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Mon 19th Sep 2022 01:30

The history of Timothy

by Sergeant Timothy Butusov

Current Age: 36. 2 Years Infantry Corps, 6 Years in Army Ranger Wing. 4 Years in a Corporate Space Marine Corps, 6 Years as a street doc, 2 years in prison, 6 Months back out.
 
First 8 Years spent in Irelands Infantry Corps/Army Ranger Wing:
 
17 Made a Friend: He's a reconnected old childhood friend.
 
Tommy Sullivan, a true stand up mate. We grew up hungry on the streets of Dublin, watching each others backs. We liked to roll tourists for quick cash. It isn't anything I'm proud of anymore, but it was that or starve. I shouldn't be surprised that we ended up enlisted together, not many ways out of Poverty in Ireland.
 
18 Made an Enemy: He's a ex-friend. Emnity started due to: Deserted or betrayed other. The feeling is mutual. Next time you meet, reaction is: Ignore the scum. Their backup is just himself.
 
Peter MacNally was my squad competition. He was so sure he would make Sergeant before me. He never forgave me for being promoted first. I hear he is still in the Corps, pretty high rank too. That is fine, as long as he stays on the ground.
 
* Applied PROMOTION: Rolled 8, Made Sergeant, Moved to Army Ranger Wing. (Leadership+ 1, Expert: Tactics-type as appropriate +1)
 
19 Big Lose: Lover/friend/relative killed: You lost someone you really cared about. They were murdered and you know who did it. You just need the proof. What are you going to do: Clear your name.
 
Sophia MacNaughton was a wonderful woman, and a great friend. In exchange for concessions from the British Government, Ireland loaned military forces to assist King Charles and the Royal Marines in a revolt against the MLA. We were not actively engaged, but managing support infrastructure. Private Oscar Dunleavy, a secret MLA sympathizer, attempted to sabotage the supply dump. Sophia was killed, and I was injured. Oscar claimed it was a faulty detonator that exploded when a box was moved, and a military tribunal did not find enough evidence to convict him. I know the truth though. I probably won't see him again, but if I do....
 
20 Made an Enemy: He's a squad ex-friend. Emnity started due to: Was a romantic rival. The feeling is mutual. Next time you meet, reaction is: Rip into him verbally. Their backup is just himself.
 
I left for a Peace Keeping tour in Syria, I kissed my fiance Ellen Doheny goodbye, she swore she would wait for me. That lasted four months before I heard she was dating Patrick Lyons. He seduced her away from me. With his flashy cars, designer fashion labels, his rich political family.... He is one of the reasons I left Earth. I couldn't stay in Ireland, seeing his stupid face on billboards.
 
Applied +1 to Melee, +1 to Weaponsmith 21 Big Win: Find a Combat Teacher: Armorers are willing to pass on their secrets, too. Add +1 to Weaponsmith skill, and add +1 to any weapons or combat skill (except Martial Arts or Brawling), or begin a new combat skill at +2.
 
For a work rotation, I was assigned to Mills Bentham, Armorer for our Division. He showed me how to clean, repair, and maintain firearms. When he wasn't showing me how to repair firearms, he was showing me how to get by without them.
 
* Applied +2 Hide/Evade 22 Big Win: Find a Teacher: Likewise, military instructors look for motivated pupils. Start a new INT skill at +2 or add +1 to any existing INT-based skill.
 
Based upon my military record, I was placed in to a special school for "Bang and Burn" operations. Gained a +2 to Hide/Evade. We were responsible for working behind enemy lines, and not getting caught.
 
PROMOTION: Rolled 2, Failed
 
23 Made a Friend: She's an old enemy (choose which one).
 
Amelia O'Nolan was one of the most hated officers at Curragh Camp. I hated training underneath her when I enlisted. She was tough as nails, and didn't give an inch. The longer I spend in the Corps, the more I understand why. A lifer, she has seen more action then anyone else I know, and I have learned to value her input.
 
24 Made an Enemy: She's your commanding officer. Emnity started due to: Turned down other's offer of job or romantic involvement. They hate you. Next time you meet, reaction is: Go into murderous killing rage and rip her face off! Their backup is an entire gang.
 
I Pissed off a higher up. A pretty high higher up. Commandant McFearson's wife took a shine to me. Why she picked me, I will never know. But I turned her down, and instead of being rewarded her Husband for my moral fibre, I was punished for being so proud as to refuse such an offer from one so better then me. I had two choices, A manufactured trial followed by court martial, or a tour with the ESA Space Marine Corps.
 
 
Next 4 Years in Space Marine Corps
25 Made an Enemy: He's an officer, not your commander. Emnity started due to: Was a romantic rival. You hate them. Next time you meet, reaction is: Ignore the scum. Their backup is just himself.

Hogbe Limbay, Naval Officer. Fuck that guy. Every battalion has one; pretends the Army is like the movies. Puffs his chest out. He got the girl, fine, but if I find him in a dark alleyway I may bash his head in.
 
26 Big Lose: Lover/friend/relative killed: You lost someone you really cared about. They died accidentally/naturally. What are you going to do: Live it down and try to forget it.
 
Safya Al-Walid was the first person I met when I reached space, she taught me how to move and fight in Zero-G. She was taking inventory in a storage bay when her ship was holed by space debris. I learned a big lesson, in Space life can be beautiful, but it can be cut short in the blink of the eye. Be prepared, your ship is your life.
 
PROMOTION: Rolled 8, Failed
 
27 Big Win: Ranker Owes a Favor: You did a ranking officer a favor. This Major/Colonel/General owes you back.
 
Chef de Battalion Solange Rousseau owes me, and he won't forget it. Low Workers were being squeezed by Rich Corporate Traders for water. A riot was brewing, and Responding Interpol Officers were acting like children with lit matches at a gas station. Situation was degenerating quickly. My fireteam was brought in to provide assistance. I was able to meet with Several Self-Styled Leaders amongst the Rioters and the riot was dispersed peacefully. This time.
 
28 Made an Enemy: He's a ex-friend. Emnity started due to: Deserted or betrayed other. You hate them. Next time you meet, reaction is: Go into murderous killing rage and rip his face off! Their backup is himself and a few friends.
 
Pvt Ruan Williams; he has been on my fireteam since I arrived in Space. Apparently he didn't like my sympathizing with the Low Workers. Felt I was going "Native." He apparently has family in high places, and I was brought up in front of a Tribunal. I was drummed out with a General Discharge under Honorable Circumstances. The Dog and Pony show couldn't find anything to nail to me. When I see him, I will kill him.
 
Leave Service, Become a Criminal
 
Next 6 Years with the Wassa Arbita Bande
 
29 Big Lose: Illness: You contracted an illness. Lost 1 REF permanently. What are you going to do: Clear your name.
 
Its hard to find work without an Honorable Discharge. I am a big guy, and fell in with the Wassa Arbita Bande. My first year on the street I almost died from some horrible pestilence. I was left with a tremor in my left arm, a slight arthritic movement. I found work with fitting my size, its not honorable but it pays.
 
30 Big Win: Highrider Tribe/Family Connection: A different highrider family/tribe befriends you. You can call on them once a month and is equivalent to +2 Family.
 
My size and military skills are a pretty good deterrent to violence. And when Violence still finds me, I have no reason to hold back. Several times I have stood with them against the Corporations. They may not see me as one of them, but they don't see me as a stranger either.
 
31 Made a Friend: He's a reconnected old childhood friend.
 
Trevor is from Dublin, but I ran in to him in space, an Le Mtumwa Spaca. I took him under my wing, same as Safya did for me. I try to keep him employed honestly; but us street kids always manage to find trouble.
 
32 Made a Friend: She's an old enemy (choose which one).
 
Claudette Edmond, her and I didn't see eye to eye. She believed I was still working for the ESA, and just spying on the Tribe. She always spoke against me, tried to rile people up against me. I proved myself once and for all when I spaced an actual ESA birthwatcher.
 
Applied +1 to Pharmaceuticals 33 Big Win: Find a Mentor: get a +1 to existing TECH skill or start one at +2
 
I do many things I need to do, to survive. I spent some time body-guarding a "Chemist". Medicine is expensive, backroom clinics have to resort to making their own. If course its expensive, so these Chemists also make drugs to sell to the rich, to pay for the medicine the Rich won't sell to the Poor. Its dirty, dangerous work, but I picked up some cooking skills of my own.
 
34 Made an Enemy: He's a relative. Enmity started due to: Caused a physical disability (badly scarred) The feeling is mutual. Next time you meet, reaction is: Ignore the scum. Their backup is an entire Government Agency.
 
My Cousin Anton works for Interpol, and was placed on the same Station as I was by the ESA. Family comes first, but he seems to have forgotten that. He was assigned to raid a Chemlab that I was working in, and the mudak didn't have the decency to warn me. I ended up with burns to my face and arms from spilled chemicals.
 
35 Big Lose: Imprisonment: You have been in prison, or possibly held hostage (your choice) for 24 months. What are you going to do: Hunt down those responsible and make them pay!
 
My Cousin, he somehow connected with Ruan, the sukin syn. They built a case, Timothy kingpin drug smuggling criminal. I ended up in the Brig for two years of my life! When I get out, I do not care if we are blood, my Cousin shall die. Ruan may be a brother in Arms, but I will crush him to dust.

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