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[CrashieJ]

Name: Jimi "(gavil)atius" Nelson
age: 25
height: 1.9 metres
hair/eyes: brown/brown
Race: Asian/Caucasian
bloodtype: A r-

History:

Part of the (allegedly) scrapped Phoenix Project, an InnerSphere experiment by Comstar and other factions to quickly re-garrison military forces lost in the subsequent Succession Wars, using recently discovered Lostech (primitive by Clan standards). DNA was extracted from the most elite pilots from each faction (by methods unknown) and grown in "Bronze wombs", these future soldiers would retain knowledge and skills from other pilots and battle experiences using digital synapse stimulation, which fed digital images and other sensory data into each growing subject. Survival outcome was a mere 23.6% of each "batch" grown every 2 years, due to accelerated growth hormones and over-stimulation destroying both body and mind. Those who did survive were put into private training for 10 years, over-learning SERE, piloting tricks, the art of war, and other lifesaving techniques becoming second-nature... training was near brutal with 13.7% of subjects dying during said years. After "graduation" these new recruits would be sold to other factions and forces for hefty prices with one soldier costing upwards 2.6 million C-Bills.

Some of these subjects escaped from their owners using the same techniques learned during the Phoenix Project; joining pirate bands, mercenary groups and even returning to secret Comstar bases to deposit genetic material, sensitive intelligence and battle experiences for the next cycle of the (allegedly) scrapped Phoenix Project.

[Shinji Kerensky]

These are some really good stories guys.

I'd do mine, but my dad says not to give details about yourself on the internet. He's really scary.

Please write more. I promise to read them.

Edited by Shinji Kerensky, 18 October 2012 - 05:20 PM.

[Lemniscate]

gavilatius, on 18 October 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

Name: Jimi "(gavil)atius" Nelson
age: 25
height: 1.9 metres
hair/eyes: brown/brown
Race: Asian/Caucasian
bloodtype: A r-

History:

Part of the (allegedly) scrapped Phoenix Project, an InnerSphere experiment by Comstar and other factions to quickly re-garrison military forces lost in the subsequent Succession Wars, using recently discovered Lostech (primitive by Clan standards). DNA was extracted from the most elite pilots from each faction (by methods unknown) and grown in "Bronze wombs", these future soldiers would retain knowledge and skills from other pilots and battle experiences using digital synapse stimulation, which fed digital images and other sensory data into each growing subject. Survival outcome was a mere 23.6% of each "batch" grown every 2 years, due to accelerated growth hormones and over-stimulation destroying both body and mind. Those who did survive were put into private training for 10 years, over-learning SERE, piloting tricks, the art of war, and other lifesaving techniques becoming second-nature... training was near brutal with 13.7% of subjects dying during said years. After "graduation" these new recruits would be sold to other factions and forces for hefty prices with one soldier costing upwards 2.6 million C-Bills.

Some of these subjects escaped from their owners using the same techniques learned during the Phoenix Project; joining pirate bands, mercenary groups and even returning to secret Comstar bases to deposit genetic material, sensitive intelligence and battle experiences for the next cycle of the (allegedly) scrapped Phoenix Project.

Do you have a picture of your character as a pony? If so please include it.

[CrashieJ]

Lemniscate, on 18 October 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Do you have a picture of your character as a pony? If so please include it.

no but I do have this

[Lemniscate]

gavilatius, on 18 October 2012 - 10:29 PM, said:

no but I do have this

Is that your pretty face there?

Edited by Lemniscate, 19 October 2012 - 09:16 AM.

[CrashieJ]

Lemniscate, on 19 October 2012 - 08:51 AM, said:

Is that your pretty face there?

sure... if you call it a face.

you know what war and shrapnel do to good looks

Edited by gavilatius, 19 October 2012 - 03:07 PM.

[Gattling Fenn]

gavilatius, on 18 October 2012 - 10:29 PM, said:

no but I do have this

This is why.

[Normon]

Age: 19
Race: Caucasian (primarily of Russian descent)
Name: Viktor Lermenski
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Height: 2.286 meters (7 feet 6 inches)
Gender: Male
Build: Muscular
Weight: 199.581 Kg's (448 lb's)
Birthplace: unkown
Date of birth: July 17, 2467

History:
Born Jul 17, 2467 at 13:47, measuring 32 inches and weighing in at 15 pounds and 12 ounces. His parents are unkown to all, even him. He was frozen almost instantaneously at a young age of 4 years, 6 months, 23 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes and 47 seconds. Then in the year 3030 he was found and thawed out. The scientists expected him to be dead, but when his heart restarted and he breathed into his lungs they were all surprised. They spent 12 years experimenting on him, learning why he survived, then once they had figured out everything they could they used him as a lab rat for genetic experimentation for another 3 years. They strengthened his bone structure, improved his relfexes and eyesight, augmented his muscular structure, dramatically increasing his strength.

Then the House of Steiner learned of these atrocities and freed him. Seeking vengeance he joined them and became a mech pilot, seeking to crush his enemies. For a year he trained in the operation of mechs, then left training, to do what he joined to do.. The date is now October 20, 3049, 582 years have passed since Viktor's birth, and finally, he can live his life, slaughtering all those who oppose him.

[Choccy Starfish]

Normon, on 20 October 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

History:
Born Jul 17, 2467 at 13:47, measuring 32 inches and weighing in at 15 pounds and 12 ounces. His parents are unkown to all, even him. He was frozen almost instantaneously at a young age of 4 years, 6 months, 23 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes and 47 seconds. Then in the year 3030 he was found and thawed out. The scientists expected him to be dead, but when his heart restarted and he breathed into his lungs they were all surprised.

[Matvey Kerensky]

Mary sues, mary sues everywhere.

[Fyad]

NAME: Fy Ad
AGE: 12
RACE: Sub-Saharan Afican with a splash of Korean.
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black

When I was little, my father was famous. He was the greatest Death Commando in the Confederation, and he was the Chancellor's decapitator. He cut the heads of a hundred and thirty one lords. It was a bad time for the Confederation. The Chancellor just stayed inside the Forbidden City and he never came out. People said his brain was infected by devils.

When my father came home, he'd forget about the killings. He wasn't scared of the Chancellor, but the Chancellor was scared of him. Maybe that was the problem. Then, one night, the Chancellor sent Maskirovka ninjas to our house. They were supposed to kill my father but they didn't. That was the night that everything changed...

[Grraarrgghh]

Fyad, on 22 October 2012 - 06:20 PM, said:

NAME: Fy Ad
AGE: 12
RACE: Sub-Saharan Afican with a splash of Korean.
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black

When I was little, my father was famous. He was the greatest Death Commando in the Confederation, and he was the Chancellor's decapitator. He cut the heads of a hundred and thirty one lords. It was a bad time for the Confederation. The Chancellor just stayed inside the Forbidden City and he never came out. People said his brain was infected by devils.

When my father came home, he'd forget about the killings. He wasn't scared of the Chancellor, but the Chancellor was scared of him. Maybe that was the problem. Then, one night, the Chancellor sent Maskirovka ninjas to our house. They were supposed to kill my father but they didn't. That was the night that everything changed...

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR DAYS!

FINISH THIS GRAND EPIC OR PERISH.

[Dandyman]

I've had a bunch of characters over the years so rather than revisit one of those, I thought I'd start fresh for MW:O. I'm still working on some details and others will remain TBD until I see how things are going to go with factions and canon units. Perhaps, I can get some suggestions on which way you think I should go with it.

To start with, I went over to the BattleTech wiki at sarna.net and just did some random searches for my last name, hometown, etc to see if I could find an interesting thread that would tie back to me personally. That little exercise led me to Northwind and the start of the following backstory.

======
Name: Ian Daniel MacDougall
Callsign: Dandyman
Born: August 2, 3028
Birthplace: Tara, Northwind

Father: Clifford Michael MacDougall
Born: February 8, 2991
Birthplace: Kearny, Northwind
Died: March 31, 3029 in combat with the 5th Sword of Light (DCMS)
Occupation: Mechwarrior
Rank: Major
Unit: (5th Deneb Light Calvary - AFFS) -or- (1st Kearny Highlanders - Northwind Highlanders)

Mother: Aileen Stuart
Born: August 16, 3000
Birthplace: Tara, Northwind
Occupation: Administrator
Employer: Northwind Military Academy
===

I haven't nailed down a narrative yet, because I haven't decided if I'm going to fight for the AFFS or the Northwind Highlanders. If the devs introduce canon Merc units like the major house factions, then I might go that route. If not, I may go with the AFFS bent on the story and throw in with the Davions. I'm not making that decision yet, because I want to see how things shake out. I don't have the time to game I once did and I'm not ready to sign up with any group until I know how faction play and canon merc units will look like as the game moves forward.

Edited by Dandyman, 24 October 2012 - 08:27 AM.

[Star Colonel Sanders Kerensky]

Name: Sanders Kerensky
Age: 65
Race: Caucasian (primarily of Irish/Russian descent)
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: White
Height: 1.68 meters (5 feet 6 inches)
Gender: Male
Build: Average
Weight: 72 Kg's (160 lb's)

He was trueborn as a Jade Falcon, but while still in the sibko he instead felt a calling to the Legend of the Jade Chicken. This brought about a kind of institutional discrimination against his beliefs in his superiors and they manipulated his Trials of Position until he was a lowly infantryman.

Fortunately, his unit was challenged by a unit of Sea Foxxes. Though his unit was soundly defeated he impressed the Foxxes with his cunning by infiltrating their headquarters by wearing a fur suit. They were so impressed that they took him as bondsman.

Life was difficult as a Sea Fox bondsman, but he steeled his courage and earned his entry to the Merchant Caste via the Trial of Yiffing. He spent several years working at a gas station. He worked hard and saved up until he could afford to buy the gas station and change it into the Fried Space Chicken restaurant of his dreams and his faith.

Trouble was on the horizon though as his use of the term restaurant for his food stand invoked the Taurians who were obviously the tools of Stefan Amaris. Parents forbid thier children from working at such an obvious place of corruption. In a cunning maneuver he had his employers wear chicken suits. His accptance of wearing casual clothing at work inspired young labourers to leave the homes of their gene-matched parents and work for a living. This won him the grudging respect and gratitude of the parents.

Several years later the Scientist caste ruled that his 'Original Recipie' was a combat drug. By causing sibkin of both genders to grow mustaches and goatees at a young age he was brining them closer to to their inner animal thus ensuring thier ferocity on the battlefield. The Clan Council voted and reinstated him as a Star Colonel in the supply galaxy for this break through.

It was around this time that he faced ilKhan Ulric Kerensky in poker and won his wife when the ilKhan overextended on an All-In. Though he regreted this greatly it offered an oppertunity to take her name, thus gaining a Blood Name.

Now financially secure as his restaurant chain continued to grow, he used his wealth and position to promise a cluster of Omnimechs to the Clan that brought him a breeding population of Jade Chickens. He had heard rumours in the Wolf's Drraagguuns(4 time Champion from the day) that the Jade Chickens had been spotted in Liao space. Until he receives that Holy Grail of Poultry he will have to content himself with selectively breeding the victors of Stranta Mechty's vicious ****(bird) fights.

Edited by Star Colonel Sanders Kerensky, 25 October 2012 - 12:14 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

'MECHWARRIOR DATABASE ENTRY #34006:
Name: Mallan, Joseph, A
DoB: March 6, 3028
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 238 lbs.
Planet of Origin: Furillo
BattleMech:Battlemaster-3G

Joe is the son of Sir Danyal and Lady Estelle Mallan. Raise in a fairly straight forward military household the second of two sons. He grew up having his fathers stature and his mothers humor. Joe did well in school but truly did not apply himself. His father being a former Sergeant Major in the 10th Lyran Guard, pulled a few favors and got Joe admitted to The Sanglamore Acadamy. Where he trained and graduated in the top ten percent of his class.

Joe's first duty posting was with the 10th Lyran Guards, and the next twelve years he served with distinction and followed his Archon-Prince all the way to Huntress and was there (in the background) when Khan Osis was beheaded. A carreer soldier and self procaimed prankster, Joe has been supporting his fellow soldiers and doing his level best to ensure every lancemate returns whole and healthy.

Joe then retired and returned to Furillo for some rest then head off to Outreach. Serving for 6 months with the Kell Hounds then moving on to join a little known Merc unit named the BattleCorps Legion where Joe went on to help liberate Earth from the hands of the Word of Blake. It is rumored that Joe's red Musketeer's hat was found on the corpse of "The Master".

[JadeRaven]

I'm a bird. Squawk.