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"The last time you said everything would be alright, everything went off the fucking rails."


NAME
Percy Moore

CALLSIGN
Papa Mike

ALIASES
Freckles (as called by Madison)
Pierce (as called by Zach)
Blue (as called by Laura)
Birdbeak (as called by both Zach and Laura)
Percival (as called by Alan)

GENDER
Male

D - O - B
November 12, 2645 (32)

ORIGIN
Smith's Rest


PERSONALITY & MOTIVATIONS
Percy isn't exactly the type of guy you'd want or even expect to pilot an NC. He's overly emotional, anxiety-ridden, impulsive, and absolutely clueless as to what he's doing. He's prone to violent outbursts and escalating situations far beyond where they needed to go, and he's exceptionally skilled at saying things in the absolute worst way possible without meaning to. Despite this, he's actually very soft-hearted and doesn't like to hurt people.. Again, it's strange how he decided to take on the job of controlling a giant war machine.

You could say the drive was greed, because when he saw the estimated paycheck he was sold on the idea. You could say the drive was a sense of purpose, because he was so directionless until he took up the job. You could say the drive was to protect his home settlement, because he's been directly effected by the raids. All of these reasons are reasons he's told himself, but truthfully, it was a spur of the moment decision that he didn't think all the way through like he should have.

Percy's not sure what he's doing a majority of the time, and he likes to believe that he'd be better off dead, entrusting Ana to Zach after his death, but he's doing his damnedest. He falls a lot, and usually very hard, but he's always gotten back up. Shaky, barely standing, metaphorically broken and bloodied up and really he should stay down and rest, but he gets the fuck back up again, and fuck you if you think he won't.

To put it simply, Percy's a stubborn survivor. A very, very stubborn survivor.

EFFECTS OF POLARIS SHIFT
The effect of the Polaris Shift in Percy is a severe case of personality bleeding, which could be categorized as a case of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Dissociation, memory lapses, the sudden onset of uncharacteristic behavior, and visual/auditory hallucinations are all symptoms of this disorder. 

When Percy is in a dissociated state, he has no doubt in his mind that he's the previous pilot of the Papa Mike - Michael Carpenter - taking on his mannerisms and gaining his memories until he comes down from the dissociation. While normally dissociation brought about by MPD is brought about by stress, due to the origins of Percy's, it can happen at any time. On top of this, when he comes back from it, Percy has absolutely no idea what's going on, and, if Carpenter had fronted long enough, where he is. Even worse, he could suffer from a bout of complete amnesia, not having the slightest idea WHO he's around.

The thing that Percy notices first and becomes worried about is the hallucinations. They're far more auditory than visual, commonly being Carpenter's voice speaking to him but.. not quite. Is it really speaking to Percy if it's in his head, like his own inner voice? Sure, it's sometimes outside of his head, but it's also inside of it as well.. Either way, Percy hears Carpenter's voice, and while that would be enough to get him to try to figure out what's going on, the rarer visual hallucinations are what made him really start panicking. He'll see shadows out of the corner of his eye - which is normal, usually - but when he turns, he can see Carpenter standing right there.

On top of his preexisting issues, it'd be a shock if he never attempted to off himself. This is a lot for one man to handle.


PERSONAL HISTORY
While Percy is one of the oldest people on the New Anchorage Pilot Squad - being 32 - he ironically has the least amount of experience, both in piloting and in fighting of any kind. He's been on a few missions, yes, but he just barely made it out alive due to sheer luck and the fact everyone is carrying his dead weight. He is, as said by previous commander Sophia, "the weak link." 

The absolute worst mission was the Attack on Smith's Rest - the one before Graham became commander. That day was horrifying for all sorts of reasons. He thought he'd blocked the sound of the raid sirens out of his head, but they brought back memories of the raid that took his wife. He panicked for his daughter, who had never experienced a raid before - hell, he hadn't experienced one so horrible before either. Orders were being shouted back and forth, he could SEE and HEAR people dying - this was so much worse than hiding in the shelter. So much worse.

After the dust settled, Percy was so relieved to see that his family was safe and alive. Ana's arms were a little bruised and Zach's shoulder was haphazardly bandaged and bloodied up, but he was so relieved to see the both of them. It didn't take long for him to notice that Ana was suffering from severe anxiety and panic thanks to the raid, so he asked Zach what had happened... then promptly began to argue with him. He practically allowed Ana to get hurt and nearly kidnapped. Percy took Ana to base with him, thinking she'd be safer there.

When the New Anchorage base was invaded, he hated himself for making that choice. Running around in darkened halls trying to get the fucking lights on, listening to people dying in the corridors.. again, absolutely horrifying. Thankfully everyone Percy cared about got out alright once again, but.. nonetheless.

Hopefully all will turn out alright. Hopefully..


INFLUENCE & RELATIONS
 Family 
Ana Moore:
His daughter and his absolute everything - hell, you could go as far to say Ana is his last little thread of sanity. There are no words in any language on the planet that could describe the love that Percy feels for her. None.


Laura Moore:
Laura was also his everything, but in a more intimate, romantic way.. but at the same time, Percy has many a time wanted to ring her little neck. Their relationship was definitely not the best one - fighting and despising each other one moment, then not able to get off each other the next. It was chaotic and passionate and horrible and wonderful and all sorts of conflicting things all at once. They hated each other but didn't want to let go because they loved each other so much.. He wouldn't change it for shit.


Zach Young:
More very complicated feelings. When they first met, it was brief and mostly just polite small talk. The first time they spent more than a few minutes with each other was after Laura had died, and they despised each other the moment they made eye contact with each other. Now, though, it's.. calmer. Percy still doesn't quite like him, but being around someone for eight years really makes you learn how to at least kind of get along. With that said, Percy doesn't hold much disdain for Zach anymore.


 Pilots 
Eli Jackspar:
Eli is an enigma. While Percy thinks they're friends - or at the very least friendly - he doesn't know if Eli feels the same way. She doesn't really smile or show any truly friendly glances, but when they talk she's not hostile.. at least, not outwardly. That's better than some people, at least.


Vera Voloshyna:
Despite Ana and Vera being good friends, he really doesn't like for them to be together by themselves. They've gotten into hijinx a-plenty, and since Vera is a pilot, and also Ana's only friend that's at least sort of close to her age, Percy's horrified by the thought of Ana following in Vera's footsteps and becoming a pilot. He's been the kid that just goes with what the older guys do, and he knows it's rarely a good thing.


Ryn Dradht:
Another child close to Ana's age (somewhat) that Percy doesn't want to be around Ana. She's like Vera, but worse in every way. Crude, loud, obnoxious, and definitely a troublemaker. Aside from that, though, she is a kid without a parent or even a guardian.. again, he at least kind of understands, and he's aware of how fucked up it can make someone - having no stability in the first place makes you awfully prone to never having stability.


Stein Kalfox:
In a word - intimidating. Truthfully, Stein would be the sort of woman Percy likes, if not for her being very militaristically minded and having little to no personality aside from "do the job and do it right." It's a great work ethic to have, but she's more similar to the war machine she pilots than an actual human being.


Tahlia Styles:
They haven't interacted nearly enough for Percy to really have a solid opinion of her, but from he has observed, she has a similar work ethic to Stein, she's just a lot more human. Thank God.


Alan Fouren:
Their first few interactions were pleasant enough, but something shifted as they started getting more familiar with each other - Alan turned into a snarky prick. Percy has absolutely no idea what he could have done to get that reaction out of him, but whatever. Can't make everyone like you, no matter how bad you wish you could.


Madison Cole:
Madison is almost like another daughter that he didn't know he wanted. Almost. They're not exactly that close, but he feels a sense of parental affection for the young woman. On top of that, Ana and Madi absolutely love each other's company - hard not to like someone that gets along with his little girl so well.


Harrison Kane:
It's almost like looking in a mirror, in a sense - dead wife, traumatized child, father just trying to do what he thinks is right. Even though they rarely - if ever - talked before, Percy already feels a closeness with him.


Joshua Ray:
Ray is sarcastic as fuck, but so is Percy. Ray is also exceptionally good at the whole jokes thing. Percy is not, but either way, they get along based on similar shit senses of humor.


 Other Relations 
Ingram Kalfox:
Ingram is.. eh. Percy felt like something was off the moment they met, but the pilot's always been overly cautious of new people. Even with that said, the way Ingram referred to his own daughter as "useful"? That's... concerning.


Celina Jackspar:
Percy hasn't gotten to know her personally as of yet, but based on what he knows and observes, she's similar to Eli. Hard to read and doesn't smile often, but at the same time she's approachable and.. polite, at the very least.


Michael Graham:
Graham is also a bit.. eh. Nobody really likes their boss anyway, but when they're very much on your ass and rarely anyone else's, it gets tiring.


Rebecca Marek:
To sum it up in a phrase - love-struck teenager. Percy has a very unhealthy crush - no, fixation - on Ms. Marek. If you were to ask why, he'd say it's her spunk; her liveliness; her no-bullshit attitude; all of which are true, but it's also because she shares many similarities with his late spouse. He knows that it's unhealthy, but he can't help the thoughts he gets.


APPEARANCE
Percy used to be far more of a mess than he is now, but there's things that haven't changed. For example, his light blue eyes contrasted with the dark circles; his often unwashed, unbrushed red hair; slightly unkempt facial hair; fair skin with a smattering of freckles on his face, arms, and shoulders, as well as often-flushed cheeks; his schnoz, which Pinocchio would be jealous of; and the ever-present air of constant anxiety.

While he's never really been that picky about clothing, his outfits consist mostly of a combination of jackets, single-color shirts, and either jeans or sweatpants, depending on his mood. The most common look he wears is a dark hoodie over a long-sleeved gray shirt paired with slightly torn up blue-gray-ish jeans over long underwear, and taupe brown hiking boots he's worked to the brink. He's also occasionally seen wearing obnoxiously pink gloves, but it's only because they have pockets for Ana to stick her cold little hands in.. and they're soft.

Due to the physical training Graham put the whole group through, he's gone from having a dad-bod to having a fit dad-bod. Percy's not a god among men with his musculature or anything, but he's gone from having no abs to having a hint of them, and he's toned in all the right places.

All together, he just doesn't look like the type of guy that would pilot - he looks a little more like an stressed out dad trying to keep his shit together.

TRAITS
Gun Savvy Marksman: Though "marksman" is a bit of an over-statement, he can shoot a multitude of fire-arms accurately, and could figure out unfamiliar (but still commonly used) weapons if given the time to study them and take them apart. Fire-arms are one of the few things he really knows how to work with, and he'd gladly teach someone if they asked.. or even if they didn't. Fire-arms themselves aren't that scary - it's the people behind them that are.

Dad: Since he is a father, he has a strong drive to.. be a father. He wants to nurture and protect those he sees as younger, more naive, or both. He's well aware he comes off as possibly creepy, but his heart is in the right place - he just wants to help. On top of that, Percy's chock-full of dad jokes.

Jack-of-all-Trades: Due to his job-hopping past, he has a multitude of skills that are basically just.. there, not mastered or perfected what-so-ever. Wood-working, sewing, teaching, engineering, carpentry, hunting, locksmithing, welding.. the list goes on and on. He could tell you bits and pieces about this and that, but he wouldn't quite be able to do it himself.

Wildcard: He doesn't notice it about himself, but others notice it about him. He's just a little.. off, and always has been. He could easily become dangerous to himself and the people around him. Not that he wants to be, but he's unhinged enough to not have control over himself in some situations.

Like a Fuckin' Sailor: Percy drops F-bombs in day to day conversation - partially because of his lack of parents telling him "don't do that," and partially because Laura encouraged it. It's sexy, she said. Even then, he tries not to let any curse words slip in front of children.. but, hey, sometimes that goddamn table leg needs a good cursing out.

INVENTORY
• Old-world pistol
	> technically obsolete; ammunition is hard to find
	> Percy is most familiar with this weapon in particular; could take it apart blind if he so chose to
	> exceptionally safe despite wear-and-tear; with this said, still kept away from Ana - accidents happen
	> will be given to Ana... eventually

• Old commander's knife
	> switchblade
	> custom handle - dull purple/white/black camouflage
	> 'gifted' by Sophia Torrez
	> nearly always on Percy's person

• Silver wedding rings (2)
	> both on his left hand; smaller on pinky is Laura's - larger on ring finger is his own
	> decorated with engravings that look a bit like nuts - a call-back to how Percy had proposed
	> Percy uses his thumb or other hand to twist them on his fingers as a nervous tic or as a stim

• Datapad
	> has a velcro wrist-carrier on his left forearm - the carrier fits snugly, as does the datapad
	> keeps on his person at all times - unless he's trying to sleep, anyway.
	> chock-full of pictures he's taken of multiple subjects


MANUFACTURER
Fairbanks

TYPE
Medium/Bipedal

SQUAD ROLE
Support

ARMAMENTS
• Stock neural computer
	> determined to call Percy "Michael" for reasons not known to Percy
	> customized colors - from green to orange; took Percy far longer than he'd like to admit
	> occasionally gli͢t̶c͡hes͝ out; usually not too much of a bother

• Above-average thrusters
	> specifically designed for short bursts of speed
	> best used for dodging maneuvers

• Slightly above average generator
	> to support the thrusters enhancements more than anything

• Surprisingly sturdy armor
	> surprising only because of the mech's size - usually larger mechs would have this sort of armor
	> if not for the updated thrusters and generator, it would more or less be a sitting duck for the enemy

• Auto rifle
	> 35 rounds, mid-to-long range, can switch between full auto and single
	> right hand	
	> average power

• Laser sword
	> standard white in color, no special effects
	> left hand
	> average power; due to Percy not being fluent in swordsmanship, the effectiveness is... less.

• Missile launcher
	> 3 missile burst, long-range, semi-homing
	> left shoulder
	> average power

OBSERVATIONAL NOTES
Being on the smaller end of the Medium category and having few, unspecialized weapons, its nowhere near the tank it was before, and the old squad would be infuriated to learn the callsign has been sullied by a coward.

Having a beige undercoat detailed with a darker shade of brown and the rare flourish of green, it would a very bland mech in comparison to the more flashy colored ones beside it, if not for the unique touches that only a squad using what they have to repair a mech can do - the trained eye can see the shade variations in the paint, the oxidation, how some pieces of the armor don't quite fit correctly - along with many other small things that give the Papa Mike character.

With all this said, it's still a very unassuming NC.. which would be exceptionally dangerous if an experienced pilot was in control of it - the element of surprise is oft neglected in favor of honor and fair-fighting.
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