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Agent_Puncake
Guest
Name: Callahan "Cal" Ryker
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Species: Human
World and Universe they are from: Risk of Rain
Appearance: Callahan stands at just under six feet, lanky and not very muscular. In fact, his body would be completely unfit for battle, if not because his suit acts as his powered limbs. He's got medium-length black hair, carefully brushed and groomed, blue eyes that seem to sink a bit into his skull, and a nose that might be a tad bit too big. When not dressed for battle, his preferred clothes are an XXL t-shirt and a pair of shorts, or a comfortable t-shirt, jacket and jeans if he needed to go outside.
Personality: Cal is a very cautious and self-centered man, often putting himself first and everyone else second. To be honest, he's kind of an asshole to people he doesn't really know, even if said person was the one offering him money in exchange for his services; in fact, he's just not very good with people in general. Money, curios, advanced technology, new species or types of minerals and elements are all fair game when it comes to compensation and payment, as that's what interests him.
History/Bio:
Callahan grew up in a family of artists: his father was an esteemed fiction author while his mother was an artist in the more traditional sense. However, a life filled with high culture and art and literature didn't appeal to him one bit: he thought it was annoying to have to deal with all these people, in such a "fake" way. He enlisted in the army soon after his graduation from high school, and put himself through a military college; after that, a proper academy.
When he was discharged from the military, he was 29. He used all of his own money as well as some money that his parents were willing to give him to purchase his own gear and joined a group who claimed to be a travelling PMC group. However, soon after that, it became apparent that it was not a legitimate operation, and rather a front for a system-wide illegal crime ring. He took a few weeks and formulated a plan to expose them to the relevant authorities; however, the leader and his right-hand man were able to escape.
Realizing that this organized criminal syndicate (or whatever it was, but it was huge) will probably come after himself, Callahan was forced to cut contact with his family and the few friends he had, while arranging to have multiple transports out of the system. However, he only boarded one of them, which took him to a relatively small colony, in which he tentatively settled and offered his services as a security contractor. One of the false transports was the Contact Light, which would later go off-course by hundred of thousands of light years and crash-land on an unknown planet off the charts.
A few years later, he discovered that he had ALS. To combat this, he used a large sum of money to attempt to purchase and develop medicine to counter the condition, ultimately settling on an exoskeleton in the event that the condition becomes debilitating. Then, he discovered the NODE during one of his jobs, and spent quite a bit of money in order to buy it, not to mention the weeks following that when he tinkered with both the exo and the system, trying to attach the NODE to the exoskeleton in order to save space and make it more customized and easier to use. It worked in the end, and he began to use it on his contracts, getting to know the hybrid system inside and out.
Powers: Limited magical aptitude
Power limitations: Very limited, and seems to be linked to his body condition somehow, as his magical capabilities have been gradually declining along with his body.
Skills:
Paratech/Magic Manipulation: SS
CQB w/ Firearm: S
Unarmed CQB: S
Cooking: A
Social: C
Weapon(s)/ Equipment:
NODE Paratech System: A comprehensive paratechnology system that assists its users in various ways. The system runs on a "black box" process, which means the core components are either not or very poorly understood, but essentially harnesses the user's magical capabilities as well as their own biological functions, coupled with the system's own black box tech, and converts both inputs into high-powered outputs in the form of more or less functional magic. For example, fireballs, bolts of energy, hard light walls/shields, flight, etc.
Odin-class Exoskeleton MkVII: a retired military exoskeleton model (which was built upon a civilian model itself) that Cal was able to modify to output more power. It also has the option to receive neural signals directly from the user's brain as an alternate operating method.
Pistol: a traditional kinetic projectile sidearm, powerful and reliable.
Combat Knife: a traditional combat knife without anything fancy. Still sharp.
Strengths: Cal is a resolute man, and seldom gives up on his goal once they are set. He is best motivated by money, although he can take any other form of payment, as long as they benefit him.
Weakness/Fears: Has Thalassophobia. Without his performance-enhancing exoskeleton-paratech system combo, he only possesses about a half of a normal human being's strength, in addition to his developing ALS.
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Species: Human
World and Universe they are from: Risk of Rain
Appearance: Callahan stands at just under six feet, lanky and not very muscular. In fact, his body would be completely unfit for battle, if not because his suit acts as his powered limbs. He's got medium-length black hair, carefully brushed and groomed, blue eyes that seem to sink a bit into his skull, and a nose that might be a tad bit too big. When not dressed for battle, his preferred clothes are an XXL t-shirt and a pair of shorts, or a comfortable t-shirt, jacket and jeans if he needed to go outside.
Personality: Cal is a very cautious and self-centered man, often putting himself first and everyone else second. To be honest, he's kind of an asshole to people he doesn't really know, even if said person was the one offering him money in exchange for his services; in fact, he's just not very good with people in general. Money, curios, advanced technology, new species or types of minerals and elements are all fair game when it comes to compensation and payment, as that's what interests him.
History/Bio:
Callahan grew up in a family of artists: his father was an esteemed fiction author while his mother was an artist in the more traditional sense. However, a life filled with high culture and art and literature didn't appeal to him one bit: he thought it was annoying to have to deal with all these people, in such a "fake" way. He enlisted in the army soon after his graduation from high school, and put himself through a military college; after that, a proper academy.
When he was discharged from the military, he was 29. He used all of his own money as well as some money that his parents were willing to give him to purchase his own gear and joined a group who claimed to be a travelling PMC group. However, soon after that, it became apparent that it was not a legitimate operation, and rather a front for a system-wide illegal crime ring. He took a few weeks and formulated a plan to expose them to the relevant authorities; however, the leader and his right-hand man were able to escape.
Realizing that this organized criminal syndicate (or whatever it was, but it was huge) will probably come after himself, Callahan was forced to cut contact with his family and the few friends he had, while arranging to have multiple transports out of the system. However, he only boarded one of them, which took him to a relatively small colony, in which he tentatively settled and offered his services as a security contractor. One of the false transports was the Contact Light, which would later go off-course by hundred of thousands of light years and crash-land on an unknown planet off the charts.
A few years later, he discovered that he had ALS. To combat this, he used a large sum of money to attempt to purchase and develop medicine to counter the condition, ultimately settling on an exoskeleton in the event that the condition becomes debilitating. Then, he discovered the NODE during one of his jobs, and spent quite a bit of money in order to buy it, not to mention the weeks following that when he tinkered with both the exo and the system, trying to attach the NODE to the exoskeleton in order to save space and make it more customized and easier to use. It worked in the end, and he began to use it on his contracts, getting to know the hybrid system inside and out.
Powers: Limited magical aptitude
Power limitations: Very limited, and seems to be linked to his body condition somehow, as his magical capabilities have been gradually declining along with his body.
Skills:
Paratech/Magic Manipulation: SS
CQB w/ Firearm: S
Unarmed CQB: S
Cooking: A
Social: C
Weapon(s)/ Equipment:
NODE Paratech System: A comprehensive paratechnology system that assists its users in various ways. The system runs on a "black box" process, which means the core components are either not or very poorly understood, but essentially harnesses the user's magical capabilities as well as their own biological functions, coupled with the system's own black box tech, and converts both inputs into high-powered outputs in the form of more or less functional magic. For example, fireballs, bolts of energy, hard light walls/shields, flight, etc.
Odin-class Exoskeleton MkVII: a retired military exoskeleton model (which was built upon a civilian model itself) that Cal was able to modify to output more power. It also has the option to receive neural signals directly from the user's brain as an alternate operating method.
Pistol: a traditional kinetic projectile sidearm, powerful and reliable.
Combat Knife: a traditional combat knife without anything fancy. Still sharp.
Strengths: Cal is a resolute man, and seldom gives up on his goal once they are set. He is best motivated by money, although he can take any other form of payment, as long as they benefit him.
Weakness/Fears: Has Thalassophobia. Without his performance-enhancing exoskeleton-paratech system combo, he only possesses about a half of a normal human being's strength, in addition to his developing ALS.