Tonk Stillone
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Tonk Stillone is the primary advisor of the Generals Counsel of the Eracterian States. The Generals Counsel considers Tonk Stillone ''the'' general of the Eracterian States. This general holds veto power of any decision made by the counsel and he is allowed to give his own proposals. Tonk Stillone is a young man at the age of 28. He has been on the Generals Counsel since he was only 23. He started as an advisor who was not allowed to vote. At the time he was still an active member of the highest elite special forces of the nation. The Elition program ended in 437 EP which gave Tonk Stillone more time to give advice to the counsel. The counsel was impressed with the knowledge and the success of the young man so he was given the ability to vote on the counsel in the same year. He was the hardest worker of the counsel and his work paid off because he was rarely was ever wrong. The counsel was impressed because he always knew what to do. Because he was essentially was never wrong when it comes to the military, he was given veto power on the counsel in 438 EP. The people began to call him ''the'' general even thou that position does not exists. He has been in this position for three years now.
History
Birth
Tonk Stillone was born in 413 EP in the city of Ricar, located in the northern region of Rinnar. His parents, Kole Stillone and Lya Takal, welcomed him into the world with the unfortunate circumstance of a severe cognitive disorder known as Memodeficus, a condition characterized by memory impairment. Unlike most infants, Tonk was not able to form memories beyond basic functions such as walking and eating. Although his other cognitive abilities were intact, he was unable to retain information that was not within his immediate field of vision, resulting in a forgetfulness that persisted within a 10-second timeframe. As a result, Tonk required constant and intensive assistance from birth.
Name
Tonk Stillone is the given name of the individual in question. The origin of the name "Tonk" is derived from the local name "Ton," with the addition of a "k" at the end, proposed by the father as a means to make the name stand out. The mother did not approve of this alteration, but it was ultimately implemented. In the Traditional language, the name "Tonk" carries connotations of being hard, harsh, impenetrable, or brute. The last name of Stillone means ''Single steal''. This means that Tonk Stillone name full meaning is ''Brutal single steal.'' Which fits quite well by his personality.
Darts
At the age of three, it was discovered that Tonk Stillone's muscle memory functioned normally and in some instances, even exceeded typical expectations. At this age, he began participating in the sport of darts and demonstrated exceptional aptitude. The local dart club, of which he was a member, informed his parents of his talent. He continued to participate in the sport of darts until the age of seven, at which point he was introduced to the sport of archery for the first time.
Archery
He enjoyed archery even more then darts and he became very good archery as well. At the age of eight he competed in his first competition at the 30 meters range for children between six and twelve years old. He was placed with ten year-olds. Before the first shot was fired the children complained that young Tonk Stillone was in the wrong age group. A competition consists of ten rounds with three shots per round. The maximum you can achieve is to hit the cross perfectly in the middle. If you hit this part who get a cross or eleven points. Tonk Stilone scored 292 points which meant an average of 9.7 per shot. He also hit the cross twelve times and the ten pointer sixteen times but he hit the wrong target twice in a row at the start.
He competed in total of eleven competition between the age of eight and twelve. He won all eleven competitions and he became the most famous disabled person in the nation and briefly of the the entire planet. However his disability stopped him to use his skill for any thing else then hitting targets.
Shooting range
The military was getting interested in boy and proposed him to come to the Ricar training facility where they train the highest special forces of the nation. Tonks father was happy with the proposal but his mother was very much against it. Kole Stillone helped Tonk Stillone to get into the base without the blessing of his mother but the mother found. Kole Stillone and Lya Takal got divorced because of this action of Kole Stillone. At the base Kole was no longer needed to help Tonk with his daily needs. He was requested to leave him behind but he was allowed to visit him once a month. At the age of twelve Tonk shot his first gun and in the first week he again learned very quick. The base was very impressed by the skill of the boy and he was allowed to use the shooting range for as long as he pleased.
The surgery
Tonk shot on the range between twelve and sixteen hours a day every day which meant he had by the time he turned sixteen over twelve thousand hours on the shooting range. When Tonk turned fifteen years old he came in contact with great scientist Genbo Catin who was a professional doctor and surgent. The military base saw how good Tonk was getting (hitting targets at 2000+ meters with ease) and wanted him to join the special forces program. Due to his brain problem he was not allowed to join the program which gave Genbo Catin an idea. He started researching Tonks brain to look if he can fix his brain somehow. After two years of research he found a solution but it required permission for Tonks parents. After some discussions they both agreed and Tonk got the surgery at the age of seventeen and eight months old. The surgery had a success rate of only 27% in normal conditions. Genbo Catin mentioned in an interview that the brain of Tonk Stillone is anything but normal so the success rate was a little higher. This surgery was the only chance Tonk had to get a normal life.
Rebirth
At the age of seventeen and eight months his surgery was preformed successfully at the Ricar special forces base. The first few days after his surgery he seemed to a normal man and he was soon to be tested if it worked. The brain scan revealed that his brain was even more abnormal then Genbo Catin had anticipated. Tonk Stillone was quickly diagnosed with ASD and suspected psychopathy. He also did an IQ test which couldn't measure the precise IQ score because he got every question correct. Later tests put him at the 350 score for the generals intelligence. Tonk Stillone still has problems non verbal and verbal communication. He is usually very quiet and is known to a mute person. But when he speaks everyone is quiet and listens to him. He also has problems with bright lights, certain textures and hyper fixations. When he got his brain was working properly he was fixated on military science and learned for many hours a day.
Elition program
The whole reason he was given surgery is to see if he was a good candidate for the soon to be started Elition program. He was already a very good shot and learned military science at an alarming rate. He learned so much that health started to deteriorate. He slept to little, he ate too little and was locked in room sometimes a week straight. Some people on the base wanted to help with his severe hyper fixations and his upcoming health problems. The military base insisted the people not to interfere because if keeps going at this rate he knows more then the entire base combined. When Tonk turned eighteen his health began to seriously going back fast. Even the military base needed to interfere because he could have died in a few weeks. When he was learning, the Elition program has started so he was invited in. He was the sniper and field commander of the Elition unit.
The Elition program was started to see how far you can push a man before you need to pump the men full of drugs to see progress. The program started with two people Redo Nakuson and Brian Nakuson. One to find the physical limit and one to find the intelligence limit. With the introduction of Tonk the program was enlarged in to five categories:
- Medium Soldier (Good at everything but not the best at any) under Redo Nakuson
- Homeland Commander (The best at outsmarting the enemy) Under Brain Nakuson (Lasted for two years, Tonk took over)
- Sniper (The best possible sniper humanly possible) Under Tonk Stillone (Commander since 433 EP)
- Assassin (The best staying hidden and moving fast) Under Harco Terason (Father was adopted by Terrifian Terason)
- Tank (The strongest man for big guns and heavy blades) Under Terrifian Terason
The Elition program lasted form 431 EP until 437 EP. The program was ended because the amount training needed to see an increase in performance was getting so large the program was no longer worth it. The Elitions did a total of 216 missions of which 8 were done abroad. The Elitions won 214 encounters and two draws. Tonk Stillone claimed that he lost one battle because during one victory 8 other soldiers lost their lives under his command. He did clean up a terrorist uprising consisting of 1844 men with only 35 men without any support over a 2 week period. Under the command of Tonk during the six year period these were only soldiers who died.
The Counsel
The military saw the great success of Tonk Stillone on the battlefield and after the program was ended they gave him a seat on the counsel. He was asked to listen and tell the generals if they do something he considered unwise. At the debates Tonk stayed very quiet and sometimes didn't a word at all. He texted the general who had the most influence Yarco Elinco if he could write reports in text instead of verbally discussing it. Yarco Elinco approved and Tonk made a report for every discussion in which he gave his opinions and proposed solution to problems that were discussed. These reports were very valuable to the general. The reports were very hard to go against and when put in practice it always had the effect that Tonk claimed it would have. Because of these written reports Tonk became the most important member of the counsel. These reports were also shared with the public in order to keep it open democracy. Tonks reports were not fully open to the public because Tonk gave the Eracterian States an advantage on the battlefield. What the people could freely read made Tonk popular nationwide. Even thou Tonk technically had the same rank as any member on the General Counsel the hunters referred to him as ''the'' General. This is why is called the general even thou he is not. In 438 EP Tonk was given veto power within the counsel to give him the ability to stop any proposal he considered dangerous. In 438 EP all the votes of the General Counsel combined were as valuable as Tonks vote alone. This meant that Tonk could pass a law or mission if only one general joins him. Tonk is not a man who is looking for a lot of power, he just wants make the army of the Eracterian States the strongest on in the star system. The position he is now is for him only and no else. This means that he won't have successor with the same power. In 440 EP Tonk Stillone has announced to reduce his working hours to spend time on this new research institute. Tonk Stillone is teaching a replaced general who would represent him on the generals counsel. Somewhere in 450 EP he would no longer be part of the generals counsel but instead his institute will be in the same position he is now.
The generals life now
Overworked
The first two years he was on the counsel writing reports he quickly became overworked putting his health in danger. He was working for 80% everyday day and another 10% to eat and shower. He only slept for 4 and a half hours a day of 45 hour day and ate too little causing him to lose weight. This time he eventually noticed it by himself how overworked he was so he came with up an solution. Because he won't live forever he wants to work on his successor even thou at the time he was only 26. He hired a team of four successful commanders and a general to help him out. He taught these four new men in four specific areas. He essentially made his own Elition program but then for advisors for the General Counsel. The first few months after he recruited these four men he was even more overworked but eventually his workday got reduced substantially. He only wrote reports for the most critical situation and checked the work of this students. Now he teaches each member for 4 hours a day, checks their work another 6 hours a day and worked on his own for another 6 hours. His work day went for 36 hours to 28 hours a day. He also hired two more people to work for him.
He hired a spokesperson who would give the unimportant speeches or helps him verbally discus in most situation. In verbal discussion for example when he is abroad he uses a notepad with his spokesperson helps him with. He is not completely non-verbal during discussions but he has trouble with getting to speak in heated debates. For important speeches or in discussions when he has something critical to say he does say it. At the Ricar or Giondo General Counsels he doesn't needs the spokesperson much but abroad he needs the spokesperson. He has a lot of respect within the Eracterian States and therefore he get more then enough room to speak. He speaking skill itself is very good but has immense trouble getting in debate especially with people who don't respect him or don't know him well enough.
He is popular as a lonely man who is unable to have friends what caused him to suffering from severe loneliness. But by accident he came in contact with a nineteen year old girl who suffered from a very similar brain decease, she has accompanied him every since. He ''hired'' her to help with his health and keeps him company. Some people say that he shouldn't hang out with her due to the age difference but this age difference is common int the Eracterian States. This seemed like a decent compromise. The name and any photo's of this girl is kept a secret to reduce the threat that she might be targeted.
Commanders problems
Many people who don't know Tonk Stillone only see his reports or they saw him giving important speeches. They don't see the problems he is facing on a daily bases. As mentioned before he has dangerous hyper fixations, he is suffering from, overworking, mutism and he used to suffer severely from loneliness. He is frustrated from these short comings so he tries to become more normal but even this leads to problems. He trained his mind severely to gain ultimate self control but his hyper fixations kicked in causing him to go way to far, up to the point that he is seen as an self control freak. He tortured himself for weeks only to gain the ability to feel pain on command. He later admitted even thou he felt extremely powerful afterwards, he felt even less human. Nowadays he tries to get his social skills increased by talking to his caretaker which seemed to working way better.
Is Tonk Stillone a good commander?
Tonk Stillone has some problems which can be avoided with lot effort. On missions he gets mentally tired very quickly which means he can not go on mission for more than 3 weeks at a time. The question: ''Is Tonk Stillone a good commander?'' might seem a little irrelevant to ask to Tonk Stillone. He wins practically every single time and has almost never made a mistake in his career. But there is more to being a commander then sheer skill. Tonk Stillone as admitted that he make decision purely based on facts and science and not his gut feeling or emotion. In most situation this is a good thing but this means that most people seen him as a computer crunching numbers instead of human making the decisions.
The commander is both the most stable and the least ''human'' person known to man. He is very hard to manipulate or made emotional. Which makes him a very good leader but he also tortured himself purely to feel more in control. When he tortured himself after the Oragion State Attacks the nation questioned his sanity and some people wanted him to removed from power. Tonk did not respond to the haters right away but a year later he had an interview where is said that he regrets going to extent that he did. ''It was not my intention to induce terror among the masses by the fact that I did psychopathic act.''
The Tonk Stillone institute
The primary advisory assembly of the Generals Counsel (The PAG)
Tonk Stillone started out alone but nowadays he has a team working with him. His team now has a little over hundred members. The team is split into four layers. The top layer is the layer that is free to excess by anyone to improve transparency. In this layer there are reports about why certain decisions are made and what the team advices to do in certain situations. The second layer consists of hidden documents and other secrets held by the nation. These documents cannot be leaked and the government would go to a large extent to keep these documents hidden. The first and second layer are heavily connected with the Generals Counsel. The third layer is the top layer of the Tonk Stillone Research Institute (TRI). The third layer includes the vast majority of the members parts of the TRI. The fourth layer is the personal circle of Tonk Stillone. These are mostly extremely valuable works from Tonk himself. Only 4 other people in the entire nation know about these documents. These documents are said to be worth trillions of credits and might even hold the key to total domination. Tonk is very aware that many other nations want to get a hold of his secret documents. That is why most of these documents are stored at the grand vault under golden mountain in Giondo. But there is even information Tonk won't share with anyone. These plans are not written down because he claims that his head is the most secure vault there is.