Na'atrek

Na'atrek "Old Iron Feathers" is a member of the 13th Evacuation Search and Rescue unit on Telkan.

Description
Na'atrek is a Ulvinstren. He had his beak and claws removed when he joined the Unified Military Forces, with his beak being replaced by a short prosthetic to ensure he could breathe properly. He also received a feeding tube and had a dataport implanted in the base of his skull.

History
Born on an Inner Systems factory world with three siblings, two brothers and a sister.

His parents were killed while he was still in school. His father was killed in the factory when a bolt from a high pressure tank killed eight Ulvinstren. His mother was hit by the limo of a corporate Executive while on the way to work, with her children being billed for the damage done to the limo.

Once they graduated school Na'atrek was sent to an orbital refinery. His sister was sent to a pleasure dome where she killed herself after a year. It is not specified where his brothers were sent, but one died from falling off a catwalk into a grinder and the other died when the hab he was in ruptured killing all within.

Na'atrek then spent all his free time studying to become a citizen. He chose to join the Unified Military when given the option between that and CorpSec as the only routes to Citizenship. Through diligence and hard work, he was offered a position with Power Armor Pilot (Airmobile) despite his status as a neo-sapient. He excelled in training and was one of only 120 who finished out of 1400 beings.

Over the nearly 50 years of his service he attained the rank of High Most. He was nicknamed Old Iron Feathers for his ruthless drills and accepting nothing but the best from his people.

With the coming of the Precursors, his unit fared poorly in the opening fight. In part due to failure to properly interface with the Terran forces, and partly due to arrogance. After the first fight, he and the survivors of his unit switched to Search and Rescue where they performed admirably saving lives as the newly renamed 13th Evac SAR.

He is seen several more times in other chapters, first rescuing Ekret from his disabled tank, and later finding Trucker with Vuxten after the destruction of the last Dwellerspawn Brain on Telkan-1.