Hector Willson

Hector Willson is the second soldier you get to know in your squad. He's a foundling from a now-destroyed small human settlement on Na Pali. Growing up with no parents he had no choice but to befriend many of the local Nali until arriving at Vandora's Harbor and their joining the Na Pali Republic Army. He's one of the major sidekicks in Entropie and becomes a true, loyal friend. During your squad's progression he becomes a highly skilled and specialized fine soldier, choosing his spezialiation according to prior experiences, and dialogues with you! Maybe he becomes a tough army engineer soldier, explosive's specialist, your group's heavy infantrist or even your squad's tank officer? Who knows, who knows...

#### Bio

* Willson is a foundling, who grew up in a Nali Town near a now-destroyed small human settlement on Na Pali, around 200 km away from Vandora's Harbour
* His only relative is his aunt Margarete "Marry" Willson. He grew up at her farm in said Nali village. She's one of the first human settlers - arriving 80 years ago on Na Pali
* Hector never knew his parents, who were killed by a Brute attack on his village 28 years ago
	+ He's kinda indifferent when asked about this incident, he never knew what it's like to have parents anyway...
	+ But he surely hates the Skaarj for waging senseless wars against innocent people (the Nali, his aunt)
* He's not the smartest, but would die for his friends - whom he considers to be his "family" (his squad, some Nali, some officers)
* Never knowing life with a real family he often makes fun of Natalie and her difficult family relationships and problems, but often enough gets "bombed" by Natalie in return
* The relationship with Natalie is difficult at first, but after the first few missions they discover each other's potential and become good friends
* Hector almost knows no other life than that of survival and military, out in the wilderness of Na Pali and beyond safe city walls he's the most skilled survival expert
* He has a profound liking of explosives, rockets, heavy machinery, engineering and everything survival, he often used to blow things up at his aunt's farm
* Willson joined the Na Pali Republic Military (NPRM) 2 years ago and is Lance Corporal already (one rank above you)
* He was promoted to Private 1st Class after rescuing a small squad from a Krall ambush and then to Lance Corporal after returning as one of only three survivors of an incident at a deep, labyrinth-like Skaarj Mine, blowing up it's entrance and burying the remaining Skaarj alive (1/2 year ago)
* This incident changed him, he became less unpredictable and goofy and more professional, but it left him with horrific memories of almost his entire squad being killed by some new enhanced Skaarj Elite Soldiers, he has nightmares related to this event until today
* Because of this trauma he's under medical and psychological treatment by Dr. Wong, the only officer he considers as friend
* His attempts at warning Col. Miller of these new Elite Soldiers always failed. The Colonal openly states the opinion, that "Na Pali is now a Skaarj free planet" - Willson's very experience proves him wrong, and everyone knows this...
* Hector distrusts the Colonal since that and considers Lt. Col. Higgs a far better military leader than him, a stance which often leads to conflicts between him and the Colonal
* Being one of the few young soldiers with the most experience in surviving on Na Pali he's now ordered of forming a versatile squad with new soldiers of humanity's and Nali's military organisations

#### Personality

"Hector isn't the brightest candle on the cake, but has his heart at the right place and is a robust, creative soldier I can trust blindly", as Natalie would describe him later. Willson is very experienced in surviving out in the wilderness of Na Pali, since he grew up on a farm in a small Nali Village. He knows how to be mostly self-sufficient out there. Hector openly shares knowledge and loves to explain even the simplest things.

He's a steady and strong man and your best fit for a tank soldier, heavy gunner, explosives specialist, sapper and the like. After first "conflicts" and disputes with Natalie Ivanova both become friends at last, with the help of the player (you). When Natalie is your prefered soldier and engineer for tech, science and fine weaponry he's a decent choice for the heavy and nasty stuff. Hector doesn't trust AI technology that much and will express this stance towards the squad's android B3-4F more than often, giving him mean names like "Toaster", "Metal mule" or even "Trash can". Natalie dislikes this opinion very much and often apologises at B3-4F for Hector's behavior. Natalie is way more open to AI technology and the possibilities that come with it. She's always happy to have B3-4F on a mission, since he always provides another extra fighter - and more carry space.

As good as Hector is at blowing things up he is very well at repairing stuff too, at least to some extent. Hector loves action-driven movies from old to new and often likes to quote from these sources. His favorite character is the TX-800 from the Terminator movies, even though it's an AI Warrior. He's not that much of a career person, unlike many other soldiers at the base, and is very satisfied with what he has now: He's got a bed, 3 meals a day and goes on adventures with his friends and can meddle with machinery. Hector is often the first to trust or distrust (new) characters because of his rough first two decades growing up in the wild on Na Pali, where he often had to defend his Aunt's farm against bandits, remaining Skaarj and even corrupted Nali.

#### Relationsips

* He forms a deep friendship with the player, greeting him with the phrase "I'm already happy to blow things up for ya, buddy!" Both the player and the AI driving Hector interact on a deep and profound way with each other
* Hector's direct superiors, commanding the Sub-Units of the military base at Vandora's Harbor are:
	+ Gunnery Sergeant August "Gunny" Sanchez (Commander Infantry Group / CIG)
		- /w Lance Corporal Ronny Jaso
	+ Major Malagorzata Kowalczyk (Commander Aerospace Group / CAG)
	+ Lt. Col. Arthur Hammer (Commander Naval Group / CNG)
	+ Staff Sergeant Peter "Staffy" O'Connel (Commander Artillery/Mobile Group / CMG)
	+ Major Dr. rer. nat. Helena Winslow (Commander Science Group / CSG)
	+ Major Dr. eng. George Anatoli Roja (Commander Engineering/Weapons Research Group / CEG)
	+ Commander Dr. med. Dana Wong (Commander Medical Group / CMEG - 2nd in command)
* After initial criticism and scepticism towards him, mainly because of his affinity to blow things up, he forms a decent friendship with Natalie Ivanova - often making fun of him when he does something not so smart, but deep down she knows, that he has his heart at the right place
* He particularly distrusts Col. Miller (Leading officer / military governeur), as early as in the beginning of the game, but mostly carries out his orders
* Hector's officers of trust/befriended officers are Dr. Wong (CMEG) and "Gunny" Sanchez (CIG)
* Hector doesn't like the other Lance Corporal, Steiger; simply because he's an asshole making too many false decisions and being mean to new soldiers, unlike him (he's very open to new recruits)
* Ivanova especially considers "Gunny" Sanchez (CIG) as paragons, and Lt. Col. Higgs to some extent
* He isn't very happy with having B3-4F on a machine, as he has partially dislikes everything AI, but deep down would never admit, that B3-4F is easily stronger than him
* In contrary to Natalie, Hector is very open to Private Anne Miller (the daughter of Col. Miller), whom he secretly has a crush on

* Like Natalie he easily befriends the new Nali soldiers Ne'bahn and Kelly, which are assigned to his squad, a fact many of the other young soldiers find a bit disturbing

#### Possible Specialisations

Like all the other major and minor sidekicks, Hector will develope into a specialised, highly skilled and valuable member of your squad, seeking his profession based on his (initial) preferences while progressing through the individual missions. Hector will, according to his experiences and dialogues with the player, specialise and/or combine one to three of the following character builds planned for him:

* Heavy infantrist
* Heavy engineer
* Heavy sniper
* Artillery/Grenadier
* Sapper
* Tank driver
* Explosives specialist

#### Physical Appearance

With a body height of 1,85 m he's relatively tall, but also a bit chubby, yet a very strong man nevertheless. Before, and often enough after becoming friends with Natalie she often makes fun of his chubby, bulky physique - but he responds by making jokes of her height or complicated family situations. He has very beautiful blue eyes, which is mentioned here and there.