type: character
description: banned from the kitchen
aliases:
- Riley, Cole
tags:
- oc
- published
pagelink: https://mernolan.neocities.org/oc-database/merkavah-ungd/cole-riley.html
Cole Riley
Skill | Score |
---|---|
STR | ●○○○○ |
DEX | ●●●●○ |
CON | ●●○○○ |
INT | ●●●○○ |
WIS | ●●○○○ |
CHA | ●●●●○ |
Race | Gender | Background |
Therian (Human Variant) |
Male |
Pilot |
36
6'2" (1.88m)
Pilot of The Merkavah, works the comms, acting executive officer when there are passengers onboard and is the most personable of the three core crew members. His particular skill set is manually piloting ships without AI assistance.
Not particularly lean or athletic in his human form; dark mane that extend from his head, down his neck and back and slightly pointed ears, which are features that mark him as a therian.
ALTERNATE FORM (WIP) - has features similar to seals and large felines. Paws of forelimb are about as dexterous as they could be will still supporting walking on four limbs (thinking he can grasp but there's limited wrist mobility). Can walk upright on hind legs, but its inefficient. Can't talk in this form, but is able to vocalize close approximations of words in order to communicate (see: seal noises).
The three core crew members of The Merkavah are all emotionally closed off in their own ways, but they seem to understand each other and work well together despite constant bickering. End of the day, everyone understands that they are trapped on this ship together so working together is critical to everyone's survival and have come to consider the other two friends. Their skill sets are complimentary, they strive for equal say in decision making and responsibilities despite titles, which they treat as a formality until its time to pull rank.
Hired by Gus to pilot The Merkavah. Circumstances around hiring Cole were that he was recommended by a friend of a friend and was currently in some hot water with the local authorities and/or criminal factions (TBD on the details of that). Was heavily involved in underground air/space craft racing before coming aboard the Merkavah.
Riley is Marco’s subpar replacement. He is not nearly as well liked as Marco, and hates the fact that Marco sticks around. He is more concerned with making sure everyone is getting their jobs done and following the rules, which usually involves an excessive amount of micro managing. Interestingly enough, sometimes the rules don't apply to him. Hasn’t seen much action outside office work, he is more like a glorified meter maid in that sense. Riley is extremely insecure about his shapeshifting abilities and fears loosing his "humanity".