---Personal---
Name: Blair Rommel
Age: 34
Sex: Male
Appearance:
Blair's Ugly Mug
A man of average height, with an athletic build, Blair would be pretty average looking, for a survivor. Other than being somewhat well fed, and the fact that half of his face and head, are extensively scarred by some traumatic occurrence in his past. On his shoulders, tattooed in black ink, is a crest with a lion, over a shield, surmounted by a great helm. The Crest of Warlord Herzog. Beneath the crests, are tally of Six.
History Type: Foreigner
Biography:
Born in the fortress hold of Warlord Herzog, he was a Rommel. A Rommel with a family tree running back to Karl Rommel, Erwin Rommel's brother. Warlord Herzog played up the Rommel's family lineage, trying to use their nearly century old family member's success in WWII, as a warning to the other Warlords. It didn't hurt that that since Alwin, before the War, was a distinguished combat veteran, had trained his progeny since the holocaust, making the Rommel's a fear inspiring clutch of warriors.
From Knut Rommel, Alwin's son, came Blair. Youngest of his five siblings, he grew up under the teachings of his father, and his grandfather, learning the military arts, indoctrinated to followed the Word of a Herzog, without question. The fly in the ointment was, his mother; a sex slave claimed by Knut during one of his campaigns, who he married only months later. Adela was a sweet, younger woman, the youngest of Knut's three wives. She was the daughter of a rival Warlord, and was educated. She knew of the true history of Karl, and Erwin Rommel, and whispered these truths in Blair's ears as he grew from a babe to a young man. Erwin Rommel was yes, a great warrior, perhaps the best leader of the war; but he was not the violent, bloodlusting symbol of power that Herzog had turned him into. Adela opened Blair's eyes, with pages written from a such a prize he had never known to exist: A book from time after the Holy War of the German Empire. A book written by non-Germans, who praised Rommel for his humanitarian efforts, of not killing prisoners, not even torturing them. Defying the fuhrer's orders.
Blair held his piece. While his family may be corrupted, violent, war mongering monsters, who deserved death; they were very skilled monsters at what they did. He continued to learn from his grandfather, his father, and his older brothers. He learned, until he thought he was ready, and struck. He managed to kill the current head of the Herzog family, and Alwin Rommel, among numerous other soldiers and wives. In the chaos, he was struck by the blast of an RPG, fired by his eldest brother. He would never know it, but his one and only sister sacrificed her life, delaying Gebbert from finishing him off. Adela managed to drag her son's lifeless body to his mech, and they made their escape.
He was twenty six at the time, in the ensuing years, he and his mother survived, by way of Leonne, his mech, earning money as a mercenary in various disputes between warlords, far from his home. Knut however, and the new Herzog were not content to let him escape. Two years after their escape, a force, hired by Knut, located them, and attempted to ambush them. Blair escaped by using his allies, as sacrificial lambs for the slaughter, but the survivors would be able to claim half of the bounty: Adela met her end that night.
Needing an out, he vanished to the ports of what was once, Spain. He bought passage to the Americas, by selling parts from Leonne.
Seeking a life where he would not longer be hunted by his father, and the Warlord of Herzog, and a life where he fought not for a warlord, but in defense of something much more meaningful; he set out for Bunker Chicago. By the time he arrived, Leonne was left half parted out, and suffering damage to several systems, from the mutants and raider attacks he had to fend off, with a weapon that was already hobbled. It was time to start a new life.
---Technical---
Class Unlock: You have to spend two points in the following in order to gain access to them.
Pilot Certification
Mech Description:
Source
Leonne; a heavy assault mech from Europe. It was an advanced weapon, crafted for Blair himself. However, it is now but a sorry shell of what it once was; parted out to pay for his way across the Atlantic, and further to get to Chicago. It has suffered damage from attacks and raiders. Even still, the very silhouette is that of an imposing, technological monster of war.
- Heavy Chassis; A larger, and more durable chassis than a normal mech frame.
- Heavy Chassis II (Assault): A larger, more durable chassis than a normal, heavy mech frame. Able to carry more weapons and systems, and take more damage. Comes at the expense of mobility, speed, and concealment. Has 7 weapon hard points, and a storage compartment in the back of the mech, that can carry up to two people, or whatever gear can be shoved inside.
- Composite Armour: Composite armour gives greater resistance to weapons than standard steel armour can provide. Weighs roughly the same as steel.
- Composite Armour II: An advanced composite armour. Utilizing layers of everything from tungsten to alumina carbide, this armour is extremely tough. Weighs a bit more than steel.
- Modular Primary Weapon Mount Systems: Primary arm weapons are able to be removed and replaced quickly, and easily. Allowing the mech to change its primary load out for different missions, quickly, and easily, or to replace damaged weapon systems, in the field, if backed up with support vehicles carrying replacement weapon systems. (Of little use right now....)
- 75mm High Velocity Gun: Right arm mounted. Semi automatic, with pre-selector dual feed. Primary feed is HE, secondary is AP.
- 35mm Gatling; Left arm mounted. Variable rate of fire, from 120-2500 RPM. Dual feed capable, only loaded with a mix of HE and AP in a 2:1 ratio.
- Advanced Sensors (Infra-red/Thermal): Gives the pilot access to thermal imaging.
- Rocket Launched UAV-R: Carried in a pod of six, these a light weight, inexpensive drones that carry only visual light sensors. Once launched, they reach their maximum altitude of 500 meters, before deploying a set of glide wings. They have a maximum range of approximately 6km, but a transmitting range that is limited to 1.2km.
Signature: Goldmarble, accepts the rulings of the Brov.
