Name: James Max
six: Male
Race: Ghoul
Age: 239 (35 at age of Ghoulification)
Appearance: James is 5”11, has the normal rotting skin look of a Ghoul, however he usually covers himself up to prevent people (mostly himself) from seeing his skin. He has blue eyes and in his previous life had had light brown hair.
Weapons: Trail Carbine (with detachable Scope), .44 Magnum (with Heavy frame) and Combat Knife. Due to his skill in sneaking and the fact that he is pretty much always ready to fight the magnum and knife have barely left his side in 200 years. He has a .45 auto pistol and police baton from his policing days; they are kept in James’s presidential suite in the Lucky 38.
Armour/Clothes: Desert Ranger Armour and Helmet. Both have the Insignia of the Lucky 38 on them (on the duster it has it on the shoulders and on the amour it has it across the chest plate, for the helmet, centre right of forehead). The armour has been beaten and bent through years of use, but despite their appearance they are as strong as ever .He doesn’t really wear anything else, when sleeping he’ll remove the armour plating and his helmet, but they will be close by so he can put them on quickly.
Gear: Equipment to make fires and temporary shelter, he has a flask for water, but also carries some bottles around with him. He also has a Pip-boy 3000 which was gifted to him by Mr. House after he successfully pushed the Kings out of the Strip. Keeps plenty of ammo on him at all times, mostly .44 but he keeps some .308 and 5.56mm ammo on him as well in case he has to pick up some other weapons in the field.
Skills and Talents(Best at top, worst at bottom): James is incredible good at using guns, having received police training and over 200 years of experience.
James is very stealthy, having been taught how to move with as little noise as possible by the desert rangers, he has learned the art of moving without detection very well.
James has pretty much mastered how to live off the land from his time in the desert rangers and his experiences in the hostile lands of Caesar’s legion.
James use of Melee weapons is practised; he can last a long time in a fight with the skilled gladius and machete users of Caesar’s legion, however age has deteriorated his skilled and it is mostly used for quiet stealthy skills.
James can convince others to help him, but this is only due to his training with the police a lifetime ago, and those he usually convinces have other, rational reasons to aid him. He has had some success in convincing tribes to assist him while in the desert rangers, but they did feel threatened by the legion.
James can make use of First aid, having used it with the police and desert rangers; he can patch up minor wounds enough to allow him and others to carry on, but needs the help of a doctor to overcome major wounds.
James can use Explosives to a limited degree; however he is by no means skilled in their use.
James can fight while unarmed, but has little need to fight unarmed as he usually has his combat knife with him, also age and his ghoul state have caused him to weaken.
James can perform small repairs on his weapons and armour in the field, but usually just pays some else to fully repair his equipment.
James rarely ever barters, usually having the caps to pay for whatever price is asked.
James never has rarely been in a situation where he has needed any scientific knowledge and therefore has little use for it.
James has only used energy weapons twice in his life, both were times where his regular weapons were out of ammo or out of reach
James has never had to lock pick, ever, if there is a door in the way he shoots out the hinges and kicks his way in.
Faction: Mr. House
Rank: Operative (acts as a sort of Frumentarii for House)
Personality: James is usually happy and is always tries to find humour in any situation, he is somewhat sarcastic. He has a sense of honour and will always try to give people he fights and chance to surrender and if they refuse a quick painless death, he abhors torturers and slavers. He is frank and straightforward but civil with those below him and respectful, courteous and polite with those who are his equals and his betters.
History: James was born in Pre-war Las Vegas and lived most of his life at what is now Camp Searchlight, he had a job as a policeman and his life was relatively quiet with not as many car chases and shootouts as he would of liked until October 23rd, 2077 when he was called to cottonwood cove due to an attempted burglary, soon after he arrived, the great war happened, James watched in awe as Mr. House’s defence systems destroyed some incoming Bombs, but despite Mr. House’s defence system a bomb dropped nearby, forming cottonwood crater, the resulting explosion and the radiation after killed most people in cottonwood cove.
In the Months and years after the war James tried to keep law and order around Searchlight and Cottonwood cove, however he could not stop the gradual descent into chaos, partly because of the radiation sickness which eventually led to him becoming a Ghoul weakening him.
After James became a Ghoul he thought he was a freak and kept himself hidden away but after meeting another Ghoul he became more outgoing and started protecting small settlements all over the Mojave for some time, drifting from place to place helping out in whatever way he could, while helping people around Nipton the newly formed Desert Rangers came into the town and warned him of a imminent attack from the Boot riders (later the chairmen), together, James and the Desert Rangers successfully defended the town from the Boot riders, after his help the rangers invited James to become a ranger himself, to which James agreed.
After becoming a ranger James patrolled the Mojave for a while and realised that he and other ghouls were not dying due to old age.
James continued to battle raiders and slavers around the Mojave for around a century, during this time, he met up and battled against the tribes which would eventually become the three families, he also met and helped protect members of other various tribes and towns (Mutants of Black Mountain, later Jacobstown, also the inhabitants of Goodsprings, Novac, Primm, Bittersprings, Nelson and Boulder city). In 2250 the Desert Rangers recognised the true threat of Caesar’s Legion, and began assaults on it, aiding enemies of the legion and doing all in their power to weaken or destroy the legion, in 2269 after almost 20 years of fighting the legion the desert rangers finally fully retreated from Arizona and into the Mojave, but they continued to attack the Legion and raid their lands at any opportunity that arose over the next few years.
When the desert rangers signed the ranger unification treaty with the NCR James quit, feeling he was no longer necessary, however he refused to join the NCR rangers as he had been a part of a ‘democratic’ nation which oppressed it’s citizens and attacked other nations out of greed and he saw those same things in the NCR and did not want to do it again. After refusing the offer to join the NCR James went and started living in the strip, where he found work as a mercenary for a while.
In 2274 he watched as the Lucky 38 opened and securitrons under the command of Mr. House rolled out and took control of the strip and recruited the three families awed at the Mr. House’s strength, speed of his operation and that he had managed to tame the three most dangerous tribes of the area, along with the fact that it was Mr. House who had saved him from being killed by the bombs at the beginning of the war, James offered his services to Mr. House, who agreed to hire him, since then James has been watching , spying and sometimes eliminating factions and people of interest to Mr. House. Like when he led the fight which pushed the Kings out of the New Vegas Strip, and when he fought with the three families against the Great Khans. He was also present when the New Vegas treaty was signed, under the direction of Mr. House James also helped the NCR push the Brotherhood of Steel from HELIOS one, after the battle finished James tracked the survivors to their new base in Hidden Valley, any time he does not have a mission he will go there and eliminate any patrol he can. James also took part in the battle of Hoover damn acting as an emissary for Mr. House to the NCR, he helped secure a victory for NCR but also made sure the Caesar’s Legion was still in shape to distract the NCR for Mr. House by sabotaging the NCR’s efforts to fully destroy the legion by doing things like killing or distracting rangers hunting down the retreating legion, blowing up ammo storage facilities, so far no one in the NCR knows he sabotaged their efforts.
James is currently moving about the east of the Mojave, monitoring both legion and NCR forces and bases for Mr. House.
Relations with other Factions in the Mojave:
NCR: Friendly, often helps them when he has the chance, has a lot of friends who were desert rangers who are now NCR veteran rangers. He has also helped them fight their enemies, but usually on the orders of Mr. House. He is known and respected amongst Rangers, particularly veterans, however commanders of the military who know of James a wary of him as he is a known agent of Mr. House.
Legion: Enemy, every time he sees them he’s either scouting them or killing them. He is known amongst the more experienced Legion members and centurions as he has fought them as a desert Ranger and at Hoover Dam.
Three Families: Likes the chairmen and to a lesser extent the white glove society, despite having known and sometimes fought their previous tribes. Despises the Omertas, views them as savages and only a little better than they used to be, however tolerates them as he knows they are necessary. They know him well, having fought against him when they were still tribes and with him as the three families, they know he acts with the authority of Mr. House.
Great Khans: Previous Enemy, he fought with the three families against them, but has nothing against them personally, he respects them greatly due to their combat prowess.
The Kings: He likes them, despite having fought against them, he is greatly annoyed that The King ignored the offer from Mr. House as he prefers them to the Omertas. The Kings are not aggressive towards him, but are wary of him due to his actions against them on behalf of Mr. House.
Jacobstown: Very Friendly, has met Marcus many times and likes the Mutant community there.
Brotherhood of Steel: Enemy, helped the NCR push them from HELIOS one and being the only ranger there he was quite recognisable.
Followers of the Apocalypse: He likes their goals and supports them whenever he finds an opportunity, however they are suspicious of him due to his affiliation with Mr. House.
Boomers: Was shot at by them while trying to contact them for Mr. House.
Towns (Primm, Goodsprings, Novac etc.): has helped defend most of them in the past against various threats, however that was a long time ago and only old timers would remember him now.