General Karson

> "Yo Show me the explosion room bro"
>
> Kirk Karson to Rex Dolphin

**Kirk Karson** is a former American Military general and a High Ranking Member of L.A.S.E.D. He is a skilled soldier and an expert hunter and tracker. However he is shown to have poor work ethic and doesn't take things seriously. When he is dispatched by Lukey Man to find The culprit of several mysterious disappearances he doesn't find anything and laughs it off much to the annoyance of Lukey Man. He fights well however when they come under attack and he along with Lukey Man and Captain Shlasser, are the only survivors of the ambush.

His poor attitude is shown again however when Lukey Man assigns him to find an important notebook, Karson excuses himself saying he has a "Kartrider rush + event he has to attend to" Which annoys Lukey Man even further. He is at the Millenia when Cody Smores attacks the building and takes Lukey Man prisoner. Karson fights at the Battle of the Wasp Nest and helps destroy Planet Luke

## Biography

Kirk Karson was born in 1987 in the United States. As a young adult he joined the American Military which he served until he was recruited by Lukey Man who pried him away from the U.S to join L.A.S..E.D . As of the Black Shadow Conflict Karson is the only other L.A.S.E.D agent besides Lukey Man with level 5 clearance. It is likely he hadn't taken any major assignments prior to Black Shadow as Lukey Man is surprised that Karson isn't taking his job seriously.

### On Assignment/ Fighting the Blackhawks

Amid several disappearances Lukey Man dispatches Karson to find the responsible people for this. However he finds no one and when Lukey Man comes to question him about it he just laughs. Lukey Man is angry about this and askes how could think it could be funny. Karson tries to take it back but Lukey Man goes on questioning his skills and threatens a demotion or possible removal from L.A.S.E.D, then they are attacked. When a trooper asks where the enemy is, with Karson saying he doesn't know with the trooper dying simultaneously. He shows his skills in battle though, holding his own with the Blackhawks. He along with Lukey Man and Captain Shlasser are the only survivors.

Afterwards Lukey Man askes him why the Blackhawks would attack them. Karson suggests that they could be the assassins' their looking for. They are interrupted by Captain Shlasser who tells them the leader is Mr. Grizzly. Karson accompanies Lukey Man to Mr. Grizzly and hears the conversation and the revelation of the Black Scorpion. He sees him die and is visibly saddened by it.

### Retrieving the notebook

Karson and Lukey Man return to the Millenia where Lukey Man starts searching for an important notebook. Once he finds it he shows Karson, saying it contained the answers they were looking for. He planned to retrieve it however Shlasser told him he couldn't as he had a meeting with Professor Blunt that evening. Lukey Man then assigned Karson the mission but he declined stating that he had a "Kartrider Rush + tournament" that he had to attend leaving Lukey Man annoyed with Karson Once again. With both Lukey Man and Karson unavailable, Sargent Renner and his squad were assigned to find the notebook. The Mission was a failure and the troopers were killed.

### Flying to the Millenia

On a flight to L.A.S.E.D. headquarters Karson was playing a video game and was succeeding at it. Lukey Man, annoyed asked him if he was ever not on it. Karson insisted he was really good at it causing Lukey Man to demote him. Karson stared at awe at the Millenia once they arrived and he went in to their control room to oversee all operations.

### Falling Under attack

Captain Dannarin detected a ship coming in that was a potential target. Karson identified it as a "1995 Russian model" and it didn't exist on any of their records. Karson ordered it destroyed but Dannarin told him their weapons were disabled. Karson suggested they reboot the systems but Dannarin told him they had no control.

Lukey Man interrupted telling him the base had just went into lockdown and asked if everything was ok. Karson insisted everything was fine before a gun was pointed at the back of his head. Sparks, their captor informed Cody Smores that the control room had been taken.

After the fight Captain Shlasser and a team of L.A.S.E.D. troopers stormed the control room looking for Sparks. All they found was Karson however who had just gotten up after presumably been knocked out. Shlasser asked him if he was alright which Karson said he wasn't because L.A.S.E.Ds leader Lukey Man had been captured.

### Search for Lukey Man

Karson stayed in the control room as Shlasser and Dannarin searched on global satellites for Lukey Man. Karson insisted that he must be out there somewhere. Staley said it was only a matter of time before they found him as he had narrowed the list to 5 candidates. When Karson asked what those locations were Shlasser told him that the information was Classified, getting everyone to laugh at his expense.

### Battle of the Wasp Nest

Karson was a part of a team assembled by Lukey Man to destroy Black Shadow and bring down Planet Luke. Karson is put on demolition duty, planting bombs within the base and rigging their superweapon, Planet Luke to blow as well. Karson enter the Archangels quarters, and hits Rex Dolphin with an electric blast. He demands the location of a place he can plant bombs. Dolphin points to the end of the room and Karson promptly heads to that location.

Once Karson is done he heads up to where Shlasser and Yoshi are fighting Zurock. Right when Zurock is about to achieve victory Karson hits him with his electro gun knocking him out. When Lukey Man successfully deactivates Planet Luke he tells Karson to blow it up which he eagerly does. Then they head outside and Karson attempts to contact Lukey Man but fails, Shlasser tells Karson he will find Lukey Man

Moments later Shlasser runs back yelling for Karson to blow the base. When Karson asks about Lukey Man Shlasser tells him he's dead. Karson presses his switch and the base blows up. While the others celebrate Karson asks what will happen as their leader is dead. Shlasser tells him that anyone could take charge and that it could be him, though he doubts it. Karson frowns and they stand and watch the Wasp Nest burn to the ground

## Personality

Karson was a man of many talents. However he was easily distracted and didn't take his job seriously at all. He declined to go retrieve a notebook vital to L.A.S.E.D. in favor of a video game tournament. And he frequently played video games on the job. But be wasn't ok with failure as shown by his somber mood when he Finds out Lukey Man is gone. Karson is also a demolition expert and loves blowing things up

## Relationships

### Allies

* **L.A.S.E.D.**
	+ Lukey Man † - Superior
	+ Shlasser
	+ Renner †
	+ Dannarin
	+ Yoshi

### Enemies

* **Blackhawks**
	+ Mr. Grizzly †
	+ Kane †
* **CDAD**
	+ Cody Smores
	+ Sparks †
* **Black Shadow**
	+ Rex Dolphin
	+ Zurock
	+ Blake Staley - Former Ally
	+ Terri Locoyate † - Victim