<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">Character</span><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Hiro Kagekaze<br/><strong>Sex:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Age:</strong>30's<br/><strong>BattleMech:</strong>Spider<br/><strong>Homeworld:</strong>Shionoha, Dieron District<br/><strong>Original Faction:</strong>Draconis Combine<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Hiro is of medium height with a lean, muscular build.  He has straight black hair and a goatee.  He is more of a pilot than a gunner, eager to push the limits of a BattleMech in terms of its speed, jumps and melee attacks.  He acts as a scout, lures enemies into traps and uses guerilla tactics.  For example, he uses his 'Mech's sword to chop down trees, then shoots lasers to set them ablaze, using the fire, heat and smoke to his advantage.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Hiro is from the Dieron District of the Draconis Combine.  He grew up poor, but managed to break through the barrier of not being a member of the privileged class.  He was skilled enough to enroll in the Dieron District Gymnasium (DDG), which graduates 15 to 20 mech pilots per year with a complete disregard for the students' political and philosophical leanings.<br/><br/>Like almost all of his fellow DDG graduates, Hiro was recruited to the 2nd Dieron Regulars, a veteran unit with questionable loyalty specializing in mountain combat and emphasizing honor through victory - in other words, they strive to win by any means necessary.  Ambushes, false truces and "playing dead" were all viable tactics.  Furthermore, the atmosphere of the unit itself was one of constant backstabbing among its troops, which kept everyone on their toes.<br/><br/>Hiro's commanding officer (CO) had the resources to ruin careers and the willingness to do so.  After another member of his unit tricked Hiro into sleeping with the CO's daughters, Hiro got caught and the CO booted him from the front-line unit to a garrison one.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>In times of peace, Hiro is a trickster and a goofball.  In times of war, he sometimes acts aggressively and impatiently.  He doesn't always consider the consequences of his actions, yet he manages to come up with sound combat tactics when it really matters.  He fights dirty, and plays dirtier.<br/><br/><strong>Specialty Skills:</strong>Due to his childhood in a rough neighborhood and his training in a combat-oriented school, Hiro is skilled in unarmed combat (particularly jiujitsu), armed combat (especially swords), and small arms (preferably paired pistols).  He is also stealthy, athletic, acrobatic and perceptive.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">BattleMech </span><br/><br/><strong>Chassis:</strong><em>Spider</em><br/><strong>Model:</strong>SDR-8Xr<br/><strong>Weight Class:</strong>Light<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong><em>Ronin</em><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Dark gray, dark green, beige (see picture)<br/><strong>Weapons:</strong>5 ER Small Lasers, Sword<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong>Partial Wing, Jump Jets<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>He won<em>Ronin</em>by placing bets on a duel he intentionally but convincingly lost.  The loser of the duel had to leave the Draconis Combine unit.  Hiro was going to do desert anyway, but he needed some cash and a mech to do it.  He had intermediaries bet his savings on the underdog, his opponent.  He used the winnings to buy a Spider, an old, battlefield-modified model that was surplus Draconis Combine inventory.<br/><br/>