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Name: Scott 'Heartbreak' Valentine

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

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Personality:
Cocky, but professional, Scott is the quintessential fighter pilot. He walks the walk and talks the talk. He is confident and self-assured in his skills, but when the sticky stuff hits the fan, the swagger and breezy humour disappear and he becomes all business. He has steel behind the smile, and it shows in his eyes.
His knack of dealing with people and being able to put down the law when needed has given him a good rep - despite some incidents in his career and personal life where things have gotten a little over the line - mainly because he is willing to stick his neck out for other people, especially those under his command, or who are being harassed or hounded by others.
He does his best to be likable and build camaraderie and a good relationship with people around him, and tries to see the best of others, regardless of their outlook on him. Generally thinks the best of people, and gives them the benefit of the doubt - but can be vicious and unrelenting when his trust is betrayed, or he sees others abusing their power, privilege, or ability to hurt those with none of their own.

Personal History:
Served during the wars prior to the Cataclysm as a USMC pilot. He has been an AV-8B Harrier II pilot throughout his career. As such, the majority of his action has been in support of Marine ground operations, consisting of close air support strikes, interdiction strikes, reconnaissance, tactical strikes of enemy assets or positions, and attacks on hostile surface targets, as well as escort of allied helicopters.
Military service was a case of striking out to find his own way and independence, in an effort to get away from a boring and quiet childhood and home town. Left behind a younger sister - by a couple of years - whom he cares for greatly. She also left home behind, but to pursue a career as a medical aid worker and doctor. His parents died in the cataclysm, something he regrets greatly, despite knowing he could not have really helped them.
Scott's career has been especially varied. As mentioned, flying the Harrier II has put him in harm's way for a variety of operations, especially during the cataclysm and he has seen combat of many and varied kinds, including air-to-air combat against hostile forces. He has scored victories in these engagements, notable for a Harrier pilot, and something not often seen since the British and the Falklands War.
As a result of his career and record, he was noted for promotion to squadron leader. With the creation of the unified forces structure, he was instead reassigned as the leader of the new Shadow Flight, due to his experiences fighting around the world against Elysium's earliest attacks.

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  • AdTech aircrew armour/survival vest
  • AdTech aircrew helmet
  • H&K USP Compact .45 handgun
  • M14 DMR Rifle
  • Gerber ASEK LMF II Combat/survival knife.
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Riley 'Northstar' Asher


Age
29

Gender
Female

Nationality
Canadian

Personality
Riley is a proud woman. She maintains a level of professionalism around others that might make her rather intimidating. She loves flying, and finds that she can relax when in the cockpit. Riley doesn't like slackers or complacent workers. While she too understands the value of rest and relaxation, she is all business when at work. Riley is the type to not miss a detail when receiving orders. She doesn't care for competition among her peers, and chooses to show her skills through her performance.

Personal History
Growing up, Riley always wanted to fly planes. However, her vision had always stopped her from being able to get into the cockpit of a fighter. She was always bullied in her younger years for being 'four-eyed' and 'blind'. She wasn't that blind, but her parents always insisted she wear glasses, thinking that there was just too much risk with contact lenses. Being picked on made Riley want to get back at her bullies. She learned how to defend herself with some entry level Taekwondo classes, which helped boost her confidence, and earned her some respect after winning a local tournament.

When she was seventeen, her parents allowed her to join the Canadian Armed Forces. Riley's first choice for a position was, naturally, being a pilot. Of course, Riley's vision had decided the outcome, and she soon found herself going to basic training as a non-commissioned member bound for the army. Riley was sent to the Armoured Corps, where she would eventually become an armoured reconnaissance trooper. Riley proved to be quite good at her job, and she was content with that. Still, her desire to fly burned inside of her. She was given a small bone when she was trained to operate aerial reconnaissance drones for her squadron, which satisfied her for the time being. Riley stuck around as a member of the armoured corps for ten years, and had made the rank of sergeant by the time she was able to afford some laser eye surgery to correct her vision. During her time in the armoured corps, Riley had been deployed to fight in the second Korean war, where she managed to halt a company's advance with artillery from her well concealed observation post. The mission was expected to break out into combat, and the codeword for that moment was 'Northstar'. Riley was the one who declared Northstar, and from her well concealed observation post, was able to call down accurate artillery fire and CAS strikes on an advancing enemy company. By the end of the operation, Riley and her dismounted patrol was responsible for bringing the enemy to a grinding halt at a river crossing, which allowed time for allied forces to mass enough forces to capture the river, and push further into enemy territory. Riley was first scolded for being the one to declare Northstar, as usually such things are declared after a decision in the higher ranks was made. But after seeing the result of her decision, she was let off. The members of her squadron started calling her Northstar, mainly as a way to stick it to the chain of command.

After her deployment, Riley was able to get laser eye surgery. With her eyes fixed, Riley put in for an officer's transfer to become a fighter pilot. The process was long, but eventually she was approved. Riley was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and shipped off for additional training. Thankfully at that point in her career, a lot of the subject matter new officers had been trained in was stuff she knew already, so the transition was quite easy. Once Riley finished her flight school training, she was made a lieutenant, and assigned to a fighter squadron bound for the Korean war. She found herself back on the Korean peninsula, but this time she was looking down at the fighting instead of being in it. Riley's passion was still so strong even after a decade of being in the army, and it seemed that her passion came with a natural talent for flying. Within a month of being deployed to Korea for her second time, Riley managed to achieve ace status, since her flight was constantly sortieing out as a QRF to areas where enemy air power was seen crossing into allied airspace. By the end of her deployment, Riley made the rank of Captain, and she had shot down twelve North Korean MiG-29's, and three Chinese J-10's.

The war was cut short when the asteroid hit. Canada pulled its forces from the Korean peninsula to ensure the safety of its own borders, which were now in shambles after the cataclysm. While her squadron remained in Canada in the months after the impact, Riley found herself being assigned to a new multi-national squadron, more specifically, its elite flight of renowned aces. Canada wasn't able to provide her a plane of its own, as the country's fleet was always quite small. But they did have a handful of captured MiG-29's from the Korean war. She was always impressed by the engineering in Russian aircraft, so she gladly accepted one of the MiGs. As a token of appreciation, her flight crew had retrofitted the North Korean MiG with more modernized parts, bringing its performance to peak levels, limited only by the aircraft's capabilities.

Aircraft
MiG-29 Fulcrum

Personal Weapons & Equipment
AdTech aircrew armour/survival vest
AdTech aircrew helmet
Sig-Sauer P320
H&K MP7
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