Secure:Charlie Archer
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| Charlie Archer | |
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| Code Name | Airstar |
| Real Name | Charlie Archer |
| Creator(s) | John Archer and Eloise Smythe |
| Serial Number | REVOKED |
| Faction | Civilians |
| Function | Pirate Captain |
| Primary Specialty | Flying Anything |
| Secondary Specialty | Pimping |
| IC E-Mail | reddthunder@gmail.com |
| Divisions | |
| Weapon | Daring Maneuver |
| Weapon Type | Misc |
| Buster | Yellow and Green |
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Character Data
"I could do this sort of thing with my eyes closed."
Profile
Charlie Archer is said to be the greatest pilot of the age. If it has jets, wings or a propeller, he can fly it. Charlie is the exemplar of the cocky fighter pilot: Good looking, charming and supremely self-confident. He entered the ADF Academy just after the battle of Sydney and was known as a determined student -- and an exceptional Aussie rules footballer. After graduation, Charlie started his service as a jet pilot, earning numerous commendations for confirmed Robot Master kills and valor. He transferred into the combat helicopter program after military cutbacks cut down on jet flight time, and earned praise as one of the ADF's best search-and-rescue pilots. His future in the military seemed bright, but an ugly scandal got him drummed out of the service. His life in ruins, Charlie turned to piracy to get back into the air, and fought his way up the food chain to become the captain of his own ship, the Red Thunder. His callsign, "Airstar", is identified with some of the most dangerous (but lucrative) smuggling operations in recent history. His peers respect him, while the law curses his name. Charlie is handy with a gun and even handier with the ladies, which has given him a deserved reputation as a rake.
Background
Charlie Archer was born on June 12, 2186 in Alice Springs, Australia. Charlie's father John was a jet pilot stationed out of Pine Gap, while his mother Eloise Smythe was a waitress at The X-File, a pub just off base.
Charlie was a good-looking and confident young man, popular with the ladies and looked up to by his male colleagues. He went to public school on the base, and was an average student. He had a natural aptitude for mechanical engineering. His shop teacher believed that Charlie was among the most talented students in the school when it came to working with his hands. Charlie also seemed to have a great intuitive talent for fluid mechanics, demonstrated most often through the creation of paper airplanes during history class. He also had the steadiest hands anyone on the base had ever seen, and had dead-shot aim. If he thought he saw it, he could hit it.
Charlie went off to the ADF Academy in Canberra once he got through his mandatory schooling. It was a bumper year for recruits, as the battle of Sydney had just recently taken place, but Charlie was able to earn his position by his sheer determination to get into the service. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical) with a Physics minor focusing on the Mechanics of Flight. Charlie played Aussie rules football while at the Academy, and was once scouted by the league. He turned it down in favor of staying in the ADF.
Charlie began his service as a jet pilot. He got out of school just as the war had heated back up. His early record is full of commendations for confirmed kills and valor, and positive remarks by his superior officers on his professionalism and skill. He finished his first tour of service as the Stardroids arrived, but cutbacks in the jet program made it hard for him to get flight time. He started training to be a combat helicopter pilot, as search-and-rescue operations were becoming more important as more urban destruction became common. He earned more commendations for valor under fire and saved many lives.
In 2213, Charlie Archer was put on a blind date with Teresa Magrevich, as his father and Gaus Magrevich were friends and felt Charlie would be a good match. The two apparently hit it off well, beginning a year-long romance. Many people believed they would get married, but a scandal destroyed their relationship. Charlie had apparently been maintaining romantic relationships with two other women, and had falsified certain important pieces of internal paperwork to cover his tracks. The incident threatened to stain the entire ADF, and Charlie was quietly -- but forcefully -- drummed out of the service, narrowly missing serving time in a federal prison due to his previous exemplary service.
Within a year, Charlie's life had been destroyed. His father had disowned him, he had no prospects for work, and he had been reduced to being a civilian airport mechanic in Melbourne for just above minimum wage. He was deeply depressed and gradually became resentful of the system that had apparently betrayed him. Charlie fell in with a bad crowd, taking bribes from air pirates to give them access to cargo warehouses.
Eventually, Charlie's desire to get back into the air led him to join a band of air pirates. He became a highly effective pilot, getting his comrades into and out of heists with remarkable efficiency. His ADF combat training and natural talent served him well. Interpol can't catch him, and his callsign "Airstar" is associated with numerous daring raids all through the Pacific Rim.
Charlie is rumored to be a free agent operating somewhere out of Sri Lanka. He works for vehicles or parts, and is said to be able to get through the ADF air defenses without a whisper. He's apparently been running Reploids in and out of Australia for at least a year, no questions asked.
Pirate History
After Charlie was drummed out of the ADF in 2215, he spent several months living out of his car. He got by through selling off most of his possessions, going to the blood bank twice a week, and doing odd jobs for cash wherever he could. He eventually drifted into Melbourne, where he got a job on the ground crew of the city airport. Despite Charlie's blackened record, his elite skills as a mechanic got him in the door as a poorly paid, overworked airport employee.
Since the only thing that generally moves through airports in the 23rd century is cargo heading to or from an industrial teleporter, Charlie and his fellow crew members generally had lonely jobs. Bribery and complicity in piracy was common. Efforts to curb corruption generally fell on deaf ears so long as nothing too large was taken or "misplaced" all at once. The most common victim of theft were industrial components who could be "broken" or "lost in transit" without too much fuss.
Charlie, hungry to get back into the air and desperate for cash, gradually allowed himself to be bought. The more money they showed him, the more he was willing to do for them. His military training made him into a highly professional and efficient thief. By 2216, he became a full-time pirate, informally leaving his job after being chased out of town on a pirate ship by the police.
Charlie, with nothing but the clothes on his back, started a new life in Sri Lanka as an air pirate. He started out on the crew of the Runny Egg, led by Captain "Big" Joe wimmer. "Big" Joe is an unremarkable operator who primarily steals consumer electronics from cargo ships. A few months in the engine room passed uneventfully before he took the helm in an emergency and pulled off what some would call an impossible aeronautical maneuver; fitting a ship half the size of the Gesellschaft through an aerial blockade in a thunderstorm with 100 meter visibility without crashing it. After that, Charlie was able to move quickly up the ranks, traveling from crew to crew as a mercenary pilot. If it was an impossible run, it if required a slow ship to get somewhere faster than it should have been able to go, if it meant outflying the ADF in outmoded junk, Charlie got it done.
By 2218, Charlie had earned enough money to put the down payment on his ship, the Red Thunder. The Red Thunder is a recommissioned Chinese War aerial clipper, built for speed and maneuverability; a ship that Charlie can wield in the air like a brain surgeon's scalpel. He's been bankrolling paying off the ship through the mercenary lenders he used to finance the purchase. Charlie keeps landing big score after big score, paying off the ship in a big way. He's just a few more big jobs from really making the ship his own.
The Crew
Captain: Charlie Archer, generally considered the world's greatest pilot. You know this handsome devil already.
First Mate: "Pak". Pak is a Sri Lankan native who grew up along the airways. A wiry, spindly man, Pak was on the crew of the previous captain of the Red Thunder before his untimely demise at the hands of no less than 20 creditors. Pak is Charlie's connection with the locals and brokers some transport deals with other unsavory types. He smokes fragrant pipe tobacco out of a home-made pipe. Pak has outstanding warrants for piracy, grand theft auto and assault all across Asia.
Engineer: Vladimir "Ivanov" Coolinsky. Renegade Russian engineer. Every crew needs one. He has a hundred aliases all across Asia and is wanted on several counts of anarchist-related sabotage he committed in his youth. A gruff and generally incoherent man, Coolinsky is handy with his tools and hates "the government". Pavel Cossack and Coolinsky could probably hang out and talk shop for days.
Medic: Gia "Ginny" Tieri. A former Mafia doctor that operated a plastic surgery office in Hong Kong. Tieri's practice went bad when Sera's takeover went down. Gia had to skip town and hit the mattresses in Sri Lanka. Gia joined the crew when Charlie saved her from a Yakuza cleaner team in the course of making a cargo deal with an opposing Triad. Gia has the most generous deal out of all of the crew because of her often necessary services.
Charlie also maintains a rotating cast of muscle hired on a per-mission basis. People who work for Charlie once generally will work for him again, because he makes sure everyone gets paid (or their next-of-kin).
Trivia/Facts
- Charlie was involved in the Green Naga Affair along with Riot, Protoman, Linnea Blossom, and Alloy.
- Charlie is friends with Narcy Hide, frequenting the combination bar and brothel known as the 'Buttery Nipple'.
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