[@Silverwind Blade] Character for you, boss. I deviated a little bit, had some trouble confining the personality trait sections to bullet lists and getting what I thought of as important history into a shorter blurb. If there's anything you need/want clarified or changed let me know! [hider=Dren Hepner] Name: Dren Hepner Age: 30 Gender: Male Appearance: Dren is a Side 3 Spacenoid by birth, and shares many of the common physiological details that an astute observer could use to identify him as such. In terms of physique, he keeps himself fit and ready as a soldier should, though a family history of space travel and colonial life means his stature is that of a more tall and thinner body accustomed to artificial gravity and weightlessness. His hair is near-black in color, kept trim and proper, and is paired with a sharp goatee extending across the center of his chin. A long scar line extends from near the top of his left ear and down to the edge of his left jawline, just before where his facial hair begins. Dren keeps proper in a well-pressed EFSF uniform, avoiding personal embellishment. The notable exception to this is a pendant often found around his neck, worn underneath his clothing, of the [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gundam/images/6/65/Axis-Zeon-logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20101024061926]symbol[/url] used by the Axis-based Neo Zeon during the First Neo Zeon War Mobile Suit: [url=https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/MSA-003_Nemo]MSA-0003 Nemo[/url] Dren Hepner pilots one of the MSA-003 Nemo suits deployed by the Earth Federation following the absorption of the AEUG during the conclusion of the Gryps War. His particular unit carries the HFW-GR·MR82-90mm GM Rifle as its standard ranged combat armament, as well as the standard beam saber pair mounted on the small of the back of the Mobile Suit, and the twin 60mm Vulcan guns mounted in the unit's head. Dren does not prefer to deploy with the shield traditionally issued with the Earth Federation's mobile suits, having grown accustomed to fighting without one. Positive Personality traits: Dren Hepner is fully aware of the implications and assumptions his personal history carries, and he works every day to subvert them. Doing whatever it takes to prove his loyalty and uphold his duties as a member of the Earth Federation's armed forces and the civilians they are sworn to protect. He bares no ill will towards those who are reluctant or otherwise unwilling to accept his determination to server the Federation as truthful, simply proving them wrong with his actions rather than his words. Negative Personality traits: Dren's defection from the Neo Zeon near the end of their involvement in the First Neo Zeon War was born of their increasing usage of tactics and strategy he found deplorable and criminal in nature. As such, Dren believes in conducting himself as an honorable and respectful member of the military, finding any actions comparable to those committed by the Neo Zeon during the war as infuriating and something that could very well lead to physical conflict between him and the perpetrator of such actions. Short history/personality blurb: Dren Hepner was born within the original Principality of Zeon in U.C. 0069, in the heart of the Side 3 space colonies. He doesn't recall much of life before the One Year War of U.C. 0079, but he does believe it was genuinely better for his kin. The war saw Dren's father, a man named Augin, enter the Zeon armed forces, serving in battles both in space and on Earth, before being killed in action during the Federation recapture of California Base. This lit a fire of Zeonic patriotism in the young Dren's heart that would take years to be extinguished. When the forces of Zeon finally surrendered, Dren had grown to carry a juvenile hatred of the Earth federation, and by the age of 17 had managed to reach out to the remnants that would become the Neo Zeon forces. Being fully inducted into the Neo Zeon forces near the end of the war, Dren quickly learned that his perception of the Neo Zeon and Earth Federation was horrifically misguided. Dren's unit was one designed by the Neo Zeon to conduct illicit false flag operations, piloting mobile suits controlled by the Zeon that were intentionally designed to masquerade as Earth Federation units, mirroring the tactics that led to the creation of the [url=https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/GM_Camouf]GM Camouf[/url] during the One Year War. To this day the full extent of Dren Hepner's operations have never been described to anyone but the members of Earth Federation command that oversaw his defection. By the end of the war in early U.C. 0089, Dren was an active collaborator with the Earth Federation, providing them with information that would bear fruit during the conflict with the Neo Zeon forces led by Char Aznable in U.C. 0093, known as the Second Neo Zeon War. By the time of the Laplace Incident, or the Third Neo Zeon War, Dren Hepner had been fully integrated as a member of the Earth Federation's armed forces, and was ready to serve alongside other mobile suit pilots. His vigor and spirit against the Zeon during the conflicts surrounding the Laplace Incident are what led to his placement within the Anthem unit, showing dedication in helping clean up the Zeon remnants as both a personal duty and atonement. [/hider]