Vega Barnet

[Axe]

Name:	Vega "Wrex" Barnet
Age:	37
Gender:	Male
Occupation:	Gunhand/General hand
Secondary:	Pilot
Appearance:	5 feet 10 inches tall, muscular/athletic build, very dark brown hair with some light streaks near the ends that he wears short, blue-ish green eyes. He prefers to wear loose nondescript grey pants and a t-shirt when on ship, but wears whatever will help him blend in the best when he is off ship. The goal of his attire is to make him invisible.
Played By:	Jeremy Renner
Equipment:	Two large duffel bags where he keeps his clothing and personal effects Personal cortex uplink/PDA Case for his rifle 2 quick release thigh holsters, a duel shoulder rig, and an adjustable behind the back holster for his revolvers Combat harness/light combat armor 5 inch combat knife A pair of custom .45 magnum revolvers, one inscribed with the word Wolf, the other with the word Hound A 5.56x45mm assault rifle with folding stock, fore grip, and silencer
Initial Personality:	When most people first meet Vega, they often come out of it thinking that he is a rather "normal" person. Not overly friendly, but not unfriendly. He converses well, although can be short at times. He is slow to anger, but also slow to calm. Those who are good at reading people, however, can see beneath what he projects; they can see the constant calculation, a feeling that he can see right through you. His eyes are almost always moving, checking lines of attack, or avenues of retreat. They see a man not to be crossed lightly, a hunter, a predator, a wolf wearing wool.
Underlying Personality:	Vega is a very hard person, who really buys into the phrase "just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you." 19 years of bounty hunting and the Unification War have made him so. He trusts few, and that trust is hard to earn. But once that trust is earned, it is armor plated and he is extremely loyal to those he deems worthy of it. Those that know him know that if he starts grinning for an extended amount of time anywhere near a bar, a brawl of some kind is eminent. He also has an extremely low opinion of those who abuse their power over others. Many of his less savory bounties were delivered dead because they "tried to get the drop on him," and on more than one occasion, they simply vanished.
Known History:	Advanced computer specialists notice doctoring to cortext entries, marked with an * Search: Vega Barnet Results: Vega Barnet Born: SANTO* January 7th, 2481 Mother / Father: Barnet, Miranda / Barnet, Jacob Military Service: None Government Service: None Occupation: Currier pilot* GRADUATED Persephone heights flight school, 2504* Pilot's license granted late 2504* Very advanced computer specialists are able to discover the following: Born: ALBION Occupation: Bounty Hunter They are also able to discover that both his graduation from flight school and his pilot's license were falsified.
Other History:	Vega Barnet was born on the planet of Albion on January 7th, 2481, to Miranda and Jacob Barnet. His father, Jacob, was a bounty hunter. The first 6 years of his life were spent going from planet to planet, wherever the work was. Thanks to his parent's paranoid teachings, by the time he was 7 he was like most children that age, except he could shoot as well as drive. When Vega was 12, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. His father gave up bounty hunting, and the family settled on Persephone. For 2 years they had a relatively normal life. Then, on Vega's 15th birthday, his mother passed away. The next 6 years of Vega's life were spent traveling with his father anywhere there were bounties to be collected. During this time he was taught how to fly a ship and how to track people across and between worlds. He was taught how to fight, how to intimidate, how to manipulate, how to be invisible, how to kill. By the time he was 24, he was as good a bounty hunter as his father ever was. Maybe better, even. His father paid someone to doctor his entry on the Cortex, giving him a new birth place, and a pilot's license. Most hunters hunted for the money, or the fame. Vega and his father hunted for the hunt itself. For the next year, Vega and Jacob became one of the top bounty hunter teams in the 'Verse. Then the Unification War began, and it awakened something in Vega's father. He gave up hunting bounties and joined the Browncoats. For the first time since his mother died, Vega felt lost. He spent most of the war hunting bounties for the Browncoats, staying as close as he could to his father whenever possible. Then, in 2509, he received word his father had been killed on New Kasmir. He never dug too deep into how it happened, just enough to confirm it was true. He spent the remainder of the war opposing the Alliance in any way he could, in memory of his father, even though he knew it was a losing battle. After the war, nothing really changed except that now the bounties came mostly from the Alliance. 7 more years he spent hunting bounties solo. Occasionally he partnered with another hunter, but not often. The name he was dubbed with during those 7 years was Wrex, after an ancient creature from Earth That Was, due to his brutal and uncompromising ferocity when going after a bounty. On several occasions near the end of his career, when a bounty heard that The Wrex had taken an interest in them, they simply turned themselves in. One day, he found himself on Persephone, and went to visit his mother's grave. Something clicked in his head. He didn't want to do it anymore; he didn't want to chase bad men to worse places, over and over again. He was tired of seeing the worst sides of humanity. He didn't want to be alone anymore. So he sold his small ship, and started looking for work.
Skills:	Shooting: Vega is a very good shot, especially so with his revolvers. He also has a very fast draw. Hand to hand: He is an extremely dangerous hand-to-hand combatant. Tracking/hunting: From his time spent as a bounty hunter Vega knows how to effectively track down people. Stealth: He is quite proficient at blending in and avoiding being seen, be it in a crowd or the wilderness. Piloting: He is quite a good pilot, though he has no formal flight training; his father taught him most of what he knows, and as a result he is masterfully experienced with small craft (shuttles, 1-3 person ships, etc) but lacks any experience with any larger ships. Cooking: He is also a decent cook; one has to be when one is mostly on his own for 7 years.
Weaknesses:	He possesses only a basic knowledge of engineering and ship engines, anything more than a simple fix to a simple problem is beyond him. He knows how to apply a combat dressing, but that and other basic things are the extent of his medical knowledge. While he is good at using the Cortex to help track people down, he is no hacker. If its behind a firewall, Vega isn't your guy, though he probably has friends who are. He doesn't talk about his parents, and any further attempts to inquire about them are met first with silence, and then with anger. Making a wisecrack or joke about his mother is a very bad idea, and it is more than likely he will try to rip your head off, or at least beat you senseless for it. He also has a bit of a weakness for alcohol which takes a great amount of will power for him to resist, sometimes he fails.