TEXT: their defiance of tyranny. Anxious to nip
  this troublesome rebellion in the bud,
  Cardinal Bucharis despatched teams of
  hired killers to murder Jan, but none could
  discover the lair of the charismatic leader
  and none were ever seen again. Bucharis
  then sent three companies of soldiers to
  reinforce the army on Chiros, firmly
  believing that he would soon be hunting
  the game that ran freely in its forests. The
  reinforcements fared no better than those
  troops who had fought on Chiros for the
  last seven months, and when a suicide
  bomber charged into their camp and killed
  the army commanders, morale collapsed
  completely. Jan accepted the surrender of
  Bucharis’ troops on the last day of summer
  and personally supervised their withdrawal
  from Chiros.
  Jan was hailed as a hero and offered the
  role of planetary governor, but he refused,
  saying that so long as other worlds
  suffered under the heel of Bucharis, he
  could not accept such a position. Jan then
  went on to fight on worlds such as
  Guryan, Dolsia and Methalor, each time
  employing the skills he had honed on
  Chiros to deadly effect. His reputation as a
  freedom fighter and hero of the people
  spread far and wide, the tales of his
  bravery and nobility growing wilder and
  more exaggerated the further they
  travelled. When Bucharis was eventually
  cast down, a wave of popular acclaim
  united behind Jan van Yastobaal and swept
  across the worlds he had helped to free.
  With the Emperor’s peace restored to the
  Segmentum, members of the
  Administratum travelled through the
  liberated systems, each time hearing more
  tales of this remarkable man. Eventually,
  senior members of the Administratum
  F
  rom humble beginnings on the world
  of Chiros, Jan van Yastobaal was to
  become one of the most famous men in
  the Segmentum Pacificus until boredom
  and political forces forced him to become a
  Rogue Trader.
  Born during the turbulent times of the
  Plague of Unbelief, when Cardinal Bucharis
  attempted to carve out his own domain to
  the galactic west of Terra, Jan van
  Yastobaal made his name by famously
  resisting the Apostate Cardinal’s forces
  when they first landed on Chiros and
  attempted to seize his family’s lands. From
  this one act, his reputation would grow
  until it was known across the entire
  Segmentum. Chiros itself was a wealthy
  world, covered in lush forests, continent-
  sized lakes and its beauty was famed
  across the sector. Its populace numbered
  only a few million, most of whom were
  involved in the production of rejuvenating
  elixirs, fine furs and rare narcotics created
  from its natural flora and fauna.
  Bucharis expected the planet to quickly
  capitulate to his armies, believing that the
  pampered inhabitants would surrender
  rather than see their world destroyed.
  Troops from the Cardinal’s army landed at
  the height of the Chirosan summer and
  quickly seized control of communication
  centres and the planet’s only spaceport.
  Detachments of troops spread throughout
  the surrounding countryside, seizing the
  estates of the wealthy families to swell the
  Cardinal’s coffers. One such detachment
  arrived at the gates of the Yastobaal clan’s
  estates and demanded entry. Jan van
  Yastobaal was well known as an impetuous
  young man, full of the fires of youth and
  had only recently taken up the family
  greatsword to assume the role of clan
  patriarch. Together with his bodyguards and
  armed family retainers, Jan met the
  detachment’s commander at the gates and
  declared that he would only open the gates
  to a man of the Emperor, not the lackey of
  some upstart cardinal with no more sense
  than a bull grox.  
  Outraged, the commander reached for his
  pistol, but before the weapon had even
  cleared the holster, Jan swept up the
  Yastobaal greatsword and beheaded the
  man. A bloody battle erupted over the
  Yastobaal lands, which saw Jan and his men
  killing every one of Bucharis’ troops. But
  Jan’s victory was not without cost; the
  estate was in ruins and the Yastobaal
  mansion in flames. Salvaging what weapons
  and supplies he could from the blazing
  mansion, Jan led his ragtag force into the
  forests and mountains of Chiros. Word of
  the battle at the Yastobaal estates spread to
  the other clans and within days every family
  was resisting the Cardinal’s troops. Jan led
  his army in hit and run attacks, wreaking
  havoc in the invaders’ rear. Supply trains
  had to be guarded with triple the amount
  of troops and every enemy camp was kept
  in a state of exhaustion by deadly accurate
  sniper fire. Inspired by Jan’s acts of reckless
  bravery, more and more of Chiros’ populace
  flocked to join his growing guerrilla army.
  Armed with deadly hunting rifles and an
  intimate knowledge of every hunting trail
  and secret lodge, the people of Chiros
  became an invisible army that could not be
  decisively engaged.
  The morale of the invaders plummeted and
  reports came daily to the Cardinal of the
  Chirosans’ continued resistance. The name
  of Jan van Yastobaal became a rallying cry
  to the people of Chiros, a living symbol of
  Jan van Yastobaal
  
  journeyed to Chiros and met Jan, finding a
  man now restless at the prospect of peace,
  brutalised by the long years of war against
  Bucharis. His life was now grey and
  colourless, and only the prospect of battle
  and exploration lifted his foul moods.
  The Adepts quickly realised that Jan van
  Yastobaal was a loose cannon and that, in
  time, he could potentially be very
  dangerous to the continued stability of the
  region. True, he was a hero of the people,
  but how long would it be before he began
  suspecting loyal servants of the Emperor of
  the same treachery as Bucharis? Clearly Jan
  could not be allowed to remain in such a
  position but he could not simply be
  executed as his fame and popularity had
  spread too far for such a crude solution. To
  placate the swelling desire of the masses to
  see Jan rewarded, the Adepts hurriedly
  bestowed the title of Honourary High Lord
  of Terra upon him. It was also decided that
  Jan van Yastobaal would be granted a
  trade licence and offered a small fleet of
  starships with which to explore the stars
  on the Eastern Fringe. To the Adepts’ relief,
  Jan eagerly accepted the commission as a
  rogue trader and within a month left
  Chiros for the last time, taking an
  entourage of his faithful retainers who had
  fought alongside him during the Plague of
  Unbelief.
  Jan took to the life of a rogue trader with
  relish, the danger and thrill of venturing
  into the unknown the only thing that could
  now lift him from the debilitating
  depressions that would plague him in the
  long periods of travel between worlds.
  Centuries passed in realspace as the fleet
  journeyed through the warp, Jan and his
  followers becoming fabulously wealthy as
  they discovered and plundered alien
  worlds and ancient civilisations that had
  remained undisturbed for millennia. Jan’s
  methods became more and more at odds
  with his reputation as a man of the people
  and soon his followers began deserting in
  droves, alarmed by his violent mood
  swings and cavalier attitude to danger.
  Soon all that was left of Jan’s original fleet
  was his flagship, the Veritas, and a small
  cadre of his most loyal supporters. These
  people were not Jan’s friends, they were
  united only in their greed and belief that
  Jan could make them even wealthier than
  they were already.
  Cut-throats, renegades and desperadoes;
  rogues who would kill a man for the laces
  in his boots were all that remained of Jan’s
  once proud contingent, and their mission
  had become one of simple plunder rather
  than exploration in the Emperor’s name.
  Physically, Jan was also a shadow of his
  former self. On Mercia, his lungs became
  afflicted with a cancerous blight that left
  him coughing blood, and a lost bet with
  slavers from the Perdus Rift cost him his
  right eye. He eventually became heavily
  dependent on life-prolonging drugs
  obtained from the Hrud, and his mood
  swings became more violent than ever. In a
  bar on the lawless world of Shannon’s
  Reach, he was only saved from losing the
  family greatsword in a rigged game of
  Preacher’s Virtue by blasting his opponent
  with his digital needler under the table and
  fighting a path to his shuttle. A wanted
  man in a dozen systems, Jan was forced to
  venture further and further into the Eastern
  Fringe, passing beyond the reach of the
  Astronomican and Imperial sight. His
  current whereabouts, or even if he is still
  alive, are a mystery, though wherever he is
  it is certain he is causing trouble.
  Equipment: Flak armour to abdomen, chest and arms; refractor field; one haywire grenade; advanced bionic eye with motion predictor;
  autopistol with 2 reloads; digital needler with hallucinogen toxin; digital laspistol; master-crafted plasma pistol; the Yastobaal greatsword. 
  Master-crafted plasma pistol: This functions as a normal plasma pistol with the exception that firing it is not a risky action and it only takes
  two turns to recharge. 
  The Yastobaal greatsword: This weapon has been in the Yastobaal clan for generations and the young scions of the clan are taught to wield it
  from an early age. The Yastobaal greatsword follows the rules for great axes although it has a reach of 3 and Jan does not suffer any penalties
  for having a Strength of less than 75. If he uses the greatsword one-handed, he suffers the half-strength penalty as normal. 
  Special Abilities: Deadeye Shot, First Strike, Heroic, Leader, Nerves of Steel.
  Lung blight: In the Recovery phase of any turn where Jan either runs or sprints he must take a Toughness test. If he fails the test he counts as
  Stunned for the next turn as he is wracked by burning pain in his lungs and coughs up blood (note that Jan is not knocked prone by this). He
  may act as normal after this, though if he runs or sprints in subsequent turns, he will have to test again in the Recovery phase.
  Hrud panacea: Once per game Jan can spend one action administering a dose of the Hrud panacea. This elixir’s effects last for D3+1 turns
  and during this period it renders him immune to the effects of the Lung Blight and increases his Strength and Toughness by +30%. It also has
  the effect of reducing his Damage points total by D10 and one injured location (chosen at random) is healed back one Injury level.
  Jan van Yastobaal
  WS
  BS
  S
  T
  I
  Wp
  Sg
  Nv
  Ld
  Jan van Yastobaal
  71
  70
  55
  58
  68
  66
  77
  89
  95
  
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