Valerius Fischer

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> "It takes a lot more than that to shake the will of a broken man."
>
> Valerius Fischer, "Not-so Safe Landing"

**Valerius Fischer** is a minor protagonist and mercenary that works alongside **Rodney Baker** and **Joseph Riese** in Beta squadron.

## **Biography and History**

### Early Life

Valerius Fischer was born on January 10th, 2006 in an unnamed town in northern Italy. His life led a very uninteresting path until he was drafted to fight for The GOG.

### Service in The GOG

After he graduated high school in 2024, he was drafted and deployed to southern France to fortify the French-Spanish border. He quickly gained attention from his higher ups when they learned of his impeccable aim and precision. After this, he was redeployed to Andorra to provide recon and long-range fire support. He continued to support The GOG for years after his reassignment.

### Dishonorable Discharge

In 2029, Valerius was on an assignment to scout out a small town in France for hostiles. During this specific day it happened to be raining especially hard and this resulted in low visibility. Valerius spotted a potential enemy and radioed in for confirmation. The radio operator gave Valerius the go ahead to fire upon the target. Once Valerius fired the shot, radio activity spiked and caused a lot of confusion in all of the squads on that signal. Turns out that Valerius shot at a high ranking military officer that was patrolling the town. During his court sentence, crucial information was able to help Valerius out of serving jailtime. Apparently the officer wasn't made aware of the military operation, prompting him to assume the town was safe to travel through. After being sentenced 'Not Guilty', Valerius was unfairly dishonorably discharged for killing a high ranking military official. This led to Valerius stealing the rifle he used and fleeing to The West United States. He is now wanted for desertion in The GOG.

### Haumea

In 2030,After his deed in The GOG, he was invited by Cy-Sis dynamics and the West US military to join an augmented super soldier program. He was on the station for about 3 weeks doing many tests and procedures to prepare for the experiment. During the fourth week, he was successfully augmented by the military. These upgrades aren't technological, they were biological. A few hours after the procedure finished, Plasma Swarm happened. Valerius barely escaped with his life using a life pod that was jettisoned from the station back onto Earth. He landed 20 miles off the coast of California.

## **Personality**

Valerius is an introverted and quiet person when he's alone. When around people he cares about, he appears to pick up more extroverted characteristics. The only person he calls family is a woman 6 or so years older than him who took him in during his high school years because his parents abandoned him to pursue their own interests. He will do anything to protect her.

## **Powers and/or Abilities**

### Abilities

**Superhuman Augmentation:** During his tenure on the Haumea, he was given the opportunity to be artificially augmented to improve his combat abilities and situational awareness.

**Marksmanship:** Over the course of his military career, he has made a name for himself by being incredibly efficient with longer range rifles. His longest recorded kill was from 1,347 meters away.

**Sleight of Hand:** He has an incredible sense of efficiency when it comes to reloading and operating bolt-action weapons.

### Other Skills

**Cooking:** Has an incredible knack for cooking.

## Weaknesses

**Ego:** Valerius has a large ego due to his skills with rifles. If offered a challenge, he will accept without question. This may cause him to fail and become salty or bitter for a little while.