Colonel Richard Kirby (Patriot)

Weight: 175

Apparent Age: 65

Archetype: Street Samurai

Preferred Weapon: DAOD Assault Nemesis

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Bio: I hate to refer to this man as a street samurai and not a mercenary, but under the true definition of a street samurai the Patriot has traded enough of his soul for chrome that he can be considered a street killer. Though this man is a professional and doesn’t show any other characteristics that hinder a normal street samurai, he is considered a mercenary by Colonial and that should carry enough wait don’t insult the Patriot by calling him a Sam. This man emerged on the seen many years earlier and has even served in the UCAS Senate after his multiple tours of duty with the US Marine Corps, he was stationed over sea’s when the natives unleashed there fury and during the nights of blood. The Patriot was clueless as to what was going on at home, for he was waist deep in mud and fighting hard against the Chinese and Koreans in the second Korean war. When hell broke loose state side and the President was assassinated this man like many of his brothers in arms where unaware that there wives, homes and children where being pillaged, their commanders abandoning them, and there country turning against them.

       These men where left to fend for themselves deep in enemy and hostile territory, they had nothing to go back to, there base camps all evacuated, they where left out there on the front lines to die or be captured, tortured and executed. When Patriot got wind of there abandonment he knew he had to do something to save the lives of the many young men under his command. He was a Captain at the time and his commission was not high enough to warrant his evacuation, this he cared little about. He was upset because the Corps failed him and his men, they follow the motto of leave “Leave No Man Behind” and they left an entire company of men behind.

        The Patriot knew that he would have to risk life and limb to get his men home and restore their broken morale, he would have to storm a fully operational North Korean military compound to steal they aircraft so they could at least escape hell. Though this meant doing the imposable and storming the castle, with limited supplies and being highly outnumbered and out gunned. The Patriot felt that even if he was killed in the attempt, at least he died trying to do the right thing. He made a pact that if he made it out of hell, he would make those responsible for his abandonment pay a hefty blood price. The Patriot gathered his officers and went over his plan, he told them that this was the only option for escape and to return home. They had to fight with every ounce of there being and never relent. He spent the time carefully outlining his plans and telling the platoon leaders where he wanted them and what he needed them to do. He ended his oratory with the bold marine cry of “Semper Fi!” and he took his position.

       When the assaulted the compound they did so from three separate directions and the men fought with all their gusto, the Patriot and his men charged the gates, dodging machine gun fire and explosions. The air was thick with gun smoke, grenades exploding bodies where falling as the heavens began to cry the rains came down with such force as if the earth itself was washing away the blood of her children. The fighting lasted many hours as the two forces clashed, screams of pain and death could be heard all around as the Patriot and his men made there way slowly to the hangers knowing this was there only shot out. Other squads and platoons sacrificed themselves for their brave leader by going after the anti aircraft guns and knowing that even if they were successful those guns would make it all in vain.

        The Patriot and his platoon had made it to the hanger bays, and once inside the fighting continued both outside and within the bays. The men gave everything they had and eventually they overtook the hanger bays, the had taken three armoured transport helicopters. Though now the real issue began, they had to load the birds and warm them up without getting overtaken the enemy would hear the copters warming up and would come in masses to prevent them from stealing them. Patriot had no idea that so many of his men sacrificed themselves to take out the anti aircraft weapons and he could still hear fighting going on, he radioed to his men to fall back to the hangers for the evacuation.

\       That’s when he was told by his men, no you save whoever you can, we have your back. A Marine never surrenders, and Semper Fi Sir! This actually made the Patriot hesitate for a split second as he was taken aback by their true patriotism, their bravery and their sacrifice. He gave the orders and the men began boarding the copters and the Patriot climbed into the cockpit, placing the headphones on they began there evacuation. The three copters began their lift off and exiting the hanger bay, one by one they cleared the doors the gunners firing at the forces still on the ground the Patriot dodging incoming fire. He glanced over to his left only to witness one of the birds get hit by a rocket propelled grenade and explode killing all on board. As he brought the copter higher he was able to oversee the battlefield and as if for a single moment his senses where dulled and he could see the fighting of the men, and all the bodies littering the battlefield like fallen leaves. He was snapped back to attention as the second copter exploded and as he breached the enemies line and made his way to Germany.

         Once in Germany he was meet with resistance until his radio hail was picked up and they were identified as ally and not an enemy. The Patriot entered the compound with a full company of men he once had around three hundred men and he was down to a simple ten men including himself. He had wounded on board that never made it to see Germany, and even the Patriot was wounded though his wounds were superficial they still left him with scars that he carries with him today. Though once they where landed in Germany there situation wasn’t over, they where classified as criminals of war by there own government and they all were being charged with the most heinous of crimes they never commented. This meant that if captured they would all suffer the firing squad or gallows and would never see the inside of a courtroom. These men had climbed out of hell only to be seeing UN and German military police heading for them, and through the radio they are being told to power down the craft, lay down there weapons and surrender to the police for they are charged with treason, murder of civilians, and more. The Patriot knew this to be a ruse, and wouldn’t allow his men or himself to fall victim to an unlawful arrest he pulled the throttle back and lifted the copter back into the air. These birds had an extended fuel supply and new fuel cell technology in it, allowing for much longer trips before refuelling as he took to the sky a bullet from below ripped through the undercarriage of the copter, tore though the Patriots left foot, travelled up his lower leg exploding out his knee and tearing into his chest. He cried out in pain and nearly lost control of the aircraft. He flew away as his blood slowly rained down below from the open wound in his foot.

        He knew he needed medical attention soon, but he had nowhere to safely land so he transferred the controls over to his co-pilot and stumbled into the back towards the medic. He just laid down and awaited his fate, the medic began working on him and eventually the Patriot passed out and when he awoke he was safely within the confines of the Sons of Liberty. This is how he became one of us and he has since learned of the fate of his family and everything he held dear. He learned that when the native attacks occurred they abandoned him and his company in enemy soil to use them as the fall guys for the Presidents ill fated nuclear strike on his own citizens. But when the strike never happened, do to the actions of War Zone and word spread of their successful assault on the North Korean compound there leaders saw another chance to save there skin and vilify these men. The sent word out that they were terrorists, who successfully used a nuclear warhead to kill thousands of American citizens. They had this company blamed for the Ghost Dance and nights of blood over seas, they turned there back on these soldiers and destroyed there reputations worldwide for political gain.

          Lets just say when the Patriot learned of this information, we needed to heavily sedate him to keep him from ripping his stitches and damaging his newly implanted cyber and bio implants. This anger has stayed with the Patriot ever since those days and he will never forgive his government for all the men he lost, all the families forever torn apart because of the lie, and all the innocent people that were wrongfully convicted of a crime and executed to appease the public’s blood thirst. The Patriot is a man on a mission and he will never relent, we have promoted him to Major through the years, he refuses to accept any higher promotion till his blood price is paid. He is trying to restore the honour of all those men he lost in Korea, there families and bring down the corruption machine one bloated bureaucrat at a time. The only memory of his his children and grandchildren he has comes from the photo he carries with him, and his beloved wife is buried in a nameless grave in the Federal Prison yard after she was hanged for treason a crime she never committed, her only offence was being married to Major Richard Kirby for thirty years. He has never forgiven his government and he shouldn’t for they did him wrong and the natives are the final nail in the coffin for this man. The Patriot has been blessed by the fountain of youth like many of Colonials elite warriors, and for this man the battles of old might be over, but the war has never ended.

          Keeping him out of Seattle was just not going to happen, he is a man possessed and he will not be reasoned with in anyway shape or form, he he has been fighting since 2017 and he holds all the hate, anger, and dedication of a thousand men. He is going to be a serious problem for the military forces there in Seattle, he was needed else where but when then the Patriot makes up his mind nobody and I mean nobody can change it. He see’s any enemy of the Sons of Liberty as his sworn enemy and this man will not take prisoners, He still has that small band of troops that he escaped hell with they call themselves the Minutemen. So if you see the Patriot on the streets, give this man the utmost respect. He has earned every ounce of respect you can muster and he has brought himself and his men to the war in Seattle. The streets will never be the same again, with the Minutemen marching once again. He is focused, he is blessed with some odd paranormal style abilities and his chrome and bioware are of unknown origin and grade, his gear is all DAOD and he is still collecting his blood tribute so enemies of Seattle you have been warned.

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