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About Winston "Gatecrash" Chang

Name: Winston Chang
Race: Human
Allegiance: NEG Military
Profession: Vehicle Crewman (Mecha Pilot Template), M-15 Ranger AAFV
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 115 lbs
Place of Birth: Singapore
Virtue: Tolerant
Flaw: Pessimist
Distinguishing Features: Short stature, piercing stare, slight Chinese accent.

Bio:
Manager of a minor department in a local ArmorCorp subsidiary and happily married, the short, bespectacled Asian would have been a stereotypical salary-man behind a desk, fast-tracked into management, happily married, well paid and living an easy, if unremarkable, existence in the Singapore arcology.

This was not to be the life of Winston Chang.

Instead, separated from his wife and son in their desperate escape, Chang was one of the last refugees extricated from the embattled arcology before the city was overrun by the insane Children of the Rapine Storm. Only able rage impotently by the C-10 window as Dholes which had tunneled up from beneath the Changi Airport tarmac laid waste to the remaining evacuation craft - the very craft which were to carry his wife and child to safety, Winston despaired at his insignificance in the grand scheme of things - the comfortable world of the corner office that Winston Chang had always known was gone.

And there would be hell to pay.

Chang could never muster the grit and ferocity to take it up close and personal. The man was no soldier, and never would be. Years spent climbing the corporate ladder had dulled his senses and no amount of drill or training would ever awaken anything resembling a killer instinct. Though he failed one aptitude test after another and washed out from one infantry academy or Mech pilot course to the next, Chang's obsessive need to avenge his family kept him on his insane course.

In his mid-thirties, Winston was old in comparison to the fresh faced media-darlings who dominated NEG recruitment posters. Raising more than a few eyebrows when he blustered into a recruiting station, many doubted the salary-man playing at being a soldier would ever amount to anything beyond a waste of time.

Perhaps then, it was only fitting that he would find his way into the NEG Armor Corps, long since eclipsed by other branches of the NEG War Machine. Though the Tank had, for more than a hundred years, soldiered on valiantly on the front lines of almost all of Humanity's wars, the creation of humanoid mecha had long since banished these rugged machines from the public eye. Though an incompetent brawler and unsuited for direct combat, Winston's keen eye and until then unrecognized talent for driving made him a natural tanker. Ironically, the maligned service and the untrained salary-man hellbent on making the enemy pay would be a match made in heaven.

Though a hero amongst the NEG Infantry for his daredevil driving and willingness to enter "hot" LZs to drop off reinforcements or evacuate isolated infantry squads, Winston "Gatecrash" Chang has likely seen more M-15 Rangers under his charge declared B.E.R. (Beyond Economic Repair) than the quartermaster would like. Likewise, more than a few M-15 turret gunners have flatly refused to serve alongside him, citing his recklessness in combat.

It doesn't matter.

Winston knows how it will end one day anyway...

One day, someone is going to be faster or better or he isn't going to be able to shake the bead or something is going to tear open his Ranger like a cardboard box or...

It doesn't matter.

It hasn't mattered for eight years now.

Attributes:
(39 Points [38 Base + 1 Human])

Agility 8
Intellect 6
Perception 8
Presence 5
Strength 5
Tenacity 7
Actions 2 Actions
Movement 11 Mph (27 / 6 ypt)
Orgone 11
Reflex 7
Vitality 11
Drama Points 10

Skills:
(34 Points [20 Base + 2 Human + 6 Cheat {12}])

Literacy Novice
Regional Knowledge Novice
Hobby Student (Karaoke)
Language Expert
Appraisal Adept
Bureaucracy Student
Education Adept
Misdirect Novice
Persuade Novice
Business Adept
Computer Student
Research Student
Observation Student
Armorer Student
Survival Student
Atheletics Student
Pilot Adept - Combat Pilot Focus (Wheeled Vehicles, A-POD Personal Hovercraft, Large A-POD Transports)
Dodge Adept - Vehicle Dodge Focus
Marksman Adept
Support Weapon Adept
Armed Fighting Student
Fighting Student

Qualities & Drawbacks:
(0 Points [10 Qualities, -10 Drawbacks])

Qualities
Famous Incident (1)
Fearless (2)
Shrewd (2)
Authority (3)
Ally (2)

Drawbacks
Code (-1)
1. I will avenge the deaths of my loved ones.
2. I will never turn my back on a friend in need.
Duty (-2)
Ineptitude (Fighting) (-2)
Ineptitude (Armed Fighting) (-2)
Dark Secret (-1)
Short [Skinny Flaw] (-2)

M-15 Ranger AAFV:
The M-15 Ranger AAFV (Amphibious Armored Fighting Vehicle) relies on traditional armored tracks and a rear mounted A-Pod thruster for horizontal Movement and underwater operations. Most of its D-Cell energy is applied to electronic counter measures and stealth technology. The Ranger’s primary mission is to transport infantry close to the enemy while avoiding detection, provide cover fire, and suppress enemy armor. Large enough to transport a full squad of combat soldiers or a half-dozen powered armor units, the Ranger’s passenger compartments can be flooded to allow for full underwater troop deployment. The Ranger’s primary armament is a watertight laser cannon. A retractable RMG-10M rail gun turret provides cover fire. The Ranger can also be equipped with a rocket pod, a missile rack, or a torpedo launcher to handle specific mission objectives.

Type: Amphibious Armored Fighting Vehicle (8 AP)
Manufacturer: Eurodine Systems
Size: Large (38 ft.)
Passengers: 2 crew, plus 12 troopers & support equipment
Cargo: 490 cubic feet/10,000 lbs.
Cost: 2.1 million Tn

Attributes
Control Response (Agility) -1
Sensors (Perception) 0
Frame (Strength) 7
Multi-Task Systems (Actions) -1
Warning Systems (Reflex) 0

Sensor Systems
Nightvision
Radar/IFF
Targeting +1
X-ray

Support Systems
Cold Resistance
Depth Reinforcement
ECM
Life Support
Life Support Pod
Stealth System

Movement
Ground Speed: 60 mph (148/36 ypt)
Water Speed: 90 mph (222/54 ypt)
Acceleration Code: C (2/2)
A-Pod Thruster

Structure
Integrity 10
Armor 2/2

Weapons Systems
RMG-10M Rail Gun
Amphibious Laser Cannon (Large)
Rocket Pod (Large) or Missile Rack (Large) or Torpedo Pod (Large)