Ranger

Chase "Ranger" Ryder, commonly known as Ranger, is a Captain and operative in the NOVA Corps, lifelong companion to NOVA operative Slash and identical twin brother of Ryder. He is an incredibly skilled sharpshooter and hand-to-hand combatant, thus earning him the distinction as one of the special force's deadliest warriors. Ranger is also very intelligent and inventive, and regularly creates his own weapons and gadgets.

## **Personality**

Like his twin brother, Ranger is a child prodigy who is very intelligent, tech-savvy and skilled in his areas of expertise. He is calm and collected, despite his cocky, sometimes immature attitude. He does not really respect his superiors, instead doing whatever he deems best for himself and his comrades. This has led to frequent bouts with Ranger's superiors, but due to the young teen's God-given talents they always led it slide.

During missions, Ranger is easy-going while maintaining a high degree of professionalism. However, he can get quite impatient when his teammates don't perform to his expectations. As such, his pairing with Slash offsets this lone drawback of his.

## **Appearance**

Ranger is a 15-year old male with fair skin, dark brown hair gelled up in the same style as his brother's and brown eyes. He has a slim build, yet is surprisingly strong. Appearance-wise, Ranger is virtually indistinguishable from Ryder. He has on at all times a red HUD eyepiece over his right eye, a communication earpiece in his left ear and a boyish grin.

In combat, Ranger dons the standard NOVA Corps black jumpsuit which covers everything from the neck down. The jumpsuit is extremely temperature-resistant, allowing him to survive in space indefinitely, and protects against blades and blunt trauma. Over this, Ranger wears a high-tech dark grey kyanite vest which holds his gadgets and shields against projectiles, plasma and explosives. He also has on arms and legs guards made from the same material. His head is only covered by a tactical headset that minimally obstructs his hairdo.

## **Abilities**

Having been diagnosed with Reaper's Syndrome from the SAI initiative, Ranger was gifted with with superhuman aiming accuracy, agility, stamina, intelligence and inventiveness. Additionally, he possessed above average strength and speed. However as with most other Reapers, Ranger has lower compassion and empathy.

Ranger possesses an unprecedented level of marksmanship and boasts to "never miss a target". His ability is applicable to all traditional firearms and energy/plasma arms. Ranger isn't an issue either, as he is equally deadly in close range with his two pistols, mid range with his plasma repeater or up to 3000 meters away with a sniper rifle.

## **Weapons**

Ranger's primary weapon is a compact Type 22 plasma repeater that fires supersonic plasma bolts at ranges up to 700 meters with a blistering 800 RPM. Each bolt is heated to 2000 degrees Celsius by the weapon's miniature fusion reactor, which easily melts through most vehicle armors and barriers. There is no ammo capacity, however firing for a prolonged duration (~ 20 seconds) will require a cooldown period before resuming.

He is also equipped with two conventional pistols of an unspecific model. Despite often being wielded akimbo, Ranger is still deadly accurate with them. They're meant for close-range engagements and are loaded with special armor-piercing rounds.

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