Posted 30 June 2012 - 09:46 PM
Thought I may try my hand at this:
Name: Maligo Valletudo (Mali for short)
Callsign: Sponge (Named that for his ability to seemingly osmotically soak up information)
Date of Birth/Age: April 1, 3005
Current Mech: Currently owns a (stolen) ZEU-5S Zeus, but due to a combination of the mech being salvaged from a battlefield without being repaired, and poor jury-rigging, the mech is impounded until Maligo can earn enough money to effect the necessary safety upgrades, plus upgrades to meet Solaris Arena regulations. Until then, he's hoping to be lucky enough to borrow a mech
House Affiliation: No official affiliation, but sympathetic to the Free Rasalhauge Republic
Military History: After spending several years acting as a quality control tester for Defiance Industries, Maligo is familiar with the controls of a Battlemech, and can operate one at a fairly advanced level, but has only participated in several mock battles and only one active occurance of open combat
Physical Description: Maligo is not the typical Mechwarrior. At around 5' 9", he possesses a very thin frame, with very little muscle showing. He keeps his brown hair short, but it is often messy, a side effect of the time he spent with his mech's neurohelmet. On the back of his left hand, he has a prominent scar, the remnants of a burn from an exposed heat sink. He has brown eyes, and usually carries a set of goggles on his forehead.
Open Background: Born on Tukayyid, Maligo attended a public high school and graduated in the higher grades of his class. It was during the summers that he worked that he discovered his love for operating and maintaing the Aggromechs on his family's farm. After graduation in 3022, Maligo moved out to Hesperus II in order to attend an industrial university, and earn his degree in mechanical engineering. During his time in university, a Defiance Industries scout noticed his affinity towards mech operation, and offered him a job in Defiance after he graduated, which he promptly took in 3026. After impressing his managers in the industrial works division, Maligo was eventually transfered to the Battlemech production division, and worked his way up to being a quality control tester, running newly produced mechs through their paces before shipping them off to their clients. In 3030, Maligo accepted his first team leader assignment, and was attached to a Lyran unit as the leader of a field technical support crew. While on mission, Maligo and his team decided to accompany a rescue squad in an attempt to aid the occupants of a crashed Hrothgar Dropship. All records after this point stop, as Maligo's team never returned and all members of the mission as well as the dropship were presumed to be killed in action.
Deep Background: During the mission, it was found that the dropship had been set upon by a small, covert Free Rasalhauge force. While his Lyran escorts held out for a small amount of time, they were eventually overwhelmed, and Maligo's team was captured. When captured, Maligo presented himself as a citizen of the Republic, but the soldiers did not believe him. Facing summary execution as a spy, Maligo managed to escape, planning to hijack a mech from the dropship and rescue his team. In the dropship, Maligo used his technical expertise to “hotwire” a Zeus ZEU-5S, and attempted to turn its weapons on the Rasalhauge force, despite the majority of the mech's ammunition having yet to be loaded. Using the small opening of the dropship's bay to his advantage, Maligo managed to down a pair of Panther light mechs in the bottleneck of the , and proceeded to emerge and destroy several tanks and a Hunchback, while sustaining critical damage in the process. As soon as the enemy dispersed, Maligo exited the mech to search for his team, only to find that he had killed them when he destroyed the tank they were sheltered behind. Knowing that as a civilian engaging in armed combat, he had violated the Aries Convention, he needed to disappear before he was arrested, and proceeded to do minimum repairs on his stolen Zeus, and left the planet bound for Solaris
Just a quick question though for the Zeus. I love the fins on the Zeus-X, but I know it hasn't been produced yet in the timeline. Could I just say that my character bolted on some identical fins for asthetic purposes?
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MacabreDerek, on 28 June 2012 - 05:08 PM, said:
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