Personality: Somewhat hot-headed. Likes explosions and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty as long as it gets him a large paycheck at the end of the day. Despite his usual gruffness, he at least has enough morals not to shoot and kill random civilians, something even Marines aren't spared from. He is known to be rather positive at times, often delivering quips in the heat of battle. However, he is also quick to become stern and serious when the situation gets awry. Other than this, he is also painfully sarcastic at times.
History: Like most modern mercenaries, Lance was a former Marine who served for four years before leaving. He fought in several conflicts over the years, most notably the Colonial Uprising, a war fought between the United Earth Government and the Sovereign Colonies, human colony worlds that did not want to be part of the UEG. The war had been dragging on for almost two centuries as of 2841, and it didn't look like it was going to end any time soon.
With the war waging on, millions of Marines were deployed to battlefields each day, and Lance was one of those sent to fight. The heaviest fighting normally took place on the colonies further away from Earth, with the rebels controlling much of the territory. The UEG's military, the United Earth Government Naval Command, struggled to control the rebels. Lance saw some of the heaviest fighting and participated in numerous battles.
Eventually, he left the Marines and became a freelance mercenary, purchasing his own ship and armour with what money he had. There, he worked for whoever paid best. While he wasn't exactly very well-known, he was still prolific enough for weaker colonies constantly getting raided by pirates and rebels to hire him. He fulfilled contract after contract, earning himself a decent sum of money in the process.
He had just completed a contract and was heading to a nearby world for some R&R when his ship experienced a hyperdrive malfunction, forcing him to come back to realspace above an uncharted planet. With nowhere else to go, he decides to land on it to explore.
Weapons and Equipment:
ACAR-38: The standard issue assault rifle for every Marine, available for civilian purchase. It, like all other kinetic weapons of the UEGNC, uses a coil propulsion system to fire 8.41x63mm armour-piercing rounds at incredible speeds and range. It has a selective fire mode and can fire single shots, burst shots, and full auto. Comes with an undermounted compact grenade launcher.
Skills and Abilities: Lance is a trained soldier, being handy with his assault rifle and just about any other firearm. He is somewhat skilled in hand-to-hand combat, although he prefers to stay at range. He is a skilled technician and mechanic, quickly repairing any mechanical faults he finds, and be fairly personable and friendly enough.
Cutter: Cutter is Lance's A.I. assistant. He is a standard A.I. construct that takes the appearance of a man wearing a set of powered armour, minus the helmet. He is sarcastic and somewhat playful, and his holographic projection is grey.
Personality: Skye is mostly calm and reserved when interacting with people that she doesn't know at a very close level, to the point where she usually only speaks when she needs to. Even her friends aren't safe from her quiet composure. Sometimes she is happy enough to speak more than usual, and usually has sarcasm dripping from her words. When Skye openly starts to yell at you, or openly cries in front of you, you've most likely done something very wrong in her eyes; if Skye is annoyed, she'll most likely have some venom in her voice, but she won't actually yell.
History: It was at a young age when Skye Indigo was taught to shoot her arrows. Her own mother was a ranger, whilst her father had served in the military and had handled a bow before. Her mother told Skye that it was a way to relieve stress, and while that much was true, it was later revealed to Skye by her father when she was older that it was also a way to protect herself against the dangers that may come to harm her one day.
Skye's first experience with a 'danger' was at the age of fifteen, when she was out with her mother in a forest, looking for something to hunt. A deer had just been shot by Skye's mother, and the buck wasn't so happy. Skye was faced with shock as it speared her mother with his antlers, and was brought down by an arrow to the head. Skye ran for her father's aid, but by the time they returned the body was already cold.
Skye's father brought her up from there onwards, however it wasn't a good upbringing. Upset with his loss, Skye often saw her father leaving the house to go drinking. It started as him leaving the house to go slightly more often, before it soon became a daily activity for him. At nineteen, Skye left the home to live in the woods. She set up a tiny home that was more equivalent to a shack, but was arm.
After a year Skye began to visit her father again. He had sobered, but yet Skye remained living separate from him, living off the forest.
Weapons and Equipment:
Skills and Abilities: Skye is quite good with her bow, and she is an okay hand-to-hand fighter. She is okay at camouflaging herself, though she could improve these skills with a little more time.
The Renegade is Lance's ship. It is an upgraded Moray-class patrol vessel used by the UEGNC. After purchasing it, Lance has extensively upgraded and modified it, adding new areas and changing several unneeded rooms. It is equipped with a pair of 50mm autocannons, two .62 caliber rotary guns, one 75mm tank gun, and two GML-51 missile launchers.
