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RE Jam Bio - Kyle Hardin

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Name: Kyle Hardin

Age:
35

Occupation:
Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (formerly: United States Navy)

Skill-set:
Firearms, chemist and medic

Personality:
While dedicated to his goals and keeping his word as well as ensuring
those around him are kept as safe as can be expected, Kyle also has
something of a pragmatic side. If someone cannot be, or does not want
to be helped, he will go on his way, especially if he is already
looking after someone or a group of people. His interactions with
others are often laced with dry and/or self-depreciating humor and
sarcastic wit, which has as much of a chance to annoy as it does to
be humorous, but by and large it is a coping mechanism to help him
deal with his depression as well as to deflect any inquiries as to
his state of mind. He has been doing it for so long that he's come to
believe he really is fine, until the nights come when he wakes
himself up screaming and the illusion of being fully mentally stable
is shattered.

Above all, he genuinely wants to help people and joined the Umbrella
Biohazard Countermeasure Service so he would have a chance to make a
difference.

In times of extreme stress (and barring something monstrous charging his
way) he will assess the situation as well as possible and seek a solution in a
logical manner. At other times, he will react on instinct alone.

Allegiance (if any, e.g. Umbrella): UBCS Charlie Platoon; Umbrella

Appearance:
His light brown hair is kept short enough that it tends to want to
stand up straight. He has an angular face with starkly defined
cheekbones and a broad chin. His eyes are a deep shade of green and
he has a well muscled body that stands at roughly 5'8” from the
fitness standards of both the Navy as well as the UBCS. His left arm
has a grotesque scar encircling it, a result of a boobytrap going off
nearby during his time attached to a Marine unit deployed to the
middle east and which has left him with nerve damage in his hand.


Outfit(s):
Urban Tiger Stripe camouflage uniform (black, gray and white color
scheme), black assault vest, black combat boots, analogue wrist
watch, black rucksack

Strengths:
Kyle has had basic hand-to-hand training, though those skills have
deteriorated due to the damage in his left hand. He is also an
exceptional chemist and medic due to his training and education both
during college and while in the navy, though his real area of
expertise is in the use of small arms which was a necessity to learn
due to his employment with the UBCS.


Weaknesses:
His left hand has an extremely weakened grip due to a serious
injury while in the military. He suffers from recurring night terrors
and depression as well as an undiagnosed case of PTSD. He is also
extremely paranoid when he is near a ledge and there are people
behind him as well as a healthy respect for the possibility of
drowning that doesn't yet quality as aquaphobia due to a prank gone
wrong.


Preferred Romantic Interest: Nika Kuznetsova

Relationship to other OC’s:
Is traveling through Raccoon City with Nika
and Shak cracked him on the head with a skillet once.

Background: Kyle had married not long after
he graduated high school and, wanting to build a happy family,
attended college in order to get a degree in biochemical engineering
while working his way through school, but after losing his job he was
unable to afford tuition and had to drop out three years into
studying for his bachelor's degree. Not having a way to pay off his
college debt and no jobs that would hire him, he enlisted in the
navy, feeling that if he was going to find work, it should be work
that was worthwhile and would have a positive impact on people's
lives. This did not sit well with his wife when she started to
discover just how much of a strain military life would put on both
her husband and their marriage. When his shore rotation began, she
couldn't handle it and had filed for divorce which emotionally
devastated him.


He was medically discharged from the navy and, later, sought out by
Umbrella. They offered him everything that would have convinced him
to accept employment with the company, up to and including a blank
check. Still emotionally crushed and not seeing much in the way of a
future for himself, he accepted the position; eager to again do
something that could prove to help people.

And being paid a small fortune in the process didn't hurt, either.

Any misc information:
While he was deployed aboard the USS Jarrett,
he got hazed by the engineering crew. They told him to go fetch a
bottle of “bulkhead remover” and work on the forward
superstructure, certain that he would be looking for the mythical
bottle for hours. However, he went to the machine shop and retrieved
a bottle of highly concentrated hydrochloric acid and did as
instructed.


When a newly assigned and very arrogant ensign saw the hole in the
superstructure of the ship, he took Kyle to the rail and asked him if
he could see the strange thing in the water. After Kyle said no, the
ensign told him to “get a better look” and then shoved him
overboard. After the engines were shut down and he was plucked from
the water, the ensign was brought up on charges and Kyle was ordered
to repair the damage done to the ship under the watchful eye of the
hull maintenance technician. This is what has left him with his
paranoia about people behind him while he's near an edge and a
wariness of drowning after he was nearly sucked into the ship's
props.




Are you okay with..

Character death? No.
Character Infection? Sure.
Mutilation (Wounding)? Yes.
Background changes? Depends.
Are you okay with other people using your character in art/fiction? Yes, but let me know.

Anything else you’d specifically be adverse to?
Castration.

Shakahnna and weskerian are having a big old community project based around original characters in Resident Evil and, specifically, Raccoon City. This is my submission to that project and I think this is going to be quite a fun experience.

Kyle Hardin is the first character I seriously based a story around and, still, he's my favorite.
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May I have your permission to add your characters to my RE Jam mini's proyect?
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