Shin Sato

**Player://** Grinn

**Name://** Shin Sato

**Nicknames://** “Heaven’s Hero”, “The Newtype NEET”, “Scruffy”.

**Age://** 35

**Gender://** Male

**Role://** Mobile Suit Pilot (Reservist)

**Faction://** Legion of Arcadia

**Special Role://** Newtype

**Special Role-Details://** Shin is a consummate Newtype, naturally having come into his talents over the course of his lifetime.

**Physique://** Once Shin was in perfect military shape but now he’s overweight. Despite this he has supernaturally good control of his body and reaction speeds that would make a fencer jealous. He keeps his hair shaggy and his face stubbly.

**Equipment://** He has stock equipment when deployed.

**Personality://** Shin is an indulgent NEET who is as quirky as he is lazy. He is disrespectful, indolent, and obsessive over his hobbies. Despite this surface level disinterest in life he is capable of a dangerous level of focus and dedication to a task that goes beyond even “fanatical” when he puts his mind to it. He can remain calm under pressure but it isn’t due to some iron will- he is able to actively fight the fear even if he has to struggle with it. Shin deals with some PTSD symptoms from his former career as a combat pilot and has OCD. He is trying to live his life stress-free but often fails. When forced to confront other people he is pleasant enough, though would prefer to be in his little apartment. He’s reasonable, intelligent, a little passive, and very friendly.

**Likes://** Building models, watching anime, collecting figurines, manga, superheroes, idols (particularly the artist “67 Kites”), pop music, fighting games, technology, bad memes, and good food.

**Dislikes://** People, crowds, intrusive questions, fireworks and other loud noises, and the cold.

**Notable Skills://** Despite what you might expect, Shin is a top tier mobile suit pilot as well as a talented programer and extremely adept tactician. He is a top ranked competitive gamer in several popular fighting games and is the host of a popular otaku blog. He is an extremely talented model maker and quite an accomplished chef (though most of his meals are prepared from simple things like packaged ramen or meal bars).

**Life Goal://** Meet 67 Kites. Maybe sing a duet with her... possibly even hold her hand!

**History://** Shin is what would happen if you followed the protagonist of a manga 20 years after its conclusion, or at least that’s how Shin sees it. As a teenager he found himself in the middle of a small war between Arcadia and the New Empire and decided to help out. He turned out to be an ace mobile suit pilot with Newtype potential who turned the tide. He was rescued by a Ra Cailum-class ship known as “Heaven’s Hero” after his passenger shuttle was damaged in an exchange.

He and his classmates, who were on their way to a museum, ended up serving aboard the Heaven’s Hero while it was trapped behind enemy lines. The Heaven’s Hero was unable to go through the main battlefront and their Akimetiz drive had been damaged so they were forced to trek through Imperial space, fending off enemy forces. In one of their early battles Shin stole the antique RX-78-2 Gundam the Heaven’s Hero had aboard and saved the day with his talent.

What followed was a dozen battles where Shin and his friends fought bravely across Imperial, dogged by the nefarious (according to Shin) Lt. Lockman who sought to destroy their ship. Shin and the Lt clashed time and time again, their rivalry going down as one of the most energetic of the small conflict. Eventually the Imperials realized what was going on and offered parts for their Akimetiz. This was primarily because they realized civilians were aboard and that Lockman had been trying to keep it secret due to his obsession with defeating Shin himself. In the final battle Lt. Lockman and his crew mutinied and turned against the New Empire forces bringing the replacement Akimetiz parts and Shin had to save the day in a climatic duel against Lockman where the latter died.

When they returned to Arcadian space finally they were hailed as heroes, Shin was given all sorts of awards and medals as well as being formally inducted into the Arcadian Legion as a Lt. for time served. For anyone else this is where his story would end but for Shin, it was where it began.

Shin served in the military for a while longer years but the trauma of his experience stifled his ambition for more bloodshed. He eventually took on a position as a teacher at a military college and mobile suit pilot trainer. By the time he finally retired at the age of 26 he had become a reclusive man that people hardly saw outside of his duties. He retreated to a simple little apartment on an out of the way colony and dedicated himself to his hobbies. He took up model building, got really into anime, and began to become increasingly reclusive. Some say it was to deal with the trauma but there had always been a reclusive part of him that had just been exacerbated by the ordeal.

In reality he felt like he’d “reached his peak” in his teenage years and the crushing mundanity of life was just too much for him. His time on the Heaven’s Hero had been so frantic, dramatic, and defining that he began to feel like nothing he could do would matter as it wouldn’t make that much of an impact. He used what money he has, a very generous stipend from his time in the service, to meet his own needs and also help fund a small charity for war orphans. He visits the orphanage he helps fund on occasion, the children there referring to him as “Scruffy”, as a result of his rough appearance, or sometimes more kindly as “Uncle Scruffy”. In return he refers to the kids there as his “little nephews and nieces”.

He went through a lot of therapy during his “lonely years” and came out better for it. He was able to more or less accept his role in society and process a lot of the trauma that had occurred. He hasn’t fully cleaned up his life but he’s on the right track. He even re-enlisted as a reservist who is specially commissioned as a part-time member of the military. He often serves in an advisory capacity, teaching once or twice a week at the local academy, and going on the occasional tour aboard a ship. His skills have not dulled, despite his years of reclusion. When he goes on his occasional tour he pilots his old mobile suit, modernized to meet current standards.

A lot of his classmates became members of the military or went on to successful civilian careers. One, Jasmine Kites, became a famous idol and musical virtuoso and headliner of the famous pop band “67 Kites”. They had a momentary fling during the days aboard the Heaven’s Hero but their romantic tension faded after they returned to normal life. He goes to all her shows and secretly buys all her merchandise. He runs the largest 67 Kites fan community under an assumed name.

**Family://** Two younger brothers, both parents, and a single grandparent still alive.