Ronnie Jacobs (Rust)

Weight: 200

Apparent Age: 65

Archetype: Street Samurai

Preferred Weapon: DAOD Assault Nemesis

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Bio: Well its time to speak about a man that the mere mention of his name sends ripples of fear through anyone who has seen him in action, this is the infamous street killer known simply as Rust. This man is more machine than human by this point, but that doesn’t seem to be an issue for Rust as he is fully upgraded with state of the art cyber implants and bio organic implants. He is as well been hunting the shadows of Seattle for decades, staying just under the radar of the local law enforcement. This man has been able to exist do to the sheer fear of his reputation and his willingness to do what ever it takes to get the job done. Rust is a man that has honed and perfected the art of mass killings and uses this fear to subjugate an entire district or corporation into complete silence. It is just easier to pass blame to a gang or a mentally ill subject than go after a warrior like Rust, this man has no soul and no remorse, he never takes prisoners and is only content when he is wading through a river of blood. Rust see’s the world in black and white and do to the tactile computer that replaces a large portion of his brain, this man also see’s the world as threats and non threats. He has only one reaction and that is to fight, so if you see Rust on the streets do yourself a favour and vacate to a safe location otherwise you will truly become famous as yet another victim of Rust.

          Rust is from the generation of the founding fathers and has been in operation since 2032, this man is a Seattle native that was directly affected by the Great Ghost Dance, and the Nights of Blood that followed. He was once a noble officer of the law and served the citizens of Seattle proudly, till the day of the eruptions and magical onslaught that ravaged the nation. Rust would loose everything in a blink of an eye, the region of the city he resided and worked in would be completely consumed by the volcanic fire and he would simply watch as everything and everyone he knew and loved would be turned to ash. He would as well watch as the remainder of the city would be consumed into a bloody war as the native forces would begin to assault the citizens for no apparent reason. Rust would go to to his commanders to seek guidance and seek orders to help protect and defend the citizens, only to receive the direct orders to stand down and let nature take it’s course. This didn’t sit well with Rust as he was emotionally distraught from loosing his loved ones and as well his patriotism and sense of duty would not allow him to just stand down and watch as the innocent perished and he did nothing.

           This was when he made a life altering decision that he would never regret, Rust would go from being a highly decorated police officer to becoming a wanted man in a blink of an eye. When in his emotional state, he would loose control of his mental faculties upon hearing the stand down orders from his commanding officer. Rust would toss his badge onto the captains desk, turn to leave upon hearing a smug remark come from the elders mouth Rust would snap he then spun around drew his side arm with lighting speed and with a single pull of the trigger he would bring forth the age of Rust as landed a bullet directly between the eyes of his former commander. The murder of his captain would force Rust onto the streets and directly into the fight against the natives all the while being hunted by his fellow officers. They say there is nothing scarier then a man with nothing to loose and everything to gain, and with Rust this is fact. He would enter the streets a broken man and become one of the deadliest and fiercest warriors of his age.

            Rust unlike many of the mercenaries and shadow operators of his day, would focus his rage directly onto the native forces and citizens blaming them for the death of his beloved wife and children, the destruction of his home and the slaughter of his neighbours. This anger would be his driving force throughout his long and bloody career. Rust would only become more honed and focused throughout the years and once he would learn of his governments involvement in the attacks he would just add any government military and even law enforcement official to his list of targets. Rust would then travel from coast to coast bringing forth his retribution the only way he knew how and that would be to return the favour, they slaughtered his neighbours, friends and family so he would slaughter those that still blindly supported the government. This is how the legend of Rust would grow and soon the fear of the man would become ingrained into each and every citizen and within the government the fear of Rust was so intense that they gave orders to never engage Rust directly, they actually trained there agents to commit suicide over being captured by this terror.

            Rust for years wandered alone and had no masters or allies, just a lone gunman on a suicidal killing spree, as he believed he had nothing to live for anymore. It wasn’t till Rust met another shadow warrior named Apex that he would rise further through the ranks and become even deadlier as Apex would offer not only assistance to the lone gunman but he would offer financial support to help Rust keep his edge on the streets. Once word spread of the partnership of Rust and Apex, the streets became a buzz with tales and the government would quake in there boots as Rust was bad enough but to add Apex to the equation would force them to openly deny the existence of these men an secretly keep records on there travels and document there actions in hopes to find a weakness in there tactics. This would eventually create a situation where the UCAS would attempt to capture both Rust and Apex when they rolled into Cincinnati, setting them up like Bonnie and Clyde in a roadside ambush. Though what actually occurred was the single most vicious assault in recorded history and would leave the government with both a black eye and egg on there face.

          It seemed that the UCAS intelligence was behind in it’s record keeping, and they didn’t know that both Rust and Apex had teamed up with two additional killers known only as Bard and Chief and this foursome would be far to much for the agents of the NSA, FBI, ATF, CIA and the UCAS Marshall’s office. So under the close scrutiny of the local media, the butchering would commence and the government would loose dozens of valuable agents and the date of April 13th 2050 would go on to live in infamy. As the four would slaughter all he stood in opposition and leave not one agent among the living. The ambush was supposed to bring down the infamous Apex and Rust but it would end up empowering these men and bringing them directly into the history books and the hallowed halls of the law enforcement academies. No longer could the government ignore Rust and no longer could they deny the existence of this killer. The foursome would go onto to be known as the Heralds of Destruction or simply referred to as the Bards, these men would suddenly become household names as the actions on that day would be broadcast live into the homes of millions of UCAS and CAS citizens. Suddenly overnight the government had a serious situation on there hands, dealing with the public outcry an fear of the madness that these four would unleash in a very short period of time. The Bards might not have been in operation for long as a unit and would eventually disband to go there separate ways, but from 2050 to 2055 this grouping of four of the most lethal and deadly warriors would terrorize the landscape and redefine the meaning of wholesale slaughter.

            After the Bards would disband, Rust would go to continue his rampage against the government and the NAN, though do to his increased popularity from his days with the Bards the level of employment would increase, as well would his bank account. Rust would use this to his advantage as the people still feared him, the government still quaked thinking about a man they couldn’t stop and the police would ignore his existence out of sheer self preservation. For Rust, he would use this time to update his equipment and cyber, he would refocus his conquest and use all of this to assault the UCAS directly on there home turf within the Federal District. Bringing a new level of destruction to the FDC that they have never seen before, and sending many to an early grave as he would directly assault many of the government buildings. Though do to Rust’s over achieving actions and the plans of the already established King of Slaughter the Taskmaster. These two would collide and when the smoke cleared the two would remain unharmed and unscathed, in a sea of debris, and slaughtered citizens, the two shook hands and Rust would leave the FDC only to return to Seattle to help in the resistance of the UCAS that was beginning to rise within the Emerald City.

         After all these years and countless mass murders performed at the hands of Rust, the government has still yet to full acknowledge the terror that is Rust, they are trying to keep the reality of this man a myth and not factual. They might have failed to fully cover up there earlier failings, but do to propaganda and being able to rewrite history they have been able to bury and conceal the existence of this street killer. Sadly there attempt will only bring more grieving and more innocent victims as Rust is fully back in operation and he doesn’t seem to be slowing down one bit. He has fully upgraded his equipment, cyberware and bio organic implants, he might appear older now but that will not slow him down a it is only a shell and Rust has proved more then once that metal is better then meat. Also with the return of Apex into Seattle and as well Chief and Bard being back in the city, it seems that the Bards are back in business come 2074. These four men terrorized a nation for five years and slaughtered countless in there wake, it won’t be long before the Bards reunite and fully focus on the UCAS forces here in Seattle, if nothing is done to stop Rust and the rest of the Bards this war could go very badly for our beloved UCAS. The government needs to stop focusing on Bilbo and worry about these real monsters that lurk in the shadows, the Bards are back and killing is there business and these men will be heralded as the saviours of Seattle when in fact they will be the bringers of the end for us all.

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