Post by Nomad on Oct 18, 2009 23:52:10 GMT -5
b a s i c
Name: Jane Sheppard
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150 lbs
Genetics: Natural/Old Type
Mobile Suit: RGM-79(GRS) Armored GM
Alignment: Earth Federation Ground Forces (Test Pilot)
Physical Description: Red hair, blue eyes, athletic build. Has a scar across her right cheek.
Usual clothing: black T-shirt, black pants, 'melon' jacket, black necklace (tightly around neck), grey belt (When not wearing her Earth Federation uniform, or in disguise).
Personality: Jane is laid back and easy going. She is very capable under pressure, and her true brilliance usually only shows in these instances. She is very instinctual and frequently is able to come up with ingenious solutions to complicated problems, which can be routed to her closet mathematical genius. But despite this, she tends to be relatively humble - being able to accept that sometimes there isn't anything he can do to help with the current problem, and leaving it up to more capable minds. She has also shown a darker side, not hesitating to kill enemy soldiers in the field, which attributes to her instinctual nature.
Knowledge: Multi-lingual (english, french, spanish, and german), strong military background.
Faults: Lack of confidence in herself, short temper
Phobias: Bugs, Clowns
Worst Nightmare: Her worst nightmares was the replaying of her mother's deaths over and over.
t h e m e s o n g s
Biographical: "Hurt" - Johnny Cash, "Broken" - Seether f. Amy Lee
Current: "Wish you were here" - Incubus, "Hold me when I'm gone" - 3 Doors Down
Jack Murphey: “Diary of Jane” - Breaking Benjamin
Defeat: "Running Up That Hill” - Placebo
Death: “Seasons in the Sun” - Terry Jacks (Also covered by Nirvana)
Pissed off/Enraged: “St. Anger” - Metallica.
p e r s o n a l w e a p o n s
Model: M1911A1
Length: 8.25 in (210 mm)
Weight: 2.44 lb (1,105 g) empty, w/ magazine
Capacity: 7
Notes: Chrome with pearl handle. It is the gun Jane used during her time as a detective. It is also the gun her father gave her.
Model: BERETTA 92
Length: 217 millimeters (8.5 in)
Weight: 950 grams (34 oz)
Capacity: 10
Notes: Standard issue federation handgun. When Jane’s primary handgun is not with her, this is her secondary.
b a c k g r o u n d
Ethnicity: American
Origin: Birmingham, Alabama
Last Known Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada
f a m i l y s t a t u s
Parents: Patrick and Nancy Sheppard
Husband (Ex): Jack Murphy. Status: Active
Siblings: None
e d u c a t i o n
Grammar: Elementary, Birmingham, Alabama. Likes: Science & P.E. Dislikes: History Everything else, Sports: none. Was a disinterested, unmotivated student. Frequently picked on.
Intermediate: Woodland Middle School, Chicago, Il. Likes: Science, History, & P.E. Dislikes: Algebra and biology (Despite her prodigy like intelligence, she had a great dislike for math. Her phobia for bugs also prevented her from taking a liking to biology). Sports: none. Was still smaller than most of the class. Began to feel further out of place as teenage years approached. moving around didn’t help this in the least bit.
High School: Roosevelt High School, San Diego California. Likes: Science, History, & P.E. Dislikes: Trigonometry, Calculus, and Economics. Sports: Hockey (position: goalie. Years played: 2. On Senior year, team went on to lose the state championship game.) Felt like she was treated like a special case as news of her past quickly made its way to the student body. Graduated high school at age 17.
Secondary: US AF Academy. Graduated B.A. two years later. Went on to complete a master's in Military Tactics.
v o c a t i o n a l h i s t o r y
High School: 2 months at Flippo Burger (age 16), 1 year at Carmatica (ages 16-17).
Secondary: 2 years: Menial Tasks under the Dean (car washing, secretarial work, etc)
Post-Secondary: (9 years) Military Service.
Highest Rank Attained: Lieutenant Colonel
Status: Active
Currently: Was serving as a Detective for the Las Vegas Police Department prior to joining the Earth Federation Ground Forces.
m i l i t a r y c a r e e r
General: Aptitude for intimidation & seduction, leadership, quick thinking under duress, easing tense situations for other people.
Air Force Training: Basic Military Tactics (Integrated base defense), Aerospace Physiology, Flight Simulation.
Ground Forces Training: Stealth, survival, information gathering, basic medical knowledge, sniper, basic demolitions, resistance to mind control, basic hand to hand.
LVPD Training: police academics, patrol tactics, procedure, defensive tactics/martial arts, physical fitness, and firearms skills.
Other: basic tracking, archery, vehicle repair (All learned from her father).
Preferred Ground tactics: Small numbers using stealth tactics. She will absolutely not leave any of her allies behind unless there is absolutely no other choice.
Preferred Suit tactics: For some reason, she actually likes close-range fighting while it is just herself and an opponent. However, in the case of larger battles, her choice is to hang back with her guys until she has a good opportunity, strike quickly (leave no witnesses in most cases) and leave. Since after retiring, she has picked up quite the mercantile attitude toward these battles, however, unless something unexpected happens, she will not back down off a mission.
p e r s o n a l
Biography: Jane Sheppard was born with her entire life planned ahead. Expecting a son, her father planned to have her join the Army even before her birth. After the surprise, Jane’s father still raised her tough, teaching her everything from tracking to vehicle repair.
On one fateful day, when Jane was at home a lone with her mother, a couple robbers broke in. After resisting, her mother was shot. The robbers fled right after, leaving Jane’s mother bleeding in her arms. Ever since what happened, Jane she saw her brother and father blaming her, although it was just her blaming herself.
Being pressured to join the Army division, Jane instead joined the Earth Federation Air Force as a sign of resistance. There was also the reason that her high school sweetheart, Jack Murphy, had also joined the Air Force. It was a good distraction from past events. This was among many rebellious acts she carried out during this stage of her life. It was these acts that eventually caused the falling out between her and her brother and father. She blamed herself for not being strong enough to protect her mother, and couldn’t stand the fact that her brother and father had nothing but love for her. Among her other forms of rebellion, was her bi-curious nature.
During one of her routine assignments, her convoy came under attack in enemy territory. Jack Murphy was left behind, forcing Jane to pick between risking her team or the love of her life. She managed to save Jack’s life, but the injuries he received forced him to be put in a wheelchair for an undisclosed amount of time. There was a good chance the damage was permanent. This of course did not come without a price. All 8 of Jane’s teammates were either critically wounded or killed in action. Jane was dishonorably discharged, but not given any jail time due to political reasons.
After the incident, Jane moved to Vegas, and joined LVPD, hoping to put the combat skill she learned at the academy to some good use. She developed both a drinking and gambling problem as she blamed herself completely for Jack’s injuries as well as the deaths of her teammates. In a matter of time she put herself in irreversible debt, swallowing her sorrow and guilt with alcohol. This effected her work performance, and she was demoted from her Detective position. She left the police department and instead became a private eye, as well as doing all sorts of odd jobs in the time between.
As the war with Zeon escalated, the Earth Federation sought out experienced and combat ready pilots. As Jane had all necessary prerequisites, they accepted her back solely as a test pilot. With her stubborn attitude, it took a lot to get her to join the ground forces, including a visit from her ex-husband, Jack.
She test pilots the GM S hoping to get rid of the debt she has collected over the years, as well as hoping to be redeemed in the eyes of all those she has wronged.
Psychological Profile: Jane suffers from repeated survivor’s guilt, a symptom of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The first signs arose after the death of her mother, but certainly did not end there. The death of Jane’s mother left a huge toll on her. Ever since the incident, she saw her brother and father blaming her, although it was just her blaming herself. This is the main reason she charges in 100% to protect those around her, never leaving anyone behind. Learning from her previous mistakes, she never lets anyone help her in these type of moments. She’ll go right into enemy fire in a suicidal charge, to insure the safety of her allies, hoping for some sort of redemption or forgiveness. She continues to blame herself for the tragic incidents that occur in her life. The most recent were the deaths of Ashley Williams and Kaiden Alenko, former squad mates and pilots for the Earth Federation Ground Forces.
k e y m o m e n t s
Age 0: Jane is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
Age 13: Family Moves from Alabama to Illinois due to Jane’s father being stationed in Chicago.
Age 14: Comes home from school to find a robber with her mother at gun point. Nancy is shot right in front of Jane and dies in her arms.
Age 15: Patrick figures it is best to move elsewhere after Jane continues to have nightmares and flashbacks of the incident. He requests to be stationed elsewhere, and the family moves to San Diego, California.
Age 16: Meets Jack Murphey in the new high school. He comforts her as she begins showing symptoms of PDSD.
Age 18: Marries Jack Murphey after 2 years of dating against the will of her father.
Age 19: Graduates from the academy.
Age 20: Finishes her masters. Moves to active duty and is stationed at Stationed at Phoenix, Arizona.
Age 21: Does a tour overseas. Mostly doing patrols in Blackhawk helicopters.
Age 23: Transfers to McMurdo station in Antarctica where she receives her first jet aircraft and the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The jet is the
Age 24: Patrol shot down by rogues militants in Afghanistan. Jane is expelled from the Air Force for refusing to follow orders and putting the lives of her crew mates at jeopardy.
Age 25: Jane suffers a miscarriage. Keeps it from Jack.
Age 26: Jane and Jack divorce.
Age 27: Jane moves to Las Vegas after being offered a position.
Age 28: Promoted to Detective.
Age 29: Forced to retire from LVPD after repeated issues with performance and alcoholism.
Age 31: Husband signs up for the Earth Federation Ground Forces.
Age 32: Desperate times call for desperate measures. The EFGF accept Jane back solely as a test pilot. It takes much convincing from Jack as she her previous rank of Lieutenant Colonel is discarded.
e x p r e s s i o n s
When frustrated: "Oh for cryin' out loud."
When pleased: "Sweet" or "Peachy" though this is sometimes used sarcastically.
When addressing (underling) teammates: "kids" or "campers."
When impatient: "Ya think?" or "Sometime this century"
When questioned: "I'm just sayin...", "Back off," or "What!"
When the other shoe has dropped: "Oy," "Oy vey", or, in tribute to The Simpsons, "D'oh!"
When referring to something large: "Big and honkin."
When noticing her guys are finally doing something better (size wise): "Ours is bigger."
Answer for bad news: "Crap."
Answer for good news: "Cool."
When starting to loose it: "ARGHHHH!"
When ignoring news she absolutely does not want to hear: Hands to ears and "Lalalalala"
g e n e r a l r e a c t i o n s (both in and out of a mobile suit)
Weapon pulled on someone she's around: Get the person out of the way then shoot the offender
Weapon pulled on her at long range: Get to a safe place, warn once, if no answer comes, shoot offender.
Weapon pulled on her at medium range: Exclaims a warning. If no good response, shoot in firing arm.
Weapon pulled on her at close range: Shoot to put offender down.
If for some reason she doesn't have a weapon: Use any means necessary to put offender out of business.
Someone using unneeded sarcasm: Reply back with over-the-top sarcasm or threaten to shoot them. Or both.
Tense moments with a group: Usually cracks a joke to attempt and relieve the tension.
Tense moments by herself: If bound, crack jokes to keep enemy unsure. If free, she is silent while escaping.
h o b b i e s
Fishing
Hunting
Chess
Astronomy
Drag racing
Weaponry (Knives & Guns)
f a v o r i t e s
Sport: Football, Golf
Drink: Anything Alcoholic with a strong kick to it.
Favorite Foods: Cheese Burgers and Baked Beans
TV Channels: whatever particular current affairs channel she can pick up and the weather channel for dreaming about the beach.
TV Programs: Star Trek, Simpsons
Music: Rock (mostly classic, some modern), Country (Mostly Johnny Cash)
Magazines: MAD Magazine and Cracked. Mad and Cracked are devoted to comedy, parody and humor.
Books: “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy.
Animals/Pets: Dogs
Movies: Aliens, Star Wars
Vehicle of choice: '73 Camaro
o t h e r
Injuries Received: Several broken bones from both sports accidents and physical combat, Knife wounds, several stitching and scars around her body from shrapnel wounds.
Points of Mention:
- Jane has a strange tendency to name opponents or acquaintances if they do not introduce themselves. She also loves the using nicknames. For example, when referring directly to her ex, she will call him wheels or even hot rod.
- Jane keeps a poster of Johnny Cash in her apartment. Whenever she moves for an extended period of time, she will keep the poster in her mobile suit.
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