Detective Gregory West (Mastodon)

Weight: 180

Apparent Age: 60

Archetype: Mercenary

Preferred Weapon: Spass 22

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Bio: It looks like Seattle Police Department has reached out for another old school detective to fill their ranks, the Mastodon comes directly from the mean streets of the Los Angeles Police Department. He is a new transfer to fill the ranks of the over worked homicide division, and for Mastodon this couldn’t make him happier, he is a true bulldog that has a flawless service record and is highly decorated for his bravery and service to Los Angeles. He has decided to leave his former department do to the corruption that runs rampant through the Free State and strike out in the Seattle Police Department that seems to be welcoming to the old school detectives who play by an entirely different set of rules.

        The Mastodon is a breath of fresh air do to his high morales and his sense of duty and honour, though I am not sure how this old school bulldog will mesh with his new commander. The Mastodon is extremely stubborn and does not tolerate any sort of antics, and he also has a serious disdain for the celebrity criminals that run rampant through Seattle and within the Police Force. This might just be his one and only flaw, and this flaw might make the Mastodon extinct if he is not careful.

         He wasn’t always a police officer, the Mastodon was a former mercenary for the Brotherhood of Mercenaries and achieved the rank of Major before receiving a career ending injury on the battlefield. Though he was able to recover do to cybernetic implants, but he was unable to get clearance to continue serving in the guild. General Fitzgerald relieved him of his duties to the guild, though he didn’t fully abandon the Mastodon, he gave this man a glowing recommendation to the police force and keeps him on as an advisor and advocate for the Brotherhood. The Mastodon holds his former mercenary brothers as high as he holds his boys in blue and he still lives by his code of honour, seeing to degrees from his code would make him no better then the common street thug.

        The Mastodon is the only man brave enough to take on the dreaded pirates, when they staked a claim inside Los Angeles, and would have been able to get the Sea Wolves out of the port if he actually had any backing from the cities leadership. This was when the Mastodon learned that the corruption inside the department went all the way to the top and their wasn’t anything he could do when Admiral Robbins and Admiral Cortland owned the cities politicians and police force. This is just part of the reason the Mastodon left California and headed north the Seattle, the other was what the pirates didn’t own or control, the Yakuza and Triads did this would make a cops life very difficult and he was being forced to question his own core values and the oath he swore when he became a officer of the law.

        Now with the Mastodon you can assume this cop is more then capable of defending himself in a fight and with his three decades of mercenary experience and his two decades of experience as a police officer means the Mastodon is more then a handful for any thug or runner on the streets today. This man is old school and he does play by the rules and wont bend even one inch, he does not walk on that thin grey line some cops walk on and he will not think twice about slapping the cuffs on someone who he witnesses breaking the law as written. Another aspect of the Mastodon is he holds advanced degrees in criminal law, and criminology so this man knows all the obscure laws that are still on the record book but yet never enforced do to being forgotten about. Who pays attention to a law that was written in the 1800’s that says you can’t ride past a cemetery after dark during the Sabbath. Well Mastodon does and he will use these obscure laws to bring in suspects just to get them into the interrogation room, needless to say he enjoys going fishing and sometimes he does hook the big one.

         So basically the Mastodon is a good cop, that has a deep sense of honour and patriotism so you can bet your lucky stars what side of the war he is on. This man might be knew to Seattle but Seattle is not new to him, the Mastodon was born and raised right here in the Emerald City and his family still lives here. He is a good family man and very active in his local church, so unless you want to see the worst side of the Mastodon I would avoid involving his family in any situations. he might be one that follows the rules, and has a code of honour but that doesn’t mean he won’t call his friend General Fitzgerald and bring in some boys that are more than willing to do whatever it takes. The Mastodon has also become close with fellow Brotherhood member Taps and even though Taps is a Sea Wolf, the Mastodon is able to but his frustration behind him regarding the pirates seeing that he knows their is nothing he can physically do to stop them and the Wolves have deep connections and ties to the Brotherhood of Mercenaries.

       In conclusion this is one cop that you should be happy is on your side and looking out for the people of Seattle, yes he might have some questionable alliances and friends but he is an all around good man. The Mastodon is not out there looking to spill blood and he is not looking to cause chaos. All he wants is the guilty to be locked up and the innocent to be protected, the Mastodon is just looking for justice to be served and the people to be able to rest easy knowing the police are out there to protect an serve.

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