[Academy] James Parker

Name: James Parker
Age: 16
Blood Type: B+

Favorite ARMS Type: Class Z
Alliance: Academy
Job Type: Student / Pilot, but has some mechanic experience from his summer vacations.
Speech Color: Olive

Lineage: James comes from the famous Parker family line... okay, maybe they are relatively new on the noble block. James's father George and George's two brothers became famous for their research into the power systems of ARMS, more than tripling the energy efficiency of many military ARMS.
Grade: 11



Personality: James is generally care free, but his childhood on the outskirts and his summer work in the ARMS garage have taught him the value of what he has and the character that comes with working hard just to eat tomorrow. In comparison to the personalities of most nobles his age James has a wild streak to him, acting more on his own sense of justice than on the preservation of status and honor. Due to his close ties to the raiders from his family's ARMS garage, James holds respect for what they do and the dangers they face. Unfortunately, James's affinity to the raiders has caused him to disagree with the views of many other members of the accademy and has also be labeled as a problem student.

History: James was born on the outskirts of town. His family had always lived in the there though, so it was natural that they were well connected with the raiders. The Parkers in particular had a good connection as they had run an ARMS garage, working on the maintenance and restoration of ARMS. When James turned 7 all of that changed. A raider that the family knew well came in one day with an unusual part and asked fr its repair. Giving no promises, Harold Parker, James's grandfather, took on the part and began working on it. After a few months he began fiddling with the part in his every free moment. It had become his obsession, and eventually it consumed him. After working on the part for 7 days straight without food or sleep Harold died from exhaustion.

While looking through their father's belongings, George and Charles came across an astounding amount of notes related to the part. It seems that during his research of the part Harold discovered that the ARMS part had an unusual electrical system that preformed 6 times more efficiently than modern ARMS. Using the architecture of the original part he started to develop a new system for power transfer in mechs, but died just before it was complete. After reading the notes and working with the new system a test model was developed. While its output wasn't as high as predicted, it still quadrupled the efficiency of the machine. Marketing their new system to the government, the Parker brothers quickly rose to the level of nobility for their findings. Not wanting to abandon his roots, George's brother Edward decided to continue the shop while the rest of the family moved into town. Every summer James visited his uncle in the outskirts and worked as a mechanic. After his years around ARMS and his parent's new found noble status, James decided to become a pilot and joined the accademy.

Appearance: Besides the image above James often dresses in his mechanic clothes, usually consisting of a dark colored, long sleeved, button up shirt and jeans.