Commissar

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Valentine Konstantinevich Rykov
Bio
Faction	Letter Agency
Age	29
Rank/Position	Renegade Officer
First Post	Febuary 9th, 2011
Last Post	N/A
Hit	The city, playing cards.
Miss	Cowards, camping.
Skills
Specialism	Good in artificial terrain
Weaknesses	Suffers in natural terrain

Valentine Konstantinevich 'Commissar' Rykov is a character in the Advance Wars Roleplay. He is played by Communist.

Appearance and Personality

Standing at around 5'10", Valentine's pale skin contrasts the dark colours he wears to blend in with the city. Various pouches full of assorted gear line his belt, and he always wears his Commissarial cap, a battered old thing that at times seems to have more personality than the Commissar himself.

Determined, cold, and sarcastic. Valentine lacks respect in many areas, and in others is plain rude, however he does care closely for those men who have served him well time and again. However, traitors and cowards have no place in his books, and his alias of 'Commissar' in part comes from his treatment of these people.

History

Backstory

The first of eight sons, Valentine quickly grew to the notion of leadership and negotiating with older siblings- arguably easier than international politics. At the age of 20 he enlisted with the Blue Moon military, where he quickly lost his idealism and gained his sarcastic nature. There he practised his skills, engaging in minor conflicts, border patrols, and city defences, becoming a skilled urban attacker and defender. After two years of this he was pushed into the 'morale boosting' positions, making soldiers fear their own leaders more than the enemy. The stress this cruel task culminated in his CO abilities appearing. He was rapidly shipped off to officer school, spending three rather dull years there before spending being shipped off, practising what he'd learnt on the borders. His recent recall from the borders corresponds with the completion of his officer training and the experience period his examiners deemed necessary, before he could become a full CO.

For the Motherland

The level voice of the Sergeant Major droned on, explaining the man's misdeeds, his betrayal to the Motherland, his position as something much less than scum. The deserter has his hands handcuffed behind the chair, head hung low as his crimes are pronounced. Next to him stands a young Rykov, not yet the CO. Rykov's hands are clasped behind his back, he hopes the S.M. won't see that they're trembling. He knows what he must do. He must serve Blue Moon.

"...and for the crimes of cowardice in the face of the enemy, and desertion of your post, I find you guilty. The punishment is death."

The deserter turned up his head to look wearily at Valentine, all hope gone from his eyes. The young man slowly drew his revolver and cocked the hammer back, pointing it towards the captive man. His hands were shaking, unable to keep the weapon steady for even a second. "Sorry..." Rykov whispered, aware of how incredibly trite this would have sounded. "The Motherland demands it." He closed his eyes and forced his finger back on the trigger.

When he opened them again, the S.M had placed a blanket over the deserter, and was nodding at Rykov. "Nice job. That should keep the men's morale high, don't you think?" he asked, turning away and leaving without waiting for an answer.

Rykov slumped to the ground, shivering, still clutching the weapon. The tears joined him soon, and he lay there weeping, cursing. Eventually he recovered, staggering to his feet and departing quietly.

There were three more deserters that month alone.

Recent History

Valentine was elevated to Head of Security and made a specialist tactician shortly after arriving in Prox to serve directly under Procella. In the short time there he began planning for top-notch intelligence program, but ha been as of yet unable to put it into practise. He has hired two ex con-women, Vera and Alisa Lerche, to assist him in this area.

Shortly after the Alaran war broke out, Commissar was sent with Rustica to retake the area of Alara Tomsk from the Starrian. Under his orders, Blue Moon forces (Including the new Topol missiles) fired directly on Berezniki itself to dislodge the foe, causing massive structural and collateral damage, despite orders not to do so. Seeing his attempt to retake the city failing, Commissar personally lead Advanced Ops units into the city in an attempt to take the enemy HQ. When this failed he disguised himself as an enemy officer, and made it to Liberty Spire before getting arrested and held by the Grey Fox.

After a day or so languishing there, he was offered a chance to escape by A of the Letter Agency, in return for his services. Commissar made his way up the Spire during the Agency's bombing and attacks of the city, and at A's command assassinated Grey Fox, and escaped. He now waits somewhere in Green Earth, being taught to work for the Letter Agency. His callsign with them is V-2.

Relationship

Commissar, proud and even arrogant as he is, does not tend to see eye to eye with his fellow Blue Moon COs on several issue. He considers Comrade to be far too idealistic, and Electroma's works of 'science' make him downright scared. He remains ambivilent towards Joseph, giving him some modicum of respect. To Procella he extends the bare minimum of courtesies, often being more blunt and sarcastic in regards to giving his opinion on orders. It is with Rustica that he shares the most normal relations, admiring her form and her abilities while hardly being inpolite to her at all.

Skills

	Description	Cost
Day-to-Day Strengths	Units on artificial terrain are at x1.2/1.2	-
Day-to-Day Weaknesses	On natural terrain units drop to x1/0.9	-
CO Power Urban Assault	Units on artificial terrain gain an extra x1.1/1.1, and one terrain defence star. All units gain standard boost of x1.1/1.1.
Super CO Power At Any Cost!	Units on artificial terrain gain x1.2/x1.2 and +1 movement. Air units gain x1.1/1.1. All units receive x1.1/1.1.