Tyson Rootwaters

* Standard
* Combat

Cassandra Rootwaters (Wife, deceased)
Melvin Rootwaters (Son, deceased)

~~Royal Army~~

* ~~Infantry~~

Velocity HS

* Ripper Squad

> *"Either succeed, or die trying. Nothing in between or outside."*
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**Tyson Rootwaters** is a major character in "Pretty Blood Unofficials: Crisis Management" who is affiliated with the PMC "Velocity HS" and is also associated with its secret illegal side. He works there as a mercenary on behalf of the Ripper-Squad, in which he's the leader designated to its first position. Despite working for Velocity though, he actually seeks different goals and only uses the PMC as a means to get to closer to Pretty Blood, in order to settle unfinished business.

## Biography

This right here is Nailhead, or Tyson Rootwaters by his real name. He's a member and the leader of Velocity's execution-team, the "Ripper-Squad". As an execution-team, the "Ripper-Squad" takes part in numerous of Velocity's illegal activities. Since the PMC is secretly financing Pretty Blood and therefore a critical partner of theirs, the Ripper-Squad is also often involved in Pretty Blood's business, including tasks such as outpost maintenance and defense, assassinations on traitors, but also robberies as a means of securing financial resources for other operations.

Tyson himself is usually a rather quiet person who avoids talking that much. However, he can be rather smug and sarcastic, even in bad spots. During his missions, he's known for his cold and merciless attitude towards enemies, eliminating anyone who gets in his way of completing his missions. He gets along well with his squad-members and seems to be especially good friends with Lucas, or better known as "Menace", as well as with Pearl. However, Tyson doesn't get along with his squadmate "Predator" at all. Both seem to hate each-other and can even get pretty aggressive towards each-other when in an argument.

Tyson has had a quiet childhood and had grown up in Bluelu, together with his younger brother Jason. During his schooldays, he had met a girl named Cassandra and befriended her as well. Both eventually got together later and had even married after graduating and being in a job for some years.

Tyson used to work as an officer for the police, patrolling the streets of Bluelu to ensure the safety of its people. After four years of working there, his Brother Jason as found out to be a member of the Vardecci Crime Family, a back then infamous criminal group in Bluelu. The operation which aimed to arrest him however, ended in a total disaster. Due to Jason panicking during the raid on his house, he murdered his wife and daughter, before finally being arrested himself. And even after that, Vardecci Family members managed to free him some time later, causing a brtual blood bath for the police. Shortly after all of these events, Tyson's brother Jason just disappeared from the surface, and is believed to have have fallen together with the rest of the Vardecci Crime Family who were brutally taken down by an unknown vigilante one day. This all of course had a severe impact on Tyson.

Due to remarkable results of him in the force, he later had been promoted to "Detective" and started working for the homicide commission. After the promotion, both Tyson's parents mysteriously vanished without a trace too. It is believed that they may have became the victims of Pretty Blood, making Tyson develop a fierce hatred towards the criminal organization. During that time, Pretty Blood became more and more infamous for their cruel crimes. As a detective, Tyson earned himself quite a reputation for solving several cases associated with them, even being responsible for tons of arrests of PB-Operatives. However, one day the criminal organization had had enough and sent in a team to his home to murder his family, which indeed happened. Tyson's wife Cassandra was found hanging dead in their garage by her husband while their son Melvin was later discovered in a lake, where he had drowned, violently caused by an unknown third-party. Tyson was of course heavily impacted by this and the fact of not having any family left anymore, and fell into extreme depression. Eventually, he had quit his job and decided to seek revenge on the killers of his family, even if it may cost the lives of others. The next few years, he would spend on traveling around and building connections with contacts from the underground crime business, while living unemployed.

When the Great Continental War broke out, he had enlisted himself into the Royal Army and underwent a proper training program for soldiers, making him deadly and highly efficient on the battlefield.

After the war, an informant of his which he had met during his time in the army, had pointed out that a Private Military Company with the name "Velocity Homeland Security" is secretly an important partner of Pretty Blood, as they're the ones who've been financing them this whole time and are now even working closely together with them to research on a super weapon to cause a new war since its members didn't accept the peace treaty. This piece of information had led to Tyson joining Velocity to get close to Pretty Blood. Velocity accepted him as a mercenary due to his respectable military record.

His plan: Work together with them, gain trust, identify the ones responsible for the death of his family and then settle it all for once by neutralizing them.

Anyone who stands in his way, shall suffer the consequences.

## Role

**Leader:** Tyson is in charge of Velocity's "Ripper Squad", a five member team of mercenaries. He's responsible for the successful execution of operations.
## Trivia

* The first version of Tyson had quite a few noteworthy differences:
	+ Originally, Tyson's face was never supposed to be revealed. However, the idea of him having a bigger story in the series eventually scrapped that.
	+ The first version of Tyson varied in its loadout:
		- Originally, his MP7s had a more redish appearance, while they're now tinted in a green and yellow pattern.
		- Tyson was supposed to constantly carry gas grenades with him.
	+ Plot-wise, Tyson was supposed to be an infamous hitman. This idea was later erased though, as it didn't fit to him being a VC-Merc.