Appearance:
Around average build, stands at 5'10 (6'0 in suit), caucasian, black hair, able to blend in just as any other citizen of Anthem, aside from when he does not have his medicine and has to use a cane for his leg.
Name: Lyle Kearns
Age: 30
Personality: To the point, objective, someone who does not allow unnecessary risk or error. He manages to put on a show as a friendly person in public, but when reality checks in Lyle can be a cold man. He rarely allows people to become close to him
Gender: Male
History: Lyle's parents worked on a project for Anthem's Defense Force to create suits that would enhance combat capabilities. Before they had developed a fully functional model, the project was cancelled due to the rise of biological robotic enhancements. His parents,against the idea of robotics, stole the research and continued working on the suit. Lyle learned a great deal about his parents project as a child and up through his teens. When he became of age, he left his parents and enlisted in the ADF. After completing basic training, he joined Anthem's SWAT, specializing in demolitions. Lyle nearly shattered his leg during a repelling exercise due to an equipment malfunction. Since he had his parent's ideology in him, he had refused to get a replacement leg, instead having regular surgery to get everything back in place. While recovering from surgery, Lyle learned he would not be able to walk regularly again, and was forced to leave the ADF.
So he returned back to his parent's to find a fully functional combat suit in need of testing. Lyle assisted his parents in running tests with the suit. When the results were crossed with regular Hightower robotic parts, the suit matched or surpassed in all categories. Hightower Robotics caught wind of this possible economic threat, and quietly made sure it was dealt with accordingly. Several days later, a mercenary team hit the lab while they were running a diagnostic check with Lyle in and the suit cradled. Lyle was unable to do anything as he watched his parents get killed. As soon as the men managed to uncradle him however, Lyle became operational again, quickly making waste of the mercenaries. He knew it was no longer safe there, and packed what of the research he could and moved to the Anthem docks to find a home and job. There Lyle quietly continued his parents research, swearing he would topple Hightower Robotics.
Occupation: Dock Manager
Faction: Terrorist
Other: The Exoskeleton Combat Suit (ECS), is designed with an internal rechargeable power source, constantly charging the suit when not in use. The suit is designed to create an ultimate soldier without meddling with the soldier's insides. It allows for the soldier to hit harder and faster than its opponent, equipped with a HUD to give the user a tactical advantage. As much fun as it may be, fighting unarmed is not reasonable, so Lyle prefers to use a light machine gun he found on the black market.
Outside of the suit, Lyle is not able to do a whole lot physically. He takes medicine four times a day to be able to walk around with a minor limp, but without it he can't support himself at all on his left leg. He keeps a standard issue ADF pistol in his car.