Budokkit Squadron

Doubtful Squadron

The Budokkit Squadron serves in support of the Mordena's goals to protect the The Freehold Planets from the larger factions who would swallow them whole. As with most Blade squadrons, they rotate postings between the Grand Armada and Janikk, allowing their Blades frequent time planetside to guarantee the plant-based fighters ample growth time within their homeworld's atmosphere.

Composition

Manpower

As with all Mordena Squadrons, the Budokkit boasts twenty members - ten living Blade fighters and ten Blade Dancers.

Structure

The Budokkit follow the standard Mordena organizational formation, including three Flights of three aircraft each, plus an experienced wildcard pilot referred to as Fish taking the last slot.   Commander Max Coilin leads the first Flight, with his lead Dancers claiming Flights two and three.

History

The squadron is formed of the surviving remnants of the clash between the Militant Order of Descendants' famed Dauntless Squadron and the Mordena's Yinit Squadron, with members from both sides of the conflict. Former-Militant Max Coilin leads the fiercely irreverent pilots, while his Blade, lomg-time Mordena Cal Barthik, serves as his second-in-command.   The squadron's name, Budokkit, is translated from Morjakk as "Doubtful," a direct reference to Max's originally steadfast belief in the Natural Order until the crisis of faith induced by his capture and captivity under the direction of the Mordena's Grand Navarch Shane Lawrence.
Members
Type
Spaceborne
Overall training Level
Professional
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Jul 7, 2024 12:46 by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull

I love these guys.

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Jul 7, 2024 12:49 by Morgan Biscup

Me, too. A part of me says they will end up with their own novel some day. Another part says it's already being written, with Julian.

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Jul 21, 2024 00:44 by E. Christopher Clark

Nice work! The Fish is my favorite thing here. I love that concept.

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Aug 7, 2024 05:23 by Marjorie Ariel

plant-based fighters!? I want to know more about them!

Aug 8, 2024 23:36 by Morgan Biscup

I have so many things I want to write about my Blades!   Vazdimet explores a lot of ideas about death and resurrection. AI here means Afterlife Intelligences, for example, where the souls of the dead are bound in computer systems and things to help run them. (Willingly! Those who attempted unwilling subjects learned reasons that was a bad idea, since they gain full autonomy over the thing they're bound in).   The Blades are a step beyond that, where their own genetics are merged with plants from the Mordena's homeworld and grown into the fighter, so they're not AI, it's a genuine resurrection into a new form - which is tricky and expensive to do, particularly the first time.   There's a whole profession built around growing living spacecraft using these techniques, the Vemajorrael, which I touch on briefly at the bottom of this article, but it's the most I've gotten around to writing about them since my current book series is still in the time period before they discovered the technology to do it:

Jorrael
Profession | May 10, 2023

Skilled in the ancient arts of city growing, Jorrael dedicate themselves to the design, growth, and maintenance of the many Jannadael cities across Janikk. These talented and patient mages are vital to the entirety of Mordena infrastructure.

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