[center][color=A0522D][h1]BARACUS[/h1][/color][sub][i][b]“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”[/b][/i]
G E O R G E  P A T T O N[/sub][/center]
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[color=A0522D][B]| IDENTITY: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Bariah Aldnoah “Bad Attitude” Baracus [/INDENT][/color]
[color=A0522D][B]| D.O.B: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]May 21[sup]st[/sup], 1984[/INDENT][/color]
[color=A0522D][B]| ROLE: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Engineer[/INDENT][/color]
[color=A0522D][B]| SKILLSET: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT][b]Mechanical Prodigy:[/b] Baracus despite the challenges of her gender has always understood the mechanical and the electrical; almost as if she was born partially a machine. Her talent and skill with a wrench and a drill is second to few and has earned her accolades from her comrades, family, and superiors. Murdock calls her a “Lady MacGyver” and for very valid reasons— if you need it built or fixed, she’s the one you go to.

[b]CQC Expert:[/b] Since she was small, Baracus had to fight through life due to gender conventions telling her what to be and people trying to [i]force[/i] her to be it. Even before the army she knew how to fight and fight well— it was just honed in the armed forces. 

[b]Expert Driver:[/b] If it has four wheels, Baracus can drive it as well as Murdock can fly a helicopter upside-down. Whether it is a car, van, truck, or something in-between she has an aptitude for driving it and making sure whoever is on their tail isn’t by the end of the pursuit. 
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[color=A0522D][B]| PERSONALITY: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Baracus is loud, independent, and generally… [i]fierce[/i]. Due to her childhood and the sexist jabs in the armed forces, she has learned that the best way to shut somebody up is to put them in the ground; a fact that would’ve gotten her discharged long ago had she not been so valuable to the military through her expertise as an engineer and a driver. She’s prone to [i]violence[/i] but isn’t all too much of an idiot— she knows when her temper is controlling her, but realistically she also knows how to [i]channel[/i] it. Some people are heavily against her aggressive attitude, but others contemplate that had it been a man with the same bite that they wouldn’t be having the conversation of thinking it odd.    

Additionally, Baracus has a no-nonsense attitude with an abrasive yet blunt font to her comments. If she has an opinion of something she’s going to say it and you are going to [i]hear[/i] it even if you don’t want to. But if you give good orders and line up with the values that she believes in you will be unlikely to find her as your enemy. 

She is also a firm against drug abuse, alcoholism, and profane indulgences— if you are mad, be mad; but being profane is only going to lower your intelligence in the long run. This extends to her strong sense of guardianship over children no matter their race or gender; a fact that Murdock has joked about in the past with comments such as “protect the babies!” and “mother goose” but Baracus has heard worse names actually meant to insult her so she thinks little of it even if she has little patience for Murdock’s insane behavior.[/INDENT][/color]
[color=A0522D][B]| BACKGROUND: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Bariah “Bad Attitude” Baracus was born in a rough neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois during the spring of 1984. The only child of a single mother, Bariah’s home was in a low income apartment development in the inner city for the majority of her childhood— a fact that would carve her into the woman she would become. 

Bariah grew up in the company of other children of the projects and had a tolerable albeit rough experience. Between her initial dislike of her neighbors and the solitude of being alone whilst her mother worked late nights for the majority of the week; there wasn’t much of an idyllic childhood for the young girl and her discontent of it became abundantly clear as she began getting into fights with boys and girls alike who would taunt her about her mother. Fights that would happen to define her temper but also introduce her to her passion— electrical engineering. 

This happened when she was pulled off a boy during one of these fights by a maintenance man by the name of Bosco who would serve as the girl’s sole father figure and mentor. The realization that not only that fixing stuff with her hands was calming was cathartic and when Bosco realized the girl was naturally gifted in his field he began serving as her tutor in the field, filling the gap for a sadness that was in him some years back when his own daughter got killed accidentally. So he taught the girl how to use a wrench and taught her his trade. He also would go on to eventually teach her how to properly throw a punch. Bariah started to do better in school and got into less fights; she was focused and inspired. 

Eager to get out of the projects and in the shadow of 9/11, Bariah felt herself inspired— the vicious terrorism sprung a fire in her and she found herself wanting to bring her years of putting idiot kids in the ground into real use. Her volatile temper got her into several rough situations with her drill instructor during training but eventually it was discovered that Bariah was particularly talented as an engineer, mechanic, and technician. Eventually she ended up in Iraq.

Assigned to a special operations team after showing a resilience in the field as well as mechanical genius on & off, Bariah found herself among new squadmates and around less people who patronized her for being a “tomboy” among other assertions. Bariah found herself doing [i]very[/i] well on the squad, befriending many of them until the squad’s dismissal and a supposed indictment. Her commander promised her that her name would be cleared and they escaped from captivity.

The rest is history.


[list][*][b]1984:[/b] Bariah Aldnoah Baracus is born in Chicago, Illinois. 
[*][b]2002:[/b] At the age of eighteen years old, Baracus joins the United States Armed Forces.
[*][b]2003:[/b] Baracus is deployed to Iraq.[/list][/INDENT][/color]