USCM Dossier - Relend 'Wildfire' Scotts

[Relend]

Full Name: Relend Scotts

Nickname(s): Wildfire

Age: 24

Birth date: October 3rd, 2125

Gender: Male

Position: Standard/Specialist

Persona: Quick to act, Loyal, talkative, lively

History: Relend was born on Earth, specifically, in the blistering heat of Florida. He was born into a large family of many trades, some farmers, some office workers, and in some offshoots of the family, some Marines. As Relend grew he was usually tasked with helping his father, who had fallen in love with the care, and upkeep, of horses. While the work seemed tedious, pointless, and a tad dull to a younger mind it helped him build his strength and discipline, which, much later in life, would help him immensely.

Soon Relend grew into a budding young man who craved something more in life, and one day, at a holiday gathering, he found it. The holidays are when his entire family would come together to celebrate and share their lives with those they didn't see day to day, and on these holidays two of Relends cousins would come to visit, when on leave, and regale the family in the tales of the vastness of space, the wonders of strange alien worlds, and how they always missed a good home-cooked meal while they were deployed. This sparked a grand interest and craving in him, to the point he would hoard what time the cousins had to himself, picking up every little crumb of information they dropped, enthralled by the aspects of being a marine.

During his elongated time with his cousins, some of their traits seemed to rub off on him, over time he would hone a sharp tongue and a sharper wit along with quite the foul mouth to the chagrin of his parents. Even with this though, when told to do something he would never disobey, but maybe reply with displeasure.

When Relend turned eighteen, at a gathering at the end of that year, he told his cousins he wanted to join the marines. His cousins, who had been dealing with the constant barrage of attention given to them by the young man, expected and welcomed the announcement and ended up helping him make his way into boot camp.

Boot camp was rather standard for Relend apart from one day during Field Training. Relend over the course of his life had picked up the bad habit of smoking, and even though he was a disciplined young man and knew better, he let his inhibitions slip and snuck a lighter, and a couple packs of cigarettes into boot camp. After setting up his tent and given leave to have a few moments rest inside while the instructor went to observe other recruits he gained a craving and quickly slipped out a hidden smoke to light it, only to drop the lighter and set his tent ablaze. This lead to harsh punishment, ridicule, and a new nickname to be doled out to him, one he learned to enjoy and grow from.

After finishing boot he was shipped off to serve aboard the Sulico, never truly minding his duties and always enjoying the wondrous views and locations he would have the privilege of seeing.

Relations: (List in the works and currently barren due to being quite new)

Nic Redox: A competent and friendly person who he knows would have his back anyway as he would have hers. Also shares enjoyment of honey.

Riley Hunt: Has patched and saved his ass plenty in the past, nice to chat with and knows how to work some medical gear, always a plus.

Appearance: Stands at about 6'1 sporting a blonde, well kept, beard and medium length hair tied up into a ponytail. His eyes take on a shade resembling that of a sapphire and seem to complement the large smile usually plastered on his face.

Likes: A cigarette break, animals, good stories

Dislikes: being alone, a room with no windows, packaged food

Strengths: Is willing to die for those around them as he hopes they would do the same. He is rather disciplined due to his upbringing and would spit on someone grave if given the order. His elongated social exposure with his family granted him superb communication skills and a lust for knowledge outside his range.

Weaknesses: Even with a lust for knowledge Relend was never quite the agile learner when it came to book smarts and thus is mostly incompetent and not very knowledgeable in many of the more complicated fields such as medicine, electrical work, and other similar tasks. While willing to learn is one thing, being able to comprehend it is another beast on its own.