Pearce J. Nalley

A basic picture of Pearce.

Pearce James Nalley was born on May 15th of 2087, in Redcliffe, Brisbane, Australia. At the age of two, his mother, Annabeth Roston-Nalley, passed away from a form of leukemia. This left his father, James Nalley, to raise Pearce alone for nearly 15 years. James worked with the local RCO and SADTF ships operating in Brisbane, taking advantage of it to smuggle Pearce to South Africa, where the RCO had turned the country into their colony, with a hope of a better conditioned life in a more secure area. After establishing a home in South Africa, James took a job locally, supporting the RCO's trade, and defending the large port of Cape Town.

At about the age of 11, he was introduced to weapons, being given a worn and damaged hunting rifle, to hone his shooting, so he could grow to aid the town. By the age of 16, he was a part of the local understaffed guard, learning the basics of their trade. Upon turning 17, Pearce was shipped out of Cape Town, to the rebuilding and healing UK, where he joined up with the Royal Militia. He spent two years with them, working as a reconnaissance scout and a marksman. His training with a rifle would later give him an edge over his Corsair peers in gunplay. When his time was up, at the age of 19, he'd returned back to South Africa, returning to his easy trade life with the guard for two months.

His first run-in with the Corsairs began when his cargo ship erupted into a mutiny, where some of his own crew (See Rex Benett) turned against the others. Early on in the mutiny, Pearce was knocked unconscious when a mutineer (suspected to be Scotty Makelo), hit him over the front of the head with a lead pipe, damaging his frontal lobe and causing amnesia. Pearce was taken upon the Corsairs vessel, and held to the usual 'join or die' quota the Corsairs put the crew under. Dazed and confused, he joined at the age of 19. He was indoctrinated into the Corsairs, being a basic Corsair when the Knave - the newly named RCO cargo ship - sailed westward. For the next 3 years, he aided in the operations, and as the crew grew larger, Pearce was given a bit of a higher standing, as he was the original Knave crew.

Pearce spent the few years on the seas with the Corsairs as a Mudlark. From there, he'd gain significant attention from the notoriety of his rank, and later was moved to the elite ranking of Privateer, as he was found more useful as a fighter than a medic, with the usage of the RCO's outdated SMLG rifle. He would soon become a Quartermaster, due to his exceptional ability to lead under stress, and his ability to train the pirates. During his time in Georgia, he became close with Mary Lisette, a Lieutenant of the Corsairs, and in turn enveloped himself into the drama of her life. This would cause him to make enemies with a man named Felix, their feuding going on far enough as to cause Felix to shoot Pearce in the face, leaving a permanent long scar across the left side of his face. A week later, he and Mary were both captured by Bluejay, the superintendent of the Tidewater Federal Police, also known as TIFEPOL. Bluejay and another officer attempted to extract valuable information out of the two, to little avail, leaving Pearce heavily scarred along his back, sides, shoulders, and arms. This, along with a mental snap right after, would send him down a spiral of mixed feelings in the Corsairs he so blindly supported.

His signature Aussie cap, mistaken for a Cowboy hat, earned him the nickname of 'Cowboy', from the common mistake of others, and his more merciful outlook as a Mudlark earned him the nickname of 'Doc'. He can often be seen with an M14A1 DMR, a scoped SMLG, a fitted Sparo, or a customized Levi-3 rifle, with a Scotia .45 handgun or a Buster 6G shotgun. He also keeps a Kukri on himself, a weapon to remind him of home.

Pearce Nalley would come to be known as an odd one out, being one of the original gang to reach Atlanta. He perceives most of the lower ranks of the Corsairs as stupid and wild, and he tries not to associate with them. He was considered a 'stick in the mud', due to his morally upward view on things prior to the change, but is respected for his position of power, and his quick problem solving ability. He can often be seen hanging out around Mary Lisette, as his social connections to other Corsairs was slowly cutting, but his loyalty stuck strong.

As of this writing (5/12/2017 at 11:09 PM Central Standard Time), Pearce Nalley is alive.

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