I HATH RETURNED BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAWAAA [hider=PERCY] [center]picture here[/center] [color=lightsteelblue][center][h2]Percy Moore[/h2][/center][/color][center][img]http://66.media.tumblr.com/51fc61ac770a524e9468f174afa94d7f/tumblr_inline_n1xc79Kcic1rb3m8r.png[/img] [color=lightsteelblue][i]“I really should've just become an engineer.”[/i][/color][/center] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] C A L L S I G N[/sub][/color][hr][indent]Papa Mike [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] N C O R I G I N[/sub][/color][hr][indent]Fairbanks [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] D - O - B[/sub][/color][hr][indent]November 12, 2645 (32) [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] G E N D E R[/sub][/color][hr][indent]Male [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] A P P E A R A N C E[/sub][/color][hr][indent]He doesn't come off as someone who would even [i]dream[/i] of piloting an NC, being 5'8", a little over 160 pounds, red-headed, and wearing glasses, but.. Here he is. Piloting. When he first joined up, he walked around the place knowing that he didn't belong, but ever-so-slowly he's been getting a little more comfortable in his own skin. He's rarely if ever seen without two silver weddings rings on his left hand. One, which is on his little finger, was his wife's before she passed, and the other, on his ring finger, is his own. He fidgets with them sometimes. Due to an attack on New Anchorage that he had a hand in helping in, he lost one. His right hand, actually. [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] P E R S O N A L I T Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent]To put it simply... [i]Damaged[/i]. Paranoid, temperamental, overprotective, and always anxious for something to happen, he's really [i]not [/i]the kind of guy you'd want to have in your squad unless you're alright with a possible mental breakdown in the middle of a firefight. Even though he's had the physical training, mental training is something else entirely and, in the old commander's words, he's the weak link in the chain that is the New Anchorage NC Pilot squad. If he wasn't a pilot and just an ordinary guy doing ordinary things, he'd very much be the stay at home dad doing his best to make ends meet. Hell, he WAS. Behind all that, he's really just [i]scared[/i]. He realized too late that he made possibly the worst choice he could have ever made and he hates that his daughter's just getting dragged along for the ride. He's dragging her down to his level and he despises himself for it, but he doesn't know what else he could do. He's in the game and he can't back out now. [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] S K I L L S E T[/sub][/color][hr][indent]• He's been [b]thoroughly [/b]trained to be an NC Pilot and [i]passed [/i] Graham's Ultimatum - the [i]most [/i]difficult test. Not with flying colors or anything, but he [i]passed [/i]. • He graduated from high school and he went to the engineering guild afterwards to be further educated, or at the very least be educated enough to do the one thing the people in NA did well.. He didn't do too well. • Though he personally wouldn't really say it's a [i]skill[/i], he's a fairly good parent. • He has a very much obsolete pistol that he's a good shot with. Sadly, since it's obsolete, ammunition is hard to come by and expensive. • He doesn't really do it anymore, but he used to be fairly into photography. It was just a hobby, but he was a little bit [i]obsessive [/i]over it when he got in the zone. (might add more, I'm not sure yet) [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] B A C K S T O R Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent] [hider=BEFORE THE RP AS A WHOLE] Born and raised in New Anchorage (or, as he grew up knowing it, Smith's Rest), he was raised by parents that did their best to raise him well. Hell, they might've [i]sheltered [/i]him a bit. He never caused any trouble and was always 'the good kid' in what little school that they did have at the time. He was a solid B and C student, which his parents were proud of, given they didn't have a very solid education themselves. He wasn't exactly the most popular among his age group. He wasn't [i]bullied[/i], simply ignored a majority of the time. He was honestly alright with it, which his parents were concerned by until it became a little more apparent Percy had a bit of a social anxiety, much like his mother. When he hit around 17 and was through with all his education, he decided he'd go ahead and move out of his parents' house. He insisted he wanted to handle it by himself, that he was [b]ready [/b]for it, but he realized fairly quickly that he wasn't as ready as he thought, and he had to get help from his parents, who had much more worldly intelligence than he did. He eventually did secure himself a small house that wasn't too far from where his parents lived. He felt pretty good about it. He was only 18 for a few days when an unknown disease struck the settlement and took his mother and father away from him before it got caught and destroyed. While he [i]was[/i] upset, he was content in knowing that their last words to each other were loving ones. He did his very best to just keep living like normal because he was sure that his parents didn't want him to just be miserable the rest of his life over them. It was hard sometimes - especially the birthdays - but he eventually did accept it. It was another four years and multiple [i]romps [/i]with other people later that he met Laura. He didn't know it right away, given that the first time they met, Laura was trying to get a large box from point A to B and thoroughly cursed him out for getting in her damn way, but she was The One. They came across each other again since they were going to the same building to purchase some mechanical bits and pieces - Percy was doing some DIY and Laura needed to get a certain set of screws and a screw driver. After Laura recognized and apologized to Percy, they both walked in andtalked about other things the whole time. They exchanged contact information and eventually went out together enough that you could call them friends. It took about a year of them being "just friends", but [i]Laura [/i]was the one that pushed the relationship further, and Percy was the one that solidified it and made it more official than [i]we touch each other's asses sometimes[/i] by asking for her hand in marriage another year later. She, of course, said yes, complete with leaping into Percy's arms and making the both of them fall to the ground in a giggly heap. It didn't take but a month after they got married for Laura to get pregnant with their first child. Laura was all for it, but Percy... he didn't feel ready to have a kid. He was 24 and Laura was almost 25. He felt like there was more the two of them could be doing or could DO, and that the life they had worked for [i]them[/i], but not a CHILD. He was [i]adamant [/i]about getting it aborted, and Laura was [i]absolutely [/i]and completely against the idea. That was just the beginning, though. Percy and Laura had multiple arguments over the course of those nine months - it began with whether or not to go through with having this child, but it eventually turned into arguing about how the money should get spent, or how often Laura was out late and smelled like a liquor store, or the fact Percy couldn't hold a proper job and function in a crowd. None of these arguments ever got physical and they always made up and apologized after, but it didn't do any good for either Percy or Laura to be screaming at each other some days and act fine the others. Percy felt like he had to walk on eggshells and he was sure Laura did felt the same too. The last thing Percy said to Laura was "I'm gonna SHIT if I'm actually RIGHT and you get HURT!" and the last thing Laura did was take off her ring and toss it down on the floor before slamming the door, leaving Percy to care for the now-startled and crying Ana. When he got the news that the building she was working in [i]exploded[/i], he definitely was not laughing. On top of mourning for his now [i]dead[/i] wife, Ana became more and more needy and colicky. Since now he and Laura couldn't just switch out and handle her that way, Percy was deprived of sleep [i]every.[/i] [b][i]single.[/i][/b] night. He wasn't sure if he wanted it to [i]end[/i] or if he just wanted Laura back to help, but either way, he was emotionally and physically exhausted. He'd done [i]many[/i] regrettable things and thought of more for the first few months in an attempt to just get Ana to [i]shut up[/i] long enough for him to sleep, but eventually one of Laura's friends, Zach Young, came in to help. [color=indianred]"I'm only doing this because [i]Laura[/i] wanted me to."[/color] And that was fine. Percy didn't give a [i]shit [/i]if Zach didn't like him, he just needed the help.. and the [i]sleep[/i]. He never realized how much he loved sleeping till he got a full night's rest for the first time in months. Eventually, the two men did eventually end up tolerating each other, maybe even becoming something of 'friends'. Percy took over in the day, and Zach was able to stay up at night to make sure Ana didn't fuss. Ana grew up into a wonderfully bright little girl over the years. She was like a little clone of her mother and Percy loved her for it. Percy loved her as a whole. Percy loved Ana with every fiber of his being and nothing would ever come between them. [i]Ever.[/i] While Ana was in school some day, Percy was having what he explained to Ana as 'dad time.' He was simply walking around when his gaze got caught by some flyers. Curious, he walked over and checked them out - apparently NC Pilots were wanted. He looked over the flyer, shocked by the many multiple digits in the estimated paycheck - it's more than he's ever made in his life. He signed up [i]immediately[/i], knowing that if he could handle just one little job, that'd be it. Get in, get out, be set for [i]months[/i], if not longer... He had no [i]idea[/i] just what he signed himself up for, nor did he have a clue just how wrong he was. After testing himself for compatibility - which was [i]weird[/i], given what he assumed - he came out positive and he was swiftly informed the surgery was going to be done within the next week. [color=lightsteelblue]"[i]Surgery?[/i]"[/color] "You didn't read the fine print, didja?" [color=lightsteelblue]"Uh. Nnno..?"[/color] "Welp, y'can't really back out [i]now,[/i] can you?" [/hider] Smith's Rest (GM: LHG100) • Got acquainted with his crew for the first time - Joe, Eli, Madison, and Jingo. • Survived his first mission - Kills/Assists: 1 (Rook) • Survived his second mission (train escort) - Kills/Assists: 0 • Survived the invasion of Smith's Rest [i]mostly[/i] in tact. Favors for Favors (GM: LHG100) • Got acquainted with two new crew members - Jan Van Gent and Stein Kalfox • Lashed out at Zach Young • Lashed out at Commander Sophia during a debrief • Got a "talk" from Stein and Jan about his behavior during before-mentioned debrief • Went into a training pod for the first time (and actually did ok) • Was one of the few people Sophia actually [i]talked to[/i] during her fit of emotion - Percy still has Sophia's knife Favors for Favors: Season 1 (GM: Gowi) • Moved Ana on-base so he could more easily watch over her • Got acquainted with multiple new pilots: Alexander Sky, Tahlia Styles, Agatha Smith, Penny Maverick • Got 'put in his place' by Graham • Was completely [i]floored [/i]by the introduction of the Ultimatum... and was doubly floored when Agatha, of all people, climbed up the NC like it was [i]nothin'[/i] • Got yet [i]another[/i] verbal smack-down, (making it three?) this time from Agatha • Met Rebecca Marek for the first time and completely [i]creeped [/i]on her • Met Ingram Kalfox for the first time and became wary of him • Had a breakdown in front of Ana for the first time in [i]years[/i] • Was Madison's first visitor when she woke up from her comatose state • Met Ryn Dradht and immediately wanted to spank her because she is a little [i]hellion[/i] BEFORE Polaris: Season 2 (GM: Gowi) • Ultimatum: PASSED [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] T H E M E C H[/sub][/color][hr][indent] [hider=Reference Image (prone to change)] [img]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/frontmission/images/e/e1/Blizzaia_wanzer_01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100814145846[/img] [/hider] While not as flashy or snazzy looking as the others surrounding it, the fact that it looks so relatively harmless in comparison to the others is a [i]boon[/i] for the dangerous pilot.. and while Percy isn't dangerous [i]yet[/i], he could grow to be. [b]Equipment:[/b] (will be added to/changed as the RP progresses) • Slightly "damaged" stock neural computer • A bug in the computer is that it calls Percy "Michael" instead of "Percy." Percy has [i]tried[/i] to fix it himself but is afraid he'll break something else. • Above-average thrusters specifically designed for short bursts of speed • Slightly above average generator [b]Armaments:[/b] (will be added to/changed as the RP progresses) • Rifle - 35 rounds, mid-to-long range (right hand) • Laser Sword - standard white in color, no special effects (left hand) • Missile Launcher - 3 missile burst, long-range (left shoulder) [hider=Mech's Backstory] Percy is the [i]second[/i] person to own the Papa Mike. Before Percy, it belonged to a man named [i]Michael Carpenter[/i]. He and Percy were similar in the fact that they both were supports for their group and acted as the "Dad" so to speak. Michael was the glue keeping the team from really going at each other's throats and the one that his teammates went to for guidance during some difficult times. Michael was a beloved member of his team and, unless you just hated everyone, it was hard to not, at the very least, [i]respect[/i] him. Michael, sadly, was killed in action, and his NC was [i]nearly[/i] totaled in the fight. After retrieving the mech, it was restored to the best of the team's ability and was actually kept around for a little while before being [i]given[/i] to New Anchorage. "Wouldn't be right to [i]sell it[/i]." [/hider] [/indent] [color=lightsteelblue][sub][ ⛨ ] R E L A T I O N S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][center]will be added to and edited as the rp progresses[/center] [color=gold]Laura Moore:[/color] His deceased wife that he [i]still[/i] misses eight years later. It's not advisable to bring her up much, if at all. [color=violet]Ana Moore:[/color] His eight year old daughter who he loves dearly. Losing her would [i]kill[/i] him and he would come [i]unglued [/i]if someone were to hurt her. [color=indianred]Zach Young:[/color] A friend of Laura's that helped Percy take care of Ana during a rough patch, and stuck around even when Percy didn't need the help anymore. They're not [i]particularly[/i] fond of [i]each other[/i], but they both love Ana, and that's enough for Percy to tolerate him. [color=olive]Michael Graham:[/color] His squad's commander. Doesn't exactly [i]like[/i] him, but he's not going to go out of his way to be a prick to him either. [color=e55415]Rebecca Marek:[/color] His squad's physical trainer. They're friendly with each other out of training, and he'd never outright say that he's crushing on her..[i] Not that he is.[/i] [color=orange]Ryn Dradht:[/color] He wouldn't say that he hates her, but he's not exactly [i]fond[/i] of her... Given his strong paternal drive, he wouldn't allow her to be put in harm's way, of course. [color=6ecff6]Eli Jackspar:[/color] Even though he's pretty damn sure Eli wouldn't say the same about him, Percy would describe her as a friend of his to someone who didn't know her. [color=0076a3]Stein Kalfox:[/color] He wouldn't admit it but he's actually kind of scared of her. Even though he has three more inches in height and the fact he's [i]male[/i] going for him, he's pretty sure that Stein could kick his ass, no ifs, ands, or buts. He tries to stay on her tolerable side, but it's hard for him to tell if she's cool with him or not... [color=662d91]Vera Voloshyna:[/color] Percy's opinion of Vera is a [i]little[/i] shaky, given that - in his mind - Vera forced Ana to lie to him to take a NC Compatibility Test, but he doesn't want to break up the friendship they have. Ana's never had a friend for this long before. [color=f9ad81]Tahlia Styles:[/color] Despite the fact that Tahlia shared some intimate details of her life with him, he's still a bit intimidated by her. She just has a sort of no-nonsense attitude that he's both drawn to and afraid of, so he just keeps his distance. [color=a187be]Madison Cole:[/color] Given the similarities of Laura's and Madison's personalities, he felt an [i]immediate[/i] connection with her... Percy also knows that in their first meeting he stared at her like a [i]creep[/i], so he tries to keep a fair distance away. [/indent] [/hider]