Ford Cooper

==Ford Cooper==
==Introduction ==
Ford Cooper, rarely known otherwise as Agent 31 or the Radio Demon, was the leader of The Alumni and the primary radio show host of the Alumni and the Wasteland, providing news, his personal takes on things, and occasionally guests to have them give their takes on things.
== Before The Flash==
==== Youth====
Ford spent a lot of time running around and picking fights as a kid, and had a pretty tight-knit group of friends at the time, with whom he'd pick fights with other folks around his home town, purely for entertainment. Ford has always taken an interest in weaponry, guns in particular, and mechanisms in general. This never led anywhere in particular, but he did follow a few gunsmithing classes.
===="Red"====
At the age of 18, Ford joined the United States Armed Forces, or the USAF, and was a reasonably effective soldier for a while, and got assigned the callsign "Red", almost entirely due to his red eyes. Following a multi-year stint of being a dedicated, effective soldier with a lot of potential, he eventually attracted some attention from the higher-ups and eventually made it into the selection of the Green Berets, officially known as the United States Army Special Forces. Naturally, he successfully made it into the Green Berets. 
At the age of 23, Cooper eventually was selected for the selection for the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, more commonly known as simply "Delta Force". Naturally, he also made his way into Delta Force's training, and got his training there in pretty much everything regarding guns, lockpicking, demolitions, bomb making, tradecraft, sniper positioning, etc., before eventually becoming an official member of Delta Force and remaining a dedicated soldier there. 
==After The Flash==
=== "The Radio Demon" ===
At the age of 29, Ford was residing in the Black Mountain Complex, in Sunrise, Ohio, when an event known as The Flash occurred. Before the bunker was closed in 1962, Ford swiftly left taking his brother, Mark, with him to a location where he knew his father, Jack, would go to, should the worst happen, hoping to get to him with Mark and bring him back to the Black Mountain Complex for shelter.. 
When he reached there, Ford found out that he was followed by a small scouting group of a mildly-influential cult, who tried to kidnap the three to indoctrinate them. Naturally, the three resisted, which quickly led to a shootout breaking out. Ford was the only one who lived to tell the tale. 
In the coming year, Ford did research on the cult throughout the wasteland and broadcast threats and screams of fear and pain from leading figures within the cult, which had grown significantly after the flash. Due to this broadcasting of threats and screams, Ford grew to be known as the "Radio Demon." By 1963, the cult was practically nonexistent, with almost its entire leadership being destroyed, and any that survived were almost inconsequential to the existence of the cult. 
=== The Alumni ===
Ford, with little work to do after this, spent time as a generic mercenary, known particularly for his eccentricity, rather than his lethality. Despite this, Ford was eventually contacted by Ryan Andrews, the director of The Alumni, and received an offer to become part of an Agent program to train the perfect assassins and spies from people all throughout the Wasteland. Ford, looking for permanent employment, accepted this offer, receiving the codename "Agent 31".
In November 25th, 1963, Ford retired from the Agent program, and settled as a citizen of the Alumni. "The Radio Demon" has since faded into obscurity, with people occasionally recognizing him and asking about it. Ford almost always does not answer, and prefers that part of his background to remain obscure like it currently is. Nevertheless, should it be needed for Ford to become active as either Agent 31 or the Radio Demon, he will not hesitate to do so.
== His "Death" ==
In an attempt to negotiate the Legate to work in favor of the Alumni, he was captured, tortured for information, of which he had little that was already not public, and shot in the head. He survived long enough for Karl Günther, a priest, to save him, leaving him with relatively little injury.
Ford has since gone back to the Black Mountain Complex, now inhabited by the New Order, and has since gone into hiding. At least, until 1967.
==Trivia==
*Ford is fluent in Russian and Spanish.
*Ford's only surviving brother, Shaun, still worked at the USRF, and refused Ford's offer to leave with him.
** Ford would probably do a repeat of '63 should something happen to Shaun.
** Shaun died at the attack on the hotel.
* Only six Agents are currently alive, those being Agents 32, 12, 47, 24, 34 and 31.
** 31, 34 and 24 have since retired from being Agents, but they still reside in the Alumni.
*** There was an Agent 69, but he got shot with two bullets - one in the crotch, and one in the mouth. Talk about irony, amirite?
*Ford is aromantic and asexual.
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