Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]
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				Title: <strong>Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>evangel</strong> on <strong>01-08-2013, 19:26:55</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/jx16L8F.jpg)<br><br><hr><br><strong>Jaeger Rising Character Thread</strong><br>Interest Thread/Recruitment Check (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181317)<br>OOC Thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181355)<br><br>Tokyo Shatterdome (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181749.0)<br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u">Ranger Teams</span><br><br><strong>BUSHIDO DAWN (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8689064#msg8689064)</strong><br>Ember Star - <em>Kaori Yamada (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8687836#msg8687836)</em><br>Revenent - <em>Daigo Tanaka (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8689064#msg8689064)</em><br><br><strong>VASA CENTURION (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8690753#msg8690753)</strong><br>Primarch - <em>Adam Sinclair (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8690753#msg8690753)</em><br>TheGlyphstone - <em>Tane "Tony" Maugatai (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8729696#msg8729696)</em><br><br><strong>GRAVE DIGGER (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8690053#msg8690053)</strong><br>Ramsey - <em>Kevin Blake (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8690053#msg8690053)</em><br>Swordsman18 - <em>Derrick Cines (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8712390#msg8712390)</em><br><br><strong>ALTAIR VANQUISH (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8746534#msg8746534)</strong><br>Vaulera - <em>Karla Lémair (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181317.msg8685312#msg8685312)</em><br>evangel - <em>Ray Chatham (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8714815#msg8714815)</em><br><br><em>Jaeger Name Incoming</em><br>SargeantToughie - <em>Character Incoming</em><br><em>Empty slot</em><br><br><span class="bbc_u">Research &amp; Development</span><br><br><strong>IMMACULATE SHOGUN [INACTIVE] (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8686256#msg8686256)</strong><br>Karma - <em>Athena Metaxas (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8686256#msg8686256)</em><br>Question Mark - <em>Ryan Kodo (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8688596#msg8688596)</em><br><br><span class="bbc_u">Local Command Central (LOCCENT) Team</span><br><br>Shatterdome Commander - <em>Ryuusuke "Ooba" Oobayashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8694915#msg8694915)</em><br>Chief LOCCENT Officer - <em>Jun Saotome (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181356.msg8695483#msg8695483)</em><br><br></div><hr>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karma</strong> on <strong>03-08-2013, 16:06:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Athena Metaxas<br><strong>Age:</strong> 26<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Greek<br><strong>Rank:</strong> Contractor, prominent Jaeger developer<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/ioOfKIh.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/1jQxdJ3.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Brilliant, thorough, disciplined<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Standoffish, defensive, unconcerned about collateral damage<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> Athena was still in university when the attacks began. She was a globally recognized prodigy in robotics when the end of the world began, but dropped off the world’s radar not long after.<br><strong>Other skills:</strong><br>Speaks Greek, English, and passable Japanese<br>Undefeated at chess (she’ll omit that she’s never played a master)<br>Steel thumb (able to diagnose and fix mechanical problems in record time)<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> Athena worked closely with her father, Aineas, on the Jaeger project even as a teenager, as her father valued her viciously intelligent mind as a filter for his own. He broke an untold number of laws and non-disclosure agreements to involve her, but her contributions were important enough that neither of them were punished. During her time on the project, she nearly completed dozens of degrees on the side, but was too caught up in Jaegers to finish any of them. She never formally graduated.<br>Her father was a prominent public figure for the Jaeger Project, and when he died of complications arising from his close work with the Jaeger reactors, many looked to Athena to take his place. She vehemently opposed this newfound interest in her opinions and personal life, but often found herself ordered to engage them, for the lack of anyone better suited to it. Aineas had been a jovial, personable man, much-loved by the public. Athena found this legacy difficult to uphold. When not thrust into the public eye, she can be found tinkering.<br><br><hr><hr><br>As a stellar roboticist, Athena made many invaluable contributions to the Jaeger project. Other scientists were busy with the man-machine interface, to the point that it became an almost spiritual endeavor. Athena had no interest in this, and felt as if it were cheating to integrate the nervous system directly into the mech. She was of an older school, one that much preferred the feel of buttons, pedals, and joysticks. There was a certain empathy to be found with machines built with your own two hands, and when you literally <em>became</em> the machine, all of that value was lost.<br><br>In university Athena had been at the forefront of powered armor research. At the time, there were only rudimentary prototypes, with much work remaining to be done particularly in the field of active balancing in the heat of combat. All of that changed with the Jaeger program, however. The global gloves were off, and all the money they ever needed was pouring in. When they were finished balancing a series of 80 meter tall mechs, it was no struggle for Athena to get 4 meter tall powered armor to stand stable in any situation.<br><br>Thus was born Athena’s pet project, the Kaempfer series. Instead of a cockpit, the suits open from the back, allowing the “pilot” to climb into a person-shaped alcove. When the suit closes, it becomes an extension of themselves. There is no neural interface, however; it’s pure motion amplification, and instead of force feedback, the suits have HUDs, and instead of thought-driven weaponry, there is an array of controls at each limb. The suits are highly customizable. Athena designed a core skeleton with a multitude of attach points for armor plating, each running power for any equipment the user might desire, as long as they could provide it.<br><br>Her own prototypes were workable shortly after Brawler Yukon was completed, and were rapidly adopted by the PPDC for use in Jaeger construction and maintenance. As more Kaempfers were completed, they found homes all across the world, prized for their versatility, though they were expensive in their own right. Tokyo Shatterdome, as one of the most well-stocked domes on the Rim, has several, all in pristine condition and ready for modification thanks to Athena being on site.<br><br>(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/315/1/b/ms_08tx_n_efreet_nacht_by_unoservix-d5kowrw.jpg)<br>Lucent Djinn, Athena’s personal model. According to her, it’s the fastest and most silent Kaempfer on the planet, though she uses it to tinker on Jaegers vastly more than she takes it into combat. Focused mainly on melee.<br><br>(http://i.imgur.com/1dnn536.jpg)<br>Powered armor in “factory” configuration.<br><br>Powered armor was not Athena’s only diversion. While the Drift was still in its early phases, much work was done on Jaegers piloted through traditional means. This proved implausible in the short term, as reaction times were too slow, prone to getting the pilot killed and the machine destroyed. The Drift was a shortcut, according to Athena, a cheat that turned the Jaeger into a slave and robbed it of its identity. Her philosophical views on piloting were irrelevant to her superiors, of course, and did little to save the world at the time. The unit that was farthest along in traditional development was given to her to do as she pleased once the Drift was chosen as the future of the Jaeger program. Its systems were far too integrated to be refitted with a Drift cockpit, and it served to silence her for a time. Years later, she has made some progress on it, arguing that its performance with a single pilot outmatches a single-pilot Drift Jaeger. Until it can stand on even keel with a dual-pilot Drift, however, it will remain as a curiosity, little more than a pet rock to keep one of their best minds from straying too far.<br><br><strong>Code Name</strong>: Immaculate Shogun<br><strong>Launch Date</strong>: Whenever it does, somebody's getting laid.<br><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark Zero (Experimental)<br><strong>Status</strong>: In Development<br><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: Independent<br><strong>Height</strong>: 70 Meters<br><strong>Weight</strong>: 1900 Tons<br><br><strong>Appearance</strong>: <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Sleeping Giant</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/ZtcMZpA.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Equipment</strong>: <br><em>ARX-16 Super Assault Rifle</em> - Scarce more than a super-sized standard slugthrower, this was the first Jaeger weapon developed, and by far the most primitive. It has never seen action, being quickly supplanted by advanced anti-kaiju energy weapons, missiles, and other gear.<br><br><em>Jesta Shield</em> - A huge slab of titanium, steel, polymers, plastics, and ceramic that doubles as a giant heatsink for both the Immaculate Shogun and any blasts that happen to contact it.<br><br><em>Vulcan Cannons</em> - mounted in the head, these provide point defense against projectiles and can serve as a backup weapon in close quarters. Originally designed as anti-personnel.<br><br><em>Schneider Combat Vibroknives</em>: Stored in compartments in the IS's calves, these can vibrate with such intensity that even the thickest kaiju hide will be challenged to hold against their edge. They're still quite capable of stabbing even if power is lost.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>03-08-2013, 23:10:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Kaori Yamada<br><strong>Age:</strong> 28<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Japanese <br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger <br><strong>Appearance:</strong> <br><div align="center">(http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n612/Ember-Star/Female%20photos/Nicole2-1.jpg)</div> <br><strong>Stats:</strong> Height- 5'4". Weight- 115lbs. Eyes- brown. Other- has a dragon tattoo (http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n612/Ember-Star/Female%20photos/chinese-dragon-tattoo-designs-for-women-i10.jpg) on her back. <br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Extremely loyal. Dedicated. Driven. <br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Doesn't like "no" for an answer. Is easily annoyed. Has an unfortunate habit of threatening people with pocket knives.<br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> Trained in the arts of the Samurai. Pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. <br><strong>Other skills:</strong> *Talented singer (the one feminine skill her mother managed to grind into her besides cooking). <br>*Good cook.<br>*Good English. <br>*Excellent knife/dart thrower <br>*Computer wiz (she's good at hacking, repairing, and programing computers). <br>*Gaming (not exactly a useful skill, but she's a hardcore video gamer). <br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> Born smack in the middle of four brothers, two older and two younger, Kaori was never a girly girl despite her mother's efforts to force her into the traditional Japanese feminine role. Her father ran a samurai dojo in northern&nbsp; Akita. Her mother was simply a house wife. Their entire village was very traditional, but Kaori wasn't one to cling to tradition. Luckily, her school did have computers and from a very young age she clung to a fascination with them. She also clung to a desire to join her brothers in samurai training with their father. Both her parents resisted, but Kaori wad never one to take no for an answer easily. Finally, when she was 9, her father begin her training. She excelled excellently, much to her mother's dismay. <br><br>When she left for college she went to a technology school in Tokyo where she furthered her computer skills. Straight out of college, she was recruited for the Air Force because of her skills both with computers and her samurai training. She excelled there as well, with her talent with computers and background with samurai arts, she was well suited for what was a modern warriors job. This of course drove her mother mad. But there was nothing she could do to stop her driven daughter. <br><br>It was there that she met Daigo, a young man in her squadron who quite frankly annoyed her somewhat with his traditional views. But she struck up a close friendship and bond with him anyway and found that they worked well together as a team. Able to almost predict each others train of thought at times. <br><br>But then there was that one Kaiju attack which they just couldn't take down. A damned Brit with a Jaeger did what they could not. While most of their squadron was dead and gone. She was angered, shamed, and frustrated. But never being one to give up, as soon as she and Daigo recovered, she went with him in hand to sign up to be a Jeager pilot. A new determination in mind, as driven as always, she wasn't going to fail. <br><br>Fail she did not, as she and Daigo work out of the Tokyo Shadowdom and pilot a Jeager together. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>04-08-2013, 02:32:24</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://image.eveonline.com/Character/93473536_1024.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Dr. Ryan Kodo<br><strong>Age</strong>: 35<br><strong>Nationality</strong>: Chinese/American<br><strong>Rank</strong>: Ranger, former Research Scientist<br><br><strong>Appearance</strong>: Standing at 165cm, Dr. Kodo has a lithe and compact frame.&nbsp; His often messy black hair is kept somewhat short, his scraggly beard more-or-less in check.&nbsp; He has a single small gauge in his left ear, and a black tattoo on his right jaw hidden beneath his beard.<br><br><strong>Positive Personality Traits</strong>: Attentive, easygoing, empathetic<br><strong>Negative Personality Traits</strong>: Callous, habitual, lazy<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC Experience</strong>: Earned his Bachelors, Masters, and PhD at Boston University working in neurobiology, specifically neural-machine interfacing.&nbsp; Worked through post-docs in Boston and Tokyo, conducting research on electrical trauma to human neurons and the transfer of impulses from neuron to circuit, respectively.&nbsp; After securing a position as an assistant professor at Tokyo University, Onibaba attacked the city, wounding Kodo and killing hundreds of thousands of others.&nbsp; Although he had previously considered the Kaiju fascinating and a passing novelty, the stark reality of Onibaba's attack prompted Kodo to join the PPDC.&nbsp; He originally worked on research into improving the Drift, but eventually joined Dr. Metaxas in her work on Immaculate Shogon.<br><br><strong>Other Skills</strong>:<br>Trilingual (Mandarin, Japanese, English)<br>Wushu (Chinese martial art), especially Zui Quan (Drunken Fist)<br>Excellent swimmer<br>Extensive knowledge of neurobiology<br><br><strong>Bio</strong>: Born in Shanghai, moved to Boston before his first birthday.&nbsp; Normal childhood, won several Wushu tournaments as a teenager, and even participated in one in China (5th place).&nbsp; Had a girlfriend, graduated just shy of honors, broke up with girlfriend.&nbsp; Attended BU, etc. etc.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>04-08-2013, 04:16:55</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Daigo Tanaka<br><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Japanese<br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br>(http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9247/637189-2002003724376651131_rs.jpg)<br><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Hard-working, Helpful, Disciplined<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Prideful, Short-tempered, Traditional<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> Police officer, pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.<br><strong>Other skills:</strong> -Talented baseball player from high school career.<br>-Strong PR skills (interviews, public image, etc.).<br>-Good at navigating without instruments. Can perform some on-mission repairs in an emergency.<br>-Passable English, but refuses to use it on home soil, believing those who work at the Tokyo Shatterdome should know Japanese.<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> Born to an Okinawan police officer and his wife, Daigo was raised in a very traditional Japanese style, being taught only to show full trust to his family and neighbors, and always to be wary of outsiders. In the modern era, only some of this mentality managed to stick in the boy, but he still idolized his parents and did whatever he could to emulate their example, playing baseball in school just like his father had and joining the police academy as soon as he was out. Still, Daigo spent only a couple years as a police officer before he decided to put his athletic and intellectual skills to better use. He joined the air force just into his twenties and became a fairly talented pilot, forming a close friendship, trust, and amicable rivalry with a female pilot in his squadron.<br><br>Daigo took much pride in his service for the next several years, completely certain that he and his partner could take down any kaiju that dared to approach Japan, but the attack of Onibaba proved him dead wrong. Most of his squadron was wiped out, and he barely made it out alive as Onibaba completed ignored their attempts to bring him down. It took a British-piloted Jaeger to finally bring the beast down, a fact that shames Daigo to this day. He couldn't stand for the fact that Japanese defense had to be left to foreign Rangers, so, as soon as his injuries had recovered, he immediately signed up for the Ranger program along with his partner, where his set-in-his-ways style nearly prevented him from passing. Now he works out of the Tokyo Shatterdome, acting as a symbol of Japanese resistance to the kaiju threat.<br><br><hr><hr><br><strong>Code Name</strong>: Bushido Dawn<br><strong>Launch Date</strong>: 2017<br><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark III<br><strong>Status</strong>: Active<br><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: Japan<br><strong>Height</strong>: 65 meters<br><strong>Weight</strong>: 1700 tons<br><strong>Appearance</strong>: <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Samurai Protector</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/662/22315-gw_sandrock2.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Equipment</strong>: <br><em>Mach Katana</em> - A Jaeger-sized katana made of the most durable alloys available, with the intent of cutting through even the densest of Kaiju exoskeletons. The backside of the blade is lined along most of its length with jet engines, to give added force to the more critical strikes performed. Fuel is limited, but Bushido can make a few of these attacks before running out.<br><br><em>Heat-Seeking Stingers</em> - Dozens of repurposed jet missile launchers are tucked away inside Bushido's shoulders and can release of a volley of small but powerful heat-seeking missiles. While not usually enough to kill a full-sized Kaiju, they are effective in distracting, staggering, or even blinding them.<br><br><em>Sora Oni System</em> - This "Sky Demon" system is what grants the lighter, less-armored Bushido Dawn its exceptional maneuverability. While no Jaeger can dream of full-on flight at this point, the Sora Oni system allows Bushido to propel itself around the battlefield at remarkable speed for a Jaeger, and can even be used to very briefly glide if overclocked enough.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Evil Tim</strong> on <strong>04-08-2013, 08:24:26</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Kevin Blake<br><br><strong>Age:</strong> 32<br><br><strong>Nationality:</strong> American<br><br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong> <br>(http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/Mizerrage/56c69def-dbc7-4d82-af86-0d8907147c82.jpg)<br><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Loyal to his friends, quick thinking on his feet, doesn't give up<br><br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Short fuse, reckless, gets fixated on killing the Kaiju<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> A former Green Beret who joined the PPDC after his family was killed in a Kaiju attack on Los Angeles.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Other skills:</strong> Is passable in Japanese, Russian, and Chinese<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> Kevin was in Afghanistan when the first Kaiju attack hit the United States.&nbsp; After being called back Stateside, Kevin moved his family down to south California to the city of Los Angeles, thinking it would be safe from the attacks.&nbsp; He was wrong.&nbsp; The next Kaiju attack that hit the United States hit Los Angeles, and Kevin's wife and daughter were killed when the Kaiju collapsed the bridge their car was stranded on.&nbsp; As soon as the Kaiju was killed, Kevin went and joined up with the PPDC.&nbsp; His obsession with killing Kaijus and avenging his family almost made his mental state inappropriate for the Jaeger program, but his quick thinking and adaptability allowed him enough leeway to get through the exam despite his questionable mental state when facing a Kaiju.<br><br>Compatibility tests showed that Kevin was most compatible with fellow California resident Derrick Cines, despite the two of them having never met once before joining the PPDC.&nbsp; They were given the Jaeger Grave Digger, a pure black Jaeger with a white skull like head.&nbsp; Derrick controls the left arm which&nbsp; houses a mount for three lashing chains that lash onto the Kaiju and draw them in close, where it is finished off by Kevin and the right arm, which wields a razor sharp scythe weapon.<br><br><br><br><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Grave Digger</span></div><br><em><strong>"You have called the Reaper..."<br><br>"And He has answered."</strong></em><br><br><strong>Code Name</strong>: Grave Digger<br><br><strong>Launch Date</strong>: 2018<br><br><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark III<br><br><strong>Status</strong>: Active, fresh off the line, complete with that new Jaeger smell.<br><br><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: United States<br><br><strong>Height</strong>: 80 meters<br><br><strong>Weight</strong>: 2000 tons<br><br><strong>Appearance</strong>: Grave Digger's body is completely black, except for the head.&nbsp; The head is bleached white, in the design of a skull.&nbsp; When the head is attached to the body and powered on, an eerie green light emanates from the eyes and around the teeth of the skull head.<br><br><strong>Equipment</strong>: <br><br><em>The Chain Scythe-</em> A two part weapon that is housed in the arms of Grave Digger.&nbsp; The left arm houses three chains that shoot out with enough force to bury deep into the hide and flesh of a Kaiju.&nbsp; The right arm houses a curved scythe like blade, capable of decapitating a Kaiju with a single slice.&nbsp; Ideally the chains are used to draw the Kaiju in close to be finished off with the scythe, but the unpredictable nature of the Kaijus makes relying on this maneuver dangerous.&nbsp; Additionally the chains can be used similar to a cat-of-nine-tails whip, and at close range they are sufficient by themselves to kill a Kaiju.<br><br><em>Heat Lash-</em> Unique to Grave Digger is the ability to channel the heat from the Jaeger's nuclear reactor into the three chains on the left arm.&nbsp; The chains superheat and become white hot, making them even more effective at killing Kaiju.&nbsp; However this state can only be held for a few minutes as the process makes the reactor work harder to work both the Jaeger and keep the chains heated.&nbsp; Using this skill for longer than suggested safety window might cause the reactor to shut itself down, leaving Grave Digger helpless.&nbsp; In the worst case scenario, the reactor could become unstable and explode.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Primarch</strong> on <strong>04-08-2013, 12:40:58</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Adam Sinclair<br><strong>Age:</strong> 36<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Australian<br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://www.dizimizi.com/resimler/8000/christian-kane.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Confident, sincere, amiable<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Vulgar, bossy, impulsive <br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> <br>Before going through the Jaeger Academy, Adam was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force.<br>First Generation Jaeger Academy Graduate.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Other skills:</strong><br>Learned Japanese for his deployment to Tokyo. <br>Makes the best Creme Brulee you've ever had. <br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong><br>After the first attack in 2013, Adam knew that global conflicts would be put on the back burner for the foreseeable future and it was apparent that the RAAF were not an effective means to stopping the Kaiju. When the Jaeger Academy opened he signed up as soon as possible, using his experience as a pilot to and recommendations by senior officers to speed his recruitment. After graduating in 2015 he was assigned to the Mark I Jaeger 'November Hitter.' In his original Jaeger he enjoyed moderate success before a 'FUBAR engagement and November was lost, along with Adam's original drift partner. He was re-assigned to the Mark II 'Vasa Centurion' shortly after. Although Vasa originally served in Australia, it was re-deployed to the Tokyo Shatterdome.<br><br><div align="center">********</div><br><strong>Code Name</strong>: Vasa Centurion<br><strong>Launch Date</strong>: 2016<br><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark II<br><strong>Status</strong>: Active<br><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: Australia <br><strong>Height</strong>: 75<br><strong>Weight</strong>: 1800<br><strong>Appearance</strong>: <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The swankiest murder machine this side of the southern hemisphere!</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/wsSqKNE.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Equipment</strong>: <br><em>XV88 Flamethrower:</em> Vasa Centurion's left formarm and hand can unfold to reveal a Jaeger sized flamethrower. The particular chemical used to fuel the weapon will stick to the Kaiju and burn intenly and is notoriously difficult to extinguish. While it is very effective at causing horrific damage to a Kaiju, for obvious reasons it is not overtly practical near populated areas or underwater. <br><br><em>3.99 'Brass Knuckles':</em> Vasa Centurion's hands (or rather fingers) mount a set of 'brass knuckles' that increase the damage of impact when striking a Kaiju. <br><br><em>Starburst Flash Lamps:</em> Embedded into each of Vasa Centurion's shoulders are an array of powerful lamps that draw directly on the Jaeger's nuclear core to produce an immensely bright flash of light - upwards of thirty billion candlepower for a half-second burst, theoretically visible from space and capable of blinding or disorienting a Kaiju in close quarters.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>evangel</strong> on <strong>05-08-2013, 04:47:40</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Ryuusuke "Ooba" Oobayashi<br><strong>Age:</strong> 35<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Japanese<br><strong>Rank:</strong> Marshall / Head of Tokyo Shatterdome<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong> <br><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/tZxZpuR.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Resourceful, flexible &amp; controlled.<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Scheming, unscrupulous &amp; sleazy.<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> Spent several years as a police chief before enlisting in the PPDC.<br><strong>Other skills:</strong><br>- Always has a method of procuring liquor even in the unlikeliest of situations.<br>- Diverse connections and contact lists.<br>- Decent English.<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> In the corporate world, Ooba would have gone quite far, barring a few sexual harassment lawsuits. It is then unknown why an adult of unremarkable childhood would gravitate towards a position of civil service with a rank and jurisdiction synonymous with dead-end. <br><br>The manpower dedicated to uncovering said mystery however, would have been better spent on far more fruitful pursuits such as the social welfare of the country and the declining birthrate. The year 2016 put these issues in the back-burner, funneling money and manpower into instead a larger topic, figuratively and literally. Onibaba's onslaught left a void in which contractors and military industry money rushed in to fill, and Ooba decided to dive in headfirst along with them. Through manipulation &amp; genuine skill (his opponents would hotly contest the latter), the illustrious former police had ended up as acting manager of several machines of death and destruction as 2017 winded down to a close.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>evangel</strong> on <strong>05-08-2013, 06:37:51</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Jun Saotome<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Japanese<br><strong>Rank:</strong> LOCCENT Officer<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/OdO93D4.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Rational, easygoing &amp; decisive.<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Hard-headed, competitive &amp; <del>arrogant</del> a prick.<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> <br>- Grew up in the United States under rigorous schooling.<br>- Enlisted in Jaeger Academy straight out of University, graduated as a technical officer.<br><br><strong>Other skills:</strong><br>- Excellent English.<br>- Excellent Japanese.<br>- Great swimmer.<br>- Athletic.<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong><br>As much money as Japan's economy feeds into its companies, eventually executives within those companies will clamor for global expansion. Which means that some poor schmuck is going to travel abroad to oversee and manage those expansion efforts. Fortunately, or unfortunately&nbsp; Jun was dealt the hand of being born to to a family spending time in the United States for that purpose. Determined to prepare him for returning to Japan, the boy was put through advanced tutoring and consistently high expectations compared to other classmates his own age leading to lingering feelings of alienation.<br><br>Fortunately, it was easier for him to acclimate to Japan than he expected after moving. His high academic and athletic achievements however caused him to isolate himself within cliques in both high school and university. The adolescent games had stopped with the advent of a massive monster rampaging through Tokyo, leaving rubble and destruction in its wake. Like a sizable number of other youth in Japan, he enlisted immediately in the Jaeger academy intent on piloting something to let him take the fight to the next level.<br><br>He exited as a LOCCENT officer. Near top of the class, but still not a Ranger. Why?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Swordsman18</strong> on <strong>08-08-2013, 08:42:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/34955/Michael-Jai-White-.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Derrick Cines<br><br><strong>Age:</strong> 27<br><br><strong>Nationality:</strong> American<br><br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Loyal, dutiful, charming<br><br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Arrogant, reckless, guarded at times<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> He was a mixed martial artist known for beating his opponent quickly even if he took a few blows himself. Derrick got himself to be ranked pretty high in the MMA circuit being in the top 20.<br><br><strong>Other skills:</strong> Before he had become an MMA fighter, he had been working as a mechanic. So there are times where he joins the crew to work on the Jaegers and understanding how they work from a mechanical standpoint. <br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> <br>Derrick grew up on the streets of South Central LA. It was a hard life of living in the hood trying to avoid going to the easier methods of earning money. One day when he was a teenager, he slipped and nearly ended up in juvenille hall but instead was forced to do community service from the person he tried to rob. That person happened to own a boxing gym. It was through having to clean, work and nearly live there that he decided to take up the trade.<br><br>He quickly gained rank and status in the local area but felt as though he was headed towards a ceiling where he could not advance. So he began the grueling training of MMA. A few years later after he had gained some kind of a rank in it, the Kaiju attacks began. One of the first nearly cost him the girl he had been dating for about a year.<br><br>The Pan Pacific Defense Corps then began to recruit for the Jaegar program. Since it would provide protection for him and a couple of his loved ones, as well as allow him to fight Kaiju, he joined up ready to fight. Now he pilots the Grave Digger with Kevin Blake using their signature "The Call of the Grave" attack.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>evangel</strong> on <strong>08-08-2013, 23:53:43</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Ray Chatham<br><strong>Age:</strong> 23<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Canadian <br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/hnL79o6.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Team player, methodical &amp; dedicated.<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Indecisive, naive &amp; over-thinker.<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> High-school basketball player. Quit to join the Jaeger Academy.<br><br><strong>Other skills:</strong><br>- Easy to cooperate with.<br>- Happy to travel.<br>- Despite that, progress in Japanese is slow.<br><br><strong>General Backstory:</strong><br><br>House Chatham had boasted a long line of distinguished military service, proudly churning out all-American heroes reliably every generation. So it is with dismay Grandpa Chatham greeted the news that his kid moved his family to Canada because of an excellent job offer. That done and over with, Ray grew up with his older cousins speaking of enlistment after high-school or his younger cousins idolizing the idea of enlistment after high-school. <br><br>He had his own plans, demonstrated by the dedication put forth by him and other like-minded individuals at excelling in the sports of basketball. Despite being a less-than-stellar shot, his objective-driven supportive play-style collaborated successfully to drive their team to the nationals. Although they eventually lost to a more established, experienced school, Ray still came out with a scholarship to show for his efforts. It was during the pursuit of his higher education that the alien, hazy threat of Kaiju hit too close to home. Karloff's onslaught on Vancouver was caught by every single camera that remained functional in the city, along with Brawler Yukon's destructive debut. It wasn't something he could look away from.<br><br>Despite having everything that he could ask for with the safety of himself and his parents, Ray began giving serious thought to military service.&nbsp; He found himself as number #23 on the day and place where the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps began recruiting for pilots.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheGlyphstone</strong> on <strong>12-08-2013, 10:01:17</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Tane 'Tony' Maugatai<br><strong>Age:</strong> 27<br><strong>Nationality:</strong> Samoan Islander<br><strong>Rank:</strong> Ranger<br><br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f8/EricPele.jpg)</div><br><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong> Determined, analytical, selfless<br><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong> Bull-headed stubbornness, vengeance-driven anger, inexperienced<br><br><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong> None<br><strong>Other skills:</strong> Expert fisherman, tattoo artist<br><strong>General Backstory:</strong> Tane had never planned to be a warrior, but his plans changed abruptly when the kaiju Lugosi, on its way towards landfall in Chile, made an unexpected detour and tore through the Samoan capital city of Apia. His entire close and extended family had gathered there for a birthday party, and Tape himself had been on the way when Lugosi attacked. It annihilated the tiny 'city' in the space of an hour before continuing on its way and eventual demise at the hands of the Lima Strike Group, but in the process killed every living relative Tane had. He wanted vengeance, and found it in the Jaeger Academy, achieving entry on his seventh application and persevering more through raw willpower than natural talent. The core of anger that fueled him was also his biggest enemy, and it took a long while to master without losing himself in his own fury.<br><br>Even once he was deemed suitable to drive a Jaeger in combat, his sheer size - six and a half feet tall, and just under 300 pounds heavy - meant he needed a specially modified cockpit, which delayed his assignment until a new or refurbished machine was available for the refit. This turned out to be the Mark II Vasa Centurion, and he was paired up as co-pilot with the veteran Adam Sinclair in hopes the older Ranger's experience would help temper Tane - now accepting the Romanization 'Tony' of his native name. It didn't work out perfectly - Adam's impulsive nature resonated too well with Tane's hunger to get up close and violently personal, and their first few Drifts were rather tumultuous as personalities clashed, but it eventually smoothed out into an effective and single-mindedly driven command team.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Jaeger Rising - [Character Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>evangel</strong> on <strong>15-08-2013, 08:51:31</strong>
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				<strong>Code Name</strong>: Altair Vanquish<br><strong>Launch Date</strong>: 2015<br><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark I<br><strong>Status</strong>: Active<br><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: Canada<br><strong>Height</strong>: 85m<br><strong>Weight</strong>: 2450 Tonnes<br><strong>Appearance</strong>: <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> The Heaviest Jaeger on the Western Hemisphere </div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/RZhea2i.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Equipment</strong>: <br><em>Incinerator Cores</em> - The hump just above Altair's head, along with the ports in his right hands can fire blasts of oxyhydrogen fuel that explode violently when ignited. The blast heats up to over two thousand degrees Celsius instantaneously and provides enough shockwave to tear through metal and rip the limbs off of kaiju with sheer concussive force. Used in Karla's favourite maneuver, wherein Altair grabs a Kaiju head with it's massive right hand and detonates the fuel right into the skull of the beast. Better known for the radius in which the scraps of Kaiju head fall. Four charges in fire-linked systems.<br><br><em>VT55 Impaler Spike</em> - In Altair's left hand, where the incinerator core is stored on the other arm, a large steel spike rests in contact with a hollow barrel. Loaded and ejected from behind the elbow, cartridges explode with several hundred pounds of shaped explosives. The shaped detonation sends the hand mounted spike rocketing out at mach ten. Too quick for anything to react to, and more often than not completely deadly. Once impaled in a Kaiju, barbs on the head of the spike are kinetically activated and lock into the flesh for greater control. With category 1 Kaiju, Altair was often so much larger that he could pick up the Kaiju, or worry it to pieces on the end of the spike. For larger Kaiju, bringing them in too close for their heavy clawing and goring to be effective becomes a valid tactic, with the incinerator cores giving Altair the definitive edge in grappling range. Can be deployed as an ordinary hand spike, but without the explosive force, it becomes far less effective. Three charges.<br><br><em>PPD28 Back-mounted Mortars</em> - Altair Vanquish's final and longest range weapon, the Back mounted mortars deploy by raising up off of the back where they rest and coming over the shoulder, where they can be fired from. The explosive shell his so heavy and the kick back so powerful, that Altair has to be braced, lest he fall over when firing. The shells themselves behave more like ballistic weaponry than explosive, due to the massive charge used to fire them. Launched in a linear instead of parabolic arc, the Mortars explode with an explosive force equaling roughly a hundred kilos of TNT. With the option of being a long ranged air burst explosive, or a closer ranged projectile, the Back mounted mortars offer a diverse tool in dealing with the Kaiju threat, while simultaneously blowing things up.<br>
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