Pietr Vos

The 'skeleton key' Ranger
==Quick Facts==
*Deaf and mute from birth
**He can't speak, but can produce sounds which do not require the use of the vocal cords: sigh, whistle, huff, snort, raspberries, etc.
*Universally Drift Compatible and, as such, a subject of intense study for Caitlin
*As is typical of those born deaf, he does not think in voiced words, but in more images and impressions, which can be slightly disorienting for Drift partners
*Grew up with minimal contact with the D/deaf community and generally does not consider himself a member of the Deaf community
*His British Sign Language is noticeably idiosyncratic, occasionally leading to communication problems with other speakers of that language
*Married to his childhood sweetheart, Griet; together they are the parents of five children: Elize, Isaac, Anniek, Rika, and Fenna
*One of only three Rangers with kids (Herc and Stacker are the others) and the only one with more than a single offspring
*Slated to be Chuck's copilot in Striker Eureka before being replaced by Herc at the last moment
*Nearly unbeatable at Pokémon (both electronic and CCG versions); only Griet can regularly win against him
*Avid photographer
* Video conferences with Griet and his fluffles every day ("The Most Awesome Girls' Night of Jan 2019")
==Personality==
Laconic. Self-deprecating. Eternally optimistic. Easy-going and affectionate. Devoted to family. Coffee fiend. Insecure about his intelligence. Highly observant. A good reader of others and an easy read for them. Makes friends easily and makes a point of maintaining long-distance friendships as he moves about.
==Pocket & Personal Effects==
*Simple gold wedding ring
*Mobile phone
*Double-faced wristwatch
*Box stuffed with family pictures
*Percolator and stash of coffee
*Large collection of Pokémon cards
*Cache of portable hard drives containing his digital photo collection
*Collection of copilots' dog tags kept on a spare ball chain
==Closet==
*Standard-issue PPDC t-shirts, trousers, and sweaters in olive drab and navy blue; black combat boots
*Striker Eureka bomber jacket matching Chuck's (a gift from Chuck and Herc)
*Drivesuit
**Uses his own fitted during his Striker Eureka days when Jaeger is compatible with its connections
**Custom helmet created by Caitlin's lab with a HUD on the visor to provide text versions of audio cues
**From 2021, all equipment maintained by Chuck Darling, his Handler
**Keeps a recent photograph of his family taped to the inside of the armour's chestplate, over his heart
==Gallery==
Skeleton key tumblr n4vj4pvIJ11t48mn8o1 1280.jpg|A mug Setsuko procures for Pietr and his coffee while he's in Hong Kong
Koffie-house-labeled.png|Simple map of Pietr & Griet's home in South Africa
Pietr tumblr n2gse9y7fU1t7b5qro2 r1 500.jpg|If Pietr doesn’t buy one for himself, someone else definitely gets him one.
41xszhwof1L. SL285 .jpg|Pietr's watch; the smaller face is always set to South African Time
Pietr-rabbit-lg.png|Pietr's semi-infamous 'bunny' t-shirt from Anchorage DriftSci
==Timeline==
1996 Apr 23: Born fourteen weeks premature; not expected to survive; he does, but underdeveloped nerves mean he is deaf and mute from birth ("Tiny")
1996 ~Apr: As soon as she is allowed extended time with him, Pietr's mother, Rianne, begins teaching him British Sign Language; because she is self-taught and Pietr has limited contact with the D/deaf community growing up, Pietr's signing is idiosyncratic and sometimes confusing for even other BSL speakers
1996 Aug ~20: Brought home from hospital to his family's home in Koffiefontein
1996 Aug 30: Uncle Robert becomes the first to suggest Pietr be given up for adoption because of his deafness; Rianne bans him from her home ("Surrender")
2002 Jan 17: Begins school with Grade R having been held back a year by school administrators; meets Griet ("Thorns")
2012 Dec ~12: Drops out of high school at the end of Grade 10 after struggling with classwork for years because of limited accommodations for his deafness
2013 Aug 11: Watches K-Day coverage with Griet and his family
2014 Apr 23: Proposes to Griet, presenting her with a small diamond ring purchased with money 'borrowed' from Val Vos ("Tradition", "Reactions")
2014 Dec ~10: Griet graduates high school
2014 Dec 24: Marries Griet; they leave on a brief honeymoon
2014 Dec 30: Returns from honeymoon; Vos family presents the young couple with the keys to their new home
2015 Sep 30: Daughter Elize born at home in Koffiefontein
2016 Apr: After discussing it with Griet and his family, Pietr decides to enlist with the PPDC in order to earn enough money to pay off his debts and save for his family's future
2016 Jun ~20: Arrives in Kodiak, AK, United States, to begin Jaeger Academy semester; immediately struggles with classroom work because of lack of accommodations ("Skip")
2016 Aug (mid): Talent for hand-to-hand combat spotted by Lilah when Pietr spars with Lachlan ("Exposed"); she lobbies for and receives approval from Academy administrators to groom Pietr for a Fightmaster position
2016 Dec ~15: Graduates in the bottom five percent of his Jaeger Academy class, but as a certified hand-to-hand combat and self-defense instructor; not tested for Drift Compatibility because of his low classroom scores, he is assigned a random ID number
2016 Dec 17: Returns to Koffiefontein on leave
2017 Jan 1: Begins assignment as combat instructor at the Lima Shatterdome
2017 Mar 31: Ends assignment as combat instructor at the Lima Shatterdome
2017 Apr 1: Begins assignment as combat instructor at the Panama City Shatterdome
2017 Apr 16: Begins home leave
2017 May 1: Resumes duties at the Panama City Shatterdome
2017 May (mid): Luz and Paz discover the existence of Elize, Griet, and the blob that will become Izzy and insist on sewing clothes for them; Elize nearly explodes into sparkles at her first sight of the lacy layer-cakes they send her
2017 Oct: Passes qualification exam for a Fightmaster position
2017 Oct 9: Ends assignment as combat instructor at the Panama City Shatterdome
2017 Oct 10: Son Issac, called 'Izzy', born at home in Koffiefontein; he misses the birth while crossing the Atlantic; begins parental leave; despite the olive branch of his grandson's name, Pietr's father-in-law still disapproves of Pietr
2017 Nov 8: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Vladivostok Shatterdome
2017 Dec 17: Begins home leave
2018 Jan 1: Resumes duties at the Vladivostok Shatterdome
2018 Apr 16: Begins home leave
2018 May 1: Resumes duties at the Vladivostok Shatterdome
2018 Jul 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Los Angeles Shatterdome
2018 Dec 16: Ends assignment as Fightmaster at the Los Angeles Shatterdome
2018 Dec 17: Begins home leave; suffers a nightmarish trip to Koffiefontein
2019 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Sydney Shatterdome; suffers a nightmarish trip to Sydney; meets Nguyen and Nate, though he probably doesn't remember the latter ("Deprived")
2019 Jan 3: Meets Chuck; the pair show possible Compatibility in both an informal sparring match and a formal test in the Kwoon; Chuck declares Pietr his copilot ("He's My Copilot")
2019 Jan 4: Chuck and Pietr Drift for the first time, confirming their Drift Compatibility ("Strong and Holding")
2019 Jan 7: Meets Caitlin ("Testing") and Chuck Darling ("Ducky"); Universal Drift Compatibility confirmed ("Highest")
2019 Jan 9: Drifts with Sergio ("Safe") and Chuck Darling ("Sync")
2019 Jan 14: Derek assigned as Handler to the forming Team Striker Eureka ("Squire")
2019 Jan (late): Pietr moves into a shared suite with all four Hansens
2019 Feb 1: Begins home leave
2019 Feb 16: Lucky Seven, piloted by Scott and Herc, badly damaged at the Second Battle of Manila by the Kaiju Mizuchi; Herc badly injured, Scott less so. 
2019 Feb 17: Resumes intensive Ranger training
2019 Mar 3: Scott stripped of his rank as Ranger after a formal inquiry into Lucky Seven's destruction; Pietr and Sydney's other Rangers (except for Herc and Chuck) attend in support of Scott ("Stripped")
2019 Mar: Released from fightmaster duties after Lachlan passes qualification exam for the position
2019 Mar 29: Scott leaves without a word for his new assignment at the Panama City Shatterdome
2019 May: Begins continuing correspondence with Scott
2019 Oct (early): Chuck and Pietr Drift with Striker Eureka for the first time
2019 Oct (early): Removed as Ranger and scheduled for transfer to the Anchorage Shatterdome; Chuck expresses his extreme displeasure with this move and the assignment of Herc as his copilot to Nguyen; Nguyen places a note in Pietr's dossier noting the reassignment was made over his protests; Nguyen also convinces Command to allow Pietr to retain his Ranger title, pay, and benefits
2019 Oct 27: Begins parental leave
2019 Oct 31: /Finally makes it home
2019 Nov 1: Daughter Anniek born at home in Koffiefontein
2019 Nov 2: Striker Eureka's AI becomes fully self-aware and forms a permanent Ghost Drift with Pietr, Chuck, and Herc
2019 Nov (early): Informs Chuck he is distantly related to Griet and their children through mother's family
2019 Nov 24: Begins assignment to Anchorage Drift Science
2019 Nov 28: Watches the destruction of Triton Tasmania and the deaths of Iorangi and Elizabeth during the Battle of the Breach from the Anchorage Drift Science lab and is deeply shaken by the first in-battle Ranger deaths
2019 Dec 17: Begins home leave
2020 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Tokyo Shatterdome
2020 Jan (mid): Elize begins Grade R ("First Day")
2020 Mar 13: Begins assignment as left hemisphere pilot of Eden Assassin at the Vladivostok Shatterdome after Janna is injured in a bar fight
2020 Mar 14: Chuck Darling arrives in Vladivostok from Anchorage with Pietr's customized Drivesuit; they spend the evening watching a Bollywood movie with Tall and Taller Sasha ("Dearling")
2020 Mar 19: Takes the kill of Hammerjaw at the Battle of Gangneung with Mimmi and Eden Assassin; experiences a harrowing Ghost Drift
2020 Apr 26: Begins home leave
2020 May 10: Resumes assignment as Fightmaster at the Tokyo Shatterdome
2020 Jul 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Los Angeles Shatterdome
2020 Dec (early): Receives notice his enlistment will be extended four years as per a 'stop-loss' clause in the Ranger contract he signed in 2019; forcefully expresses his displeasure, as does Griet when she finds out; he vents to Chuck, Herc, Chuck Darling, and Caitlin; Caitlin attempts to convince Command to permanently assign Pietr to Drift Science, she fails
2020 Dec 16: Begins home leave
2021 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Panama City Shatterdome
2021 Feb (mid): Begins assignment as left hemisphere pilot of Shaolin Rogue at the Hong Kong Shatterdome after Feng is injured in a traffic accident
2021 Feb: Repeated Drifts with Chao correlate with increasing depression
2021 Mar (mid): Begins home leave
2021 Mar (mid-late): Pietr's family report his depression to Caitlin; she immediately dispatches Chuck Darling to accompany him from Koffiefontein to Anchorage for treatment
2021 Apr: Chuck Darling assigned to Pietr as his Handler
2021 Apr (late): Completes a single patrol as right hemisphere pilot of Chrome Brutus with Cory while Zeke and Ilisapie watch the Stanley Cup final
2021 Apr (late): Xiong secures Pietr's services at the Hong Kong Shatterdome for the remainder of the year
2021 May (early): Pietr begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Hong Kong Shatterdome; Chuck Darling accompanies him to the Madhouse
2021 May (mid): Griet, Elize, Izzy, and Anni arrive in Hong Kong and are picked up by Crimson Typhoon at the airport
2021 May (mid-late): Pietr, his family, Cheung, Jin, Hu, and Chuck Darling are photographed for a puff piece; Pietr's family presented with Striker Eureka bombers to match his
2021 Sep 24: Assists in the kill of Meathead at the Battle of Hangzhou with Xichi and Horizon 1 Brave while serving as left hemisphere pilot; regular right hemisphere pilot Lo Hin Shen is on leave for a family funeral
2021 Sep 28: Daughter Rika born in Medical at the Hong Kong Shatterdome
2021 Dec 16: Begins home leave; travels with family to Koffiefontein
2022 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Tokyo Shatterdome
2022 Jan (mid): Izzy begins Grade R
2022 Jan (mid): Begins assignment as left hemisphere pilot of Echo Saber which is on loan to the Sydney Shatterdome
2022 Jan 31: Assists in the kill of Spinejackal at the Battle of Melbourne with Momoko and Echo Saber; badly injures his shoulder; the damage requires surgical repair and there is initially doubt over whether he will be able to return to Ranger duties
2022 Feb 1: Begins medical leave
2022 Feb (mid): Frustrated by his inability to communicate one-handed, Pietr convinces Chuck Darling to work to develop a permanent Ghost Drift with him; they eventually succeed
2022 Jul 31: Ends medical leave; leaves Koffiefontein
2022 Aug 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Anchorage Shatterdome
2022 Sep (late): Begins assignment as left hemisphere pilot of Hydra Corinthian to Stephanie Lanphier's right at the Panama City Shatterdome after Kennedy is injured in an accident
2022 Nov (late): Resumes duties as Fightmaster at the Anchorage Shatterdome
2022 Dec 17: Begins home leave
2023 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Vladivostok Shatterdome
2023 Feb: Family joins him in Vladivostok
2023 Dec 17: Begins home leave; travels with family to Koffiefontein
2024 Jan 1: Begins assignment as Fightmaster at the Sydney Shatterdome
2024 Jan (mid): Anniek begins Grade R
2024 Jan (mid): Begins assignment as left hemisphere pilot of Horizon 2 Brave at the Lima Shatterdome; Chuck tries to convince him to protest the assignment; Pietr accepts it and leaves Sydney
2024 Jan 24: Daughter Fenna born in hospital at Kimberley; assists in the kill of the unnamed Kaiju at the Battle of Lima
2024 Jan 26: Honourably discharged from the PPDC
2024 Jan 29: Returns to Koffiefontein
2025 Nov: Scott visits him in Koffiefontein
2026 Jan (mid): Rika begins Grade R
2028 Jan (mid): Fenna begins Grade R
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