Colonel Alastair Edward Macgregor, GC*, DSM** CVO, CBC, PhD (a.k.a. The Boss)
The Commanding Officer of 1st Solent Rifles, and the Senior Officer of the Solent Corps, (Callsign: Octavian) Alastair Macgregor is amongst the most decorated officers in the Army, due in part to skill and in part to some god awful luck. His 30 year career has not exactly been varied, with the majority of it fighting the Tarquin. However, as the first and only commanding officer of the Queen's Own Anti-Revolutionary Company, the principal internal special operations unit of The Ministry of Defence, He has certainly been all over the Commonwealth.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
A major scar on neck, right shoulder and right knee. Past broken nose and a broken jaw. Currently in that weird period that he is technically under middle-aged for life span, but biologically he is definitely entering middle-age. Full head of hair which is solidly grey around the edges. Muscle tone still extremely solid.
Lost of the majority of his hearing in his right ear.
O-, No known allergies, Left Handed.
Body Features
Normal Human. His hands, back and feet are pretty scarred, but has no obvious replacement bits. Face is all there, just about.
Facial Features
Ever so slightly wonky jaw, but have to be close to see it. Small but pointed nose that has clearly been broken and dark brown eyebrows.
Scar across right eye and chunk missing from Left earlobe.
Identifying Characteristics
Tattoo of the activating words of Galadrial's Phial in Tengwar up his arm.
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Scars all up his hands and arms. A particularly knotted mass of scar tissue on his right shoulder and neck, from a delayed treatment of a Laser wound. incomplete left ear lobe.
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Physical quirks
Left handed, walks with a slight limp caused by a rebulit kneecap.
His right scapula was pretty well shattered during the battle of Helm's Deep so arm only rolls 3/4s of movement. Very little unaided hearing in the same ear, though this occurred much later, tends to stand with left ear cocked towards the speaker, even with aid in.
His right scapula was pretty well shattered during the battle of Helm's Deep so arm only rolls 3/4s of movement. Very little unaided hearing in the same ear, though this occurred much later, tends to stand with left ear cocked towards the speaker, even with aid in.
Apparel & Accessories
Standard Uniform Regulations, with purple edging and backing for QOARC service.
Has 2 swords: one issued 2806 Pattern Infantry Sword and one gifted 2754 pattern sword.
Has a super-rattley, 2850 dated, EM-9 that was issued as his personal weapon upon graduation from AIT, at which point it was almost 110 years old, that he has taken everywhere for nearly 30 years.
Has a super-rattley, 2850 dated, EM-9 that was issued as his personal weapon upon graduation from AIT, at which point it was almost 110 years old, that he has taken everywhere for nearly 30 years.
Macgregor's individual weapon by Alistair Shaw
Specialized Equipment
2 Enfield Special Service Pistols:
9mm FMJ
Length: 220mm
Barrel: 150mm, 1:10 twist
Mass including magazine: 833g
Capacity: 17 standard.
Built for him in 2970 by RSAF Enfield at the orders of Field Marshal Eric Macgregor, they includes top of the line biometrics and Red Dot Sights.
His second sword was a gift, from the Prince-Consort, in 2973. It is a full weight, 28.75mm X 900mm 2754 pattern sword that has been blued and gilt. The gilding is a large, stylised galactic arm, etched into the left hand side of the blade, that starts at the ricasso and ends with the fuller near the tip. Whilst on the right-hand side of the blade, there is the royal monogram and a stylised solar system, with a 'handwritten' Queen's Own Anti-Revolutionary Company monogram scroll along the length of the fuller. This is kept at his parents' house since joining the Rifles.
9mm FMJ
Length: 220mm
Barrel: 150mm, 1:10 twist
Mass including magazine: 833g
Capacity: 17 standard.
ENSS by Alistair Shaw
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The eldest son of a Royal Marine Major, and an university professor, Alastair Macgregor enlisted into the Royal Gloucestershire Light Infantry Regiment, after completing his PhD into cross-species viral infections in Catechols and Humans, in 2954, aged 24. Despite much protestations, from his family and his training officers, Macgregor chosen career was as a Combat Medical Technician, fulfilling a goal that was sidetracked by the biomedical science degree and subsequent PhD, until the drive for new infantry caused by the initial Tarquin attacks occured in 2951. Flying through both basic and advanced infantry training, he was promoted to section lead both times. During AIT at Fort Benning, Georgian colony, his nose was broken by Staff Sergeant Lovett, starting a feud that, despite his best efforts, have not lead to Lovett's arrest or death.
It was relatively early in his career, when he was caught up in the horrific rout on Auckland prime, during which he rescued 24 members of the platoon he had been emergency attached too, as it defended a forward operating post that was overrun by the Tarquin, after the collapse of the frontline. Sergeant Macgregor, along with Staff Sergeant Paul Lisbon, held the garrison together for 5 days, before being picked up by the Navy once the Tarquin had bypassed them. Despite being wounded at least 4 times, Macgregor was to be found wherever the fighting was the most ferocious, instilling courage in his temporary charges. For this, he was awarded his first Military Medal. It was sometime in that battle that he had his jaw broken, making it difficult for him to speak for about a year, until he could get sent to the rear for specialist help.
In 2959, now a Colour Sergeant, Macgregor was commissioned to the rank of 1st Lieutenant when his luck failed once again. After the failed attempt of preventing the Tarquin breaking out of their beachhead on Alice Springs, the RGLIR was forced to retreat back 250 miles.
In this retreat, 3rd Platoon lost almost its entire command section, bar Macgregor and the Radio Operator, Pvt Roberta Esposito, and suffered a further 30% casualties. This damage them slow to move and they were becoming removed from their company. Macgregor, therefore, made the decision to form a rear-guard. This decision lead to the fight the battle of 'Helm's Dyke' for 2 days before an airlift team could reach them. When they were reached, the platoon had suffered 100% casualties, but fortunately not many more deaths, due to the intensity of the artillery and orbital bombardments that Pvt Esposito had been able to keep calling in. The battle was so named by Macgregor, because it was the outer works of an truly massive, ancient, Catechol fortress at the end of a deep gorge, which he also dubbed 'Helm's Deep'. The surprise is the name stuck.
This delaying action allowed the RGLIR to hold the newly dubbed 'Hornburg' for a week, before not only being reinforced by other regiments from the 9th CAA, but to go on the offensive, pushing the Tarquin back to their landing site. For the first time since the Tarquin invasion of Commonwealth space, nearly 10 years earlier, a planet had been defended. It was a significant victory over the Tarquin and showed, at last, that they could be beaten. It was during his recovery from this battle, during the closing stages of which he was shot at close range (which what looked to be suspiciously like a human weapon), that he met Dr Alexandra Murray and fell in love with her, pretty much at first sight. They got married two years later on the HMS King Alexander. Elizabeth Macgregor, was born barely 8 months later.
By this time, the Regiment had fallen to 30 companies in 5 battalions from 50, due to the brutality of the war with the Tarquin, leading to Macgregor becoming the 2iC of 4th company, 1st battalion within 3 years of his commissioning. Eventually, He was given command of his old company, the 3rd, 2nd Battalion, when more companies were folded together, marking a drop to 24 functional companies in three battalions, it was here that Macgregor first met SSgt Patrick Ironsides who had become his Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
In 2968, Major Macgregor was brevetted to Lt Colonel, and made the commanding officer of the RGLIR, until a suitably experienced permanent replacement could be found. This promotion from Regimental Operations Officer to CO came after a particularly nasty fight where the regiment HQ was ambushed by a Tarquin 'marine' team. For his quick thinking and bravery, which rescued most of the staff as well as most of the 1st company, he was awarded a second bar for his DSM, as well as his brevet rank. In the process of rebuilding his regiment's command, he promoted Ironsides from CSM straight to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Major. Macgregor's own promotion to Lt-Colonel was not made substantive because of the events of the Sunil Sethi Incident. By 2969, the RGLIR had fallen to being only 15 companies strong after a particularly nasty pasting that the Tarquin gave it during their assault of PX4761, and were finally, after fifteen years of solid fighting, being sent to the rear for 3 years of leave. However, on the way back to Cheltenham, 3 companies including Macgregor himself, were siphoned off by Lieutenant General Edward Treskow and were used as a component of the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). This lead them to being vital to capturing or killing insurgent leaders with the 22nd Hereford Regiment.
During this time, Macgregor and Ironsides were stuck, living like locals for 6 months, gathering intelligence and shadowing the rebelling Prime Minister of the Indian Super Sector, Field Marshal Sunil Sethi, and his staff, who had lead the coup, killing him, coincidentially, as the sector Parliament buildings fell. Awarded for tenacity with a George Cross and his Lieutenant-Colonelcy substantiated, he was given the chance to form a new unit, the Queen's Own Anti-Revolutionary Company. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Execpt they do not say anything. The QOARC's exploits are classified 'Top Secret' and not to be released from the archives for 500 years. There are, however, whispers. Whispers about a man simply known as The Doctor glimpsed throughout the colonies, whenever revolt was fermenting. At least that is what Macgregor likes to scare uncooperative Generals with.
Alastair Macgregor Circa 2959
Execpt they do not say anything. The QOARC's exploits are classified 'Top Secret' and not to be released from the archives for 500 years. There are, however, whispers. Whispers about a man simply known as The Doctor glimpsed throughout the colonies, whenever revolt was fermenting. At least that is what Macgregor likes to scare uncooperative Generals with.
Gender Identity
Male, He/Him
Sexuality
Straight
Education
Late Entry Officers College: Duntroon.
Advanced Infantry Training: Fort Benning.
Basic Infantry Training: Cirencester Infantry Training School.
Immunology PhD: University of New New England
Biomedical Science Degree: University of Coreward London.
Advanced Infantry Training: Fort Benning.
Basic Infantry Training: Cirencester Infantry Training School.
Immunology PhD: University of New New England
Biomedical Science Degree: University of Coreward London.
Employment
Appointment and Unit. (Rank and approx time held)
Commanding Officer; The Queen’s Own Anti-Revolutionary Company/Royal Army Medical Corps. (Lieutenant-Colonel/Colonel 10 years)
Commanding Officer; Royal Gloucestershire Light Infantry Regiment/RAMC (Lt-Colonel Brevet, 1 Year)
S-3 (Operations) ; the RGLIR/RAMC (Major, 1 year)
S-3, 1st Battalion; the RGLIR/RAMC (Major, 2 years)
Officer Commanding, 3rd Coy; 2nd Batt; the RGLIR/RAMC (Major, 2 years 4 months)
2iC, 4th Coy, 1st batt; the RGLIR/RAMC (Captain,1 year 6 months)
S-3 4th Coy, 1st batt; the RGLIR/RAMC (Captain,1 year)
Platoon Commander, 5th platoon, 4th Coy, 1st battalion; the RGLIR/RAMC (1st Lieutenant, 1 years 6 months)
Commissioned: 5/7/2959 in the field after steadying 3rd coy and preventing the route of the RLIGR during the New Zealand campaign.
CMT 10th Plt, 3rd Coy, 2nd Batt; the RLIGR/RAMC (Private- Colour Sergeant, 5 years 9 months)
Enlisted: 6/4/2954
PhD completed:4/9/2954
Degree completed: 5/6/2951
Accomplishments & Achievements
List of Awards for Gallantry and Service.
George Cross* (2969, 2978)Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (2959)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (2976, LVO)
Commander of the British Commonwealth: For services to the Commonwealth (Kenyan Kerfuffle 2978, OBC Indian Mutiny 2969)
Distinguished Service Order (2980)
Distinguished Service Medal** (2963, 64, 68)
Military Medal** (2955, 2976, 2977)
Purple Heart***** (2954, 2957, 2959, 2961, 2966, 2972)
Long Service and Good Conduct* (2965, 2976)
10 General Service Medals (2954, 56, 57, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69)
Failures & Embarrassments
Failed to rescue Richard from an insurgent who cut off Richard's arm after capturing him on a rebuilding mission after the American Pushback.
Forcing Alice into a situation where she had to kill her brother during the Troubles.
Mental Trauma
Having his nose and jaw broken by Staff Sergeant Lovett.
Fighting in the Tarquin wars for 15 years, suffering >50% losses to his platoon/company/battlion on multiple occasions because of the raw power of the Tarquin.
Watching PX57861 burn.
Intellectual Characteristics
Quick witted, Calm under fire. Feels his way around a problem rather than brute forcing it.
Morality & Philosophy
Greatest Good for the Greatest Number.
Taboos
None really.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To make the Commonwealth better when he leaves it than when he arrived in it. To keep his troops alive and win battles and see his wife and daughter again.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Good shooter, better tactican, great research scientist.
Likes & Dislikes
Loves labs. hates trenches. Loves Cricket, Snooker and Rugby and the Lord of the Rings, old Dan Abnett books that he found,
thinks football is stupid.
He enjoys playing snooker with richard, enjoys playing the intra-regimental cricket match.
Virtues & Personality perks
Learns his soliders well and refuses to use them in operations that are meat grinders. Doesn't drink, thinks quick on his feet and breds loyality.
Vices & Personality flaws
Thinks he can do everything and is still 24. 'Secret' cigarette habit that Alexandra does indeed know about, but doesn't stop as its one cigarette every other month.
Personality Quirks
Extremely uncomfortable being spoken about so ends up pinching the bridge of his nose with his left hand index and thumb.
When thinking about what to say in uncomfortable moments he taps his lips with his fingers steepled.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Lawerson, Commanding Officer, 12th CAA
General Edward Treskow, Lord Delhi, Commanding Officer, Coreward Command.
Major General Sir Arthur James Ajax Thompson-LeRoy, 1st Cousin to the Queen, Commanding Officer, MoGE Military arm.
Eli Lovett, disgraced Colour Sergeant.
General Edward Treskow, Lord Delhi, Commanding Officer, Coreward Command.
Major General Sir Arthur James Ajax Thompson-LeRoy, 1st Cousin to the Queen, Commanding Officer, MoGE Military arm.
Eli Lovett, disgraced Colour Sergeant.
Family Ties
Wife: Colonel Lady Alexandra Macgregor, DCVO, MD
Daughter: Elizabeth Macgregor, DCVO
Surrogate daughter: Queen Elizabeth XX
Father: Major William Macgregor, DSM***
Mother: Dr Lucy Macgregor
Uncle: Field Marshal Eric Macgregor, KBC, DSO**, DSM, KCVO, Chief of the Defence Staff.
Grandfather: Julian Macgregor
Grandmother: Professor Jayantha Macgregor
Daughter: Elizabeth Macgregor, DCVO
Surrogate daughter: Queen Elizabeth XX
Father: Major William Macgregor, DSM***
Mother: Dr Lucy Macgregor
Uncle: Field Marshal Eric Macgregor, KBC, DSO**, DSM, KCVO, Chief of the Defence Staff.
Grandfather: Julian Macgregor
Grandmother: Professor Jayantha Macgregor
Religious Views
None
Social Aptitude
Charismatic but wary. Tries to play the politics game, good enough to not get fired, but not well enough that he gets an easy ride. However, his charm and ease got him in, metaphorically speaking, bed with the top girl who loves him as a father.
Mannerisms
He has always used language that is unnecessarily long but interjects that with the word Fuck every other word.
Uses his hands when talking.
Hobbies & Pets
Biomedical research, Ancient Fantasy, Cricket. bit of Rugby, 80s music (1780s, 1880s, 1980s, 2080s etc etc). Pre-Union History.
Speech
Watered down RP, pretty deep and of medium speed.
Relationships
History
Having met in 2959, when Alexandra patched Alastair back together in the fortress of 'Helm's Deep' after his successful rear-guard against the Tarquin and being shot by Colour Sergeant Lovett. A few weeks later, he found out in rounds that she was the second surgeon for the procedure, the perfectly neat sutures being her handiwork. The two, now both, lieutenants had enjoyed an exceptionally passionate argument about post-op infections and their treatment for an hour. He won, having a PhD in immunology helped. As she was responsible for his care, she found herself chatting to him after rounds, enjoying arguments with him about immunology, haematology and what constitutes good shooting. When he was well enough, the then Lieutenant Macgregor, asked her out on a date. This date went spectacularly well, he took her to the firing range and taught her how to shoot straight with a pistol, whilst they continued their argument about post-operative infections, before being invited back to Alexandra's billet. Their second and final official date was her taking him to see a emergency valve replacement performed on one of the division staff officers, followed by an ancient movie, Apollo 13, in Alastair's tiny Lieutenant's billet. Their romance was interrupted by Alastair's constant frontline deployment, but it carried on nonetheless. They got married two years later on the HMS King Alexander. Elizabeth Katherine Macgregor, was born barely a year later.
Nicknames & Petnames
Babe.
Legal Status
Married
Nicknames & Petnames
Prat, Dickhead
History
Meeting in 2970, when Richard volunteered for the QOARC and was selected for by Alastair to be his operations officer. As Alastair's S-3 Rick was by his side everyday for nearly 6 years, and in that time they found, despite their relative differences in upbringing and class, they had a lot in common.
Nicknames & Petnames
Rick, The Nightwatchman. Ali, The Doctor.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Cricket, History, Snooker and Crappy music
Shared Secrets
Rick's love for Alice, Alastair's smoking habit.
Shared Acquaintances
The Corps, The Queen.
History
Despite her father being away, fighting on some misbegotten hell hole, for most of her life, Elizabeth and him have an excellent relationship. This is because whenever he had leave, or when they were on transports to the next fight, he spent as much time as possible with his daughter, instilling a sense of leadership, teaching her shooting and fencing. They would listen to his ancient music choices, and read books together, with Alastair reading the Lord of the Rings to Elizabeth when she was 5. Everytime Macgregor was wounded and taking rest time, Elizabeth would read to him one of the books of the Legendarium.
Nicknames & Petnames
Alastair would call Elizabeth Lil L.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Music, books, movies. Her cultural influence comes from her father, much more than her mother.
Shared Acquaintances
Alexandra Macgregor Elizabeth's mother
Wealth & Financial state
Macgregor is a Field Grade officer, married to a field grade officer, they are pretty affluent but since Elizabeth left home for university they have no fixed address.
Perhaps one day they will retire, at which point they will become very wealthy indeed, as both had 70% of their post-tax earnings shunted into their pensions.
Colonel Tab with previous service backing
Current Location
Species
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Colonel Alastair Macgregor GC*, CGM, DSM**, CVO, CBC, PhD
Senior Officer, Solent Corps; Commanding Officer, 1st Solent Rifles; Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion.
Serial Number
77189023
Senior Officer, Solent Corps; Commanding Officer, 1st Solent Rifles; Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion.
Currently Held Titles
Previously Held Ranks & Titles
Date of Birth
10/12/2930
Year of Birth
2930 CE
52 Years old
Birthplace
Cheltenham Tertiary, Cheltenham Subsector, Gloucestershire Sector, English Sector, United Kingdom Super Sector
Spouses
Alexandra Macgregor
(Wife)
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Pronouns
He/Him
Sex
Male
Gender
Male
Presentation
Masculine
Eyes
Deep Blue, almost Black
Hair
Dark Brown, Skin fade, pushed back.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale white, not as pale as his Solent charges but close
Height
6'2"
Weight
95kg
Quotes & Catchphrases
'Why did you join the army again Jack?'
‘Wait, What?’
'Shoulders back, eyes straight ahead.’
'Officers don’t like it when you look them in the eyes!’
‘Yes, dear’
'Do you want to live forever?’
‘Jack Anderson, you are quite possibly the worst adjutant I have ever heard of.’
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
Character Prototype
Dick Sharpe. Entirely.
But Matt Smith to play him.
Comments
Author's Notes
I fully admit this is a self insert. Don't judge me to hard.