Corporal Artemesia Vasco

Artemisia Vasco is the only daughter and youngest of six children to Fred and Madeline Vasco of Turbury-on-Ayl, a small farming community on Arelon.  Born in 32AC, she grew up in a small, quaint village where much of the land was owned by rich men and companies, and most of the people worked the fields and never got more than 20 miles from their home.  As a girl, she dreamed of getting away from the boredom and poverty of her home, where her father worked twelve hours a day in the fields, and her mother tended bar at the local pub.  The only girl in a household of boys, she grew up a tomboy.  She enjoyed sports, liked to wrestle, fight, hunt, fish, and otherwise carried on in a masculine fashion.
Always pretty, she quickly filled out at puberty,and took an immediate interest in boys and frequently entertained herself in fields, barns, and anywhere else she and her latest boyfriend could be alone.  She had a close call at fourteen, but the pregnancy failed in the first month.  She has since been on birth control.  When she was seventeen, bored with school and looking for a way out, the Colonial Marines recruiter came through Turbury.  The day after her graduation from school, she was on a train to Arelon City to the MEPS for her swearing in, and the next day reported to basic training at Sandy Downs on Arelon.

Her father had always told her Artemis had given her a gift: long-sight and a steady aim.  Starting with bows and light rifles when she was young, Artemisia has been shooting since she was a little girl.  In basic training, her tomboy nature came in handy and she excelled in hand-to-hand combat, basic rifle marksmanship, and getting into trouble by having “four feet in a two-foot rack.”  She was given follow-on training as a sniper at the CMC training grounds on Leonis and is a qualified sniper and spotter.

Her first assignment as a marine was in battlestar Atlantia.  Easily bored and a bit lazy, she was soon getting into trouble by sleeping late, making herself scarce when off duty, or fraternizing.  Despite this, her work on search and rescue teams, disaster relief, and other missions allowed her to advance to squad leader and corporal by the time of the Cylon attack.

Vasco is a tough, brash, and somewhat crass woman.  She is a complete hedonist, and is fond of good food, drink, clothes, and sex.  Brave and adventurous, she is willing to fight hard, but she is lazy when it comes to work and things that don’t interest her.  (Player chose Giuliana Marino as the face.)

Agility: d10   Strength: d6   Vitalty: d6   Alertness: d10   Intelligence: d6   Willpower: d6

Initiative: 2d10   Life Points: 12   Endurance: 2d6   Resistance: 2d6

Age:  20   Height: 5’6″   Weight: 118 lbs.   Hair: Brown/Auburn   Eyes: Gray

ASSETS:  Allure d4, Athlete d4, Sharp Sense [Sight] d4, Talented Sniper d4 [Rifles and Perception/Tracking]

COMPLICATIONS: Lazy d4, Loyal d4, Lustful d4

SKILLS:  Animal Handling d2, Athletics d6, Covert d4, Discipline d4, Guns d6, Heavy Weapons d4, Perception d6, Planetary Vehicles d4, Ranged Weapons d6, Survival d6, Unarmed Combat d6