<strong>Character</strong><br/>Name: Armina Sloane Farkas<br/>Sex: Female<br/>Age: 24<br/>BattleMech: Griffin<br/>Homeworld: Bondurant, Marik-Stewart Commonwealth<br/>Original Faction:  Marik-Stewart Commonwealth<br/><br/>(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc235/phillymynx/ec6fd896-2367-4fc6-bbba-e3a526e7ee17_zps22068cda.jpg)<br/><br/>Description: Armina stands 5'7” with dark hair and eyes, and a slender build, she's well toned but not overly muscular and tends to dress well. She almost always keeps a pistol strapped to her hip and a handy combat knife on her opposite thigh when she isn't operating her machine.<br/><br/>Background: Armina is the sole daughter of a former Mech pilot for the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth. Somehow her father had gotten his hands on the mech, though he never told Armina the story of how he acquired it. Still he set it aside for his daughter, having been granted his own heavier unit. While he was off fighting, Armina trained in the Commonwealth. As one of the successor states of the FWL there were constant threats and training viable Mech pilots was a priority. When the Lyrans attacked, Armina and her Mech were thrown into combat on Bondurant, at age 16. The Commonwealth forces were eventually driven offworld after a grueling struggle that saw Armina witness the destruction of her home (and mother) and her first confirmed kill (when she destroyed the mech and pilot that had hit her home). At the same time, word arrived that her father had died when the dropship carrying his unit was destroyed in orbit. This left Armina alone in a war ravaged nation.<br/><br/>With the commonwealth crumbling Armina and her Mech continued to find action on various worlds. Through a combination of luck and skill, Armina survived each time without serious injury. The following year, the Commonwealth finally collapsed. Some worlds were absorbed by the Lyrans, others by the newly reformed Free World's League, led by Jessica Marik, neither of whom Armina felt any loyalty towards.<br/><br/>After the collapse, several members of her unit decided to form a mercenary company, “The Wet Knives”, and recruited Armina. With more experienced pilots to continue to help guide her, Armina learned more about the ins and outs of her machine and how to care for it. Her new family also forced her to continue her education, even if it was informal, and essentially gave her classes on history, math, and such.<br/><br/>In the last year, much of her company was destroyed in an ambush while working for the Combine. With less than two lances of working units left, the group disbanded, each leaving to make their own way.<br/><br/>Personality: Armina is generally serious. She is somewhat cautious in combat, preferring to strike from ambush and minimize losses rather than to fight head on. Outside the cockpit, she can seem shy and reserved until she gets to know people, when they will discover her warm and caring nature. She believes in a code of conduct for war which demands the minimizing of civilian casualties.<br/><br/>Specialty Skills: Having spent so much time in a mercenary unit, Armina has learned quite a bit about the care and feeding of Mechs. She has become a competent technician and learned to jury-rig fixes to keep her mech going until it can be properly repaired. She also knows a good bit about brawling, her style isn't pretty or refined, but it works. She's also a pretty good shot with her pistol, and a more than fair pool player.<br/><br/><strong>BattleMech</strong><div style="text-align: right;">(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc235/phillymynx/GRF-6CS20Griffin_zps6c595e15.jpg) (http://s215.photobucket.com/user/phillymynx/media/GRF-6CS20Griffin_zps6c595e15.jpg.html)<br/><br/></div>Chassis: Griffin<br/>Model: Griffin-6CS<br/>Weight Class: Medium - 55 Ton<br/>Callsign: Sloane<br/>Description: Standard Marik camouflage scheme<br/>86 KM/h run speed<br/>5 Jump jets (150 meters max)<br/><br/>Weapons:<br/>1   ER Medium Laser (IS), Center Torso<br/>1   ER Medium Laser (IS), Left Arm<br/>1   ER PPC (IS), Right Arm<br/>1   LRM15 (IS), Right Torso<br/>2 tons LRM ammo<br/><br/>Equipment:<br/>1   Improved C3 CPU, Left Torso<br/>1   Guardian ECM (IS), Left Torso<br/>Artemis IV FCS<br/>Cup Holder (in Cockpit)<br/><br/><br/><br/>Background: A former Comstar Mech her father somehow acquired and left for Armina, who has piloted it her whole career.