrils are on either side of the end of the snout on the corners. Long, slender, deep violet colored tongue. The upper and lower jaw each contain a single row of small, sharp and off-white colored teeth. Tail: His tip of his tail just barley touches the ground when limp. Tail base diameter is about six inches, decreasing in thickness to end in a blunt tip. The tail is partially prehensile and the anus is at the very base of the tail. Head Adornment: Multitude of small, pliable crimson spines cover the top, back and partially the sides of his head. The spines continue down and terminate at the back of the neck. One small hole on either side of the head are his equivalent of ears. Scale Color: Dark gray scales cover his body, turning to near black over the lower jaw and underside of the snout, neck, chest, belly, groin and underside of the tail. Tattoos: Across his snout are bioluminescent tattoos. Five stripes that angle slightly towards the front of the snout, starting just behind the nostrils they increase in length until the last stripe reaches the darker scales at the lower jaw. Each stripe ends in a point. Starting at the base of the skull are stripes in a similar style to the snout but thicker. The first stripe is the thickest and curves down towards the base of the neck. Each successive stripe tightens the curve near the tip and thins overall. There are four of these stripes with the last one the smallest and most tightly curved just above the base of the neck. Across the tail from base to tip are strips that alternate between concave and convex, facing towards each other as if forming a separated 'O'. Between each larger pair is a smaller pair of concave/convex stripes. The pattern repeats. With the exception that inside each pair of larger stripes is a small, solitary concave or convex stripe. Inside the first split 'O' is a concave stripe. Example: "( ( )" ( ) "( ) )" ( ) "( ( )" ( ) "( ) )" ( ) . The " " denote the larger pair of stripes, each solitary stripe inside is smaller that the parent pair. The bioluminescence glows faintly, the brightness fluctuating based on heart rate due to the body increasing energy production. Reproductive Organs: Internal genitalia. Testicles are at the bottom of the genital slit, inside of the body. They are visible from the outside and appear as small bumps. His penis is distinct from a Humans, as follows: Thicker than a Human male's, about the same length but an altogether different shape. The base is skinnier than the rest, the shaft not a uniform thickness, wide and slightly tapering to the tip. The head is nearly flat with a slight flare and angled towards the tip at one side where the urethra ends in the point. The color is similar to that of his tongue: a deep violet. Body Adornment: He has no nipples or navel due to coming from an egg. Jewelry: Has a stud in the left nostril and a slightly larger one at the top of the genital slit of a Naerian metal called Serian. An extremely rare, precious and prohibitively expensive metal easily recognized by it's brilliant luster and beautiful red and orange swirl, likened to look like the swirling fires of a blazing sun. Appearance on Earth: Clothing: Generally wears human styled, obviously tailored for his unique body, button up dress shirts of various styles and patterns, usually dark or muted colors. Has a dark jacket for colder temperatures. Pants consist of slacks or more rugged cargo pants in various shades. His species doesn't have footwear, except in hazardous conditions where the feet are wrapped in a thick material. Accessories: Normally wears a pair of semi-frameless sunglasses. Two round edged square lenses connected over the bridge of the snout custom designed to fit and stay in place. History: Born in 2321TA (Time Awareness) on the 9th day of the 13th month to a, what would be considered, middle class family. Nalz grew up much like any other Naerian child. His parents were generally laid back but quick to discipline and teach their son lessons important in life. In 2338TA Nalz's father, Malan, was honorably discharged from the Vacuum Combat Forces for being "Killed In Action" for his fourth and final time after 18 years of service in the VCF. Nalz had often watched the Ground and Vacuum battle broadcasts as he grew up, fascinated by his father's stories and medals. Due to this early influence, Nalz was engrossed in idea of becoming a member of the VCF; he studied and devoured books detailing strategies and tactics as well as the personal memoirs of pilots and commanders. In school Nalz took classes and studied all things space and Vacuum combat related. At the age of 22 Nalz was allowed to take the basic VCF placement exam, scoring the highest of the year's examinees and the third highest ever in the Vacuum Officer exam. Two years later, in 2343TA, Nalz became a Cyi (Commander of a Hive ship, largest class of supercarrier in the VCF's fleet. Doubling as the CoC for all other lesser class carriers) after his training due to his exemplary skill and battle field knowledge and intuition. After four large battles Nalz was promoted to the rank of Cyiser for his actions above and beyond the call of duty, leadership and quick action that saved multiple ships and prevented the loss of valuable assets. He was now effectively the third in command of the 32nd Armada. In 2345TA, one of the most re-run and studied Vacuum battles of the past 53 years occurred. The 32nd Armada was nearly decimated by the 27th Armada. The two ranking Officers above Nalz and their ships had both been eliminated. A retreat had been called moments before their demise but before the ships that remained could spin up their engines to make the jump to safety the enemy ships were already pressing their advantage. Routing power to the engines for jump sapped precious defense systems of the needed power. With the cost of rebuilding the 32nd armada weighing on his mind the loss of even more personnel than absolutely necessary was unacceptable. Nalz devised and executed a shield operation. He knew it was a desperate attempt to salvage a victory from the vice of defeat. The most badly damaged frigates, battle cruisers and dreadnaughts would form a physical shield in front of the super carriers. Nalz hoped the enemy would mass their fire on the ships while they returned fire and brought down the shields of the enemy fleet. The remaining super carriers would enter a range so close it was never heard of behind the shield of metal and release their thousands of remaining fighters like a shotgun below his ships to bomb the 27th Armada from below. He hoped that the fighters would catch the enemy off guard and their weapons would be overwhelmed by his ships to put up much resistance for the fighters. Nalz's fleet would press forward in the same formation and essentially turn the battle into a knife fight. He executed the plan and it worked for the most part. Losses were still heavy, especially among the ships at the front of the formation but not nearly what they would have been had he attempted to turn his back to be hunted down by the enemy. The 27th Armada had been reduced to 31% effectiveness compared to the 32nd Armada's 43%. After the 32nd Armada had jumped away from the battlefield of twisted metal to the staging planet the battle was deemed a victory for the 32nd Armada. Widely congratulated and awarded for his actions Nalz was promoted to Cyitar five months later. His strategic prowess cited as the main reason for the promotion as well as his role in changing battlefield doctrine in desperate situations. His actions would be written into the very books he adored as a child. Despite the victory and the praise he still felt personally responsible for all those lost. Two years later, 2347TA, Nalz was promoted to Cyiciner, Field commander of the 32nd Armada. Two more years passed with three more successful campaigns when Nalz decided it was time for an extended vacation petitioned for an indefinite extended leave of absence from the VCF and received it. Six months earlier a species known as Homo sapiens had been contacted. The two species spent the next year interacting and learning about the other eventually agreeing upon a sort of exchange. Seven months of reading and study readied him for life on the alien planet and the voyage to it. On the last day of the Naerian year Nalz was on Earth at the age of 31, still quite young for his species. He was but one of 150,000 that was sent to Earth, an experience adding to his so far exemplary life.