A quick note about Ran: He is not actually from the core worlds, but is a hopeless romantic who simply cannot abide the idea that any part of the verse is remotely safe or civilized.  He also has a very particularly favourite pick up line, which plays off of his romanticism to con potential bedfellows.  If there is any amount of danger, he will exaagerate it to an absurd degree.<br/><br/>Aditionally, he is not nearly as inexperienced as he appears, possesing a certain amount of common sense above his big mouth, but a common sense which he rarely shows and often makes an effort to deny, hoping to get let off yet again for being "just a kid."  As his drug abuse ages him prematurely, this defensive mechanism becomes more and more inadequate.  He currently appears to be in middle age.<br/><br/><br/><br/>"Hey, I worked in a rim world emergency room long enough to know that armor doesn't work!  They'll just see the armor, when you're walking down the steet, catch you in an alley, shoot you in the head and steal the vest!"     When asked how he knows his patients had their armor stolen from them, he simply changes the subject to the latest designer meds from the core worlds and how they are an abomination before God.