Welcome.. To City 24.

I took the liberty of adding a few things to better explain my character; if you'd rather I didn't I can lose them.

Name: Roland
Age: 36
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 89kg
Eye Colour: Grey
Hair Colour: Black; shoulder-length and unkempt

Proficiencies;
Major Skill: Technology - ie extremely proficient almost anything electronic.
Minor Skill 1: Basic Firearms Training - Civil Protection
Minor Skill 2: Basic Combat Strategy - Civil Protection

Phobia(s): Machinery; on too many nights the screams of those undergoing transhuman surgery merged with the sounds of the 'tools of that trade'. This resulted in any mechanical noises - especially those whose source is unseen - causing severe pangs of fear in Roland.

Clothing: Civil Protection Uniform - helmet is clasped to his waist.

Weapons: Civil Protection Issue USP Match; 2 rounds remaining.

Other Information: When the Combine began offering Civil Protection positions Roland was one of the first to sign up; he had a duty to his family that overrode and duty to humanity as a whole. But with the fall of the Combine network so fell everything his life had stood for. Roland dropped his CP unit designation and returned to using his name... of which he only knew half of after too years of it remaining unused.
He now only serves his needs of survival.

Add extra's as you will; I hate writing history. Leaves them too fixed.

.. Was that a cat?

Name: Vort-Buddy (Bud, Da man, or Buddy)
Age: 27 Years old. Was one of the ones who was in the Factory, when Gordon liberated them.
Height: 5'7" at full height, seems to be 5'4" most of the time, due to his crouched position.
Wieght: 142
Eye Color: Red
Skin: A dark, Dark tan, with splotches of Beige and hunter green spattered randomly.

Proficencies;
Major Skill: Physical: Die hard: Buddy is physically tough, and is able to withstand immense amounts of damage, giving him more staying power.
Minor Skill 1: Vortal Skill: Healing/Uber-Charge: Buddy is able to empower his allies with Vortal energies, increasing their reaction time and abilities, at the cost of his own energy, or the energy of a victim.
Minor Skill 2: Vortal Skill: Vortal manipulation: Buddy can Manipulate the Vortessance into a damaging blast, capable of sucking the life from an enemy. He can use this in a multitude of ways, his limit being only his imagination.

Phobia(s): Zombies: While his kind enjoy eating Headcrabs, he his horrified at how the Xen-borne creatures interact with humans; with the host still remaining conscious. The sound, more than the apperance, scares him, and he will physically shy away from dead zombies. He will freeze up if he cannot get a direct line of sight, and will flee if they sneak up on him.

Hey, what the hell, I'll give this a try. Give me a shout if any of this goes against any unspoken rules of this
RP...

Name: Andrew Murdoch
Age: 37
Height: 6'2''
Weight: 85kg
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin: Medium Tanned, heavily scarred (see phobia details)
Clothing: Black boots, Urban Camouflage Combats, Plain Black Hooded Top with White T-Shirt beneath,
Black Beanie.
Other Appearance Attributes: Brown hair, buzz cut. Round face, muscular.

Possessions: HK G3A3, Glock 17C, Dog tags, Two spare 20-Round 7.62x51mm Detachable Box
Magazines (HK G3A3), One spare 20-round 9x19mm Detachable Box Magazines (Glock 17C)

Proficiencies:

Major Skill: Earth-based Firearms - Whether it's field-stripping an AK-47, or firing an M60, Andrew is both
accurate and proficient. There isn't a firearm on the planet he hasn't at least read about and studied.
Minor Skill: Knife/Small Blade Proficiency - Andrew took a shining to the combat knife he was issued
during basic training. Although not nearly as efficient with it as he is with a good firearm, he is more skilled
than most, whether it's stabbing a CP through the spine or forcing a tough lock, Andrew has the skill to make it
happen.
Minor Skill: Urban Combat Tactics - Andrew's years serving in the Iraq war has taught him a thing or two
about fighting in tight city streets, from how to locate defensible positions to detecting and avoiding ambushes.

Phobia(s): Andrew's phobia is of Headcrabs and Snarks. This stems from a particularly traumatic
experience whist hiding from a CP raid in the basement of an apartment block. He was attacked by groups of
headcrabs and snarks which had entered the ruined basement through the old drains, and the low light in there
only served to increase the level of panic and thus the fear developed. He is particularly fearful of the poison
headcrabs, despite the fact he has never actually encountered one before developing his fear. This is possibly
linked to the black colouration with triggers the memory of the darkness in the basement in which he was
attacked. Because of this, he can become agitated if he can hear one or more headcrabs, but not see them.
The same applies to Snarks.

Character History: Andrew served in the Royal Logistical Corps as an Ammunition Technician, and was depoyed in both Iraq and Afghanistan during his career. He was still on
deployment when the Seven Hours War was raging. During this time he attempted to return home, effectively
deserting, with a number of other soldiers who attempted to return to the UK by any means necessary For
the larger part of the journey they went cross-country, avoiding major roads and human-Combine combat
hotspots where they could.

For all the unlikeliness of the success of their goal, they had made it into central Europe, stopping occasionally
to take on board supplies and fuel. Unfortunately their luck didn't hold out and they were captured. The group
was separated as they were relocated to various urban centres that the Combine had established. Andrew was
relocated to City 24, where he lived until he joined in the uprising against the Combine rule. He now aims to
finish the job and drive the Combine from City 24. The only problem is, strange things have been happening
nearby that has both the Rebels and Combine on edge. It is apparent that this difficult task is about to become
much harder.

Name: Daniel Eccles
Age: 29
Height: 6'4
Weight: 93kg
Eye Colour: Hazel
Hair Colour: Brown

Major skill: Weapons (Rifles, SMG's, and pistols,)
Minor skill #1: Computers
Minor Skill #2: Explosives

Phobia: Zombies, although he's fine with the headcrabs, due to him being locked in the same room as a zombie for weeks, the zombie was tied to a chair, and the intention was that the wailing of the zombie would eventually drive him insane, it didn't, but he now has a terrific fear of them...

If you want me to go into character history, just ask...

Name: Ian Green
Age: 31
Height: Average
Weight: Thin
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Black
Clothing: Black Leather Outfit, Shades,

Proficiencies:
Major Skill: Marksmanship (Specialisation in long range wepons)
Minor Skill 1: Combine Technology (Spent several years working undercover in CP)
Minor Skill 2: First Aid (Military training in field medicine)

Phobia(s): Ant-Lions. While serving with the combine, he was assigned to Nova Prospeckt, his dropship crashed, the survivors who weren't killed in the crash were quickly slain by a swarm of ant-lions although he survived this experience he was mentally and physically scared, and has never truly recovered.

Equipment:
1x Modified Combine Sniper Rifle
2x 9mm pistol