Name: Corey Gerrard
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Appearance: Cory stands 6'0, he weighs 180 pounds and is in great physical shape, like every Alliance marine. His medium brown hair is cut into a short buzzcut, with a noticeable five o'clock shadow on his face.
Age: 23
Class: Vanguard.
Military Occupation: An enlisted marine in the Systems Alliance Navy. Currently a Serviceman 2nd Class (Private 1st Class).
Background:
Cory was born on the human colony of Terra Nova, which was the second extrasolar planet humanity had colonized. Like every other human biotic, his abilities were brought on through element zero exposure in the womb. He was born to Jon and Sara Gerrard, his father a proud war veteran, having served in his younger years, he was enlisted when the First Contact War took place, though he himself did not fight in any of the battles, but if the war had gone on then he would've.
As a biotic, he was sometimes picked on as a child, though he thought the powers were cool, reminding him of something out of an old science fiction movie. Cory's father was an inspiration to him, instrumental in the boy's growing up and part of the reason why Cory himself enlisted. After finishing school he enlisted at the age of 18. As a skilled biotic, he was provided with the generous enlistment incentives that all biotically able humans like him were given. He went right for the Alliance Navy, intent on becoming a marine, what he believed to be the best soldiers in the galaxy.
His first instance of live combat involved fighting scattered pockets of Geth, which took place a couple weeks after the assault on the Citadel by the Geth. The machines disturbed him when he first saw them coming towards his battalion. The silent steps and humanoid, yet alien shape of their bodies unnerving him, but not enough that it affected how he fought the machines, which he did very well, sending several of them flying with his biotics. But, the pockets were taken care of quite quickly, and he was pulled back from that operation.
When the Reaper war began, he like every other able bodied marine was put to great use during the early stages. His first deployment in the war was to the human colony Tyr, a world similar to Earth and located in the Asgard System. The Reapers hit Tyr quickly, going after the mines, refineries and other facilities across the planet's surface. He was with a detachment of marines who went in early, the marines on the planet were hit hard, and after a long battle, many of the survivors retreated off world, Cory among them.
Upon seeing the terrifying, twisted Reaper spawn firsthand. The sight of them scared and disturbed him, how emotionless and efficiently they moved, in the most terrible way. Cory has said before how he has been lucky not to have been torn to pieces while in battle against the genocidal machines, seeing many of his fellow soldiers die. He chalks it up to dumb luck, as well as some guessing that the Alliance was being selective where they were sticking biotics, not throwing them right to the wolves like some of the others. He currently a part of the Nevos detachment of the Alliance Navy 103rd marine division, the largest division.
Personality: Cory is a friendly individual, outwardly kind to anyone. Though, the battles he has fought in, and the death he has seen on the battlefield has changed him. While outwardly friendly, he hides a sense of sadness and pain from witnessing the atrocities the Reapers have committed. He is still naive to much in the galaxy outside of combat, partly due to being a colony citizen for much of his life. He isn't as disturbed as he first was when he entered the war, but still will get sick over gruesome sights such as excessive blood and gore. He harbors much anger against the Reapers, intending to kill as many of them as he can, in brutal fashion being a plus.
Equipment:
Guardian light armor
Weaponry:
- M-23 Katana
- M-6 Carnifex
- x4 frag grenades
- Omnitool
Powers:
- Pull
- Nova
- Biotic Charge
- Shockwave
- Slam
Talents:
- Shotgun
- Pistol
- Assault Training
- Tactical Armor
- First Aid
Other:
- Enjoys very old Earth films, he sometimes says quotes from them.
- Plays guitar and has a nice singing voice, though he hasn't picked up a guitar since the war took priority.
- Enjoys explosives, if there's a grenade or rocket launcher laying around, he'll really want to use it.
- Alien species interest him, especially the long lived ones (Krogans and Asari). He also has a weakness for asari women.
- Has a slight fear of vorcha, based on how nuts they tend to be.