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Jackson Murphy

Ain't no-one movin' under my suppressive fire, they're welcome to die tryin'

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a character in “Infection: Into the Breach”, as played by KJA

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((TLDR Version at the bottom))
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Name: Jackson Murphy
Nickname: Jacks
Callsign: Jackhammer
Age: 43
Height/Weight: 6'1 252lbs
Gender: Male
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Fireteam: 1
Specialization: Squad Fire Support/Crowd Control
Skills:
GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) Handling
It takes more than a strong back and barrel arms to negotiate this weaponry.
If it holds over 50 rounds and feels like it weights a ton Jacks likely has some proficiency in it. Jacks is also versed in the operation of larger mounted/static machine guns such as you would find on a humvee, helicopter or defence waypoint.

Riot Control
The mentality, hostility and threats of a crowd don’t lie purely in the numbers.
Jacks has strong tactical awareness when it comes to group engagements. Quick to headcount and prioritize dangers within a crowd, excellent perimeter defence skills.

‘Close Protection/CQB’ Hand-to-Hand
67% of modern American assassination attempts are within ‘close quarters’ by means of concealed small arms or blades
- Cybertech Social/Cultural Research, 2059

Having previously worked ‘bodyguard’ security for Cybertech Corporate Jacks is skilled in disabling threats when the use of a gun is possibly too cumbersome and ineffective.

Bio:
Not much is known of Jacks’ parents, the police found him abandoned in a basket, room littered with strung out junkies. He struggled to make any friends or close connections during his orphanage upbringing, keeping to himself barely saying a word. As Jacks got older he began to come out of his shell, especially when he realized he was physically stronger and more intimidating than personally believed. This manifested from a single event as a teenager when one of the other kids pushed Jacks over in the canteen ending with the bully’s nose broken and two front teeth swallowed.

Leaving the orphanage at 18 Jacks joined Cybertech Security as a trainee recruit, assigned to cover the doors of non-important buildings. Over the years Jacks proved himself both physically and mentally, disabling threats to the company with words and as well as takedowns. By 30 he was head of facility security, managing teams for Cybertech Research labs.

Five years later he was approached by Corporate to orchestrate close protection teams for their valuable executives and scientists, offering him a substantial contract if he also accepted to training as a Fire Team Reserve for the Special Activities Division. In his mid thirties Jacks was balancing full-time senior bodyguard work and part-time training as fire support. Flying the Cybertech banner high, he felt there was no risk of deployment due to his age so the extra pay check felt like easy money that is until the outbreak started.

As Minnesota fell the VIPs were taken and secured in bunkers. Jacks’ job role quickly became active duty crowd control for the Special Activities Division, pulling him away from any personal or family life into combat on full-time standby.

Specialty Weapon:
Cybertech Modified M2055 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon)
with APRIL Sight System

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Based on the M249 SAW this modified LMG is Cybertech’s answer to modern machine gun technology.

Cybertech patented spring releasing bipod

Additional fore grip for extra combat manoeuvrability

An electronic feeding/firing system, which offers double the rate of fire over the previous M249 giving the M2055 a unique firing sound.

Warning: Ion activity causes this weapon to malfunction and potentially fire without user interaction. Unloading after any recent Ion cannon blast is highly recommended.

A.P.R.I.L Sight System – Cybertech Private Patent
(ALICE Partnered Radar Interface for LMGs)
Coupled with an integrated green light laser and sonar technology this sight system detects and counts hostiles both visible and out of sight to the user within a 50 ft range. APRIL updates with ALICE showing a numeral count and visual representation of threat location(s) (Red diamonds with distance reading) for target acquisition without the need to look down the system’s scope until firing. This information can also be uploaded to other squad members’ ALICE systems real-time via voice request. APRIL has a switch toggled battery life of approximately 2 hours; Ion disturbance will deactivate the system automatically.

Sidearms:
Standard Issue .45 clip-fed pistol

Equipment:
Reinforced 'Heavy' AEGIS combat suit
Having seen and heard the injuries incurred during other SAD Fire Teams’ missions, like hearing what happened to ‘some tough sumbitch’ called Lynch, Jacks wanted a bit more than your standard protection. Cybertech deemed it suitable for the Crowd Control role to be issued with the 'Heavy Class' version of the AEGIS if requested. Offering substantially more protection at the cost of mobility. Jacks especially gets a personal kick out of the additional presence this suit imposes, not to mention the 'big ol' shitkickers' he can now stomp around in.

ALICE Interface with Crowd Assessment and Tactical Awareness Upgrade
Using the default ALICE system Jacks has also received the CATAU module. Its main purpose is to enhance his APRIL Sight System target read outs with details such as vitals, speed and individual threat level.

3 Concussion Grenades

3 100 round soft boxes of ammunition (one attached)

Five pack of Cigars and Lighter (Always before and after a mission)

Browning ‘Shock N Awe’ Tactical Tomahawk
Jet black hand axe for survival and entry purposes.

Songs: Motorhead – Ace of Spades (Alt: AC/DC - Highway to Hell)

TLDR Version:
Crowd Control Specialist. Raised in an orphanage, joined CSF at 18 worked site security till he became a Cybertech VIP guard and Special Activities Support Gunner, the later full time with the outbreak.

So begins...

Jackson Murphy's Story

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Character Portrait: Derek Frost Character Portrait: Artemesia Dimitry Character Portrait: Roland Svenson Character Portrait: Tomas Lynch Character Portrait: Jackson Murphy
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He caught the warning blip almost as soon as it appeared, signalling that the ETA was less than 5 minutes, and moved to ready his gear. He grabbed his utility pack from beneath his seat and secured the contents to his suit. Three frag grenades on the left side of his chest, three conc-grenades on the right side, three orange smoke grenades on his right hip, his 10" knife on his left hip, a pair of bolt cutters on his back, five road flares strapped to his left upper-arm and a GPS strapped to his left fore-arm. He turned to grab his GFR-S4 from the weapon rack and saw the rest of his team had done same or were partway through doing so.

Lynch grabbed both his weapon and the pack full of ammo beneath it and laid them both on the raised bench next to him. He began securing the ammo mags to his armor while he had ALICE run a last minute diagnostic on his gun, just to make sure everything was working. When ALICE have him the green-light a moment later, he picked up his rifle and turned to his team, grabbing a mag and loading it into his gun as he did so.

"Lock and Load, Scorpion Team" he called, as he flicked his gun into burst-mode and pumped it once to load it.

"It's go time."

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Derek Frost did a routine check on his gear, pulling the clip out of his Medic Gun and checking the Ammo counter against the number of rounds in the clip before sliding it back in with a click and doing the same with his sidearm.
Next he reached behind his back and flipped a switch on the MedTech pack, a beep inside of his helmet let him know it was connected to his ALICE system, and with a satisfactory nod, he switched it back off just as a warning blip went off in his helmet.
Derek took a deep breath and looked to his other teammates. The mysterious Switch, cool and silent as always, The big guy, Murphy, and his team leader, Lynch. Then of course there was Svenson, the dude he knew would cover his ass in any situation. this was his team, and it was his job to keep them patched up, and damn did his job get interesting at times.
He knew the drill, this wasn't their typical assignment, there would be survivors, which meant more injuries and afflictions to keep an eye on. He took a deep breath and thought about the mantra his Corpsman medic trainer taught him.
Remember, steady hands, and move slow. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

"'Ey, Frost, you psyched to save these poor bastards?" Roland said, breaking him out of his reverie. Derek imagined him grinning inside of the Pyramid-Head.
"Who knows... there could be some eye candy to be had." He said before giving the Medic a gentle slap on the shoulder.

“Don’t go and get all happy, Sven. A chic. They are probably covered in dirt, grim, and filth, smell like fish and probably going to piss themselves more than once during this. They are de’ pouille. Sorry no eye candy.” Switch piped up.

Doc chuckled.
Charming as always, Switch.
"I see you got your eyes on the prize as usual, Sven. Just don't catch a disease. There's only so much I can fix.", Derek responded to his friend.

"Lock and Load, Scorpion Team", Said Lynch, the Team leader, giving his usual command before hitting the LZ.
Time to shut up, he thought to himself as he clicked the safety off of his carbine.
It's go time, the Team Leader finished.

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Character Portrait: [NPC] Bartender Character Portrait: Derek Frost Character Portrait: Artemesia Dimitry Character Portrait: Roland Svenson Character Portrait: Tomas Lynch Character Portrait: Malcom Bishop
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#, as written by Zukuto
Bishop smirked a bit to himself before pinging his mic again. "Likewise, Völundr."

The rest of Scorpion squad piled out of the adjacent transport and formed up near the center of the roof. Jacks peeled off the main group and wordlessly made his way to Blackjack 2, jumping inside and closing the hatch behind him.

Must be important, Bishop thought to himself.

Scorpion team gathered around their squad leader, Scarecrow, for instructions. Like usual Bishop was to be the forward member in the formation, followed closely behind by Scarecrow, Völundr sandwiched in the middle along with their medic, Witch-Doctor, and the Squad's marksman, Switch, bringing up the rear and keeping the squad covered from an elevated vantage point. The rendezvous location was only a few kilometers away so Scorpion squad was ordered to book it over and collect God-Slayer before continuing on with the mission, which was to be discussed in more detail once all groups were secure. A nod from Scarecrow signaled Bishop to force open the roof's entrance. The dim interior was soon cross cut and laid over with wire frame targeting structures to better identify objects in their path. Clearing rooms quickly and efficiently, Bishop lead Scorpion team to the stairwell. Scarecrow took point and grasped the handle as Bishop stood directly behind clicking the M27 to full auto. The door was opened slowly to a point where Bishop could easily slide in. Taking to the right corner of the room he quickly scanned the immediate area, moving quickly into a crouched position at the peak of the stairs.

"Clear," Bishop reported.

As the rest of Scorpion piled in behind him Scarecrow gave him a pat on the shoulder giving him the all clear to move. They made their way down the twelve flights of stairs quickly, coming to a halt at the closed door leading into the main lobby. Bishop took position on the left side of the door as a red targeting reticule highlighted over an electronic pad wired to the door.

"All you, Völundr," he said, Völundr moving in on the right side of the door to examine the pad. Within seconds the door slid open slowly and Scorpion Squad made their way through the lobby in a wide spread, keeping close to the walls and crouching low below windows. They rounded a destroyed reception desk and came to the entrance area, glass doors that had been shattered long ago hanging loosely on rusted hinges that creaked with every gust of wind. Off in the distance amidst a sea of rusted and destroyed vehicles was the target location, the still smoldering wreckage of the Blackjack several meters away from it's entrance. Bishop waited for the all clear from Scarecrow before speeding through the entrance and taking cover behind a severely damaged red sedan. He quickly scanned the immediate area down the sights of his M27 before motioning the others to follow. On his motion detector Bishop noticed their Marksman, Switch, breaking off from the pack to get into position on one of the outlying structures. The rest of Scorpion formed up, each a car away from the other and once Switch was in position Scarecrow mic'd God-Slayer to tell them it was clear to proceed to our building.

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Character Portrait: Derek Frost Character Portrait: Sam Bryant Character Portrait: Artemesia Dimitry Character Portrait: Roland Svenson Character Portrait: Claire McGuilles Character Portrait: Malcom Bishop
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It seemed her comment had gone over fairly well. Doc had the look, she imagined of rolling his eyes at her. Normally she would have laughed, but she was in mission mode and it was time to do work. Fun times were over. Her ability to turn her emotions on and off at a whim had earned her, her nickname when she’d joined the Rangers. She’d kept Switch ever since.

Damn, birds. Wouldn’t you know it? Something make the misere before we land. Art thought to herself as the team was finally able to touch down with one final twist. They were having a squad mate replaced. She’d met Fist before and had rather liked him as a person, but it stopped there. She could like people all she wanted so long as she never cared for another one again. So long as none of the people around her were considered friends.

As much as she hated to admit it though, Fist seemed like a better fit to the team than Jacks to begin in. This mission would test the efficiency of the new member as well as how they worked together and would prove whether or not she was correct in saying Fist should be made a permanent member of the squad or not.

Sven was one of the first people off of the Blackjack and she wasn’t surprised. He always seemed ready for missions even when others were reserved. Art came off towards the end simply because it was her job to provide support and cover. At least until she could get to a spot and then it would just be protection really. She watched over them and she used ALICE to watch her own back. Because otherwise, she was out on her own and she didn’t want a repeat of one her first missions with the creatures. She shuddered at the thought.

After formalities were out of the way, the team made their way through the building to street level. It took longer than she would have liked, but before she knew it her feet were on pavement and it was time to work. She didn’t ask or even tell anyone what she was doing. There was no point. She just made a veer off heading for one of the first positions she had marked on the transport.

Art shoved the door open and slowly she made her way up to the top. It seemed luck was in her favor as she hadn’t encountered anything. She knew the rest of the team was probably waiting on her or just making slower leeway without, so she booked up to the final stairs and to the roof. She glanced around making sure none of the birds were around before taking out her AS50 and setting up shop.

“ALICE, upload live screens of terrain behind me.” Once the maps were pulled up she looked through the scope and found each of her teammates. She smiled to herself as she watched each of them knowing she held their lives in her hands, well rather her finger, but technicalities weren’t really important. She took a survey of the area a head of her squad mates. There wasn’t anything within a near seeing distant.

“Mais, boys you’re clear.” She spoke knowing the connection the others was up and running well. She could see that from the corner of her eye, but she kept herself focused on the scope of her rifle. Moving away from her teammates she went further along the path they would have to take. So long as no one was screaming bloody murder beneath her, she didn’t see why she couldn’t do a bit of damage control and take out anything before it reached her partners. She had the range to do it especially carrying her Barrett.

Switch smiled to herself when she found one of the creatures and in the opposite direction her squad mates would be going which would cause a good distraction. She watched the thing for a few seconds before she squeezed off one round and watched it fall. She smirked to herself. Nine left to go before I’ve got to pull out another mag. She watched the area around the fallen creature before moving back to her team. She made sure they were doing fine before going back to surveying the area. It could get rather boring watching from the wings, so she always made sure to give herself a few free shots and this mission at least meant she could have fun with the survivors, so long as no one else got upset with her. Not like she cared. Everyone got their kicks from being on the ground with the creatures. She rarely had face to face altercations and that was only when she’d screwed up.

Moving the rifle’s scope again she went in search of where her team would meet up with God-Slayer because she doubted even with survivors that they would sit put. The 102 didn’t seem to gather members who sat on their asses. When she didn’t see what she was looking for, she pulled out her spotting scope so she could get in closer and find out just how far out they were. Finally she found what she was looking for.

“It appears God-Slayer is making their way towards us. I’ll clear a path if need be.” She went silent again knowing she wasn’t likely to get a response anyway. She put the scope away before moving back down into position with a quick glance at the terrain behind her. The last thing she wanted was one of the creatures to sneak up on her or even the birds from earlier. Once there she went back to looking for creatures in the two teams’ paths and taking them out.

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Character Portrait: Derek Frost Character Portrait: Sam Bryant Character Portrait: Artemesia Dimitry Character Portrait: Roland Svenson Character Portrait: Claire McGuilles Character Portrait: Tomas Lynch
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Derek was glad to know Fist would be joining them on the mission, and knew by default that Switch and Sven were glad too.
"Nice to have you a long for the ride, Bishop", he said as they hit the ground in standard formation. "It's ass-kicking time".
The team fell in order, Roland beside Derek, Scarecrow and Fist in the front, Murphy close in the back and Switch tailing from a tactical point. Witch-Doctor always felt safe when Switch had her eyes in the scope. Nothing would be getting too close to them.

As they moved through the building, Derek habitually kept an eye on his teams vitals, especially Switch's, which were linked to his HUD by Alice. Everything appeared normal, if anything, the crew just had a bit of excitement with a hint of nervousness, a slightly elevated pulse and breath rate, which was to be expected any time they went on an Op such as this. The only person who's vitals seemed eerily normal was Switch's, which was to be expected with one knowing her profession and the meaning behind her Callsign.

Satisfied with the teams vitals, Derek pushed his chin into the comm activator in his helmet, turning the team-communications on.
"Gonna check in with God-Slayer. I need to take a mental note of injuries and survivors so I can prep for triage if needed". With that he lifted his chin off the mic button with a click.

"Alice, patch me through to the surviving members of God-Slayer. Thanks".
Derek heard a beep confirming that connection was made with God-slayers communications.

"Hey gents, this is Witch-Doctor from Scorpion team, I'll be your resident ass-patcher for today. I need you guys to let me know how many civvies ya got, and what injuries are present on yourselves as well as the other survivors so I can take mental notes for Triage upon arrival."
Before the other team could respond, the green-translucent border surrounding Switch's vitals flash red once, indicating that her weapon was fired once.
Derek quickly commanded Alice to switch communication back to his own team, but to alert him when God-Slayers survivors responded.
"Switch, everything cool up there?", the medic asked asked.