Post by Tachi on Jul 26, 2013 7:24:35 GMT
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Name: Tachi Takeda
Designation: CT-52770
Species: Terran (Human)
Occupation: Marine
Rank: Colonel
Faction: War Pigs (Hired by Raynor's Raiders)
Psi Index Rating: 6.5
Age: 25
Skin: Light Tan
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Black
Body type: Athletic
Height: 6‘2”
Weight: 200 lbs.
History/Background: Tachi was born on the planet Katarina and grew up alongside machines and advanced software that were used in military hardware. As such, he picked up everything exceptionally well, except for physical stresses. He worked day and night with the G.A.R.E.N. Marine Corps. at Katarina to improve his physical strength and endurance. Due to his family being of the higher classes, he was able to get a higher education and he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in G.A.R.E.N. As the Loyalists under Prince Valerian launched a campaign to retake Tarsonis, Tachi was selected to be deployed as Katarina's contingent in the campaign. In the week long campaign, Tachi had gone out to lead marines in the defense of the Terran fortress located at the landing site. Over 2000 marines had died or had been infested under his command, and the brass questioned if he was fit to lead.
As such, he took a ceremonial banner of the Loyalists and led the spearheading regiment in the Terran's first offensive front against the Zerg. Accompanied by Banshees, Medivacs, and Siege Tanks, Tachi's marines reclaimed 300 miles of land around the landing site. Despite his success, Tachi watched his men die for the sake of the banner pushing forward. When a Forward Operating Base was established, he went for a briefing of the next campaign, and there he met Jacqueline Murphey. She was one of the Banshee pilots that assisted his attack into Zerg territory.
With the saying, "The ends justify the means," the Loyalist Generals found Tachi to be a great asset. He may have led over 2000 men and women to their deaths, but claiming 300 miles in less than 4 days was a feat no general could ignore. He drove himself to extreme lengths to prove himself and gain land for war facilities to be built, and a larger military force to be deployed onto Tarsonis. With commendations, he was awarded the crimson eagle that was placed into the collar of his CMC to signify his new rank of Colonel. However, due to the psychological strains he had suffered on Tarsonis, he was transferred into the Dominion's Reserve, and he signed to be a part of the War Pigs to keep his mind off of the horrors he had undertook.
While on a mission with the War Pigs, Tachi led a company of marines to a Protoss planet to guard a mining operation. Little did he know, he was sent to a shadow war; a war where no one but the belligerents knew of, and the destruction often left no survivors. As he was doing his patrols, alarms over the mining site rang out, and multiple Zerg biosignatures began entering the atmosphere of the planet. At first, it seemed that the Zerg were only few, but more emerged from the ground and began to attack anything in sight. The Terrans were able to fend off the Zerg attack, but the Protoss on the planet were not so lucky. As such, Tachi decided to rid the nearest Protoss camp of the Zerg infestation, but after being cornered by hydralisks and many zerglings, Tachi lost most of his troops and was seriously injured and was exposed to a terrazine geyser. His acts bought the Protoss enough time to warp in a considerable amount of forces, and when they detected Tachi's presence due to his wrangler psionic level, they took him in for interrogation.
Tachi's Protoss saviors also augmented his marine suit, lacing it with psi-sensitive fibers that helped enhance his physical abilities. He was basically a Ghost in a marine armor. With their goodbyes exchanged, Tachi returned to the War Pigs's mining site and was met with surprised reactions as they left him for dead during their rescue mission. Nevertheless, he was sent back into the battlecruiser where he had deployed, and after figuring out that he had somehow augmented his psionic level, Tachi was sent on multiple missions. He was a strong asset in the frontlines, and it helped that he preferred to be a Marine rather than having to gear him up in a Ghost suit. Just to give him more options on the field, the War Pigs have invested in customizing a Hellbat armor to accommodate a fully-armored Marine inside, and be able to switch between Hellion form and vice-versa. He was the first known mercenary to have access to two infantry armors without having to disassemble one.
The War Pigs were then commissioned by Raynor's Raiders in the battle on Char. It was, by far, for terrifying than Tarsonis. To actually fight on an infamous Zerg dominated planet was something Tachi did not dream of, and his nightmare unfolded in front of his eyes as side by side with Raynor's marines, men fell. The medics fell. Ghosts fell. Tachi survived several onslaughts defending the frontlines, but the horrors of the grotesque deaths of his allies did not help his terrazine side effects. In a violent outburst, he injected stim-packs heavily into himself and used three whole boxes of C-14 ammo. The fiery planet threw zerglings, hydralisks, mutalisks, what have they. He was sitting on the forefront, fighting for a purpose he did not even know, besides from getting income. It was the only thing he could do. All the weapons won't do anyone any good if it weren't for the sweat and blood of men like him that fight at the front that make them useful. When his C-14 rifle was damaged from a mutalisk raid, Tachi salvaged what was left and used his bayonet to fend off 20 zerglings on his own from inside a bunker. Each one would try to squeeze into the little slit openings of the bunker, and Tachi delivered swift stabs to each one. A lucky zergling managed to fall through the slit and nearly tore Tachi's legs apart if it weren't for his disregard of comfortable fighting. He pounced on the zergling, his C-14 caught between his body and the hard carapace, and manually ripped the zergling's hind legs with his hands. As the zergling broke free of Tachi's weight and charged back at him, Tachi used his hands to stop the zergling from chomping his face off and ripped it's jaws apart. He repeated the process of ripping small parts of the zergling until he finally disabled it enough to retrieve his rifle and stab it through the head.
Tachi returned to base to get a new rifle and fix his armor, but due to the fighting and the need for a speedy redeployment, Tachi was outfitted with a standard marine's armor and was sent on the next dropship back to the frontlines. More fighting, more crazy antics, and more time at the medical ward for his terrazine side-effects have passed until Raynor's Raiders pulled out of the planet, and with them, the War Pigs.
Skills: Swift hands, Advanced hand-to-eye coordiation, Weapon familiarity
Abilities: Sprinting, Heavy weight lifting, Stimpack, Telepathy
Weapons: C-14 Impaler Gauss Rifle with retractable bayonet
Technology: M98 ballistic alloy combat shield, CMC-300 Powered Combat Suit, Stimpack, Hellbat/Hellion
Likes: Ammo, Rifles, Women, Missions
Dislikes: Ghosts (Unit), Zerg, Protoss
Vehicles: Hellion/Hellbat