Age: 27
Ethnicity: American
Height: 5’9
Weight: 180lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Physical Description:Sam has a well defined upper body and augmented legs from the hips down. While working he wears a tee shirt that says Security Support Technician on it and a pair of trousers the rest of the time he dresses very casually. He rarely wears shoes because he can’t see the point. He was issued with a full security fatigues but has never had reason to wear them. Same goes for his pistol which resides in the bottom drawer of his desk.
Profession: Security Support Technician. Sam is part of the Security Support Staff which means he works in a room called Operations Planning deep in the heart of the Ark. It is his job to ensure communications between Security Officers continue smoothly. He additionally is in charge of ensuring the Ark’s Cyber defences are up to scratch.
Unfortunately GM has proven to be more than capable of fulfilling both these roles perfectly often leaving Sam at a lose end. Often he finds himself alone in the office as Security Support Staff is a tiny department.
Skills: As a Support Technician to the Security Department Sam does not have the same level of training as others. His combat skills are limited to a brief day at the range about a year ago and whatever he’s picked up from movies and videogames.
Sam is a talented Hacker which is how he got the job on the Ark. He’s a genius when it comes to understanding software and bypassing security systems. What holds him back is his slacker attitude and preference for having fun over working.
Sam has a lot of time on his hands thanks to GM basically being able to do his job for him. This has allowed him to indulge some of his passions which include writing bad fiction, sneaking around encrypted files and playing flight simulators. While he has never actually flown a helicopter he has clocked up thousands of hours of virtual flight time.
Equipment: Sam has a standard issue G20 10mm Handgun that he fired once on a mandatory training day about a year ago. He thought the entire experience was “cool”.
Sam has a pair of augmented legs which were given to him by the Nakatomi Corporation as part of his recruitment package. They ensure Sam will never get tired while running and as they are the Security Spec model they have an integrated holster. Sam uses his to carry his to carry a Datapad.
Sam carries a Datapad which is a touch screen device that acts like digital paper. It’s common device on the Ark and is comparable to a tablet computer just more flexible, foldable and smaller. Sam’s is loaded with hacking software, video games and his many failed attempts to start a novel.
Medical History: Sam was born with a congenital birth defect meaning his legs never fully formed.
However his legs have since been replaced by Augmentations. While at first Sam had visions of being able to jump over buildings it was quickly explained to him while the legs would be able to withstand such punishment he would not. Therefore the legs give him no real advantages over normal legs except they will never tire and allow him to drop from greater heights than normal.
Like everyone with Augmentations Sam needs to take A.A.R.T or Boost every few hours to prevent his body rejecting his legs.
Psych Analysis: Sam grew up without legs this manifested it’s self in Sam’s personality. He does not like to be pitied however he aware of his limitations as such he developed a good sense of humour.
Sam is quite fond of playing pranks especially on those he considers to be Macho, or taking themselves too seriously. Given his background in hacking and the kind of people the STG recruits he has found himself in a target rich environment.
He does not have much drive or determination to excel in the company but is one of life’s romantics as shown by his numerous attempts fiction. The only reason he keeps in shape is the hopes of meeting someone special.
Personal History: Sam was born in 2021 in San Francisco to a pair of loving parents. He was born without legs and used such used a wheel chair for most of his life. Sam had no problem with this and enjoyed nothing more flying down the famous hills as a youngster.
He was a popular child at school but never really applied himself to school work. Instead he ran a small time black market during recess where he would sell pirated games and movies to classmates.
Sam’s life changed when he was twelve and a right wing terrorist group bombed a shopping mall in San Francisco killing his mother among twenty others. Sam’s father withdrew completely and began drinking this left Sam alone with his grief. Sam began to miss school and spend more time on the Net. It was during his teenage years he honed his skills as a hacker.
For money Sam became a kind Hacker for hire and carried out attacks on networks, extracted sensitive information and on occasion helped companies shore up their own digital security. While it didn’t pay very well it kept him in noodles and relative comfort.
When Sam was 22 his father finally completed his long suicide by alcoholism. While Sam was sad he rationalised his father died a long time with his mother. The man that remained was little more than a ghost.
Sam received a contract to extract some information from the Nakatomi servers about the Ark Project. He undertook the project and was able it partially extract the information before he realised he had fallen for a honey trap. The data he was downloading contained a very well hidden trace programme. Despite his attempts to flee Sam was surrounded by twenty Nakatomi STG operatives within the hour.
Instead of getting shot in the face they offered Sam a contract. Work for Nakatomi as Security Support Technician and they’d forget all about the hacking, they’d even throw in a pair of legs because the Ark isn’t exactly wheelchair friendly.
Sam singed on the line which was dotted.
On the Ark it took Sam a while to find his sea legs but once he did he found his role to be incredibly boring. The General Manager Programme took care of pretty much everything. Sam was just there to fill in if there was a glitch or GM was down for maintenance. He spends his time goofing off, reading, playing video games and looking through whatever files he can get access to.
He’s reasonably popular but some of the more serious STG operatives dislike his jovial personality.