Maxim Borusa was one of the most colorful crewmen of the Dictator-class Cruiser Lord Solar Macharius during the Gothic War. Hailing from the lawless underhive of the biggest hive city on the world of Stranivar, he first arrived on the Macharius as an expendable press-ganged slave-recruit, but, thanks to his ruthlessness and natural survival instincts, Borusa ultimately reached the rank of Chief Petty Officer in direct service to the warship's most senior officers: Flag-Captain Leoten Semper and Flag-Lieutenant Hito Ulanti.