Zartan

Zartan, real name unknown

Aliases

Too many to count,

Relatives

Siblings: Zarana, Zandar Daughter: Zanya

Affiliation

Dreadnoks

Occupation

Pirate leader, Mechwarrior

Zartan’s Biographical information

Marital status

Separated

Date of birth

Unknown

Place of birth

Unknown

Physical description

Species

Mutant, potentially Cobra-La hybrid

Gender

Male

Height

Variable

Eye color

Variable

Zartan’s Background

Zartan first showed up in the Oberon Confederation as a minor pirate commander, but he quickly outgrew his surroundings and took a crew of likeminded individuals all the way to the Rimward periphery. While minor acts of piracy and raiding in the Aurigan Coalition, Taurian Concordat, Capellan Confederation and Magistracy of Canopus kept his crew happy and the money flowing, Zartan wanted something MORE. At first he attempted to reform his organization into a minor kingdom, but the fact that most of his people were anarchists made things rather difficult. His second attempt was to reform the Dreadnoks into an actual mercenary company, which lasted a little longer but the MRB did not want to give them a very good rating and the fact they still acted as pirates half the time didn’t help.

Zartan’s luck turned when he met Cobra Commander as he attempted to launch one of his dastardly plan to weaken the Inner Sphere to take it over. Dropping a significant amount of money to “buy out his contract”, Thomas Marik gave Zartan the order to slow down the Joes while he escaped. Zartan kept coming back to M.A.R.S. and Cobra for work, and they were happy to provide, allowing Zartan and his Dreadnoks to live the high life they always desired.

What Cobra didn’t know originally when they hired Zartan is his incredible ability of biomimicry, allowing him to change his shape, voice and behavior almost instantly after studying a target for a short period of time. Zartan’s skill at infiltration and espionage gave him a higher role in Cobra than he, and most of the other Cobra leaders, would have thought.