Post by Simon Gideon on Mar 23, 2008 14:57:06 GMT -5
nightspinner said:
Alright, he can be that old. I was thinking young but being an old veteran might be cool.Old veteran certainly gives you some leeway as to how knowledgeable and capable the character may be, whereas younger characters are limited by lack of experience. Unless you're playing Resident Evil, in which case everyone has had eight high-profile professions by 24 years of age.
But yeah, I dunno about the whole marine pride thing, but I think that he could very well be on a elite like squad. Not saying he would be able to dodge bullets like int he matrix, but he could aim and shoot mighty quickly before he gets hit. But since he is old maybe his reflexes aren't so up notch.
Proficiency, defined, is having done something over ten thousand times. Age only hurts your reflexes if you stay out of shape and don't do things anymore. Look at Sam Fisher- father and family man, nearing fifty, and he can infiltrate enemy compounds with ease.
Ideas may include former SWAT, anti-terrorist units, decorated police, GSG 9, or even a mercenary who has worked a lot of odd jobs.
Also, when I mean Military specialized thing, I meant more along the lines of being part of a special military division that is called upon to perform special missions. A crude and possibly incorrect example: A rebelion is taking place in a country and the Rebels have certain weapons that could be a threat to the US. US wants those rebels out of the picture but don't want to sully their hands, so they send in a squad of well trained warriors to undermine the rebels while making it seem like the US isn't directly interefering. Basically, they perform special operations that standard soldiers may not be cut out for. Actually, that just gave me an idea.... I'll think on it later though. And I may just go for the Army to just hold back on the whole headache of marine pride.
Definitely something from the above list then. Like Rainbow Six or something.
Okay, maybe not a string of dojos. Once more, I lack the finer points of real life info, and probally not a single dojo either.
Well, most armed forces units and special ops groups do engage in mixed martial arts training, so the idea of a former decorated ops soldier opening up a dojo while playing civilian is very believable.
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