[b]Name:[/b] Kyle Kruger
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Age:[/b] 27
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Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Race:[/b] Human

[b]Status:[/b] Field operations leader of "Storm Hound", a military task force formed from paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division to perform counter-insurgency warfare. Storm Hound and counterpart units represent an escalation of the growing war against Hexes, the military growing frustrated with the inability of the police to adequately deal with the threat, as well as repeated incursions against their installations. 

[b]Bio:[/b] Kyle Kruger has served in numerous wars prior to his latest deployment back home and against the Hex menace. Wracked by economic decline, world hunger, and a fuel crisis, the world saw numerous nations allied to the US fall into civil war, societal collapse and general disarray. In response, US military personnel subsequently found themselves being shuffled from one destination to the next, year after year, to try and combat this chaos. 

While these wars proved even more costly and futile than their antecedents a century in the past, they proved influential for Kyle Kruger's later work. Through the course of his service, he compiled his observations and theorizations into a primer on the nature of unconventional warfare and combating guerrilla tactics. Eager to put his doctrine into practice against the new threat blossoming within his very nation, the emergence of the Hexes, he appealed for the creation of a new unit to deal with it. These plans manifested in Storm Hound, formed from around 50 other paratroopers from his battalion. 

As an individual, Kyle Kruger has garnered something of a reputation for his exuberant eccentricity, earning him the moniker of "Smiles". His excitability is held to be unusual, and those close enough to him to be aware of them describe his views as "questionable." Despite efforts to whitewash his image, there remain many hard to squash rumors of past scandals and controversies he has been involved with. Regardless of these problems, he has proven himself to be a reliable and dedicated soldier.

[b]Powers/Abilities:[/b] 
- [u]Power armor operation:[/u] Like all soldiers in his unit, Kyle Kruger is outfitted with an M62A2 "Petraeus" armored exoskeleton. While derided before the emergence of the Hexes as being prohibitively expensive and unsuited to the nature of America's latest wars, these suits are now looked upon favorably as a way to increase the survivability of ordinary humans when going toe to toe with the likes of these super beings. However, numbers are still required to deal with Hexes reliably, even with this advantage. The M62A2 "Petraeus" system provides superior mobility, protection, and weight carrying capacity to its user. One particular modification to the system for its service in the Storm Hounds, as per Kyle Kruger's personal request, is a rebreather piece that is used to administer various combat stimulants in a vapor form to the user.

- [u]Proven in combat:[/u] As a veteran of several conflicts, he has more than a bit of an idea of what he's doing. Generally proficient at fighting.

- [u]Tactician:[/u] A capable leader of his men, among whom he has instilled respect through his consistent ability to get results. 



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[b]Kyle Kruger[/b]
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[b]M62A2 "Petraeus" Armored Exoskeleton.[/b]
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