Zander Barcalow (TV)

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This page is about the character from the television series, for the film character, see Zander Barcalow (film).

Zander Barcalow
Appearance
Race	Human, later Arachnoid human
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Blonde
Personal Data
Faction	SICON
Military Service
Rank	Lieutenant/Major
Behind the Scenes
Actor	Nicholas Guest

Lieutenant/Major Zander Barcalow is a former football player in high school, Barcalow joined the SICON fleet as a pilot and was ranked Major at the start of the Pluto Campaign. He started off as Carmen Ibanez's flight instructor in a drop ship. Other than transporting troops, Barcalow occasionally flew the air fighters to provide air support for the Mobile Infantry. Personality-wise, he was pompous and arrogant, which may have led to his constant interchange between Major and Lieutenant ranks. During mission-flights, he was known by the call-sign "Big Dog".

History

Becoming a Bug

• First form
• Second form
• Second form

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During the Tesca Campaign, Barcalow started a relationship with Dizzy Flores, which lasted until the end of the Zephyr Campaign, during which he was captured by the Bugs and became infected with an unknown virus by a Firefry, which gave him a Jekyll and Hyde complex. Things went worse during the Klendathu Campaign when Barcalow mutated into a humanoid Bug. He becomes bigger and Bug-like, but keeps his human intelligence. He nearly had the Valley Forge crash-land on Klendathu. He later died a noble death saving the Roughnecks after Dizzy reminded him "to play on her team".