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Name: Alice
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Character Name: RED Engineer || John Darnell (Name for rp purposes)
Character Series: Team Fortress 2
Character Age: Mid 30s.
Background: tf2wiki.net/wiki/Engineer
Personality: In general, Engie would like to consider himself a simple man. He likes having the good things in life- which, for a born-and-raised Texan like himself, consists of a cookout, good beer, and guns, but with the added desire for knowledge that the steriotypical Texan lacks. Engineer has always had more curiosity than what most people would consider normal, or safe, with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Even very early on, Engineer would tear apart his toys to see how they worked, and would "invent" all manner of things with any materials he could get his hands on, and has many a time surprised and infuriated his typical farmer parents with elaborate rube goldberg-esque contraptions. Or, as his parents liked to refer to them, messes.
This natural curiosity, combined with living his young life in the monotony of a farm in small-town Texas, and spending some years working in Oil fields, drove Engie to aim higher for himself. He wanted to learn, and to learn anything he could get his hands on. So he managed to put himself through college, focusing on science and mechanics- he was determined to become an inventor, and would do anything he could do make that dream a reality. And so, he dove into his schoolwork, coming out some years later with no less than 11 PhDs, more blueprints than he could count, and nowhere to put them to use. After some searching, he was picked up by Reliable Excavation Demolition, where he worked for some odd years, eventually inventing and perfecting his Sentry Turrets, the Dispenser, and the Teleporter.
He would also like to think of himself as a kind man, an amiable man, and to his team, he does this well. He does whatever he can to be helpful to his allies, whether it's a strategically placed sentry, a dispenser when a Medic is nowhere to be found, a teleporter when they need it, or just a friendly shoulder to lean on. He may be a little more interested in his work than other people, but if someone comes to him with a problem, he's not going to turn them away. He's still human, though, and does crave interaction more often than what the battlefield gives him, and so, when the mood strikes him, he can be found cooling a case of beer(or several, knowing some of his team), firing up the grill, and breaking out the guitar.
But don't think this means he's soft, or in any way a pushover. His enemies will attest to this fact- too many of them have seen the kind of grim satisfaction on his face as a turret's fire rips through one of their teammates. Though, if you asked him about this particular fact, he would insist that he's merely satisfied that his inventions run so smoothly, or that it's just the appreciation of a job well done. Even his team can vouch for this. They've all heard the evil laughter that comes after a particularly fantastic kill(It should be noted that Engie has no excuse for this one. He just gets vaguely embarassed when asked).
Abilities:
Weapons:
-Shotgun.
-Pistol.
-Wrench.
None of these are terribly special as weapons, though the wrench has the effect of upgrading and fixing his buildings by hitting them with it repeatedly.
Buildings:
-Sentry Turret: All of Engie's buildings are pretty self explanatory. His sentries are small, mounted guns with varying levels of ability. First level is a single-barrel gun, very simplistic. Second level adds a second barrel, and third level puts a rocket laucher on top.
-Dispenser: Replenishes health, ammo, and metal to build and upgrade other buildings. It has several levels, too, but all they vary is how much HP/ammo/metal they dispense.
-Teleporter: Takes a person from point A to point B. Engie needs to build both an entrance and an exit for them to function. Also has three levels, but the levels effect how much time it takes to recharge before they can be used again.
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