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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 1460698">I rolled using irony games' die roller thingy and got a 15 and a 14.  Not too surprising, considering I've got three Edges, heh.  So what's behind door number 2?Well, truthfully I'm having trouble with it myself.  Jake's not what you'd call an interesting  character, in the usual sense.  There's nothing particularly wrenching or tragic about his past, and he's not pursuing some vendetta or dream.  Part of his texture as a personality is that he's not really sure what he wants in the long run, so in a way that's freedom for you as a GM because you can hook him however you like.  : ]I think Jake was, well, not really a farmboy, but definitely a suburbanite growing up.  He took a test at school, and they said that instead of college he should become a mechwarrior, so he did.  His parents were happy about that, because it brought some prestige to an otherwise ordinary family, but they had a falling-out once Jake decided to leave the military.  Truth is, Jake's parents raised him too well:  Jake knew he wasn't really happy with the military lifestyle, and some of the things they'd ordered him to do  didn't sit right with his conscience, so he left, and screw the stability of a regular paycheck.But his impulse, though well-founded, didn't point him towards anything, only away from what he knew would be a soldier's grave.  He's now a mercenary, since that's what happens to good mech pilots who don't really have a good direction in life.  He's been relatively successful, in that he's not dead, owns a Battlemech, and makes enough money to send some home now and again, but his relationship with his family has been cool ever since.Think of Jake as the oatmeal of this group.  True, sometimes you want sushi, or curry, or corned beef and cabbage, and those are all great, but when you just got up and your stomach is complaining about how late you stayed up last night and how much fun you had, better reach for the oats.-Sedit:  PS - don't forget to come up with callsigns for when we're on a mission!  Mine's a secret for now, heh heh.</blockquote>

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