Rook Summers

"Did somebody say 'Medic'?"
Rook Summers is a character in "Crisis Management", and is part of the CMT's Riot-Squad, in which he's designated to its second positon. He is one of Ethan's best friends, knowing him since his childhood days, and operates under the callsign "Clown".
== Biography==
Rook (or jokingly called "Rookie" or even "Tomato Bear" by his friends) is the second operator of the CMT's Riot-Squad. He is a cheerful lad who does his best to make his friends smile, should they be upset, and gets along well with his allies, being especially good friends with Ethan and Dimitri, as the three have known each-other since their school days. Overall, he's a friendly person who might get a little touchy when tired, which happens rather often, since he usually doesn't sleep that much. Nevertheless, although being tired every now and then, his allies and friends know that they can rely on him in combat. He uses "Clown" as his callsign to make fun of his coulrophobia, the fear of actual clowns. 
===Prior to "Crisis Management"===
Rook and his sister Mia both grew up together in Bluelu and went to the same school as both of his best friends Ethan and Dimitri. He met DImitri in elementary school, becoming best friends due to their interest in playing guitar. In secondary, Ethan and his sister Sarah had to switch to his school, due to the Siege of Past Hills, and that's how oth Rook and Dima got to know and befriended Ethan. Alongside Dimitri, Rook shared the passion of playing the electrical guitar, which is also how he met Veronica, a girl in his guitar course, back in elementary school. Veronica adored Rook's humourous nature, and the two became good friends, eventually even getting together as a couple, much later, during their graduation year. 
After graduating, Rook and his two best friends had joined the police since the amount of officers in Bluelu had went into a serious decline. He too got promoted to the homicide comission later and was involved in the cracking of dozens of cases with infamous serial-killers, such as the "Yellow Hood Killer" and the "Cop Lyncher". He had also married Veronica after his promotion and currently is the father of one daughter, Emily. In his free tim back then, Rook would attend flying classes, which later certified him as a licensed helicopter pilot.
When the Great Continental War broke out as Yoxel trespassed allied Texocanian borders for "weapon testing" and "accidentally" blew up a harbor in Texocania itself due to "fatal miscalculations" after a missile test had gone wrong, killing all of its 259 present innocent people, Rook and his friends enlisted themselves into the Hunlinan Royal Army. There he underwent a full medical training program, which allowed him to even obtain a medical degree. Therefore Rook didn't directly join the others on the battlefield at first, but due to his pilot's license, he occasionally took over the role of a medical evac-transport instead, responsible for rescuing wounded soldiers by flying them out of the battlefield with a helicopter, all while providing medical support. But after the conflict worsened due to the Varstovkan Federation joining Yoxel's alliance, more and more troops were deployed. This had led to Rook joining his friends on the live battlefield too, where he had the role of a "Field-Doc", tasked to provide medical support for wounded while still fighting, even having to perform emergency surgeries on full-blown battlefields on them. It is to mention that Rook can get really nervous pretty fast when he's in a tough situation and may even panic if it's too much. However, when performing medical actions, he always keeps a calm head, no matter what. Rook later transferred to the Royal Air Force and had flown in quite a few iconic airborne operations with his friends as part of the "Grizzly" Squadron. Just like his two best friends, he too joined the International Taskforce in the final stages of the war, and became a member of their Aerial-Wing, as the entire "Grizzly" Squadron transferred to there.
After the war had ended with a peace treaty, Rook got back to the police and proceeded doing his regular pre-war work. When Ethan founded the CMT due to Pretty Blood's more and more concerning activities, Rook was one of the first to join alongside him. Due to his past experiences and qualifications, he now is one of the CMT's two field-medics. 
If anyone gets kicked down, he'll be the one to pull 'em back up.     
===During the events of "Crisis Management"===
====Chapter 1====
15 days since the beginning of the Velocity Conspiracy case, Ethan arranges a meeting with his good friend and Bluelu's police chief Emma Troythouse, in order to report his findings to her. For that, he brings a large folder containing crucial information with him. When Emma notices a photo of Gabriele Girasole-Stellare in it, she asks who the latter is, upon which Ethan starts to recount the events prior to this point:
==Squad abilities==
File:Trait Medic.png|Field Doc: Due to proper medical knowledge and training, Rook is able to effectively treat most sorts of wounds in no time. Field-surgeries under heavy pressure are also possible.
File:SA Rook.png|Isolated: This passive ability allows Rook to constantly be extra-ordinarily resiliant towards any form of eletrctical damage.
==Trivia== 
*In Chapter 1, Rook's weapon of choice was an ACR assault rilfe, tinted with a blue camouflage and equipped with a holographic sight. However, when working on Chapter 2, Echo Whiskey decided to scrap real-world firearms entirely, opting for fictional weaponry instead. Therefore Rook's updated weapon of choice is now a modified Nievko B6U, which he refers to as "Bonesaw" 
**Originally, in the earlier prouction stages of Chapter 1, Rook's weapon of choice was supposed to be a PP-19 "Bizon" submachine gun with a Kobra red dot sight attached to it.
*Rook's callsign is a nod to the campaign mode of the arcade-flight video game Ace Combat 7, where the player's wingman during the first four missions is called "Clown".
*The idea of Rook's overall appearance originates from an official "Technical" episode by LittleCuteThing, the original creator of Pretty Blood. In the episode "Technical: Illogical Technique", an unnamed bear malino can be seen 8:56 minutes into the video. The bear has a red appearance and wears a large cap on their head, making them have a few similarities to Rook.
Category:Summers Family
Category:Members of the CMT
Category:Members of the CMT's "Riot"-Squad
Category:Police Characters
Category:"Voices In My Head" Band Members
Category:Bear Malinos
Category:Male Characters