Nordican
Honorable Scoundrel
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Squad Roster
Gunnery Sergeant Jacob “Howler” Howlland
Gender: Male
Height 6’2”
weight: 182 lbs
age - 24
eye color: brownish green
hair color: dark brown
Vehicle specialist
Name: Lance Corporal Akiro Berrings
Gender: Male
Height 6’0”
weight: 174 lbs.
age - 21
eye color: dark blue
hair color: black buzzcut
Specialty - Heavy Weapons specialist
Name: Private Sivuk Katoorn
Gender: Male
Height 5’9”
weight: 173 lbs.
age - 19
eye color: Off tan
hair color: dark brown with hits of red
Specialty - Technical Specialist
Name: Corporal Cassandra/Cassie "Foxy" Harrison
Gender: Female
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 156 lbs.
Eye color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Age: 26
Speciality: Sharpshooter
Appearance
Name: Corporal Sara "Knight" Nightly
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 124lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Age: 24
Speciality: Combat Medic
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Many hundreds of years in the future and a unified earth reaches up to the heavens with their faster-than-light 'Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine' colony ships to find new homes within the stars. Expansion continued at a extraordinary pace, and soon the human territory encompassed more than 800 worlds throughout the Orion Arm of the Milky Way (ranging from fairly well-tamed planetary strongholds to tiny hinterland settlements). Outward expansion continued, and the Inner Colonies become a political and economic stronghold, though they relied heavily on raw materials supplied by the Outer Colonies.
Many rebellions by insurrectionists crop up in the Outer Colonies, but they are dealt with by the UNSC, the United Nations Space Command. It was a brutal civil war with many casualties and civilian deaths. The Office of Naval Intelligence, or ONI, set many mysterious programs into motion to help combat the threat and maintain the peace. One of these secret programs was the SPARTAN project, a means to create Superhuman soldiers encased in top of the line power-armour. The Spartans would prove to be a major asset on things to come.
In 2525, the outer-colony planet "Harvest" was glassed by a group of technologically superior, highly zealous xenophobic aliens calling themselves 'The Covenant'. Thus begins a long and bloody war.
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Gunnery sergeant James "Howler" Howland rested his body against the punching bag. His back was sore and his arms burned but the feeling was the best kind. Near enough to the hard fought pleasure after a victory on the battlefield without the potential of seeing friends perish. Slowly he pulled away from the bag and gave it one more little pump before he leaned his head down. The marines hair was a short cut affair of dark brown. He'd let it grow out a bit preferring a few inches to the traditional buzz cut but it was still short.
His eyes had a hint of brown in their green as well and surveyed the area around him.
The squad was just finishing up a regimen of training aboard the gym facility of the UNSC Patton. A warship in it's prime the vessel was on assignment with an urgent mission to support a fleet and ground action at a planet called Ventorin II. The system was still far out from Earth and the core planets but it was still on the not so slow course towards the human homeworld. James didn't like to think about that too much. He was a soldier, his duty was to kill the enemy, protect the civilians and hope that by doing all that he could him and those like him would stem the time till a counter attack was mounted.
'We cannot lose this war.' James thought before he looked back over to his squadmates. He spotted the black buzz cut of Akiro Berrings easily enough as the thick bodied heavy weapons specialist from Earth sparred with Sivuk Katton. The youngest member of their team and their tech specialist Sivuk looked to have eastern European lineage judging by his face but you'd never know by his voice. Quick and sharp he was from a colony like James was and had only seen Earth on the occasional visit during leave.
Further on James spotted the last two members of his squad but definitely two of the more experienced ones. His green eyes spotted the enticing red hair of Cassandra "Foxy" Harrison the unit's sniper along with Sara "Knight" Nightly the team's medic. His gaze lingered a bit longer on Harrison than Nightly as he finished unwrapping the tape around his knuckles and then spoke to the squad.
"Alright its just past 2034 hours. Briefing is tomorrow morning at 0730. Assemble at briefing room C and we'll be getting our orders from the LT. Dismissed." James spoke with the curt sharp tone of a career military officer. The UNSC had been his escape from home, a chance at a new life and the former bike messenger had taken to the new life with all the vigor he could muster. He wiped the sweat off his brow as some of the squad started to disperse.
Gunnery Sergeant Jacob “Howler” Howlland
Gender: Male
Height 6’2”
weight: 182 lbs
age - 24
eye color: brownish green
hair color: dark brown
Vehicle specialist
Name: Lance Corporal Akiro Berrings
Gender: Male
Height 6’0”
weight: 174 lbs.
age - 21
eye color: dark blue
hair color: black buzzcut
Specialty - Heavy Weapons specialist
Name: Private Sivuk Katoorn
Gender: Male
Height 5’9”
weight: 173 lbs.
age - 19
eye color: Off tan
hair color: dark brown with hits of red
Specialty - Technical Specialist
Name: Corporal Cassandra/Cassie "Foxy" Harrison
Gender: Female
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 156 lbs.
Eye color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Age: 26
Speciality: Sharpshooter
Appearance
Name: Corporal Sara "Knight" Nightly
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 124lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Age: 24
Speciality: Combat Medic
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Many hundreds of years in the future and a unified earth reaches up to the heavens with their faster-than-light 'Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine' colony ships to find new homes within the stars. Expansion continued at a extraordinary pace, and soon the human territory encompassed more than 800 worlds throughout the Orion Arm of the Milky Way (ranging from fairly well-tamed planetary strongholds to tiny hinterland settlements). Outward expansion continued, and the Inner Colonies become a political and economic stronghold, though they relied heavily on raw materials supplied by the Outer Colonies.
Many rebellions by insurrectionists crop up in the Outer Colonies, but they are dealt with by the UNSC, the United Nations Space Command. It was a brutal civil war with many casualties and civilian deaths. The Office of Naval Intelligence, or ONI, set many mysterious programs into motion to help combat the threat and maintain the peace. One of these secret programs was the SPARTAN project, a means to create Superhuman soldiers encased in top of the line power-armour. The Spartans would prove to be a major asset on things to come.
In 2525, the outer-colony planet "Harvest" was glassed by a group of technologically superior, highly zealous xenophobic aliens calling themselves 'The Covenant'. Thus begins a long and bloody war.
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Gunnery sergeant James "Howler" Howland rested his body against the punching bag. His back was sore and his arms burned but the feeling was the best kind. Near enough to the hard fought pleasure after a victory on the battlefield without the potential of seeing friends perish. Slowly he pulled away from the bag and gave it one more little pump before he leaned his head down. The marines hair was a short cut affair of dark brown. He'd let it grow out a bit preferring a few inches to the traditional buzz cut but it was still short.
His eyes had a hint of brown in their green as well and surveyed the area around him.
The squad was just finishing up a regimen of training aboard the gym facility of the UNSC Patton. A warship in it's prime the vessel was on assignment with an urgent mission to support a fleet and ground action at a planet called Ventorin II. The system was still far out from Earth and the core planets but it was still on the not so slow course towards the human homeworld. James didn't like to think about that too much. He was a soldier, his duty was to kill the enemy, protect the civilians and hope that by doing all that he could him and those like him would stem the time till a counter attack was mounted.
'We cannot lose this war.' James thought before he looked back over to his squadmates. He spotted the black buzz cut of Akiro Berrings easily enough as the thick bodied heavy weapons specialist from Earth sparred with Sivuk Katton. The youngest member of their team and their tech specialist Sivuk looked to have eastern European lineage judging by his face but you'd never know by his voice. Quick and sharp he was from a colony like James was and had only seen Earth on the occasional visit during leave.
Further on James spotted the last two members of his squad but definitely two of the more experienced ones. His green eyes spotted the enticing red hair of Cassandra "Foxy" Harrison the unit's sniper along with Sara "Knight" Nightly the team's medic. His gaze lingered a bit longer on Harrison than Nightly as he finished unwrapping the tape around his knuckles and then spoke to the squad.
"Alright its just past 2034 hours. Briefing is tomorrow morning at 0730. Assemble at briefing room C and we'll be getting our orders from the LT. Dismissed." James spoke with the curt sharp tone of a career military officer. The UNSC had been his escape from home, a chance at a new life and the former bike messenger had taken to the new life with all the vigor he could muster. He wiped the sweat off his brow as some of the squad started to disperse.
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