Name: John Halberd Age: 32 Gender: Male Origin: Planet Pittsburgh, New York System Citizenship: Libertonian Biography: Born on Pittsburgh, Halberd's mother was a nurse on Pittsburgh and his father piloted a Repair Ship for the DSE. He has not seen much space travel outside Liberty until he joined USI. He previously only did local Liberty space convoy jobs with his father.
John's grandfather was a Corsair but after bad events that occured between his father and his grandfather that led to the death of John's grandfather in a ferocious Corsair gunboat battle, there are no "friendly" relations with the Corsairs. Which has led Halberd to have a hatred for Corsairs.
His first taste outside of Liberty was in a Rhino freighter. However, during a trade route from New York to New London, pirates ambushed the freighter and left it severely damaged, also wounding John and giving him a large scar on his left leg, which anually burns as a reminder of the pirate ambush. He then applied for the USI after an advertisement on the public communications as he wanted to help Liberty as well as he can and felt that USI was right for him.
During his USI adventures, John has managed to trade from base to base and system to system effectively. He has become Captain of the trader ship Baltimore, a CT-39X "Albatross" Civilian Transport. He has gained a lot of data and information on his NavMap and NeuralNet systems. John has made friends within the business and has learned of the dangers that lurk outside Liberty. However, during one trade run, several pirates ambushed the transport just before launch from a Freeport which has lead John to lose part of his tongue. However, Trenton created an artificial tongue for John to use so he can still have the ability to use his tongue.
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