Alex Horan

[Alex Horan]

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.:Name:. Alex Horan
.:Nick Name:. Lightbulb
.:Affiliation:. Arkers
.:Age:. 36

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.:Physical Appearance:. Alex is well built, which he had to become due to climbing around Tesla, fixing electrics of all sorts. He has light brown hair with a tint of ginger. He has green eyes, which always have a mischievous glint in them. He has several scars across his body, small, from him managing to slip, dropping tools and the likes on himself. He rarely had those wounds checked with resulted in the odd scar. Due to his job he usually opted for the comfortable choice: Cargo pants and shirts.
.:Height:. 1,88 m
.:Portrayed by:. Chris Pratt

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.:Personality:. Alex is a collected mind. He never acquired much knowledge, steering his schooling in the direction of electrics and electronics from an early age on he never bothered in becoming better in other departments, just in the one that ended up being his profession. He can focus on one task for hours, which was why he often sat in Tesla for hours, fixing things beyond his work hours. Aside from his work ethic, he as generally light-hearted man, happy to tell jokes and protect those he loved. He wants to make a bit of a difference, but is happy to do so in the little things he does: Fix things for people and ‘forget’ to bill them and the likes. He also happily helps the mechanics and engineers, making jokes about electricians with them. Just before he arrived on the ground, though he got quieter, more withdrawn due to figuring out life on a lesser station took it’s toll on his body. His sickness is weighing heavily on his mind, making him even more focused on his work.
.:Special Skills:. Good with electric appliances, calculated thinker, can focus on one task for hours

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:. Factory station, Ark – moved to Tesla station
.:Family:. Mother and Father deceased, no spouse or children.
.:Occupation:. Electrician
.:History:. Alex was born on factory station. His parents were workers and he was expected to make the same career. He was a good student when he was little, liking to focus on his school work. That was until he started to learn about electricity and what it could do. Discovering that this almost invisible power was one of the main sourced of life – maintaining all the life support system – that was what he wanted to learn. And he was eager to do so. Anything that didn’t help him to become an electrician became irrelevant.
He even went as far as to changing stations during the time he was trained as electrician, feeling it would be more beneficial for him to actually live on Tesla station as opposed to factory as this was where his talent lay. He worked there happily for years.

It was one year though that everything in his life. He became short of breath when climbing up to take care of some bulbs. And it increased in frequency. He became easier worn down over time. But it was an accident that truly alarmed him. He fell and managed to land on a tool, which dug into his arm – that itself being the source of another one of his scar. It was one of the few times he actually consulted a doctor. Turned out it was a sickness that couldn’t be cured, only symptoms could be controlled, but ultimately it would get worse. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension was what they called it, apparently caused by a mix of his genetic code and the conditions on factory stations. He threw himself into work after that, hiding his condition, making sure to have less accidents and trying to pull away from people when he felt the symptoms.

He considered sacrificing his life during the culling, but ultimately got persuaded not to by a friend, pointing out that his skills might be very helpful if there was any hope of fixing the Ark or even in the ground. At the critical failure after the premature launching of a drophship he was focused on fixing generators to maintain life support on the Ark. He worked on alpha stations support system when the decision was made to bring down the Ark, so he came down with that station.
The ground offered him wonderful new experiences, which almost made him forget his sickness, if it wasn’t for the shortness of breath, fatigue and pain which he constantly tried to deny. To help rebuilding their society was his main focus. It was his sickness that made him take the chip.

| ~ • ~ | Member Info | ~ • ~ |

.:Name or Online Alias:. Ash
.:How Did You Find Us:. I was brought in by the Bell

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