<div class="floatleft">(http://www.itsartmag.com/features/itsart/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/duke-V7.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Commander James Manning</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Staging<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Mecha, Copper Rose, Gauss, the Captain;<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">PL 10 (150)<br/><strong>STRENGTH</strong> 3 <strong>STAMINA</strong> 4 <strong>AGILITY</strong> 5<br/><strong>FIGHTING</strong> 4 <strong>DEXTERITY</strong> 7<br/><strong>INTELLIGENCE</strong> 3 <strong>AWARENESS</strong> 3 <strong>PRESENCE</strong> 3<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Skills:</strong></span><br/><em>Acrobatics</em> 3 (+8)<br/><em>Athletics</em> 7 (+10)<br/><em>Close Combat</em> (Unarmed) 10 (+14)<br/><em>Deception</em> 10 (+13)<br/><em>Expertise</em> (Soldier) 10 (+13)<br/><em>Insight</em> 3 (+6)<br/><em>Intimidation</em> 5 (+8)<br/><em>Investigation</em> 4 (+7)<br/><em>Perception </em>5 (+8)<br/><em>Stealth</em> 2 (+7)<br/><em>Treatment</em> 2 (+5)<br/><em>Vehicles</em> 2 (+9)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Advantages: </strong></span><br/>Assessment, Beginner's Luck, Chokehold, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Diehard, Equipment 8, Evasion, Fast Grab, Fearless, Grab Finesse, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Hold, Jack-of-All-Trades, Last Stand, Leadership, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Set-Up, Ranged Attack 6, Redirect, Takedown<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Equipment:</strong></span><br/>"Load-Out"<br/>"Kevlar Body Armour" Protection 2 (2)<br/>"Automatic Rifle" Blast 7 (Extras: Multiattack) (Inaccurate -1) (20) -- (27)<br/>AE: "Pair of Automatic Pistols" Blast 6 (Extras: Multiattack) (18)<br/>AE: "Standard Rifle" Blast 7 (Feats: Extended Range 2) (16)<br/>AE: "Grenades" Blast 7 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (20)<br/>AE: "Rocket Launcher" Blast 9 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited to Five Shots) (Standard Action -2) (16)<br/>AE: "Flare Grenades" Dazzle Visuals 4 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (11)<br/>AE: "Tear Gas Grenades" Affliction 4 (Dazed &amp; Vision Impaired/Stunned &amp; Disabled/Incapacitated) (Extras: Extra Condition, Ranged) (Diminished Range -1) (11)<br/>AE: "Knife" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Improved Critical) (2)<br/><br/><em>Tech:</em><br/>Camera, CommLink, Audio Recorder, Binoculars, Night Vision Goggles, Flashlight, Gas Mask, Multi-Tool, Rebreather, Cutting Torch (10)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Offense:</strong></span><br/>Unarmed +14 (+3 Damage, DC 18)<br/>Knife +4 (+4 Damage, DC 19)<br/>Rifle +13 (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)<br/>Automatic Rifle +13 (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)<br/>Pistol +13 (+6 Ranged Damage, DC 21)<br/>Grenades +7 Area (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)<br/>Flash/Tear Gas Grenades +4 Area (+4 Ranged Affliction, DC 14)<br/>Rocket Launcher +9 Area (+9 Ranged Damage, DC 24)<br/>Initiative +9<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Defenses:</strong></span><br/>Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +4 (Kevlar +6, +7 D.Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +8<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Complications:</strong></span><br/>Responsibility (The United States):  Manning does not require incentives to help his country: he is obliged to lay down his life on the line as a matter of duty.<br/>Responsibility (Legacy): Manning strives to live up to his family's legacy of producing superior fighting men.<br/>Motivation (Proving he is better than super-humans): Manning is always looking to prove that he is better than super-humans.<br/><br/>Total: Abilities: 62 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 35 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 21 (143)</div></div><br/>The Commander was feeling straight up like Han Solo right now.  If Copper Rose or Mecha (and I guess, Gauss) had not been on board, he would have been making zooming noises with his mouth.  Sure, the Commander could be a complete hard-ass, but at heart, he was just a guy that liked things that went fast and went boom.<br/><br/>"Now ladies," the Commander said.   "Ain't it crazy that out of all the folks in this goddamn helo, the least homophobic is the good ole' country boy from Stone Mountain, Georgia?  The goddamn Ku Klux Klan formed atop that mountain!  Ha ha."  He then grinned at Copper Rose.   "I can't say that I'm familiar with 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' either.  The Supreme Court of the U.S. of A repealed it in 2010.  So you could say that my time in the army was<em>FABULOUS!</em>"<br/><br/>When the Commander said 'fabulous,' his hands left the steering column, making the helicopter dip precariously mid-flight.<br/><br/>"The first time I ever slept with a man was durin' Survival Training," he said, reminiscing.   "We had to spoon in tall grass cus' we had to share body heat.  I guess that sounds pretty gay, but we was too tired and too hungry to screw, if yer' wondering."<br/><br/>When the Captain chimed in, the Commander groaned.<br/><br/>"Aww, goddammit," the Commander muttered under his breath.   "Not this shrew."  He considered his options, shrugged, and punched up the Captain:<br/><br/>"Everything is under control!  Situation normal.  Uh, had a slight weapons malfunction.   But uh, everything's perfectly all right now.  We're fine.  We're all fine, now, thank you.  How are you?"  Then, the Commander turned the onboard radio off.  The Commander attempted to keep a straight face, but then busted out laughing.