The Iron Hand

The Iron Hand
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Biographical Data
Real Name:	Kardan Ferrous
Known Aliases:	Iron
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human (Augmented)
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Place of Birth:	Cape Cod, Mass.
Base of Operations:	Camp Edson
Relatives:	Alex(Wife), Gabriel(Son), Lacey(Daughter), Dexter(Son), Nikola(Son), Alicia(Daughter), Victoria(Daughter)
Characteristics
Age:	51
Height:	6'7"
Weight:	127 kg
Eyes:	Blue (Artificial)
Hair:	Light Brown
Complexion:	White; fair.
Physical Build:	Chiseled
Physical Features:	Marine Tattoo on his upper back, Tall.
Status
Fame:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ National
Alignment:	LG LN LE NG TN NE CG CN CE
Identity:	Public
Years Active:	30
Citizenship:	United States of America
Occupation:	United States Marine Corps Colonel
Education:	High School Diploma, Officer Candidates School
Marital Status:	Married
Known Powers and Abilities
Powered Armor
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Customized Power Armor and other gear/weapons.

Physical Attributes
	Strength			Weapon
	Durability			Armor
	Speed			Reflexes
	Resistance			Stamina
	Dexterity			Agility
	Combat			Regen

Non-Physical Attributes
	Energy			Psionics
	Telepathy			Willpower
	Sorcery			Tech.
	Intel.			Knowledge
	Charisma			Bravery
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell

This article details the more important highlights of Colonel Kardan Ferrous, USMC, Service Number 00512-1117-KF

Early Life

Iron was born on November 1, 1961 as Christopher Steele in Cape Cod Massachusetts. His mother served in the Navy (Patricia Murphy) and his father (Maxwell Steele) served in the Marine Corps. Not long after, his brother was born. Chris's childhood was tough since either his mother, father, or both parents would be on tours of duty. His mother died when he was twelve due to a terrorist attack by VIPER. His father is still alive, serving as a Major General.

Joining the Marines

This picture was taken while on mission for Force Recon.

Soon after Chris graduated from high school at the age of 17, he signed up for the Marines to follow in his father's footsteps and to protect others so that what happened to his mother wouldn't happen to anyone else. He attended boot camp at Parris Island. After graduating from Boot Camp, Chris went on to train to become a member of Force Recon. He excelled at this and was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, based at Camp Lejeune. During this time, he became more involved with his high school sweetheart, Susan Wagner, and married. Not long after, she became pregnant with thier first child, Nikola.

Captured!

After eight years serving in Force Recon, now First Lieutenant O'Brien, was given a mission to an isolated area in Romania. His squad was assigned the task to investigate sightings of mechanizes droids that closely resembled Destroids. The squad's investigation led them to a "supposedly" abandoned industrial park that had a substantial underground portion. This underground portion contained a very much active facility that was producing these droids. Chris decided that they saw enough and that the squad were to plant explosives at key points and then rendezvous outside before setting off the charges. However, just before the squad made it to the surface, they were ambushed. Chris found himself trapped and cut off from escape. He broke radio silence and ordered his squad topside and to make for safe distance. Soon after, his radio was destroyed by incoming fire. After running out of ammunition and hoping that his squad made it clear, he detonated the charges collapsing vast portions of the structure, including where he was. Only two members of his squad made it out and reported back to base. Chris and everyone else was listed as KIA.

This was not to be though. Chris was found in the rubble and then taken to another, nearby, facility. Here, Chris regained consciousness and was told by an unknown doctor that this group was planning on making him a "Super soldier" for their use. Having sustained numerous, critical injuries, Chris was unable to resist as his body was further mutilated as his arms and legs were entirely amputated and his insides augmented with numerous cybernetics. After the work on his body, the unknown "benefactors" hired talent from PSI to work on his mind. Being loyal to country and family would not do them any good but completely erasing him was not viable either. Why not keep the training he already had? So, the PSI personnel sculpted mind-blocks around everything but that of his skills. Afterwords, he was placed within a set of armor (the basis of which he would later use and improve on his own) for testing compatibility. During one of these tests, Chris regained consciousness which was not part of the test that day as the planned indoctrination to make him loyal to them was scheduled for a later date. Knowing only that those in front of him were not friendly, he proceeded to massacre everyone he could find in that facility and set it's power source to self-destruct.

As he was flying away in his new armor, he looked back to view his handiwork. While distracted with the "pretty" explosion, he failed to look to where he was going and proceeded to crash headlong into a nearby forest at a rather high velocity and proceeded to knock himself out.

Wanderings

Not long after knocking himself out via tree, he was discovered by one Darcus Von Alberict. Darcus' first comment to Chris upon his awakening was that he must have a "solid iron head". Not remembering his actual name, Chris took "Iron" as his moniker and this is remained for many years.

Iron joined Darcus and the pair traveled through Eastern Europe and Russia for a couple of years, usually leaving an area due to provoking one group or several. An infamous "incident" recalled by both years later was a drunken dispute between a drunken Iron and Darcus and several Russian officials. This led to a hasty retreat from Russia and resulted in Iron managing to "borrow" a Russian Colonel's hat. Further details are neither clear nor forthcoming.

After spending some years abroad, both decided to more or less settle in Millenium City. Eventually, both married, with Iron marrying Alex Ascot and coming up with his new name, Kardan Ferrous.

Rediscovery

During his time in Millennium City, the mental barrier erected in Kardan's mind began to degrade. It started when his first son, Nikola, found him residing in Millennium City. This quickly picked up when his brother came to visit. This event triggered a massive mental breakdown as he was unable to resolve the two "realities" and because the barrier wasn't completely broken. Kardan sought help to completely break down the barrier. Afterwards, with some time spent recuperating with his wife, he was able to reconcile his two "lives" and sought re-enlistment in the Marine Corps.

Current Status

Kardan currently resides in a fortified home outside of the city, near the Marine Base, Camp Edson. He's currently serving in the United States Marine Corps as a Colonel, acting as the Commanding Officer of the 15^th Marine Regiment - ACS (Armored Combat Suit), "The Iron Knights".

Family

Alex Ferrous

Alex Ferrous, formerly Alex Ascot, is the wife of Kardan Ferrous. She was raised by a Marine father as well and is defiantly not the "normal" type of woman. Hard charging, foul mouthed, rum drinking and cigar smoking, she is the perfect match for Kardan.

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Lacey Ferrous

Lacey Ferrous, daughter of Kardan and Alex Ferrous. Technical genius. Co-creator of Mantis along with her father.

Dexter Ferrous

Dexter Ferrous, son of Kardan and Alex Ferrous. Also gifted in technical matters but also takes a liking to combat. Signed up to the Marines to follow in his father's footsteps.

Andy

First android child Kardan created. As he tells it, it was during a Saturday night after a few too many and thought it would be hilarious to build a missile that talks to the enemy before exploding. The end result? A sentient and self-aware munition that Kardan took a liking too. He is treated just as his own flesh and blood.

Mantis

Second android child. This time the creation was deliberate and as a result, Mantis has more "life-like" qualities initially. These were boosted when an incident with black magic changed him from a purely synthetic life form to a techno-organic one. After an incident where mantis flew all the way to a battle zone because "Dad wasn't home" he's treated like a mascot of the 15th ACS and serves as in an advance recon and sabotage role.

Augments

• Power System - Kardan is provided power from four batteries, two in his torso and two in his legs. With advancements in technology to generate electricity from heat, simple body movement, and from the body itself burning calories, these highly efficient batteries are able to stay fully charged at "normal" use and can keep up even with the longest workout. However, this does mean that Kardan does need to eat more than average after extreme physical stress to avoid power loss. This is offset in combat conditions as his armor's power source supplements his body's energy reserves.

• Nanite hives - Within his fortified ribcage are nanite hives. These hives are where new nanites are created to replace old or broken ones. These nanites provide repair and upgrade functionality to most of Kardan's organic and synthetic systems. However, intense activity quickly drains on board energy reserves. Critical injuries will either take a long time, or require a large, secondary source of power and material.

• Eyes - During an incident with a hostile entity, Kardan had his eyes taken. Lacey, his oldest daughter and avid engineer, created new eyes for him. These artificial eyes allow for normal vision, low-light vision, and infrared. Provides protection from extreme brightness and allows for x10 magnification.

• Brain - Introduced to house his resident AI, Amberley. She helps run the automated systems within Kardan and makes them more efficient. She also provides help in parsing battlefield data and in general acts as his adjutant if required. If one caught a glimpse of her holographic representation, she would appear as a short woman with close-cropped blonde hair in a Marine uniform. However, as an added benefit to allow non-verbal communication between Amberley and Kardan, various nerve structures were upgraded. This has allowed his reaction time to top the charts for normal humans. It can even allow him to enter a sort of "bullet time". However, running at these levels pushes both the technology and his mind hard and can only be used in short (5 second) bursts and requires a few hours of cool-down to avoid risking brain injury.

• Arms & Legs - Made out of a carbon fiber weave for the "bone" portions and a modified version of nano-fiber (Usually found in powered armor to provide strength boosting) to act as "muscles". These are nigh unbreakable and provide remarkable strength and reflexes. These are also covered by a synthetic approximation of skin that is nearly impossible to tell the difference from the "real McCoy" without the use of lab equipment. This also allows Kardan to hide where the implants meet with his torso. Being synthetic in nature, Kardan can modify the skin as he wants and it can also be quickly repaired.

• Heart - Modified to endure increased stress and needs. Upgraded recently with a small medical computer than can inject various chemicals that range from pain killers to coagulants in case an injury is suffered.

• Lungs - Modified to provide greater and more efficient oxygen flow.

• Backbone - After suffering a horrible crash at Mach velocities within his armor, his back needed repairing. The result was a tech and organic fusion which allows for greater stress to be placed upon it and faster nerve signal speeds without sacrificing flexibility.

Skills

• Martial Arts - Iron is trained in a variety of martial arts. Most notably in LINE, MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) and Krav Maga. However, after the amount of time spent in his armor, with it's particular traits, he's developed a unique fighting style that emphasis broad sweeping strikes and brute force over finesse while mixing techniques to allow himself to both lethally and non-lethally take down targets as he so chooses.

• Armorer - Iron has a knack for building armor and weapons to suit his needs.

• Programmer/Cybernetics - Iron can develop and build AI systems and reconfigure nanites to suit the needs of the moment.

• Firearms - After a long career in the Marines, Iron is a crack shot with just about any weapon. He's especially fond of pistols.

• Explosives - Iron has trained to the Marine's Master level in EOD at Eglin Air Force Base. He can also build explosive devices.

• Tactician - It goes without saying that if Iron wasn't a good tactician, he wouldn't be in command of an entire Marine Regiment.

Gear and Weapons

Note: These are weapons and gear Kardan either owns or has access to (except his armor). He does not usually carry any of these unless the situation calls for it.

Boker 1915 German Trench Knife
KA-BAR Knife
Marine Officers' Mameluke Sword
Barrett M107A1
Five-seven USG Pistol x2
Colt M1911A1 Pistol x3
M-45 MEUSOC Pistol
Kimber Custom Desert Warrior Pistol
HK Mk 23 Mod 0 Pistol
Atchisson Assault Shotgun (AA-12)
SRM Arms Model 1216 Shotgun
P90 Laserex x2
Springfield Armory M1 Garand (Refurbished)
Colt M4A1 SOPMOD Block I Carbine x2
HK 416A5 x2
Barrett Rec7
Knight's Armament SR30
HK 417 "Recce" Variant
HK G3A3
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
HK 21E

1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429- Was the car his father gave him after completing Basic.
Black H1 Hummer- Kardan's idea of a "family" vehicle.
Tesla Model S Sedan- The family car Alex made Kardan get. He wasn't completely unhappy about it.
KS750 Zundapp Motorbike with sidecar- Scouted out by Alex Ferrous, the two of them restored this old German motorbike and sidecar combo together.
1969 USMC UH-1 Echo "Huey" Gunship- Bought and made flight worthy with some elbow grease, Iron has taken the liberty of slightly personalizing this Huey gunship and installing some modern avionics, but it otherwise remains in its 1969 state.
Type IXB U-boat, Formerly U-107- A friend of Kardan's recently salvaged this U-boat from its resting place to reclaim its cargo. Not wanting to actually keep the submarine, an offer was extended to Kardan that was too good to pass up; especially given the chance to own such a piece of history. Kardan is still working out what to exactly do with this old Kriegsmarine U-boat, but his wife is not all that impressed with his purchase.

Armor

Sub-structure

The under layer of Kardan's armor is a Coltan-Titanium Exoskeleton reinforced in key areas with carboplatinum. A dense crystal lattice runs underneath this layer, yet above skin contact, to provide local energy storage from a pulse-fusion reactor mounted underneath the chest laser cannon. All of this is then further covered by a Ionic Electroactive Polymer which hardens as kinetic projectiles strike the armor. A hydrostatic gel layer between Kardan and energy lattice allows Kardan to survive and take less damage from kinetic strikes or falls. A free fall from too far or a hard enough impact will transfer through however.

Super-structure

Covering the sub-structure in key points is another layer of armor. This layer is made up of armored plates composed of Kryronized Titanium and high-density ceramics with a coating of Chromogenic material that allows different camouflage patterns to be replicated on demand by sending tuned electrical charges through the plates. Full body coverage by the plates was avoided to allow Kardan his full range of movement and to cut down on weight.

Also of note is that there are different variations for Kardan to pick based on the situation at hand. A slim version minus backpack module, shield, and chainsaw for low-threat areas that allows for the best maneuverability. A flight version where the shield and chainsaw are dropped as well, but a thruster backpack module is used to provide a better aerodynamic profile and speed while in flight. Finally the assault version uses the chainsaw, shield, and missile-pod/Gatling gun combo backpack.

Integrated Weaponry

• Palms - Plasma projectors. Allows Kardan to strike targets with streams of tightly-focused plasma.
  
• Right Wrist - Dual bladed Chainsaw. Monomolecular-edged teeth and high torque motors allow the chainsaw to cut through most armors. Very effective on infantry regardless of armor. Engraved with "Mr. Chainsaw" on the side.
  
• Chest - Solid state laser emitter. Beam power is rated around 3 MegaJoules or 360 GigaWatts. This is roughly equivalent to 1.5 pounds of high explosive.
  
• Right Shoulder - 10mm Caseless Minigun. Can be independently targeted from current view angle. 750 Round capacity. Ammo cycle is as follows: APIT-APFSDS-APFSDS-APIT-APHE-APHE. (Represented by the spotlight on the model.)
  
  • APFSDS - Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
    
  • APIT - Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer
    
  • APHE - Armor Piercing High Explosive
    
• Backpack - A single Cyclone Missile pod. Provides anti-armor and anti-air capability.
  
  • Zeus AA Missiles x6
    
  • Thunderbolt AT Missiles x6
    

• Shield - The armored shield used by Kardan uses a similar composition but also contains energy projectors which allow him to form a hard light barrier not far from the shield to protect from most forms of attack, however using such a shield drains most of the offensive power from the suit itself. The shield also covers a rather small area directly in front of the shield.
  
• Camouflage - The armor can go from an urban, desert, arctic, and other conditions and change the pattern to provide the best effect. Note, this is not a cloaking system as it cannot, yet, adapt to on the fly background changes.
  
• EMP Shielding - Since the armor is expected to continue to work in the situation of Nuclear Warfare, the armor is treated with the same shielding all USMC Powered Armor comes with, a Faraday nanoweave that shields the sensitive components against the effects of EMP.
  
• Shoulder Pads - Integrated Chaff and Flare dispenser for when the armor is in flight.
  

Other functionality

• Able to instantly integrate remote telemetry and first-person input from up to 6,000 distinct channels ranging from full spectrum EM to acoustic, barometric, and pheromonal, presenting clear, concise tactical summaries via a seperate, dedicated computer.
  
• Able to provide a full suit of secure and encrypted communications.
  
• Full-spectrum acuity from 1m to 100m (including terahertz radiation); 50x optical zoom at visible wavelengths and 80x digital interpolation.
  
• Dual air intakes mounted on each side of the helmet with UV/HEPA-filters: Traps particulates as small as 500 nm, kills biologicals and neutralizes a wide range of chemical agents without compromising air flow.
  
• Two days of operation without the need for outside air thanks to a highly advanced rebreather system.
  
• Can keep the user alive in extreme temperatures. 600 C to -150 C
  

A recent image of Colonel Ferrous in his armor out and about in MC.

Music

Kardan loves to play music during battle where it's appropriate, usually broadcasting it over enemy frequencies and audibly from his armor. When asked why he does this, he answered: "Sometimes it scares the hell out of the enemy. Usually though, it just gives a moral boost to the men and women under my command."
These are his more popular choices.

Indestructible - Disturbed
The Animal - Disturbed
Inside the Fire - Disturbed
We Are the Chosen Ones - Dream Evil
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Shoot to Thrill - AC/DC
Through the Fire and the Flames - DragonForce
Primo Victoria - Sabaton
Counterstrike - Sabaton
Attero Dominatus - Sabaton
Ghost Division - Sabaton
Gott Mit Uns (God with us) - Sabaton
Midway - Sabaton
Screaming Eagles - Sabaton
White Death - Sabaton
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
Carry On - Avenged Sevenfold
Not Ready to Die - Avenged Sevenfold
Sacred Worlds - Blind Guardian
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Feuer Frei - Rammstein

Awards and Honors

Colonel Ferrous in his office.

Navy Cross (With 1 gold star device)
Silver Star
Purple Heart
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal (With 4 bronze star devices)
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (With 1 silver star device)
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Navy/Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon
Presidential Unit Citation
Combat Action Ribbon
Fleet Marine Force Service Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Fifth Class)
Navy & Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia
Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Insignia
USMC Combatant Diving Badge
Pistol Marksman Badge
Rifle Sharpshooter Badge

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Tropes that Fit

Artistic License - Military- To sometimes make RP more interesting or capable of happening, this trope is used. Another reason is that I have a limited working knowledge and may get a few details wrong now and then.
Anti-Hero-Pragmatic Anti-Hero
More Dakka- See Gatling Good.
Gatling Good- See more Dakka.
Gun Nut- See Gear and Weapons Section.
Action Dad- He has six kids and three androids.
Badass Grandpa- Nikola and Lacey both have kids of their own.
Colonel Badass
One Man Army
Semper Fi
Powered Armor
Cyborg- Also see: Artificial Limbs, Electronic Eyes, Unwilling Roboticisation, We Can Rebuild Him
Determinator
Ace Custom- His suit of powered armor by no means represents the standard Marine issue. Highly specialized and customized.
Autobots, Rock out!- Loves to play music during battles and other instances where it fits his fancy.
Vitriolic Best Buds- Iron and Donovan Roivan

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