Cooper

### Skills

Investigator, Heavily Augmented, Interpersonal Awareness, Confidante, Programmer, Combat Training

### Unique Items

4 x Combat Limbs (FREE). Recording Eye (5). Flashlight (5). Trid Phone (15). Internal Psi-Rig (10). Hand Injector (15).

### CP Points

Shear Armour (25). Mechanical Scrap x 2 (10). Hammershot (5). Bandages x 4 (10).

 Personal Information

### **Appearance**

Dark brown hair, yellow-faded ends. Two bionic eyes, of high calibre, as well as fully bionic limbs - all seeming of salvation schematics. A psi-rig on the back of his neck chipped and calibrated. He's about 5'8 and usually seen sporting casual clothing - seemingly weak for the colors black, and sleek aesthetics.

### **Personality**

Care-from-afar, eccentric, scientific, paranormally enthusiastic, oddball, awkward - at a glance. Oftentimes a thinker and doer in regards to his methodology which seems to follow pragmatism; He is known to be intentionally vague and secretive from his past as a freelance investigator, as well as his scheming mind that is notorious among colleagues for being ever-vigilant in observations and ethos.

He was known to be by the book on law and ethics, showing an upbringing in Ranger Town - and a large dedication to Ranger Training and procedure. As soon as he was given clearance to venture into dangerous infohazardous zones, his fixation turned to learning as much as he could about these enigmas and peacing together what many might call 'the great picture' and a plan to deal with it.

Very oddly, Cooper is a Ranger who is known for his self-termination with them. Some time after the battle of New Yevon, where he saw former rangers die, succumb to large periods of infohazardous material and revelations were made into the circumstances that are. Some might say he is a more dangerous lone operative given his information and training; but he has lost a considerable amount of trust and connections due to his spy-like nature and wavering allegiances.

Most people who know him think of him as an oddball, an observer looking in, or a divergent thinker and rogue. He tries his best to prevent awful things without anybody knowing better more often than not, and many people believe it's due to a bit of a protective nature mixed with duty. Others believe Cooper has ulterior motives and plans, the man holding people a safe distance away in case they become liabilities.

His mental health seems to have decreased as of recently reported missions in the **REDACTED**. Some people speculate this is due to his Connection and Idolization of Sergeant **REDACTED**, as well as as a being close to some of the **REDACTED** who allegedly passed during a Ranger-Wallrider Operation to besiege an underground B.E.A.C.O.N **REDACTED** laboratory - as well as multiple factors concerning **REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED** and **REDACTED.** Regardless, cooper continues to prove a thorn in the side of salvation with his counter-intelligence and subversion. He is currently wanted for a substantial sum of money: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ $$$ or so, headed by Salvation leaders.

It would seem as of recently, Agent 'Headshot;' a former salvation operative was captured and revealed to be Coopers long lost sister, whom he hadn't seen since he was 15 and attending Ranger Town Academics program 'B.L.U.E' for training. His relationship with Headshot has increased over time, reportedly sending her comics whenever he is availible to visit her in holding. It would seem likely that headshot might return to Tri-Way permanently, though the hot-headed guntrigger sibling and Cooper often continue to fight over their divergent approaches to problem solving.

### **Backstory**

An orphan at a young age due to both parents passing in an emergency response mission gone horribly wrong. He was raised under Ranger-Guardianship and received a pedigree education in any field he liked, choosing Anthropology and Psychology as his Major fields, and sciences for his minors, such as Forensics, Physics and Biology.

He had a sister, her whereabouts are currently unknown. She was last seen as a member of Rialta's Wall-Riders, or a subsequent group specializing in sniper-tactics.

During his maturity, Cooper was a Ranger, primarily dispatched on investigative cases, whilst freelancing for other cases in his spare time. He is one of the rare few rangers to have been allowed access to restricted locations.

His most recent work in process is a catalog of Psykers and other dangerous creatures that have only recently come to have any form of scientific methodology applied to them. A broad swathe of it is information on the emotional or psychic trauma that links to their manifestations, as well as tips on survival around said Psykers and how to avoid them.

He has worked closely with the Rangers to take down BEACON in the past, ending their corruption and spread of problematic behaviors across HOPE. An active member in 'The Seekers' mission, led by the Light-House Initiative, Remnant Wallriders, Ex-Salvation operatives, Inter-dimension Aliens and Rangers. His work continues to strive towards the divulgence of truth, and whatever mechanations.. may lead him to it.

## Interests/Quirks

**Personal Hobbies:** Cooper keeps himself busy, otherwise he tends to dive intensely into one thing. Let's see what that looks like.

* **Comics;** Superhero (Modern-day, old earth-era as well, but they are rare), Sci=Fi (Sci fi in a sci fi setting is pretty sci fi, pals), Fantasy. (Medieval and magic.)
* **Music:** (Earth archivalist music database subscribed, as well as New-era Hope artists.)
* **Newspaper Articles:** (Mainly Old-earth. Enjoys seeing history through peoples retellings and feeling their thoughts and such. Finds it oddly soothing and insightful.)
* **Books:** (Usually studying whenever he reads. Always something to read, or a magazine on some topic. Otherwise, case files, data analysis.. etc.)
* **Radio Frequencies:** (Ranger emergency calls, amidst other wierder things.)
* **Gaming:** Username :Radioghost77: Location: New Yevon. (Usually active via the psi-rig, but seems to have a backup personal computer and tridphone he connects to occasionally.

**History, Archival and Paleontology (Ongoing):** He's quite fascinated by modern science due to it's truths, and keeps himself up to date through scientific colleagues and public information on broad topics:

* **Psykers:** Cooper has been fascinated with psykers for some years. He feels a conflicted sympathy and hatred for most, considering they have become beings of horrific destruction, rage, sadness and trauma. However, he also feels if they cannot be fixed, they must be broken -- and struggles heavily with that trained mentality from the rangers, and most folk of Ranger Town.

* **Ancient Human Civilization:** As a native to Hope, Humanity is a mystery to him. Even though he's a human! As a result, some cultural heritage was always an interest in a means of understanding himself. He's quite partial and inquisitve around NASA folk due to this, as well the folk of SALVATION and BEACON to an extent.. with varying degrees of rationality.

* **Alien civilizations and technologies:** Cooper is fascinated in EARTH thanks to NASA and history lessons. But this also lead to coopers fascination with /what else/ was out there. There had always been rumors, reports and wierd things; but living on a martian planet meant that much of humanity were more accepting to the plausability of alien life; and he always wondered what sentience, scale and timeline he may be on as a human through many existential pangs. Upon meeting some aliens and seeing their tech? You can only imagine his excitement..

* **Physics and Inter-dimensional Travel:** If not the excitement of discovering aliens, it may be the further revelation that many of them hailed from entirely different parallel universes or dimensions, brought here through alien technology that had made the breakthrough. Many questions and curiosities since have enthused cooper to an eternal quest of discovering these many realities and adventuring across them one day, far, far away.
* **Interstellar Travel:** Space. It's beauty. It's secrets. it's lessons. It's truths. It's endless bounty. Cooper wants to explore space. He's innately curious and oddly competent in a crisis, which as led him to partaking in many fancies of future deeds. As well as reading too many comics.
* **Transhumanism updates:** Cooper is a fiend for augs, though he also appreciates human aesthetics, he knows most are bound to fail and erode over time, causing anguish. He eagerly seizes any opportunity to further this technology and advocate it by existing or adding it to his form.
* **Medical science leads:** Cooper has a somewhat impressive knowledge of medicines. As well as drugs. And much more curiously: Drugs that make folk forget, fall asleep or allow cooper to do sneaky things or avoid a fight.. He doesn't seem to enjoy bloodshed despite his training. Perhaps his roots go further down the route of his parents emergency response origins that a formed military aspect.

## Quotes

### **Quotes By**

* "Every second, every instant - we're a few moments from an entirely different life." - David Cooper
* " To know the unknowable and to understand it would be a gift." - David Cooper
* "I've fought alongside my heroes, and I've watched them die. It's my turn to inspire. " - David Cooper
* "I'm going to punch the writhing one in the face, that'll show it what a real infohazard is."

### **Conversations**

* "Grandfather, I am worried about little brother, he is not himself and this concerns me, but I do not know what to do, you are smarter then I am.. I thought maybe you would know." - Kai Reh

### **Rumours**

* He is said to be a Salvation Sympathizer, despite his attempts to deflect this. This rumor has begun to fade from most, considering his active efforts to thwart salvation and protect rogue operatives, it would seem deliberately orchestrated to in fact, trick salvation. Salvation has likely adjusted their thoughts.
* He is a prominent Gamer, his username: Radioghost77 is often seen floating around New Yeven. He prefers shooters and strategy games.
* There are rumours that his parents died in a 'Psyker-Heavy' Incident, explaining his fixation potentially with both the rangers and Psykers alike.
* He recently left the service of the rangers, for some reason. It's not really understood how this aided in his ability as an investigator.
* People around his family home who have roamed close enough reported a constant static noise coming from a room near the borders of a street intersection his property aligns with, as well as lights on at all odd hours of the day or night from various windows. Most assume this is an old Ranger-Distress line he keeps on in case people need help, however, some may have discovered it's a connection to absolutely nothing that is just kept on for absolutely no reason. Noise complaints occur every year.

## Connections

**Dante:** Cooper admires this wastelander who survived for some time in infohazardous heavy locations throughout their life. He wishes to support, monitor and study Dante's condition to make certain they survive and live a happy life free of the apocalypse; but understands how impossible that sounds.

Cooper's friend since childhood, Dante was a common voice he'd hear through radio signals and ultimately made him feel some kind of 'tug' to a higher calling, later revealed to be a bond experienced by a rare few due to some psionic abilities that 'latched' to the weave of their personal distresses during childhood. The mystery of this bond continues to develop.

**Lilly:** Cooper feels a similiar kinship to Lilly as Dante. He thinks lilly is really cool, but overtime has discovered that their life has been absurdly unfair and felt a caring bond of wishing to help her through the difficulties wrought by the apocalypse. Cooper continues to monitor Lilly, but has always felt a stern independance in them that he was unable to often change, feeling as if it was lilly's life which led her to this and fairly so as a survivor, yet always worrying from afar. He tries his best to help Lilly without worsening her connection to the unknown psionic potentials she holds.

**Kai'Ri:** An atlantean that Cooper has talked to muchly in his studies of alien lifeforms and interdimensional landscapes. Kai'Ri fascinates cooper for many reasons, and one of the most prominent ones is their seeming collectiveness of wisdom as multiple beings in one shell. Kai'Ri has grown empathically towards cooper due to his empathic bonds to Kai'Ri's plight, harboring a strange but sincere trust both ways. Cooper often worries Kai'Ri due to his wish to quite genuinely kill the writhing one in a way that prevents his colleagues from suffering further, and the isolation the seekers agent forces in case of needing to betray them for their better health.

**Niko:** Coopers mentor and sargeant in the rangers, Niko was coopers predecessor and he was absolutely eager to prove himself to him. Niko's life showed the scars of seeing a lot, and he carefully respected those scars and plucked the wisdom niko would gleam about his role, including some abilities that niko would teach him to access the deeper psyche of some folk. Niko and cooper became colleagues overtime who made a deadly team. Cooper was sad but absolutely understanding when after the largescale battle for new yevon, Niko retired. He thinks fondly of him as one of the people he fights to protect through his current actions in the seekers.

**Santiago:** A drone pilot that Cooper knew of growing up. Cooper was always envious of drone pilots and honestly came very close to joining their ranks initially after graduation. He was considered a high-potential drone pilot, but wanted to be more in-field as was his investigator concepts. He had no idea santiago was a part of the tri-way operation and reached out to her as he slowly cam to realize the true nature of being exposed to psyker-heavy areas and infohazards. Santiago became a role model to cooper, who in turn, made him strive to prevent her prolonged exposure to infohazards. He was often conflicted with having her advice and skills as an incredible boon to the operation versus his concern she would deteriorate over time with further exposures. Santiago taught cooper valuable lessons about why the rangers continued to fight, and what to fight for -- without her words, cooper wouldn't carry the flame he does in the seekers.

**Patty:** Patty was one of coopers friends; formed through constantly finding their presence in a crisis as much as in missions since gaining clearance. Patty seemed to deal with quite a bit, and furthermore was divulged overtime that is highly classified. But to say the least, patty helps cooper laugh and enjoy life through her vibrancy and passion; always seeking the next step forward in a confidance that cooper was envious of, and made her a damn good medic.

**Dr.** **Ekim:** Cooper admires Ekim's scientific mind, discoveries, breakthroughs and ultimate sage wisdom. Ekim is like the father cooper never had, and he'd never say it aloud; but truthfully he was. Ekim always seemed to be the constant backbone of triway and seekers, pushing it forward by some noble purpose cooper couldn't help but grow to idolize as a scientific beacon of hope amidst an apocalypse wrought of nightmares. Since he'd become Hashin, cooper continued to percieve ekim is a transhumanist icon and basically the scientific superhero of his comics!

**Circuit:** Circuit fascinates Cooper. Yet again, he's absolutely like a superhero wielding lightning and alien technology that constantly makes coopers eyes widen. IF not for this alone, Circuit has always been the 'Captain America' of the rangers in coopers eyes with his devotion to the blue cause, it's perpetual movements forward and his facilitation. Circuit is clearly motivated by immense forces, and cooper cannot help but feel blessed to consider him a close ally with a similiar purpose. Circuit's always been there to cooper, despite his transition to Ha'shin, he feels a close bond to them that allows cooper to feel the rangers are in good hands even if he acts independently of them quite often.

**Glitch:** Glitch is and always will be curious to Cooper, as he seems to have a strong connection to Dante that rivals beyond the one they have as childhood friends, as well as Glitch's scientific and mechanical endeavours. Glitch was the one responsible for the creation of Coopers augmented components, and the first person he'd go to in the need of repairs as he'd never let cooper down. Glitch is still quite distant, which is understandable; as he always seemed to have a deeper bond with machines than folk in coopers eyes. Perhaps if cooper becomes more machine he'll be noticed!?

**Songbird:** Songbird convinced cooper of Salvations flaws. She was living proof they were humans, but they, like him perhaps, were living in a blanket of comfort that solved none of Hopes issues. Through deprogramming songbird, cooper felt quite deprogrammed himself - and it led to him questioning reality, purpose and the steps forward heavily. He would help songbird to join the seekers and to continue to elude her father and salvations control; but also quite avidly enjoyed her levels of coolness and proffesionalism that only a chosen really seems to have nowadays. Cooper and Songbird may or may not be a superhero team cooper muses about on missions to help cope with stress; and whether she'd noticed or not, he'd always try and tag along with her on the field.

**Cora/Kora:** The coolest thing Cooper has ever seen is the AI masterpiece of alien origin. Cooper never tires of interacting with cora and seeking to understand her in a similiar fashion to a complex person. A complex person with far more use of her brain, which is something cooper would love to be like oneday. Cora represents similiar values as Kai'Ri to Cooper, who would protect them as similiarly to a human life; considering in his eyes -- they have acted with that burden themselves and deserve high praise and similiar thought.

## Inspirations and Soundtrack

* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/761qr5R2swauXqkVqB7RMe?si=9KnnrwbtS8ywVs1zZ\_BahA

## OOC Information

RP Preferences in order: (LARP, Chat, Discord)

Pronouns: He/Him