Travis Chao

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Travis Chao

Age:	47
Gender:	Male
Primary Occupation:	Bounty Hunter
Secondary Occupation (optional):	Law Man / Retired. Passenger
Appearance:	Unkept. He's clean enough, but ragged - by virture of his clothing and scraggly unshaven and hardened leathered face.  Brown somewhat splotchy tanned face and arms from extended time outdoors.  Hard leather-like skin, face and hands especially; lifelong work hard body, rode hard and put up wet on more than a few occasions. 6'2" (188cm).
Faceclaim:	Lee van Cleef
Initial Personality:	Intimidating.  Or Tired.  He's been a lot of things along the way.  Now just using his old skills to hunt down the worst and hardest to get to criminals out on the rim.  He's not motivated so much by the money or the just nature of the calling as he is by his own natural ability at this sort of work.  He's good at it, so the good lord must approve.  Easy enough manner on a ship or by a campfire; doesn't seek out or avoid friendly or adversarial encounters.
Underlying Personality:	Easier to approach than his appearance suggests.  He's still religious though he's given over to his hardened natures.  An instrument of vengeance he sees the lord using him to seek out and provide versly justice to those that merit it, or for whatever purpose the lord has put him too.  It's a rationalization for where his life has led him to; he's aware of that, but too worn down to put up a fight about it, internally or otherwise.  Life, and the good lord, has seen fit to put a gun in his hand; so he'll use it for whatever means a violent life can do in the name of something better.  - smokes a pipe on occasion.  - golf has taken an interest in him.  Good player, but not as good as he wants.  Takes it very seriously as a way to focus his mind, but has sent a couple clubs into a lake or two.
Known History:	Cowboy, hunter, tracker, sheriff, bounty hunters.  Born and raised on the vast plains and ranches of Hera he gave it up long ago when his herd got sick and died.  Raised religious in a strict Christian church he was raised and somewhat followed the fire'n brimstone type before he mellowed; and strayed.  Born: 2472 on Hera. Raised a rancher; cowboy, herder, a regular bronco bustin sonuvagun that never missed church on Sunday.  Nicknamed 'Breaker' for his fine skills with wild horses and bringing them to the rein.  He carried on plenty on Saturday nights spending his money on liquor and loose women.  Then he met a girl that started in on settling him down; got him going to church.  Married him young, the both of them. 2500-2507.  Then the herd died.  The local town dried up.  His pretty girl took sick. He'd taken to gun-for-hire to pay the medical bills until he caught on as a sheriff in a rural group of small towns. Mrs. Chao died in a frightful sickly manner. Travis continued working the small towns, kicking out the bad elements; got a knack for confrontations and a solid reputation for 'cleaning' up towns and being slick and fast on the draw; if and when the need required it. 2507-2512.  War.  Six years as an Alliance grunt and military policeman.  Got some education on the law and such.  Not much. Enough his associates told him, to make for a good solid life later in the security or marshal service.  Six years of the dead and the maimed; six years of dragging around the worst of  Alliance and Browncoat prisoners. 2512-2518.  Assistant Deputy Federal Marshal for a year.  Then for hire Sheriff at a few localities, being hired to come in and clean it up.  The bigger security firms started spreading out, he tried that, didn't like it.  Rules and higher muckity mucks more interested in something called 'the bottom line'. So it was move on down the line.  Travis took out a Bounty Licence and has been tracking down and rooting out the worst of those out on the rim in the places most don't see the pay off of going to for the smaller bounties on the bad men that warrent more attention by the law. He's got a good reputation for being one that will take a bounty in a crack or crevice of the Rim; expenses and a smaller percentage of the bounty makes for a mutually beneficial arrangement for Chao and his employers. 2518-2519. Working a bounty on Greenleaf with a new partner. Went into the jungle woods to get them. Some small but nasty gang called themselves the Conquistadors. They got two of the four, and they got his partner. He left a comm marker for the planet Marshal to come get them and he went after the other two. They got away. He got lost. For ten months. Lived a bit with some illegal squatters or tribe of folks that wanted to be left alone. Finally bumped in to a bunch of hunter gather types who helped him get back to a civilized town.
Other History:	The one short marriage. Numerous personal relationships of some length though little depth.  many aquaintences and those that would support his reputation as a reasonably contankerous sort that will get the job done if'n it's not too far outside the law and in a more or less morally straight line.
Skills and Strengths:	Cowboy - Riding, breeding horses and cattle, bronco busting, horse and dog training. Outdoorsman - tracker, stalker, camo. Weapons - pistol and rifle of competence and experience.  Will use a knife as needed. His fast draw talent is still respectable, through experience as much as raw speed; he's not lickity split much any more. Experienced - Wily like a fox, hard like nails, intimidating.  Like a stone in a tough spot, will stand his ground or take cover; sizes up a situation and seizes the moment well. Brawling - dirty and viscious, but tends to avoid it.  Golf - fair to middling player, but obsessed.
Weaknesses:	Uneducated, limited technical ability, sirly, limited imagination and creativity. Golf - it drives him crazy. A temper: be it an outburst out of controlled, or a cold hard determined anger; he can boil over and keep boiling. Vengeance.  He don't object to being the instrument of justice agin those deserving it and long overdue.

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Equipment

Pistol, rifle, saddle bags, luggage with a change of clothes for various rugged environs.  A simple to use corepad with connections to criminal bounty hunter DBs.  Hat box with several hats bunched inside.  Bounty License; Alliance Army (MP) Veteran I.D.; Former Marshal/Sheriff I.D. Knife on belt and in boot.  New set of state of the art golf clubs.

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