Name: Hayden Tanner

Call-sign/Nickname: Mako

Age: 25

Nationality: Italian, and Spanish

Appearance: Hayden stands at 6'1" with broad shoulders, and a lean, muscular, athletic build. His skin complexion is tan and his eyes are blue. Coming from Italian-Spanish descent his hair is dark, thick, and typically cut in a fade fashion along with a clean shaven face due to military restrictions. 

Battle Suit: [url=http://postimg.org/image/4wtjut9vn/][img=http://s29.postimg.org/4wtjut9vn/gunner_by_kvlticon_d37ww2r.jpg][/url] 

- ODS Helmet with reinforced protection: The helmet has a Oxygen Delivery System that feeds air into the mouth and nostrils when going through a free fall or drop. This is so that they wearer does not pass out from extreme altitude changes and can prepare for combat all the way down until he is on his feet.

- Lightweight Exoskeleton: The armor Valkyrie teams wear are somewhat new. These suits can withstand a good bit of wear and tear while also allowing for increased maneuverability. The armor does not rub at any point against itself which creates less noise when walking in this armor.

Occupation: U.E.S.A. Air Force, Valkyrie Team

Background: 

Sgt. Hayden Tanner of Valkyrie Squad, served as Military Police before qualifying for the Air Assault school. Completing the school granted him an invite to a special operations unit called "Valkyrie". The U.E.S.A. Air Force isn't winning the war in the sky but it is implementing strategies by creating specialized units to help win the war on the ground using the air technology and vehicles they do have. Valkyrie teams are comprised of 4 pilots, and 12 men at a time on shift, 4 to 6 man rotation, 24 hour mission ready. There are a small number of Valkyrie teams but each one has some of the very best soldiers the U.E.S.A. has to offer. 

Valkyrie teams are trained at a specialized school once other prerequisites are met through other schools. They are assigned to rescuing downed pilots, injured squads performing missions behind enemy lines, and intercepting enemy routes. Skilled in rifle shooting, squad maneuvering, first aid, hand to hand, air assault, and close quarter combat. Valkyrie teams are seen as the angels of the battle field, a sigh of relief is typically in order when infantry sees a Valkyrie team entering the battlefield.

Sgt. Hayden was Military Police when the First Contact War began, his commanding officer referred him to the Air Assault school, which would have just been built with a curriculum created 6 months after the beginning of the war. This referral was due to the enemy gaining ground all over the world and the U.E.S.A. looking for more capable soldiers to fill the shoes of those who have fallen already. Hayden accepted understanding his chances of death would greatly increase. The world needed men, and Hayden had no issue with furthering himself, his training, in giving the world one more man to put up against the toughest enemy the world has yet to see.

Hayden has now performed over 15 drops and earned the call sign "Mako". During one operation his drop coordinates were scrambled and he ended up 2 clicks from his target location. The rest of his team were dropped in their correct spots but only moments after linking up they were ambushed by the enemy. Hayden would trek the mile and a half before encroaching enemy positions from behind and eliminating their firing positions, one by one. 2 of his team members were killed, 3 injured, and Hayden left with a stab wound in his lower abdomen but it unsuccessfully penetrated any vital organs and with being first aid qualified he quickly bandaged it and received care later. He received Mako as his nickname, fast, deadly, and sneaky all at the same time, he saved 3 lives that day, lives that swear they would not be here if not for his efforts. It's the 2 that they lost who are remembered and missed the most however.