Description and Background
Description:
Michael is just shy of 6 feet, and maintains a healthy weight due to a regular amount of physical exercise. His hair is a bit longer than one might expect for a dull science-type, and he’s what some might call a pretty boy (think Richard Marx in his borderline mullet phase), or metrosexual. He’s very aware of style, and has one of his own, which you will see during the game. A dry sense of humor is one of his most reliable defenses. He’s often wearing sunglasses, and never takes a step outside without a pair of leather gloves on his hands a cigarette dangling out of his mouth.
Background:
Michael’s father was a great explorer known far throughout civilized space for several scientific discoveries, including the documentation and analysis of several alien species. Eventually, the no longer young man settled on Port Richmond – a transit world with several alien communities – with Michael’s mother Cassandra (another retired adventurer). Sometime before Michael’s third birthday, his father disappeared with nothing more than a brief farewell letter left for his wife and son. Where Michael’s father has gone, and why, is a mystery that has haunted him throughout his life. Whether his father is even still alive and where he might have gone is still unknown.
Michael came of age on Port Richmond just above poverty with the support of his mother. After the scream, the world, which was once a major trade planet for several species (including humans) became a slum filled with several clashing cultures and a law system that constantly struggled to maintain order. In short, it was not a friendly place to live, and everyone on this planet carried a weapon from an early age.
Yet, thanks to his intelligence, and the sacrifices of his single mother, Michael rose from the nothing his father left for him to pursue a career as an explorer himself. A xenobiology scholarship got him a paid ride to a university off world shortly before turning 17. Shortly after his departure, his mother was murdered under mysterious circumstances, her death left with little investigation. Just another of many lost each day on the anarchistic world.
Michael has come to Amir to investigate the hostile Biosphere and research how the planet’s terraforming is affecting native and imported species.
Goals:
1. Live up to the explorer legend of his father by making a name for himself as an adventurer. Perhaps even outshine his accomplishments. Prove that he can be a better man than his father was.
2. Discover the true nature of his father’s disappearance and come to resolution with it. Did his father leave hi |
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