(SkyKnight! You old bastard! Long time no see!)
I'll be on tonight starting about 9 Pacific, so if you're still on then I'll hit you up; it may be a few days before we can meet up online, though, if you're not a night owl -- I'm pretty sure you're 3 hours ahead of me, no?
Regardless, here's some info, just because:
Name: Ryan 'McFixit' McCrory (pronounce the 'C', dangit!)
Occupation: Combat Engineer/EMT for UN-sanctioned special forces team, alternate timeline Earth
Education: Bachelors degree in Applied Gravitational Thaumaturgy, paramedic training course (this translates to a Magic-origin Gravity/Radiation Controller in game terms)
Description: Apparent age about 30-ish, 6' and change in height, with reddish-brown hair and a bushy mustache, physically well-built due to conditioning required by the armed forces. No visible scars or tattoos. Retains a slight Irish accent, hardly noticeable except when under stress. Or drunk.
Family History: one older brother (Michael), mother deceased, father retired and living on a houseboat in the Great Lakes region. Born in Dublin, lived there until family relocated to NYC when he was 7.
Notes: Ryan comes from an alternate timeline where magic is commonplace and in everyday usage for just about everything, from batteries to the travel industry. All of it is overseen, regulated, and under tight control, precisely because of the powers and risks involved. His special forces team was tasked with investigating, isolating, and apprehending magic-wielding criminals, terrorists, vigilantes, and other unsavory sorts. As applied to the mission, his focus was on constructing barriers to trap the targets; stopping them directly; and removing obstacles quickly through the magical control of gravity. He also practiced first aid and minor magical healing as necessary to keep the team functional. He's not suited temperamentally for solo action, and functions better in a team, taking rather than giving orders.
He landed on Paragon Earth after a failed mission, which may have cost the rest of his team their lives -- he's not sure; all he remembers is the sudden displacement and the sight of oncoming headlights, then waking up in the hospital.
Magic being what it is, he's found that he's considerably less powerful here than he was in his 'home' timeline. The spells he relied on generally don't work, or don't exhibit the desired results. Fortunately, his magical training was rigorous and scientific; he's spent the better part of his time since arriving disassembling his spells, identifying the problem areas, and rebuilding them to work here.
What Paragon City (and this universe in general) see as dedicated heroics, he sees as wanton recklessness -- especially by the magic-using community. In his opinion, this stuff is TOO DANGEROUS to be used by every J. Random Civilian who finds a pretty crystal or Magic For Dummies book. Overall, he wants to get home, of course; in the meantime, he takes his oaths to protect the innocent seriously, even if they aren't 'his' innocents. Registering with the authorities as a sanctioned hero made him feel slightly better -- at least there's SOME level of control here -- but still, he'd rather the setup was more... rigid. Don't these people GET IT? Why, if one of these 'heroes' goes off the rails, they could wreak havoc before anyone noticed or could be mobilized to stop them. At least with the squad setup, you've got other people right there to take down the nutjob right away if they happen to crack.
Meta-Notes: Ryan's actually a character I rolled up and played for several months in a pencil-and-paper RPG set in (of course) NYC, in a universe as briefly described. The game system was a home-tweaked version of Heroes Unlimited (Palladium); imagine my surprise when I found CoH could support McFixit virtually unchanged.![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif)
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
I'll be on tonight starting about 9 Pacific, so if you're still on then I'll hit you up; it may be a few days before we can meet up online, though, if you're not a night owl -- I'm pretty sure you're 3 hours ahead of me, no?
Regardless, here's some info, just because:
Name: Ryan 'McFixit' McCrory (pronounce the 'C', dangit!)
Occupation: Combat Engineer/EMT for UN-sanctioned special forces team, alternate timeline Earth
Education: Bachelors degree in Applied Gravitational Thaumaturgy, paramedic training course (this translates to a Magic-origin Gravity/Radiation Controller in game terms)
Description: Apparent age about 30-ish, 6' and change in height, with reddish-brown hair and a bushy mustache, physically well-built due to conditioning required by the armed forces. No visible scars or tattoos. Retains a slight Irish accent, hardly noticeable except when under stress. Or drunk.
Family History: one older brother (Michael), mother deceased, father retired and living on a houseboat in the Great Lakes region. Born in Dublin, lived there until family relocated to NYC when he was 7.
Notes: Ryan comes from an alternate timeline where magic is commonplace and in everyday usage for just about everything, from batteries to the travel industry. All of it is overseen, regulated, and under tight control, precisely because of the powers and risks involved. His special forces team was tasked with investigating, isolating, and apprehending magic-wielding criminals, terrorists, vigilantes, and other unsavory sorts. As applied to the mission, his focus was on constructing barriers to trap the targets; stopping them directly; and removing obstacles quickly through the magical control of gravity. He also practiced first aid and minor magical healing as necessary to keep the team functional. He's not suited temperamentally for solo action, and functions better in a team, taking rather than giving orders.
He landed on Paragon Earth after a failed mission, which may have cost the rest of his team their lives -- he's not sure; all he remembers is the sudden displacement and the sight of oncoming headlights, then waking up in the hospital.
Magic being what it is, he's found that he's considerably less powerful here than he was in his 'home' timeline. The spells he relied on generally don't work, or don't exhibit the desired results. Fortunately, his magical training was rigorous and scientific; he's spent the better part of his time since arriving disassembling his spells, identifying the problem areas, and rebuilding them to work here.
What Paragon City (and this universe in general) see as dedicated heroics, he sees as wanton recklessness -- especially by the magic-using community. In his opinion, this stuff is TOO DANGEROUS to be used by every J. Random Civilian who finds a pretty crystal or Magic For Dummies book. Overall, he wants to get home, of course; in the meantime, he takes his oaths to protect the innocent seriously, even if they aren't 'his' innocents. Registering with the authorities as a sanctioned hero made him feel slightly better -- at least there's SOME level of control here -- but still, he'd rather the setup was more... rigid. Don't these people GET IT? Why, if one of these 'heroes' goes off the rails, they could wreak havoc before anyone noticed or could be mobilized to stop them. At least with the squad setup, you've got other people right there to take down the nutjob right away if they happen to crack.
Meta-Notes: Ryan's actually a character I rolled up and played for several months in a pencil-and-paper RPG set in (of course) NYC, in a universe as briefly described. The game system was a home-tweaked version of Heroes Unlimited (Palladium); imagine my surprise when I found CoH could support McFixit virtually unchanged.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs