Born in a Naxo research facility roughly 18 years ago I was “rescued“ by a State Trouper strike team
I spent the next 8 years in a State orphanage, a great joy for a 2nd gen biowarrior (this was during the height of Naxo - State tension) so life was not exactly easy (the scars attest to that)
During Naxo’s nuclear attack on the state in the end days of the war the orphanage was semi destroyed and I took the chance to escape onto the streets
Life on the streets was not much easier but at least there was enough food and less violence, I took up with a succession of street gangs. As my bioaugs began to kick in I found enhanced vision and strength very useful on the streets. As the look out for the gang and occasionally the muscle the gang prospered (as much as a street gang could) sleeping in abandoned buildings and airshafts.
What I did to survive in those years is no ones business but my own and I feel no regret for any of it. Apart from not having the chance to burn the orphanage to the ground myself, although some of the pampered brats from there crossed my path again trying to survive on the streets (revenge is sweet)
The last gang was stable for about 2 years when we made the decision to move to Utopia but unfortunately for me that coincided with Esteban Cortez’s crackdown on street crime not of his organization so the gang was given the choice, join the Black Road or die. Simple enough you would think but the next thing I knew was some organization called the Rangers coming to take me to their training facility. Seems Cortez had refused to have me anywhere near “his streets and basically that meant join the rangers or end up dead.
Great start don’t you think. Anyway was forced into basic training then met the rest of what would be my “team“
A bug, a kitten and a blue boy telepath, oh joy.
Actually as it happens the first shake down mission went well and against all the odds it seemed this team might work.
Also learning more about the Rangers made me think that maybe this was a good place for me (but the choice would still have been nice)
The first official trainee mission got us a nice bonus and some commendations (one from Cmd Press a face I don’t really want to spend much time looking at however) so the chance to shop with real money I had earned was a new experience for me, as was a roof over my head and food in the fridge.
The team has kind of gotten to know each other and we work well together and partied together which is even more important
We have met some legendary names in the first week too, JP Chance, Mr. Wo, Marrik Jp’s lovely wife Jeannette, an original Vanguard called Smitty and an old guy in the temple who was an assassin and fought against Deacon the first time.
I had a full medical and a haircut for the first time and Marrik identified the bioaugs I had inherited from my parents, I suppose if I asked he could try to find out who they were and if I had an original name but to be honest I am not that bothered just now
There was an emergency call sent out for all units and when we responded we were to destroy an device that was luring an extremely dangerous threat towards a settlement of 600,000 people, we found and destroyed the device and captured the user but it seems someone panicked and fired at the treat (threat X) this apparently only makes him angrier and he killed 19 rangers and 4 trainees before the decoy plan could be activated
23 lives just like that, seems being a Ranger is a dangerous job even for trainees. Still seeing as my choice is still the Rangers or die, I guess I don’t have much to lose
We were given the day off after the funeral and looks like some serious ass kicking is going to be done over the shots being fired, but that’s for bigger heads than mine to deal with.
