Benedykt Malyech
Magpie Captain and Fervent Unitologist
Benedykt Malyech was a disgraced CEC supervisor turned Magpie captain whose zeal for the Church of Unitology turned deadly when his salvage crew stumbled onto Marker fragments aboard the derelict USG Ishimura. He died there and rose again as a Necromorph.
Benedykt Malyech was a Magpie and a fervent member of the Church of Unitology who came to captain the salvage ship Black Beak. A former supervisor for the Concordance Extraction Corporation, he ended his days aboard the derelict USG Ishimura, where his discovery of Marker fragments drove him to violence before the Necromorph infestation claimed him.
From the CEC to the Magpies#
Benedykt Malyech was employed as a supervisor in the Concordance Extraction Corporation until his termination for leaking secrets. Out of work and presumably blacklisted by the company, he eventually joined the Magpies, a loose affiliation of freelance miners. In time he came to command the salvage ship Black Beak, with Julia Copland serving as his second-in-command. By late 2508 or early 2509 he had taken the Black Beak into the Aegis System, operating unofficially under the leadership of Jessica Li of the Hunter's Moon.
The Ishimura#
While the Magpies were attempting to illegally mine ore in the Aegis System, they accidentally shocked the derelict USG Ishimura to their location, an accident that destroyed one of their ships and their storage vessel. As Jessica Li led a team across to the planet cracker, Malyech examined strange crystal fragments embedded in the ship's hull and suffered a hallucination of being stalked by a Necromorph through the corridors of the Ishimura.
Alarmed when they lost contact with him, his men pulled him back aboard. Malyech told the crew that the fragments were pieces of a Marker and that they belonged to the Church of Unitology. When Li proposed selling them, he assaulted her for the blasphemy, forcing her to knock him out. He was tied up and left in the brig of the Ishimura.
Death and reanimation#
While confined to the brig, Malyech was visited by a hallucination of Captain Bellevin, commander of the destroyed Liberte, who told him that he needed to be made whole. He was then consumed by the Necromorph bio-mass coating the walls of the cell. His Necromorph form escaped the room and later ambushed and killed Jessica Li, impaling her on one of its arms.
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Benedykt Malyech?
- Benedykt Malyech was a Magpie and a fervent Unitologist who captained the salvage ship Black Beak. He had once been a supervisor for the Concordance Extraction Corporation before he was fired for leaking secrets and, presumably blacklisted, joined the freelance miners known as the Magpies.
- What happened to Malyech aboard the USG Ishimura?
- While illegally mining in the Aegis System, the Magpies accidentally shocked the derelict USG Ishimura to their location. Malyech recognized strange crystal fragments on the hull as pieces of a Marker belonging to the Church of Unitology, and when his crewmate Jessica Li proposed selling them, he assaulted her for blasphemy and was knocked out and confined to the ship's brig.
- How did Benedykt Malyech die?
- Tied up in the Ishimura's brig, Malyech was visited by a hallucination telling him he had to be made whole, then he was consumed by the Necromorph bio-mass coating the walls of the cell. His Necromorph form escaped and killed Jessica Li by impaling her.
Sources
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