A Closer Look: Dekar Cole

Now that we've covered the rules, equipment, perks, spirins, and some basic world history, from here on out we're going to be looking at our players, and the factions, in more detail.

For each player's entry, the players background, jaeger background, and personal side quests will be posted, and updated on these pages as needed.

As far as these go, these are going to be called the 'Fenrir Files,' and are the specialized personnel files of the X-Com project. They are detailed looks into the lives of its chosen champions. So without further ado, let us begin with Josh, who's been my super helpful assistant with this.

Fenrir File: 334

Dekar Cole, Born 12/28/2078 (Age: 22)   Blood Type: O   Character Level: 3

Area of Origin: Annapolis, Maryland, USA.  Background: Combat Jaeger Pilot

Spirin Bonded: S.1.Zard  (Lizard/Soil with hardened carapace.)

Jaeger: Metal Drago, EXAM-01 (Experimental Alien Model 01)

(Recent photo.)

Basics: Dekar Cole is a relatively new Jaeger pilot who graduated the top of his class, and is the adopted son of X-Com Lt. Colonel Samuel Cole. During his 2nd combat mission, in an American lent Jaeger, he bonded with his Spirin. He is currently in line to pilot the newest, most advanced Jaeger that X-Com has built, the Experimental Alien Model 01, dubbed the 'Metal Drago.' The Jaeger itself houses an experimental alien reactor recovered from a downed Overseer battle ship, and a standard Fusion reactor. It is also entirely plated with recovered covenant alloys, and forged Meteorian, the toughest material we know of at the moment. He is our current 2nd highest ranking Jaeger pilot, behind Dmitri Barinov. (NPC.)

(The Metal Drago)

Full Back Story: Dekar Cole was only 8 years old when a category 5 kaiju destroyed his home city of Annapolis, Maryland. One of humanities few remaining Jaegers, Magnet Smasher, was engaging the kaiju, code named Tongue Lasher, by using his Magnetic Arm Rail Cannon to take pot shots at the Kaiju. In response, the Kaiju let loose an electrical shockwave that knocked out all electronics in the area, including the Jaeger. The Kaiju then began searching and consuming any humans he could find or dig up that were hiding in the kaiju bunkers. Dekar and his family, as well as many other people were hiding out inside a kaiju bunker, nervous, and fearful as the lights went out. They could hear the sounds of the soil and concrete above them moving… grinding… the scratching on the metal ceiling... Dekar can remember then a silence, a long silence, his heart beating… he can hear his mother and father breathing… then an enormous crash, the Kaiju claw ripping through the thick metal ceiling. The massive face of the Kaiju peered in, those horrible, slit, reptilian eyes… then the maw went over the hole, and out came a massive, sticky, cat-like tongue. Dekar can still remember the smell, and the hot horrid feeling that came as the creature’s breath washed over them. Then the tongue started scooping up the gathered people, by the dozens, screaming, kicking, panicking… but we could do nothing. There was nowhere to go. Dekar remembers being in the very back of the bunker, only a small handful of us left in the back, when the tongue picked us all up. Dekar’s Mother and Father managed to toss the young Dekar to the ground, Dekar looked up to see them screaming, and vanish into the maw… the tongue then making its way to the frozen child. Dekar then remembers the creature screaming out, a brief gust of putrid breath filing the bunker briefly before a vibrant blue light filled the area, carrying the Kaiju away. Then, a war cry… a loud, screeching war cry, and the earth shaking…

(Godzilla, eater of Kaiju?)

Dekar, in shock, crawled out of the bunker. Several city blocks away, the monstrous Godzilla was standing over the Kaiju, kicking it in the ribs. It reached down, and tore the creatures’ right arm right off its body. Turning, taking a few steps, munching on Kaiju arm, Godzilla sees the child in the bunker ruins. He stands, studying the young creature for several moments. Dekar, out of some sort of weird nervous response, salutes Godzilla. The creature seemed to nod in response… and then his tail smashed down on the Kaiju a final time, before it made its way back to the ocean, swimming away, kaiju limb still in its mouth…

(What a tongue kaiju might look like.)

Dekar looked around Annapolis, the city was destroyed… buildings obliterated, rubble everywhere… then his eyes went to the Tongue Lasher, the tongue was starting to unfurl, and slowly, weakly, make its way to Dekar’s location, over 100 yards away. It started to pick up speed, Dekar stood, frozen, watching it approach. There was then a loud ‘Thunk’ sound and the Kaiju’s head exploded, the tongue getting carried away, wrapping around a nearby ruined skyscraper by the force. Dekar looked to the bay, and standing there was Magnet Smasher, his rail gun arm glowing, reactor core flickering, barely recovering from the EMP. The Jaeger then walked over, and sat ‘next’ to Dekar, still frozen on the ruins of the bunker. Dekar remembers staring at the scene, the kaiju, the city, the jaeger… then the rescue and recovery teams coming to take him away to the orphanage…

After this incident, Dekar, along with many other kids who lost their families, were set up for adoption. Within 3 years, Dekar was the only one of them not to be adopted. He was barely even looked at by the potential families, he was obviously traumatized. Dekar was inspired though by the heroics of Godzilla and the Jaeger Pilots to a point that he idolized them. His childhood drawings would be of Jaegers, Kaiju, Godzilla. He was obsessed, and this obsession turned him off to many potential adoptive parents. Despite obviously being way too young, Dekar kept sending application after application to the Jaeger program of the U.S. military, wanting to help it in some way. When he was 11, someone came to the orphanage, from what Dekar could tell he was high ranking military. As he was led by the orphanage’s volunteer worker to seeing each and every child there, save Dekar, but Dekar kept watching the pair, especially the military man. The person from the military also glanced at Dekar every once in a while during the tour. He kept asking about Dekar, but the volunteer was making a point to veer the military man away from the child.

It finally culminated in a rather heated exchange, “I really don’t think you would be interested in that child sir, with respect, he needs a LOT of therapy, he isn’t stable.” The military man smiled at her, a charismatic smile, “Ma’am, none of us in the military are what I would call stable, now please allow me to see the young man.” His dark skin and impeccable teeth disarmed the social worker, and she led him to Dekar’s… room. (It was closer to a cell to be honest.)

As the pair entered the room the tall, officially dressed black man with a military hair cut spoke, “That’s just who I was looking for, Dekar.” He then turned back to the volunteer, “That will be all, thank you.” The woman looked like she was going to stand her ground, but after glancing between the two, decided against it and left. “Are you the young man that has been sending Jaeger Pilot applications for the last 3 years, since you were 8 and a half years old?” The man smiled, Dekar seemed almost embarrassed by it, an unsure feeling in his stomach. “Yes… I am…” The man then asked Dekar another question, “You want to pilot Jaegers, and fight the alien threat, young man?” Dekar then, less sheepishly, answered back. “Yes sir! More than anything!”

“Now that right there, that’s what I expected to hear from a person who sent so many applications to us. We could use someone motivated like you in the program. Unfortunately, you’re a bit too young, but I’m sure we can find something to make it work. What do you say, you in?”
“R-really? YES! A thousand times yes!”
“Good, just what I wanted to hear. Dekar, as of today, I’ll be your new dad.”  He then turned and knocked on the door, telling the woman to start the paperwork.

(Canceling the apocalypse? Fuck yeah.)

For the next seven years, Dekar lived with his new father. His new father, Samuel Cole, was an incredibly intense trainer, but a fair man that made it a point to be as relate able and approachable as a career military man could be. Dekar was expected to be the top of his class in school, to excel at his own training at home, and to be able to compete with his father on the chance Sam could get some ‘unofficial simulator time’ for the two of them… during these teen years, especially after simulator time, Samuel and Dekar Cole would sit and smoke fine cigars, Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, etc… It became a daily ritual by the time he turned 18, and Dekar joined the military with his adoptive father’s blessing. Dekar excelled at his military training, mostly because his foster father’s training was about 1000 times tougher, coming in the top of his class. He was with the military for 2 years before being approached by the X-Com project, by their representative during a smoking session after a simulator battle… Lt. Samuel Cole. Dekar gladly accepted, and he was placed into a Jaeger specific training academy at 20. He quickly ascended to the top of the academy, beating even a few of hot shot pilot Dmitri Barniov scores from 2 years prior. At 21, Dekar was accepted fully into the X-Com Jaeger Defense squad, the 10 most elite jaeger pilots on the planet. He was unfortunately the only one to not have a Jaeger… his still being under construction, the experimental new model, ‘Metal Drago.’ Shortly after his induction into the program, the Necro-Gear appeared in Africa… and 8 of the 10 Jaeger pilots were sent. Dmitri and Dekar being the only 2 held back.

Dekar remembers he had no choice in the matter, ‘Metal Drago’ wasn’t even close to being done, it still is just getting finished up… but Dmitri, the young hot shot pilot from Russia, had to be heard. Dekar remembers him arguing with his adoptive father. “I’m the best damn pilot, in the strongest Jaeger we got! I should be out there!”

The screens were showing the Necro-Gear taking on 8 Jaegers, and the alarm screens going off, the Rift Sensors placing 3 Category 5 Kaiju warping in nearby off the Continental Atlantic Divergent Line, and heading to the battle.

Sam pointed at the alarms, “That is why you’re staying Dmitri. We need our best here in case something like that happens. We can’t lose EVERYTHING here. Now stand down and get on the com, keep an eye on those screens and give whatever eyes you can to our battleships approaching the area, they’re going to need coordinates for those rail guns.”

Dmitri swallowed his pride, and went to a nearby computer. Dekar looked on as all 8 of our best Jaegers were destroyed that day… and Godzilla himself nearly killed by the ‘Necro-Gear.’ There was no one left, just him, and this annoying arrogant Russian.   

(Destroyer of worlds.)

X-Com was in dire straights at the beginning of last year. They arranged to borrow an older Jaeger from America, the 'Flaming Fist Mark VI.' Dekar has had 3 missions so far. Dekar, now that necessity has placed him more in the spotlight, has been nervous. Not only is he now expected to be able to take on any Kaiju related threat, but hopping out of his Jaeger, and taking down a Xenomorph or Overseer Grunt while the search and rescue teams arrive is expected as well… and he’s had to take down a xenomorph to save a young girl on his 2^nd mission, in Chile. An event that had incredible consequences, as he helped the young girl out of the rubble, a 2^nd xenomorph was coming from above him. From the very earth beside them, erupted a 2 foot, blue, glowing lizard-soil like creature… he could have sworn it belonged on a children’s anime cartoon… it grabbed the xenomorph and pulled it into the earth, Dekar ran, carrying the child away from the lashing tail, and turned to see the xenomorph flailing about, half buried in the hard earth, Dekar drew his side arm, and emptied his clip into the immobilized monstrous alien drone. Turning back to the young girl, there was that same lizard creature on her shoulder. Dekar was confused, “He says he’s been looking for you.” The little girl said, and held out her hand. He took her small hand in his battle encrusted large one, and the lizard creature turned into blue/green energy, and moved from her arm up into Dekar, and the Spirin bonded with him… The two still sometime feel a strange psychic link through this once shared Spirin.

Dekar sometimes feels overwhelmed by the new responsibility he’s volunteered for, but his father has trained him well, and he is still there at X-Com HQ to talk to and support him. Dekar’s promised Jaeger, the ‘Metal Drago’ nears completion, and X-Com needs him more than ever…

Mission Files:

Mission 1: The Kaiju had 30 minutes of rampage time before ‘The Green Russian’ and the recently borrowed ‘Flaming Fist Mark VI’ arrived, heavy casualties. Pilots Dmitri and Dekar are more than the Kaiju are even remotely expecting, and they are dispatched efficiently and, in the case of the 1 that Dekar killed, rather brutally getting its head torn off after a point blank napalm scorching of the Kaiju’s neck area. Even Dmitri is rather impressed at the brutality. He isn’t impressed by Dekar’s insistence on leaving his Jaeger and exploring the city, nor is he thrilled with him bring a young boy and girl back to X-Com base.

Mission 2: Two months later, Chile, 3 Category 1 kaiju, led by a category 2 kaiju, appear off the coast of Chile, and it takes us 2 hours to deploy to the location. There is xenomorph activity in the area as well, making it a high danger zone. Dekar volunteered to take the category 2, ‘Tri-claw Hammerhead V’ and Dmitri was happy to ‘show off’ against the 3 lessers. Dekar efficiently and ruthlessly killed the Category 2, using the Flaming Fist’s napalm launchers to weaken the 3 armed, grappling intensive kaiju before it got too close. As soon as he finished off the Kaiju, he didn’t bother helping Dmitri, the local scanner was picking up Xenomorph activity, so he dismounted from his Jaeger, his standard issue Mk. I gauss pistol in his hands, cigar in his mouth. He saved a young girl, and attracted a spirin to himself, which Dmitri was also not thrilled about, but grudgingly accepted.

Mission 3: Tokyo Japan, 1 category 3, a category 2, and 2 category 1s emerged from the rift very close to Japan, and Godzilla is still healing. Green Machine and Flaming Fist were deployed, 30 minute arrival time, damage moderate to the city. The category 2 was ‘Tri-Arm Lasher II.’ Dekar ignored Dmitri’s order to isolate the category 1’s and charged the Lasher. He violently shoved his napalm scorcher down the throat of the lasher, taking several cuts from the tri-arms in the process, and poured napalm down his gullet. Dekar then re-transformed the scorcher into a hand, gripped the long tongue, and tore it out of the Kaiju, throwing the body into the Category 3 in the process. Dmitri then took the initiative to turbine rush past Dekar and take on the category 1’s. Dekar then used the lashers tongue like a whip on ‘Acid Knifehead III,’ which only infuriated it. It charged into Dekar, impaling him, ignoring any pain or damage, Dekar emptied his napalm scorcher, shoulder missiles, and even manually punched the creature until the elbow rockets, and the arms themselves, gave out. Afterwards, Dekar did not smoke a cigar, but he did find 2 surviving orphans in the remains of a school. Dmitri, unlike himself, said nothing. The U.S. Government said many things about Dekar’s treatment of their property however.

Experienced Warrior: Level 3 Character.

Orphans So Far :

John + Diana: John is a 15 year old dark skinned American orphan, found with 12 year old, not at all dark, American Diana. Both grew up in Texas, and lost their families in Kaiju attacks 8 months ago. Responding to this attack was Dekar’s first combat assignment, and he found them huddled together in the ruins. John is a natural trouble maker, rowdy, but loyal and protective. He views Diana as a little sister, and is extremely protective of her.

Sofia: Sofia is a 6 year old girl from Chile. She had bonded with a spirin from the time she was 4, and when the building she was in was caved in by the battle happening above her, the spirin sustained her, until Dekar found her and dug her out of the ruined building. He then saved her from a Xenomorph with his pistol, and the Spirin knew this was the warrior it was looking for. It left Sofia, forming into a combat form, and leapt upon the Xenomorph, containing it within the earth so Dekar could end the creature. Now, 5 months later, Sofia still feels empty, and has occasional psychic connections with Dekar and his spirin. She has said many times that she wishes she could meet another spirin… (Dekar wishes to find a spirin for her.)Sofia doesn't know yet her parents are dead, and she still has her innocence. Dekar is too afraid of telling her the truth, and the spirin that connects the three of them agrees.

Akira + Mikasa: 9 year old boy Akira and 13 year old girl Mikasa were found in the remains of a school, Mikasa attempting to shield Akira from the crumbling, and burning thanks to Dekar, city around them. It has been 2 months now, and Akira is afraid of Dekar, viewing him as a monster with how he fought, and Mikasa behaves significantly older than her age, acting more like a mother to Akira than a sister. Samuel Cole gets along better with both of them than Dekar does.