Jack 'Bolter' Royce's page

AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 Armor)
HP 9 (1d8+1)
Fort +1, Ref +5, Will 0

Speed 30 ft.
Melee +1 Combat knife (1d4+1/19–20/×2) and
Ranged +4 Ashrim pistol (1d8/x4)

Str 13, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 14
Base Atk 0; CMB +1; CMD 14/11 Fl
Skills: Bluff +3, Craft (electronic) +9, Craft (mechanical) +9, Craft (structural) +7, Disable device +8, Knowledge (technology) +10, Perception +4, Stealth +10, Survival +1, Use alien device +6
(Note: skill bonuses assume access to appropriate tools & gear)
Talents: Gearhead, Skill focus (Knowledge [technology]), Skill focus (Stealth)
Languages: Davillen, Terran, Vatumban, Vexic
Combat Gear: Ashrim pistol, Combat knife, Reinforced Vest
Other Gear: Boots, Computer (Tablet, upgraded), EVE goggles (Electronic visual enhancement), Flash goggles, Flashlight (Standard and pen), Hearing protection earmuffs, Holster (thigh), Insulated gloves, Keffiyeh, Multi-purpose tool, Pistol ammunition (100 rounds), Range pack (Standard, with 0.5 gallon water bladder), Spare pistol magazines (2), Tool belt (With assorted electronic and mechanical tools), Uniform overalls (2 sets), Universal binding substance (aka. Duct tape, 2 rolls), Walkie-talkie (Professional), Whiskey (25 year old Talisker, 1 bottle in reinforced flask)

Jack joined the Davillen air defense forces straight out of college, training as an aerospace technician and armorer. Several tours of duty in global hot spots and brush wars, often deployed in forward areas with inadequate supply lines and poor security, only served to further hone a natural talent for scrounging or cannibalizing parts to keep his unit flying. Following in-service familiarization training with Vex instructors, he cross-trained in the new technologies the aliens were willing to slowly release to Terra. After his discharge from the military, he took advanced degrees in engineering and computer science. Together with his experience in keeping machines running in hostile conditions and familiarity with alien technology, Jack was a natural selection for inclusion in the crew of the CSS Avalon, despite some personal quirks.

Although he is generally an easy-going individual, Jack is wary of authority, preferring to do whatever it takes to get the task at hand done, without adhering to smothering bureaucratic red-tape or rigid checklists. He sees his job as making sure that the crews of the machines he tends have the best birds he can give them, as their lives depend on it, and to hell with the penny-pinching REMFs. His nickname 'Bolter' stems from the fact that when trouble starts he is inevitably the first to bolt for cover, not due to any cowardice, but simply because of his excellent reflexes. It also refers to his inexplicable talent for avoiding scrutiny of his ability to locate anything without going through official channels; long before an investigation into missing inventory starts, Jack has already bolted and left no trace that he or his accomplices were ever there.

In appearance Jack is a roguishly handsome young man of moderate height, fit and lean, with angular facial features and a prominent, straight nose. He has dark hair, grey eyes and permanently tanned skin from years of service in remote locations around Terra Prime. Jack is rarely seen without his trademark checkered keffiyeh, worn as a scarf, a souvenir of his time in the military and an item of clothing he finds quite practical. His decision to join the crew of the CSS Avalon for the second colony wave was spurred by a desire to escape what he feels has become a stifling and regimented society on Terra Prime. Jack hopes to find new horizons and greater personal freedom offworld.