Ginger

by Aaron M. Moore (11/17/2007)

My name: Aaron M. Moore

Character Name: "Ginger" or Aaron M.

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Place of Birth: Yaaru, Xarkon, Terra Nova

Faction: Victory, formerly Xarkon

Role: Volunteer Mercenary, Assassin

Weapons of Choice: Customizable Blazer Rifle, Red Starblade, Suppressed Blazer Pistol, Blazer Knife

Biography: While he was a child, Aaron's parents were wealthy merchants. They wanted him to follow their footsteps, but he refused, and joined the Armed Forces of Xarkon. At the time, Xarkon was testing a program similar to the Shadow Ops of Yavakaro, but much less effective. Unlike regular infantry, highly trained specialists would either infiltrate enemy bases and get information, or they would perform sabotage or assassination. Aaron, who was naturally stealthy and clever, was transferred from his infantry unit into the new program. However, with results unsatisfying and the high success of the Enomegs, the program was terminated and the soldiers returned to their original units.
A few years later, Aaron was stationed at a neutral colony ran by CONON. When he found out about a Xarkon mission to take over the colony (non-violently) as a staging point for expansion, the commanding Xarkon officer accused him of treason and threw him in jail. He was later assisted by a rouge mercenary, and Aaron killed the officer that framed him. Since he killed a Xarkon officer in cold blood and skipped his trial, Aaron joined Victory as a volunteer assassin and mercenary under his recruit name "Ginger." (SEE BELOW FOR NICKNAME HISTORY)

Personality: (NOTE: Ginger's behavior in several comics was merely for comic relief) Ginger is actually a quiet man, and keeps to himself. While mostly anti-social, Ginger appreciates help during jobs, so long it isn't distracting. He considers people (as in, the unthinking masses of cities) not worth fighting for unless they have done something worth working for. He accepts most jobs from Victory, depending on how he personally feels about it. Ginger now despises Xarkon for rashly accusing him, though at times feels bad about leaving his country.

And for those wondering about the nickname: He got the nickname "Ginger" in boot camp before he even heard of the program. His fellow recruits noticed that he did things carefully and quietly, or rather "gingerly".
 


Here's Ginger Blazer Rifle. I got the idea somewhere on Brickshelf, so credits to whoever came up with the idea first. Anyway, the big thing about his rifle that he can modify it quickly for most situations. Think of it as the XM-8 rifle from the US. Here's the standard variant, but with taking of the top handle and adding a large drum of ammo at the bottom...
...It turns into a heavy machine gun. However, it fires standard armor-piercing rounds instead of Blazer bullets. Sometimes, things just need an extra little kick to make it all worth while. But if he needs to stay FAR away from all the action, he removes the ammo drum, adds a longer barrel, snaps on a scope and loads a clip in the stock, and...
... He has a sniper rifle. Able to shoot targets from up to a half-mile away, this is just for the occasion of "reaching out and touching somebody." However, this is the last variant of the rifle. It'd be ridiculous if I could turn it into an anti-vehicular gun, however cool that may be.

But sometimes, rifles aren't much good for sneaking around. That's when the classic pistol and knife combo comes in. I remade the pistol from cutting a harpoon gun, and the knife is half a lightsaber blade colored black and a flattened rod shaped as a blade. Not that good, but it looks WAY cooler in person. Trust me.
And when he runs out of ammo and needs something more powerful than a blazer knife, Ginger pulls out his trusty Starblade! Um, the only reason I bothered editing this picture was I lost my red lightsaber blade, and I had used a white one in place of it. But who cares, special effects are better.

Ginger with his weapons cache. Yep, no large stockpile this time. It's hard to carry around 3 weapons for 1 jobs when you can use 1 weapons for 3 jobs, you know!
Guard #1- "Where'd he go? He was right here!"
Hawk- "He can't be that far."
Hawk- "Stay here. We'll check around the block."
Guard #2- "Okay."
Guard #2- "Where ever could he be?"
 
Moral: Pay attention to your surroundings, otherwise I'm gonna getcha.