Andreas Spitzer

**Russell Andreas Spitzer** is a lizardperson living in Beaumont, Texas. He is a unionized longshoreman for the Spaceport of Beaumont and a former employee of Nanotrasen, Inc.

## Physical description

Andreas is a lizardperson standing at a modest 1.85m (6'01") tall and weighing a measly 63 kilograms (138 pounds). His scales are a dark spring green (#339966), with very short horns. His eyes are a light faded blue. His tail has dark tiger-like stripes. His snout is rounded and lighter than the rest of his body, and his chest is the same lighter colour. The spines running down his back and along the dorsal structure of his tail are relatively short, with no webbing between the spines.

### Spaceport of Beaumont attire

Andreas generally pairs a pair of tan or khaki pants with one of his Spaceport of Beaumont polos, usually a red one. He also owns a few in white and a couple in blue, however. He'll wear boots if he has a chance to, preferring them over regular low-top shoes. Andreas does not wear socks.

Andreas wears thick-rimmed glasses, with the remark that 'he'll lose them otherwise'.

### Nanotrasen attire

Andreas had a few different preferred attire combinations when working with Nanotrasen. Of all of these, he will almost always wear his breath mask around his neck:

#### Engineering department

As an engineer, Andreas always wore his jumpsuit's upper portion tied around his waist. His torso would be covered with his red polo, and he'd wear a high-visibility reflector vest over that. He'll generally wear a tilted-up welding helmet and a pair of Engineering Scanner Goggles on his head, as well as yellow insulated gloves on his hands.

As an atmospherics technician, Andreas will leave his jumpsuit worn correctly, with the Atmospherics winter coat covering his body. He'd wear a welding helmet on his head, tilted up, and T-Ray scanner goggles on his eyes. If he gets a chance, his black sneakers will be ditched for a pair of workboots, and the T-Ray scanner goggles will be ditched for a pair of mesons or engineering scanner goggles.

#### Security department

As a security officer, Andreas will roll his jumpsuit's sleeves up when possible. He'll wear his duty belt as normal, but will ditch the helmet for a red patrol cap and turn that backwards, if possible. He'll also go for the HUD sunglasses. His X26 Hybrid Taser will be holstered on his armour, except if he is carrying a shotgun.

When possible, he will ditch the standard red uniform for the formal blue one, and will don a tie. He won't ditch the armour for a formal jacket unless Nanotrasen's threat assessment comes back clean (or, in other words, unless it's an extended round).

#### Medical department

As a medic, Andreas will ditch the MD's labcoat for an EMT's jacket, with the buttons undone. He'll don a pair of nitrile gloves, and ditch his satchel for a defibrillator unit. He'll wear a medical belt with basic supplies around his waist. He'll don a Medical HUD and an EMT's cap, turning the latter backwards.

## Biography

### Early life

Andreas was born on June 20, 2534 to Silas Spitzer and Jasuda-Spitzer, who was said to be a saleswoman who travelled often. Much of Andreas' early life is not described, except that his father was alcoholic and abusive, and kicked his brother out when Andreas was 12. After that, Andreas began to regularly run away from home, often staying the night at his friends' house.

When Andreas was 17, Silas signed him up for the Luftwaffe and didn't tell Andreas until the day before Andreas was to ship off.

### Luftwaffe

Andreas was assigned to the 179th Logistical regiment of the Luftwaffe in early 2552. Andreas' stint in the Luftwaffe was a short one, only obtaining the rank of Obergefreiter (loosely equivalent to Airman First Class in the USAF, <acronym title="Aviator (Trained)">Aviateur (Formé)</acronym> in the RCAF, or NATO rank code OR-3). He met his then-girlfriend, Removes-the-Bullets, during his time working on the local infrastructure.

On October 13, 2552, Andreas was eating at mess hall when a bomb exploded nearby him, killing Removes-the-Bullets and injuring Andreas, leaving him with burns on his right arm, face, and back. Andreas was discharged four days later, after being diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

### Port of Beaumont

Andreas moved back to Texas and got hired on as a longshoreman with the Spaceport of Beaumont, sorting freight on the shore side. He met his wife, Keeps-the-Records, from the accounting department and married her 2 years later, on December 30, 2555.

### Nanotrasen

On October 8, 2556, Andreas received an offer for employment for Nanotrasen, and accepted it. He began work as a cargo technician, moving over to the medical department a couple of weeks later, and moving to the engineering department near the start of November. On December 4, 2556, Keeps-the-Records emailed Andreas, filing for divorce with Andreas' agreement a few days later. The divorce cleared on Christmas Day.

On January 30, 2557, Andreas was kidnapped and tortured for information, then brainjacked at the hands of the Syndicate. He returned to his desk in Nanotrasen Central Command for his safety. On Saint Valentine's Day, he received a subpoena to appear before a grand jury, and was charged with Corporate Espionage for the information leaked by the brainjacking. Andreas was acquitted of all charges on March 1, 2557. He resigned from Nanotrasen two days later, after a spat with Betrays-Its-Kin.

### Post-Nanotrasen

Andreas currently works back at the Port under the command of John Lübeck, his former boss.

## Relationships with Other Characters

### Silas Spitzer

Andreas does not get along well with his father. He sees him as more of a threat than anything else, due to his alcoholism and anger management issues. Andreas is also aware that Silas kicked Jonas out of his home at gunpoint when Andreas was 12.

Despite this, Andreas does not outright despise his father.

## Canon Notes

* Andreas' favourite non-alcoholic drink is tea (preferably with lemon). His favourite alcoholic drink is whisky.

## References

1. ↑ Per Andreas' medical discharge supplement form:
***If Physical - List Injuries/Diagnoses:** First degree burns to back, inside of right arm, right side of face. Second degree burns to outside of right arm. Lacerations due to shrapnel on outside of right arm. No embedded shrapnel found.

**If Mental - List Diagnoses:** Post-traumatic stress disorder. Moderate depression, possibly manic-depressive. Subject stammered when talking.*
2. ↑ Per Andreas' marriage license:
*"By Virtue of a License issued on the 21ST day of DECEMBER, 2555, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that RUSSELL ANDREAS SPITZER and KEEPS-THE-RECORDS have, on this day, been joined in the RITES OF MATRIMONY. In Witness Thereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal as an official Notary Public at my office in BEAUMONT, this 30TH day of DECEMBER, 2555."*