Name: Silverwind Blade
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Equipment:- Standard issue semi-powered armour hardsuit with load-bearing pouches and equipment. Coloured in charcoal grey and scarlet trim. Built-in life-support for use as space/hostile-environment suit for up to 8 hours.
- Full-head helmet w/various sensors (NV, Thermal, HUD and integrated comms)
- Personal first-aid kit
- 'Digital Assistant', futuristic version of a tablet computer. Low-level 'Smart OS' AI, various functions. Removable from left forearm 'dock' on armour. Manages/Integrates with armour & weapon functions.
- Water & Field rations
- Multi-tool
- Tactical Kukri Knife (i.e., graphite coated blade, paracord-wrapped handle)
- Utility/Combat knife
- .455 cal machine-pistol w/underbarrel light/laser and optional suppressor
- /50 caliber tri-barrel minigun with stabilizing 'arm' mount, folds to back when not in use. Ammo drum on back. Tied to helmet-visor HUD
- 6 x machine-pistol magazine
- Shoulder-mounted semi-automatic smart-grenade launcher, w/variable-fuse frag/anti-armour grenades, tied to helmet visor HUD, fed from rear ammo hopper
Notable Skills:
- Experienced and trained soldier
- Expert in driving heavy and light ground vehicles
- Vehicle gunner
- Extensive knowledge of heavy weaponry, gunnery and weapons employment.
Appearance:Not overly tall, but solidly built from a life of military service. Blade has a rugged, grizzled appearance, with scars on his muzzle and the left side of his face, especially around his missing and patch-covered left eye. His left arm is also a cybernetic replacement.
The hard life he's lead shows itself also in the grey in his short brown hair, and around his muzzle, and the lines around his eyes. Nonetheless, he has a glimmer of amusement and mischief in his single remaining warm brown eye, and his voice, though gravelly and rough, is still friendly.
His fur otherwise is rusty orange and a 'dirty white'. When not armoured up, he tends to wear practical, comfortable clothing.
Brief history:Blade joined the Alliance Military to follow in the footsteps of his father, and his fathers' father. Coming from a long line of military officers, it was no surprise to anyone that he too chose to the join the Alliance.
However, he elected not to go into the Figher Corps, as his predecessors had, and instead opted to go into the Marine Corps. He struggled in places, often being picked out and picked on for his name and assumed privilege of his background, which caused him to lash out in an attempt to get out from under the shadow of his fathers' name. This gave him a reputation as a good soldier, but one who had problems with his temper.
Nonetheless, he beat a path for himself through blood and sweat, and earned a measure of respect in his unit, an armoured cavalry company. His skill as an armour crewman and infantryman was well-respected, and he earned much notice for several instances of performing dangerous and unorthodox operations and tactics to rescue and assist others.
During his time serving with the Alliance military, he was noticed by an officer who was using his power and influence to set up his own 'organization' of power within the structure of the military. Approaching the - at the time - younger and more easily influenced Silverwind, he flattered him with gifts and rewards in an attempt to groom him to join his 'inner circle', but when Blade found out the extent of the officers' corruption within the ranks, he attempted to expose him. Fearing the political and public backlash, the upper echelons of command quietly dealt with the problem, and reassigned Blade somewhere out of the way.
While serving in the backwater - as a commander - Blade was forced to make do with sub-standard and obsolete equipment. When the world he was protecting was attacked by a large force of hostiles, he managed to repel them through the use of clever tactics and improvisation, while sending numerous messages for aid that went unheard until it was too late. While driving off the last thrust of attackers, his vehicle was engaged in a ferocious battle, and he was heavily wounded. Fighting on with a massive head wound that cost him an eye and ruined his arm, he managed to fight off the attackers to the point they retreated.
Having had enough of Alliance bureaucracy, he claimed his retirement and hazard pay, and retired, seeking employment in the private sector as a mercenary, albeit one with a high standard of moral fiber and character.
Personality:Blade comes across as a 'good 'ol boy' from the country, on account of his roots growing up in a somewhat 'rural' world. He's pretty laid back despite the tough times he's been through, and has a mostly positive attitude, albeit it somewhat gruff. He has little time for 'wallowing' in things, and is very much a no-nonsense guy with little time for people who are out to manipulate others and double-cross them for their own gains - his solution for them is pretty much a bullet for their efforts.
He has no respect or time for those who would prey or use innocents or those weaker and less able than themselves, but resolutely believes for standing up for what you believe in, and has a strong moral code and belief that sees him through, and that he judges others by. While he will not attack anyone without reason or evidence, he will avoid those he does not like or agree with, and be briskly professional with them if needed to deal with them at all.