"I will never die. Because god doesn't want me and the devil thinks that I'll take over."
Name: Bryan Hauson
Aliases: Blackjack
Race: Human
Current Residence: Turmalis
Gender: Male
Faction: None
Subfaction: None
Age: 36
Birthplace: New Eden
Biography:
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Bryan was born and raised in the godlike city of New Eden. His parents were happy, so happy to have a little boy. Always so well mannered, and so athletic. He grew up with no rules, no boundaries. He tried everything that was open to him, everything he could get his hands on. Nobody argued with anything he did because his family was so respected. His parents thought that, while he went through schooling and while he was young, that he needed no attention. There was no need for hand-holding. This was where they went wrong. Bryan got his hands into some sticky stuff. Drugs, Guns, Crime. His parents paid no mind to his misbehaving. So he kept getting deeper in the soup. Getting worse. Making new "friends". That's where everything started going downhill. One of his "friends" invited him into his "club". He gave Bryan a gun, and told him how to use it. It was all so easy to make money. Bang. Bang. They're dead. Take everything. That's what he lived on.
It wasn't until he was 19 that everything caught up to him. The force, they came so fast. He didn't even have time to pull his weapon before they took down about everyone in there that was a member. Before he knew it, his boss was dragging him toward the secret exit in the house. He couldn't keep any of his thoughts straight. His boss slapped him across the face, yelling at him quietly to get up. He scrambled to his feet, reaching to unhook the bandolier that kept his gun from falling off his back. He unclipped it, feeling the smooth grooves of his gun's handle. His boss broke his concentration. "They're all gone." Bryan's face looked as if he'd seen a ghost. "You're lucky to be alive, son. You should thank me." That was the last time he saw his boss, Tony. Before he went solo. He went back to what he did before. Small crimes. Robbing stores. Houses. But it got worse. He pillaged supply trucks, selling anything in them on the black market.
He got into gambling a few years after the incident, he saw it as less risk than stealing, but it still payed him back if he played his cards right. His favorite game was Blackjack, which he excelled at. He knew just what to do in all the games. The casino he went to was completely unaware of his real name, so they began to just call him "Blackjack." It stuck, and he kept winning. One day, a very strange-looking human approached him and told him that if he could win a poker game against him and his friends, he could win a truck, and a few hundred credits. You should'a seen the look on his face when I turned my cards over. The satisfaction he got when the keys were thrown to him. They warned him that the truck wasn't exactly "legitly" obtained. He didn't care. He took it to one of his friends, who happened to own an auto-shop. He got most any decals removed, and sprayed it with new black paint. One of the better editions he made was that he painted white clubs onto the hood and the doors.
This was his life. The story, people had tried to end it. The book doesn't close just yet. Bryan doesn't give up. Next stop, Turmalis.
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral- He does what needs to be done.
Personality: Caring, Aggravated, Confused.
Appearance: Aprox. 6'2', 195 pounds without armor included. Large, beefy blast armor. Black stetson, worn without the helmet of his armor on. Dark scarlet aviators. Short-cut brown hair.
Armor:
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Armor Name: Tactical Blast Armor
Armor Description and/or Reference Picture:
Armor Type: Basic
Armor Weight: Heavy
Armor Value Versus: Kinetic - 65 Explosive - 75 Laser - 20 Plasma - 20 Electromagnetic - 90 - There are almost no electrical components in the armor. Pulse - 20 Radiation - 5 (Etc.)
Environmental Hazard Protection: Heat - 30 Cold - 30 Fire - 75 Gas - 95 - The suit is airtight, with a built-in respirator, one of the only electric components in the armor. Vacuum - 95 - Again, airtight unless punctured, or the mask is not secured. Electricity - 5 - This would hurt. Badly. Toxins/Poisons - 75 (Etc.)
Shields/Barriers Many layers of metal.
Special Features: This armor is outfitted with a metal exoskeleton, and a pair of heavy hydraulics. They're extremely hard to operate if you have no experience in the use of them. These hydraulics let the wearer easily pick up heavy objects, and run faster, etc.
Manufacturer: Loki Combat Industries
Weapons:
Primary:
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Weapon Name: L7 Impact Rifle
Weapon Description: A widely distributed, powerful rifle. It's regularly priced, so most gangs and law enforcement use them. A bandolier comes standard, and so do 3 magazines. You can commonly find these magazines, most traders sell them.
Rate of Fire: 5 rps. (Rounds per second.)
Recoil: 1
What it shoots: 7 MM bullets.
Damage per shot: 4.5
Accuracy: 0.35
Effective range: 1-175 Meters.
Clip Size: 55 rounds.
Model: Galil.
Manufacturer: Loki Combat Industries
Secondary:
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Weapon Name: "Zippo" Nailer
Weapon Description: A small, easily concealed charge pistol. When fired, it releases a "nail", a small prong that carries a 60,000 volt charge. These prongs cause large, painful muscle contractions and even incapacitate some victims, causing almost all of them to fall to the ground in pain. The weapon takes 1 nail through the back of the barrel. The nails can be found at many select weapon dealers.
Rate of Fire: 1 rps. (Rounds per second.)
Recoil: 0.55
What it shoots: Electric Prongs
Damage per shot: 0 (It only ragdolls people, doesn't kill them.)
Bryan received the Nailer from his gang as a self-defense weapon, but he found the other weapon from a man's house he broke into. The gun is civilian issue.
Vehicle:
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Vehicle Base: Jeep.
Vehicle Name: The Rhino.
Vehicle Image: It's just like this, but with white clubs on the hood and doors.
How you acquired your vehicle: Bryan won it in a high-stakes poker game.
Skills: Strategic Combat- [----------] Bryan learned to think strategically from years of gang combat experience. Aim- [----------] Bryan's aim has gotten significantly better over the years. Exoskeleton Mastery- [----------] Bryan has been taught to use the armor, and how to operate the exoskeleton inside almost perfectly by his boss. Charisma- [----------] Bryan isn't the most charming person in the world.
Last edited by Vinnie on Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:57 pm; edited 9 times in total
thorogoodd
Posts : 701 Join date : 2010-04-19 Age : 27 Location : London, Ontario
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:08 pm
Hiiiighway to heeell That's enough for an approval. *Toss*
BloodStream
Posts : 258 Join date : 2010-07-03 Age : 34 Location : Cambridge, UK
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:56 pm
I'm pretty sure Kali's gonna be pissed that you're using the same model as the Omega Legion jeep. (If I'm not mistaken, Omega Legion developed that vehicle themselves, right? Since they hate humans, I doubt he'd have obtained the jeep legally.) Perhaps you could add a section in the bio about how he stole it from Omega Legion and resprayed it?
That aside, the bio itself seemed like it could've been much better. You didn't even mention how he got the nickname "Blackjack." That suggest he has some sort of connection to gambling - perhaps add that to the bio. A gambling addiction, or some other flaw to his character.
I'll give my approval if you do what I mentioned above, 'cause otherwise, it seems quite good. Nice job.
Vinnie
Posts : 120 Join date : 2010-04-29 Age : 73 Location : Rocking in your mind with Zaku.
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:23 pm
Thanks guys.
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Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:17 am
BloodStream wrote:
I'm pretty sure Kali's gonna be pissed that you're using the same model as the Omega Legion jeep. (If I'm not mistaken, Omega Legion developed that vehicle themselves, right? Since they hate humans, I doubt he'd have obtained the jeep legally.) Perhaps you could add a section in the bio about how he stole it from Omega Legion and resprayed it?
The Hazenn, then the Ranneck Arms Co. developed it, not Omega Legion.
Omega Legion were hired to protect the many archaeological sites scattered around Eshira and they aquired the vehicular compliment of the Hazenn's former military base.
He could have easily been given one by his parents from the original Hazeen line of civilian vehicles to quote:
"Originally developed on the Hazenn homeworld by the Ranneck Arms Co. as a civilian recreational vehicle, the initial versions of the ATLC were popular among off-roaders and civilians living in mountainous areas."
Kali
Posts : 376 Join date : 2010-07-03 Age : 30 Location : Warwickshire, UK
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:19 am
I'm confused. Does the jeep just look like that, and you're using a regular HL2 jeep as the vehicle ingame? or is the jeep actually the type i made a lore thread about, and you want to use the same model?
I replaced the image in your post with one more similar to your description, anyway.
Vinnie
Posts : 120 Join date : 2010-04-29 Age : 73 Location : Rocking in your mind with Zaku.
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:36 pm
I'm a little worried about the "exoskeleton" thing. In my experience with sci-fi RP, mechanical suits and cybernetics were used to give characters super-strength and reflexes, making them overpowered. While hydraulics are strong, I don't think they'd boost his speed a whole lot, if at all, especially if they have few electrical components.
Vinnie
Posts : 120 Join date : 2010-04-29 Age : 73 Location : Rocking in your mind with Zaku.
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:48 pm
I haven't even read this
but I accept, simply because Highway to hell is your themesong
same thing goes for any app with an AC/DC Themesong, it has been scientifically proven that AC/DC makes everything better, movies, video games, you name it (I read books to AC/DC, it's fucking awesome)
Vinnie
Posts : 120 Join date : 2010-04-29 Age : 73 Location : Rocking in your mind with Zaku.
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:43 am
Whoever the hell put that clip to play when you view the thread. I will shove my foot up your ass.
EDIT: Scratch that. It lines up with the song so perfectly.
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Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:52 am
Vinnie wrote:
Whoever the hell put that clip to play when you view the thread. I will shove my foot up your ass.
EDIT: Scratch that. It lines up with the song so perfectly.
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You were the only person to edit your post as far as I can tell.
I presume it's something actually stuck to the front of the youtube clip.
It's in somebodys signature.
BloodStream
Posts : 258 Join date : 2010-07-03 Age : 34 Location : Cambridge, UK
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:55 am
I might be mistaken, but from what I can see from the page source, it's in munroe's signature. I might be wrong, though. Sorry if I am. I'm no good at reading html. I only found the URL and saw that it was right after one of his posts.
Edit: Yep, it's Munroe. This shows that it's either Munroe or Phry, which doesn't help because Phry posted on the last page as well But Phry didn't post in this, and Munroe did. You can hear the sig in both of those threads, so it must be Munroe.
Fuck university, I should go be a detective.
Munroe DEAR GOD DON'T LOOK IN HIS EYES
Posts : 1392 Join date : 2009-02-24 Location : Fortress of Ultimate Darkness
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:27 am
Hopefully one of the people face....admins....eshira admins approves this
BloodStream
Posts : 258 Join date : 2010-07-03 Age : 34 Location : Cambridge, UK
Subject: Re: Bryan Hauson Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:06 am
Phry wrote:
Hopefully one of the people face....admins....eshira admins approves this
I think I have the ability to accept/deny applications; I'm a super in the server. I'm not a moderator, so I can't actively move them, though.
Just sit tight. Kali'll move it eventually. There's nothing stopping you roleplaying with the character once it's been approved. It gets moved to the accepted section to keep everything tidy.
Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:03 pm
