Name: James Cussack
Alias: "Deadeye"
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Nationality: UCAS (SIN)
Lifestyle: Low (2 month prepaid)
Starting Cash: ¥272 + (3d6 x ¥60)
Current Karma: 0
Physical description and other pertinent data: although in his late twenties he looks a bit older, weather beaten, round head, shaved head and sporting a goatee. present a distinct scar on his right cheek, crosses from close to his ear lobe to the middle of the face, left pinky finger missing, appears to retain full hand movements functionality. recovered from serious wounds resulting in Right arm replacement obviously cybernetic. implanted datajack on left temple. thoroughly upgraded, no Milspec cyber or hardware known, handle with care if apprehension is required, use of deadly force recommended.
Character Sheet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-RC72AFpqTcQTdtTUxLb2syN2c/edit?usp=sharingBrief BackstoryJames Cussack is a ex-UCAS military intelligence operative, he was a Sargent acting as a warrant office in the service, usually conducting field operation, surveillance, both physical and matrix, while he was not your top of the line decker or corporate spider he did have enough skills to make a difference for his team. But that was to no avail when a set of faulty information, an order arriving too late from the chain of command, a couple of trigger happy rookies turned what had supposed to be a simple neutralization of a couple of smuggling operatives into a nasty firefight with a gang of milspec armed smuggling ring. the objectives had been simple at first, neutralize the two operatives and retrieve either their commlinks or any files present at the site. security wad supposed to be lax and numbers in favour of James team, The hierarchy, in particular major Hogan, had shared his doubts about the whole operation, but the information James had was solid, or so he though.
The whole thing was a bust, faced with overwhelming fire-power, without magical support, the matrix position jeopardized, it was FUBAR if one had to put in twentieth century terms. in a matter of seconds two men where down, prvt. Carl Ingram (no relation to the manufacturer) and prvt. Spencer Jade, the riggers, providing surveillance and fire support, position jeopardized, as if someone knew exactly how, when and how many would be at the derelict warehouse. It all stank, extracting the platoon was no easy feat, but the men did it, the whole operation turned into a fiasco, two men down and Sargent on the fast track to a court martial.
It was all circumstantial, even the drug use charges, the military have most of the grunts on any a sort of chemical cocktail, even if you do take them (which may have been the case) it should make no much worst that the drek already on your system. In the end james accept to take a dishonourable discharche instead of having to face court martial, he later received a curt message from his father "i had already lost one son, now i am father without sons", that hurt him way more than the discharge, but old man Master Sargent Marshall Cussack was never a easy man to get along with, his expectation always too high, his standards always too strict, he was the true archetype of a drill Sargent, something he carried from his professional life into the upbringing of his children.
James "dead" brother had goblinized during SURGE, it was a shock to James at the time, at first he no longer considered Michael his brother, the effect that turn him into a troll barely making him recognizable in the eyes of his brother. Later as he perceived the social bias that hit his brother, James tried to correct his error, it was not fair in the eyes of the teenager the level of pain the society inflicted upon another that did not had any say on its fate. But some things are hard to correct, his brother fuelling with hatred by the way he was being treated, fuelled by the unfairness of it all ran away a couple of eyes later, while his father never blamed nor ostracised Michael he could not forgive him the inability for not facing the problems and running away, so his blunt statement was that he only had one son left after Michael ran away.
James troubles piled on him when Kelly kept pushing him to use his contacts and skills to help the ork underground, it became a recurrent issue with them, along with the alcohol and drugs. Since he had left the military James had been adrift, Kelly being a militant member for metahuman rights kept pushing James to take a active stand, "By God James, after you how you treated your brother it only makes sense if you amend it by helping other metahumans! why cant you lift your finger to help those in need!", that was usually the flavour of the discussions, after a while Kelly took a stand, she could no longer be with him if he did not take action in her cause, at first the military had been a good excuse for him not to, but having left it... James had ran out of excuses in her book. they broke up their engagement, it was not a pretty thing.
James was left to pick up the pieces of his life afterwards, no home, no fiancée, no service, it all just became a slow spiral down into the abyss of despair that the sprawl is known to be. is he self-destructive? by all means, no. many would just say he is just an angry man adrift in a world that kicks more often than it pulls you up, like someone once said "when you're down even the dogs come to piss on your leg".
A few noteworthy events did arise, there was that job for the mafia, it was supposed to be a simple protection, but as they say "there are no milk runs", that became evident when the safe-house their employer had picked to stash the accountant (no more details about the nature of the person where provided, as if saying he was an accountant sufficed) was attacked by the pawns. James is not a person to directly flaunt the law, its not something he does callously, but if the pay is right and there are no innocent victims involved it just becomes another day in the shadows. His right arm got short pretty bad, from the six man crew only tow where left standing, 3 dead, another severely injured. what had been a simple keep-the-target-safe ended as a fight-for-your-life, its not much of a story really, just a heads up on how he lost his right arm, the Don, at his Capo bequest Robert "Scrimshaw" O'Donnel, arranged for a replacement, some of it was paid by the Mob, some of the improvements by James personal fund, we could say it was a bonus payment for a tougher than expected job (and also one that had not to be split among so many interested parties), while the operation did took some of his edge (no one goes through that kind of trauma and comes back as they where) the right arm more than compensated for it, better than his squishy one had ever been, faster, stronger, that's cyberware for you, it may have some disadvantages, but sometimes the advantages are more than welcome in James line of business.
Personality//Knight Errant #host701// Filenumber 569.7//
//File description: text transcript from surveillance operation #7.AF.748//
who? "Deadeye"? yes i can give you some pointers about him, former UCAS military Sargent, former UCAS Department of Strategic Intelligence operative, currently gun for hire and private dick at your service, whatever gets food on the table and a regular fix. not a mean person nor one without conscience, the military and the dishonourable discharge and his breakup with his long time fiancée have turned him into somewhat callous. one can say he is not a peoples person but so wouldn't you be if you had been through the same drek, so yeah, he can be gruff, its true he sometimes can get a bit violent, but hey, its a violent world chummer, at least he wont kick you when you're down, unless you deserved it of course, and yes, cross him and he might just geek you if he can get away with it, but you shouldn't complain, you would do the same to him if you where in his shoes, right chummer?
//end file//Known relatives:
Father - Marshall Cussack - retired UCAS Master Sargent
Mother - Melissa Hawthorn~Cussack - Deceased
Brother - Michael Hawthorn~Cussack ; A.K.A. Arthur Ronson, A.K.A."Mauler" Brinn, A.K.A Malak Zulbaljin; born 2048; SURGE affected - goblinized, Troll, awakened; unknown whereabouts, known connection to anti-Humanis groups, arrest warrants in UCAS and CAS pending for terrorist activities against alleged humanis activists.