<div align="center">(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb61/ilikefreeaccounts/stoneman.jpg)</div><br/>Name: Apophis Reynolds<br/>Race: Oxoniyeitix (called Golemites by humans)<br/>Age: 85 Earth years (relatively young)<br/>Sexuality: Unknown<br/><br/>Description: The stone man stands at a steady 6'3" tall, which is small compared to others of his race, and weights well over 300 lbs. His skin is a muted gray with no luster. It is believed that he is semi-organic, and has organs similar to a humans. One example of this is a strange red mucous mesh like material that stretches between the breaks of skin where his joints are. His age reflects the very long life span that his people endure. Their evolution has been very slow; home world technology is millions of years in the making despite the fact that it may not be as advanced as other civilizations.<br/><br/>Personality: For a being who appears to be very rigid, Apophis is an easy going sort who will follow commands with very little question. Like others of his kind he favors acceptance and is open to change when it is necessary. He sometimes overuses his strength without being aware of it and is not very attentive to details. Clumsy and a slow paced learner.<br/><br/>Background: The origins of the Golemites trace back to a small cluster of planetoids that are located in the depths of space. The planetoids where almost empty, even with the presents of it's inhabitants. Their only resource that was useful to them was an exotic material that could be produced by a strange organism that co-existed with them. It was rocky, like them, and the closest creature that could be used to describe it is a tortoise. This material became of greater use when the Oxoniyeitix used it to power their newly developed mining equipment to explore their worlds further. Eventually the planetoids were invaded by outsiders that wanted to take their main resource. The rock people's technology could not match their adversary's so they converted most of their mining units into space cruisers and fled, never to return.<br/><br/>Time passed, and the rock people made contact with an Earth colony. As strange as it may seem the Oxoniyeitix fit into the Earth colony with few confrontations with humans. Their technology, of course, was inferior to the humans but felt that they could slowly learn and benefit from having their first ally. The Oxoniyeitix adopted human culture, naming systems, and dropped their old tongue in favor of English (it had taken them many years to learn). Apophis was born on the space colony, and grew up into a space excavator. It felt great to follow this trend for the first 70 years of his life, but after most of his human friends grew old and died he wanted to move on to another line of work.<br/><br/>It took him some time and having to part with a few of his inherited mining vessels to convince the organization Fersarlik to hire him as a contractor. He wanted to command his own crew, but since the group valued it's high social view he was hired to work as a crew ships supply grunt. He couldn't complain too much, they paid him and the work was not hard for him, dull as it may be. Apophis always dreams for a brighter position with the crew in the future.<br/><br/>Abilities:<br/><br/>Strength: He has yet to see a human that can match his impeccable strength. He also has the ability to survive unprotected in most hostile environments for short periods of time. This may be the only innate trait that has shown any value to the crew.<br/><br/>Mining: Being in the business of drilling and breaking through all kinds of minerals for decades has allowed him to gain knowledge on many types of different tools and techniques used in that area. Apophis can only pilot the rock crushing vessels or similar that came from his world. They were made for his people's understanding.<br/><br/>Gear:<br/><br/>(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb61/ilikefreeaccounts/battlearmor.jpg)<br/><br/>Apophis wears this protective vest along with a pair of olive trousers and combat boots. Mostly for show and a way for him to blend in with the other mercenaries.<br/><br/>(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb61/ilikefreeaccounts/laser_digital_gun.jpg)<br/><br/>This rifle is an energy weapon that is capable of firing a single shot or a burst of coherent light. Uses standard energy cells for ammo. Was acquired from the Earth colony before he left.<br/><br/>(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb61/ilikefreeaccounts/ph01001-1.gif)<br/><br/>A tool from his own collection, Apophis has found over the years that this cell powered mining hammer was good for close range combat. Able to knock an opponent off his feet with ease.<br/><br/>