Echo, Sep, resubbing Milton from before with changes.
Name: Milton Brandt
Aliases: Thomas Pennington, Sergei Cherpovka
Callsign: Ringo/Beetle/BeetleBoy
Age: 30
Rank/Title(Dependent on position):Appearance:Role: Rifleman| Intelligence, Interpreter (backup), Jack of All Trades
Nationality: United States
Biography: Milton went into the armed services just after graduation. Coming from a dysfunctional family, his father was an abusive drunkard, and his mother was a hypochondriac that left him with some near prescription grade issues. The entry into the military was an effort to get away from home life. As a result of his background he was used to rough-and-tumble situations, taking a beating, and thinking on his feet. It also meant that he didn't miss home much. He worked his way into the Green Berets after plenty of letter writing and petitioning. Once in, he did well, but some of the selection course that year was brutal enough it nearly killed half the class during the survival phases. Milton, or Mills did well enough though and came out pretty hardened on the other side.
Inside the military his training was focused on intelligence gathering, interrogation, and interpretation or linguistics. Using military metrics and language key activation systems, he picked up highly conversational skills in a couple languages and competency in close to half dozen more. With his mind focused on these abilities, he can pick up new languages rapidly and be competent with them, quickly able to sound like a native speaker.
Besides being a translator, Milton was trained in a wide variety of skills from basic engineering and construction to electrician skills, surveying advanced land navigation and mapping. He was trained how to survive and thrive in tough environments and teach others to do the same, to whip up rag-tag ratty would be indigenous rebels into skilled gureillas and warfighters.
While on a stint in the Phillipenes he spent some time in the jungles and along side Filipino marines studying Kali/Arnis/Escrima (depending on who you talk to), a local martial art that is less art and is more of a way to kill quickly, efficiently. It is based off of the main directions of attack a person can make, along with the defenses for them. Training is focused on stick and knife techniques before unarmed which uses the same system.
His unit did a turn in Israel helping with cross training with IDF, as well as providing some disaster relief and humanitarian aide. Did not see a lot of action, but took some things away from there in his time.
NID picked him up soon after, refocusing his skills he'd picked up in the military, and adding to them, playing on his charisma and natural desire to match wits against others, along with his patriotism. By age twenty-eight he had heard rumors of a Project Stargate, and when it was discovered that he was researching into it, his superiors had a choice... either make him look like a looney, or they could read him in, and bring him into the program. Being such a useful asset, they decided for the latter.
It was for these reasons that he was chosen to begin to work with the SGC as part of an international SG team. When the Langford began to need crew, he wasn't passed over more than once, as the mission for the ship was to be exploration, not intelligence or combat assignment. It seemed that the military minded naval folks aboard, along with those running security felt that a person that could fall between full military and civilian, could pick up languages fast, adapt to new situations and environments and more would be useful, and could be able to deescalate situations rapidly and glean information faster, process intelligence more quickly than relying on analysts back aboard ship or back at base, or or by relying on allies like the Tok'ra or the Asgard. With having an asset like that on the ground, they could follow up on things much faster, and get to know the locals better, put a friendly face to military forces and so on.
When he was selected for the Langford, Milton decided to take on the challenge. The idea of seeing what was out there agreed with him.
Personality: INTJ - Focused, likes to pit his wits against others, favors social engineering. Brains over brawn, duct tape over guns. Generally nice, decent guy, creative thinker, can be charming. Both mission and team-oriented, and good to strong protective instincts. Critical thinker, strategic, assimilates information quickly. Constantly evaluating and/or analyzing people, things, and situations. May be passive-aggressive at times. Respects intelligence and respect, expects it in those higher than himself in the chain of command. If he does not feel he has respect, or that his leadership does not have the proper intelligence, Milton will have no respect for them. Note, that doesn't mean they have to be of genius level intelligence, but he expects those around him as well as above him to use the brain between their ears, to have some common sense and to use it.
Milton is also known to be an epic smart-ass.
Flaws - (included specifically in its own category since enough fuss was made about it)
Bullet wound lower back/upper gluteal region - scar tissue puts pressure on the sciatic nerve on one side, causing everything from mild tingling to full on bouts of paralysis, parasthesia, numbness, and pain. Flares up occasionally either under stress, cold conditions, sometimes when struck, or for seemingly no reason at all.
Disciplinary record - Several infractions have occurred in his history, due to mouthing off to a superior, or for poor interpersonal dealings with others he felt were displaying a lack of good decision making skills. Some would argue that mouthing off to a superior is not the best decision, but Milton has been known to form strong opinions of right/wrong, honor, integrity, and while sometimes passive-aggressive, that passiveness is known to disappear. Some people may be gunning to have him drummed out of the military. Others may see see
Soft spot: Kids, usually in bad situations. Milton is known to have a grudging soft spot for those in need and will usually take some time out to visit with them and help them.
Trivia:Callsign Ringo - Some people have noted that he looks kind of like a younger Ringo from the Beatles, hence the name Beetle or Beetleboy or Ringo
More updates to follow.
