Red

> *"Life and death is such a fickle thing. I like to think of myself as death's master. Even the Grim Reaper bows to me."*
> - Fabian "Red" Skalka
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Fabian "Red" Skalka is a Defending Operator of Team Rainbow.

Red is created by Rexcaliburr (Jxckalito)

## Biography

Born to parents who survived the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1942 in World War II, Dr. Fabian Skalka was constantly pressured to join the military. His parents strongly believed that Poland's military needed more strong, young men to serve to ensure that Poland would never fall into enemy hands ever again. While their pressure was done with good intentions of not wanting Fabian to suffer in a war like they had, they failed to realise just how much pressure was put on him.

Fabian initially wanted to pursue music as a career, writing songs and picking up the guitar, clarinet, and piano. With the constant pressure from his parents however, he put down music. He didn't want to enter the military right high school and decided he could make it as a field medic, getting into university and medical school. While he initially dreaded going to medical school and just wanted to pursue music, he eventually was able to get into it and realised he quite liked the challenges posed by medical school. Fabian continued to pursue music in what little spare time he had.

Even though he liked the challenge of medical school, the stress only piled onto his pressure. He was able to graduate medical school and took up a residency, eventually earning his medical doctorate by the time he was 33. Accomplished as he was, he was exhausted, having done everything based on what his parents wanted and nearly crashed and burned right after earning his doctorate.

He got himself out of the rut that had been dug by his parents, understanding that they had asked him to do everything with good intentions. However, he lacked interest in working in a hospital and wanted to do more. He turned to the very thing he had tried to avoid for years - the military, and surprisingly found his calling.

Dr. Fabian Skalka served in the Polish Armed Forces for 7 years as a field surgeon before being picked up by JW GROM for his skills. During his 7 year service with the armed forces he was known for almost miraculously bringing people back from the dead, and was known as "Death's Master" by a lot of the recruits and some of his officers.

He has since picked music back up and has returned to songwriting whenever he can.

### Psychological Report

*Specialist Fabian "Red" Skalka has a lot of nicknames from what I hear. "Death's Master", "Dr. Defiance", and "Angel" are some of the ones I've heard from talk, all of them stemming from his ability to bring nearly anyone back from the absolute brink of death. Someone of that caliber and capability would be a little more proud of his work, but Skalka oddly played all of that down. I find this quite strange since not a lot of medical professionals are so familiar with death and how to avoid it as he is, but he didn't seem interested in talking more about it. I left that subject there, but maybe I'll pick it back up later when he feels willing to share.*

*Aloof is certainly one way of describing him. While we talked, he seemed mostly indifferent about everything, only having a little more interest in talking about his music. I doubt he would have brought it up in the first place, I just noticed the sheet music on his table and decided to ask about it. He's very slow to trust, only doing what he is absolutely duty-bound to do. Our first talk wasn't all that constructive, but I wasn't ready to let him go that easily. He agreed to another talk a week later.*

*When I went back for another talk, it went much better. I spent the week reading up on him and talking to his colleagues from GROM, which gave me a little more insight on why he acted the way he did and how I might be able to get through to him. After talking to his officer, it really dawned on me. After spending his entire life doing what others wanted - namely his parents, he's exhausted and rightfully so. This was a little unusual for me, but I do know how to play the guitar and brought one along with me when I met up with him again. When we met, we talked while I played which seemed to relax him a little and we were actually able to get something out of the conversation.*

*Skalka's life has been centered around others and never himself for decades which has him retreating in his shell whenever things are about him. He doesn't really know himself, which made talking about himself so difficult when he felt he had no connection to me. Playing that guitar gave him a reason to talk, because we had something in common. I imagined this would make his transition into Rainbow much harder, but he actually had a friend - Specialist Håvard "Ace" Haugland. They met in Norway when Skalka was on the phone talking to his parents about his frustrations in a cafe. Haugland seems to have taken a special interest in Skalka. I'd like to see where that goes. Skalka was willing to call Specialist Haugland a friend which is extremely relieving. I'd like to talk to Haugland more and see if he can help Skalka get more comfortable.*

- Dr. Harishva Pandey, Director of Rainbow

## Gameplay Description

A medium speed operator, Red is all about balance. He can be aggressive but fall back when there is a need, and controlling his Aerial Medic Drone will demand that he is able to secure his surroundings lest he is attacked from behind while distracted.

* The Aerial Medic Drone (AMD) is able to revive teammates from a long range to 75 health, akin to Doc.
* When in a DBNO state, Red can use one AMD to revive himself, but it destroys the AMD.
* When active, the AMD rises and can hover and move in the air. It will sink to the ground when not active.

## Loadout

### Unique Gadget

Aerial Medic Drone

*"Technology is constantly advancing, even in the medical field. Dr. Skalka's drone is going to perform well for sure."*

- Echo

The Aerial Medical Drone is a drone equipped with the same principles as Doc's stim pistol, a pressurized CO2 charge that is able to deliver a dose of epinephrine in saline solution. However, given that the AMD is larger than a stim pistol, the dose can be delivered from much further away with a larger CO2 charge. The drone can also operate from any distance away from Red's position and will rest on the ground when not in use.

The AMD can also be instructed to follow any ally operator and will instantly revive them if they are downed.

### Ability Evaluation

Device: Aerial Medical Drone

Operator: Fabian "Red" Skalka

Evaluation Lead: Masaru "Echo" Enatsu and Gustave "Doc" Kateb

The Aerial Medical Drone or "Angel drone" as some romantics like to call it is nowhere as sophisticated as the Yokai, but it doesn't have to be. It does its job and good enough. The drone is very much like a standard civilian drone though this model has a better charge and extremely large distance it can travel from the controller to the point where it could be called "everywhere". The drone body is loaded with Doc's special stuff.

(Comment\_G. Kateb: That "special stuff" is 1mg epinephrine in a saline solution and micro-pellets as coagulating agents. Exactly the same thing as what's in the MPD-0 Stim Pistol.)

Since the body of the drone is bigger than Doc's stim pistol, the dosage can be delivered from a much further distance because of the larger pressurized CO2 charge inside. The only problem is that it can't stay hovering when not being actively controlled, and it's white, so it's pretty obvious if it isn't resting on snow or anything that isn't as ridiculously bright white as it is. Maybe I can recommend Red make it a dark colour so it isn't such a painful dead giveaway.

I also don't know why Red rips off the drone's propellers when he uses it on himself. Is that really necessary?

- Echo