Post by Alexander Christophe on Jul 17, 2013 4:50:51 GMT -5
Alexander Ivan Christophe
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The Basics
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The Basics
Full Name: Alexander Ivan Christophe
Call Sign: N/A
Nickname(s)/Alias(es): N/A
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation:Heterosexual
Age: 28
Birthday: June 6th
Birthplace: Gemenon
Occupation: Marine Spec Ops Officer
Rank/Title:Ensign
Physical Appearance
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 260 Lbs.
Build: Muscular
Hair: Blond
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks: Semper Fi on left shoulder, Colonial Marine Corps emblem on right shoulder, multiple stab and bullet scars on chest and back
Possessions, Equipment, Belongings: G.I. marine equipment plus some casual clothes and martial training equipment/weaponry
Other:
Play- By: Dolph Lundgren
Friends, Family, and Other Relationships
Mother: Ellen Christophe
Father: Ivan Christophe
Siblings: Drake Christophe (younger brother)
Significant Other: N/A
Children: N/A
Other Notable Persons: Zoe Hackett
(Don't know name yet, play by will be either Jean-Claude Van Damme or Sylvester Stallone) - Battle buddies through thick and thin, someone who balances Alexander out, great martial skill but a little more laid back and fun.
His martial arts instructors.
Personality
Likes:
- The Corps: He loves the Corps because it gives him and his family a better future.
- Training: He likes training in all its forms. It keeps him and his men sharp.
- Discipline: He is a fan of order and structure.
- Martial Arts: He likes to keep things up close and personal, and martial arts gives him an upper hand in most cases.
- Raptor pilots: It's always best to befriend the people who have to come pick up your sorry asses after a mission.
Dislikes:
- Nancy boys: He finds these people weak willed and not fit for duty.
- Zealots: The STO have made it hard for him to share his faith and have destroyed the image of his religion.
- Pretentious people: He feels that people who think they are above others lack in personal integrity.
- Politicians: They send men to die and gave him and his men a pointless PR mission.
- Poor leaders: The kind of men that are willing to send men out to do a job they themselves aren't willing to do.
Fears:
Strengths:
- Martial arts: He has spent most of his life training in the discipline of martial arts.
- Leadership: He is good at bolstering his marines morale.
- Marksmanship: For him marksmanship is another tool for training.
Weaknesses:
- He allows close relationships to hinder his decision making.
- He has overly high expectations of his troops: This is a weakness because some would say he expects too much from the men and woman under his command.
- Bull headed: He is very set in his ways and believes there is a right way and a wrong way to do most everything.
Aspirations: To be the best leader he can be and have the best fire team possibly trained.
General Personality: He is a marine through and through. Alexander follows orders. He does have opinions but he will state them in private. Alex never undermines a commanding officer's commands in front of the men.
Alexander believes in the one true God.
Alexander is a hardcore leader, and if you don't live up to his expectations of a marine he will take a personal interest in your training. That is something you don't want him to do. He will run you to death and break you down then build you up as a marine. He doesn't make men and woman he makes Marines.
He isn't one to sleep around, however he can be very flirtatious. Alexander loves his family and does what he can to make sure his brother is successful. Alexander is helping his younger brother pay for school and is trying to give him something Alexander never had, a future with options. He supports his brother in everything he does be it stupid or greatly beneficial. Alexander almost views his brother like a son. His brother is nine years younger than him, and Alexander watches over him and leads him in the right direction.
Alexander is a great leader but he allows himself to let close relationships cloud his judgment which hinders his dedication to his duty.
The Backstory
History: Alexander was born in a small rural town on Gemenon. He was a happy child that developed his physical traits at a younger age than most. He was walking at ten months and he was running before his second birthday. Alexander was always big for his age which for him meant some teasing in his younger years. The older kids would pick on him due to his size. They would call him names like "gargantor" and "ogre boy".
After Alexander had a few suspensions from school for fighting. The principal told his parents that they needed to get Alexander some sort of outlet for his aggression problem. Alexander's father was very upset by this because Alexander only retaliated or fought to defend himself and his friends. His father and mother decided to get him into martial arts.
At the age of seven his parents but him into two Martial Arts programs: Eskrima and Silat. This helped him focus his aggression in a positive way and deterred others from picking on him for his size.
Alexander was a decent student from there on. At the age of twelve his father passed away while at work in one of the mines on Gemenon. His father had been the sole breadwinner of the family. They had a little saving but not much. The mine paid for his funeral and gave the family a lump sum payment of five years of his fathers salary. His mother tried to stretch this as far as she could. It was difficult for her to find a job since she had some health issues from her last pregnancy. She was only able to work part time, which meant low hours and little pay.
Alexander's martial arts instructors saw their strife and offered to continue training him for free. His instructors where men of honor that Alexander looked up to as father figures. With his father gone, Alexander took the role of head of the household, in order to provide for his family. To do this he was sometimes forced to poach. Fortunately for him he was never caught and he only poached to feed his family.
A few years later a man came into the picture. His mother quickly feel in love with him and he moved in. Alexander reluctantly gave him the reigns as the head of the household. The man became very verbally abusive to his mother which Alexander found completely unacceptable. The final straw for Alexander came when the man hit his little brother. There where no words spoken by Alexander as he stood from his desk and flattened the man with a few vital strikes to his kidneys, spine, and then finally the back of the head. Alexander doesn't remember much about what happened after his little brother was punched. The only thing he remembers is his mother screaming at him to stop. The whole engagement most likely only took seconds but the man was bloody and broken lying on the floor. His mother called an ambulance and he was rushed to the hospital. To Alexander's credit the man made up some vague lie about how he was working on something and then it feel on him and Alexander pulled it off of him. There was no investigation and the man quickly left the house.
At 16 Alexander got a part time job to help with the bills and to relieve some of the financial burden on his mother. He also learned about a new martial art, Krav Maga. He continued his martial arts training all the way through high school. With work and the martial arts taking up most of his time his grades began to slip. He ended up graduating with an accumulative GPA of 2.75. Alexander still had to poach on occasion because there just wasn't enough funds coming. Through poaching he found that he was surprisingly light on his feet and a good marksmen.
At 18 Alexander saw his opportunity to benefit his family even greater. He joined the Colonial Marine Corps. In basic training he quickly showed prowess as a soldier. He was great at following orders and was just as good at rallying his men around him. He was in the top of his class at hand-to-hand, and one of the best with the rifle and pistol, qualifying as expert in both. While in basic he became friends with Zoe Hackett, but they ended up choosing different military paths. Zoe was a fantastic shot and was going in to become a sniper. She had the talent with a rifle to place her shots most anywhere she wanted to. They did stay in contact after basic but didn't get the opportunity to see each other often. There was always some sexual tension between them.
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Right out of basic a revolution had broke out on Saggitaron. The marines where deployed along with a dozen Battlestars and their complement. Alexander and his team where attached to the Battlestar Colombia to stage for the engagement.
One of their first missions was to detain a revolutionary supporter. Their target was one Wyatt Casey. It was an early morning op; the time 0300 hours. The team approached the building as quiet as fifteen marines can. They breached the house and the team split into two, one group took the bottom floor and the other the top. Alexander's group went to the first story of the two story house to clear the rooms. As they approached the first room a very scared young woman opened the door. Alexander quickly raised his gun and in a commanding voice said, "Back up and turn around." Then a little louder, "Back up, turn around, then lie on the ground." She stood there in shock and said, "Whats going on? Who are you?" To that Alexander said louder "I said, 'Back up, turn around, and get on the FRAKIN' GROUND! COMPLY!" At his final command she backed up and lay face down on the floor. Alexander slung his gun back and the second man moved up to cover him. Once Alexander reached the girl he quickly zip tied her arms behind her back. Alexander quickly checked her for weapons and made a quick look for other weapons in the room. There where none to be seen. "Clear." he said to the other man as he grabbed his gun and helped the girl sit against the far wall. After the other man left the girl seemed to still be in shock. "This will all be over soon" Alexander said, trying to comfort her. As the minutes ticked by the rest of the women and children where brought into the room and a more thorough check for weapons was done. None where found then either. After about fifteen minutes the father was in custody and was being transferred to a facility. Alexander and the other men cut the zip ties and then left the home.
A few months and a few battles later they had to clear another home. This time it was a much more high priority target. The man in question was supplying arms to the revolutionaries. The squad he was a part of was tasked to clear the building in question and then another squad would go in to take the detainee. As they approached the building all hell broke loose. They came under fire from a building across the street and their crew sergeant was hit and killed quickly. The rest of them took cover and waited for the corporal to make a decision. As they where taking cover Alexander turned his SAW towards the adjacent building. After he stopped firing there was no more gun fire coming from the building. He then took cover with the rest of them. The corporal was now in command and the mission was starting to get delayed. The corporal just knelt there with fear in his eyes. The others were looking to him to make a decision and he had nothing to say. Alexander walked over to him and knelt down beside him. "Corporal, what are your orders?" The man just stammered for a moment. Then Alexander put his hand on his shoulder and said. "Corporal, we're lagging behind. We are Frakin' Colonial Marines. The mission goes on. No one is bigger than the job at hand. OORAH!" The corporal then stood up and they finished the mission with no other casualties. After the mission the corporal wrote his report and Alexander was given a non-medal written commendation.
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After basic he was put with a marine infantry unit (and saw action on Tauron as mentioned above) and climbed the ranks at an exceptional rate gaining rank at the minimum time in grade requirements. After two years he met a man that quickly became his friend (hopefully a PC played by JCVD or SS see above). They had common ground in that they where both martial arts trained and great soldiers. His new found friend helped him to relax a little and enjoy life. They were the same rank and had been in close to the same amount of time.
After four years he became a crew sergeant and Alexander and his close friend decided to become marine special forces. There they excelled at the physical tasks and stresses put upon them. Alexander continued to show good leadership skills. Special operators training was hard and it made the already "hard as nails" marines even more so. Marine Special Forces
Once training was over they where all given two weeks leave. Alexander hadn't been home in almost two years so he decided to spend the whole time on Gemenon. While there, his brother was fairly distant while Alexander wanted to take him out shooting and go camping. He wanted some good time to bond with his brother and see how he was doing. Only a few short days before he was scheduled to ship back out with his unit his brother came home with a bloody nose and two black eyes. It took some persuasion but after some serious talking and a little aggressive negotiation his brother confessed that he had joined a gang. Alexander was furious with his brother and explained to him how stupid he was for making this life decision. Alex had his brother bring him to where the gang usually gathered to hang out and cause general mischief. Alexander went there and "persuaded" them to allow his brother to leave the gang.
After his leave was over, he and his brother had better communication. They talked more about what was going on at home and how he was doing. Alexander's brother's grades began to improve too. His mother thanked him for all of the help he gave them financially and in his continued leadership for their little family.
When he got back to his team they went on a few missions against the Soldiers of the One. The first mission was a quick extraction mission. They obtained a fairly high ranking member of the terrorist cell for interrogation. The second mission was to break up a few of the smaller training camps they had spread out across Gemenon. They were then given a two day pass. On this pass Alex and his battle buddy decided to hit one of the local bars on Caprica where they where stationed. They had a few drinks and were talking up a few of the local woman. Unbeknownst to them they where Viper pilots' girlfriends. After being flirtatious with them for close to half an hour the boyfriends showed up. They weren't too happy with these marines hitting on their girlfriends. Alexander tried to talk them down and explain that they didn't know what was going on. Unfortunately his friend was a little more intoxicated and was looking for a good fight. What started out as only two on two quickly became five on two. Alexander and his friend where doing well until three of the men pulled knives. Alexander ordered him to stand down and focus on the men with no weapons as he took on the other three. He disabled two of the men quickly but the third was too quick and ended up stabbing Alexander a few times in the back and a slash across his chest. Alexander took full blame for what happened and was given a berating of a life time and was given severe Nonjudicial Punishment from his commanders.
After two years in special forces, Alexander decided he wanted to further his military career in a different way. Alexander wanted to become a commissioned officer. Alexander's friend and his gunny tried to talk him out of it. He was a great NCO and had gained a lot of respect with the enlisted men and the officers alike. But Alexander was tired of how the commissioned officers treated the enlisted and their general lack of knowledge about their men. He also knew they made more and he would be able to provide for his family better. Although he had some reservations with going from enlisted to commissioned he still put in the application.
Alexanders request was granted and he became an officer. He spent another year training to become a special operator officer. He was given command of a completely different unit and he kept his relationship with them mostly professional. Alexander caught a great break when one of the men washed out and his old battle buddy was transferred to his unit to replace the man. Alex was their CO and his good old friend was the unit's NCO.
Alexander and his team where transferred to the Hyperion to test out some advanced combat tactics in the war games and as a PR stunt. After the war games are over his team stayed there to continue training and to pretty much be dancing monkeys for the politicians to dance around for recruitment and further support on the Titan Project. Alexander and his men weren't fond of this new found role. They joined special forces to keep the Colonies safe not to be some glorified soldiers but they had their duty.
Anything Else?: He has a strong faith and he will talk about it when asked, but he is not overly zealous about it.
The Player
Name/Alias: Sam
Experience: Since the beginning
How you found Battlestar Hyperion: Sidney
Other characters: Samuel Lion
Contact via: PM