[@vancexentan] [hider=Machiavelli Lockhart][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/XdsPx6K.jpg[/img] - [color=red][b][i]Never doubt my skills. It only makes me reckless.[/i][/b][/color] [sub]VA: Steve Blum - Spike Spiegel[/sub][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Machiavelli Lockhart (Mikey) [b]Nicknames:[/b] The Outlaw-Star [b]Age:[/b] 24 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Social Status:[/b] Spacenoid [b]Rank:[/b] Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) [b]Personality:[/b] Machiavelli presents himself with a variety of indifference, ranging anywhere from unconcerned to outright bored. Often times strangers have viewed [i]him[/i] with indifference thanks to his slothful countenance. Lounging about the base, playing lite games to pass the time, and occasionally practicing a long forgotten martial arts is how he spends his self-imposed solitude. Those that get too close or grows particularly friendly of him might uncover the prideful and cynical Machiavelli Lockhart underneath. The man that casually berates someone for placing second or being incapable of "making the shot". The man that doubts anyone or anything other than himself, for he is a Spacenoid and a rare [u][b]NewType[/b][/u] at that. Because of his boosted head and enhanced abilities, his Zeon days had instilled a near indomitable confidence in himself. He earned his moniker "Outlaw Star" for his unconventional methods and often fortuitous results. After many successes he started to view himself a hero, taking on more onto his shoulders. If the battle didn't turn out in his team's favor, he would stretch his shortcomings and mistakes, lashing out at himself in the darkness and redoubling his efforts in preparation for the next battle. When in the cockpit of a mobile suit, he doesn't do much talking and when he do, its usually vulgar and demeaning. [b]Biography/History:[/b] Machiavelli's the son of an arguably poor philosopher. Financially the man was lacking but he made up for it by having a deep and unnatural wisdom about the world's direction. The day Zeon pulled away from its masters was the day Machiavelli's father wept for two days straight. He use to tell Machiavelli that the stars and space had much to offer humanity, that the Spacenoids, while not completely right in their piety was not wrong in their beliefs. However soon after the war had begun in earnest, something snapped in the father and husband. He pushed an older, eager, Machiavelli to join the war, to find someway, anyway, to put an end to the fighting before it was [i]too[/i] late. Soon after his enrollment and many loss skirmishes, the realization that he was a budding NewType came to light. The initial reason he had even joined the fight, had become jaded by all the death and violence, by the praise and infamy that came with being a survivor. After the war and its horrors, The Zeon Remnants were out for blood and they were merciless in their pursuit for resources. It was this realization, along with a faithful night that ended in a massacre, that reinstated his [b]need[/b] to end the war. Eventually he withdrew into himself, planning to leave his small corps in order to join The Earth Federation with high-risk intelligence. The battle was fierce, a tangent of five Zeon pilots countering his escape with his custom Zaku II High Mobility Type. After destroying three, severely damaging another, and intimidating the last, Machiavelli managed to lick his wounds and scurry off to the nearest Federation ship waving a white flag in his crippled suit. It was luck. Luck that he had landed on a ship with a kind crew. They followed procedure, locked him up, and kept him isolated, but after months of deliberation he was given a chance to defect. To do what was needed and end the war for good. After revealing his NewType status, which admittedly opens up plenty of doors, he was given a peculiar opportunity. One to right his wrongs and finally fulfill his father's request, whom upon Machiavelli's defection had decided to go into hiding. Machiavelli was given the opportunity to pilot a rather experimental Mobile Suit called [b]RX-80PR Pale Rider.[/b] He experienced the cruelty of it's HADES System, found it unnecessary, and after having it custom painted to a wine-red, had the system removed. Personally, Machiavelli has fallen in love with the suit and hoped to make a show of dispatching with the tyrannical Zeon Remnants in its cockpit. [b]Skill Set:[/b] Ace Pilot, Prodigious Marksmanship, Martial Artist, Tactician's Mind, NewType === [b]Mobile Weapon:[/b] [url=https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/RX-80PR_Pale_Rider]RX-80SR Star Rider[/url] [b]Description/Picture:[/b] This Pale Rider suit is painted a deep red color, a shader darker than wine really. It's optics are lit green and honestly, the paint job is a tad too new for Machiavelli's liking. It screams inexperienced and "green". [b]Weapons and Operational Systems of Mobile Suit |[/b] [list][*] Vulcan Gun [*] Hand Beam Gun (mounted on arms) [*] Hyper Beam Rifle [*] 3-Tube Missile Pod (mounted on legs) [*] Collapsible Shield [*] Booster Pack (grants higher speed and better maneuverability)[/list] === [b]Other |[/b] [list][*]Machiavelli believes his father and mother are still alive. [*] Secretly he cares deeply of how others perceive him. [*] He expects the Federation soldiers to give him a tough time. [*] He's never had any lasting or meaningful interactions with people outside his family. [*] Essentially, The Star Rider is just a Pale Rider. He has yet to feel out the experimental suit in impactful combat.[/list][/hider] Might be a bit too much but its what inspired me. If I have to change it no problem.