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Name: Cerrate Barton (admits this is an adopted name, but good luck getting his old name out of him)
Gender: Male
Birthday: Jan. 18, 1987 (27 years old in 2014)
Ethnicity: American
Citizenship: Fenspace Convention
Residence: Marsbase Sara
Bio: When the 'Wave hit, Cerrate had been out of high school for a year, focusing on obtaining a college degree in computer network engineering. When he realized that a whole society was (successfully!) being built in space with the help of Handwavium, he adopted a wait-and-see approach before he'd make a informed decision. When he finally moved to Fenspace, Operation Great Justice had officially ended combat operations, and he was working an entry-level job in a Wal-Mart to build up his cash reserves. Catching a plane to Australia, he left Earth, adopted his current name and made his way to Marsbase Sara, having chosen to join the Gearheads. Upon joining the Gearheads and finding work in a Mech repair facility, he began a personal project to build the XXXG-01H2 Gundam Heavyarms (Kai). The public version of the Whole Fenspace Catalog has been a great help to this endeavor. As of now, he has no biomods, but that could change.
If you find yourself on Marsbase Sara, perhaps you'll see his shock of red hair, his jumpsuit covered in grease.
Quirks:
That man is dead - will not even respond to his birth name. This is believed to have come about as a method of protecting his relatives (if any) from harrassment by US government officials for being related to a Fen. By the time he realized this would not be the case, sheer force of habit kept this quirk going.
Golden Wrench - Is a competent mechanic, particularly in 'Mech matters.
Make it more shooty - When asked for suggestions on improving any combat platform, his first response with invariably be "put more guns on it." This even applies to platforms in a support role. His project to build the Gundam Heavyarms therefore comes as no surprise to anyone who knows him.
Bad case of BO - Often has to be reminded to take a shower. Otherwise he'll forget for days (or even weeks)!

Ace Dreamer

Nice...

Can you think of something to add to this character that distinguishes him from other Gearheads? His interest in "more shooty" and Gundams is good, but I'd tend to look for a 'spark' of some sort, to make him stand out.

He's cut himself off from relatives, and presumably previous friends, so no 'hooks' there, but does he always wear Gundam-themed clothes, like a baseball cap, or t-shirt, or something?

How good a mechanical or electrical engineer is he, or does he just 'wing' this? Has he any skill as a gunsmith? Heavy engineering? Power systems? Is he good at mech RPGs?

Just a few thoughts...
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Quote:Ace Dreamer wrote:

Nice...
Can you think of something to add to this character that distinguishes him from other Gearheads? His interest in "more shooty" and Gundams is good, but I'd tend to look for a 'spark' of some sort, to make him stand out.
He's cut himself off from relatives, and presumably previous friends, so no 'hooks' there, but does he always wear Gundam-themed clothes, like a baseball cap, or t-shirt, or something?
How good a mechanical or electrical engineer is he, or does he just 'wing' this? Has he any skill as a gunsmith? Heavy engineering? Power systems? Is he good at mech RPGs?
Just a few thoughts...
Hmm. While he shows great promise in matters of building and maintaining 'Mechs, he's still learning the ins and outs of 'Mech engineering in the 'present day' (late 2014), and he's only just started building Heavyarms at this time (maybe limited to doodling up the cockpit design for now?). He also tends to wear a blue t-shirt with the Earth Federation uniform graphic printed on it. Also, his Heavyarms project is imitating the TV version. Really, the only reason he chose not to copy the OVA version of Heavyarms is because it would be defenseless when the ammo runs out. However, he doesn't expect to have a finished product until 2020 or later.
As for something else, perhaps he'll eventually get a cybernetic implant that will let him pull of amazing acrobatic feats in Heavyarms (like Trowa did in the show on occasion)?
Terrace Wrote:Make it more shooty - When asked for suggestions on improving any combat platform, his first response with invariably be "put more guns on it." This even applies to platforms in a support role. His project to build the Gundam Heavyarms therefore comes as no surprise to anyone who knows him.
Hot damn, a guy after my own heart!  Wink
blackaeronaut Wrote:
Terrace Wrote:Make it more shooty - When asked for suggestions on improving any combat platform, his first response with invariably be "put more guns on it." This even applies to platforms in a support role. His project to build the Gundam Heavyarms therefore comes as no surprise to anyone who knows him.
Hot damn, a guy after my own heart!  Wink
But Ben's already married... Give Kohran a chance to get a boyfriend, will ya?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
My only real limits for him, if you want to use him in your stories, is that he does finish Heavyarms by 2020, and has still not gotten a biomod by that time. He might have minor cybernetic enhancements, though.
robkelk Wrote:
blackaeronaut Wrote:
Terrace Wrote:Make it more shooty - When asked for suggestions on improving any combat platform, his first response with invariably be "put more guns on it." This even applies to platforms in a support role. His project to build the Gundam Heavyarms therefore comes as no surprise to anyone who knows him.
Hot damn, a guy after my own heart!  Wink
But Ben's already married... Give Kohran a chance to get a boyfriend, will ya?
Oh, of course of course!  But can you imagine what the dinner parties would be like with Ben, Gina, Li Kohran, and Cerrate all present?  The only relatively sane one in that group would be Gina, and by the time they're having dinner parties together she's probably long since learned to let go and enjoy the show.  Wink
Eh, I wouldn't mind him becoming some AI girl's normally offscreen boyfriend, so long as that's not all that he's about.
Edit: I'll also be open to him being used for any scenes taking place on Marsbase Sara post-Operation Great Justice, if you feel the need for it.