Callias Krestin

Director Callias Krestin is the head of R&D at Asterion Corp. Reporting directly to CEO Finis Solomon, Director Krestin was put in charge of all of Asterion's most important developments, and after Asterion's takeover of the Astellian government, all of theirs as well. Under his direction, inventions like the M1 Laser Rifle, the M1B Pulse Rifle, and the Scouter were created. Ambitious projects, such as the Face Project and the DS Mk. 1 Battle Station, were also born and finished under his direction.

Bio
Callias Krestin was born to a wealthy Astellian family to Ursus Krestin and his wife, Caly Krestin. He performed well in school, taking a special interest in the sciences, and by the time he reached adulthood, he went to university for it.

At university, he caught the eyes of several professors. Though his listed specialties were the sciences and architecture, it wasn't natural talent, but rather his leadership abilities and ambition that propelled him to the very top of his class. After graduating, he became a professor at the Royal Scientific Institute, and taught there for several years.

Eventually, however, he grew tired and restless, the government unable to truly fund the breadth of his research. So, he left the institute and joined up with Asterion Coporation, and CEO Finis Solomon gave him all the resources he needed to conduct his work. As Finis turned towards domination, so too did Krestin. He became Director of Asterion R&D, and began researching into advanced weapons, robotics, and other related subjects. He eventually completed the design for a mechanized combat suit, one that would be piloted by Nagato Hayakaze. However, both he and Finis saw that suit as only a stepping stone towards a better design, one that required further mechanical integration. The Face Project was born, and he developed the schematics for "Metal Visage", the mechanized combat suit for Rammukh.

After the successes of the Face Project, he moved on to other pursuits.

In Story
Director Krestin developed the M1 Laser Rifle and the M1B Pulse Rifle for the Asterion Security Force and the ASDF, hoping that once they were mass produced, they'd replace traditional ballistic weaponry. By this time, however, his ego had begun to take hold of him, and he developed what was effectively a kill sat, known as the DS Mk. 1 Battle Station, an extremely powerful death satellite. He also, for the Malik Squadron's use, developed a comms device/scanner, which though he called it the Battle Scanner, it was named the Scouter by the squadron leader. He wears one himself. He gave this equipment to Malik when Malik visited him at his secret R&D floor at Asterion HQ.