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[b]Name:[/b] 

[i][b]Alexander "Lex" Krait[/b][/i]

[b]Age:[/b] 

27

[b]Gender:[/b] 

Male

[b]Race:[/b] 

Human, Midgar born

[b]Occupation:[/b] 

Shinra Special Forces, Ranger/Canine Division

[b]Appearance:[/b] 

Standing a nice six feet tall, even no extra. Slim, tall and lanky, are some of the best words that can be used to describe this young man's build. But hidden under his clothing is a body built like an acrobat and runner. Smooth toned muscles on a strong frame. Built for speed and agility. A mane of red hair washes down his back, which put the hood of the Shinra Ranger outfit out of use. He's of a copper complexion naturally with a pair of dark near black eyes. Those eyes are always wide and bright ever watching the area about him.

His clothing takes a hint from the man who dreamt up the Canine/Ranger Division, originally a group of Shinra Specialists trained by Rufus Shinra himself. The Canine/Ranger Division was folded into the the guard forces when it became clear that they needed a long range specialist group like them. Rufus thus had put them in clothing similar to his own. That being billowy, open, almost dress like infact, buckles and straps to hold down the outfit as it can unzipped in areas to allow air flow and better movement. A hood for protection against the elements like rain and snow. It also helps that it is quite voluminious when open so it can hide the Ranger's equipment. In Alexander's case the outfit is a charcoal grey, dark and earthy in fact, with carbon fiber clasps and black straps, and silver zippers.

And finally to round out the ensemble is his dark blue skinned guard dog, named Wasteland, a bulked up powerful canine guard dog. All Canine/Ranger members have their canine partners, thought they form a close bond to work well on the field, they are not master and pet, more like a team of like minded individuals. Personalized commands between partners make it very hard for Canines to work with other Rangers. And the big dark blue skinned canine knows this full well, often wearing a hefty toothy grin as if to say how confident she is along side her partner. Gleaming golden eyes, and yellowed teeth round out the look for the powerful predator.

[b]Personality:[/b] 

Confidence, cockiness, coolness and composure. The Four Cs of the Ranger division. These typify the Ranger Division, and tends to be about what Lex manages to exude. He's confident in his training and in the Shinra way. Yes he's a little cocky, he trained under Rufus Shinra, his hero, in the very style that Rufus known for. A pair of guns, an attack dog and a cocky smile on his lips. He's somewhat cool under pressure, having already proved himself in combat once or twice, but he's not one hundred precent cool with it all quite yet. And composure, he tries to keep his in all situations, looking at the here and now and making ready for the coming events as best he can.

Lex also has a smile for everyone, believing that you should always be smiling. Wide and tall, or short and too the point, all depends on the situation. But it's his belief that you should always wear a smile, whether in trouble or in combat or just doing your day to day errands, a smile shows you are in control and can be a show of dominance over people who may do you harm.

Otherwise Lex is a strong minded, intellect ruled young man. His emotions do not rule his actions, his mind rule his actions. And he will do his level best to approach a situation with a clear mind.

His partner Wasteland is a calm and cool rock which Lex can adhere too. In combat she's active and careful. And knows her role well. Attentive to commands. She's also quite willing to try new things with her partner.

[b]History:[/b] 

Ah Midgar, home of the Shinra HQ, home of the many Plates of Midgar, thousands of people living and working and playing and dying in the great city. For many it's the only place they will ever know, because they never find a reason to go out beyond it's walls. Everything they need is in the city, it's where they live their lives. Perhaps they are beholden to Shinra, perhaps not, but Midgar is where it begins and ends for them. This is the same for the Krait family. For a few generations now they have been a Shinra family, his mother is a sales representative with the company, working to bring many more people into the Shinra sphere of influence. His father, a proud Mako engineer. These are the parents that bore one Alexander Krait. 

Lex as he likes to be called by most, grew up in a busy family. His mother was always looking for the next sale, and brought her work home with her regularly. Often on the phone until the early hours. To Lex he thought that this was the epitome of diligence and hard work. His father, spent much time in Reactor Five, making sure the Mako flowed smoothly. Lex's father did his level best to avoid getting sick and to avoid unneeded contact with Mako so as not to loe any productivity. This ended up instilling in Lex a sense of duty and a need to continue to soldier on despite adversity. He put all these lessons into affect going to school where the young man was neither gifted nor subpar. He did his work, did it well, and showed a preference for math and the sciences. He particularly liked Physics, which he hoped one day to learn to break with the help of a Materia perhaps. He also had a thing for Materia sciences, finding the research and usage of materia just absolutely astounding and interesting. His formative years in school brought out a clever young man, which progressed into secondary school.

But then along his 15th year of life something tragic happened. A terrorist attack on Reactor Five caused a walkway his father was on to collapse, and dump him partially into the Mako below. That particular sect of Avalanche was eventually wiped out, and a package of gil and benefits was awarded his father while he recovered from a bout of Mako poisoning. He eventually did but it took a long time for him to be shunted back into full work at the Reactor. Lex was beset by a need to not quite avenge his father, but to do something to better the part of the people who are affected by their actions. His mother had to do put in hours of overtime while his father recovered. And this made Lex feel like he had to do something to it. So three years later,with his parents blessing, and fresh out of high school, Lex walked into a Shinra guard recruitment office, showed his endorsement letters from his parents, and applied to join the Shinra Guard program.

Now this is where things kind of dragged into monotany for a time. As the Guard program is a long and arduous process. And it started like any other, where the drill instructors would break a recruit down before rebuilding them back up into a proper Shinra Guard. And Lex was adamant to endure it all, being a guard he though would be the best way, by his judgement, to help the people and protect them from further attacks on their livelihoods. Obviously Lex is pro-Shinra, all the way, and he worked hard to become a part of the great machine that is Shinra Energy.

It was shortly after his graduation and induction into the trainee ranks, that he and his squad was put through the weapon training section. Where it would be decided which type of squad and role they would have when becoming a full guardsmen. What Lex and his squad didn't know that day was that there were a few big names watching this particular session. Namely Vice President Rufus Shinra, Tseng, the Leader of the Turks, and Chairman Heidegger, who was there mostly to show off his new recruits. As the tests went on and the trainees went through their paces, Rufus watched and grew interested in the budding marksman he saw in one red haired young trainee on the floor. It wasn't until Alexander landed six nearly flawless shots on his targets with a unscoped DMR that Rufus broke the silence...by walking out of the armored observation room, and striding across the floor to them. The click of heels and the snap of salutes greeted the vice president. Who paid no attention of the trainees except for Lex. Rufus talked about how he was rather impressed that a trainee fresh out of the program could land that many hits. And asked if Lex could do it again. Lex managed to land five near perfect hits the second time around. VP Shinra still looked impressed. And against all odds, Rufus Shinra took Lex under his personal observation. He would join a group that Rufus is putting together, a special forces unit, trained by him and the Turks, outside the immediate preview of the Public Safety Division.

So began the formation and training of Rufus Shinra's personal force. The Ranger/Canine Division. A group tasked to undertake special missions, under the eye of Rufus Shinra and the Turks alone. Long range or Long duration missions where the Ranger and their Canine partner would put terrorist and dissident elements out of action. They weren't SOLDIERs but they were almost as good. Ranger/Canine agents would work closely with the Turks and maybe occasionally with SOLDIERs, Lex even had the honor, during his training, to see Sephiroth, Angeal, Genesis and Zack Fair in action. It was said to show them what another Shinra Special Division could do.

Eventually Lex and his new partner Wasteland passed the tests, gained the right to go on missions, and gained his Ranger iconography. The one hundred person strong Ranger/Canine Division went into action finally. And Lex and Wasteland were sent on their first mission, get out there and make hell for Avalanche. Be ready for orders from the Turks and Rufus Shinra. It was open ended, but it's all there. He wouldn't let his bosses down, with all the trust they had put into getting the Division going.

He wouldn't let them down.

[b]Weapon:[/b] 

[b]Chaos[/b] and [i]Anarchy[/i]: A modified double barrel shotgun and a highly modified Whinchester lever action rifle. Chaos the shotgun has had the two barrels seperated by half an inch, allowing a laser sight to be mounted between the barrels. The barrels have also been modified again having rifling within to allow the fragmentation slugs it fires to be more accurate. The slugs themselves travel up too 50 feet before automatically fragmenting, they will also fragment upon impact into a cloud of shrapnel. Anarchy is a modified Winchester lever action carbine. A shortened barrel, changed up sights, and smoother action let the weapon be fired almost as fast as the trigger can be pulled, the only thing holding it back is the lever action.

[b]Skills:[/b] 

[i][u]Of One Mind[/u][/i]: Lex and Wasteland have worked together long enough that Lex rarely needs to give out verbal commands. Just the way he moves will give Wasteland an idea of what to do and she will act to support Lex.

[i][u]Far or Near[/u][/i]: Quick to change his fighting style depending on the distance, his shotgun and rifle allow for a good mix up of close and far combat. A perchant for the rather flashy martial arts that include throws and blistering kicks rounds out the style.

[i][u]Coin shot[/u][/i]: Taught to the Rangers by Rufus Shinra himself, the infamous Mythril Coin shot, a combination of magic, materia and skill. Firing a magically charged round through a mythril coin creates a beam of magicaly charged energy, like a magical bolt of plasma. Oh the powah! With two different guns there are actually two different effects, firing chaos causes a fragmentation effects that produces several small lances to fire towards the target. While using Anarchy produces a single concentrated and very powerful beam.

[b]Equipment:[/b] 

Shinra standard Issue smartphone/PDA

Ranger/Canine Division tuned walkie talkie

Rolls of Mythril coins

Company Gold Card (Never leave on a mission without it)

Calignious Bracelet (3 Materia Slots)

[b]Materia:[/b] 

Parry Materia = Guards against enemy attacks and allows the user to unleash their next attack faster.

Time Materia, Level 2 = Allows the use of Haste at level 1, Slow at Level 2 and Stop at Level 3

[b][u]LIMIT BREAK:[/u][/b]

[b][i][u]The One-Two[/u][/i][/b]: Let's just think about this for a second. How can a Canine/Human team not have a combined limit break? When they've reached the point they can do so, Wasteland will dash forward, and latch onto an arm or a shoulder, taking the opponents attention away from Lex, who will then pull out no less then four coins. And fire four times, using the coins as a catalyst. The first two shots will always be from Chaos creating two blasts of the fragmented beams, then the last two shots will be from Anarchy producing two powerful beams that come in right behind the fragmented ones.

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So I don't know if I'm too late or not. I'll leave that up to you guys. I got really caught up on the history. And may have just vomited into it in the hopes of finishing it. Let me know.