[OOC] Halo: Acceptable Losses

[Fisticuffs]

Halo: Acceptable Losses

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The year is 2526 AD...

...and the UNSC is scrambling to figure out how one fights a losing war. Our enemies, The Covenant, are an alien conglomerate society hellbent on exterminiating Humanity in a holy war. First contact was made more than a year ago. Since then, the Covenant have been busy. They've compltely destroyed four planets; Harvest, Bliss, Circinius IV, and Biko. Humanity is outgunned, outnumbered, and still divided. Old wounds from the many Outer Colony insurrections, anger over the "reorganization" of the Colonial Military Administration, and the continued actions of the United Rebel Front keep tensions high, even as aliens reduce the surface of colonies to glass.

For the past year, Humanity has been on the defensive, suffering constant losses. Now, Admiral Preston J. Cole leads humanity's first offensive. He intends to retake Harvest. Though a ruined planet, unsuitable for sustained human life, taking it would be a massive morale boost. ONI specialists figure that Harvest will be back in human hands within the year but the good Admiral isn't so sure.

But the Battle for Harvest is far from the only battle on Humanity's plate. We've got a whole host of UEG Colonies just ripe for Covenant Cleansing. This is like no war we've ever fought. We need good leaders, good ships, and good soldiers if we're going to survive. If we want to win? Well, we'll need a miracle, and a few heroes. In 20 years, Humanity will probably remember those freak-shows in the power armor better than they'll remember us, but if Humanity even exists in 20 years, that'll be all the legacy we'll need.

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Halo: Acceptable Losses is an RP in which players will control UNSC Marines, instead of Spartans. Acceptable Losses takes place early in the Human-Covenant War, A full five years prior to the earliest game (Halo Wars). We're going to be focusing on the camaraderie that one finds on the battlefield and the thought of soldiers in a hopeless war. Player Character death will be a major part of this RP, and not in a "you made a mistake and now I'm killing off your character" sort of way. Instead, I'll be encouraging you to occasionally kill off characters. I intend for the RP to span the whole war, so there'll be 20+ years for that to happen. Characters will die, be promoted, desert, maybe even defect to the Rebels. The point is, I want to to have a changing cast. By the end, we may even be facing a Theseus's Ship sort of situation, with none of the OG characters remaining.

As of now, our characters are in the 17th Marine Regimental Combat Team, 53rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 9th Marine Expeditionary Force. We'll be only very loosely sticking to Halo canon. The Harvest Campaign that starts the RP is a real event in the Halo timeline, but moving forward future battles may be completely fictitious. We see but a fraction of the Halo Universe in-game, and it would be cool to expand on that. Knowledge of the Universe is not required. I'll be doing a bit of research to form a sort of "codex" in the OOC of the actual thread, and even then, strict adherence to canon and the rules of the universe if by no means required.

I'm looking for 8 people at the most. Marine Squads have 10-13 soldiers, but I want room for NPC's and extra player characters.

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Rules

• GM's word is law, as is the word of my Co-GM's. That being said, I'm pretty laid back. You may disagree with me, and I will take your concerns into consideration, but I will be making the final decision.
• Typical RP rules. Don't godmod, metagame, etc.
• Due to the very nature of this RP, there will be blood. Aliens will be blasted apart, humans will get run through with energy swords or stomped by Brutes, and characters will very likely use coarse language. That being said, do be over 18 if you intend to join.
• Both men and women, of all manner of sexualities, serve in the UNSC. This RP will be spanning over the course of at least 26 years. I expect, at some point, that love and sex will come up. Keep it tasteful and abide by Guild Rules and we should be fine.
• Contribute to the story. You should be interacting with your fellow RP members, and your character(s) should be interacting with other characters. Throw ideas out there! Plot!
• We will have a posting order. The posting order is not to be broken unless I or a Co-GM allow it. If you need some time, let us know, and we'll let someone else go ahead. If someone is taking awhile, we'll go ahead and skip them, anyway. If someone is taking a while and is holding up proceedings, I will warn them, and if the warning is not heeded, I will kill their character. Character death, even in this case, is not the end of one's involvement in the RP, unless they want it to be.
• Finally and most importantly; Wheaton's Law. Don't be a dick. Of all the rules you might break, this is the one I will come down most harshly on. Respect your peers.

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Codex

Special thanks to @CaptainBritton for this!

WIP

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The Story So Far

The date is March 3rd, 2526. Whiskey Squad is aboard the UNSC Eternity Abroad, a Pheonix-class Colony Ship repurposed into a Battle Carrier. In a few short hours, they will board a Pelican Dropship and take part in one of the first ground battles of The Harvest Campaign.

The Harvest Campaign Arc

Information will be added here as events occur IC.

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Also, we have a Discord!

[Fisticuffs]

@CaptainBritton
@datadogie
@Driving Park
@GrimmReconz
@NarayanK
@Caliban22
@FrostedCaramel

[datadogie]

Wooo, it's actually here! The hype is (still) real!

[Eventua]

Room for an app? Not such a fan of the games themselves, but HALOs universe always seems pretty interesting

[caliban22]

Still in.

[datadogie]

Emily Fox

Name: Emily Fox

Age: 19 (Specifically 19 years, 7 months)

Gender: Female

Homeworld: Arcadia

Rank: Private First Class

Role: Marksman

Experience: Emily entered the UNSC at the age of eighteen, making her current service one year. Before the UNSC, she fought insurrectionists once in an attack on one of her father's company buildings with an M6A kept under the counter, barely holding them off until security forces could arrive and taking a scratch from a bullet that whizzed just close enough to skim the skin. During her service, she was included in raids against insurrectionist camps, including one in which she managed to pot-shot a pistol out of an insurrectionist commander's hand before he killed himself, allowing him to be captured alive, albeit missing a finger or two (which was one of the main influences toward her Private First Class promotion). Against the Covenant, she has fought fewer times than the insurrectionists, yet she was included in one major operation as well as a several force-on-force engagements.

Bio: Emily Fox was born into the medium-high society of Arcadia as the youngest of three. Her father owned Flying Fox, a company involved in making civilian aircraft, and her the rest of the family worked in that same company. For Emily, there were no weekends; throughout an Arcadia week, she would be at school, and in the weekends she would work for the company. More often than not she'd go clay pigeon shooting, or real pigeon shooting, with rich individuals, or she would attend parties with alcohol she wouldn't be allowed to have but would consume anyway.

Emily didn't like that life, but she didn't know what to do with her life until the age of sixteen, when insurrectionists chose her father's company as it's target of the day. Emily was at the reception of one of the engineering buildings at the time that a cell of insurrectionists came rolling in. The alarm was hit and an M6A was tugged out from under the counter, the barrage of shots being what was needed to hold the insurrectionists at bay; they wouldn't enter the building as the young woman inside fired shots out at them, and took a very close shot to the shoulder which tapped the skin close enough to tear it before disappearing into the wall behind it's target. A few minutes of firing felt like a few hours, but that was all it was before the security forces arrived.

The attack influenced her to join the UNSC, even more so when the threat of the Covenant was shown to Humanity. She wanted to protect Humanity, to do something with her life that wasn't sitting behind a reception desk. She joined the UNSC, and by the end of her training was proclaimed a marksman; the clay pigeon shooting had in fact helped her out in that regard, rather than being a useless sport played by those on Arcadia. (Everything after this is basically covered in 'Experience')

Personality: Emily has a distaste of insurrectionists and Covenant alike, particularly to the insurrectionists as she does not see why they are fighting while the Covenant are destroying entire worlds; she feels that the UNSC-insurrectionist conflict should reach a ceasefire until the war is over. She also has a distaste toward armchair admirals, those who sit back and order their soldiers around without being in the frontline. She follows orders, but that doesn't mean she has to like them.

Emily is slightly bitchy; when she feels that she can get away with it, has reason behind it or is just in a bad mood, she'll complain. This doesn't mean she is bad, however. She feels great trust toward her friends and her brothers and sisters in arms, and will support them when they need it. She isn't the type to throw herself in front of a bullet, let alone a bolt of plasma, but she'll hold their hand and pat them on the back. Unless the person is from ONI, she is friendly toward them. She isn't a fan of how they operate, however she can't question their efficiency.

Appearance

5'6 : 124 lbs

Gear:
M392 Designated Marksman Rifle
M6G Personal Defense Weapons System
Standard-Issue Combat Knife
UNSC Battle Dress Uniform
Ammunition for the weapons.

Relationships

Oh, was there supposed to be something here? ;3

Holly Romanov

Name: Holly Romanov

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Homeworld: Reach, New Alexandria

Rank: Private

Role: Rifleman/Grenadier

Experience: Holly has been in the UNSC for eight months, included in many attacks on insurrectionist bases as well as two engagements with the Covenant. She has been injured once in the past during a friendly-fire incident, a shot to her left arm, however she reached a full recovery quickly.

Bio: Holly grew up in New Alexandria, on Reach, under a life of threat by the insurrectionists. It was due to her parents' business making equipment for the UNSC. Despite this, she lived happily, becoming one of the most popular girls at school due to her looks and cheerfulness. When she reached the age of nine, her brother Victor joined the UNSC, and every time she got a chance she would send messages to him. Her brother joining the UNSC influenced her, and whenever she was asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" She would answer, "I want to be a marine."

Her parents were not happy with this, and did everything they could to move their little girl away from the idea of signing her name on the dotted line. Eventually, Holly started to fake that she wasn't, starting to agree with her parents that she wouldn't. It was all a lie, for when she legally could, she told her parents she was going for a walk and indeed she did - straight to the UNSC recruiting station. She told her parents about her decision only after it was too late to turn back. This was also the time she chose to tell her brother about it, so that he hadn't any time to sway her mind. Holly was determined, and so after graduating from boot camp as a grenadier began her career as a marine.

Personality: Holly is an innocent and cheerful spirit. She joined the UNSC to follow her brother's footsteps, and in her opinion, who doesn't want to a hero? Holly tries to keep up a positive attitude and often jokes around, albeit the jokes happen less in the middle of a firefight. It is rare that she's serious and common that she's giggling about something to herself. She cares a lot for her friends, and strives to be the ultimate supporter of them when they need it.

Appearance

5'5 : 121 lbs

Gear:
MA5B Individual Combat Weapons System
M6G Personal Defense Weapons System
M319 Individual Grenade Launcher
Standard-Issue Combat Knife
UNSC Battle Dress Uniform
Ammunition for the weapons.

Relationships

Victor Romanov : Brother
"Why the long face, big bro? Are you compensating for something?"

[Cassowarysaur]

Woah, this RP seems great. I've always wanted to do a Halo RP, especially one like this. Didn't see the interest check, so hopefully I can get in to this one!

[Fisticuffs]

On the "relationships section"...

If you'd like, you can fill it out after more sheets come in. It's just for pre existing friendships and shit.

On a related note, if anyone was planning on playing a Former CMA character, let me know. Our characters probably knew each other.

[Skinner35]

Is there room for a newbie?

[ReusableSword]

this looks fun

[Fisticuffs]

Alright. As of 10:11 PM Central Standard time, I'm closing the thread. Anyone who has expressed interest so far, either on the thread or on the interest check, may make a sheet. From here on out, spots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. I was going to operate on 8, including myself, but we'll make it 8 plus me. Datadogie, Driving Park, and NarayanK have filled three spots. CaptainBritton and FrostedCaramel have proved active in the discord, so that's 2 more filled. Three spots left, guys. Go wild. Sorry, if you end up getting screwed by the timezones or something. That's just the way it happened. Spots will probably open up, eventually.

-Fisticuffs

[caliban22]

(Oh yeah fore I forget. I'm in the middle of screwing around with friends so this is gonna be rough. I would fix but I don't really have the time to fix. What can I say GTA got me sorry)
Name: Adam Smith
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Jericho VII
Rank: Private
Role:corpsman (maybe)
Experience: Adam enlisted at the age of 18 with the UNSC marine corps. Since enlisting Adam has seen combat against the insurrectionists multiple times. Ranging from small hit and run attacks by the rebels to large scale urban suppression. In the line of duty Adam has suffered two injures, one from a young woman who stabbed him in his side and the second from a frag grenade.
Bio:Adam was born on Jericho VII to a retired major James Smith and his wife Dr Susan Smith. Adam is the eldest of four children with the second being his sister Alicia(17), his younger brother Thomas (16) and James (14).
Adam's parents ran a clinic for a tiny farming community, much of his youth consisted of him helping his parents in the clinic. Mainly due to his parents influence Adam spent a lot of his free time studying to become a doctor. While he was okay with becoming a doctor, the constant studying gave him very little time to make friends. Life would have ended rather boring for Adam, had his Uncle not gotten involved. During the fighting between the UNSC and insurrection, Adam's cousin Lewis was killed in action when his squad was ambushed. At Lewis's funeral Adam met many of his cousins squadmates. The first thing Adam noticed was a sense of brotherhood the Marines had. They spoke about the action they saw, the way Lewis always made the squad laugh. If nothing else that was Adam wanted. Not long after the funeral Adam enlisted, eventually training as a corpsman and seeing action with the rest of his unit.
Personality: On the battlefield Adam is a very serious individual, often coming across as rude. Adam will do his best to stabilize the wounded, no matter the danger he will run out to treat the wounded.
When not in combat Adam is an odd individual. He feels pride in being one of many who safe guard their families from the genocidal alien threat. He cares deeply for his squad, in his own weird little way.While he tries to be friendly with his squad some could see the stress of his duty weighs heavily on Adam. The only solace Adam has is the letters and video chats from his family. While he makes time to reread his letters Adam does enjoy a number of things to take his mind off the war.
Appearance:
Gear:medical gear plus whatever the GM thinks I need.
Relationships:N/A swigglediggle

[FrostedCaramel]

///Fetching Enlisted Service Record M35886-21M35-13257-AA/S...
///Record Found... Query 424...

Name:
Edwin Tai

Age:
28

Gender:
Male

Homeworld:
Mars, Olympus Highlands

Rank:
Corporal

Role:
Anti-Armor/Sapper

Experience:
Seven years as a UNSC Marine. Following his firing from the Reyes-McLees Martian Orbital Shipyards, with no other options left to him due to the circumstances of his firing Tai enlisted in the UNSC Marines at the age of twenty one in the year 2519. Tai went on to take part in Operation: TREBUCHET in the Eridanis System as a part of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Force, facing Insurrectionist forces over the course of the next four years before being reassigned to Reach following injuries sustained in combat.

Bio:
Born in a suburb of the Olympus Highlands; located on, around, and even under Olympus Mons; Edwin Tai was raised as an only child by his parents Melissa and Jeong Tai both of which were biology professors at a university located an hours travel from the Olympus Highlands. Although raised by two successful individuals, Edwin found himself mixed up in the wrong crowd by the end of of his highschool education. His parents, not very happy with his life choices and the fact his grades were not high enough to land him in any of the very competitive universities on Mars pulled a few strings with some of the professors they knew in the School of Engineering at their university and landed the then delinquent Tai a job working in orbit at the Reyes-McLees Martian Orbital Shipyards.

For the next three years Tai would work in orbit above Mars, the realization that he couldn't be the spoiled and delinquent child he had been in school hit him quickly as everyday he watched his home pass below him. Soon enough Tai found himself taking pride in his work, his a hands taking part in the construction of many of the great ships of the UNSC and CMA Naval forces. Apt with a welding torch, Tai was quickly placed in an apprenticeship position and expected to learn the trade within his first year. By the end of the year the Master welder that Tai had been shadowing decided that he was knowledgeable enough to work on simpler welds without supervision. Satisfied, the yard foreman would cut Tai loose on smaller welds and expect him to continue following Journeymen and Master welders whenever his welds were complete.

Following an unfortunate accident on a CMA vessel that resulted in the death of twelve CMA sailors when welds gave way to hard vacuum under a high-g maneuver, Tai and two Journeymen that had worked on that portion of the ship were let go in order for Reyes-McLees to hold onto the trust of the UNSC and CMA.

Out of a job, and his parents now unwilling to house him, Tai found himself outside of a UNSC Marine Corps recruiting depot and signing his life away by the end of the month. Following graduation from boot camp, Tai was assigned to the forces that were currently taking part in Operation TREBUCHET as a replacement for a recently injured Marine. Taking part in a handful of smaller operations against the Insurrectionist forces.

On Eridanus II on the 19th of March, 2523, a then fireteam leader Corporal Tai would find his Warthog mounted patrol of two fireteams ambushed in a small farming hamlet. Following an improvised explosive devices detonation beneath the lead Warthog to open the ambush, Corporal Tai and his fireteam would find themselves pinned by effective fire from two heavily entrenched machine gun positions at nearly one hundred fifty meters to their left. Leading a desperate diversionary assault with one other member of his fireteam, Corporal Tai and Private First Class Leads would draw the entrenched positions fires away from the two Warthogs long enough for the remaining fireteam members to retrieve the two pinned survivors from the Warthogs wreckage. Tai and Leads would go on to successfully destroy one of the two machine gun nests with a set of five bound together grenades before being pinned by the second machine gun.

Pinned by the now destroyed first machine gun nest, Tai and Leads would attempt to make their way back to their Warthog after laying smoke but would both be hit by the random fire coming through the smoke screen. Following what would turn out to be a forty minute long fire fight which culminated in the destruction of the second machine gun nest by a flight of UNSC Hornets, Tai and Leads would be CASEVAC'd by Pelican Gunship. Corporal Tai would be awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat "V" for his actions that day as well as a Purple Heart for his injuries while Private First Class Leads would be posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for outstanding heroism in the face of overwhelming odds and a Purple Heart for his ultimate sacrifice during the ambush.

Corporal Tai was sent to Reach to recover in the more capable medical facilities there where he would remain until the beginning of the Human-Covenant War. Following his full recuperation Tai was offered the chance to attend the Marine Sapper course, where he would learn how to effectively using many forms of explosives and weapons systems to breach buildings, deny areas, reclaim areas, and destroy enemy forces in battle. Following his successful graduation he was promoted to Sergeant, which would be taken away just six months later following a bar fight with a Second Lieutenant that resulted in a large amount of property damage.

Personality:
Tai can normally be found pouring over the latest in available data sets on Covenant weapons systems or reading some sort of technical specifications manual. He is known to be sarcastic at all times and tends to get right to the problem at hand when in combat. Outside of combat Tai is rather easy to approach, easy going and sociable, Tai has no problem putting a stop on what he is doing to be an ear for a younger Marine or Sailor and enjoys the company of others even while reading. Tai also a tendency to make distasteful jokes with great timing, much to the chagrin of his superiors.

Appearance

Gear:
MA5B ICWS
M6E Magnum
1x Thermite Grenade
1x Satchel Charge
M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon
UNSC Battle Dress Uniform
Multi-Tool
Standard Issue Combat Knife

Relationships:
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Awards and Accommodations:
01FEB2523 -- Good Conduct Medal
01JUN2523 -- Purple Heart for Injuries sustained in support of Operation: TREBUCHET on 19MAR2523
01JUN2523 -- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat "V" for Heroic Service while serving on Epsilon Eridanus on 19MAR2523
01JUN2523 -- Operation: TREBUCHET Participation Medal
01NOV2523 -- Sapper Designation earned after successful graduation from course located on Reach.
24MAY2524 -- Non-Judicial Punishment resulting in demotion from Sergeant to Corporal- Assaulting or Willfully Disobeying a Superior Officer

[Skinner35]

Name: Toby Skinner.
Age: 26.
Gender: Male.
Home world: Earth, Sol system.
Rank: Private First Class.
Role: Rifleman (Whiskey 2-4)
Experience: He's only ever seen the Covenant once. He almost never even fired a shot. Very inexperienced against the covenant.
Bio: Born, then soon orphaned, Toby grew up in a group home with other children. Being very mischievous and care free. Holding this childish role throughout his teens, he surprisingly joined the military. He trained himself in self control and they trained him in discipline. He worked extremely to build himself. He continued to work until he got a promotion to PFC.
Then he heard of the war, how badly we were losing. So, he signed up to be shipped out to help. He heard that they were sending reinforcements, he was a little too exited for it.
Personality: Joyful and easily intrigued. It's not hard for him to find an objective and strive to overcome it. But, at times, he can be carefree and idiotic. He does have a serious side that will show from time to time.
Appearance:


Gear:
Relationships: None.

[Raknarion]

My Hider

Name: Ralf Thann

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Homeworld: Arcadia

Rank: Private

Role: Rifleman, Ammunition Carrier.

Experience: This assignment to Harvest would be his first, as he comes straight out of the boot-camp. Other than that, he has had no experience with the Covenant besides frightening pictures on the News.

Bio: Ralf came into this world in the year 2504, on the planet of Arcadia. His parents both had jobs in factories, several jobs. Jobs was required to get food at the table. And soon after some years of being nurtured into having an early quit on his childhood, Ralf began working as well. With several jobs. In spite of their poverty-situasjon, Ralf took it with a smile. One could say that a child in that situation required an optimistic look for hope of the future to not end up as a criminal.

Having seen the countless posters of the UNSC wanting young able-bodied men like himself, an idea began to form in his head. He investigated further into what perks one might receive if joining the Corps. With the pay he’d receive from UNSC during his employment, Ralf would further to his family back on Arcadia. It’d certainly help them, they would even be able to quit most of their extra jobs. The day he became eligible adult, he signed up for the Corps, after enduring waves of protests from his mother and sisters. His father understood and approved.

The start of his life within the Corps began with a horrid change from his usual life of being a facility worker. Drills, miles-long marches and shrieking deep-voiced sergeants. But as most others, he got used to it. Hell, he even liked the routine. By the time Ralf graduated from the Boot-camp, he was molded into a fine marine. But he was greener than summer-green grass. Fortunately, that would change with his deployment onto Harvest.

Personality: Grumpy, depressing and such grim things can't be used when describing Ralf. He considers himself to be all around a good-guy, he helps folks if they're in need. He listens to problems and tries to solve it without violence. Could even say that he's rather gullible, Ralf trusts people too easy. Luckily for him, the enemies he'll be facing now are beyond approach of good intentions. Only a marine and a proper rifle is the sole means of approach to the Covenant.

Appearance:

Portrait:


Uniform:

[Fisticuffs]

NOTE: Do not post in the character tab. I'll be throwing all the sheets in one master post, for the sake of keeping it clean.

@FrostedCaramel Fantastic sheet, welcome to the crew. I'll throw him up when I get the chance.

@Raknarion Awesome. All I'm going to nitpick you on is a little discrepancy. He just came out of boot camp, but he's a Private First Class. To my knowledge, in the real USMC, completing training makes you a PFC (according to Wikipedia). However, in the Halo Universe, marines straight out of training are Privates and are later promoted to PFC (Accord to the Halo Wiki). If you could change either his experience or his rank, then you're all set.

@caliban22 There's nothing really wrong about your sheet, but I'm going to ask that you clean it up a bit. Just make it a little nicer looking, so it's not just a wall of text, and see if you can patch up a few of the grammatical errors that I caught. Other than that, there's the fact that you mention Adam's uncle, and then promptly go on to talking about his cousin, totally forgetting about the uncle. Essentially, it's an alright sheet, it just needs to be cleaned up a bit.

[CaptainBritton]

Roland

NAME: Roland Kertesz

AGE: 20

GENDER: Male

HOMEWORLD/HOME REGION: Reach (Highland Mountains, Ütközet Province, Viery Territory)

RANK: Private First Class (E-2)

ROLE: Rifleman

SERVICE NUMBER: 09361-45122-RK

EXPERIENCE: Enlisted in UNSCMC on 11/11/2524. Graduated BCT at Military Reservation 01478-B on 2/10/2525. Completed SOI and was assigned to first duty post with 1st Bn, 12th Marine Rgt. Awaiting transfer for Harvest counteroffensive.

BIOGRAPHY: Roland was born on 11/10/2506 in the Highland Mountains on Reach. Born to parents and, as a whole, a community of kiva-dwellers that were all woodcutters and miners. His childhood was mostly spent at the community primary school and hunting Moa. His interest was always fixated on the exploits of the UNSC and CMA against the likes of insurrectionists. His fascination continued well into his teenage years, and through speaking to veterans, local militia and UNSC forces, and a recruiter, was sworn in only a day after his 18th birthday.

He was shipped promptly to Military Reservation 01478-B only a couple hundred miles from his home. The base, nicknamed Painland, served as the base which he endured basic combat training (BCT), and the subsequent School of Infantry (SOI). His assignment yet again saw him stationed close by, with his first and only duty post so far being with the 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment. He has since received orders to prepare for a transfer for the Harvest counteroffensive.

PERSONALITY: Roland is best described as somewhere between introverted and extroverted. This is due to his ability to be reclusive yet the next day making small talk with every person he comes across. But he is best known for this small talk, and that he could talk for days on end if only someone cared to listen, to the delight of some but the scorn of most.

His own sense of humor is as one would expect. He of course enjoys cracking the occasional joke or mocking someone in jest, along with palpable sarcasm present when answering questions.

APPEARANCE:

5’10” height, 162 lbs weight

GEAR:

Kit

MA5B Individual Combat Weapons System (ICWS)
M6G Personal Defense Weapons System (PDWS)
UNSC-issue Personal Fighting Knife
UNSC Battle Dress Uniform
Many MA5B Magazines
Many M6G Magazines
Miscellaneous kit

RELATIONS:
WIP

[Fisticuffs]

@CaptainBritton Alright. Looks good. I'll put him up when I get the chance.

[ReusableSword]

Victor Romanov

/// Query: Request Access to View Document: Granted // Victor Romanov // SN: 25486-15S58K-15864 //

/// Query: Name: Victor Romanov //

/// Query: Age: 27 // November 25th //

/// Query: Gender: Male //

/// Query: Home world: Reach // New Alexandria //

/// Query: Rank: Sergeant //

/// Query: Squad Role: 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force // 9th Division // 503rd Regiment // 3rd Battalion // Baker Company // 1st Platoon // Combat Team Romeo // Whiskey Squad // Second in command //

/// Query: Military Involvement: 9 years in the UNSC // Romanov was assigned to the Epsilon Eridani Fleet and His squad was tasked to a medium-sized Patrol Cutter the “Green Macaw” assigned to search civilian ships for suspected smuggling of contraband or insurrectionists for 4 years. // Romanov then requested to be transferred to the 3rd marine expeditionary force where he has been for the last 5 years. // Has had minor missions dealing with Covenant forces, most missions are hit-and-run and involve retrieving tech and weapons from small covenant encampments. //

/// Query: Background: Victor grew up in the upper class of New Alexandria, his parents were prominent business people with high government connections and were more than occasionally threatened by insurrectionists. These things come with the territory when you make weapons and tanks for the UNSC. Victor didn’t spend too much time in the city for those reasons, his favorite place to go was his uncles. His uncle owned a farm in a remote place on the planet, Victor would spend days working with the animals and tending farm land, exploring the land around the farm while being careful not to get caught by the harsh storms or the large predators of the reach. Not something one would expect from a rich kid, yet he enjoyed the thrill of adventure.

When he turned 18 he joined the UNSC, his parents protested, but they were part of the reason he joined up in the first place. He made it through boot camp just fine but was a bit disappointed to find out he was being assigned to a patrol cutter with the Epsilon Eridani Fleet. He did have a sinking feeling his parents may have pulled some strings to keep him close to home. Still, he was never far from combat, his cutter was one of 5 in a squadron tasked to searching suspicious civilian transports for contraband. His squadron was occasionally supported by a destroyer and saw many fire fights on board the ships they were searching.

He learned quickly who to make friends with and who not to, not that he wouldn’t be friendly just some of them were more prone to being hurt or killed when on mission. This scrapping with the insurrectionists continued for some time even earning him and his squad the attention of some ONI personnel when they found rather interesting contraband or weapons, sometimes Intel. Honestly he didn’t mind working with ONI agents or “spooks” as some others marines described them. As long as you didn’t lie or ask too many questions they seemed to be an OK bunch to him.

This is more than likely a reason why more and more of their missions had something to do with ONI over time. Raiding vessels and ships sometimes even military ones all so their ONI handler that was tasked to them at times could do what he needed and then they would leave. His command seemed to understand whenever they would search a ship that wasn’t on the mission log. Romanov figured he was tasked with a handler because of his squad’s knack at finding Intel and contraband that seemed important.

Still, after 4 years of being ONI’s delivery boy while getting shot at by insurrectionists, he received a promotion to Sergeant after his was shot and badly wounded on one of their raids. For reasons he did not know his ONI handler seemed to stop contacting him, he figured they were busy with something else. After this, he put in a transfer request to an open position in the 3rd marine expeditionary force. His request was approved and was quickly moved into his new position finding himself doing similar raids but this time against Insurrectionist bunkers and safe houses. It didn’t take him long to get used to ground based raids and even found himself getting along better with these marines then his old squad.

However, everything changed when a new enemy emerged from the shadows. He remembers that day the first time he heard the word covenant used with such malice. He remembers the situation report and the sudden scrambling of military options, and he remembers the new missions. Raids on alien outposts and salvage ops to places destroyed by orbital bombardment all for the hopes of salvaging some tech.

These raids continued for a little while until he was transferred out of his squad to take command of fireteam sledgehammer. He knows something big is coming down from the top brass he’s not too sure what it is but whatever it is won’t be fun. So now on his off time he’s slowly been training himself more and more trying to get some tips from some ODST’s he comes across and more veteran fighters than himself. Still, he’s not sure what he is preparing himself for but whatever it is he does not believe he is ready for the coming storm. //

/// Query: Personality Traits: Victor could be described as the strong silent type when not on mission. He tends to keep to himself unless he likes you and even then comes off as awkward or blunt towards others. He’s not one to beat around the bush and tries to keep a cool calm demeanor on and off the battlefield. This makes him at times seem monotone and seldom shows emotion towards others, he’s protective of his friends and has lost friends in combat. He is not one to be impulsive or brash on the battlefield and tries his best to think things through. //

/// Query: Physical Characteristics: 6’5” 275 Lbs.
/// Query: Portrait:

Victor Romanov

/// Query: Gear:
// M739 SAW (Squad Assault Weapon) //
// M6G PDWS (Personal Defense Weapon System) //
// UNSC Standard Issue Combat Knife //
// UNSC Battle Dress Uniform //
// Back pack with Misc. Gear //

/// Query: Relationships: Holly Romanov - Sister // "Im going to kill you right after i kill these other marines" // Clerical Error Detected: Stand By // Clerical Error Found: Siblings should not be assigned to the same platoon // Please Advise: Error Message sent to administration //

/// Query: Hobbies: Collecting and listening to old earth music. // Playing with and figuring out covenant technology. // repairing broken things from machinery to electronics. //

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@ReusableSword

Your CS is currently lacking in the character appearance aspect, you'll want to put a description of the character if you're not using an image. I'm (personally) willing to let your character keep the rank of sergeant, as he is the second in command, however this can easily be overturned by @Fisticuffs.

I do find it iffy that Victor was able to keep the ONI operations a secret if 'his squad was constantly off mission'. If they were so, his superiors would be asking a lot of questions, I imagine. ONI usually forms teams by taking it's 'chosen' individuals from their original positions and making a new team out of them, as evidenced by the "Kilo-Five" trilogy, the team usually sticking together for months if not years with collars around their necks to be dragged at ONI's willing. They also have their own teams, for example, ONI Recon 111, the team which found and reported the Ark Portal during the second stage of the Battle of Earth, during the excavation.

ONI do, however, use mainstream infantry assets in some of their operations. There has been reported cases that ONI sends an attached operative with mainstream forces to make sure everything goes to their willing. It'd make more sense in your sheet if you put that the team was being ordered to go and do that stuff for ONI (with an attached ONI agent) than going off mission, which would lead him to the platoon leader's doorstep and if he was blatantly ignoring orders while doing the ONI operation, probably to a court marshal.

(I'm not even mentioning the parts where he individually gets pulled from his squad)

It'd be great if you could change your CS a bit based on that information.