[hider=Cadet Theresa Howland]
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[center][h2][i][color=D6FFFF]Cadet Theresa Howland[/color][/i][/h2][/center]
[center][color=D6FFFF]20 | Female | 5'7" | A+[/color][/center]
[center][b][color=00BB77]Diligent[/color] [color=D6FFFF]|[/color] [color=00BB77]Intelligent[/color] [color=D6FFFF]|[/color] [color=00BB77]Confident[/color] [color=D6FFFF]|[/color] [color=00BB77]Loyal[/color] [color=D6FFFF]|[/color] [color=00BB77]Acquiescent[/color] [color=D6FFFF]|[/color] [color=00BB77]Naive[/color][/b][/center]

[color=D6FFFF][h3][i]General Information[/i][/h3][/color]
[center][color=00BB77][i]"Sorry, I don't have time to talk right now! Mr. Gatch's campaign could hang in the balance if I don't bring Miss Ramana her coffee, and her needs are very specific! Gah, I didn't even know they grew coffee in Ireland..."[/i][/color][/center]

[color=D6FFFF][b]OCCUPATION:[/b][/color][list]
[*][color=D6FFFF]ROTC Cadet, United States Space Force[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Summer Intern, Gatch TCS Councilor Election Campaign, PR Department[/color][/list]

[color=D6FFFF][h3][i]Psychological Profile[/i][/h3][/color]
[center][color=00BB77][i]"The one thing the world needs more of is good people willing to work hard and do the right thing."[/i][/color][/center]

[color=D6FFFF][b]PERSONAL GOAL:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I joined the Space Force to pay my way through college. I mean, sure, my parents are two doctors, they could easily have paid a full ride - but I don't wanna be that rich kid whose success came from her parents' money. I'm going to be a military officer, a pilot, and an astronaut; and I'm not going to leave anybody any grounds to say I didn't [b]earn[/b] my way to the stars. One day, I hope to set foot further than anyone else has ever gone before - well beyond the Martian landings. Maybe Titan, or Europa![/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY:[/b][/color][color=00BB77][i]You're asking about my philosophy? You sound like my dad. Okay, well. Um. Look, we can all agree there's a lot of problems out there in the world, right? There's violence and corruption and greed and crime... The way I look at it, there's two kinds of people in the world - people who make the world better for those around them, and people who make the world worse for those around them. The world needs more of the first kind. Whatever my personal aspirations, I want to achieve them while being the kind of person who makes the world a better place. I don't need to be a superhero or anything, just, if I can be more helpful than harmful. Wouldn't you rather live in a world where everyone tried to do that?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]CAMPAIGN GOAL:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Eheh. Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I'm honestly not much for politics. I only got involved at all because, well, my father demanded it. He's really smart, but he can be kinda old-fashioned about some things. So, um, I guess my goal here is to get some valuable work experience and experience with the American political system? Or in a more immediate sense, to make sure my boss has all the assistance she needs. She's a very important person in the mayor's election campaign, you know. Oh, and, um, be sure to vote for Mayor Gatch for the Twin Cities Sprawl Council![/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:[/b][/color][color=00BB77][i]I think we should be free to express ourselves and do as we want with ourselves and our bodies with less intrusion and lower taxes. I think we should do more to help the less fortunate and that the rich should always pay their fair share. We should oppose corruption and ensure that the law and justice are always executed fairly. I think we should be tough on crime, but I oppose police brutality and mass surveillance. The government should do more to ensure equal access to all to crucial services like universal healthcare, a living wage, and equal education.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]SECRETS:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Well, okay, but don't tell anybody, okay? Sometimes I pirate music and movies without paying for them. I know, I'm a hypocrite, it's wrong not to support authors and artists. But I just can't afford so many services! I know it's wrong, just...shh, okay?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]FEARS:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]This one might take some explaining. When I was thirteen, my parents left me home alone for a three-day weekend. My mother attended a medical conference, and my father - come to think of it, I don't remember what he was doing. My brothers stayed with my aunt, but I asked if I could stay home by myself and to my surprise my parents agreed. We had food in the fridge, school was out, all I had to do was not let any strangers in and avoid burning the house down. And, well, I'm sure you can imagine what any kid does the first time they're home alone, right? I invited some friends over and we got ourselves into trouble. Nothing serious, mind you, just the sort of antics kids with a lot of curiosity and no adult supervision get up to. We made a mess of the house. That was the first time my friends and I tried alcohol. We were noisy and we must've upset the neighbors. Looking back, we didn't do anything all [b]that[/b] bad. I tried to get my friends to help clean the house - you know, hide the evidence - before my parents got back home, but to my surprise at the time, that was when they all suddenly had somewhere else to be. Okay, so, parents get home, find their daughter misbehaved, daughter gets yelled at or grounded or so on, right?[/i][/color]

[color=00BB77][i]Yeah, that's what I was expecting, too. My father got home first, and it took him all of a few seconds to figure out what I'd gotten up to. I remember he didn't even look mad. He just sighed, looked at me, and said,[/i][/color] [color=C0C0C0]"I thought you were smarter than that, Theresa."[/color] [color=00BB77][i]That was all he said - then he just walked off and sat down on the couch. Not even a 'clean up this mess' or a 'go to your room' or anything. Sure, my mom freaked out when she got in a few hours later, but somehow that wasn't as bad. It's weird. I'm sure any other kid would be jubilant. My brother Leo would throw another party just to celebrate getting away with the first one. But me? Look, I've angered my parents before. I mean, every child gets into trouble now and then, right? It's part of growing up. But, oh my God. It would've hurt less if he had slapped me in the face right there in the foyer! That was the first time I'd ever truly, deeply seen him [b]disappointed[/b] in me. It wasn't that I'd misbehaved, it's that he had [b]trusted[/b] me and I'd made him regret it. I can still remember, clear as day, the look on his face - no anger, no demands, no punishment - it was just a reappraisal. Like he was silently correcting his own mistaken opinion. That hurt [b]so[/b] much worse. I don't think I spoke a word other than "yes," "sir," and "ma'am" for a week, not until that house was spotless.[/i][/color]

[color=00BB77][i]Okay, here's what I'm getting at. I knew that very minute that I never, ever, [b]ever[/b] wanted to see that look, The Look™, directed at me ever again. I won't say I've been perfect ever since - I've made mistakes and fallen short at times, doesn't everyone? - but to this day the thought of The Look™ freaks me out. You know, my younger brother Leo is that age now, and he's pretty immature. Leo actually gets The Look™ from my father a lot. I don't know how, but Leo doesn't even seem to notice. It [b]still[/b] makes me uncomfortable and it's not even directed at me! It's not just my parents, either. Be it an ROTC instructor, a professor, my parents, my boss - just the thought of profoundly disappointing someone I respect, it's like it makes me physically sick. It's one thing if I make a mistake, or something like that. If I know I did the best I could, I'm okay with that. But when someone I look up to is counting on me, the thought of blowing it off, or being lazy, or selfish, or anything like that - it scares the crap outta me.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]REPUTATION:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Oh, jeez, what do I even say about my own reputation? I mean, I'm still in college, you know? I don't exactly have as much of a reputation as more, like, important people. I suppose I've always had a reputation as a bit of a straight-edge. Not that I'm introverted or anything, just, I know a lot of people my age who waste a lot of time with parties and drugs, or boys and sex, and I just never really saw the appeal and that crowd never saw the appeal in me either. I'd like to think I have a reputation as a dilligent and trustworthy person. And, well, I guess my family is kinda well-known in the local community, as we volunteer for charity and stuff sometimes.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] [list]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Astronomy[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Aviation[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Target shooting[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Karaoke[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]My family's lakeside cabin[/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF]Sappy romantic fiction[/color][/list]

[color=D6FFFF][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] [list]
[*][color=D6FFFF][i]Moral hazards[/i][/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF][i]Violence[/i][/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF][i]So-called "pickup artists"[/i][/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF][i]Pop music that substitutes autotune for talent[/i][/color]
[*][color=D6FFFF][i]Pineapple on pizza[/i][/color][/list]

[color=D6FFFF][b]QUIRKS:[/b][/color] 
[color=D6FFFF][b]Straight Edge:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I'm just not really comfortable with the more, you know, [b]gray[/b] sides of life. It's not that I think everything is always black-or-white, or anything, just, I don't know, it'd be a lot easier if it was, wouldn't it?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Disinterested:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I mean, it's not like it's a [b]thing[/b], or something, just, I dunno. When it comes to boys and dating and so on, I've just never really been interested. I've dated a few guys, nothing serious, and I just always concluded we would've been better off as friends. Maybe I'm just not very romantic. You should see the way my mom acts around my father, she just melts around him and it's the cutest thing. I guess I'm waiting for someone like that?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Loyalty:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]If you have a friend in me, you have a friend come hell or high water. The thought of turning on someone who trusts me and depends on me is, just, it's infuriating. My dad says I can be too forgiving of people I trust, but I don't agree with that. Is it even possible to be too forgiving to your friends?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][h3][i]Background Information[/i][/h3][/color]
[center][i][color=00BB77]"You-you want me to talk about myself? Couldn't we discuss something interesting, like spacecraft or something?"[/color][/i][/center]

[color=00BB77][i]I don't know, I'd say I had a pretty normal childhood, really. You know, two parents, a couple siblings, school, family dog, white picket fence... Okay, I had it easier than a lot of people, I really did. I'm not exactly a spoiled rich kid or anything, but when it comes to the essentials, my family never really wanted for anything. I find it really difficult to face the abject poverty I see in the Reclaim sometimes. I have to try to remind myself that not everybody is as fortunate as I have been. I grew up with a loving family, and two brothers, David and Leo. And I think anyone who had that much is incredibly fortunate.[/i][/color]

[color=00BB77][i]Oh yeah! Let me tell you why I'm in the SFROTC. So, it all started with a family vacation when I was a girl. We went camping in Denali National Park, in Alaska. It was the most beautiful and wild country I'd ever seen. I remember my father spent a lot of time complaining that Yellowstone as he remembered it was better, before developers built resorts and cyber-infrastructure throughout. But Denali didn't have resorts - we camped the entire time. The nights are really short in summer, but when the sun does set, you can't even imagine - the night sky is [b]nothing[/b] like you see back home. It's because of light pollution, you don't get to see all the stars. My father complained about that a lot too, but I wasn't really listening. The glistening stars, the Milky Way - it was so enchanting I knew right then and there, at all of eleven years old, that I was going to be an astronaut. I knew right then and there that I would reach out and touch those stars.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][h3][i]Operative Information[/i][/h3][/color]
[center][i][color=00BB77]"Huh? Operative? What? Sorry, were you looking for somebody else?"[/color][/i][/center]

[color=D6FFFF][b]EQUIPMENT:[/b][/color]
[color=00BB77][i]Honestly, I don't carry very much aside from my phone and my wallet. Believe it or not, I don't have any augmentations. That's right, not a single one! Not that I'm opposed to it or anything, just, my folks are a little old-fashioned and I can't really afford anything particularly nice. Let's see, what else? Umm. I own a rifle, a Ruger Model 2044 target rifle in .223, which I use for target shooting at my dad's cabin. I'm a pretty good shot with iron sights, though I'm nowhere near as good with it as a soldier with AR implants and modern optics would be. But to that I point out, iron sights don't run out of batteries. God, did I really just say that? I sound exactly like my dad.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]SKILLS:[/b][/color]
[color=D6FFFF][b]Athleticism:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I'm young, fit, healthy, and physical training is a routine thing for me in SFROTC. I might not be a cyber-augmented badass, but I'm in good shape and I can keep going when a lot of people would've dropped flat.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Friends In Strange Places:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]A college campus is a pretty diverse place! I tend to know a lot of interesting people in a variety of fields. On top of that, my family is involved in a lot of community and charity work, which has given me some opportunity to meet some local influential types. If they're a doctor, military officer, professor, or student in the TCS, I probably know someone who knows them.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Intelligent:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Maybe I'm not a genius like my dad, but nor as bookish as my brother David, but I've always been, well, really smart. My grades are consistently excellent and I hold my own with my neuroaugmented peers just fine. I have a great memory for detail and pick up on new things quicker than most other people seem to. Once I do get neural implants of my own, I'm gonna be, well, really advanced.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]FLAWS:[/b][/color]
[color=D6FFFF][b]Technologically Deficient:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I feel like I'm really behind the curve when it comes to cybernetics. I don't own anything more advanced than a smartphone or an old-school VR headset and a computer. I don't have any implants, like, at all. I don't tell that to a lot of people, because I'm kind of self-conscious about it, to be honest. It does hold me back somewhat when interfacing with the newest technology.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]"Sir, Yes, Sir!":[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Obedience has been kind of drilled into me. You know, literally. I have a lot of trouble defying authority and tend to do what I'm told, even when I have doubts or concerns. People I have respect for can persuade me pretty easily, even though I can be pretty opinionated otherwise. It's just something that's kind of hard to work on when you're in the military, you know?[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Fledgling:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]Look, I'm all of twenty years old, I'm a college student, and I had a comfortable upbringing. I know enough to know that I don't have a lot of life experience and have been kind of sheltered from some of life's rougher parts. There's a lot that I'm still ignorant of and that's kind of why I want to get out there more.[/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]Great Judge of Character:[/b][/color] [color=00BB77][i]I'm a great judge of people and have a canny intuition as to who I place my trust in. I would never follow someone who didn't share my strong moral principles and have a clear conscience. I can just get a sense if someone is trustworthy or not pretty soon after meeting them, and this sense never lets me down! Wait, why is this in the flaws column?![/i][/color]

[color=D6FFFF][b]NOTES:[/b][/color]
[color=00BB77][i]Whoops! I left my notes lying out! Don't read that - I need those notes for my biology midterm and for Miss Ramana's next televised appearance![/i][/color]
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[row][cell][color=D6FFFF][b][right]Character Name[/right][/b][/color][/cell] [cell][i][color=D6FFFF]Relationship[/color][/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][b][color=D6FFFF][right]Parker Howland[/right][/color][/b][/cell][cell][i][color=00BB77]That's my father. He's a great man and I really look up to him. He's kindhearted, intelligent, and moral, though he can be a bit stubborn and old-fashioned sometimes. Still, if I'm half as respected as he is some day, I'll be doing really well.[/color][/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][b][color=D6FFFF][right]Lott Ramana[/right][/color][/b][/cell][cell][i][color=00BB77]Oh! That's my boss, Miss Ramana. She's a really important official in Mayor Gatch's personal staff, and I'm interning under her to gain some experience. She seems like a really competent and cool professional, and given the stakes of her work, I constantly worry that I'm underqualified to support someone so critical. I'm doing my best to help her do her best.[/color][/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][b][color=D6FFFF][right]Amelia "Glory" Batalia[/right][/color][/b][/cell][cell][i][color=00BB77]Oh, she's a security officer who confiscated my boss's phone that night of the bombing. That's kind of a weird way to meet someone. But she seems pretty down-to-earth, and pretty understanding, and pretty, um, well, I mean, pretty, ... N-nevermind.[/color][/i][/cell][/row]
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