Alias: None known
Race: Apoc High-bred
Aspects: Body 3, Mind 3, Soul 4
Sex: Male; Ht: 6' 4"; Wt: 227 lbs.

"Listen, I've seen it all, and then some, pup. Keep to the Regs, trust in your Training, defend the NAU always; and you'll do fine..."

Character Description/Notes: Born in Outpost FLW, (the North American Union [NAU] nerve center built atop the ashes of what was once Fort Leonard Wood) Jacob Skinner is a dyed-in-the-wool NAU'er to the core. He lives and breathes the principles of the NAU and is an exemplary solider. At 23 years of age, he's already seen more ferocious battles with more mind-numbingly disturbing creatures than most men three times his age.

Throughout his innumerable tours of duty, SGT Skinner has been able to lead the charges again and again against the External Flux Horrors that occupy the ruined towns and cities near Outpost FLW as well as the ravenous hordes of Undead that continually prowl and re-spawn anywhere where living flesh can be found.

There's something about Jacob that keeps him calm, cool and collected, even when staring down the slavering maw of a Faceless Monk, or when going toe-to-toe with a Rotting Brute. That's not to say that SGT Skinner does not feel fear - far from it; to hear him tell it, he's just an ordinary grunt like the rest of the guys. However, try as they might, the top NAU scientists have been able to locate and classify what it is about SGT Skinner that allows him to stand and fight when others break in gibbering fear.

Still, they keep on poking and prodding him, though...

Tactics: Like most High-bred, SGT Skinner sees each combat as a way of testing his superior NAU training; he follows the Rules and the Regs until they no longer apply (which happens more often than one might think when you're facing unnamed denizens of utter darkness and malice and undead horrors that feast on the living) and then he uses his razor-sharp intellect and canny knack of detecting when things are about to "go south" to tip the scales back in his favor. Regardless, he's rarely seen without his trusty M8 Carbine, "Francine" nearby -- and as all his men know well: never, ever, ever touch Francine.

SGT Skinner is well-known among the ranks for being something of a "developer, tester and lover of all things that go BOOM". Of course, nothing ever truly replaces the "soft spot" he has in his heart for good ol' Francine, but you will often see SGT Skinner on the weapons range testing out the NAU's latest little bit of "BOOM TECH". Much like on the battle field, Skinner shows no fear when it comes to testing these new weapons and since these things often explode in one's face - so long as he's willing to test the weapons, the NAU Commanders keep him "supplied and happy".

Skinner's also been known to toy around with creating his own weapons and he scrounges together every piece of Klik-tech that he can get his hands on. He tinkers, creating odd amalgams of the ancient and current technology: weird things like steam-powered ion blasters and cog-cranked slug throwers. They don't always work, but when they DO work, they work WELL.