Aldricht

One of the higher-ups residing in Fort Austen, Commander Aldricht. He may be a military man but he has a bit of a bleeding heart and believes very strongly in the value of life and independence: serving the faction is his method of protecting people's right to that. He takes careful care of his assigned officers and has admittedly taken quite a shine to Lieutenant "Barnacles," a tech specialist, though his position makes him hesitate on inquiring further.

Aldricht is the one who finds QX-87 alone and frozen on the side of the road, driving out to finally inspect the wreckage left behind from the Death's Head gang trashing their weaponry shipment. The two days it takes for his superior to return from business is enough for him to get attached to the traumatized clone and he doesn't take so well to the order to "put it down" - instead, he (maybe inadvisably) tries to pep-talk it into independence and shouldn't be as shocked as he is when it goes missing with one of his guns.

Aldricht and Barnacles bond more than either of them expected over their renegade clone, and while he's gone they have an incredibly cheesy gay love story. By the time QX is shipped back, they're ready to be ride-or-die for their weird surrogate son, and leave the base branded traitors for defying direct orders. Bittersweet, maybe, but they have each other now.

He's down-to-earth, but has a whimsical side and a suppressed desire for a family. Aldricht left his behind when he enlisted, and the sister he sustained contact with has died, and ever since he's felt rather alone. At the end of it all, though Aldricht may never admit it, he's more loyal to his men than to The Man and interpersonal loyalties are his guiding code.