Samuel Tachiarai

Sam

### Abilities/Skills

Tachiarai/Yagyu Swordsmanship Hybrid, Exoskeleton, Military Experience, Acrobatics

### Creator

WarpigTC/WarpigRIT

> "I guess he's..."Half" the man he once was."
>
> Samuel Tachiarai, Race in Time: Volume 1

Samuel Tachiarai is a mercenary involved with the Troll Co. group who fought against John K. Copper and his group during the events of 2034. He is a Japanese-Brazilian master swordsman of the "Tachiarai" and "Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu" techniques.

## **Biography**

### Early life and career

Samuel was born in 2005, he was descended from a long line of samurai from the Tachiarai clan. His Japanese-side family runs a Kenjutsu dojo and specifically teaches the Tachiarai technique.

He trained martial arts for most of his childhood and lived a normal life (but did transfer to a American high school at age 16 where he graduated) until he decided to join the JSDF in 2025 at age 19 to get around in life, he then rose up to the rank of Corporal, earning infamy due to his tendency to engage in close quarters combat with his family heirloom katana, the Yōtō-Ichimonji.

After leaving, he travel to Brazil after using his paycheck to buy combat gear, High-Frequency modifications for the Yōtō-Ichimonji and firearms, notably Ghost and Shadow, his dual Beretta 92FS pistols for his plan to work as a mercenary in Brazil and worldwide, but upon arriving at the dead of night, he got jumped by criminals belonging to a large criminal organization.

Due to now knowing the full extent of his newly enhanced Yōtō-Ichimonji blade, he cut them in half,and unfortunately the nearby police force didn't like seeing that, so after a shoot out and a escaping Samuel, a report was filled against him.

### Mercenary work and Troll Co.

Sam retired from the JSDF in favor of merc work in 2029, he was recruited by multiple clients and companies but mainly Troll Co.
His brutality from his JSDF service still showed, making him very desirable to most contractors, but he spent most of his time working for Troll Co.

### The hunt for John K. Copper

In 2034, Sam was assigned to Dan Von Schaft to hunt down John K. Copper and his group, travellíng in time centuries to get after him, while in the past he got affiliated with Elise Von Schaft and then betrayed her trust to get to Copper before the MP did.
Later on, he fought the Copper group and found his match against Nitro.
Ultimately, Sam and Dan were unsucessful in killing Copper, so they travelled back in time to 2034.

### The Church raid

Later the night of the initial John K. Copper hunt, Sam and Dan were assigned by William to search and destroy a local church which posed a danger to the safety of himself.
Sam and Dan investigated the church but awakened Cerval, an angel who wasn't very happy about the two mercenaries invading, after Sam and Cerval fought, Emma rushed into the church after attacking Dan too late, and after some dialogue Dan blew up the church.
After the explosion, Cerval attacked Dan, but got counterattacked by Sam and knocked out.
When Sam went to grab Cerval's blade, he got rejected by it and pushed back, and the two mercs left shortly after.

### The Hunt for The Urobonist

A few days later, Sam was paid by Will to either kill or hire the Urobonist, after getting his location Sam broke into a local pharmacy and made his way to the basement where the arsonist resided, and after some dialogue got the Urobonist to join Troll Co.

### Combatant Dossier

File
Combatant Dossier

Warpig

Last Updated: 2034-06-15

Name: Samuel Tachiarai

Designation: PT-1

DOB: 2005-03-02

Country: Japan/Brazil

Status: Active

2029-05-27

Dossier Opened

Samuel Tachiarai joined the JSDF in 2025, and worked for them until he retired in favor of mercenary work in 2029. Shortly after, he was recruited by many organizations but mainly Troll Co. He showed himself to be a highly skilled, ruthless operative. Warpig, as he would soon be known, gained a reputation for being swift and brutal with a katana that traces back to the year 1208.

This Dossier has been sealed

This Dossier has been reopened

2034-06-15

Based on the evidence retrieved by police from Texas, Samuel Tachiarai is being reclassified as "Threat" and re-designated as "Primary Target 1" [PT-1] Samuel was responsible for an attack againt a innocent man and resisting to cooperate with the police, killing multiple officers in the process . [FOR FULL DETAILS SEE: AFTER ACTION REPORT - RAID ON JOHN K. COPPER'S RESIDENCE]. The fact that this combatant has turned to crime is unfortunate, and we will need to divert considerable resources to eliminating him.

2034-06-16

We're suspecting that Samuel is no longer working alone, but instead illegally working for some organization. He seems to be working with other illegal mercenaries [SEE COMBATANT DOSSIER - DANIEL VON SCHAFT] against John K. Copper specifically.

## **Physical Description**

Samuel Tachiarai is 6'1 tall without gear (6'2 with his exoskeleton).

He has maroon colored eyes and black hair tied into a ponytail.

His gear consists of a medium weight black exoskeleton produced by Foxtrot Arms and a Combat Oxygen Providing Mask from Transhominid Systems GmbH.

Under his gear he wears black robes.

## **Personality**

Sam is very calm, and barely ever gets upset, he's also very sarcastic and pokes fun at anything he deems even slightly worth making fun of.

Sam is very intelligent in combat, being able to take on Nitro and Kaz working together, or even the entire Copper group for a while.

He also fought on equal ground with Cerval, and even defeated her by creating a plan utilizing Dan's explosives.

He also managed to negotiate The Urobonist into joining Troll Co.

## **Gear and Enhancements**

Samuel uses a medium-weight exoskeleton, providing him with superhuman capabilities and "Blade Mode".

He has a medium amount of standard combat nanomachines, providing him with even further enhanced capabilities.

The Yōtō-Ichimonji's scabbard has a launching system utilizing blank 5.56 rounds for a lightning quick draw.

Sam's powerscaling tier is 8-A casually, Low 7-B/7-B at peak.

He fights and reacts at around Sub-Relativistic to Relativistic speeds.

## **Weapons**

Sam mainly uses his katana, and dual wields two custom Beretta 92FS Pistols.

Samuel uses the Yōtō-Ichimonji as his weapon.

**The 4th Ichimonji Blade:** The Yōtō-Ichimonji "Haroumaru"
A katana forged by one of 13 swordsmiths, and part of the "Kiku-Ichimonji" line of swords requested by the at the time emperor of Japan. The emperor wanted 13 swordsmiths to make a katana, all of them to be given to 13 of the best samurai clans in service to him, the 4th sword, Yōtō-Ichimonji ended up in the hands of the Tachiarai clan, and then was handed down generation to generation until it ended up in the hands of their latest offspring, Samuel Tachiarai, who after training most of his life joined the Japanese army and made a name for himself on the battlefield for slaying enemies with it. After his deployment, he had the sword modified into a high frequency blade for preparation to work as a mercenary, giving it a new, more cybernetic-like handle wrapped by the original obi wrapping and a blood red Hamon.

## **Gallery**

Sam by Harper (Vienna Altair)Sam by p1nkuneko