Basher

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## Basher

### Factions

* Last Man Battalion (formerly)
* Jackals (Security Force)

### People

* Charles Bliss (deceased)
* Lt. Andrew Navarro (deceased)
* MSG. Cliff Trejada (deceased)
* Pvt. Michael Thorne (deceased)
* Cpt. Andrew Perez (deceased)
* Lt. Greg Wolfe

### Weapons Used

* FAL Assault Rifle (Primary)
* POF P416 Assault Rifle (other Primary)
* Military M870 Shotgun (Secondary)
* Nail Bombs
* Flashbang Grenades
* Shock Assault Turret

**Jackson Clevlan**, better known as "***Basher***", is a high-ranking member of the Jackals. Formerly a soldier in the notorious Last Man Battalion, Basher uses his experience in the now disbanded faction to support the Jackals and fulfill Charles Bliss' legacy the way he sees fit: as a paid mercenary, the reason he followed Bliss in the first place.

## Birth of a Patriot

Jackson Clevlan was born on September 17, 1984, in Norfolk, Virginia. His mother died tragically when he was 2, leaving Clevlan to be raised by his father, a soldier who fought in the Army during Vietnam. Clevlan enjoyed hearing war stories from his father's time overseas and wanted to be a soldier and fight for his country.

Clevlan had shown an interest in combat sports early in high school and excelled at them with vigor. By then his father was deathly ill, and on his deathbed, he made his son promise to fight for what he believes is good for all those in America. A year after the September 11 Attacks, he signed up for the Rangers with the intent of making good on his promise. At this time, he trained alongside future General of the True Sons, Skyler Brooks, and at the age of 20, Clevlan passed his training and became a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment as a communications engineer when they were deployed overseas to Afghanistan.

## Service and Profit

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During his time overseas, Clevlan made a name for himself as a loyal soldier. He, alongside his best friends Michael Thorne, Anthony Navarro, and Cliff Trejada, were skilled fighters and specialists, and loved every minute of their deployment. They offered their condolences when they heard Skyler Brooks, a Staff Sergeant then, was honorably discharged after an enemy ambush. Eventually, Charles Bliss, former member of the Rangers, founder and leader of the Last Man Battalion, heard of what the soldiers in his old unit were capable of. Bliss pulled some strings to get Clevlan, Navarro, Thorne, and Morrow transferred to his PMC.

While initially confused and reluctant, Clevlan came to find the LMB better than the Rangers ever were. A client would hire them for a job, they would be deployed, get the job done, and get paid. Clevlan would even be promoted to Captain and have a unit of his own. For a time, life was good.

Things all changed, however, after they were hired for a job in Wall Street...

## Maelstrom

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The Green Poison outbreak hit New York City hard, and as the situation escalated several wealthy brokers from Wall Street hired the LMB to protect their physical assets in their prestigious vaults. Coming back from a risky operation in Kenya, Clevlan and the rest of the battalion expected this to be another job. What they didn't expect was to be trapped in a dangerous quarantine and cut off from the rest of the world. Charles Bliss would make a speech that rang true in his ears, one that proclaimed that it was better to shoot an innocent man than let someone guilty run free. Clevlan fought not just for himself, Bliss, or even his country. He fought for his allies. But even that wasn't enough to stop what happened next.

The LMB spent two months taking and holding their territory. The Division came and destroyed everything they worked for in just two weeks. In just that short amount of time, Trejada, Navarro, and Bliss were dead, and with it their dream of retaking New York from the lawless bandits that roamed the savage streets. Clevlan got into a disagreement with fellow Captain Andrew Perez over the latter's plan to unite their scattered forces with one of the remaining APCs they had left. Clevlan wanted to let sleeping dogs lie, and Perez wanted to prep the APC, take it topside, and wreak havoc on the Division. Clevlan's friend Thorne, the last one he had left, tried to reason with Perez to see Clevlan's side, but he wouldn't listen. They worked out an agreement: Perez would take his unit to the Warren Gate Water Treatment Plant, and Clevlan would take his unit to the West Side Pier. Suffice to say for Perez, it didn't go well.

## Pack Strength

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>  | *Soldiers of the Last Man Battalion, this is Captain Jackson Clevlan. I've fought with most if not all of you side by side during these troubling times. Lt. Col Charles Bliss is dead. Captain Andrew Perez is dead. I am all that's left to rally under. And I say it's time to face facts: It's over. The Division and the JTF have won the war. For the first time in our history, we know the one thing we delivered to our enemies when they touched down: defeat—complete and utter failure.*
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Things hadn't been going well for Clevlan and his men. Despite brokering a collaborative truce with the Cleaners, the Rikers, some street thugs and another mysterious faction, the LMB weren't any closer to gaining revenge on the Division and the JTF; in fact, all it did was reduce their numbers and their morale even more. When word reached him of Perez's failure in the plant, he had enough. He was tired of fighting for such a lofty ambition. In his mind, the dream of a new world order ruled by strength of character and morality died with Bliss. And now with Navarro, Trejada, and Thorne gone, Clevlan had no one but his soldiers. So, he decided. He decided to let their enemies have New York.

The decision didn't go well with the remaining LMB forces, scattered or otherwise. Some chose to stay behind and keep fighting for Bliss' vision of the future. Clevlan let them. To each their own, as they say. Rallying his men and any soldiers that shared his beliefs, Clevlan and his number of LMB left New York to rebuild their broken army. The trek was brutal, both physically and for their morale, especially when they learned that those who stayed behind folded into the Black Tusk, and others into a new faction, one that shared Bliss' vision. Is this what they've devolved into? Subjugating themselves for completely different powers? Now Clevlan and his loyalists were all that remained. When will their misfortunes and failures end?

Will they ever end?

The answer would be yes, and in the form of a Jackal. She had formed a new faction with remnants of her old faction and new leader of the Rikers, Kingpin, and they both were intrigued at the prospect of soldiers with actual experience in their ranks. If the LMB still had the power they held in their height in New York, they would've easily decimated them, but now the wandering soldiers were desperate and Clevlan gave in. Now taking up arms with the Jackals, Clevlan, rechristened as "Basher", and all those under his command will celebrate the day he puts a bullet in the head of the last agent of the Division and the last soldier in the JTF. For Bliss, for Navarro, for Trejada, for Thorne, and most of all, his father. This he swears.

## Personality

At first glance, Basher could be described as a cold, distant, and sarcastic individual, but upon closer inspection Basher is a loyal and stalwart soldier who always provide for those under his command. He believes that Jackal and Kingpin gave him a chance to prove himself not only to them and the Jackals, but to Bliss and the LMB. He wants to honor Bliss' legacy the best he can, however he can. Basher and his soldiers consider the Jackals to be unofficial members of the LMB, a sentiment acknowledged by Jackal as a means for unity.

Basher has sworn never to allow himself or his troops to fold into the True Sons, and has given up on trying to establish a new order. In his mind, trying to destroy the old country and starting anew is what brought the LMB so low in the first place and would rather die than fulfill a pathetic dream. Despite not being a member of her True Sons, Basher respects Skyler Brooks' leadership as both a General and a Ranger.

## Archetype

Basher is a unique Jackal Engineer, using LMB technology to back him up and give him an edge. A skilled soldier and ruthless combatant, Basher earned his position both as a Captain in the LMB and as the Security Warlord of Infantry in the Jackals; something that is reflected in his fighting style.

**Weapons:**

* FAL Assault Rifle (Primary)
* POF P416 Assault Rifle (other Primary)
* Military M870 Shotgun (Secondary)

**Throwables:**

* Nail Bombs
* Flashbang Grenades

**Skills:**

* Shock Assault Turret