Changes: Vyacheslav Drago

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"He worked for the thieves-in-law before he joined the military through the same rehabilitation programme that Berdan and Lavochkin did. Trotskaya took note of his ability to slip through a tight security net and take someone out without anyone ever knowing he was there, and he made a name for himself as her personal hired gun. Whenever someone prominent needs to die, she sends Drago after them – and very often, he succeeds."

~ Visarion Tokarev describes Drago to Nathan Epstein during the Lenin Affair.

Introduction

Vyacheslav Drago is a Mecharussian assassin serving under General Elena Trotskaya from 2130. Often described as a counterpart to Victor Golovkin, alongside whom he infrequently serves, he is best known for his fighting ability and his expertise in missions requiring stealth.

In the Main Canon, Drago defects to Narodnaya Volya and becomes Blackhand's personal hitman. He states that his reasoning was because he became bored, but it is heavily implied that there is another reason for his defection than simply a fickle taste.

Background

Growing up as the son of an accomplished hunter close to Nizhneyansk, in the early years of the Mechanocracy, Drago was known for his remarkable ability to remain hidden for days on end while he tracked down his prey (which would sometimes include wasteland scavengers). It was his ability that would attract the attention of the legendary raider overlord Pandemonium, who dispatched his lieutenant - the assassin Odradek - to fetch and train the teenage Drago. In Odradek's tutelage, he would also meet the assassin's other apprentice, a nameless feral child picked up from the Sverdlovsk Organic Ghetto. Drago would often bully the ghetto urchin, giving him the belittling name 'Drakolich' because of his gaunt appearance and 'scaly' skin (from radiation poisoning). Odradek allowed this to continue as he believed it would harden the child - until the youth disappeared under unknown circumstances.

Under Odradek's wing, Drago would make a name for himself as an underworld assassin following in his mentor's footsteps along with his first daughter, Erika. When Erika was kidnapped by raider boss Hammerhead in 2127, he slipped into a deep depression. The same year, he would be approached by Spetsnaz commander Anton Goremykin, serving as his personal hired gun and becoming intimately involved with the Chthonia Project until he turned coat in 2134 following the temporary shelving of the project. Drago would train the prime subject, Elena Trotskaya, in combat using the same techniques taught to him by Odradek. To repay him, Trotskaya actively sought out his missing daughter, finding her as a slave girl to the vicious raider boss. Both Trotskaya and Drago fought Hammerhead, killing her and freeing Drago's daughter. As gratitude, the Dragos placed themselves in Trotskaya's service - the elder in the same capacity he served Goremykin after his death, and the younger as one of the Chthonia Programme's supersoldiers.

Personality

(work in progress, obviously)

Notable Appearances

Main Canon

So far, his only major appearance is in Red Planet, in which he starts out as an antagonist.

Alternative Canon

He makes a very brief appearance in Access Violation, accompanying Trotskaya as she details Operation Darkhammer to the MAF Military Cabinet. He is later mentioned by Tokarev to Nathan.

Trivia

He was originally created by the author of the New Frenco Empire, before being adopted by the creator of the Mechanocracy as a secondary character for use in Altcanon roleplays.
His name is an amalgam of Vyacheslav Grinko, an antagonist from Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series; and Ivan Drago, the primary antagonist in the film Rocky IV.
He is one of only two people known to possess a precognitive attack predictor, Trotskaya being the other.

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 |affiliations= [[Pandemonium's Raiders]] (formerly), Russian Mafia (formerly), MAF, [[Committee of State Security (Mekhrus)|KGB]], [[Special Purpose Guard Brigade|Spetsnaz]], [[Narodnaya Volya]] ([[Frencanon|Main Canon]] only)
 |occupation= Assassin
-|family= [[Sofia Gurkina]] (granddaughter)
+|family= [[Atalanta|Erika]] (daughter)
-[[Erina Lanskaya]] (granddaughter)
+[[Sofia Gurkina|Sofia]] (granddaughter)
+[[Erina Lanskaya|Erina]] (granddaughter)
 }}
 ''"He worked for the [[Russian Mafia|thieves-in-law]] before he joined the [[Mecharussian Armed Forces|military]] through the same rehabilitation programme that [[Vsevolod Berdan|Berdan]] and [[Yuri Lavochkin|Lavochkin]] did. [[Elena Trotskaya|Trotskaya]] took note of his ability to slip through a tight security net and take someone out without anyone ever knowing he was there, and he made a name for himself as her personal hired gun. Whenever someone prominent needs to die, she sends Drago after them – and very often, he succeeds."''
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 '''Vyacheslav Drago''' is a Mecharussian assassin serving under General Elena Trotskaya from 2130. Often described as a counterpart to [[Victor Golovkin]], alongside whom he infrequently serves, he is best known for his fighting ability and his expertise in missions requiring stealth.
-In the Main Canon, Drago defects to Narodnaya Volya and becomes [[Vadim Churyumov|Blackhand]]'s personal hitman. He states that his reasoning was because he became bored, but it is heavily implied that there is a more personal reason for his defection than simply a fickle taste.
+In the Main Canon, Drago defects to Narodnaya Volya and becomes [[Vadim Churyumov|Blackhand]]'s personal hitman. He states that his reasoning was because he became bored, but it is heavily implied that there is another reason for his defection than simply a fickle taste.
 ==Background==
-Growing up as the son of an accomplished hunter close to [[Nizhneyansk]], in the early years of the Mechanocracy, Drago was known for his remarkable ability to remain hidden for days on end while he tracked down his prey (which would sometimes include wasteland scavengers). It was his ability that would attract the attention of the legendary raider overlord [[Pandemonium]], who dispatched his lieutenant - the assassin [[Odradek]] - to fetch and train the teenage Drago. In Odradek's tutelage, he would also meet the assassin's other apprentice, a nameless feral child picked up from the [[Sverdlovsk]] [[Organic Ghetto]]. Drago would often bully the ghetto urchin, giving him the belittling name '[[Drakolich]]' because of his gaunt appearance and 'scaly' skin (from radiation poisoning). Odradek allowed this to continue as he believed it would harden the child - until the young Drakolich disappeared under [[Project Chthonia|unknown circumstances]].
+Growing up as the son of an accomplished hunter close to [[Nizhneyansk]], in the early years of the Mechanocracy, Drago was known for his remarkable ability to remain hidden for days on end while he tracked down his prey (which would sometimes include wasteland scavengers). It was his ability that would attract the attention of the legendary raider overlord [[Pandemonium]], who dispatched his lieutenant - the assassin [[Odradek]] - to fetch and train the teenage Drago. In Odradek's tutelage, he would also meet the assassin's other apprentice, a nameless feral child picked up from the [[Sverdlovsk]] [[Organic Ghetto]]. Drago would often bully the ghetto urchin, giving him the belittling name '[[Drakolich]]' because of his gaunt appearance and 'scaly' skin (from radiation poisoning). Odradek allowed this to continue as he believed it would harden the child - until the youth disappeared under [[Project Chthonia|unknown circumstances]].
+Under Odradek's wing, Drago would make a name for himself as an underworld assassin following in his mentor's footsteps along with his first daughter, Erika. When Erika was kidnapped by raider boss [[Hammerhead]] in 2127, he slipped into a deep depression. The same year, he would be approached by Spetsnaz commander [[Anton Goremykin]], serving as his personal hired gun and becoming intimately involved with the Chthonia Project until he turned coat in 2134 following the temporary shelving of the project. Drago would train the prime subject, [[Elena Trotskaya]], in combat using the same techniques taught to him by Odradek. To repay him, Trotskaya actively sought out his missing daughter, finding her as a slave girl to the vicious raider boss. Both Trotskaya and Drago fought Hammerhead, killing her and freeing Drago's daughter. As gratitude, the Dragos placed themselves in Trotskaya's service - the elder in the same capacity he served Goremykin after his death, and the younger as one of the Chthonia Programme's supersoldiers.
 ==Personality==
 (work in progress, obviously)
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 * So far, his only major appearance is in ''[[Red Planet]]'', in which he starts out as an antagonist.
 ===[[Alternative Canon]]===
-* He makes a very brief appearance in ''[[Access Violation]]'', accompanying Trotskaya as she details [[Operation Darkhammer]] to the [[MAF Military Cabinet]].
+* He makes a very brief appearance in ''[[Access Violation]]'', accompanying Trotskaya as she details [[Operation Darkhammer]] to the [[MAF Military Cabinet]]. He is later mentioned by Tokarev to Nathan.
 ==Trivia==
 * He was originally created by the author of the New Frenco Empire, before being adopted by the creator of the Mechanocracy as a secondary character for use in Altcanon roleplays.