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[color=f08080][b]Srin Chéreau[/b][/color]


[color=f08080][b]Gender[/b][/color]
Female

[color=f08080][b]Age[/b][/color]
21

[color=f08080][b]Place of Birth[/b][/color]
New Harmony

[color=f08080][b]Military Branch[/b][/color]
Army, 147th Engineer Corps
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[color=f08080][b]Appearance[/b][/color]
Srin stands about 5'5" (165 cm) and weighs 120-ish pounds (54~ kilos). She has a thin build but makes up for it with a wiry strength that is not to be underestimated. Her skin is fairly pale and burns rather than tans when exposed to sunlight. Her face is an inverted triangular shape, with a small pointed chin and a face that widens at the cheekbones. Her nose is small, slightly upturned and the area surrounding it is covered with a few freckles. Her large eyes are a light brown that borders on amber and her thin eyebrows arch in the middle, giving her an expression of constant surprise or excitement at first glance. When she smiles, she smiles with great enthusiasm, making her mouth look fairly wide. Only her upper teeth are visible when she smiles. Several squadmates, past and present, have made fun of her smile in the past, calling it "deranged" and "creepy". Her hair is auburn with streaks of light blonde running in it and it's about as long as regulations will reasonably allow. A few locks of her hair seem to permanently hang in front of her right eye, much to her officers' chagrin. 

[color=f08080][b]Attire[/b][/color]
Army BDU, CH252 Helmet, Combat knife mounted on the left shoulder, up-armoured boots

[color=f08080][b]Weaponry[/b][/color]
MA37 ICWS, M6C Magnum, M9 HE-DP grenades, M168 Demo Charges, various other explosive devices of dubious origin

[color=f08080][b]Fireteam 2 Bravo 9[/b][/color]
Sgt. Penlan - KIA
Cpl. Vjun - KIA
Pfc. Chéreau - Active
Pvt. Li - MIA

[color=f08080][b]Rank[/b][/color]
Private First Class

[color=f08080][b]Specialisation[/b][/color]
Explosives, Demolitions
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[color=f08080][b]Personality[/b][/color]
Private First Class Chéreau is a dedicated and spirited soldier who never lets an obstacle dampen her mood. She's quick to volunteer for any kind of mission no matter the personal risk. Despite her enthusiasm she has a few quirks that set her aside from the average soldier. She seems to enjoy her job blowing stuff up a little too much. They say you can't get into demolitions without being a little crazy and in this case it's probably true. Srin also has somewhat of a daredevil streak as well, enjoying excitement and the feeling of adrenaline. However she can also come off as naive or childish due to her eternal good mood and seemingly unlucky or accident prone nature which makes her somewhat of a target for jokes and mockery, thankfully she tries to take it all in stride. The only thing that really gets under her skin is the nickname [color=f08080]Jinxie[/color], which she picked up after her last squad was wiped out and a string of unfortunate accidents in close proximity to her. Overall, what she lacks in brute force and sheer skill with a gun she makes up for with attitude and destructive ability with explosives.

[color=f08080][b]Biography[/b][/color]
Born on New Harmony, Srin's parents worked for a colonial construction company, where she first learned about explosives. She would sneak off and watch her parents operate controlled demolitions or the explosive clearing of land. Fire and explosives became a lifelong fascination. When she was seven years old the Battle of New Harmony took place in 2537. Young Srin watched from her backyard in total awe as one of the only UNSC victories in space unfolded right above her. Bright colours of violet and pink as well as orange and red detonated in the night sky as ships were gutted and burned in the atmosphere. She was utterly transfixed by the display of lights and eruptions and from that night forward she decided she wanted to join the UNSC. 

In school she studied engineering and demolitions and apprenticed for her parents in their construction business as a teenager. It was decent work but it never really captured her imagination or really scratched her idealistic itch she had developed after the battle she had witnessed. The week she turned 18 she enlisted in the UNSC Army as a combat engineer due to her past experience. After an extended basic training she was finally deployed. 

On her first deployment there was an incident with an Officer's Warthog and a few fusion coils and although Srin was nowhere near at the time and cleared of all blame officially, several persistent rumors placed her responsible. During a stint aboard a frigate, a maintenance failure had Srin almost sucked out of an airlock in the middle of orbit. Only a quick-thinking ensign saved her, and although she escaped with only a minor bruise, talk of her jinx soon grew. Even routine, expected breakdowns became blamed on her bad luck, such as guns jamming, electronics failing etc. It was around this time that she picked up her nickname. A joke at first, it eventually stuck, much to Chéreau's annoyance. 

Eventually she was deployed on Fumirole along with numerous other UNSC Army elements to counter the Covenant invasion that was ongoing. It was her first combat deployment and it ended up wiping out her entire squad, leaving her with only a plasma burn to her shoulder and further cementing her reputation as bad luck incarnate. Following the battle, she was transferred to Reach for what was supposed to be a quiet deployment but, lacking volunteers and manpower, before long her unit was folded into the larger battlegroup by ONI in preparation for OP Grey Axe.   

[color=f08080][b]Service-History[/b][/color]
- Battle of Fumirole: WIA 
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[color=f08080][b]Affiliations[/b][/color]
Father and Mother on New Harmony

[color=f08080][b]Notable Traits[/b][/color]
- Nicknamed Jinxie
- Wide reputation for bad luck & jinxing those around her
- Fondness for explosives 
- Speaks with a distinctive New Harmony accent 
- Tries to remain positive about all things

[color=f08080][b]Theme Song[/b][/color]
still looking :D 
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