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**Reconnaissance Redown**, or known simply as '**Recon**', is a freelance galactic mercenary and vigilante, who is mainly known for targeting agents of VIR and protecting various superhumans from danger. He has made it his mission to fight against VIR and help restore hope in the galaxy.

He is arch-rivals with Rajah, a former friend of his that almost killed him years previous, and his main target in his quest to destroy VIR.

## History

### Upbringing

Recon was born (first under the name Lyle Micaleff) on the planet Lukoth, his parents were American galactic hitchhikers Irene and Paul Micaleff. They had decided to settle on the planet to raise a family, staying in the country Canceze and the quiet city of Arzoz. However, their city was soon invaded by a paramilitary operation run by a woman known as 'The Koldunya'. They had come to the city to set up a military camp and take the residents of the city as prisoners for a mining operation they wanted to set-up, as they believed there to be a valuable fuel source underneath. Paul and Irene were visited personally by The Koldunya, who told them of their purpose for being there and they they were required to work for them. Paul attempted to politely decline, however as he did, The Koldunya heard the slight sound of Lyle making a noise.

As Paul and Irene discussed between themselves on what they should do, The Koldunya promptly shot them both dead. She then took the small infant from his crib and took him to her quarters, where she informed her superiors of an idea she wanted to approach to creating slaves. Her plan was to raise the child purely as a slave for the camp, condition its brain to only knowing how to do what it's told and essentially create a loyal worker from the ground up. She was granted permission from the higher-ups, and Lyle was renamed Reconnaissance Redown through the use of a randomised codename generator.

As he grew older, he became a worker for the mining operation and was digging in the caves with a pickaxe at the early age of 7 years old. Despite The Koldunya's best efforts of keeping him devoid of emotions, thoughts or feelings, he found himself just as tortured by the gruelling work as the other grown men and started to long for a better life. However unlike the other men, he received special treatment to make sure he was in perfect health so as to not jeopardise the experiment and he was also given his own room near The Koldunya's quarters. During his time at the camp, he befriended one of the guards named Ira who would instil a sense of hope within Recon, telling him that no matter how bad things get it will always get better.

At some point in Recons early teens, Ira had called an enemy battalion who had arrived to attack the camp and liberate it's prisoners. Recon was able to escape from the Koldunya's clutches, although Ira wasn't so lucky and was captured by other guards. Recon was found wandering the side of a road by two men who were on their way to an illegal dropship to flee the planet. Recon came with them and was soon taken to a different planet, Aldur.

### New beginnings

On Aldur, Recon would remain on the streets amongst the countries homeless population, squatting in various abandoned buildings and surviving off of what little necessities they had. He was eventually taken in by a homeless shelter, before being transferred into the care of two foster parents Ela and Bhagatveer. Needless to say, he found himself in much better care and much like Ira had told him, his life had gotten better. When he reached his early twenties however, he decided that he wanted to enlist in the Suldokan military.

This came about when he had heard of the atrocities committed by the Baldoze and was reminded of his early childhood, deciding that he wanted to put an end to such evils so that no one else, no other child would have to suffer the same experience he did. During his time in training, he would meet Rajah for the first time, where the two would pass each other by and exchange a greeting as they made their way to where they needed to go. This ended up developing into a further friendship, and the two of them found themselves greatly attached.

After their training was complete, they were sent to the Sarrakosa military base to stand guard. It was fairly quiet out there, and it gave Recon and Rajah more time to further connect. However, they then received news that the terrorist group The Baldoze had returned in the form of a new successor group, 'The Sarnac Kel’Ul', and they were instructed to stand guard in case of a potential attack. Eventually, an attack did come when a group of Sarnac soldiers arrived at the base and started to open fire.

Recon assisted with taking out the group, and once they were wiped out, he and Rajah helped dispose of the bodies. Soon afterwards, further conflict began to escalate between the Suldokan military and the Sarnac, with Recon and Rajah being deployed on the frontlines of Azester with a group of others to battle against the Sarnac directly. Unlike Rajah, Recon had become better acquainted with his allied soldiers and had formed a friend group with a few of them.

In this group was, Dez, a former gangster and cynical chain-smoker, Kumar, a cheery long-time veteran of the Suldokan military, Parv, a man who commonly found himself at the butt of various banterous jokes and Aagya, a troublemaking woman with a sick sense of humour. Rajah was a quiet part of this group, and chose not to interact with most of them. Kumar would be the one to guide the group, and teach them some of the things he knows, however he ended up meeting his untimely demise during an ambush. Recon tried and failed to save his life.

Later on, the group received word that there may be a potential spy among them that was feeding information to the Sarnac on their positions. Everyone speculated on who it might be, however Rajah became increasingly paranoid and shut himself off from the rest of the group completely. Then one day, the group were going to be sent to another area to defend against Sarnac invasions. Rajah was the only one not present as the group entered the truck that would take them to their destination, and Recon was outside looking for Rajah. When he couldn't find him, he returned to the truck only for it to explode when the engine was started, killing everyone inside.

Recon reported the killings, and was questioned on what had occurred. Recon, although at first in denial, knew that it was Rajah who had planted the bomb in the truck but he had no way of proving his theory. Afterwards, the war came to a close and Recon was sent home on leave.

### Becoming a vigilante

Recon stayed home for a while and helped his foster parents with various chores whilst he took the time to process what he had experienced. At some point during this time, he had witnessed a man stealing a bag from a woman in the street and had quickly sprinted into action to stop him. After successfully stopping the crook and returning the bag, he had found his calling; to stand up to the people who are actively making civilisation worse. Recon would, behind the backs of his foster parents, frequently seek out hardened gangsters and criminals who were known to cause issues within the general public, and he would fight against them using violence, usually only beating them into unconsciousness.

Eventually however, he would end up picking a fight with the wrong set of criminals. Recon would end up beating down known young gangster, 'T-Burn' and his gang of friends. Soon afterwards, T-Burns uncle Arlo would come to learn of his nephews brutal beating and would seek vengeance. Using his connections in the criminal underworld, Arlo was able to track down where Recon lived and kidnapped him. Recon was brought to a secret warehouse where he was tortured and beaten by Arlo himself. Arlo would then use a machete to remove all of Recons fingers and both of his thumbs, to ensure that every punch he attempts to throw next time will be extremely painful to himself.

Recon was fortunately kept alive and was dumped back onto the streets once Arlo was finished with him. Recon immediately sought medical attention and soon his foster parents would uncover what he had been up to. After this event, he would become even more psychologically damaged and had gained Chirophobia, the sight of bare fingers usually reminding him of the pain he endured. He would spend the next few months to mentally and physically recover; he moved away from his foster parents into his own apartment, and sought therapeutic counselling. When he was done, he found it within himself to get revenge against Arlo and his criminal operation.

He dedicated himself to learning everything he could about Arlo and trained himself to be able to take him on, building muscle and purchasing weapons. He had also received new prosthetic fingers which he had installed with retractable claws. Eventually, he tracked Arlo and T-Burn down to a warehouse where he would then strike. Taking out several armed gang members by himself and blowing up the entire warehouse. He would shoot and kill T-Burn, whilst stabbing Arlo with his clawed hand and tossing him into the burning pit that was once the warehouse.

Arlos death sent shockwaves across the criminal underworld, and although no one yet knew of his name, Recons attack had earned quite the reputation. Recon would continue his crusade against various crime rings, and was known as 'The Jury'. He would singlehandedly wipe out several crime syndicates and strike fear into the hearts of his enemies. Overtime, Recon would expand the scope of his vigilantism, targeting more than just criminals on Aldur. He would travel the galaxy, and seek out whoever he deemed to be too problematic for the wellbeing of the galaxy.

Along the way, he would adopt a new career as a hired mercenary, commonly assisting the Black Purveyors with their efforts of obtaining and supplying mystical artefacts that could grant one with superhuman abilities. He then came to know about VIR when he ended up running into Rajah once again. Rajah had come to assassinate a prominent member of the Black Purveyors known as 'The Human Cigarette', and would engage in a fight with Rajah. However, Recon would lose the fight and the Human Cigarette would be killed before Rajah made his escape.

From that point onwards, Recon learned of VIRs goal and dedicated himself to bringing them down the same as he had done with the various crime syndicates before, and to get revenge against Rajah once and for all.

## Appearance

Recon is 6'1, with a wide stature and muscular body with a weight of 280 lbs. His hair has been shaved to a buzz cut to reduce the amount hairs left behind at crime scenes, with small amounts of scars in various places on his face and body. His fingers are completely missing, and have been replaced with cybernetic ones that can retract razor sharp claws used to kill or injure his enemies. After sustaining an injury during his attack against Arlo's warehouse, he now has a single bullet wound near his right shoulder.

During his expeditions, Recon wears a bright teal long sleeved shirt and black gloves, with pink camo pants and boots. He wears a bullet proof vest over the top of his shirt, which has several packs on the front containing ammo and other necessities. This body armour also features a patch from the Suldokan military, two red circles with a line going through them. Recon also wears a helmet, which can display a variety of shifting patterns depending on his current needs. The most notable is a bright blue and red expanding circle pattern, used mainly to distract his enemies to make them question what they are even looking at. These patterns can also be turned off completely, leaving the helmet completely black.

## Personality

On a first impression, most might consider Recon to be unwelcoming and give off a very tense aura. He's extremely serious about what he does, and will go to extreme lengths to achieve his goals. In action, he is observed to be ruthless and violent, not hesitating to kill those he is opposed to and those whom he believes to be a negative influence on society. He possesses a genuine disdain and hatred for his enemies, stopping at nothing to ensure that they meet their grisly demise. Despite this violent exterior, Recon believes in a better, more optimistic future for the human race. He holds onto the belief that was taught to him by Ira, that no matter how bad things seem to get, that it won't last forever and things will always get better.

After the encounter with Arlo which lost him his fingers, he developed a mild Chirophobia, the fear of hands. The sight of bare fingers or his own bare fingers causes him a great amount of disgust and reminds him of the pain he endured. He prefers to wear gloves most of the time so that he doesn't have to see what his actual hands look like.

## Powers & abilities

### Abilities

* **Marksmanship -** Recon is a skilled marksman
* **Immunity to recoil -** No matter what weapon he fires, Recon is able to effortlessly control the recoil when opening fire.
* **Strength -** After a considerable amount of strength training, Recon is strong enough to lift people up into the air and toss them around easily.
* **Retractable claws -** After his fingers were removed, he had them replaced with bionic ones that could become razor sharp claws. These claws can be used to kill his opponents or allow him to climb up walls.

## Weapons & equipment

* **Remington M40 Bolt Action Sniper Rifle -** His main weapon of choice, a long-range bolt action rifle fitted with a scope and with a purple decal.
* **Micro UZI -** An automatic handheld SMG used for close-quarters combat.
* **Suppressed M110 Sniper Rifle -** A sniper with a silencer attachment on the barrel, used for a stealthier approach.
* **Magnum Revolver (with scope) -** A silver magnum revolver, fitted with a snipers scope. Useful for making long distance shots whilst on the move.
* **Untracer Mine -** A small trap device that, when detonated, will explode with a plasmid energy that will completely disintegrate its target and suck their remains into itself before dissipating entirely, leaving no trace left behind.