[Panther Al]

Doing some thread necro-


My favorite character I think I ever played was WO3 Reshenko.

It certainly helped that our GM had a rule in place that allowed for us to roll for war right off the bat, so we knew how many terms we would have in the end, so we could plan our characters out, and second, allowed 3D6 to be tossed, dropping the low one, to decide our stats. Also helped that for some reason those was the best rolls I ever had in that campaign. After all, when you have a 8 you can dump in Charisma, you are off to a pretty good start.

Which I took full advantage of by going idle rich right out the gate for a term, followed by modeling him after Lowell in WEB Griffins books – save for MOS and Enlisted, not officer – in that he was always a snappy dresser and had the finer things about him. Did a few terms in the infantry branch (No SF) till (And this was a home rule our GM put in place to help keep some randomness to the chargen) I failed a serious injury check that required him to remove himself from the combat arms. So, went Supply. By the time the war had arrived, he had a total of 7 terms going for him, 6 in the military, which coupled with the IR term, meant he had a fair sum of cash to spend on stuff. Needless to say, this had our GM nervous as he was afraid that come all of us getting together for a final polish session of chargen – he had us make up our characters with him alone, allowing us to preserve some secrecy as to past and what have you – I would ensure that our group would want for nothing. So… I helped him out, said I will buy this list of things, no more. And all the cash left over between him and his driver (A three term character that we had already planned on having as a team – the player being my ex, its kinda required) will be given up, poof, gone away. All I ask is a simple thing… he agreed, so here we go:

WO3 Reshenko, S4 Shop, 5ID.

Equipment: M1911, M14, M60, M21, Steel Pot, Kevlar Vest. 998 Shelter carrier, with a few trimmings such as a genny, and a 10 man tent that can serve as a garage for it. Heater, plus a Fridge and Freezer built into the Shelter (Former Medical Evac Humvee).

SGT Song, Driver for above, M16, M9, Hk69. Was a mechanic by MOS.

Mentality: Relaxed, always more than willing to hang back and let the others do the heavy lifting. Lived out of the back of the carrier with his partner Song. Always, even in the year 2000, had absolutely the most perfect pressed uniforms. Always had the finest coffee and cigars in hand. If it was a near non-existent luxury, he had a personal stash of it for his own use – and the scrounging talent for finding more of the same. Yet, because of the infantry background, whenever things dropped into the pot, always saved the day with that one perfect shot, the exact thing needed for the moment, or some other sort of Pro From Dover one shot fix-all. And then went back to the “Don’t bother me, I’m just a supply clerk.” with SGT Song, doing the whole "Who me?" thing. And the other PC's would scratch their heads, wondering how a 7 term supply clerk could pull off the stunt of the day - as far as they knew, thats all he ever was.