Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Danny Hanley-Lewis ====== **Danny Hanley-Lewis** is a human under the command of the Lorath as a contractor. They are an individual with nowhere to call home, residing on the [[lsdf/ship/herald]]. Originally, he was known as **Robert Forde** - more on that later... ^ {{:character:face_danny.png|}} ^ Danny Hanley-Lewis (And Robert Forde) ||| | {{:character:dannyhanleylewis.png|}} |||| ^ Species | Human, Oddbody ^ Age | 29 | ^ Weight | 74kg ^ Height | 175cm | ^ Affiliations | [[/lorath_matriarchy]] ||| ^ Occupation | Contractor ^ Organisation | Lorath Self Defence Force | ^ Rank | - ^ Home | [[lsdf/ship/herald]] | ^ Themes | **Robert** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh3nO6-V_A|Metallica - Whiskey in a Jar]]\\ **Danny** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcOm-NTr_0|The Offspring - You're gonna go far, Kid]] ||| ===== Description ===== ==== Physical ==== * **Face and Eyes** - Danny has an honest appearing, rounded face with a skinny nose. His blue eyes show signs of weariness from accumulated travel, and the weight of Robert's misdeeds. * **Hair** - He sports dirty blonde, mid-length hair fixed in place with product. In addition, Danny sports a chinstrap beard and some stubble. Robert usually foregoes the hair gel, embracing the unruly ruffles and playing up the mullet. * **Body** - Danny is a skinny man of below-average stature with double-joints nearly everywhere you can think of((Yes, even //there//.)), and fair skin. * **Distinguishing Features** - There are two scars on his head, both partially hidden by his hairline, and caused by gunfire. One is in the middle of his forehead, and the other cut though his right temple. He also has a tendency to fob for cigarettes when stressed, even if they aren't on his person. * **Voice** - Danny is a little nasal and lightly intoned, but rarely comes across as condescending or laconic. Robert speaks more gutturally, talking a slight drawl. === Abilities === **Theme** - A man with a double consciousness, and skills in espionage, and infiltration. * **Infiltrator** - With specialised training appropriated from both Search & Rescue doctrines, the school of hard knocks, and some other gifts from shady backers, Danny is a capable second-storey man. * **Flexibility** - Danny possesses a surprisingly supple and limber frame, and he is able to contort his body to squeeze through tight spaces or hide from unwanted attention. Robert appears to know how to take use of this as well. * **Linguist** - The same injury that destroyed Robert's identity at first rendered Danny's brain able to pick up new languages very quickly. Exploiting this, Danny can learn new languages and impersonate native speakers after a couple of months observing and immersing himself in the culture. * **Split Personality** - During transition between where he came from, and this world, Danny's former life and personality as the notorious pirate Robert Forde was regained. With two pools of experience to draw on, Danny and Robert can be a formidable two-for-one package. * **Not One Without The Other** - If Danny's personality is subsumed or subverted in some way by hostile influences, Robert's personality can take over the body and act as a backup person. However, Robert's experiences and demeanour as well as unfamiliarity with the new world around him make socialising regarding anything recent or relevant difficult. * **Hoist the Black Flag** - In a critical moment, Robert seizes the wheel and foregoes all of Danny's sensibilities and subtlety for raw killing power if the situation demands it. However, this cannot be instantiated by Danny consciously - he needs to be in serious danger. ==== Mental ==== **Psychology** - Danny's psyche is a two-tined fork. Originally, he was a pirate by the name of Robert Forde - a pragmatic and darkly-inclined fellow with no qualms against violence and a lack of empathy towards his targets. During a disagreement with a partner over splitting loot, Robert was shot at, and a bullet grazed his skull. His attacker presumed he was dead when he hit the ground and started bleeding, so they took the money and ran. Robert woke up two days later in an empty apartment with a sheet over his head, and no idea of who he was. He created the name 'Danny Hanley-Lewis' and proceeded back into the world anew as a lonely vagabond, with a more reserved and cool head than his former self. Danny strived for order and took up more upstanding jobs as a part of his wandering through space, avoiding undue attention from the long arm of the law, and preferring to keep deals close and quiet. During his journey aboard the [[lsdf/ship/herald]] however, the memories and persona Danny's previous self came flooding back upon reaching the new universe. After some initial confusion and a severe headache with the shock of two individuals occupying one body, Danny and Robert had time to bond over putting the ship back together. Their approaches and differing worldviews appear to have melded together, with Robert's pragmatism and ruthlessness, and Danny's calculating and cool head reaching a suitable and sustainable arrangement - it wasn't like Robert could go anywhere. * **Likes** Danny likes reading, the simple things in life, and his own company. Robert likes skulduggery, loose women, and anyone who enables him to be destructive. Together, they enjoy wandering. * **Dislikes** - Danny dislikes being picked on for any reason at all, gangsters, and impersonators. Robert dislikes anyone who looks at him funny, law enforcement, and whoever shot him in the head. * **Goals** - Together, Danny and Robert want to get by in the new universe. ==== Social ==== **Personality** - Danny is a quiet man when left to his own devices, polite and calm toned when dealing with whatever assignment or bounty is before him. Bits of Robert's mannerisms and vocabulary creep in, consisting of coarse slang and vernacular. When in control, Robert's tone is much more haughty and broad, uncannily straightforward compared to Danny's softer spoken delivery. If Robert senses someone's weakness or catches someone telling lie((Or more broadly, whatever he calls "Bullshit.")), he will pounce on it. Danny takes a different approach to dealing with irregularities - cross examining them //before// exacting appropriate action. === Affiliations and Beliefs === Danny's major affiliation is with the [[/lorath_matriarchy]], working as a contractor for the [[lsdf/ship/herald]]. However, he does not think much of the Lorath dogma and belief system; So long as they hold up their end of the deal and pay him for his services. Robert isn't entirely sure who the Lorath are, but he trusts Danny's judgement on them - and their ladies are nice on the eyes to him. The icing on the cake was the first one he met telling him and Danny to raid a space station. === Languages === Danny speaks Basic, and Lorath Ly'thir. Robert can only speak Basic. ===== History ===== ==== Pre-RP ==== Born as Robert Forde in another universe, this man grew up in a slum where violence was the norm, and Robert graduated from petty crimes into grand thefts and felonies. Eventually, he acquired a ship by hook and crook, and spent a good deal of his time rolling with different crews and eventually leading his own. One day at the 'peak' of his performance, a dispute over loot division between him and a love interest ended up with him being gunned down - or so his attacker thought after grabbing the cash and running in haste. Two days later, Robert woke up in an empty apartment with a sheet covering him, a pair of bloody scars grazing his head, no idea of who he was, or how he got there. After leaving and trying to get by in a now unfamiliar neighbourhood, he adopted the name 'Danny Hanley-Lewis' and restarted his life from the ground up. Amongst other things, Danny was press ganged into a militia, worked as a right-hand-man for a CEO, drifted throughout the galaxy, met a few celebrities, was taken up by a shady corporation and trained to be a 'search and rescue' operative, and put those skills to use as a bounty hunter. After rolling with a solid crew for most of his hunting career, it came to an abrupt halt when a contact for a job sold them out. Danny had to bug out, and headed towards new opportunity with a foreign race called the [[species/lorath]]. It was a safe bet, since the contract sounded too outlandish to believe if he told anyone else about it: "Go to an new universe, they said." After a week's worth of trials, evaluation, training, and study; He did, aboard the [[lsdf/ship/herald/]], alongside a [[character/isthmau_taauotl_paarenil|strange blue skinned thing]], a very shouty and short tempered woman, and lead by a scarred and stern Lorath Fyunnen. In charge of the operation and some of the piloting procedures, Danny strapped himself in for a long journey to unknown territory. ==== Current ==== When Danny crossed with the others, he found himself in a world of hurt. Something in the transition process undertaken by the Herald had made Danny recall his past, flashing before him in the blink of an eye - including the final moments. A shot to the head. After some initial shock and confusion, Danny tried to orient himself only to discover the other members of the expedition had suffered a considerably worse turn of affairs. Even so, there was still a job to do, and //Robert's// survival depended on it along with the blonde and the Lorath commander. So Danny and Robert made themselves useful after some quick diagnosis, offering to begin assessing the damage and undertaking repairs on the stricken Herald, with some guidance granted by the fossilised blue-thing's backup robot. Together and backed up with the threat of dying alone and unwept for in an unfamiliar universe, Danny and Robert came to terms with each other. After all, where else could Robert go? ===== Skills ===== === Stealth [Expert] === In both of his lives as a pirate and as a bounty hunter, Danny and Robert had to exercise subterfuge, deception, and misdirection to stay undetected wherever they went, and for whatever they had their eyes on. In particular they can perform many tricks with their hands - putting them to use to pick pockets, steal unattended things, and cheat at cards. === Archaic Weapons [Advanced] === Danny learned how to handle a long blade as part of his training to become a search and rescue operative. In particular, he likes using powered edges. Robert meanwhile isn't as crafty with a sword, but he loves a baseball bat, a fire axe, bottles, chain garottes, and other improvised weapons. === Communications [Advanced] === Danny's mind is surprisingly plasticine in understanding new languages, and he can learn the pidgin of an unfamiliar language after spending a few weeks amongst native speakers. Robert seems to be unable to take advantage of this however. === Firearms [Intermediate] === With some training in simple firearms, Danny is proficient with pistols, submachine guns, and rifles. Robert has a preference for more 'in your face' weapons without an ounce of Danny's subtlety, and is noticeably more 'automatic' when handling firearms. === Medicine [Intermediate] === Possessing training in stabilising patients and patching up injuries, Danny can keep people medically safe and sound. Robert has no recollection of such skills, but he's happy to name the bones as he breaks them. === Piloting [Intermediate] === Danny can pilot light and ultralight spacecraft, and knows the standard docking and launch procedures, pre-flight checks, and aerobatics. Robert is also a capable pilot for similar craft, and remarkably aggressive if he can find an advantage. === Repair [Intermediate] === Though his repair skills were a back seat to his killing skills, Danny had to ply himself to keep the Herald running once it landed in the new world with Robert. The crash course on the ship involved kludging fixes for a variety of starship systems, with no additional resources, and an encrypted operations documentation. === Basic Skills === * **Fitness** - Tries his best to stay in shape in order to remain flexible and supple. * **Senses** - Is sensitive to psionic phenomena due to his abnormal mental situation. * **Starship Operation** - Was given a week-long course for the intricacies of the LSDF Herald. * **Gunner** - Can point and shoot the guns on most light spacecraft. ===== Inventory ===== **Weaponry** * A nondescript, semi-automatic pistol chambered in 10mm, with a detachable suppressor * A long, straight-edged blade with a powered cutting edge. Four feet in length, including a foot of handle **Apparel** * Piloting Suit, found aboard the LSDF Herald * Sneaking Suit 'SQUID', found in his luggage * Light Powered Armour Suit 'WIND' with 'GUST' attachments * A change of Casual Clothing **Vehicles** * //None// **Property** * A pico-jelly chair on the LSDF Herald for operational duties, also serves as a comfortable bed and a computer **Tools** * Maintenance Crewman's Suspenders * Operations Datapad, plugs and plays into most interfaces **Documents** * Personal Journal belonging to Danny, with some marginalia from Robert * Maintenance and Repair Guide for LSDF Herald, Digital Text * Operational Documentation for LSDF Herald, Hashed/Salted **Trinkets** * Deck of cards, red backed, marked for cheating fools with * Deck of cards, blue backed, unmarked for fair play === Finances === As far as Danny is aware, he had some pocket change in his luggage on the Herald, which is most likely worthless. That aside, he has no other legal tender. ====== OOC Notes ====== >If you have any other OOC notes, such as reference pictures, extra links, or extra music, leave them here as you see fit. character/danny_hanley_lewis.txt Last modified: 2017/05/12 11:54by luca