Name: Angus 'Gus' Sorley
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Appearance: Short, a touch scrawny, brown/red hair, freckled, hazel eyes. Think Fitz from Shield, only more scrappy.
Nationality: Scottish
Occupation: Doctor / Biologist
Personality: Enthusiastic and highly intelligent, Gus can be a touch scatterbrained. Friendly and charismatic, his lack of height and pleasant demeanor has a tendency to make him seem like a pushover, but he can be as stubborn and as willful as they come. He has an honest streak a mile wide, although that does not mean he cannot lie- when given a pressing enough reason, Gus tends to lie by omission or misdirection, and lets others assume what they will. He is also prone to manic-depressive episodes, which he lied about in his personality profile. He has his condition under control for the most part- although he can be prone to relapse under extreme stress.
Backstory: Angus Sorley was a highly intelligent and energetic adolescent, and in the small town of Peebles that he grew up in, did not make for a well spent youth. He was considered overly rambunctious and the worst kind of troublemaker. He was terribly under-stimulated, and in the face of unrelenting boredom he would do just about anything just because he could. Because he needed to, because there was nothing else to do.
His father was a military man and rarely home, his mother also worked near full time at the hospital so it was left to his older brother Morven to try and curb his reckless hoodlum of a brother. Morven knew Gus was smart, and was wasting away his potential in their small town, but despite his good grades school couldn't seem to hold his attention despite how much he tried to get him to focus and study. It all came to a head on day when one of his' ill thought out stunts got Morven killed- it was an accident, and no one was at fault. Other than the fact that if Gus had not be getting into trouble Morven would never have been out in the first place.
Morven's death left a big gap in Gus' life, and rather than fall back on bad habits he finally buckled down and got his life together. He managed to score a scholarship to the University of Aberdeen, where he focused on going into medical science- like his mother, but soon found his attention captured by the Biology Sciences as well and although difficult he thrived at splitting his attention between the two schools of thought. It was also during his time at the University that his manic-depressive disorder became its most apparent, drawing the attention of the teaching staff, and his mentor Professor Dylan Decker, and Gus was forced to get help or otherwise lose his scholarship.
In the City of Aberdeen, Angus finally found stimulation enough for him to thrive, and relearned how exciting life can be. He was very charismatic, and no stranger to the ladies, and he discovered his passion for the sciences- his enthusiasm for life and everything in it. The opportunity to go to space was the opportunity of a lifetime. He volunteered, because what could possibly be more exciting or stimulating than venturing into the absolute unknown- with the possibility of new life at every turn.
Likes: Female attention, talking, science, healing, occasionally blowing things up and playing with chemicals.
Dislikes: Having nothing to do, waiting, people who dismiss/ignore him.
Fears: Not being good enough, personal failure and/or being a burden.
Theme Song: The Great Vacation - Dirt Poor Robins