[CHAR] The Syndicate: Soldiers of Fortune

[Crossfire]

Name- David Hawke (Ex-Lieutenant)

Appearance-

Ex-Lieutenant Hawke

Age- 33

Nationality- American

Service History- -10 years of service with USMC in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
-Founding member and current Field Commander of The Syndicate throughout its 4 years since inception.

Bio- David comes from a very entitled family, with a strong sense of duty. As per the family tradition of the first born son serving the country David enlisted right out of high school, and ended up staying much longer than the mandated 18 months. It was in the Marines he met his brothers-in-arms and soon to be best friends Walter Price, Mike Payton, Jim Manuels, and Owen Riley. On April 18th, 2011, life as David knew it came to an abrupt and violent end. His squad was ambushed by insurgents. One by one he watched his friends go down or die as they waited for backup that arrived too late to matter. The four young men were transported home and given a top of the line military funeral, with each of them being posthumously awarded the medal of honor. David stood nearby, his own medal and the brand new Lieutenant's stripe on his coat burning a hole through his soul. David was forever changed by that day, his view of the world was completely shattered and he fell into a pit of depression and nihilism. His resignation from the military followed shortly and he retreated into the privacy of the family manor, where he spent several months in nearly-complete seclusion recovering from his injuries. At some point in late 2011, David was visited by a former ally of his father, Captain Johnathon Miller. In early 2012, The Syndicate Private Military Corporation was formally introduced to the world.

Notes- David has a strong personal code that he has incorporated into the very fabric of The Syndicate. World peace is un-achievable, we should instead strive to strike a balance between the good and evil of the world. That is, in essence, the purpose of The Syndicate, to be the primary administrator of balance, the flaw is, of course, that sense of balance is filtered through David's nihilistic world view. And what 'balance' means varies from country to country, person to person, job to job. On every level of the scale from micro to macro.

[Xiphonic]

Name- Veronica (Ire)

Appearance- Short red hair, brown eyes, long scar in-between the left eye and her nose, 5'7 (imperial) tall. (Could not find a good enough picture)

Age- 24

Nationality- American

Experience- 2 years in a gang, 3 years in the local militia, 4 years of misc. mercenary work.

Bio- Veronica joined a gang soon after she turned 16, she joined because many of her friends were involved. She was one of the enforcers, debt collection, "shipment" monitoring, basic muscle work. She was fine until one day a collection went bad, shots were exchanged, a fire broke out, and a house (family still inside) went up in flames. She decided to leave abandon the gang after that day. She spent a few months deciding what to do when the local militia was attacked, several were killed and recruitment teams were sent out. Veronica thought it would be a good use of her skills to join up. Her unit in the militia was assigned to testing equipment. They tested a variety of experimental weapons and ammunition,some of the equipment required special training, Veronica preferred close combat and stealth. A experimental EXO-suit was sent to be tested, her team was selected and she volunteered to "drive the suit". She was running a light combat course when the suit malfunctioned and locked down with her inside. She could not move and the malfunction caused the suit to engage the anti-capture protocol, initiating the self destruct sequence. The monitoring team rushed to save her and barely got her out before it detonated, the explosion killed 2 and shrapnel flew out in all directions, a piece sliced up through the left base of the nose. She was unconscious for five days and was left with a long scar. She was discharged after she woke up. She still wanted to work in a militaristic environment, so she bounced from PMC group to PMC group for four years until finding The Syndicate.

Notes- Veronica is now emotionally distanced from most people and is willing to do almost anything to survive. She does not bother with politics and does not care what the agenda of an organization is unless it is in direct conflict with her, or her sparse morals. She was given the nickname "Ire" due to: her mother's name being Irene and her hated towards cults.

[JDolan]

Pardon its incompleteness. I'm still working on it, but wanted to put something up to prove my maintenance of interest in the RP. Most of this is finished; just need to back-fill the pre-Legion service, as well as get an appearance sorted out.

Name- Lucas Stephan Waalboer

Appearance- TBA

Age- 32

Nationality- Belgian

Service History-

6 years, Belgian Land Component: 4 years 2 Commando Battalion, 2 years Special Forces Group
5 years French Foreign Legion: 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion (13 DBLE); Service in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia, Mali, Central African Republic.

Bio- TBA

After being discharged from the Belgian army, Lucas spent about six months aimlessly wondering what to do with his life. Very quickly, he decided that he wanted some adventure and . Yet, at the time most PMCs had a terrible reputation. As such, he did the next best thing. He joined the French Foreign Legion. There, he changed his name and served five years as Stephan van der Kamp in the French Foreign Legion, reaching the rank of Caporal (Corporal), after being groomed for NCO service after being picked out for his past experience.

Most of Lucas/Stephan's time in the Légion Étrangère was served in desolate regions. Whether 13 DBLE's base in Eritrea, or northern Mali, or the endless expanses of the Central African Republic, or the mountains of Afghanistan, civilization and comfort wasn't something Lucas was ever terribly familiar with. Not that it mattered, he enjoyed the work, even if most of it was

WHen his term of service was up, he declined a second contract with the Legion, deciding that now, with more and better-established organizations out there, perhaps it was time to put his services to better use, or at least a use that would pay far, far, better. Various corporate militaries had gained a less unfavorable reputation. And so it was that, after some research, within a year of discharge, Lucas Stephan Waalboer joined up.

Notes- In short, Lucas doesn't have much of an agenda with his service. He generally can divorce his own personal beliefs with the missions he is given. That said, it does not mean he doesn't have opinions, and those opinions general mean that he does what he can to help people, within reason. He knows everything, everywhere, cannot be fixed sometimes. That does not mean he has a live-and-let-live belief, but he is often, with few reservations, willing to support the lesser of two evils, with an eye to the long-game as it were. He's seen enough that he knows, the reformer of today is liable to become a tyrant tomorrow once he's gotten the hearts and minds of the people.