Name: Thomas Akelsen

Callsign/Nickname: Snowflake

Aleksi got the nickname "Snowflake" during his highschool years due to his love for weird, obscure psychedelic music.

Age: 21 years old

Species: Snow Leopard

Appearance:

Bio:
Background: Thomas was born as the only son of Gudmund Akelsen, CEO of the countries largest law firm Akelsen & CO. Comming from a family of lawyers Aleksi's father raised his son with strickt discipline and the message that one day he would take over the famility firm. High grades at school where expected of the young man and Thomas was forced to spend long hours studying in order to earn a spot on the prestigious univeristy of Talloria. Not once the young snow leopard was asked what he wanted. After finishing his first year of law school with excellent grades, Thomas dropped out of university and decided to follow his hearth and signed up with DefCom.

Personality: Thomas is a friendly and highly intelligent young man. For most of his live Thomas was dominated by his father who dicided singlehandedly what the young snow leopard's future would be. However during the fist year of university Thomas decided that it was time to stand up to his father and follow his own path. This has made his relationship with his parents rather complicated. For Thomas it remains a subject he prefers not to talk about.

However there are some traits that the young man got from the strict upbringing. Thomas has a strong drive to succeed in his military carreer and has the discipline to see it through. He wants to show his father that he can succeed on his own. But success is not the same to the snow leopard as blindly following orders. For 18 years he did not speak up his mind but now Thomas is leading a different, new life. A life where he can make his own choices and face the challenges on this new path.

Hobbies and interests: Thomas loves music. He does have a perculiar taste for mostly old, obscure psychedelic rock from many decades ago. Many of his favorite artists and bands ceased to exist prior to his birth. The snow leopard can often been seen walking around with headphones on enjoying the soundscapes of long forgotten times, spacing out in the distance. Sometimes when the occasion is right, Thomas grabs his own accoustic guitar to play and sing a few songs himself.

Another remarkable hobby of the young snow Leopard is his interest in science-fiction. From movies to books, from games to comics. Thomas simply digest the genre on a remarkable pace. Prior to joining DefCom, the young man would search the net for hours looking for long lost gems and new releases. His PADD is filled with more movies, series books and comics Thomas could hope to ever consume now that he's employed with the 4th SOCT.

Service Record: Thomas started basic training at the age of 19. After finishing the 6 months basic training course with good grades, the new recruit was selected to participate in the V-GEAR program. After another 1,5 years of intensive training, many hours of simulation and real-life V-GEAR piloting, the instructors deemed the young man ready for deployment. Thomas got recently assigned to the 4th SOCT "Black Knights" squadron.

V-GEAR assignment: VG-0 model A

V-GEAR Distinguishing features: Thomas wears a pitch black flight helmet. From the left a single beam of white light hits a prisma on top of the helmet. From the prisma, the beam of light is fractured into six colors that end on the other side.

Personal Theme: Pink Floyd - Learning to fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mKDvp7MavQ