User:Bouchie Topturner
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| Bouchie Topturner | |
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| Ex-Commander of the Emerald Republic
Defense Department. | |
| Born | January 19th Midgard |
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| Died | No. |
| Species | Squirrel |
| Affiliation | Green Faction |
| Wing | Eltsina Squad |
| Profile | Profile |
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[edit] Image
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[edit] Character Description
Bouchie is a rather young brown squirrel in his early twenties. A proud and noble gentleman, Bouchie may appear at first to be a bit distant. This quiet attitude allows him to better listen to others, react to their tales and fill their needs as he feels them. Bouchie is actually a sensitive squirrel, even though he will, most of the time, force himself to project a strong image. He actually loves company and will most likely warmly welcome anyone who wishes to have a chat.
He is most often seen wearing the Republic's Officials flight uniform; a kahki green military flight jacket decorated with the Emerald Republic's symbol insigna and other achievements badges to denote his rank, assorted with darker green pants, an orange scarf for contrast and well-cared black army boots. His left ear is also pierced with a silver earring, a memento of a somewhat rebellious youth.
[edit] Character Background
Born on Midgard, Bouchie is actually the oldest of a small and humble merchant squirrel familly. When he turned old enough to handle business, he was forced to help his father and work as a travelling salesman to help the familly business. As he learned the ropes of trade, he grew more and more discontent of the ways policies were enforced within the Guild of Merchants. Even though he was still a teenager at the time, he was particularly discontent of the way things turned out during the Tortugan Upheaval.
Even though he was and still is a strong believer in democracy, he also thinks the people need a direction in which to focus their ideas. When Kenisu Ichojari officially split the newly founded Emerald Republic from the Guild of Merchants, he knew it was what he had wanted, what he was looking up to. As soon as he came of age to enroll, Bouchie left his family behind to sign up as an infantry for the military of the Republic. His family did not approve such a decision and, after a very violent argument with his father, he was disowned. His military career was a success, however, as he was quickly noticed by his superiors, and eventually Kenisu himself, for his enthusiasm and his dedicated work. Kenisu's favor allowed him to quickly rise through the ranks.
President Kenisu's hasty and unexpected retirement from his office let the Republic fall in a great time of crisis. Without any structure to support the mostly vacant executive offices and Flight School still in a large effort of expansion, taking away Skylands from Green, one by one, the Republic was bound to collapse. Fearing for the future of his nation, Bouchie decided to act and take the reigns of influence leadership. He designed and established tools of communication which were to be the basis and structure of what is the Department of Defense today. His efforts has been efficient and he was able to salvage what was left of the Republic at the time.
When elections finally came, he as able to achieve a tie against his opponent Diver Dan whom he, at the time, was seen as his rival. Diver Dan's ideas of reform and improvements over Bouchie's emergency measures were popular within the citizens of the Republic and was thus able to gain as much visibility as Bouchie. The outcome of this election has not conducted to another poll, however. Both men agreed that it would be for the best interest of the Republic and its people if they united their forces and ideas to direct its armed forces. Bouchie and Diver Dan has been efficiently working together since then.
[edit] Character Personality
All in all, Bouchie is a proud squirrel with a strong sense of duty, cheerful and caring for those he appreciate and love. Usually calm, he tries to always keep his head cool, so he can more carefully chose how to act or react. He knows when it is time to act rather than think. Bouchie is courteous, especially to women and his gentleman manners and honest speech earned him the trust of many within the Republic, and even beyond its borders. Friendship is priceless to him, so much he would not even hesitate to risk his own life to save a friend in danger. A most pleasant company, for sure, if you can catch him at the tavern.
Recently, Bouchie has become enamored of a slightly older squirrel lady who goes by the name of Simi. Her delicate traits, timid yet sincere character and overall elegance won him over. She had endured many hardships and he has sworn to be there to save her should others come. Speaking of the devil did not help, as he had to save her and her sister's lives from two terrible plane crashes, one of them injuring him. He stood by her side during her most difficult moments, reassuring her with his presence. However, even though he still honestly love this lady, a recent argument between them had him lose his temper and made him throw her a very petty comment as he was fleeing her company, words he is regretting deeply up to this day.
[edit] Ship Bio
Bouchie has flown a number of ships since he first took to the skies, most notably a Mastiff, in which he was able to faster reach Eltsina to enlist, and a triple-kitted Requin, which he has flown as a means to gather enough income to become an efficient fighter.
To this day, Bouchie is the captain and pilot of the Blindfold mk III, a Bolo-class gunship fully overhauled for maximum speed and combat ablities. A ship he designed himself, this bundle includes the following tune-ups:
- Complete workouts
- Gun upgrades
- Wings improvements
Granting him a total of 50 cargo, which he can haul over at the maximum speed of 1333 kph, the Blindfold is just capable of taking on the most rewarding cargos in term of influence. This plane is much more oriented towards combat, however, and with a whopping 22 firepower, 16 maneuvre and 9mm of armor, Bouchie can make the best use of the Blindfold's 1964 bullets.
[edit] Crew
- Smooth Dozen, of Leng.
Navigator.
Nicknamed "Smoothie" by Bouchie, Smooth Dozen is a lemur of a very quiet nature. When he's not flying, he spends most of his time sleeping in his hammock at Bouchie's reserved hangar. This does not mean, however, that Smoothie is lazy; it is, in fact, quite the contrary. When he's not observing wind currents to optimize the plane's speed and adjusting trajectory accordingly to reach destination as fast as possible, Smoothie is always fiddling near the engines, doing minor and major maintenance works both on ground and in flight, to make sure everything always runs smoothly. Smoothie has been flying alongside Bouchie for a long time now and a very strong professional bound now tie them together.
- Hea Cha, of Tortuga.
Mechanic.
Hea is, along with Polly, a new member of Bouchie's personal staff. She has been affected to emergency repairs, as hole tend to show up a lot when you fly close to opponents. Hea proved to be an efficient worker, but as she's not been around for long, Bouchie does not know much about her. It is evident to him that she is of a rather reserved nature, however.
- Polly Egglestone, of New Hovlund.
Diplomat.
Polly is a better talker than her lifelong friend, Hea, is. When Bouchie has been hunting down staff to assist him aboard the Blindfold, he was happy to find this pair. Polly's smooth speech won him over and earned her the post of Diplomat. Even though she has not been working for long, her unpaired negotiation skills proved to be quite handy.
Bouchie also promised Akia Tsune to hire her as a gunner once he bought his Bolo, but he has yet to meet her again after their test flight aboard Bouchie's former Requin, the Intermede,to confirm this deal.