Overview
Tāne during his last deployment in the Mattakavi campaign.
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Introduction
Tāne Tāwhiri is a corporal serving in Tanker Regiment's Buzzard Company. He is assigned to squad three of the company's third platoon, and heads up fire teams Alpha and Bravo.
When Tāne first arrived with Tanker Regiment his squad mates were very tempted to give him the nickname "The Tank", however this moniker is widely seen as being too on the nose by most Tankers and the name is rarely used. He was instead dubbed "Thunder".
Tāne is well-liked, due to being both a charismatic comrade and a competent soldier. His fire teams are very happy to follow his leadership, despite several of them — notably Wolf and Reaper — having spent far more solars with Tanker Regiment.
Like many of the Māori serving in the Imperial Combine's various armed forces, Tāne hails from Ūranga rather than Earth.
Non-speakers of te reo Māori usually pronounce Tāne's name as "Tah-neh Tah-fee-ree".
When Tāne first arrived with Tanker Regiment his squad mates were very tempted to give him the nickname "The Tank", however this moniker is widely seen as being too on the nose by most Tankers and the name is rarely used. He was instead dubbed "Thunder".
Tāne is well-liked, due to being both a charismatic comrade and a competent soldier. His fire teams are very happy to follow his leadership, despite several of them — notably Wolf and Reaper — having spent far more solars with Tanker Regiment.
Like many of the Māori serving in the Imperial Combine's various armed forces, Tāne hails from Ūranga rather than Earth.
Non-speakers of te reo Māori usually pronounce Tāne's name as "Tah-neh Tah-fee-ree".
Tanker Enhancements
Tāne's tā moko shifted to present no useful information to enemy combatants.
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Tā Moko Re-Patterning
Whereas other Tankers sometimes use cybernetics to increase their strength, speed, or reaction times, Tāne Tāwhiri has employed the technology for a different purpose: personal security.
Tāne's tā moko are bio-engineered tattoos, rather than traditional pigments, and he is able to re-pattern them at will. Nanoscale smart particles in his deep skin layers are controlled by a custom interface module in his holo, which treats his skin as if it were skin-print armour or a print-wall. This means Tāne is able to hide or camouflage any details displayed by his tā moko which could give an enemy valuable insight into his personality or likely decisions. If need be, he can even replace his entire tā moko with nonsensical kirituhi, using a single command. When Tāne is alone, or in trusted company and a secure environment, his genuine tā moko are always on full display |
Tāne and Wolf enjoy their third favourite non-combat activity.
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Size and Strength
Tāwhiri's height and his extraordinary capacity for gaining muscle are natural, as he comes from a family line of males affected by a mutation in their MSTN gene.
The mutation is responsible for suppressing his body's production of myostatin, which in turn causes increased muscle hypertrophy. This leads to excessive growth of muscle tissues, increased strength, and reduced body fat, without producing any known health issues of significance. This mutation, sometimes called the "Hercules gene", is rare in the general population but highly prevalent within Tanker Regiment. This seems to be because people affected by the mutation are extremely well-disposed to such a role in the military. Like everyone with this genetic disposition, Tāne is envied by those Tankers who must intervene medically for their own bodies to gain such size and strength. Some will even go as far as to use legally dubious genetic patches to try and 'gain' the Hercules gene for themselves. |
Notable Events
Forge Ruinous
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