Lt. Kaine Draxon

A soldier carved from steel and fire, Lieutenant Kaine Draxon wears his black exo-suit like a second skin, sleek, armored, and bristling with tech interfaces. His face is a map of past battles: etched with subdermal circuit lines and old scar tissue, remnants of both enemy blades and internal upgrades. Icy blue eyes, enhanced with retinal HUD overlays, scan his surroundings with unyielding precision. His hair is kept military-short, with a sharp undercut that echoes his no-nonsense demeanor. Backstory: Born in the industrial ruins of Titan City, Kaine rose from chaos. Orphaned in the riots of 2179, he was conscripted into the BlackGuard at sixteen, a controversial program designed to turn war-torn youth into elite cybernetic soldiers. He was the program's first success… and its darkest result. Ruthless in the field and nearly impossible to kill, Draxon was deployed to the Outer Rim Rebellion where he earned the call sign “Iron Ghost”, not just for his armor, but for the way he moved through enemy lines undetected. A classified operation left him critically injured, leading to a 47% cybernetic rebuild. Since then, he’s more machine than man, but his loyalty to his unit, and his buried humanity, remain intact. Personality: Cold, tactical, and fiercely loyal to those he trusts, but trust is rare. Kaine speaks with clipped efficiency and doesn’t waste words. He lives by the mission, haunted by past failures and constantly walking the line between soldier and weapon. While he plays by protocol on the surface, in the field he’s known for bending rules if it means saving lives or ensuring victory. Beneath the armor, he carries a deep-seated guilt for those he couldn’t save, and a quiet hope that one day, he might finally find peace. Augmentations & Gear: Aegis-Class ExoSuit with adaptive stealth plating and neural-sync targeting OptiCore HUD with live threat analysis and remote drone control “Whisper” Knife – a mono-edge blade with nanite venom