Dave Carlyle

Dave Carlyle

Tommy Caldwell's parents were respected middle class residents of
Chi-Town. Tommy was their only child, and they only wanted the best for
him. By the age of 13, Tommy was spending most of his time in the lower
levels and the burbs. He joined a local gang, and got hooked on drugs by
the time he was 15.

Although his parents suspected him of clandestine activities, Tommy
had become a masterful liar and an expert at manipulating his parents. His
activities remained secret for the next three years, until. At age 18 the
police found him lying unconscious in a pool of blood and vomit. He was
hospitalized and his parents were notified.

Tommy spent the next month rehabilitating at the hospital, after which
his parents insisted on military school. Tommy was able to convince them
this was not necessary, and soon returned to his gang land friends. At the
age of 19, Tommy watch 3 of his friends die after they shot up heroin and
decided to try to rob a liquor store. This convinced him to change his
way's. Tommy enlisted in the military to appease his parents and get off
drugs. After 3 months one of his old gang asked him if he could get his
hands on a laser pistol or two. Tommy did, and the next day his friend
returned with almost 20,000 credits and a request for more. Tommy agreed
enthusiastically, and spent the next nine months falsifying papers,
formulating excuses, and providing the people of the burbs with quality
Coalition weapons at slightly discounted prices.

Everything went smoothly, until at a routine delivery, 6 grunts
ambushed them and opened fire. Tommy barely escaped with his life.
Deciding it was too dangerous to stay, Tommy defected and was soon
approached by one of the "higher-ups" of his old gang with and offer to get
out of the area and make some money on the side by smuggling a truck load of
weapons and armor to a dealer ion Cuidad Juarez.

Tommy jumped at the chance to make money and escape the law at the
same time. Arriving to Cuidad Juarez, stay. He checked into a hotel and
fell head over heels in love with the receptionist, Misty Carlyle. He
checked in under the name of Dave Caldwell, and with the money from his
recent weapons run, wasted no time in sweeping Misty off her feet.
Claiming his father owned and operated a successful clothing company in
Chi-town, he spared her no expense, and they were married within 4 months.

Misty meant the world to Dave, and time spent with her began to take
away from his smuggling. In fact, he had inadvertently pissed off a local
gang (the psykes, who he still believes could have been avoided had he been
paying more attention to business matters). He returned home on his 21st
birthday to find Misty dead in the bathtub with a note from the gang saying
"we're even".

Devastated, he called the police (who removed the body and assured him
they would do all they could, he obviously didn't show them the note), and
later went out that night to get fucked up on whatever he could score.

That night he met Vic Thermon, a mercenary looking for work in a
pool-hall, while he was looking for drugs. Vic, realizing that befriending
"Dave" would be an invaluable connection to the underworld, helped him
through his problems. "Dave" and Vic became good friends and business
partners. As a last silent monument to Misty, he had his name legally
changed to Dave Carlyle, and devoted his life to enjoying the world.

Later that week, Dave spent most of his remaining savings on
cybernetics, weapons, and armor to aid him in his future business ventures.