I'm somewhat satisfied with this, here's my post. Halfway through I ended up pivoting away from lawman and found myself making something similar to a cyberpunk Trauma Team member- but like, the knock off version. [hider=Raymond 'Ray' Cheng] [center][h1][color=lightblue]Raymond 'Ray' Cheng[/color][/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/vJEbAk7.jpg[/img][/center] [color=LightSeaGreen][h3]//YOUR SELF[/h3][/color] [color=lightblue]Name:[/color] Raymond Cheng, Ray for short [color=lightblue]Age:[/color] 28 [color=lightblue]Gender:[/color] Male [color=lightblue]Affiliation:[/color] Formerly Tzu Peace Solutions, currently none. [color=lightblue]Appearance:[/color] Raymond is a big man. Standing over most at 6'4", Ray is a bear of a man, built like a truck and hitting just about as hard. He has a serious and imposing demeanor, with a rigid posture and broad shoulders. Raymond has rough facial features, age lines strongly imprinted on his face and lack of youthful enthusiasm implies this man has either seen some shit or isn't wanting to put up with yours. His face is curtained off by a short but thick brown beard, his hair is cut close and kept out of the way. The majority of the left half of his body has been replaced by cybernetics- arm, eye and leg most notably. [color=LightSeaGreen][h3]//YOUR SOUL[/h3][/color] [color=lightblue][b]PERSONAL GOAL[/b]:[/color] A debt to pay. Raymond owes a great deal- including his life to a certain individual. New Malacca is the current hotbed of opportunity for those who don't mind some less-than-legal work, but its not exactly the kinda place you want to retire. Ray wants to get in, make his money while the making is good, then get the fuck out. [color=lightblue][b]LIKES[/b]:[/color][list][*]Quiet nights [*]Cigars [*]Fishing [*]Quality Rum and Whiskey[/list] [color=lightblue][b]DISLIKES[/b]:[/color] [list][*]Tzu Peace Solutions [*]Liars [*]People that don't keep up their end of a deal [*]Being indebted to people[/list] [color=lightblue][b]REPUTE[/b]:[/color] Ray isn't well known in New Malacca, and that's just how he likes it. To most passer-byes he's a big guy with a big gun and a bad attitude- most mundane folk avoid him because they don't want to fuck with him, the occasional gangster gets in his face because he [i]does[/i] want to fuck with him. To fixers, he's muscle with anonymity. Someone who at least looks like they can handle themselves, and no one will ask questions about should he die. Ray has some reputation for reliability with the local branch of the Black Yangtze. Having done only a few jobs in New Malacca for them- mostly low level work with a need for disposable assets, or people not traceable directly to the Black Yangtze. [color=lightblue][b]HEEL:[/b][/color] Raymond is an addict. A functioning addict, but an addict nonetheless. Alcohol, tobacco, and more recently: painkillers. The severity of his addictions vary, but needless to say without regular access to his vices, he gets... crabby, to say the least. The vices haven't gotten him into trouble on a job- [i]yet[/i], but they're not getting any better, and New Malacca doesn't make things any easier. [color=lightblue][b]CODE:[/b][/color] Honor, respect, honesty. Traits not easily found in New Malacca, and not entirely without warrant. Like trust, Raymond is smart enough to know that blind honesty, respect and honor can get you killed, or worse, depending on your situation. But when given the chance, Raymond prefers to act on these principles, and holds others who do the same in high regard, regardless of their current station or employment. [color=lightblue][b]QUIRKS:[/b][/color] Raymond is commonly seen with a cigar sticking out of his mouth. He carries a variety of cigars on his person, and will use different ones depending on the situation. As a standard, he prefers a nicely wrapped cigar to puff on casually, but he'll reluctantly use an electronic cigar when in situations where light and heat are suboptimal. Occasionally he'll just stick a cigar in his mouth and chew on the end. Raymond is also a lefty. [color=LightSeaGreen][h3]//YOUR PAST[/h3][/color] Raymond Cheng was born to a pair of Tzu Peace Solutions employees in a corporate arcology just a few miles off the coast of Hong Kong. His father was a corporate salaryman, and his mother was a nurse at a local trauma center. Still despite their modest means, most of his childhood was spent in relative security in the megalopolis of Hong Kong. As a child of a pair of corporation employees, Raymond was provided with relatively affordable education for the majority of his childhood- with the caveat that he would join the TPS workforce shortly after he turned 18. Raymond didn't think too much on it- that's how his parents spent their childhood, and its likely how his children would spend theirs. Scoring well on his mental aptitude tests, but better on his physical ones, Raymond was slotted into one of Tzu Peace Solutions' physical security branches, starting off his career as site security. Performing well enough in his role and grinding his way through the ranks, Raymond was eventually moved to a Physical Asset Recovery team. Even before the corporate wars in SESE, if wasn't uncommon for major corporations to commit strikes or acts of sabotage against one another and their employees- just part of the business after all. Physical Asset Recovery teams were formed as a way for corporations to protect their own employees, with different levels of protection afforded to different levels of executive. Physical Asset Recovery teams were less on site security teams and bodyguards and more similar to the rapid response SWAT teams of governments past. They were armed for a fight, well trained, and generally disregarded collateral damage, though wanton destruction of property was both discouraged and usually unnecessary. Their main role was to get to wherever their distressed executive was, bust in, grab the exec and get them out alive. In this role, Raymond performed well. Not a rising star or ace to be sure, but a reliable and well grounded trooper. Raymond worked as one of the lower level PAR teams, not trusted to handle senior executives and individuals well up the chain of command, but local offices, employees and minor execs were the bread and butter of his team's rescues. For a while, all was going well, until they didn't. One botched rescue operation, a car bomb, and three dead execs later, Raymond found himself lying on the rain and blood slicked boards of the Hong Kong docks, arm missing, leg crushed, consciousness fading and bleeding out. By some miracle- or a fuckton of drugs and tech, Raymond survived. He came to consciousness in the backroom of what looked like the combination of a brothel and medical office. He had been found by a family friend of his mother's, who took pity on him and brought him back to safety. Most of the left side of his body had been destroyed and had to be replaced, and he found himself staring out a brand new eye at a brand new metal arm and leg. Promising to repay the doctor for saving his life- and repairing his body, Raymond returned home to put his nose back to the pavement and start getting more work done. He arrived home to find out that he had been written off as dead by the company after his body had been noted as missing for a week. To add more salt to the wound, his family had been fined in his stead for the loss of the company's executives. With his family now left destitute and in debt, Raymond returned to them and staged a kidnapping, with the hope that they'd be worthless enough that TPS wouldn't waste the resources to find them. Raymond returned to the doctor who took his family in. To repay his debts, she directed him towards a contact she had in the Black Yangtze in New Malacca- a land of strife and opportunity ripe for the picking. With all of his prior assets claimed by Tzu Peace Solutions, Raymond found under the table work as a shipping crew member and made his way to New Malacca, where he began applying his skills. Work has been slow and not nearly as profitable as he would like- until he got an offer he couldn't refuse: 500,000 asyuan and a one time job. [color=LightSeaGreen][h3]//YOUR PERSON[/h3][/color] [color=lightblue]ATTRIBUTES:[/color][list][*][color=lightblue]CQB Proficiency[/color] - while trained with firearms in general, Raymond is at his best within 50 meters and is most proficient with and prefers compact and easily manipulated weaponry. Breaching and clearing rooms, point shooting, and quick melee takedowns form the majority of Ray's experience. [*][color=lightblue]Tactical Field Care[/color] - While not a surgeon by any stretch of the imagination, Raymond is capable with a needle and a bottle of alcohol- at least capable enough to make sure you don't bleed out during a job. Part of his training as a PAR team trooper included basic trauma care, in case the asset was injured upon recovery. [*][color=lightblue]Resilience[/color] - Close fighting is never pretty, and no matter how good you are, you're bound to get a beating. Luckily, thanks to several years of getting his skull bashed and chest kicked, Raymond has gotten pretty decent at taking a beating and managing to get up and keep going.[/list] [color=lightblue]BODY MODS:[/color][list][*][color=lightblue]Verge Battletech Atlas-model cyberlimb: Left arm, Left leg[/color] - high durability frame with replaceable composite armor plates and adaptable strength limiters. Responsive, strong, and not much bulkier than a regular human limb. The arm has built in electroshock knuckle pads. [*][color=lightblue]Saewung Imugi-series cyber-eye: left eye[/color] - high resolution cybereye with built in low-light vision setting. Built in HUD and database provides basic target acquisition, adjustable FFID tags, and ammunition readouts for all weapons within current database. [*][color=lightblue]Verge Skin2.0 Dermaplating: left torso beneath the armpit to the pelvis[/color] - lightweight dermal plating beneath the left arm and stretching down the length of the side. Durability reaches about the strength of kevlar, but serves more as a quicker, cheaper skin graft than actual armor. [/list] [color=lightblue]EQUIPMENT:[/color][list][*][color=lightblue]K91 Maverick Combat shotgun[/color] - Raymond might have a distaste for Tzu Peace Solutions, but its hard to hate their guns. A compact, 12 gauge, pump action shotgun with a pair of 6 round tubular magazines- for a total of 12+1 shells. The two tube magazines allow this shotgun to load different types of ammunition simultaneously. This rugged and reliable weapon features a bullpup design, pistol grip, and plenty of space for flashlights, lasers and sights. [*][color=lightblue]Zeiger A-45 Pistol[/color] - A common sight in New Malacca, reliable, ubiquitous, and cheap enough to be easily replaceable. [*][color=lightblue]Field Trauma Pack[/color] - A small, waterproof combat pack that Raymond typically carries on his person, styled roughly after the PAR medical kits. Quikseal bandages, morphine, tourniquets, a compact defibrillator and scissors among other necessary field medical supplies. Raymond also keeps a supply of painkillers for personal consumption with this kit. [*][color=lightblue]Combat Knife[/color] - For when combat has devolved into punching, kicking and stabbing. For optimum performance, the leading edge should be applied to the enemy and thrust into vital regions. This should be repeated as necessary. [*][color=lightblue]Cigar Case[/color] - waterproof, stainless steel cigar carrier. Holds 2 cigars and 1 electronic cigar. [/list] [/hider]