Lieutenant Commander Thomas Purdom
Race:Human
Sex:Male
Age:33
Height:6'0"
Weight:230 lbs
Purdom was born in the Earth city of New York. Growing up in the crime ridden environment of a decaying urban area wasn't the best learning environment. Even so, Purdom eventually graduated first in his class from Princeton.
After his graduation he was offered a chance to join the Navy, and went to the academy on Luna for pilot training. Graduating in the top 5 percent, Purdom was assigned to several Earth fleets in the Outer Colonies over his next few years in the service.
Rising quickly through the ranks Purdom soon had his own squadron on the Supercarrier
New York. When the war with the Darkfire started he was caught in the middle of the invasion, and had done quite well in the battle above Tau Epsilon.
Purdom and the rest of his pilots left the briefing room and into the Supercarrier
New York's fighter bays. After he strapped into his fighter the countdown reached zero, and the bay depressurized as the atmosphere was pumped out. External shields were lowered, and the fighters streamed out.
As they made thier way towards the Darkfire Carrier
Ruination, the pilots were all aware of the fact that no fighters showed up on any detection device. This wasn't the top thought in thier mind, they were busy dodging laser fire, but they all knew something was amiss.
As they rounded the nearest Battleship they realized why they hadn't seen any Darkfire Fighters. They had been hiding behind the bigger capital ship, hundreds of them. Plasma fire from the Darkfire single ships lit the vacuum as Earth pilots did everything they could to evade the deadly weapons. The rest of the regiment, seeing that the squadron was in trouble, turned towards them and engaged the Darkfire Fighters as well.
After some time of intense fighting most of the Darkfire ships had been destroyed, leaving only a squadron or so left. The rest of the regiment disengaged, leaving Purdom and his men to deal with the Darkies.
He loosed a pair of anti-matter missiles at an equal number of fighters, and was rather pleased when they disintegrated. Seeing an opening, he fired all but one of his remaining anti-matter missiles at the
Ruination, and watched as they ripped through the shield and impacted the hull of the ship. Seeing this opportunity, the
New York fired a plasma beam at the damaged ship, cutting it neatly. The explosion when the beam reached the engine cores was nothing short of fantastic. Disheartened by the loss, the Darkfire troops were eliminated quickly. Now the ground war on Tau Epsilon could begin in earnest.
When the ground war begins, Purdom will be up to his neck in Darkfire fighters and AA fire, but defeating the evil empire was more important to him than anything, and he was willing to do whatever it took to do it.
Birthplace:New York, New York
Descriminations:None
Mental Disorders:None
Religion:Lutheran