Kai Faulknen

Kai in his Anti-Overwatch Task Force armour

Kai Faulknen is the commander of the Anti-Overwatch Task Force who were tasked with bringing down the newly reformed Overwatch after the organisation's revival after Null Sector's attack on Paris. However, he starts to have doubts over his superior's orders after being prohibited from intervening on any crisis involving Talon. Wanting to find out the truth, he covertly forges an alliance with Sombra in order to uncover the truth behind Talon and Overwatch.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kai was born in the immediate aftermath of the Omnic Crisis. As a result of being brought up in such a turbulent time, he was immediately keen on Overwatch, their efforts to help those in need which inspired him to hopefully become an agent one day. He enrolled in the military at 18 in hopes of achieving that dream. However, it was not to be as Overwatch soon collapsed and all Overwatch activities were made illegal by the Petras Act. Despite this setback, he strengthened his resolve and completed his military training. Kai was assigned to the US Diplomatic Guard who were tasked with protecting Senators and Ambassadors during important political events. After one and a half years of service, he was promoted to Lieutenant and formed a close bond with fellow soldier Kassidy Holbach.

### Encounter with Talon

4 years after the dissolution of Overwatch, Kai had become a rather decorated member of the Diplomatic Guard, with him preventing several assassination attempts over the years. His most recent assignment was to stand guard at a UN conference in Paris. The conference was attacked by Talon forces who were attempting to eliminate Maxine Bauduin, a young idealistic Senator who was a staunch advocate of peace. Taking a squad of troopers with him, he escorted the young senator towards the roof but was met by the Reaper who tore through half of his squad before he could react. Before he could execute the senator, Kai managed to knock him back and commanded the two remaining troopers to reach the extraction point. Despite Reaper’s advantages in both strength and superhuman powers, Kai managed to hold his own against the Talon agent, managing to dodge his relentless attacks and put an end to the fight by stunning him with an electro grenade. Eventually, he and his platoon managed to drive the Talon insurgents off and safely evacuated the senators with minimal casualties.

### Promotion

Kai’s success in handling this incident gained the attention of General Rampart who was forming an initiative to create a special task force in response to the rise of Talon and Overwatch activity. Using an enhanced version of the super serum developed by the Soldier Enhancement Program during the Omnic Crisis, Kai was promoted to Commander of this new squad and gained superhuman strength, speed and agility. It was around the same time that Overwatch activity increased, with former agents; Winston and Tracer spotted in a firefight with Talon agents; Widowmaker and Reaper, who were attempting to steal the Doomfist gauntlet.

### Singapore Skirmish

The squad was sent to investigate a sighting of Soldier 76 in Singapore. The unit soon intercepted the vigilante, who had stolen a top secret prototype processing core. Kai managed to subdue the vigilante and escorted him aboard an armoured vehicle. Kai attempted to discuss what kind of involvement Jack had in the fall and revival of Overwatch. Just then, their convoy was attacked by Talon, who were after the processing core. Kai and the rest of his squad readied their weapons, but General Rampart advised them to stand down over the commlink. However, just as Talon was about to take the core, Overwatch agents; Tracer, Genji and Mercy sprung an ambush, throwing all parties in a fierce free-for-all skirmish, despite Rampart's orders. In the end, Talon managed to retreat with the processing core and all Overwatch agents at the scene being arrested, with Jack Morrison managing to flee in the chaos.

### Moral Dilemma

With the failure of retrieving the core, Kai returned to base, where he and Rampart visited Lena, Genji and Angela in their prison cell. The general taunted the trio, calling them obsolete criminals before the he walked away, leaving Kai to look somberly at his former heroes before departing as well, but not before Tracer told him to question whether he was on the right side. He later went back to their cell in secret. Tracer claimed that bringing back Overwatch was the right thing to do, but Kai brought up that what they were doing was breaking the law. Angela spoke up about the fact Overwatch was needed now more than ever and that Talon needed to be stopped, and Kai asserted that he wanted the same thing, expressing his worries about moles in high ranking military positions, asking for any more information about Talon. Genji provided him with Sombra's contact, telling him to be wary of the path he would be taking.

## Personality

As a soldier and leader, Kai was loyal to the men he commanded, feeling that protecting them was one of his primary duties as a leader. Among his fellow soldiers, he was well known to have a sense of humor, and his squadmates often poked fun at him for it. Due to the secretive nature of his task force, they were less restricted by foreign laws and jurisdiction and often had a more loose approach when it came to following orders. He was initially hesitant to accept his reassignment and promotion from his position at the US Diplomatic Guard, but quickly grew into his role as time went on, having to readjust his usual tactics to better fit his task.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength:** After being injected with the soldier enhancement serum, Kai gained superhuman strength, being able to overpower regular soldiers and go toe to toe with Reaper.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Kai naturally possesses greater agility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination than that of a normal human thanks to the serum.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Due to his enhancements, Kai gets considerably less fatigued than a regular human and is able to go on long term missions without breaks.
* **Healing Factor:** The serum gave him an enhanced healing factor that lessens the severity of otherwise fatal wounds.

### Abilities

* **Tactician:** Thanks to the special military training he received during his time in the US Diplomatic Guard, Kai is able to come up with many unorthodox tactics while hunting down Overwatch and Talon.

* **Martial Artist:** Alongside his already excellent martial arts skills, Kai's helmet has a built in HUD that analyses the fight patterns of his opponents and comes up with effective countermeasures.
* **Marksman:** Kai is proficient at using his customised rifle, being able to hit multiple enemies with one shot.
* **Sword Mastery:** Kai is highly skilled at utilising his Plasma Dagger, switching in between dagger and sword modes mid fight to ensure maximum efficiency.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Repeating Blaster Rifle**
* **Heavy Blaster Pistol x 2**
* **Sonic Dagger (Plasma Sword)**
* **Electro Stun Grenade**

## Trivia

* His Anti-Overwatch Task Force armour is heavily inspired from Crosshair's Imperial Commando armour from the Star Wars' Bad Batch series.