Name: Jonathan James Roaker; alt. Jon Roaker, J.J. Roaker
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 138 lbs.
Appearance: Jon Roaker came to Russia a much healthier looking man than he is now. He appears, at first glance, pale and haggard, his hair unkempt and his beard growing in shaggy clumps. His skin is stretched tight over his deteriorating musculature, his eyes reddened and his lips cracked. He stands with a slump and looks like he hasn't slept in days.
Clothing: He wears a faded green canvas shirt cut in the style of an army BDU, beneath which is a wifebeater or a white t-shirt. He typically wears jeans or heavy cargo pants with thick-soled leather work boots. In cold weather he typically wears a wool jacket and outback-style hat, and a pair of light gloves.
Personality: Straightforward and no-nonsense; could almost be considered rude in several respects. Typically a loner and a recluse, he nonetheless will grudgingly accept aid where necessary. He doesn't have too many loyalties or friends, but those he stands by he will defend to the death. His primary loyalty is to reporting the events around him, however, and he will go to any lengths necessary to add to his report.
--Quirks/Flaws:[/b] He's a chain-smoker with moderate-to-severe insomnia and (although he'd never openly admit it) is beginning to show signs of clinical depression.
Other: He has limited experience with firearms due to his experience as a war correspondent, and is partially fluent in Russian.
Inventory:
--[i]Backpack (High Sierra Foxhound 50 hiking pack)
Clothing: 2x shirts, 4x undershirts, 2x pants (jeans/cargo pants), 4x undergarments (socks and underwear), 1 jacket, 1 pair gloves, 1 hat
Sperian Opti-Fit gas mask, side filter mount, 3x spare filters
Basic food rations, 3 days
Satellite phone, issued by NBC
GoPro mini-camera, issued by NBC
Pen and several wire-bound notebooks
Sleeping bag (Coleman Crescent mummy bag, capacity: one, good to 15*F)
--Pockets
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard Model 38 (Concealed Carry pistol; revolver--shrouded hammer; 5rd. capacity; .38 Special
20 rounds .38 Special; Winchester Super-X 110-grain Silvertip; Hollow-Point
Black & Mild cigarillos, (4/5)
Book of matches (18/20)
Biography:
Jonathan Roaker was born in Ludgate, Scotland, but his parents--people of simple means following the money upstream--moved to New York City when he was young. Roaker scored well in English and averagely in other areas, and went on to study Communications at NYU with a concentration in Journalism. He signed on as a foreign correspondent to NBC three years before the events in Moscow and was selected to be NBC's foreign attache, reporting the effects of the Haze in the zone where it is heaviest. Although in the last several months the situation has deteriorated significantly in the previous several months, Jonathan has been reporting reliably from Moscow since almost the first week of his arrival.