<tt class="bbc_tt">Name: Lieutenant Commander John Raltash, United States Navy<br/>Calling: Modern Major General<br/>Pantheon: Aesir<br/>Player: Ryvaken Lucius Tadrya<br/>Nature: Visionary<br/>God: Freyr<br/><br/>Strength:  1    Charisma:     3    Intelligence: 5<br/>Dexterity: 3    Manipulation: 4    Wits:         5<br/>Stamina:   3    Appearance:   2    Perception:   2<br/><br/>Favored Abilities<br/>Animal Ken:       0<br/>Brawl:            3<br/>Control:          0<br/>Fortitude:        1<br/>Investigation:    1<br/>Presence:         1<br/><br/>Other Abilities:<br/>Academics:        2<br/>Athletics:        3<br/>Awareness:        2<br/>Command:          4<br/>Craft(Explosives) 2<br/>Empathy:          1<br/>Integrity:        1<br/>Marksmanship:     3<br/>Medicine:         2<br/>Politics:         1<br/>Science(Chem):    2<br/>Survival:         2<br/><br/>Epic Attributes:<br/>Epic Strength     1 - Crushing Grip<br/>Epic Dexterity    1 - Trick Shooter<br/>Epic Stamina      1 - Self-Healing<br/>Epic Charisma     1 - Charmer<br/>Epic Appearance   1 - Come Hither<br/>Epic Manipulation 0<br/>Epic Perception   1 - Refined Palate<br/>Epic Intelligence 1 - Math Genius<br/>Epic Wits         1 - Rabbit Reflexes<br/><br/>Boons:<br/>Jotunblut: 2<br/>Fertility -<br/>Health -<br/>Sun -<br/>War - Blessing of Bravery<br/><br/>Virtues:<br/>Courage    2<br/>Endurance  2<br/>Expression 1<br/>Loyalty    4<br/><br/>Birthrights:<br/>Relic: The Mead Horn of Life (1 point) (Health Purview)<br/>Relic: The Vest of the True Admiral (3 points) (Bulletproof vest +1 soak, no penalties, War Purview)<br/>Followers (3 points) (Navy SEALs)<br/><br/>Legend: 3<br/>Legend Points: 9/9<br/>Willpower: 6<br/>Willpower Points: 6/6<br/><br/>Combat<br/>Soak: 4A/5L/7B<br/><br/>Normal Attacks:<br/>Clinch:        Accuracy 6+1, Damage +2L/B+1, Speed 6, Pierce<br/>Unarmed Light: Accuracy 7+1, Damage +2B+1,   Speed 4<br/>Unarmed Heavy: Accuracy 5+1, Damage +5B+1,   Speed 5<br/>P90:           Accuracy 7+1, Damage +4L,     Speed 5, Pierce, Range 50,  Clip 50, Autofire<br/>Desert Eagle:  Accuracy 6+1, Damage +6L,     Speed 5, Pierce, Range 50,  Clip 7<br/><br/>Nonstandard Attacks:<br/>M16:           Accuracy 6+1, Damage +6L,     Speed 5, Pierce, Range 150, Clip 30, Semiauto<br/>Remmington:    Accuracy 9+1, Damage +8L,     Speed 6, Pierce, Range 200, Clip 4<br/><br/>Join Battle: 7+1<br/><br/>Dodge DV ([Dexterity + Athletics + Legend] / 2 + Epic Dexterity): 6 (7 with Riot Shield)<br/>Parry DV - Unarmed ([Dexterity + Brawl] / 2 + Epic Dexterity): 4<br/><br/>Health Levels<br/>-0<br/>-1<br/>-1<br/>-2<br/>-2<br/>-4<br/>Incapacitated<br/><br/>Equipment (includes above weapons but not Relics)<br/>5 M16 rifles<br/>4 Desert Eagle sidearms<br/>2 Peacemaker sidearms<br/>2 Remmington rifles<br/>5 Bulletproof Vests<br/>5 Riot Gear suits<br/>6 Riot Shields<br/>2 Armored Trucks<br/>2 Motorcycles<br/>1 Medical Field Kit<br/>3 First Aid Kits<br/>6 military grade radios<br/><br/>Followers:<br/>Lieutenant Junior Grade Daric LaRone<br/>Ensign Kevin Hornblower<br/>Ensign Horatio Keene<br/>Ensign Leo Marbury<br/>Ensign Bob Tentson<br/>All with the Experienced Soldier statblock on page 283. LaRone, Hornblower, and Keene carry Desert Eagles. Marbury and Tentson carry Peacemakers. Add the following line to Hornblower and Marbury<br/>Remmington: Accuracy 11, Damage +8L, Speed 6, Pierce, Range 200, Clip 4<br/><br/>The Control Ability on Keene and Tentson is for Trucks, on Hornblower and Marbury it is Motorcycles, on LaRone it is a troop transport of the seafaring variety.<br/><br/></tt><br/><br/>John Raltash was born and raised in New England, where his life was unexceptional. He had friends, played sports, grew interested in girls, lost friends, lost virginity, made new friends. Academically he was near the top of his class, especially in mathematics. He went to college on scholarship, until he was recruited by the United States Navy. He transfered into the Naval Academy and started his career as an officer in the US Armed Forces.<br/><br/>Never particularly strong, he nonetheless took to unarmed combat training with skill and determination that made him respected, if not feared, in sparring matches. He was complimented for being hard to hit and for being able to handle a lot of punishment.<br/><br/>On the shooting range, he was almost a legend. Never before having held a gun in his life, he was utterly hopeless on the first day of shooting practice. After the catastrophe, he returned to the shooting range with a calculator, a pad of paper, and a pencil. He called over a shooting instructor and asked for his help. Impressed by the initiative, the instructor started to talk about grips and support and recoil, when John stopped him, held up the weapon, and asked for help taking it apart. Perplexed, the instructor showed the recruit how to take apart the weapon, then watched in amazement as a full schematic of the weapon appeared on Raltash's pad, complete with force vectors for almost all of the variables involved in firing the weapon. The next day, Ranlyi was shooting like a marksman with years of practice. It would take him another year, however, to gain enough experience to adapt to the specific properties of any given firearm by feel and instinct rather than painstaking inspection.<br/><br/>Most significant was John's leadership potential. In his training exercises with enlisted recruits, he proved to be clear-thinking, level-headed, and more than a little inventive. Before each mission he got to know the command structure of his unit, learning the ways of his direct subordinates and encouraging them to do the same. His teams always did well in exercises and rarely dd his orders spark confusion among the ranks. Upon attaining the rank of Ensign he immediately applied for and was granted the opportunity to join the Navy SEALS. His performance in that training is buried in beurocratic secrecy, but his public record shows that he was decorated for bravery in a live-fire exercise, known as "the exercise from hell" by the squad under his ersatz command. Sealed records indicate that a grenade launcher misfired, collapsing a wooden observation tower and maiming three soldiers. Ensign Raltash ordered a general ceasefire and evacuation of the area while he personally excavated the soldiers from the rubble. Evidence of this event was eliminated when grenades damaged by the initial misfire detonated.<br/><br/>No records indicate the true significance of that event; the three men he rescued survived by the grace of god's blood in his veins. That evening, as he tended to his wounds, a man in his fifties entered the barracks. He was tall, amazingly handsome, and wore the dress uniform of an Admiral. He ordered the young lieutenant to follow him. Outside, the conversation turned unusual.<br/>"Ensign Raltash."<br/>"Sir?"<br/>"I am your father."<br/>"...sir?"<br/>"My name is Freyr. I am a god."<br/>"Of course, sir. Would you follow me to the infirmary please?"<br/>"You were born in a cardboard box. You lost your virginity to a lesbian who was curious. You don't have the strength to be a SEAL but somehow you surpass every expectation of yourself and others. Your penis is longer than most men's arms."<br/>"OK, so you know things about me. Anyone could know those things."<br/>"You have a collection of the girliest anime ever produced."<br/>"You have my attention. And possibly a death warrant."<br/>"Meh, I'm immortal."<br/>"So what, you've come to give me the<em>Daniel Jackson</em>?"<br/>"That's Thor's ship, and it's a TV show."<br/>"So I guess no beaming technology."<br/>"The whole reality versus fantasy thing hasn't set in yet, has it?"<br/>"I figure this is a dream. Watch, I'll start flying."<br/>"...Son, get your face out of the mud. Please."<br/>"OK, not a dream. Sir, I respectfully request permission to pee myself and run away screaming."<br/>"Denied. I have orders for you."<br/><br/>As time passed John became a decorated Lieutenant and eventually Lt. Commander in the SEALs. While most of his genuine operations are classified, it is a matter of public record that he has been wounded in the line of duty three times and recieved, in addition to the Purple Heart, the Marksmanship Medal for rifles, the Marksmanship Ribbon with Sharpshooter Marksmanship Device for pistols, the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Navy "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Commendation Medal, and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge.<br/><br/>A few months ago, LTCM John Raltash and five SEALs under his command was placed under the direct command of "Admiral Freyr" and detached from the military on indefinate permanent reassignment. The Navy was ordered to ask no questions.