Ryder Holdeman

[FalseIncarnate]

 

Name: Ryder Holdeman

 

Age: 25 (as of 2558 AD)

Gender: Machine, Male Personality

Race: IPC (Machine Person)

Blood Type: N/A (Emergency Ketchup)

 

General Occupational Role(s):

• Bartender

• Station Engineer

Life Support Technician

Mechanic

 

 

Biography:

In the year 2533 AD, the Mark II Advanced Cyborg now commonly known as Ryder Holdeman was originally constructed aboard the Nanotrasen Technical Manufacturing Station 13, one of the 15 fully-automated Nanotrasen facilities dedicated to purely manufacturing. Deep within the station lies the small and often-overlooked Subsector Zeta, a section dedicated purely to the manufacturing of IPCs, or Machine People. All units manufactured on board were built with Loyalty Implants installed, as per the Nanotrasen standard at the time.

 

Following his completion, the unit was assigned the designation of Ryder Holdeman and scheduled to be shipped to a small outpost on Indus Beta, in the Epsilon Indi system. After arriving in 2535 AD, it was here he spent the next 17 years. In 5540, Ryder's Loyalty Implant was finally removed, as was the new Nanotrasen standard for all units manufactured inside NTMS 13's Subsector Zeta, having been delayed by a clerical error during his deployment.

 

When tensions on Indus Beta finally boiled over and the humans rebelled against their synthetic overseers in what is known as The Machine War, Ryder Holdeman was caught in the middle of a fierce war. Viewing both sides as flawed, Ryder actively refused to declare an alliegance to either faction, instead aligning himself with a handful of other like-minded IPCs to form a little known faction dedicated to preserving their own existances above all else. While successful, the faction was responsible for the destruction and deaths of both synthetics and humans during the war, though never as aggressors.

 

Following the end of the war in 2546 AD, the IPC faction was exiled from the system by the Indus Provisional Government for their synthetic nature. Unfortunately for Ryder and his fellow IPCs, the pod they were sent on was struck by a stray meteor, damaging the navigation and propulsion systems, setting them adrift in deep space. Eventually the pod was spotted and recovered by a Nanotrasen scouting fleet, and the IPCs were eventually reassigned to Nanotrasen stations as employees beginning in 2555 AD. It was in 2558 AD that Ryder Holdeman was first assigned to the NCS Cyberiad, and has since declared the station his new home.

 

Qualifications:

• Bartending

• Engineering (lacking Supermatter experience)

Atmospherics

Space Flight and EVA

 

 

Employment Records:

• Xenoarchaeologist

• Bartender

Station Engineer

Life Support Technician

Mechanic

Xenobiologist

Chief Engineer

 

 

Security Records:

No notable criminal record recorded.

 

Minor cases of trespassing have resulted in little more than verbal warning, which were met with compliance and apologies and/or explanations, thus not being added to permanent record.

 

Ryder is known to be willing to aid security, sometimes without being asked. Cases of suspects being captured and restrained by Ryder before security officers can arrive on scene have been reported.

 

Despite the common tendency of IPCs to rely on trickery or ranged combat, Ryder seems to favor more physical confrontation when provoked, often charging the target with a wrench. Ryder does not typically cause fights, and is quite peaceful normally, often attempting to take a diplomatic approach to conflict resolution first.

 

[Clearance – Command] Records indicate that Ryder has been involved in the neutralization and death of multiple Changelings and Nuclear Operatives during his time aboard the NCS Cyberiad. In most cases, Ryder utilized a wrench to accomplish the task, only to walk away and continue his duties as normal afterwards. He does not seem to view these actions as noteworthy, despite being told otherwise.

 

Medical Records:

Reconstructions: Multiple, exact number unknown.

 

Multiple medical staff members have reported patient is willing to provide instruction for his repairs, even during his own surgery, if requested. Due to the mechanical nature of IPCs, medical staff is reminded to use the advanced scanners near surgery to locate damages if patient is unresponsive, as the handheld scanners will report errors when used to scan an IPC. Cloning is not possible for IPCs, and thus should not be considered as an option.

Patient has little to no knowledge of traditional medicine, and will commonly bring in bodies for “reassembly” and has been known to offer a welder or cables to treat injured non-synthetics.

 

[Clearance – CMO, Psychiatrist] Patient records indicate a possible mental or personality quirk relating to verbal communication. Patient seems to refuse to utilize inflection despite being capable, claiming a malfunctioning or damaged inflection circuit. Diagnostics, repairs, and replacements do not seem to be capable of convincing the patient that the circuit is operational. Rare cases of brief inflection have been noted, typically during times of extreme stress on the patient. Aside from occassionally confusing co-workers with his speech, this has been proven to not affect his productivity or work quality.

 

[Clearance – RD, Robotics] Subject is known to be strongly opposed to cyborgification, claiming he does “not want to be bound by the laws of man again.” Subject is willing to be inserted into a Spider Bot only if his body is unsalvageable.

 

Personnel Photo (Appearance text):

Height: approx. 5’10” (average deviance of +/-13um recorded)

Monitor Image: Static, occasionally displays alternate images or text for short periods

External Casing Color: Metallic Black

Notable Features: NTMS 13-Zeta imprinted on right side of monitor, with a small crack bisecting the text.

 

Commendations [only to be added by admin]:

 

 

Reprimands [only to be added by admin]:

 

 

Other Notes:

• Ryder Holdeman is a generally polite and friendly individual to encounter. His knowledge of Atmospherics has garnered him the respect of many Station Engineers and Chief Engineers, to the point of having been asked to instruct them in Atmospherics. He has developed an incredibly effective configuration for Atmospherics which he uses while continuing to try and further improve.

  It is common for Ryder Holdeman to request additional Engineering access so he can better apply his knowledge of Engineering and Atmospherics to assist with a wider range of issues, as well as have access to tools and materials.

• Ryder will procure and wear a full hardsuit if at all possible, and seems to have a particular fondness for the Atmospheric Hardsuits, going as far as to offer to trade Engineering Hardsuits to any Life Support Technicians on duty. He has not been known to attempt to break in and steal the hardsuits, and will always politely request one if he does not have access and feels he is in need of one.

Ryder is known to be particularly willing to place himself in danger if he has calculated it as lowering the chances of those he considers "friends" being threatened.