Player Name: The Survivor
Character Name: Chief Engineer Kazuhiro 'Kaz' Okasaki (Master Chief Petty Officer)
Character Age: 43
Character Gender: Male
Appearance: 
Kaz stands at 5 foot 11, with buzzed black hair, as required of military personnel. His physique is thin and lean, with some muscle. He wears a golden wedding band, simple but beautiful. His eyes are light brown, with flecks of gold. He often wears the standard ark engineer's uniform during work hours, the only sign that he's in charge is the Chief Petty Officer insignia on his military cap. The standard ark engineer uniform is traditional black, with tool pouches and technological devices on their person. The patch on his left shoulder is the United Earth Council Emblem. Below that is the Engineering Patch, a Cog With Wings. Nagasaki Conglomerate Patch on his right shoulder and a ribbon saying 'Vitae' below that.
Profession: Head of the engineering division, runs and maintains the members and functions of the division.
Nationality: Nagasaki Conglomerate
Strengths: Incredibly Intelligent, Charismatic, Empathetic, Natural and Experienced Leader.
Weaknesses: Alcoholic, Healthy disrespect for Higher Authority, Pacifist (Conscientious Objector), Low Self-Esteem.
Personal Effects: Music Player and songs, A few photo albums of family, personal devices scientific devices, two bookshelves jam packed with books.
Bio: Kazuhiro 'Kaz' Okasaki was born in Niigata, Nakasaki Conglomerate on June 1st, 2173. Kaz's father was a weapons scientist and his mother died a month after giving birth to him, leaving his father to raise Kaz and his sister, Asuna, who was 3 years older than him. From an early age, Kaz showed his father's brilliance for technological things. In elementary and high school, Kaz attended everything to do with mechanics and electronics. He managed to get a scholarship to The Tokyo Institute of Technology, his first 5 years totally paid for. His sister delved into the arts, attempting to maker her way as a painter and writer. While having limited success, she was making progress and Kaz supported her the entire time.
Meanwhile, Kaz's father argued with the government officials of the conglomerate as they ordered him to make big and badder weapons. Kaz's father's rebellious attitude did not sit well with the higher ups and they decided to do something about it. In 2193, Kaz was attacked and nearly beaten to death, barely surviving. This encouraged Kaz's father to follow orders, just as the conglomerate planned. The experience was life-changing to Kaz, who thought he had just been the victim of a completely random act of violence, he vowed to never hurt another human being. Kaz graduated from the Institute in 2199 with a PhD in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Four months later, Kaz was working for the conglomerate at a plant dedicated to researching advanced power sources and technologies. That same month, he met his wife, Orie. They started dating and finally got married in January of 2200. It was around this time that Kaz was alerted to the blackmail his father was suffering by the conglomerate, a trusted friend in the security industry finding out and telling Kaz.
Doing some more digging, Kaz found that the men that nearly killed him back in '93 were agents of the conglomerate, a message to his genius father that he had to keep working. Infuriated by the new information, Kaz nonetheless kept silent, knowing that if he dug any further that both he and his father could end up dead. In March of 2202, Kaz's son was born, Akio Okasaki. Akio's birth opened his eyes to the danger he was putting his family in by continuing to work for the government. He quit and joined an international energy project, with legal protection from all world governments. In 2205, Orie fell ill with a painful and unidentifiable disease. Kaz took her to the best doctors in the world, but none could figure out what was happening to her. Struck with grief and stress, Kaz often found solace in a bottle of wine and often retreated to it after a long day. Being recently promoted to head of engineering operations in the organization he worked in, he was often bombarded with orders for an organization he was beginning to hate.
In 2206, he was included in a roster of people to leave earth in the face of the devastator invasion. Unaware of his rising alcoholism, Kaz and his family were admitted as ideal candidates.Knowing that his family could be saved, Kaz worked tirelessly to prepare his family for the arks. But two years before the completion, he was informed that Orie's failing health made her ineligible to attend. This news only increased his alcohol consumption as he tried to figure how to tell his wife she would die a violent death. How to tell his son his mother couldn't come. How to deal with the fact that his father and sister would die here as well.
Months before the arks launched, he broke the news to Orie, who had drifted apart from him as he descened into alcoholism and grief. It infuriated him that she understood. it infuriated him that she was happy they would survive. It infuriated him that the love of his life just accepted her fate. He took his son, who was confused and angry, although he was 14 going on 15, he didn't understand what was happening. Kaz sadly drove away from his home for the last time, boarding the ship that would take him and Akio away from Earth forever.
Code Word: Pineapples
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