that's pretty arrogant. I'm sure you're not that badass. lol! jk. :frog:

Jackson "Black Dog" O'Rourke.

Eldest descendant of the O'Rourke line out of Vault 13. A brief history will follow.


In Fallout 1: Jacob "Black Dog" O'Rourke began his life as a mercenary. After initially being released from Vault 13 in order to recover a water chip, the would-be savior never returned or checked in. His initial search of Vault 15 yielded no results... save for that the place was empty. He meandered back toward a settlement he had passed along the way, learning that the dwellers from that vault had abandoned it long ago after fracturing into a number of violent factions. After a brief stay in Shady Sands, Jackson O'Rourke moved along... locating the camp of the raider clan styling themselves the Khans. Jacob befriended these villainous murderers, using their stockpiles to arm and armor himself before eventually heading further south into Junktown.

It was here that Jacob O'Rourke earned his fortune. In a fluke chance at a slot machine, Black Dog O'Rourke took the jackpot... instantaneously becoming the wealthiest man in Junktown. Rather, after the very public gunfight with Gizmo... the casino's owner... he was the wealthiest man in Junktown. He used this wealth to found Black Dog Security, a mercenary firm which operated out of the Hub until the detonation of the nuclear bomb at the Cathedral. Where he went from there is unknown... as records following events after that point were poorly maintained. It is known that he eventually died, leaving a son: Joseph.


In Fallout 2: After stumbling across a half-dead tribal called 'The Chosen One' near the primitive village of Arroyo, Thomas O'Rourke found himself taking up the family business of 'hired gun' despite his father Joseph's attempts to steer him away from that path. Working under the name of "Black Dog", O'Rourke assisted the wounded tribal in locating and recovering a device called a Garden of Eden Creation Kit... supposedly capable of restoring life to the dead and desolate wasteland. When the device was recovered, however, they returned to Arroyo just in time to learn that there had been an attack.

An organization known as the Enclave had abducted the tribal citizenry, flying them away over the sea to their offshore headquarters. The tribal remained behind... working slowly to repair the damage done to his village. Thomas, meanwhile, found himself being fed information by observers representing the Brotherhood of Steel, an organization with which he had never had much experience before. Despite heavy opposition, he eventually acquired the means to reach the offshore headquarters: The PMV Valdez. It took a great deal of manipulation in order to get the Key FOB and NavCom pats required to operate the vessel... but eventually he managed. The result was the rescue of those individuals abducted by the Enclave for experimentation... and the utter destruction of their base through a detonation of their nuclear reactor.

After the events of this venture, the abductees returned to Arroyo. Thomas O'Rourke eventually settled down in Modoc, a small farming town suffering from severe crop failure. He eventually married Miria, the daughter of local slaughterhouse owner Grisham. Notable achievements beyond this include the destruction of the Slaver's Guild in The Den, the revitalization of Modoc's crops through use of the second G.E.C.K. recovered on the Poseidon Oil Derrick, and re-establishing the name of 'Black Dog Security' throughout the Northern California Area. He was awarded honorary status as an NCR Ranger and continued to fight against slavery and lawlessness until his death. Thomas "Black Dog" O'Rourke was survived by wife Miria, sons Martin and Jackson, and daughter Kelley.

In Fallout 3: Martin "Black Dog" O'Rourke took a job working for some environmental biologists from the NCR interested in heading East. It was supposed to be a long-term assignment... but somewhere along the way things fell apart. While the eggheads were busy fighting over where they wanted to head next, marauders swept in and took them out. By the time Martin got back, the team was dead and everything of value was stolen. He continued onward until he bumped into a group of 'settlers' headed south. For a cut of their supplies, he provided himself as a guard.

Eventually he wound up in the Capital Wasteland, and did in fact live in Megaton for some time. After getting caught between Supermutants and Talon Company outside the Statesman Hotel, he found himself aiding a group known as Reilly's Rangers. Once he'd cleared the way upstairs and helped repair the elevator, the unit descended to the first floor... and into an ambush. Just as they were exiting the door, a Supermutant Master stepped out of a nearby doorway and fired a missile, killing Butcher and severely injuring Martin O'Rourke. As it had been he who stated that the path was clear... he took the failure personally. When he later learned that Butcher was in fact romantically involved with Reilly, Martin O'Rourke decided to stay on with the Rangers in an attempt to make amends. He eventually became involved with Reilly himself, and remained a constant presence in the Capital Wasteland until his death in 2315 at the age of 60. He was survived by Reilly and two daughters, Michelle and Mary O'Rourke.


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I shall call him.... Channcee

I will probably just base my character off of me and call him Chris. Obviously he'd be a male. I am thinking about trying a female character one day, though; it's not because I'm sixist and think women are 'lesser' than men or anything, but I've always found it hard to roleplay a woman simply because I don't understand how the female brain works -- and I'm not saying women are completely different (heck, I have 3 sisters so I have some knowledge), but it's always been slightly harder.

I often name the character after my favourite sportsmen .
Though one time I called myself Vlad Tepes (aka vlad the impaler)

uh, what about "the undertaker"?

Jeff.

Im drawing the line at using a wrestlers nickname.

Depending on which racial options are available the name of my first character will vary, but if Aisan is available I'm considering Zanabi Glimmen.

My character name will be "Hicks" (name of that guy playing as a Colonial Marine in Aliens). Will be good with Small Guns, preferably an Assault Rifle or something of the sort. He will be neutral or evil, havent decided. But, he will be a badass so it does not matter.

Probably Jonas Sancter.

My first character always tends to be a soldier or warrior type, without much focus on Dialogue/science/sneaking/etc. Just shooting mostly, probably favoring the sniper. I also always play a good person on my first playthrough, everything I do will be morally just. At least to me...

My character will be called weirdo, idiot or something like that.
My first playthrough: Find enclave armour, get plasma rifle and kill some deathclaws or talk to some enclave guys/ kill them if they will be there...
I'm going to play as good short-distance soldier or something like that.

I'm going for Beeblebrox Zanypants. If it doesn't fit then I'll have to think of something else .

thought about using Apichatpong Weerasethakul (a filmmaker i like)

but i think i'll probably just go with something a little more simplified.

Sweet I liked reading that

I'm going to call my guy - Bruce Easily

And my female will be called - Alma Balzitch

^_^

I'll play as Miax (the imus is only there because someone else took my real Net-surname)

Don't think I'll play a female this time around either, I must be getting old.

As for style - First time through I'll go the stealth/speech route so that I can fully explore the world and take my time about it. Once I've beaten it, I'll go through again with the heavy-hitting/big-guns/Rambo style to see what kind of firefights I can get myself into. :gun:

Male: Paul The King and other choice Mr. Vegas

Female: Serena gomez (not selena gomez)

Mr. Bungle.

Fantastic choice

My first character is going to be Hispanic.

Carlos Flores or just Carlos.

If it's a male character, I usually go for Max. It's easy and I always roleplay the male, and the first character, as myself (my name is not Max though).

If it's a female character, I usually go with Tsu-Chung Hwang. It's a name I made up for my girlfriend since she looks a bit asian. The story for Tsu-Chung is that she's the grand daughter of a Chinese soldier in Canada that sought shelter in a family's basemant when the bombs dropped, and later fell in love with the daughter of the family.

I have this weird ritual with game characters:

My first character is always (where possible) female, and always has a name beginning with the letter 'A'. In Elder Scrolls games, she'll be an Archer. In other games, either a suitable ranger class or a soldier, depending on the type of game it is, and a "good" character (though she might be quite abrasive e.g. quite high Renegade in Mass Effect).

So, for New Vegas it'll be either something exotic like Ayala, Aanila, Alyssa or something more mundane like Alexandra.

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