NPCsSome recurring friendly NPCs that you'll be dealing with on a regular basis.
Theo WisemanCallsign/Nickname: Guru
Age: 55
Appearance:Slim and athletic. Theo is 5'7" in height. He has calm, blue eyes that sparkle with his intelligence and humour. His face shows age with crow's feet and laughter lines, and he mostly has a calm, approachable smile on his face... but when that disappears is when you know things are serious. He is always very well-dressed and presented, even managing to make a flight suit look smart.
Summary:Theo is the Wing Commander for the Tactical Air Wing of Shattered Steel. This makes him Scott's immediate commanding officer. Very experienced and highly skilled, he has a somewhat fatherly, encouraging, warm demeanour at most times and has a wily, clever, sharp mind.
He is English, and formerly flew with the British Royal Navy. He lost his wife during the Heavenfall, and has a son and daughter still in England, working in the civilian world.
He still keeps his flying current and his skills sharp, often surprising other pilots in training exercises by appearing as an adversary pilot, flying his heavily modified and upgraded
Sea Vixen. Lars NielssenCallsign/Nickname: Snowman
Age: 34
Appearance:6'00" tall, rugged and barrel-chested with lanky limbs. He always has a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eyes, only seeming to dim or droop at the corners when he is stressed.
Summary:Lars serves as the pilot of the
C-130J Hercules multi-role transport plane that supports the Cobalt Haze squadron. Working closely with Lilah, the pair are an inseprable double-act and bounce off of one another in good humour and their personalities in general. He rarely talks about his home in Norway or his family life, but has mentioned a sister from time-to-time and a childhood growing up on a farm.
Lilah NkosiCallsign/Nickname: Lily
Age: 27
Appearance:5'5" and with a fairly athletic build. Lilah moves with an easy, cocky confidence. Her flight suit and uniform are always accentuated by colourful jewelery or bands to keep her full head of hair in check.
Summary:Lilah is from South Africa, and was lucky to have grown up after the end of Apartheid. Nonetheless, she still knew how to look after herself, and she joined the SADF after graduating from college. Always fascinated by machines, aircraft even more enthralled her, and she eventually managed to get a role as a transport pilot.
After South Africa's air force and defence forces in general struggled with money to maintain and even fly their aircraft after the Heavenfall, Lilah elected to join the Shattered Steel PMC after working with the N/UN forces and PMCs, and meeting Lars. The two fell into an easy friendship, and after several escapades not long after their first meeting, he coaxed and tempted her into joining the PMC, serving as his co-pilot for the C-130J
Miles Saint ClaireCallsign/Nickname: Traveller
Age: 28
Appearance:Miles is 5'6", and has a runner's or swimmer's build. He has a disarming, charming smile and moves with a fluid grace.
Summary:Miles grew up in France, and served with the Gendarmerie as a helicopter pilot in their air support wing. He became infamous for his daring and confident flying. However, he was forced to leave after an incident where he struck a commanding officer, after finding out about their abuse of someone under their command.
Still wanting to fly, he joined Shattered Steel and resumed his duties as a helicopter pilot, expanding more into military roles, flying a
Eurocopter Panther with Brigitte as his co-pilot.
Brigitte BilletCallsign/Nickname: Showgirl
Age: 28
Appearance:Brigitte is relatively tall for a woman at 5'9", and has a lithe, slim, dancer's build. She moves with easy grace and elegance.
Summary:Brigitte's life was originally set to be very different. She had a successful career as a child star, appearing in several TV shows, and even into her early adult years she had minor roles in several TV dramas, movies, and even released a successful pop single... but then her career took a wrong turn after the Heavenfall. She ended up joining the Belgian navy and became a helicopter pilot, before eventually leaving and joining Shattered Steel, and acting as Miles' co-pilot in the Eurocopter Panther, attached to Cobalt Haze squadron.
Gunther WolfmanCallsign/Nickname: Wolf
Age: 57
Appearance:Gunther has a sturdy, muscular build that matches his relatively compact height of 5'5". He has a greying full beard and hair, though he often wears a worn, stained baseball cap covering his head. His mechanics' overalls likewise show their use and experience.
He often looks gruff and miserable... and often comes across that way, but has been known to smile.
Summary:Gunther was a mechanic with the German Luftwaffe for many years, and worked on a variety of aircraft and vehicles there. He cross-trained with numerous air arms around the world, as well as spells in the civilian world.
He was head-hunted for Shattered Steel due to his reputation and experience, and became the maintenance crew chief for Cobalt Haze squadron. While he comes across as gruff and grumpy, especially when it comes to the pilots causing damage to 'his' planes, in reality he drives himself and his crew to give nothing but the best performance and work for the aviators he supports, so that they can do the best jobs they possibly can.
???Callsign/Nickname: Skywatch
Age: ??
Appearance:~Unknown~
Summary:"Skywatch" is the female operator that provides and feeds information to the Cobalt Haze squadron pilots from the
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AWACS plane that often accompanies them or is in the same area for their missions and operations.
Valerie 'Val' GlassCallsign/Nickname: Age: 35
Appearance:A fit, trim woman of 5'5" in height, Val looks as professional as she is... most of the time. Due to her role mostly being an official liason, she usually is dressed in a well-tailored N/UN air forces uniform.
Summary:Val enlisted in the US Navy out of college, intending on becoming a career officer, following in the footsteps of her father before her, and his before him. She was never interested in aviation, and instead pursued a career commanding vessels. She met Scott during both of their academy days, and they formed a strong friendship, that later bloomed into a tempestuous, on-again, off-again relationship.
Eventually, Val got her wish and became captain of a Frigate, carving herself out an admirable career, before later being promoted into a 'shoreside' role with the N/UN, where she was part of the N/UN military department responsible for managing and liaising with PMCs, and specifically with Shattered Steel.
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