Blaster (deceased)

Strength 6d

Agility 4b

Intellect 7d

Willpower 6d

Hand Size: Edge:

4 (25) 2

Powers:

(none)

Equipment:

Assault Pistol (a): Brian always carries this weapon in the event that he finds himself without his Vindicator. He can fire this compact weapon to inflict his Agility +5 damage in a short burst, raised to his Agility +6 damage when fired fully automatic.

Helmet (s): Brian always wears this head gear on the job. It provides him +2 protection against head-based attacks, and is equipped with a communications headset with intensity 1 range; just enough to sync up with the comm gear in his Vindicator.

the Vindicator Hovercraft (i): the Vindicator is a highly advanced hovercraft, one powerful enough to effectively serve as a replacement for conventional helicopter technology. A true V.T.O.L. aircraft, the Vindicator is described in its own vehicular entry.

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Aerial Combat (a): a skill that wasn't self-taught, this talent describes how well Brian can fight while behind the wheel of some flying vehicle or another - particularly his Vindicator. When fighting in the air, Brian makes applicable actions at a reduced difficulty level.

Boxing (s): Brian can readily defend himself should he find himself without weapons - though he'd rather not, given a choice. Brian may divide his pre-cardplay action score between two unarmed melee attacks, the last of which will occur as a contingent action.

Engineering (i): Brian isn't just adept at flying ground effect vehicles - he's a competent builder of them as well! He should receive a reduced difficulty whenever building or designing something, as his original skills have been expanded by Army education.

Marksmanship (a): though he wasn't originally militarily minded, Brian can now easily operate most conventional firearms. Whether he's handling a standard, semi-automatic or fully automatic rifle or pistol, Brian may do so at one difficulty level lower than is normally required.

Military / United States (w): unlike many who enlist in the armed forces, Brian gained several of his marketable talents before he signed up. This skill nonetheless describes how he knows the S.O.P. like the back of his hand, and how he can - with effort - function in a military environment.

Piloting (a): Brian is adept at handling most aircraft, though he specializes in ground effect vehicles, like his self-developed Vindicator. He may fly it, or most other helicopters and hovercraft with ease, receiving a difficulty reduction on most tricky maneuvers.

Calling:

Explorer: Brian isn't really in the Army to do his duty or the like. Sure he doesn't mind serving his nation, but that wasn't the primary reason for his enlisting. No, he merely needed the funds to continue the development of his own technology, which has proceeded quite well...

Costume:

Brian's Battle Force 2000 uniform includes a bright green T shirt with grass green camo padding strapped on to the chest, bright green trousers, a bright green and blue helmet with a green face plate, a black belt, green and brown boots, a black right glove, and a blue and green left glove.

Personality:

Brian has always been a hovercraft enthusiast, and has been building his own models ever since he was a teenager. He's a bit single-minded (some say obsessive) about his hobby, but he knows his vehicles inside and out, and can use them to do amazing things for his teammates.

Real Name: Brian R. Davis, Grade E-5
Occupation: ground effect vehicle operator
Legal Status: citizen of the United States with a possible minor criminal record, legally deceased
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: Gi Joe, Battle Force 2000 (Gi Joe sub-unit)

Height: 6'
Hair: unrevealed
Eyes: brown
Weight: 180 lbs
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none.

Story:

Brian has been fascinated with the idea of hovercraft all his life. Ever since he was a kid, he's been building the things for his own personal use, but having ridden in his first, the bug had bitten him - but good! Though expensive, he spent his formative years assembling hovercraft kits.

By his mid-teens, Brian was modifying kits and eventually developing his own plans for ground effect vehicles. He knew what he wanted to do with his life, that being the development of ever-better hovercraft, but sadly the civilian market simply wasn't interested in what he was offering.

So, he turned to the military. Working in Army research and development, Brian managed to impress the powers that be with his impressive engineering skills, mostly learned through trial and error, so they set about training him properly. Once he was done, Brian was a prime candidate for the Gi Joe team.

They snatched him up as soon as they could, and put him to work in their experimental Battle Force 2000 unit. This squad of six (later seven) highly trained soldiers were to work with prototype units, several of their own design, and prove (or disprove) their battle readiness.

Naturally, Brian took this opportunity to develop, with military funding, his ultimate creation: the Vindicator. This powerful ground effects vehicle can maneuver as effectively as (and fly as high as) a helicopter, and makes less noise in the process. But there's more!

Components of the Vindicator can also be combined with parts of other Battle Force 2000 vehicles to form the Future Fortress, a high tech installation that the team can use to fight off Cobra - or other terrorist - forces, which they demonstrated in the Battle of Freusenland.

Having been stationed in the country to perform work on their experimental gear, Brian and his Battle Force 2000 fellows were swept up in Cobra's attempt to take over the Arctic nation, but thanks to their discovering how Cobra's Terror Dromes work, the team managed to rout their terrorist foes.

Brian continued to serve the Gi Joe team with distinction for several years, despite one or two legal hassles engineered by Cobra's Dreadnoks, until the Battle of Benzheen. During this conflict, the Force was ordered to move through the Benzheeni oil fields in secret.

When their position was betrayed by the Emir of Benzheen however, Cobra shelled the entire oil field in order to deal with the Joes - and Brian died along with most of his fellow Battle Force 2000 members. His body rests in the Arlington National Cemetery with his fellow dead Joes.

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