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» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: Kate
Current AGE: 22
Personal JOURNAL: eyefloss
IM & SERVICE: overideologies @ aim
Player PLURK: radiowaltz
Current CHARACTERS: Johanna Mason

» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Jeff 'Joker' Moreau
Canon & MEDIUM: Mass Effect video games/comics/books
Canon PULL-POINT: Mass Effect 3, the beginning of the Mars mission
Character AGE: 31

Character ABILITIES: Joker doesn't really have a lot going for him, besides being the self proclaimed "best damn helmsman in the Alliance fleet." In fact, his entire biological makeup is one big awful genetic weakness; he's got a moderate to severe case of Vrolik's syndrome, also known as brittle bone disease. The information given to us about his disease is vague at best, but I'm hazarding a guess that he has Type IV OI. It's likely Cerberus did some work on him to give him more mobility since he does a lot of strenuous movement in the second game, but even that is enough to cause stress fractures. That being said, he seems to have a pretty high pain tolerance.

He also knows how to use a machine gun, as seen in the second game, but I doubt he'll be doing a lot of fighting if he can avoid it.

Character HISTORY: Here!

While Shepard does play a pivotal role in the Mass Effect franchise, especially in how they effect the world and people around them, Joker is perhaps the least effected by choices the player makes. Still, here's a quick run down of the things that would be most notable to him.

Annnnd a quick run down of Shepard's choices:
>Shepard was a female paragade, leaning more towards the paragon side
>She romanced Kaidan in ME 1
>She convinced Wrex to stand down
>Ashley died on Virmire
>Saren killed himself after receiving the "YOU'RE WRONG" speech
>In ME 2, she recruited all possible teammates (including Kasumi and Zaheed)
>She also completed all loyalty missions
>EVERYONE SURVIVED THE SUICIDE MISSION, YAY
>Except the fish
>And the human/reaper hybrid

Character PERSONALITY: Jeff Moreau lives up to the nickname "Joker" by being the Normandy's smart mouthed pilot. He's got a quip for every situation, every interaction and they're usually pretty crass, even downright offensive. You're left wondering if this guy even has a brain-to-mouth filter, half the time. Chances are he simply just can't help being painfully honest, even if it sometimes puts him at odds with his coworkers.

He gives the impression of being pretty carefree and rarely gets worked up about anything the Commander says, regardless of whether they're playing the Paragon or Renegade route. All in all, while he may not be the most sociable guy, he's not hard to get along with as long as you don't mind occasionally being the butt of his jokes or avoid asking him about himself. Trust me, you don't wanna go down that road.

That said, Joker takes his job and work pretty seriously. Sure, he's not above making cracks about how tedious his daily routine can be but when the situation calls for him to focus and get his ass in gear, good luck pulling him away from the controls for anything. There's a sense of devotion and extreme loyalty buried beneath all the smart ass bullshit, to both the ship and his boss. He's driven and was quick to point out in the first game that he didn't get to where he is now through any handouts from sympathizers; he earned that shit. It's safe to say he's got a chip on his shoulder about his Vrolik's syndrome and people coddling him over it, or doubting his skills because of the disease. It's one of the few things he'll get legitimately pissy over, even going so far to assume Shepard was hassling him for merely wanting to get to know him better.

Despite his defensiveness towards his condition, the guy knows his limits even though he doesn't like being constantly reminded. Ask him to fly you into uncharted space with a next to zero percent chance of returning alive and he's golden. Trying to get him to lead a full frontal offensive against aliens who can kick a normal human through a wall? Not so much.

He may be ex-military but he's not front lines material and not just because of his disease. He says to the Commander after the events on Virmire that he doesn't think he could make the kind of decision that means saving one person and leaving another behind, expressing genuine grief no matter who is left behind. He also has a hard time accepting that the Collector attack on the Normandy wasn't somehow his fault, even though he did everything he could. It's worth noting that he does get defensive about it when Miranda gets angry at him, admitting that he was basically helpless and useless in that situation with a quip of "What was I supposed to do, break my arm at them?"

Joker even snaps at Shepard if approached and asked how he's holding up in a rare moment of pent up stress and irritation, blaming her for leaving the crew alone on the ship. He lets EDI do the apologizing for him, conceding that he didn't actually mean what he said, but it just goes to show that he's really not equipped to deal with situations that are out of his area of expertise. That said, he's capable of being a bad ass when the circumstances are very dire. He wields a gun later on to fend off Collectors while Shepard is busy blowing up their base, though he's a still safe distance away from close combat.

He's also got the whole "I'm a cocky asshole" thing going for him. He brags but only when the situation calls for it-like when someone doubts his piloting skills. As stated above, he knows his limits, but he also knows that when he's in his element, he's the best and the only one you want on the job. A lot of this can be attributed to covering for his own insecurities, acting like he's hot shit (which he is, when it comes to flying).

» EXSILIUM INFORMATION

Chosen WEAPON: This assault rifle, please!
Chosen SKILLSET: Joker is by no means an intellectual but due to his disease, he isn't capable of being a fighter either. If possible, I'd like to have him in some kind of support position, like a driver or communications. If neither of those is possible, I'll find something for him to do!

» SAMPLES
First PERSON: from counted_stars

[Sup guys. You may or may not notice a man chilling on the edge of a bed, looking a little worse for wear. Not just because he's half naked, thank you very much. He starts talking the second he notices the datapad is working, rambling away to conceal that he's actually a little freaked. It may or may not be working.]

You know, I'm pretty sure every crappy scifi movie from the 20th century started this way. Think about it; you wake up half naked, don't know where the hell you are, only to find out you're on some spaceship and you're taking it up the tail pipe from some glowing green dude. Or you've just spent your entire existence thinking you were in the real world, but hey! Turns out that was a crock of shit and machines have been using your entire race as batteries. Yeah, only two of things have happened so far-I hope-but I'm not holding my breath.

[He takes a deep breath, head in his hands as he tries to get a hold of himself. Eventually he does and plunges onward, though that fear isn't quite as noticeable now.]

Either way, you've got the wrong guy for... Whatever this is. I don't know how I got here-I really don't even want to know-so just hail the Normandy for me and I can go back to making an ass grove in my comfy chair. Assuming it isn't, you know, drifting aimlessly through space.

...Please say it isn't drifting.

Also? Giving me back the rest of my clothes would be a great way to reassure me that I wasn't just anally probed, thanks.

Third PERSON: It's a week after the latest show down on Rannoch when the message comes in. Joker's been keeping up on extranet reports, lingering around the nearest kiosk to hear any news when Shepard asks them to make a pit stop at the Citadel with a whole lot of nothing to show for it. In the end, he doesn't hear anything about the tiny, backwater human colony until it passes through one of Liara's channels, filters through the mess hall and finally gets back up to the bridge as EDI casually lists off the colonies that have recently gone dark.

Tiptree's been taken.

His family's home satellite is under siege by human harvesting machines that intend to make living batteries out of them. It's cliche, something from a shitty twentieth century movie and the worst part is its totally and completely real.

For the first time ever he hesitates behind the helm, fingers lingering over the controls to change their current flight plan back to the Citadel. He could make it through the Reaper's lines-he's done it before, they don't exactly make it hard-and save them.

"Jeff? Are you all right?"

The delusion stops as soon as it begins, ended by the sound of EDI's voice in the seat next to him. The whole galaxy at stake, the fate of humankind resting on Shepard's shoulders. There simply isn't enough time to make a pit stop at the ass end of the galaxy to save two lowly civilians. He's needed here, in this cockpit, in this comfy leather chair. Shepard needs him, whether she knows it or not.

Joker swallows, wills his hands to close the message. All he can rely on is hope that Gunny and dad make it out of there alive.

"Yeah, just going through my spam mail. Seems the end of the world doesn't stop people from sending out crap about penis enlargement."

» ADDITIONAL NOTES
Because of Joker's condition, he's dependent on some unnamed future space medicine and frequent medical care. Medical care I can deal with, hopefully through CR. I guess my question was would the Initiative stock something up for him?