And retired at 62 after a crippling loss in his last operation. Valen grew older, however, like most inevitably do. Valen quickly rose through the ranks as a Pilot and became leader of the 5th Division "Shamblers." And for the rest of his career, he and his Shamblers lead ambitious undertakings posed by the Militia to retake Frontier space from the IMC one colony at a time. Now, so many years from his initial enlistment into the Militia war effort, Valen still brings the same ferocity into every drop.ĭespite his rough upbringing, Valen always seemed to keep a sarcastic outlook on every situation, never failing to see the absurd side of life on the Frontier. And he would not stop until everyone was free. He would do whatever he could to save everyone from the oppression of the IMC he endured for 18 years. Valen operated as a Pilot for the Militia for another 3 years, where he became infamous amongst the Militia ranks for his ruthlessness when it came to liberating colonies on the Frontier. Three years later, when Valen turned 28, the Militia accepted him as a Pilot, and he was given his Titan, MO-6048.
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After Militia operation "Totem" was successful due to the contribution Valen and his squad posed through overtaking an IMC checkpoint, Valen was undertaken by Pilot Holter, who started his process into becoming a Pilot. So, Valen enlisted into the Militia as a Rifleman, where he spent six years at the bottom of the food chain. But when he found himself on Harmony, the Militia Homeworld, he found himself in what seemed like the first place he felt home. To Valen, the Militia was always toted as a terrorist organization by his IMC oppressors. So Valen purchased a spot on a freighter off world, where he drifted from colony to colony, trying to find his place in the universe. The same day, he left his colony to do what he could to ensure that no other colony had to face the atrocities his saw. That is, until the day an IMC Grunt attempted to rape his mother in another instance of "setting an example." Valen followed the Grunt to the armory he slept, and killed him with his very own sidearm. Valen kept his head down for the next four years of his life, working with the rest of the citizens to meet the IMC's tight quotas. Alec Hollis was killed in the middle of the streets, and Valen was forced to watch his father become an example. People of the colony were used as tests subjects for the IMC's 'emergent tecnologies.' Valen's own father was forcibly kidnapped and used as target practise for the, at the time prototype, Mastiff Shotgun. The colony he lived on failed to produce resources because of diminishing resources, so the IMC decided that if the colony wasn't performing in one area, they may as well be useful in another. Valen grew up forced to work hard days, and on his fourteenth birthday, he witnessed the oppression of the IMC first hand. The new Hollis family's job was to produce as much materials to fuel the IMC machine as much as possible.
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Alec and his new family had to work non stop to produce whatever the IMC needed under strict deadlines and standards. The deal the IMC gave Alec upon his discharged turned out to be a bad one. They stayed on Haven until they felt they could take care of Valen on their own, only a few days, and continued to their new life.
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While on the way to their new home, their colony Shuttle stopped at Haven for a refuel, where Ilya began going into labour and produced Valen nearly three hours after. He married Ilya Johannsen shortly after his discharge and realizing she was pregnant with Valen. This was just before the first Titan Wars, so the IMC had discharged Alec while giving him land, a job, and work, on the newly discovered Frontier.
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His father is former IMC official Alec Hollis, who was dishonorably discharged among the realization the he had impregnated a civilian while on leave in a night of drunken hijinks. Valen was born on Haven, a notable IMC "vacation" colony on the Frontier. Theft of Classified or Redacted Information: