New guy [Hider= Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov]Name: Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov Age: 23 Sex: Male Profession/Rank: AW Pilot, 2nd Lieutenant, Historian, Farmer Appearance: Standing at just below six feet, Mikhail sees the world through two cheerful eyes peeking it from under his messy mop of hair. Years working in his communal farm has darkened his skin and filled out his frame with lean muscle. Personality: Raised in a commune sheltered from the outside world, Mikhail has learnt to be cooperative and understanding and, despite his years outside the Free Territory, still assumes others to do so as well. This has taught him the ability to make form friendly working relationships with almost all types of people. Hard-working and inquisitive, Mikhail views his service in the Federation Walker Corps as a necessary burden and an opportunity to learn more about the Federation. Skills: Mikhail is a crack shot with most categories of guns oven some time to familiarise, having picked it up from his time hunting what little wild game survived in the Free Territory post-war, as well as, more relevantly, driving off armed intruders sent by enemies of the Territory. He is also possessed of a wealth of historical knowledge and agricultural experience picked up since young. Weakness: Growing up in an environment where his peers were taught to cooperate and work together, Mikhail is too trusting of strangers, and finds difficulty in forming close, exclusive friendships with others. With no real combat experience he is also the definition of a greenhorn. Biography: Born in the Free Territory of the Ukraine, Mikhail was raised in an agricultural anarchist commune, one of dozens dotted around the Ukrainian plains, grouped together with nearby worker-run industrial centres following Syndicalist principles in a mutual assistance pact in the form of the Free Territory. Having existed informally since the devastation of Russia's western border in the Third World War, Mikhail was born barely a decade after the Free Territory was recognised as an independent polity, separate from both of the Ukrainian States, by the Federation. In return for recognition and protection from the two Ukraine's, the Federation required only regular deliveries of industrial goods and the crops the region was famed for being able to produce in large numbers. Mikhail grew to be a precocious young boy, eagerly learning the history of the region and the sociological framework that set the Free Territory apart from its bitter neighbours. Learning to work with his commune in bettering their lives, Mikhail realised that while he was satisfied with working in the farms, his real passion was that of history, to understand the historical forces that brought his home into being, and agricultural research, to better increase the efficiency of the Earth's dwindling arable land and make the essential agricultural work of his commune more efficient. He resolved to gain entry to the region's premier university in order to pursue these passions. But the world was not so indulging. As he left home to experience the outside world, the two Ukraine's began to discuss ways of brining the Territory under their control, one of very few points of matter they agreed on. In a scant few years, the Federation Parliament, pressured by the Ukraine's and their respective powerful backers, passed higher and higher quotas on the Territory, giving them the option to forego the higher quotas if they could afford other expanded obligations to "better reflect the development the Territory had undergone in the past decades". One of these was the option for residents to join and aid the Federation's administration, including its military, mirroring the higher militarisation rate the Federal Armed Forces were undergoing in other regions in anticipation of possible armed conflict with the Ark Union. It was in this climate that Mikhail, deciding to put the good of his home over his short term desires, volunteered for a term of service with the Federation's AW Corps after graduating from university, hoping to prove to the Federation that the Free Territory was able to pull its weight not just in agricultural production, but also in bodies for its military. Besides, he wasn't going to be dramatically changing the lives of his fellow communards anytime soon, or so he reasoned. Now recently commisioned, Mikhail hopes to make a name for himself in the coming years... Equipment: AW pilot suit, small pendant containing pictures of his family and home, several history and agricultural engineering books[/hider] [Hider= Tachanka] Base Model: FAW-007[G] Designation: KR-01 [I]Tachanka[/I] Appearance: The green and coral Tachanka is a long range sniping unit, armed and assisted by systems that dimrive this mission profile. A redesigned version of the old "Cyclops" head module is the first notable difference, as opposed to the standard "Knight" heads, using the mono-channel sensor cluster to great effect to focus targeting on single targets. Additional targeting sensors on the XC-01 Campion Rifle and the torso of the Tachanka help to triangulate data. Anticipating possible counter-artillery suppression the Tachanka is noticeably bulkier than the average Warrior, and is armed with a shoulder shield to deflect incoming tank shells or medium fire while firing downrange. Thrusters mounted underneath the greaves and on its backpack allows for the Tachanka to attain limited jumps and hops across terrain, ideal for setting the Walker up in hard-to-reach sniper nests. [IMG]https://www.toypanic.com/Upload/Product/Resize_Watermark/115201654224AM_1000000486_1.jpg[/IMG] Armaments: [I]United Armaments XC-01 "Campion" 84mm Sniper Rifle[/I] - The Campion Rifle is a limited production sniper rifle, the first of a new series of dedicated sniper weapons built for Arsenal Walkers. Built from the base up to be a sniper's weapon, the Campion was first planned to be a smaller version of the standard 150mm Gunner Railgun, possibly utilising coilgun technology instead. However, Federation GHQ decided to fast track the production of conventional chemically propelled AW snipers as a stopgad measure until they could acquire efficient miniaturised coilgun technology. This resulted in the creation of the Campion, now recently assigned to pilots with notable accuracy [I]GAL H-18 Vibroblade[/I]- A standard medium blade slightly longer than the length of an AW's forearm. It is capable of slicing apart armoured vehicles and most types of AW armour [I]Tajcorp iS-3a Ballistics Shield[/i]- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the shoulder. Capable of folding along its central pivot to cover portions of the Tachanka from different angles of attack [I]Shoulder-mounted spikes[/I]- Intended for close range defence the spikes are a last resort intended for AW-to-AW combat 2x [I]General Engineering M79 Pisces 20mm Cannons[/I]- Standard head-mounted autocannons provide close range defence from missiles, infantry or vehicles in close range combat [I]Robco LR-313 55.6mm SMG[/I]- An AW-sized rapid fire, close range firearm, the LR-313 is intended to complement the Pisces cannons and H-18 of the Tachanka to fend off close range opponents Weakness: Built for long-range combat and short-range defence, the Tachanka is not ideal for conventional AW mission profiles, especially hypothetical close range AW-on-AW combat, a contingency that might become an eventuality too soon... Pilot(s): Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov[/hider]