<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<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 kind of mussing about his inventory when Mecha suddenly addressed him.  He jerked his head up, glowered a bit, and gave her a grunt in reply.<em>She was fortunate.</em>Her question truly pissed him off.<br/><br/>The Commander had been trained by the U.S. Army to be a fighting machine on any terrain, in any conditions, against any foe.  Combat usually amounted to finding cover, and then taking potshots.  Of course, it was nice knowing if the AO had enemy armor or helos, but if one simply anticipates that enemy armor and helos will be there anyways, the info was useless.<br/><br/>"You know, every once in a while, I'd get some punk kid -- usually from Minnesota, cus' Minnesota is flounderin' with punks -- askin' me if I had any more useful info about the mission, an' every time, I'd make him give me thirty.  First of all, I can't keep shit in, Mecha.  I spoil everythin'.  Shit, I do that without even thinkin' about it.  Secondly, what kind of mean jerk do you take me for?  You got me pegged as some kind of Smeagol.<em>Oooh!  My precious!  I got me some info!  No one else has it!  I won't share it!</em>Get the fuck outta here."<br/><br/>Now, James Manning could be a curt asshole, but he wasn't<em>mean.</em>He wasn't cruel.  He could give you an oath-ridden tirade like he could hand you a piece of paper, but it wasn't meant to mean anything.  It was just the way that he had been brought up, which had been excellent for the military.<br/><br/>"If an' when I get more info, Mecha, you'll be the first to know.  But I'm used to operatin' with my head up my beautiful, puckered asshole, an' I usually know jack shit."