[b]Character name:[/b] Lex Hargrave
[b]Criminal?:[/b] Yes
[b]Convicted for:[/b] Multiple smuggling charges (illegal weapons, drugs, materials, etc), multiple charges of fleeing from authorities, illegal firearm possession, and attempted assault of an officer of the law. 
[b]Species:[/b] Human
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Sexual orientation:[/b] Heterosexual
[b]Age:[/b] 33
[b]Appearance:[/b] 
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His frame is in shape and muscular from years of activity. He has a tribal tattoo on his left forearm and a scar above his left eye.
[b]Height:[/b] 6'0
[b]Weight:[/b] 180 pounds
[b]Apparel:[/b] On missions he wears [url=http://cdn.staticneo.com/w/masseffect/thumb/1/11/Human_Titan_Armor.png/240px-Human_Titan_Armor.png]light armor[/url]. It has one average strength recharging energy shield. Out of missions, he tends to wear a white button up shirt, black slacks and combat boots.
[b]Weapons:[/b] His main weapon is his [url=https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/76/182558483_2f76ffa879.jpg]D57 laser pistol[/url]. The only firing mode of the weapon is semi automatic, the ammunation comes from removable 25 shot energy cells. When an energy cell is emptied, the chamber must be emptied and the cell replaced. The advantage of energy cells is that they can be recharged.
[b]Equipment:[/b] A grappling hook attached to the right wrist of his armor, an in ear communications device and several hand flares.
[b]Personal starfighter:[/b] N/A
[b]Skills:[/b] Lex is a great shot with his pistol, he's had it for years now. He's also a skilled tactician, able to form a plan quite well. He can also lead quite effectivley and is a solid people person. 
Weaknesses: Lex can be quite stubborn and slow to admit that he is wrong, though he will if he realizes that he is completely wrong. He also finds it hard to resist a pretty woman, which has caused issues in his past. He's also a compulsive gambler. He's nothing more than average as a pilot and hand to hand fighter. 
[b]Powers:[/b] None.
[b]Personality:[/b] Lex is a friendly, man who cares for his friends and allies. Due to being a smuggler he finds it hard to trust people unless he really gets to know them. He's been burned in the past for trusting others too easily. Despite this, he can make friends quite easily, often through humor. 
[b]Biography:[/b] 
Lex, was born Alexander Hargrave on the human colony of Europa, Jupiter's fourth largest moon. He got in trouble too often in his childhood, sometimes ending up in fights with other kids. Despite this he finished school, electing to join the military, following the path of his father and grandfather who were both military men. He joined the Alliance Navy, in his early days serving on a human frigate, the S.S. Madrid, this experience may be why he was chosen to captain the Vigilance, as it is similar to a human frigate.

The Madrid was a colony protection ship, the ship often traveling from colony to colony, fighting off slaver and bandit parties before they could land on the surface. Lex himself participating in several anti raids, showing a proficiency in combat. He spent six years in the military, all on the Madrid, after that he was honorably discharged. 

At the age of 25 Lex still had his whole life ahead of him, he did odd jobs for a year or two, merchant runs most often. One thing led to another and he ended up in contact with a smuggler, this was how his criminal life began. He was interested in the smuggler's life and he learned much from the man, realizing that it was a high profit, but high risk (and illegal occupation). He ended up with his own starship which he used to smuggle cargo from system to system, most often weapons and drugs, but never slaves. That was the one cargo he would never smuggle. 

Lex earned a reputation as a great smuggler, earning a lot of money and infamy to go along with it. He ended up getting captured by the authorities a few months back, which he still blames on his own stupidity. He had exited hyperspace right into the waiting arms of multiple ships just waiting to arrest him. Of course he tried to run, but it didn't last long. He ended up landing on some world and trying to hide in the harsh terrain. His run ended with a short firefight in which he took a laser bolt right to the leg, ending his smuggling life and beginning his criminal life.

He went on trial, ending up with a life sentence. He of course disagreed with the verdict, but that didn't help his case. As Lex was about to be taken to prison, he was approached by an Alliance representative about becoming the captain of a vessel in what essentially came out to be a suicide squad composed of fellow criminals. If he succeeded then he was promised his freedom. Seeing it as a better and more exciting alternative to suffering in a prison cell the rest of his life, he took the offer.

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