"We all have to play the hand we're dealt."
- Eddies
- 313
Name: Michael Derrick West
Alias/Handle: N/A
Age: 29
Ethnicity: African-American
Birthplace: Night City
Appearance: Michael has an average male build. He is five foot eleven and around 200 pounds in weight. He has chocolate colored skin and an athletic build. For his age Michael is in fairly good shape and his body is relatively unmarred. He has a razor thin scar under his jawline and a birth mark shaped awkwardly like a star on the back of his right shoulder. As far as cybernetics go, Michael has one augmented eye. The lense is normally clear and relatively unnoticeable, however when set to focus it will give off a faint blue hue.
Michael was born in the slums of Night City to two stressed, but loving parents. His father, Darren West is a decently skilled cybernetics mechanic who primarily worked basic repairs for those who could afford it in the lower levels of the city. His wife, Trisha, worked off and on as a nurse when she could find work, however the clinics in the slums were often short lived and work for her came and went. She spent more time patching up the youths of the neighborhood on their living room couch than she ever spent in an actual clinic. Helping his mother when he could, Michael was around the wounds and scars that came from the violence of the gangs for as long as he could remember. He never told anyone just how much it had always freaked him out. Like most things, he kept it to himself. Darren and Trisha tried hard to provide Michael and his two brothers with a stable homelife, but in the depths of Night City it was just not possible. At fifteen Michael's oldest brother, Darren Jr was killed in a car bombing a few miles from Jr's school. The death hit his family hard, but it would not be the last time death struck at their family. Only two years later a shootout at a nightclub left Michael's other brother, Terrance paralyzed from the waist down. With the family too poor to afford proper cybernetics, Terrance was forced to live his life in a wheelchair, helping in his father's shop.
With one brother dead and the other paralyzed for life, Michael decided from an early age that he wanted to strike back. He didn't want to be another person walking down the street, minding their business when the bullet slammed into their temple. He'd rather send out the first shot. Refusing to be involved with the gangs, Michael only had one option to fight them. At a young age, younger than most, he enlisted in the NCPD.
The thing about Michael is he's never lied to anyone about who he is. He joined the police to hurt the gangs and hurt those people who thought they could step on anyone in their way.
Alias/Handle: N/A
Age: 29
Ethnicity: African-American
Birthplace: Night City
Appearance: Michael has an average male build. He is five foot eleven and around 200 pounds in weight. He has chocolate colored skin and an athletic build. For his age Michael is in fairly good shape and his body is relatively unmarred. He has a razor thin scar under his jawline and a birth mark shaped awkwardly like a star on the back of his right shoulder. As far as cybernetics go, Michael has one augmented eye. The lense is normally clear and relatively unnoticeable, however when set to focus it will give off a faint blue hue.
Background:
- Family Ranking: Combat Zone Poor
- Parents: Both parents are living
- Childhood Environment: Spent on the Street, with no adult supervision
Personality:
- Reserved
- Pessimistic
- Thoughtful
- Misguided
- Short-tempered
Friends:
- Mickey Jackson {NPC}: Michael's second cousin on his father's side. Mickey is a hard-working technician in a fairly well off part of the city. The two have been friends since childhood and still stay in contact. Mickey is a happy go lucky individual with a glass half full mindset, a mindset that usually conflicts with Michael's more pessimistic mindset.
Enemies:
- N/A
Lifepath / Role:
CopSkills:
- Moderate hand to hand combat
- Basic first aid/life saving
- Conflict resolution
- Cybernetic Sight: Basic Kiroshi Optics package
Language(s):
EnglishCyberware:
- Kiroshi Optic Package {Right eye}
- Enhanced vision
- Optic zoom
- Low-light mode
Empathy:
4Humanity:
40Gear & Style:
- NCPD Service Weapon: M221 Saratoga
- Handcuffs
- Nightstick
- Grandfather's Pocket Watch
History:
Michael was born in the slums of Night City to two stressed, but loving parents. His father, Darren West is a decently skilled cybernetics mechanic who primarily worked basic repairs for those who could afford it in the lower levels of the city. His wife, Trisha, worked off and on as a nurse when she could find work, however the clinics in the slums were often short lived and work for her came and went. She spent more time patching up the youths of the neighborhood on their living room couch than she ever spent in an actual clinic. Helping his mother when he could, Michael was around the wounds and scars that came from the violence of the gangs for as long as he could remember. He never told anyone just how much it had always freaked him out. Like most things, he kept it to himself. Darren and Trisha tried hard to provide Michael and his two brothers with a stable homelife, but in the depths of Night City it was just not possible. At fifteen Michael's oldest brother, Darren Jr was killed in a car bombing a few miles from Jr's school. The death hit his family hard, but it would not be the last time death struck at their family. Only two years later a shootout at a nightclub left Michael's other brother, Terrance paralyzed from the waist down. With the family too poor to afford proper cybernetics, Terrance was forced to live his life in a wheelchair, helping in his father's shop.
With one brother dead and the other paralyzed for life, Michael decided from an early age that he wanted to strike back. He didn't want to be another person walking down the street, minding their business when the bullet slammed into their temple. He'd rather send out the first shot. Refusing to be involved with the gangs, Michael only had one option to fight them. At a young age, younger than most, he enlisted in the NCPD.
The thing about Michael is he's never lied to anyone about who he is. He joined the police to hurt the gangs and hurt those people who thought they could step on anyone in their way.
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