Character Bios
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This way they won't have to go searching chapters thoroughly to find the description and character bios they are looking for.
Akalu Valikovich
Age: 28
Nationality: Russian Federation
Description: Akalu is a Lt. General in the Army of the Russian Federation, achieving this rank at the remarkable age of only 28 years of age. Though his achieving this rank was partly due to his father's influence and his friendship with the Russian President and much of the higher ranking officers of the Russian Federation's military. Though his achievements in the Russian military did not occur without strong criticism especially towards the government and military body. Akalu proved his capability and worthiness of the rank by defeating many other officers in strategy, and many other politicians and political analysts by out debating them.
Akalu is a strong willed, and strong minded individual, he is also exceptionally intelligent given his accomplishments but he is not without flaws. He can be compassionate and empathetic, but those at times can seem to be secondary concerns to him when he feels directly attacked politically or going to be forced to do something he doesn't want to do such as a political marriage to which he has no say. Though this doesn't mean Akalu won't help people in need, it means that he may not jump at the opportunity immediately without thinking it through thoroughly like Eric or Itami would.
While Akalu can be compassionate and kind-hearted he also has a cold side. When betrayed or when his life is directly threatened he will operate on a pure self interest mentality, if he can save those he cares about above others he will do it, if he can't or couldn't save them he won't hold second thoughts or doubt himself over it. But it won't mean that he won't try at least.
Akalu while being strong of mind he's also strong in combat, though his prowess can't compare to Eric's in the heat of battle, he's very adept in many forms of combat and a variety of jobs. He's mastered many martial arts including Russian Sambo, Tai Kwon Do, Karate, Kung Fu, and Akido. He also holds license to operate many forms of military machinery including Tanks, APC's and Fighter Jets, and has at one time commanded one of the Russian Navy Flag Ships. Though his biggest love is tanks almost to the point of obsession. Akalu's father can testify to that.
Eric Tanner
Age: 26
Nationality: United States of America
Eric Tanner is a Major of the US Marines and has served under General Marcus for many years. His achievement to the rank of Major at the age of 26 is rare, but it was his love for his country and his mind set towards morality, and justice and nothing more thus General Marcus was the one who influenced his rise in the ranks. While his fast rise in rank for his age drew some criticism from other military officials since Eric wasn't a huge player militarily or politically his rise went completely unnoticed outside his immediate work environment.
Eric isn't strong in the intelligence area, though that's not to say he isn't smart, in fact he's quite an adept learner but, he just doesn't hold strength in the political or strategy game, and never took interest in that realm of reality until he met Akalu and formed a unique bond with his Russian friend.
Eric while not adept in politics or strategy is by far no push over in the concept of combat, his ability to remain fully aware of his surroundings and able to adapt quickly allowed him to win many battles against ISIS and Al Qaeda during his direct participation on the war on Terror, and with little to no losses. Though argument could be made he would have suffered more losses had he been facing more than ragtag terrorists, his prowess in combat alone would have made up for that and his losses still would have been minimal.
Eric is a master in many forms of close quarter combat and has very few matches, even Akalu couldn't compare to him in strength, but Akalu is faster than Eric, but Eric's strength still gives him the advantage. He's also adept at operating many forms of equipment much like Akalu, though his specialty mostly relies in Aircraft he's also operated tanks and other land vehicles but hasn't commanded any sea vessels outside of a small recon boat.
After the formation of the Earth Federation, he was made Temporary Commander of the EF's Air Force due to the fact that there was no Air Force equipment operating in the Special Region, and his title was little more than a formality, but also because they didn't have anyone else ready to command the Air Force yet, and Eric was the only Marine to have operated Fighter Jets in the past. Though he had been jumping around from command post to command post for a bit, he now sits as commander of the new Multinational Recon Team Valkyrie.
General Marcus
Age: 59 years old
Nationality: United States of America
General Marcus is a strange individual to say the least for a high ranking military officer he's surprisingly anti-war as he's studied every conflict throughout history including the Roman Empire, and the Mongolian Empire. He's described as a dreamer, and dreams of a world united in peace, though not under a single banner as nationalism is too strong a sentiment of all people in the world to simply remove. Though he's never seen combat up front he's commanded many different war games and analyzed many different strategies. He's also been a liaison for the press and between the two American political parties for many different events, though he's despised every moment of it, as nothing makes less sense than politics, and American politics proved to be a very complicated and unique beast of it.
Marcus has been friends with Akalu's father Vladimir Valikovich for many years and has worked to try and ease tensions between the two rival nations especially when tensions flared up a couple years previous to the gate appearing.
Lt. General Ludwig
Age: 58
Nationality: Germany
Lt. General Ludwig is a commander of the German Bundeswher he's commanded tank battalions and army battalions during Germany's participation on the war on Terror in the middle east.
He's a strong minded leader with a particular love towards the German military to the point were all other national military progress is an insignificance to him, which is why he was shocked to see the Russian T-14 Armata.
Lt. General Ludwig has never seen combat beyond drone footage or helmet cam footage, and has never practiced close quarter combat which makes him somewhat reluctant to go into the field without a large armed guard, since he can't defend himself properly. But he's an accomplished and respected leader within the German military, putting the lives and comfort of his soldiers above all else, which is why he was chosen to be the commander of the ground forces of the EF.
Vladimir Valikovich
Age: 52
Nationality: Russian Federation
Vladimir Valikovich is a General of the Army in the Russian Federation, and is Akalu's father. Vladimir is a well respected leader and is very adept in his position in command, being able to navigate the political arena in Russia as easily as navigating a maze drawing, he helped his son achieve the rank of Lt. General, not just out of love for his only son, but because he saw a fire and power in his son Akalu that he believed could help shape the future of the Russian Federation for the better.
Vladimir is also a friend to General Marcus, the American General who started the Earth Federation. And much like Marcus dreams of a world united under peace and common understanding with no threat of a nuclear war.
Vladimir is a very dramatic character despite his cunning and ability to play politics, most of his personal drama actually revolves around Akalu, since he wants Akalu to raise a family so their bloodline can live on through Akalu, thus he's tried to get Akalu into a relationship even to the point of trying to encourage a political marriage between Akalu and a political official in the Russian Government. Which to his dismay earned Akalu's ire.
James Duncan
Age: 25
Nationality: United States of America
Lance Corporal James Duncan is a US marine and has accomplished many missions during the war in Iraq. Duncan can hold a slight prejudice against anyone who isn't on friendly terms with his nation, which lead to him objecting to Akalu's leadership for a period of time during the Ginza attack.
Duncan is of a strong nationalist belief, and also is a believer in America's role in the world, or at least its self-prescribed role in the world.
He's a combat veteran and is also a strong close combat specialist.
Jack Kirkland
Age: 27
Nationality: Great Britain
Corporal Jack Kirkland is a soldier of the British Marines and is a combat veteran in the Iraq war and has met James Duncan on a couple of occasions. He's not a close combat expert but he's an adept marksman. He's often by the book and doesn't do things that isn't asked of him, but he can be mildly prejudiced against Francis.
Francis Benois
Age: 30
Nationality: France
Private Francis Benoit is a French Foreign Legionnaire originally born in Belgium but having a French Heritage he sought to return and live in France thus he joined the French Foreign Legion and obtained his citizenship that way. He's a very determined and strong headed individual which can lead to some reckless actions.
Boris Kolishcov
Age: 24
Nationality: Russian Federation
Corporal Boris Kolishcov is a Russian VDV Paratrooper, though he's never been in combat before, he's well trained in marksmanship and close quarter combat, he can be a little blunt and brash but he's easy to work with.
Dan Ausman
Age: 28
Nationality: Australia
Sergeant Dan Ausman is an Australian Army soldier and is the team Sergeant, he's an Iraq war veteran and is trained in close quarter combat, but his experience in combat over all is rather small, having been deployed to Iraq as part of the coalition's base guard he saw very minimal combat, but he's a respected leader and isn't shy about giving orders. He's a rather easy going character and easy to talk to.
Soi Fong
Age: 27
Nationality: People's Republic of China
Sergeant Soi Fong is a Chinese Army Soldier though she has never been in combat, she's trained in close quarter combat but struggles in long range marksmanship. She's the female soldiers sergeant to give equal representation in the team. She's very serious and all business which at times leads her to butt heads with Dan Ausman.
Soboa Hun
Age: 33
Nationality: South Africa
Private Soboa Hun is a rather energetic and cheerful character often cracking jokes even in combat which can lead to some irritation from the rest of his platoon. He's never been in combat or trained in close quarters, but he's been trained in proper gun combat and is an excellent marksman.
An Ming
Age: 22
Nationality: Vietnam
Private An Ming is a Vietnamese Army Ranger as is trained in close quarter combat and is a skilled marksman, she's a little shy and doesn't talk much but she has a good sense of humor and is easy to get along with.
