Kurotsuki Takeshi

Kurotsuki Takeshi is a player character played by Kaelaz

Kurotsuki Takeshi
Species:	Yamataian
Gender:	Male
Age:	27
Zodiac Sign:	Aries
Height:	5'7“ (175 cm)
Weight:	169 lbs (77 kg)
Organization:	Star Army of Yamatai
Occupation:	Infantry/Sniper
Rank:	Santô Hei
General Theme Song:	"Soldiers of the Wasteland", by Dragonforce
Space Combat Theme:	"Age of Rage", from Corroded
Planetary Combat Theme:	"The best it's gonna get", By Celldweller
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Height: 5'7 (175 cm) Mass: 169 lbs (77 kg)

Build and Skin Color: He is tall and has a graceful yet athletic build. His skin is white.

Facial Features and Eye Color: This determined man has almond shaped brown eyes that are like two tiger-eye gems. He has a chiseled face, an elegant nose and a small mouth.

Hair Color and Style: His silky, straight, very short hair is the color of charcoal, and is worn in a spiky hair style.

Distinguishing Features: Across the right side of his throat he has a long scar stretching towards his neck. He got the scar from a training accident at the firing range. He has kept the scar as a reminder of that incident.

Personality: Takeshi is like two sides of a coin, during his free time he is quite friendly and talkative, with a good sense of humor but during practice and missions he has a grim determination and doesn't like when someone are goofing around. He can be quite hard on people that he feels doesn't take missions or practice seriously, which brings us to the point that he isn’t afraid to say what he thinks even though it might put him in trouble. But still he is showing respect for higher ranking soldiers. Normally he is wearing tactical gear because that is what he feels comfortable in. But he does have some casual clothes mostly in the colors of blue or black. If you manage to put up with his bad sides you will have gained a loyal and forgiving friend for life.

Likes: Reading, training, learning, family, friends, stories, music and being at the firing range. Dislikes: Letting his friends down, leaving someone behind, people goofing around when they should be serious. Goals: To prove his worth as a soldier of the Yamataian Empire, never ever leave a fellow soldier behind.

Father: Kurotsuki Hayate Mother: Kurotsuki Ayane

Born on Yamatai, Takeshi was the only child of two retired Army soldiers. He went to public schools in his early years but as soon as he had come to age he did enlist much to his parents dislike.

Already during his first years in school he was taller than many of the other students and they did make fun of him from time to time because of it. But he was never clumsy as many of the other taller boys were. Instead he had a grace and agility scaled for his length. But he felt a bit left out during school because he didn't have many friends. Even though he tried to be nice and friendly to everyone that he thought deserved it. Might have been because he did take very seriously about earning someone’s respect and to really be his friend you have to earn his respect. He did have two close friends that he later enlisted with but during their training they grew apart and went their separate ways, still as friends but he hasn't heard from them for more than 3 years.

His training for being a part of the Yamataian Star Army was a period of both happiness and pain. He was always pushing him-self to the limit and trying to prove his worth. After his two friends were assigned to different training squads he didn't really get any close friends again. The officers at the training camp was always screaming and shouting at the recruits but Takeshi tried to ignore this and do as he was told. He did respect his officers even though he didn't always agree with them and that brought about some discussions and reprimands.

At the age of 23 Takeshi became part of a small taskforce. They completed a few missions together before Takeshi was recruited by a different officer. He was to become a reconnaissance team of one, after a year of stealth and marksman training he was sent out on one man missions behind enemy lines that could go on for days, even weeks. For the last 3 years Takeshi has been doing solo missions both in space and planetary once. Most of the times they have just consisted of observing and reporting enemy movements or positions. Sometimes he have been ordered to take out high ranking officers and then leave. One shot and he have been gone like smoke. After all these missions is still a Santô Hei just older and a bit more experienced but still the same guy as before. Takeshi have become known as a loner as he have never told anyone what mission he is about to embark on, just resupplying and moving out again. Of course this has started rumors about him being on the bad side of some high ranking officer and that the missions have been tries to get him killed, it has also earned him the nickname Kage as he have kept to himself or in the background while at base or on a ship. All of his time alone have honed his marksmans skills to almost perfection but he can still work in a group although he prefers a support role with a sniper rifle.

Takeshi received hand-to-hand combat training, followed up with a rigorous training program. He is skilled and experienced in combat both in Yamatai-like conditions and in zero-gravity, with and without weapons. He has become a decent hand to hand fighter much like a user of Thai Boxing. Weapons he is trained in include energy pistols, rifles, knives, and power armor. Takeshi is skilled in precision shooting, using projectile weapons such as with a rifle but most commonly with a sniper rifle.

During his military training Takeshi managed to develop his agility to the level of a professional acrobat, being built more or less like one his physic did help him. Not a too good sprinter he did focus on his stamina and endurance instead. Now he is a good marathon runner and not really a short distance sprinter. These skills he can use while in a Power armor.

Takeshi did early in his training show signs of understanding how to survive in hostile environments, constructing shelters and camouflaging them as well as himself. He knows what signs to look for when searching for water and hunting. These are skills he thinks are useful if caught behind enemy lines or during reconnaissance missions.

At the training camp Takeshi decided to learn how to handle and dispose of explosives. He did receive training in how to create IED's and how to identify them.

Takeshi is familiar with basic radio operation and procedures and can make transmissions to and receive transmissions from other personal through headsets, starships, power armor, and shuttles in both combat and non-combat conditions. Takeshi is fluent in Nepleslian and Yamataian. He can speak and write both correctly and efficiently and can write reports, fill forms, issue orders under fire, etc.

Takeshi is capable of operating any computer system that uses the Kessaku OS, found on all Star Army starships. He is proficient in entering and/or searching for information.

Takeshi did receive basic mathematics training, to including up to algebra and trigonometry.

• Star Army Duffel Bag
• Backpack
• Star Army Toiletry Kit
• Wooden jewelry box with red velvet interior (for medals and mementos)

• 3 Working Uniforms
• 2 Exercise Uniforms
• 1 pair leather gloves, dark gray
• 2 pairs leather boots, dark gray
• 4 black cotton briefs
• 8 pair of black boot Socks
• 1 yukata (cotton robe), white, with navy blue print of various silhouettes of Star Army starships.
• 1 black sash for yukata
• 1 pair black sandals
• 1 Rank Pin (See: Star Army Ranks)
• Fleet Insignia Patch on left arm of each duty uniform
• ”Star Army Hinomaru“ patch on right arm of each duty uniform
• Fleece jacket, Multi-Net 3 Camouflage Pattern.
• 1 tricorner hat, thick black felt with red border
• 1 overcoat, black, ankle-length
• 1 scarf, occupational color.
• Star Army Helmet, Type 30
• 1 Star Army Environmental Suit, Type 28 (AMES)

• 1 pistol belt, leather, dark gray, with holster for service pistol

All items in the section below come with a belt pouch, case, sheath or holster as applicable.

• Ketsurui Zaibatsu Nekovalkyrja Service Pistol, Type 30
• 3 BR-28E Battery Magazines (1 in the pistol and 2 extra)
• Survival Knife, Type 22
• Star Army Communicator, Type 29
• Star Army Flashlight, Type 30
• Star Army First Aid Kit, Type 32
• Earplugs

Kurotsuki Takeshi is currently a Santô Hei in the Star Army of Yamatai. He receives a weekly salary of -salary- per week.