Lieutenant Marcus "Ratchet" Graves
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Marcus Alexandros Graves
Rank: Lieutenant
Position: DCAG, Squadron Leader, Viper Pilot
Division: Navy
Posting: BS-62 Pegasus
Birthplace: Caprica City, Caprica
Callsign: Ratchet
Biographical Data
Height: 5'7" Weight: 150
Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown
DoB: 8/18/1978 Age: 27
531-71-1399

Background

The tale of Marcus Alexandros Graves is not a tale of youth and standard upbringing. The tale of Marcus Graves is far from the standard, bright-eyed life of a young child approaching the world with wonder and years of exploration and learning in his path.

Marcus, since the moment his mother requested permission to take leave from the Navy to mother a second child…has been a prized warhorse.

Born to famous "True Crime" novelist Arlen Graves and Commander Hilary Graves, younger brother to Verris Graves, it was decided by his hard-nosed military mother that he would be the one to carry the torch her and her father, a deceased Lieutenant Commander from the Cylon War, had begun to pass. Substandard grades were unacceptable. Substandard programs were unacceptable. Through a system of positive reinforcement, tactical exposure, and careful pruning, it was made clear to Marcus at an early age that he wasn't worthy of being a B student, and that through achievement and hard work he could be prepared to anything. The rewards for success were many, and the failure for disappointment was soul-crushing.

Naturally…Marcus adapted over time The "youth military" programs from as early as eight were in some ways no different than the "youth communion camps" on fundamentalist Gemenon, only with a military spin and highly supported by the Colonial Naval elite. Normal High-School was set aside for Military Academy. Normal college was set aside for War College. Normal life was set aside for the hunt to one day find himself a CAG and a Battlestar Captain.

His family, a close-knit unit, divided into two parts. Marcus became his mother's legacy, and Verris became his father's scion. When Marcus left for War College, Verris was well along his way to becoming a highly paid criminal prosecution attorney for the Caprican Counties, complete with expensive house and car, and a quaint trophy wife. Marcus received a fixer-upper muscle car and a one-way trip to Colonial service, three-square meals a day, and countless hours of punishing study and training.

Now, a well-decorated pilot aboard Battlestar Pegasus with a clean reputation to match, he finds himself a year into the onset of a new war with the Cylons. The fates of his father and brother are unknown, and the shadow of his mother's love and pressure loom above him. Will he make a name for himself or succumb to the pressure that has forever been upon his shoulders?

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