Dirk Beitz

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AGE
37

GENDER
Male

NATIONALITY
German American

OCCUPATION
Animal behavior consultant

FIELD OF EXPERTISE
Zoology and Animal Psychology

LANGUAGES SPOKEN
German, English, French

PERSONAL HISTORY
Dirk was born in Germany, but his parents immigrated to America early in his life -the ripe age of four. Dirk's father was a professor of mathematics, and his mother was a statistical analyst. As such, he was raised to a high standard of education, and a strict one at that. Through this nurture and guidance, Dirk found his school years blew by until his junior year of American high school where he found himself a straight-A multilingual student of the International Baccalaureate programme, as well as one of the top athletes on his schools track team.

This academic prowess hit a rough spot during his Junior year of high school. Due to a combination of strict parenting and far too much testosterone in an adolescent body, Dirk felt the need to rebel against anything he could -his parents, the system, 'the man'. It was through this that he met a like-minded spirit by the name of Evan. In his independence, Evan was a regular Ken doll. Perfect in almost every way, and loved by everyone. For some inexplicable reason, Evan took Dirk under his wing, lifting him to the heights of popularity within his school.

It was the influence of Evan that both desolated Dirk's academic success as well as inevitably restoring it to its former glory. One day after what had seemed to both to be a normal day of partying. Upon waking up, Dirk found Evan on a couch just across from him -dead due to an overdose on something that Dirk was almost certain he had taken more of. Taking this as an omen and a blessing (though a rather depressing one at that), Dirk took the opportunity to turn his life around once again.

Though the sentiment was certainly present, the results may have been a bit too delayed to be effective. Soon after, Dirk's father succumbed to a heart attack, most likely stress related say the doctors. It was soon after that his mother died -liver failure after excessive alcohol consumption. The woman had a problem before her husband passed, but the problem was far worse after the passing of her husband it seemed.

This series of unfortunate events sent Dirk into a spiral of depression. On an impulse, Dirk adopted a pet to assuage this pain he felt. Always fascinated in intelligent animals, he adopted a crow. This first crow, appropriately named Poe, became his best friend through thick and thin. Perhaps the only reason he kept going, Poe kept him close companionship. Eventually the friendship between Poe and Dirk grew to include more and more crows that he obtained and trained. His murder of crows became a staple he was known for, among anyone close to him. Some found it strange, some found it endearing.

Tragedy struck on an otherwise ordinary day. Stray wiring, a candle left to burn, a kettle left on the oven. Any of the above would suffice, and Dirk never did find out what caused the fire within his apartment that killed his flock. Surprisingly enough, one survived -Beatrice, first successor to Poe and lifelong companion through and through. However, the loss of his entire murder was crippling to Dirk. To drown his sorrows, he turned to a bastard amalgamation of drugs, alcohol, and academia. It was through this that he actually ended up passing through college, getting a PhD in psychology (both animal and human), and going on to consult for various businesses across the globe. Securing work in zoos, labs, and private businesses, Dirk also worked through hobby after hobby, trying to find some form of fulfillment past his work. Unable to find anything, he spent his life engrossing himself in work, not allowing himself time to face a rather crippling depression.

It was through the advent of the UNKEO that Dirk found his true calling -change the world for the better by helping to take down these massive threats to the world.

Name
Gordon J. Benson

Age
35

Gender
Male

Nationality
Irish

Appearance


Occupation
Lead Expert in Experimental Programming and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Field of Expertise
A.I. Development, Weapons Development, and Experimental Full-body Arms Development.

Languages Spoken
English, German, Russian, French, and (some) Gaelic/Irish.

Personal History
Gordon doesn’t remember much about Ireland. When he was young, his parents moved for reasons they would not say. Instead, he spent most of his life growing up in the Queens, NY. He grew to love tinkering and showed an extreme interest in automated intelligence. After going to a special High School for the mathematically and scientifically gifted, Gordon applied and was accepted to Stanford University with a full ride where he was immediately placed into the top-level engineering program.

Six years later, he was out with a degree in both Mechanical Engineering and Computer Programming. He spent the next four years of his life working on his own theoretical Automated Intelligence formula and quickly published his findings, landing him a job in a high level lab and research facility. Once there, Gordon rose to the top and became the head of his own branch of technological advancement. For the next couple of years he was in charge of the research and development of Mechanics, Weapons, and Automated Intelligence. True A.I. is still quite a long shot, but that doesn’t stop Gordon from striving for it.

These days, Gordon works alone. His research is still valued highly, but he cannot seem to find people who meet his standards when it comes to work ethic, intelligence, and raw ambition. Instead, he has set up shop just a few blocks away from his home in Queens, and has worked tirelessly to uncover the secrets of A.I. using grant money from almost a dozen different research facilities — some of which aren’t even supposed to exist to the public eye.

Then, Gordon was called for the Kaiju Initiative.