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  1. [Engineer X2CharacterTemplate]
  2.  
  3. ; Unknown Background from Scientist
  4. strCharacterBackgroundMale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has been evasive about what exactly his background was before linking up with the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. From initial conversations, it's clear at the very least he's had an extensive education."
  5. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has been evasive about what exactly her background was before linking up with the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. From initial conversations, it's clear at the very least she's had an extensive education."
  6.  
  7. ; Teacher Bio from Scientist
  8. strCharacterBackgroundMale[16]="Having worked as an educator in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> for much of his life, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has a wealth of experience when it comes to teaching and training others, a valuable asset to an organization like ours."
  9. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[16]="Having worked as an educator in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> for much of her life, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has a wealth of experience when it comes to teaching and training others, a valuable asset to an organization like ours."
  10.  
  11. ; Ex-EXALT Engineer
  12. strCharacterBackgroundMale[17]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring him closely, as he might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  13. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[17]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring her closely, as she might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  14.  
  15. ; [REDACTED]
  16. strCharacterBackgroundMale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about his background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], he will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  17. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about her background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], she will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  18.  
  19. ; Just Racist
  20. strCharacterBackgroundMale[19]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history.<br><br>He's just racist against aliens."
  21. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[19]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history.<br><br>She's just racist against aliens."
  22.  
  23. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  24. ; start Dragon32
  25. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  26.  
  27. ; Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  28.  
  29. ;car mechanic
  30. strCharacterBackgroundMale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents ran a small car repair business where he learned about mechanics and circuitry while helping out at the shop in his teens.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and served with the army logistics division repairing vehicles and maintaining communications equipment until he and his unit joined the resistance following the fall of the conventional armed forces in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  31. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents ran a small car repair business where she learned about mechanics and circuitry while helping out at the shop in her teens.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and served with the army logistics division repairing vehicles and maintaining communications equipment until she and her unit joined the resistance following the fall of the conventional armed forces in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  32.  
  33. ; booby trapper
  34. strCharacterBackgroundMale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a civilian network engineer before the invasion, after which he enlisted in the military's Signal Corps thinking he could help in decrypting the aliens' communications. Instead he wound up fighting all over <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with various resistance cells. Apparently he has survived for the past five years with his wife in the ruins of the capital using improvised traps and scavenged weapons."
  35. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a civilian network engineer before the invasion, after which she enlisted in the military's Signal Corps thinking she could help in decrypting the aliens' communications. Instead she wound up fighting all over <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with various resistance cells. Apparently she has survived for the past five years with her husband in the ruins of the capital using improvised traps and scavenged weapons."
  36.  
  37. ; /end Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  38.  
  39. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  40. ; /end Dragon32
  41. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  42.  
  43. ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  44.  
  45. [Scientist X2CharacterTemplate]
  46.  
  47. ; Teacher Bio from Engineer
  48. strCharacterBackgroundMale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent much of his life serving as an educator in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, persisting despite the hardships of the invasion. When a number of his students were killed in an ADVENT peacekeeping operation, he joined the resistance seeking change."
  49. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent much of her life serving as an educator in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, persisting despite the hardships of the invasion. When a number of her students were killed in an ADVENT peacekeeping operation, she joined the resistance seeking change."
  50.  
  51. ; Quiet One from Engineer
  52. strCharacterBackgroundMale[16]="People are often suspicious of the quiet ones, and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the quietest scientists we've ever come across. Originally from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, he's got a reputation for working miracles with figuring out how alien technology works."
  53. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[16]="People are often suspicious of the quiet ones, and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the quietest scientists we've ever come across. Originally from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, she's got a reputation for working miracles with figuring out how alien technology works."
  54.  
  55. ; Ex-EXALT Scientist
  56. strCharacterBackgroundMale[17]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring him closely, as he might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  57. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[17]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring her closely, as she might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  58.  
  59. ; [REDACTED]
  60. strCharacterBackgroundMale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about his background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], he will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  61. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about her background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], she will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  62.  
  63. ; Just Racist
  64. strCharacterBackgroundMale[19]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history.<br><br>He's just racist against aliens."
  65. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[19]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history.<br><br>She's just racist against aliens."
  66.  
  67. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  68. ; start Dragon32
  69. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  70.  
  71. ; Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  72.  
  73. ; secret lab
  74. strCharacterBackgroundMale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in the south of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and was always the top of his class. He moved to the capital to study and was at the university there when the invasion started. His class was evacuated by the military to a secret laboratory to assist with research on the aliens' technology, biology and psychology. The facility was bombed to ruins but <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> survived, repaired the radio equipment and was pulled from the rubble by a resistance squad he contacted."
  75. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in the south of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and was always the top of her class. She moved to the capital to study and was at the university there when the invasion started. Her class was evacuated by the military to a secret laboratory to assist with research on the aliens' technology, biology and psychology. The facility was bombed to ruins but <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> survived, repaired the radio equipment and was pulled from the rubble by a resistance squad she contacted."
  76.  
  77. ; /Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  78.  
  79. ; ChristopherOdd Character Pool
  80.  
  81. ;abyss
  82. strCharacterBackgroundMale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a marine biologist specializing in the exotic physiologies of abyssal organisms. Whilst he was offshore ADVENT destroyed his laboratory in a brutal raid, shooting or kidnapping all of his graduate students. Unsure why his studies provoked the wroth of the ADVENT administration <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> tracked down a local resistance cell seeking answers."
  83. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a marine biologist specializing in the exotic physiologies of abyssal organisms. Whilst she was offshore ADVENT destroyed her laboratory in a brutal raid, shooting or kidnapping all of her graduate students. Unsure why her studies provoked the wroth of the ADVENT administration <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> tracked down a local resistance cell seeking answers."
  84.  
  85. ; /end ChristopherOdd Character Pool
  86.  
  87. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  88. ; /end Dragon32
  89. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  90.  
  91. ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  92.  
  93. [Soldier X2CharacterTemplate]
  94.  
  95. ; First three repeated from Core to make more common
  96.  
  97. ; Wild Card
  98. strCharacterBackgroundMale[10]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is something of a wild card, with no formal training to speak of. He may be just the kind of recruit XCOM needs."
  99. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[10]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is something of a wild card, with no formal training to speak of. She may be just the kind of recruit XCOM needs."
  100.  
  101. ; Raised in Survival Community
  102. strCharacterBackgroundMale[11]="Raised in a remote community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> learned the art of survival at an early age. Instilled with a strong sense of self-reliance, he's eager to do his part to take back the Earth."
  103. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[11]="Raised in a remote community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> learned the art of survival at an early age. Instilled with a strong sense of self-reliance, she's eager to do her part to take back the Earth."
  104.  
  105. ; Basic Military Training
  106. strCharacterBackgroundMale[12]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was barely out of basic training when the invasion started, and he wound up fighting his way across <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, apparently surviving on his own for the past several years."
  107. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[12]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was barely out of basic training when the invasion started, and she wound up fighting her way across <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, apparently surviving on her own for the past several years."
  108.  
  109. ; Retired Military
  110. strCharacterBackgroundMale[13]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a retired alcoholic who has been fighting the aliens for 20 years. His final year in the army saw close work with XCOM and their efforts to resist the invasion.<br>The decimation of his home country army drove him to drink. He continued to resist ADVENT - even as a drunk, and for five years he waged his own war of resistance.<br>The death of a friend, due partly to his own drinking, forced a rock bottom on the soldier and he cleaned himself up, resolving to fight a more organized resistance against the aliens."
  111. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[13]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a retired alcoholic who has been fighting the aliens for 20 years. Her final year in the army saw close work with XCOM and their efforts to resist the invasion.<br>The decimation of her home country army drove her to drink. She continued to resist ADVENT - even as a drunk, and for five years she waged her own war of resistance.<br>The death of a friend, due partly to her own drinking, forced a rock bottom on the soldier and she cleaned herself up, resolving to fight a more organized resistance against the aliens."
  112.  
  113. ; Berserk
  114. strCharacterBackgroundMale[14]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a hero out of time. A big man with a nasty chewing tobacco habit, poor personal hygiene and even worse interpersonal skills. He knows one thing though - how to fight, and with the regular Army disbanded following the capitulation, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has been storming around in a rage - with absolutely no time to bleed. The Resistance gives him the opportunity to vent shrapnel and spleen, as he spits tobacco juice and pours on the lead."
  115. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[14]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a hero out of time. A big woman with a nasty chewing tobacco habit, poor personal hygiene and even worse interpersonal skills. She knows one thing though - how to fight, and with the regular Army disbanded following the capitulation, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has been storming around in a rage - with absolutely no time to bleed. The Resistance gives her the opportunity to vent shrapnel and spleen, as she spits tobacco juice and pours on the lead."
  116.  
  117. ; Former Police
  118. strCharacterBackgroundMale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former police officer from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, who became unemployed when ADVENT replaced all law enforcement with their own 'Peacekeepers'. Due to the loss of his job, he became unable to pay for housing and was forced to live in the slums. After years of bitter anger and disillusionment with the ADVENT Coalition, Officer <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has decided to join the Resistance."
  119. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[15]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former police officer from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, who became unemployed when ADVENT replaced all law enforcement with their own 'Peacekeepers.' Due to the loss of her job, she became unable to pay for housing and was forced to live in the slums. After years of bitter anger and disillusionment with the ADVENT Coalition, Officer <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has decided to join the Resistance."
  120. strCharacterBackgroundMale[16]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former police officer from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, who became unemployed when ADVENT replaced all law enforcement with their own 'Peacekeepers'. Due to the loss of his job, he became unable to pay for housing and was forced to live in the slums. After years of bitter anger and disillusionment with the ADVENT Coalition, Officer <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has decided to join the Resistance."
  121. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[16]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former police officer from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, who became unemployed when ADVENT replaced all law enforcement with their own 'Peacekeepers.' Due to the loss of her job, she became unable to pay for housing and was forced to live in the slums. After years of bitter anger and disillusionment with the ADVENT Coalition, Officer <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has decided to join the Resistance."
  122.  
  123. ; Government Spook
  124. strCharacterBackgroundMale[17]="When the Avenger veterans speak of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, they say only one thing. 'If you woke up this morning it was because <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> decided not to kill you.' Over the years, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has worked for his government as assassin, kidnapper, and terrorist. His disgust at the capitulation led him to XCOM resistance. Most of the folks on the Avenger have feelings ranging from 'mostly fearful', to 'mortally terrified' when they see the athletic, handsome man - who oddly looks like a famous pre-war movie star."
  125. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[17]="When the Avenger veterans speak of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, they say only one thing. 'If you woke up this morning it was because <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> decided not to kill you.' Over the years, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has worked for her government as assassin, kidnapper, and terrorist. Her disgust at the capitulation eventually led her to XCOM resistance. Most of the folks on the Avenger have feelings ranging from 'mostly fearful', to 'mortally terrified' when they see the beautiful bombshell around the Avenger halls."
  126.  
  127. ; [REDACTED]
  128. strCharacterBackgroundMale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about his background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], he will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  129. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[18]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a mysterious agent who was sent by the former Spokesman to aid in our efforts. We don't know much about her background, except [REDACTED]. When asked about [REDACTED], she will oftentimes [REDACTED]. From what little we know, we can assume that [REDACTED]."
  130.  
  131. ; Cold soldier
  132. strCharacterBackgroundMale[19]="'For you, the day ADVENT graced your town was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday'. Not the most empathic of soldiers on the Avenger, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is considered cold, aloof and unfeeling. In the field, he prefers to go ahead alone, and values the mission success above the survival of the team. This does have certain benefits to command though even though almost nothing is known about his background."
  133. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[19]="'For you, the day ADVENT graced your town was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday'. Not the most empathic of soldiers on the Avenger, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is considered cold, aloof and unfeeling. In the field, she prefers to go ahead alone, and values the mission success above the survival of the team. This does have certain benefits to command though even though almost nothing is known about her background."
  134.  
  135. ; Semi-Feral recruit
  136. strCharacterBackgroundMale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is not happy about being part of a military unit. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is from a family used to violence, and was almost feral when early resistance units found him half starving as a child. Despite constant attempts to help him, he always ended up running away and getting into further trouble. Over many years though, with love and care, he has found a semi-home on board the Avenger. In a fight, he's unpredictable and violent, still not used to taking orders or carrying them out."
  137. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[20]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is not happy about being part of a military unit. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is from a family used to violence, and was almost feral when early resistance units found her half starving as a child. Despite constant attempts to help her, she always ended up running away and getting into further trouble. Over many years though, with love and care, she has found a semi-home on board the Avenger. In a fight, she's unpredictable and violent, still not used to taking orders or carrying them out."
  138.  
  139. ; Recluse
  140. strCharacterBackgroundMale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> prefers solitude to company. He has little to no experience of interpersonal relationships as he is fearful of loss - having lost his family to the initial invasion and having had no permanent family since. One trooper even says she hears him weeping in the bunk next to hers every night - although he refutes this if confronted. A sad, lonely young man, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> typifies the damage that the invasion has done to the psyche of the human population - not just the physical damage."
  141. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[21]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> prefers solitude to company. She has little to no experience of interpersonal relationships as she is fearful of loss - having lost her family to the initial invasion and having had no permanent family since. One trooper even says he hears her weeping in the bunk next to his every night - although she refutes this if confronted. A sad, lonely young woman, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> typifies the damage that the invasion has done to the psyche of the human population - not just the physical damage."
  142.  
  143. ; XCOM Guard
  144. strCharacterBackgroundMale[22]="Twenty years ago, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a young guard stationed at XCOM's old underground headquarters. When alien forces raided the facility, he barely managed to escape with his life. After spending years in hiding, he has finally managed to contact us. As one of our operatives, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has expressed a desire to finish the fight and avenge his comrades."
  145. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[22]="Twenty years ago, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a young guard stationed at XCOM's old underground headquarters. When alien forces raided the facility, she barely managed to escape with her life. After spending years in hiding, she finally managed to contact us. As one of our operatives, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has expressed a desire to finish the fight and avenge her comrades."
  146.  
  147. ; XCOM recruit
  148. strCharacterBackgroundMale[23]="A new recruit of XCOM's during the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had not yet arrived from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before Earth's governments surrendered. Isolated, he chose to fight back locally. <br><br>As he helped form the local Resistance in that area, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will be of great help in gaining contact once we arrive there."
  149. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[23]="A new recruit of XCOM's during the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had not yet arrived from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before Earth's governments surrendered. Isolated, she chose to fight back locally. <br><br>As she helped form the local Resistance in that area, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will be of great help in gaining contact once we arrive there."
  150.  
  151. ; Disbanded XCom
  152. strCharacterBackgroundMale[24]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fought in the First War as a recruit for XCOM. His was one of the first tactical units in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to be disbanded following the capitulation. This didn't stop him continuing his personal war, operating from the slums on the outskirts of ADVENT's new cities. A natural leader, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> can often be seen marching around the Avenger with a reassuring smile for the newer recruits. Tough and sometimes loose, with orders, because he knows his men and women are simply the best."
  153. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[24]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fought in the First War as a recruit for XCOM. Hers was one of the first tactical units in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to be disbanded following the capitulation. This didn't stop her continuing her personal war, operating from the slums on the outskirts of ADVENT's new cities. A natural leader, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> can often be seen marching around the Avenger with a reassuring smile for the newer recruits. Tough and sometimes loose, with orders, because she knows her men and women are simply the best."
  154.  
  155. ; Sole Survivor
  156. strCharacterBackgroundMale[25]="The sole survivor of an ADVENT raid on his community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has spent his every waking moment plotting revenge for the deaths of his family and friends."
  157. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[25]="The sole survivor of an ADVENT raid on his community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has spent her every waking moment plotting revenge for the deaths of her family and friends."
  158.  
  159. ; Reliable Hick
  160. strCharacterBackgroundMale[26]="He may look like he's just fallen off the back of a turnip truck, but he wouldn't run from a fight if his backside was on fire. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the non-military recruits to the XCOM project and as he had no useful skills, ended up a rookie soldier. However on a number of occasions now, he has stayed behind to help wounded and unconscious soldiers back to the Skyranger which has endeared him to the other soldiers. He would still prefer a pint and a packet of pork scratchings though."
  161. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[26]="She may look like he's just fallen off the back of a turnip truck, but she wouldn't run from a fight if her backside was on fire. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the non-military recruits to the XCOM project and as she had no useful skills, ended up a rookie soldier. However on a number of occasions now, she has stayed behind to help wounded and unconscious soldiers back to the Skyranger which has endeared her to the other soldiers. She would still prefer a pint and a packet of pork scratchings though."
  162.  
  163. ; Militia Survivor
  164. strCharacterBackgroundMale[27]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was member of a militia force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, helping the local settlements maintain peace. ADVENT disapproved of this, and expressed their displeasure with a sweep of the area. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of the few survivors and now works with XCOM to repay them with a visit."
  165. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[27]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was member of a militia force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, helping the local settlements maintain peace. ADVENT disapproved of this, and expressed their displeasure with a sweep of the area. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of the few survivors and now works with XCOM to repay them with a visit."
  166. strCharacterBackgroundMale[28]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was member of a militia force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, helping the local settlements maintain peace. ADVENT disapproved of this, and expressed their displeasure with a sweep of the area. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of the few survivors and now works with XCOM to repay them with a visit."
  167. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[28]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was member of a militia force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, helping the local settlements maintain peace. ADVENT disapproved of this, and expressed their displeasure with a sweep of the area. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of the few survivors and now works with XCOM to repay them with a visit."
  168.  
  169. ; Lone Biker
  170. strCharacterBackgroundMale[29]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a lone freedom fighter who rode a motorcycle across the wilderness of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, defending Resistance Havens and slaying ADVENT troops. His reputation grew quite legendary, to the point where some witnesses claimed that he could kill three troopers with one bullet. <BR><BR>While these rumors vary in credibility, there is enough truth to them that XCOM has offered <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> a job."
  171. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[29]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a lone freedom fighter who rode a motorcycle across the wilderness of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, defending Resistance Havens and slaying ADVENT troops. Her reputation grew quite legendary, to the point where some witnesses claimed that she could kill three troopers with one bullet. <BR><BR>While these rumors vary in credibility, there is enough truth to them that XCOM has offered <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> a job."
  172.  
  173. ; Militia Volunteer
  174. strCharacterBackgroundMale[30]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a local militia operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He volunteered to join us, and we gave him that chance."
  175. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[30]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a local militia operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She volunteered to join us, and we gave her that chance."
  176. strCharacterBackgroundMale[31]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a local militia operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He volunteered to join us, and we gave him that chance."
  177. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[31]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a local militia operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She volunteered to join us, and we gave her that chance."
  178.  
  179. ; Morally Bent
  180. strCharacterBackgroundMale[32]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is not a psychopath. He just has a certain moral laxity that allows him to enjoy the one passion he has in this world. Murder. When he saved a resistance unit out of boredom, and they asked him to help them escape, he was overjoyed at the opportunity for more mayhem. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a ruthless, efficient and quick killer, so after 5 years of work for the resistance, he's ready to commit more bullets to the cause with XCOM, seeing himself as the scalpel to remove the cancer that is ADVENT."
  181. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[32]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is not a psychopath. She just has a certain moral laxity that allows her to enjoy the one passion she has in this world. Murder. When she saved a resistance unit out of boredom, and they asked her to help them escape, she was overjoyed at the opportunity for more mayhem. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a ruthless, efficient and quick killer, so after 5 years of work for the resistance, she's ready to commit more bullets to the cause with XCOM, seeing herself as the scalpel to remove the cancer that is ADVENT."
  182.  
  183. ; Hard on outside, soft on the inside
  184. strCharacterBackgroundMale[33]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a machine - pure and simple. His clarity of thought and speed of action on the field lead men to wonder if he is indeed entirely human. No one dares broach the subject with him though as his steel gray eyes make anyone under his gaze feel uncomfortable. Rumor is - even the commander is a little afraid of him. This is an impression the athletic man from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> chooses to allow but inside, he is a decent man, with a subtle sense of humor and a liking for the ladies."
  185. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[33]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a machine - pure and simple. Her clarity of thought and speed of action on the field lead men to wonder if she is indeed entirely human. No one dares broach the subject with her though as her steel gray eyes make anyone under her gaze feel uncomfortable. Rumor is - even the commander is a little afraid of her. This is an impression the athletic woman from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> chooses to allow but inside, she is a decent woman, with a subtle sense of humor and a liking for the hunks."
  186.  
  187. ; Slums Recruit
  188. strCharacterBackgroundMale[34]="Growing up in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well acquainted with the dark oppressive side of the ADVENT Coalition. Rather than strike out as a lone anarchist, he decided to channel his rage against ADVENT by joining a Resistance cell and has not looked back since."
  189. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[34]="Growing up in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well acquainted with the dark oppressive side of the ADVENT Coalition. Rather than strike out as a lone anarchist, she decided to channel her rage against ADVENT by joining a Resistance cell and has not looked back since."
  190. strCharacterBackgroundMale[35]="Growing up in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well acquainted with the dark oppressive side of the ADVENT Coalition. Rather than strike out as a lone anarchist, he decided to channel his rage against ADVENT by joining a Resistance cell and has not looked back since."
  191. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[35]="Growing up in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well acquainted with the dark oppressive side of the ADVENT Coalition. Rather than strike out as a lone anarchist, she decided to channel her rage against ADVENT by joining a Resistance cell and has not looked back since."
  192.  
  193. ; ADVENT Burgers
  194. strCharacterBackgroundMale[36]="Living in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s options for life were extremely limited. After burning his hand for the thousandth time while flipping ADVENT Burgers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had finally reached his breaking point.<BR><BR>Now claims that a life of flipping ADVENT soldiers is a much healthier one."
  195. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[36]="Living in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s options for life were extremely limited. After burning her hand for the thousandth time while flipping ADVENT Burgers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had finally reached her breaking point.<BR><BR>Now claims that a life of flipping ADVENT soldiers is a much healthier one."
  196.  
  197. ; Slum Volunteer
  198. strCharacterBackgroundMale[37]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted a better life growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but was never given a chance to improve himself. He has volunteered to join XCom in order to make his dream a reality."
  199. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[37]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted a better life growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but was never given a chance to improve herself. She has volunteered to join XCom in order to make her dream a reality."
  200. strCharacterBackgroundMale[38]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted a better life growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but was never given a chance to improve himself. He has volunteered to join XCom in order to make his dream a reality."
  201. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[38]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted a better life growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but was never given a chance to improve herself. She has volunteered to join XCom in order to make her dream a reality."
  202.  
  203. ; Slum Volunteer
  204. strCharacterBackgroundMale[39]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a real asset to the resistance. Young, smart, and brave, he's the first to volunteer, and the last to be extracted. His family expatriated from the Philippines to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> where he was born. Once his parents refused the protection of the aliens, they were left to suffer in the squalid slums. After watching his father get shot by ADVENT troopers on his 16th birthday he vowed revenge against the alien interlopers with XCOM. Everybody fights. Nobody quits."
  205. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[39]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a real asset to the resistance. Young, smart, and brave, she's the first to volunteer, and the last to be extracted. Her family expatriated from the Philippines to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> where she was born. Once her parents refused the protection of the aliens, they were left to suffer in the squalid slums. After watching her father get shot by ADVENT troopers on her 16th birthday she vowed revenge against the alien interlopers with XCOM. Everybody fights. Nobody quits."
  206.  
  207. ; In Over Their Head
  208. strCharacterBackgroundMale[40]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a typical citizen living in one of ADVENT's shining cities... right up until the Peacekeepers raided his home one night after receiving a 'tip' from his neighbor regarding the location of a 'known dissident'. One thing led to another and now he has found himself fighting for the Resistance, whether he likes it or not."
  209. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[40]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a typical citizen living in one of ADVENT's shining cities... right up until Troopers raided her home one night after receiving a 'tip' from her neighbor regarding the location of a 'known dissident'. One thing led to another and now she has found herself fighting for the Resistance, whether she likes it or not."
  210.  
  211. ; Saw the Truth
  212. strCharacterBackgroundMale[41]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born shortly after the invasion in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Initially satisfied with ADVENT's leadership and his new job, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s attitude quickly changed after several friends of his vanished after expressing negative views of ADVENT. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> put the pieces together and quit a week later, joining the Resistance to get vengeance for them."
  213. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[41]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born shortly after the invasion in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Initially satisfied with ADVENT's leadership and her new job, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s attitude quickly changed after several friends of hers vanished after expressing negative views of ADVENT. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> put the pieces together and quit a week later, joining the Resistance to get vengeance for them."
  214.  
  215. ; Avenger
  216. strCharacterBackgroundMale[42]="After seeing his brother get shot in the head, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never really recovered. His mother did her best and tried to keep him on the right side of the new laws, but it was only a series of minor miracles that kept him from visiting 'processing' facilities. A bright lad, with a sharp, witty sense of humor, he is convivial and friendly to all on the Avenger. In battle, he is a demon - ceaseless and unrelenting to the last. All his rage pours out of him both in bullets and bravado."
  217. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[42]="After seeing her sister get shot in the head, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never really recovered. Her mother did her best and tried to keep her on the right side of the new laws, but it was only a series of minor miracles that kept her from visiting 'processing' facilities. A bright lass, with a sharp, witty sense of humor, she is convivial and friendly to all on the Avenger. In battle, she is a demon - ceaseless and unrelenting to the last. All her rage pours out of her both in bullets and bravado."
  218.  
  219. ; Ex-EXALT
  220. strCharacterBackgroundMale[43]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring him closely, as he might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  221. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[43]="After the aliens destroyed EXALT's headquarters, its operatives scattered around the globe and went to ground (<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> among them). Lacking the coordination and leadership that allowed them to act as an army, they were reduced to lone insurgents. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has had enough of that, and is willing to work for XCOM to strike back in a more efficient manner.<br><br>Central recommends monitoring her closely, as she might still harbor loyalties to EXALT."
  222.  
  223. ; Hit (Wo)Man
  224. strCharacterBackgroundMale[44]="Ever since ADVENT took over law enforcement, illegal activities have become increasingly difficult. In response to this development, a powerful criminal syndicate in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> has sent one of their best killers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, to help XCOM fight the alien government. <br><br>Twenty years ago, we wouldn't have accepted someone like <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. But now we need all the help we can get."
  225. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[44]="Ever since ADVENT took over law enforcement, illegal activities have become increasingly difficult. In response to this development, a powerful criminal syndicate in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> has sent one of their best killers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, to help XCOM fight the alien government. <br><br>Twenty years ago we wouldn't have accepted someone like <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. But now we need all the help we can get."
  226.  
  227. ; Doesn't care about people
  228. strCharacterBackgroundMale[45]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a killer - some would say casual killer - as he is not known for worrying too much about civilian casualties. He has little respect for human non-coms (apart from the engineers who give him new murderous toys) and no respect for the human population who are not resisting ADVENT and the aliens. When discussing his morality, he often ends the argument with 'Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun.'"
  229. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[45]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a killer - some would say casual killer - as she is not known for worrying too much about civilian casualties. She has little respect for human non-coms (apart from the engineers who give her new murderous toys) and no respect for the human population who are not resisting ADVENT and the aliens. When discussing her morality, she often ends the argument with 'Good, bad, I'm the gal with the gun.'"
  230.  
  231. ; Merc in love
  232. strCharacterBackgroundMale[46]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never blessed with an abundance of intelligence, he had a bad time at school and didn't stay very long - mostly due to the fighting, which he was mostly good at. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a mercenary - always on the lookout for number one. Then he met - and fell in love with - a resistance soldier who told him, as she lay dying in his arms, 'If you can't do something smart, do something right'. That kinda changed his attitude."
  233. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[46]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never blessed with an abundance of intelligence, she had a bad time at school and didn't stay very long - mostly due to the fighting, which she was mostly good at. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a mercenary - always on the lookout for number one. Then she met - and fell in love with - a resistance soldier who told her, as he lay dying in her arms, 'If you can't do something smart, do something right'. That kinda changed her attitude."
  234.  
  235. ; Merc For Hire
  236. strCharacterBackgroundMale[47]="A mercenary for hire from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> holds no stakes in the war against ADVENT. All he cares for is the thrill of fighting and the money of whichever party is willing to hire him."
  237. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[47]="A mercenary for hire from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> holds no stakes in the war against ADVENT. All she cares for is the thrill of fighting and the money of whichever party is willing to hire her."
  238.  
  239. ; Hacker
  240. strCharacterBackgroundMale[48]="You expected some witty, informative text describing me here, don't you? Nope, not gonna happen, buddy."
  241. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[48]="You expected some witty, informative text describing me here, don't you? Nope, not gonna happen, buddy."
  242.  
  243. ; Time Bomb
  244. strCharacterBackgroundMale[49]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a time bomb waiting to explode. He has psychotic urges and strong desire to kill. He was recruited after he rescued XCOM operatives during a mission gone bad.<br>.As long as we point him at our enemies, we should be okay."
  245. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[49]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a time bomb waiting to explode. She has psychotic urges and strong desire to kill. She was recruited after she rescued XCOM operatives during a mission gone bad.<br>As long as we point her at our enemies, we should be okay."
  246.  
  247. ; Rusty Machete
  248. strCharacterBackgroundMale[50]="You have to be insane to take on an ADVENT outpost with nothing but a rusty machete. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did so, and somehow didn't die. XCOM operatives located <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> after he had been subdued and rescued him. Under normal circumstances, we would not even consider recruiting him, but these are not normal circumstances."
  249. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[50]="You have to be insane to take on an ADVENT outpost with nothing but a rusty machete. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did so, and somehow didn't die. XCOM operatives located <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> after she had been subdued and rescued her. Under normal circumstances, we would not even consider recruiting her, but these are not normal circumstances."
  250.  
  251. ; Fatalistic fighter
  252. strCharacterBackgroundMale[51]="Surly and grim, this squat, powerfully built man is something of an enigma to the other Avenger troopers. Although quiet, he is a solid, reliable combat veteran who has never panicked in the face of the enemy. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has little to no sense of humor and many of the troopers on the Avenger try to get him to smile with jokes or wisecracks. This is doomed to fail however as he has seen his own fate and it is to die in the war against the Aliens. He's just waiting for the day."
  253. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[51]="Surly and grim, this stocky woman is something of an enigma to the other Avenger troopers. Although quiet, she is a solid, reliable combat veteran who has never panicked in the face of the enemy. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has little to no sense of humor and many of the troopers on the Avenger try to get her to smile with jokes or wisecracks. This is doomed to fail however as she has seen her own fate and it is to die in the war against the Aliens. She's just waiting for the day."
  254.  
  255. ; Asshole
  256. strCharacterBackgroundMale[52]="Slightly crazy and utterly foul mouthed, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a man to avoid in the halls of the Avenger. If you make eye contact with him - it's likely that you've spilled his pint. On a team, he's in charge - regardless of rank, and troopers that can understand his strong regional accent do well to obey his commands quickly as he is a superb small unit leader. As he often says 'If I want your opinion, I'll give you the signal. The signal will be me being sectioned under the f'ing mental health act.'"
  257. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[52]="Slightly crazy and utterly foul mouthed, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a woman to avoid in the halls of the Avenger. If you make eye contact with her - it's likely that you've spilled her pint. On a team, she's in charge - regardless of rank, and troopers that can understand her strong regional accent do well to obey her commands quickly as she is a superb small unit leader. As she often says 'If I want your opinion, I'll give you the signal. The signal will be me being sectioned under the f'ing mental health act.'"
  258.  
  259. ; Bad luck, lucky charm
  260. strCharacterBackgroundMale[53]="Poor <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is the true reluctant hero. His poor luck, and low apparent intellect combined with his extreme instinctive ability to act heroically has made fellow troopers on board the Avenger wonder whether he is just too stupid to die. Seen as a 'lucky charm' on the squad, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is good for morale, and will look upon even the most serious of situations with a gallows humor that gives everyone hope."
  261. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[53]="Poor <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is the true reluctant hero. Her poor luck, and low apparent intellect combined with her extreme instinctive ability to act heroically has made fellow troopers on board the Avenger wonder whether she is just too stupid to die. Seen as a 'lucky charm' on the squad, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is good for morale, and will look upon even the most serious of situations with a gallows humor that gives everyone hope."
  262.  
  263. ; Bad Tempered Grunt
  264. strCharacterBackgroundMale[54]="'New New York. Who's shitty idea was that?' <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a bad tempered, mixed up, angry grunt who has spent his whole life in acrimonious contact with the aliens. To be honest, he's pretty acrimonious with everyone. He's a hard fighter who is reluctant to get off his backside and get sucked in, but when the brown stuff hits the fan, he's in the thick of it - mixing it up with bravado and bullets. Fear is <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s motivator and this makes him unpredictable and dangerous at times."
  265. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[54]="'New New York. Who's shitty idea was that?' <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a bad tempered, mixed up, angry grunt who has spent her whole life in acrimonious contact with the aliens. To be honest, she's pretty acrimonious with everyone. She's a hard fighter who is reluctant to get off her backside and get sucked in, but when the brown stuff hits the fan, she's in the thick of it - mixing it up with bravado and bullets. Fear is <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s motivator and this makes her unpredictable and dangerous at times."
  266.  
  267. ; Underlying Fear
  268. strCharacterBackgroundMale[55]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the comedians on the Avenger, but unlike some, his comedy is used to disguise his underlying fear. When faced with battle conditions, he often 'has a bad feeling about this' which solicits groans from his squad mates. In the bar, or the rec room though, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a jovial convivial member of the team, and always has a joke for even the most surly of troopers. Fearful though he is, he is not a coward and has never let his fear rule his head in combat."
  269. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[55]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is one of the comedians on the Avenger, but unlike some, her comedy is used to disguise her underlying fear. When faced with battle conditions, she often 'has a bad feeling about this' which solicits groans from her squad mates. In the bar, or the rec room though, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a jovial convivial member of the team, and always has a joke for even the most surly of troopers. Fearful though she is, she is not a coward and has never let her fear rule her head in combat."
  270.  
  271. ; Jovial Killer
  272. strCharacterBackgroundMale[56]="'Four dead and my pulse is still under 80. Not bad for a warm up.'<br><br>If the term 'jovial killer' were in common parlance, then that would describe <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. In the bar, he's a laugh a minute, joking with veterans and rookies alike - loud and rambunctious, but in combat he's an ice-cold killer with a deadly aim and a penchant for bagging the creatures that killed his family. Like most XCOM troopers, he's lost someone to the aliens, and is determined to pay it all back with interest."
  273. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[56]="'Four dead and my pulse is still under 80. Not bad for a warm up.'<br><br>If the term 'jovial killer' were in common parlance, then that would describe <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. In the bar, she's a laugh a minute, joking with veterans and rookies alike - loud and rambunctious, but in combat she's an ice-cold killer with a deadly aim and a penchant for bagging the creatures that killed her family. Like most XCOM troopers, she's lost someone to the aliens, and is determined to pay it all back with interest."
  274.  
  275. ; Unknown Victim
  276. strCharacterBackgroundMale[57]="We found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> being tortured at an ADVENT blacksite in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He can't remember where he is from or who he was but he's willing and eager to take the fight to ADVENT."
  277. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[57]="We found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> being tortured at an ADVENT blacksite in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She can't remember where she is from or who she was but she's willing and eager to take the fight to ADVENT."
  278.  
  279. ; Declined
  280. strCharacterBackgroundMale[58]="Recruited from a Resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has declined to give us any information about his past. <BR><BR>While suspicious, he has proven his hatred of the ADVENT Administration many times in the field. Central recommends keeping him under close watch in case this changes."
  281. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[58]="Recruited from a Resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has declined to give us any information about her past. <BR><BR>While suspicious, she has proven her hatred of the ADVENT Administration many times in the field. Central recommends keeping her under close watch in case this changes."
  282. strCharacterBackgroundMale[59]="Recruited from a Resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has declined to give us any information about his past. <BR><BR>While suspicious, he has proven his hatred of the ADVENT Administration many times in the field. Central recommends keeping him under close watch in case this changes."
  283. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[59]="Recruited from a Resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has declined to give us any information about her past. <BR><BR>While suspicious, she has proven her hatred of the ADVENT Administration many times in the field. Central recommends keeping her under close watch in case this changes."
  284.  
  285. ; Creepy
  286. strCharacterBackgroundMale[60]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recruited by XCOM from a shady Resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. We don't know much about him, but he is a bit... unnerving to his fellow troops. Some of our soldiers have claimed that they've heard him whispering about 'eating Sectoids' and 'wearing Viper skins' in his sleep. Nonetheless, his extreme focus on killing aliens gives us a reason to keep him around."
  287. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[60]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recruited by XCOM from a shady Resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. We don't know much about her, but she is a bit... unnerving to her fellow troops. Some of our soldiers have claimed that they've heard her whispering about 'eating Sectoids' and 'wearing Viper skins' in her sleep. Nonetheless, her extreme focus on killing aliens gives us a reason to keep her around."
  288.  
  289. ; No TV and No Beer makes Homer Something Something
  290. ; Seriously, this was in the book and the Dev's Bio pool. NO BEER!!!
  291. strCharacterBackgroundMale[61]="ADVENT outlawed all alcohol outside of their city centers. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the Resistance the next day. Thankfully the Avenger's bar is stocked from the XCOM home brew operation and with bottles acquired on missions."
  292. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[61]="ADVENT outlawed all alcohol outside of their city centers. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the Resistance the next day. Thankfully the Avenger's bar is stocked from the XCOM home brew operation and with bottles acquired on missions."
  293.  
  294. ; Conspiracy Nut
  295. strCharacterBackgroundMale[62]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was once a well known conspiracy blogger from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the Invasion.<br><br>While initially expressing relief after learning the Governments of the world were not actually controlled by Aliens; he was horrified when the Alien controlled ADVENT Administration was established following the war.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> sought out and joined XCOM after years of keeping track of the suspicious activities surrounding ADVENT Gene Clinics; and coming to the conclusion that the Aliens are actually mutated humans from Jupiter using the clinics to repopulate their empire."
  296. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[62]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was once a well known conspiracy blogger from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the Invasion.<br><br>While initially expressing relief after learning the Governments of the world were not actually controlled by Aliens; she was horrified when the Alien controlled ADVENT Administration was established following the war.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> sought out and joined XCOM after years of keeping track of the suspicious activities surrounding ADVENT Gene Clinics; and coming to the conclusion that the Aliens are actually mutated humans from Jupiter using the clinics to repopulate their empire."
  297.  
  298. ; Just Racist
  299. strCharacterBackgroundMale[63]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history. <br><br>He's just racist against aliens."
  300. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[63]="There's nothing complicated about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s history. <br><br>She's just racist against aliens."
  301.  
  302. ; Pet Revenge
  303. strCharacterBackgroundMale[64]="They killed his beloved pet as part of their policy against domesticated animals. In revenge, he turned against ADVENT citing a policy against alien invaders."
  304. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[64]="They killed her beloved pet as part of their policy against domesticated animals. In revenge, she turned against ADVENT citing a policy against alien invaders."
  305.  
  306. ; Raised by Hobos
  307. ; From Devs Character Pool
  308. strCharacterBackgroundMale[65]="Orphaned during the first alien attack, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised by a militant band of hobos. He is as skilled with a blade as he is with a harmonica."
  309. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[65]="Orphaned during the first alien attack, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised by a militant band of hobos. She is as skilled with a blade as she is with a harmonica."
  310.  
  311. ; Litterbug
  312. strCharacterBackgroundMale[66]="An addict of the Buckaroo Burger from ADVENT Burgers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has a problem with properly disposing of his trash."
  313. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[66]="An addict of the Buffalo Chicken Classic from ADVENT Burgers, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has a problem with properly disposing of her trash."
  314.  
  315. ; Last Straw
  316. strCharacterBackgroundMale[67]="He just wanted to watch Star Wars. They took that away. He just wanted to play a game online. They took that away. He tried to watch Football. They took that away. And then, they did the one thing that made him snap. They took his smut... He took their lives."
  317. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[67]="She just wanted to watch Netflix. They took that away. She just wanted to play a game online. They took that away. She tried to watch TV. They took that away. And then, they did the one thing that made her snap. They took her smut... She took their lives."
  318.  
  319. ; Brain Bleach
  320. strCharacterBackgroundMale[68]="[This background archive has been NOPE'd out of existence. We apologize for any inconvenience]"
  321. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[68]="[This background archive has been NOPE'd out of existence. We apologize for any inconvenience]"
  322.  
  323. ; Aug's Backstory 1
  324. strCharacterBackgroundMale[69]="<XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> directly created a national resistance using their own military after they decided to stop supporting XCOM during the initial invasion. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of that army until its surrender, after which he went into hiding in order to escape imprisonment."
  325. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[69]="<XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> directly created a national resistance using their own military after they decided to stop supporting XCOM during the initial invasion. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of that army until its surrender, after which she went into hiding in order to escape imprisonment."
  326.  
  327. ; Aug's Backstory 2
  328. strCharacterBackgroundMale[70]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was part of a private military company before the aliens won and confiscated all weapons. Resenting the lack of freedom under ADVENT, he later joined up with the resistance."
  329. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[70]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was part of a private military company before the aliens won and confiscated all weapons. Resenting the lack of freedom under ADVENT, she later joined up with the resistance."
  330.  
  331. ; Aug's Backstory 3
  332. strCharacterBackgroundMale[71]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was locked up in an ADVENT prison for 12 years before escaping with the help of a local resistance force. Needless to say, he had plenty of reason to fight back after his escape."
  333. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[71]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was locked up in an ADVENT prison for 12 years before escaping with the help of a local resistance force. Needless to say, she had plenty of reason to fight back after her escape."
  334.  
  335. ; Aug's Backstory 4
  336. strCharacterBackgroundMale[72]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> doesn't have any memory before the last year; presumably it was lost due to some form of torture or mental wipe by the aliens. He retains a strong fighting spirit and has been fighting the aliens for taking most of his life away from him."
  337. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[72]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> doesn't have any memory before the last year; presumably it was lost due to some form of torture or mental wipe by the aliens. She retains a strong fighting spirit and has been fighting the aliens for taking most of her life away."
  338.  
  339. ; Aug's Backstory 5
  340. strCharacterBackgroundMale[73]="The pace of the construction of ADVENT infrastructure has been steadily increasing over the years, but there are still rural and low-population communities that are relatively free from alien rule. Those against occupation tend to head to rural communities such as the one in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> hails from, in order to escape the totalitarianism and even organize resistance."
  341. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[73]="The pace of the construction of ADVENT infrastructure has been steadily increasing over the years, but there are still rural and low-population communities that are relatively free from alien rule. Those against occupation tend to head to rural communities such as the one in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> hails from, in order to escape the totalitarianism and even organize resistance."
  342.  
  343. ; Aug's Backstory 6
  344. strCharacterBackgroundMale[74]="We heard of an assassin operating in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, attacking high-profile ADVENT leaders. Somehow, he managed to elude being captured or killed. Through our contacts in the area we were able to find him."
  345. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[74]="We heard of an assassin operating in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, attacking high-profile ADVENT leaders. Somehow, she managed to elude being captured or killed. Through our contacts in the area we were able to find her."
  346.  
  347. ; Aug's Backstory 7
  348. strCharacterBackgroundMale[75]="News of a small group of dissidents operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> reached us recently. While the group originally focused on non-violent protest and persuasion of the public, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> changed his mind after several key members of the group started 'disappearing.'"
  349. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[75]="News of a small group of dissidents operating out of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> reached us recently. While the group originally focused on non-violent protest and persuasion of the public, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> changed her mind after several key members of the group started 'disappearing.'"
  350.  
  351. ; Aug's Backstory 8
  352. strCharacterBackgroundMale[76]="We found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> attempting to launch an attack on the Avenger while it was landed in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Luckily, he spotted humans walking out of the ship before he began his assault. Seeing our firepower, he was quite eager to join us."
  353. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[76]="We found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> attempting to launch an attack on the Avenger while it was landed in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Luckily, she spotted humans walking out of the ship before she began her assault. Seeing our firepower, she was quite eager to join us."
  354.  
  355. ; Aug's Backstory 9
  356. strCharacterBackgroundMale[77]="When <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> surrendered, they did so out of necessity. Despite this, their administration 'Lost contact' with some branches of the military that 'Went rogue'. <br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was part of one of these squads which actually managed to contact us after hearing word of our successes. Some proper military experience could go a long way."
  357. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[77]="When <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> surrendered, they did so out of necessity. Despite this, their administration 'Lost contact' with some branches of the military that 'Went rogue'. <br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was part of one of these squads which actually managed to contact us after hearing word of our successes. Some proper military experience could go a long way."
  358.  
  359. ; Aug's Backstory 10
  360. strCharacterBackgroundMale[78]="During the early days of the invasion, several communities prepared for the worst and locked themselves up in military bases and bunkers with large amounts of weapons.<br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived in a small underground shelter in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> for several years in very close quarters with his parents and siblings. Though they were completely cut off from the horrors and struggles of the world above them, freeze-dried rations and a few board games saw the family through month after month. Eventually the stored food rations began to run thin, the water recycle system broke down, and it became evident to <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father that the time had come to venture out of the shelter to secure provisions for his family. Unfortunately this proved to be a fatal decision. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father never returned, so it fell on his shoulders as the oldest of the youth to venture into the unknown to find food. He was fortunate to find a camp of human resistance members surviving in the wilderness, far from the ADVENT mega-cities that had grown during the years in the shelter. The resistance gave young <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> food and water, and offered to return to the family’s shelter to escort the others to safety. When they returned to the shelter, only debris and corpses remained. With vengeance being the only thought remaining in his mind, he joined the resistance in hopes of killing as many aliens as possible."
  361. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[78]="During the early days of the invasion, several communities prepared for the worst and locked themselves up in military bases and bunkers with large amounts of weapons.<br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived in a small underground shelter in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> for several years in very close quarters with her parents and siblings. Though they were completely cut off from the horrors and struggles of the world above them, freeze-dried rations and a few board games saw the family through month after month. Eventually the stored food rations began to run thin, the water recycle system broke down, and it became evident to <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father that the time had come to venture out of the shelter to secure provisions for his family. Unfortunately this proved to be a fatal decision. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father never returned, so it fell on her shoulders as the oldest of the youth to venture into the unknown to find food. She was fortunate to find a camp of human resistance members surviving in the wilderness, far from the ADVENT mega-cities that had grown during the years in the shelter. The resistance gave young <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> food and water, and offered to return to the family’s shelter to escort the others to safety. When they returned to the shelter, only debris and corpses remained. With vengeance being the only thought remaining in her mind, she joined the resistance in hopes of killing as many aliens as possible."
  362.  
  363. ; Aug's Backstory 11
  364. strCharacterBackgroundMale[79]="Few records survive of the technologies and tactics developed by the original XCOM forces when the invasion began. ADVENT was careful to eliminate any trace of the original resistance, but we have found evidence that XCOM had been developing experimental genetic augmentation for its elite units. Though this advanced technology ultimately failed to provide XCOM with the means to defeat the aliens, a few genetically modified soldiers survived and evaded capture. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born as a child of these genetic super soldiers. Although it is unclear whether these genetic augmentations can be passed on to children, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is convinced that killing aliens is in his blood. Shy and introverted, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has mixed feelings about potentially being a genetic mutant; all of the aliens have gone extensive and grotesque genetic modification as well, and other soldiers have never been quiet about their disgust for them. It is this notion of doubt and disgust that has motivated <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to become an alien killing machine. The more of these genetically altered ADVENT troopers he kills, the more his humanity is affirmed.”
  365. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[79]="Few records survive of the technologies and tactics developed by the original XCOM forces when the invasion began. ADVENT was careful to eliminate any trace of the original resistance, but we have found evidence that XCOM had been developing experimental genetic augmentation for its elite units. Though this advanced technology ultimately failed to provide XCOM with the means to defeat the aliens, a few genetically modified soldiers survived and evaded capture. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born as a child of these genetic super soldiers. Although it is unclear whether these genetic augmentations can be passed on to children, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is convinced that killing aliens is in her blood. Shy and introverted, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has mixed feelings about potentially being a genetic mutant; all of the aliens have gone extensive and grotesque genetic modification as well, and other soldiers have never been quiet about their disgust for them. It is this notion of doubt and disgust that has motivated <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to become an alien killing machine. The more of these genetically altered ADVENT troopers she kills, the more her humanity is affirmed.”
  366.  
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  370.  
  371. ; MKLegacyx - veteran
  372. strCharacterBackgroundMale[80]="Years ago when the invasion first hit, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his squad were tasked with evacuating civilians from the war zones. While moving people out his squad encountered a Sectoid. Not knowing what it was, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> went in for the kill but was quickly overcome by the alien's psionic powers. With a single command <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was forced to murder all of his comrades. Though <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> eventually managed to break free from the alien’s control, it was far too late for the others.<br><br>Afterwards <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> left the military and went into seclusion, disgraced and haunted by their actions. After ADVENT was established and the last of humanity's protectors crippled, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> returned to the battlefield, to fight for humanity’s future, and to atone for the sins of their past."
  373. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[80]="Years ago when the invasion first hit, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her squad were tasked with evacuating civilians from the war zones. While moving people out her squad encountered a Sectoid. Not knowing what it was, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> went in for the kill but was quickly overcome by the alien's psionic powers. With a single command <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was forced to murder all of her comrades. Though <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> eventually managed to break free from the alien’s control, it was far too late for the others.<br><br>Afterwards <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> left the military and went into seclusion, disgraced and haunted by their actions. After ADVENT was established and the last of humanity's protectors crippled, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> returned to the battlefield, to fight for humanity’s future, and to atone for the sins of their past."
  374.  
  375. ; beagletank - EXALT cell leader
  376. strCharacterBackgroundMale[81]="With the destruction of XCOM it was only a matter of time before EXALT was discovered. Although EXALT pressurized Earth's military and sabotaged many XCOM operations during the invasion, the aliens would not share their authority over the conquered Earth. Many members left EXALT during those days and joined ADVENT.<br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the leader of an EXALT cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He sympathized with the idea of evolving the human species, but not a government dominated by the invaders. He was able to contact the resistance a few years later. While <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is getting on well with the other recruits, some of our soldiers do not like him at all. Even today there are enough XCOM veterans left and they remember that the aliens were not the only enemy they had to fight during the invasion."
  377. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[81]="With the destruction of XCOM it was only a matter of time before EXALT was discovered. Although EXALT pressurized Earth's military and sabotaged many XCOM operations during the invasion, the aliens would not share their authority over the conquered Earth. Many members left EXALT during those days and joined ADVENT.<br><br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the leader of an EXALT cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She sympathized with the idea of evolving the human species, but not a government dominated by the invaders. She was able to contact the resistance a few years later. While <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is getting on well with the other recruits, some of our soldiers do not like her at all. Even today there are enough XCOM veterans left and they remember that the aliens were not the only enemy they had to fight during the invasion."
  378.  
  379. ; Mr Sulak - free bird
  380. strCharacterBackgroundMale[82]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had always been a kind of free bird: free of responsibility, free of obligations and free of care. But, as he said when arriving at the resistance haven dragging a dead alien behind him, some disturbing things you see in your life tend to wake you up, and facing them together with other people is easier than facing them alone. Which things he meant, he never mentioned, and after a quick look at the alien body nobody really felt inclined to dig deeper."
  381. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[82]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had always been a kind of free bird: free of responsibility, free of obligations and free of care. But, as she said when arriving at the resistance haven dragging a dead alien behind her, some disturbing things you see in your life tend to wake you up, and facing them together with other people is easier than facing them alone. Which things she meant, she never mentioned, and after a quick look at the alien body nobody really felt inclined to dig deeper."
  382.  
  383. ;harlequin565 - Vasquez & Drake
  384. strCharacterBackgroundMale[83]="Quote: 'If you want something said, ask a woman; if you want something done, ask a man.'<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was in a juvenile detention center when the aliens came. Someone must have alerted ADVENT to the existence of the place, because shortly after <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> capitulated, they arrived to take all the kids off for 'processing'. Before the warden disappeared they opened the gates to let the children out and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped into the countryside.<BR>A few years of robbing and stealing to survive worked out OK until he was picked up by an ADVENT patrol. On the way back to the city, the patrol was ambushed by a resistance unit and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> stayed with the unit for the next ten years.<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a tough soldier, fearful of very little save losing his friends. He's quiet and although he lacks the more common social graces, military life suits him down to the ground."
  385. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[83]="Quote: 'If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.'<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was in a juvenile detention center when the aliens came. Someone must have alerted ADVENT to the existence of the place, because shortly after <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> capitulated, they arrived to take all the kids off for 'processing'. Before the warden disappeared they opened the gates to let the children out and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped into the countryside.<BR>A few years of robbing and stealing to survive worked out OK until she was picked up by an ADVENT patrol. On the way back to the city, the patrol was ambushed by a resistance unit and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> stayed with the unit for the next ten years.<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a tough soldier, fearful of very little save losing her friends. She's quiet and although she lacks the more common social graces, military life suits her down to the ground."
  386.  
  387. ;harlequin565 - Happy-go-lucky
  388. strCharacterBackgroundMale[84]="Quote: 'If you can't dazzle them with style, riddle them with bullets.'<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> reckons there's not a lot which cannot be achieved with a rifle and a good pair of aviators. Raising a smile wherever he walks in the halls of the Avenger, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is easygoing, light-hearted and popular with his squad mates. Growing up post-capitulation, he's never known a truly free world, but is nonetheless a free spirit who is convinced of the XCOM project's success.<BR><BR>Rumor has it that he even made Central smile once when he winked at him."
  389. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[84]="Quote: 'If you can't dazzle them with style, riddle them with bullets.'<BR><BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> reckons there's not a lot which cannot be achieved with a rifle and a good pair of aviators. Raising a smile wherever she walks in the halls of the Avenger, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is easygoing, light-hearted and popular with her squad mates. Growing up post-capitulation, she's never known a truly free world, but is nonetheless a free spirit who is convinced of the XCOM project's success.<BR><BR>Rumor has it that she even made Central smile once when she winked at him."
  390.  
  391. ;CosmicCommander - war orphan
  392. strCharacterBackgroundMale[85]="As a part of the ill-fated and short-lived <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> Extraterrestrial Defense Task Force, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father succeeded in single handedly destroying numerous alien convoys, before being captured and executed after <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> capitulated. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of his family were hidden by a nascent resistance cell. It was this cell which recently referred <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to XCOM, after they had become a formidable field operative in their own right over the years."
  393. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[85]="As a part of the ill-fated and short-lived <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> Extraterrestrial Defense Task Force, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>’s father succeeded in single handedly destroying numerous alien convoys, before being captured and executed after <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> capitulated. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of her family were hidden by a nascent resistance cell. It was this cell which recently referred <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to XCOM, after they had become a formidable field operative in their own right over the years."
  394.  
  395. ;CosmicCommander - propagandist
  396. strCharacterBackgroundMale[86]="Up until 2031, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a 'journalist' in the ADVENT propaganda machine. His transition from collaborator to rebel came when a bureaucratic error had <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> sent off to interrogation for anti-ADVENT sedition. Although found innocent, the trauma of the experience destroyed his belief in his work and ADVENT’s benevolence. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fled to the underground, where he proved to be a capable operative and was referred to XCOM."
  397. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[86]="Up until 2031, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a 'journalist' in the ADVENT propaganda machine. Her transition from collaborator to rebel came when a bureaucratic error had <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> sent off to interrogation for anti-ADVENT sedition. Although found innocent, the trauma of the experience destroyed her belief in her work and ADVENT’s benevolence. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fled to the underground, where she proved to be a capable operative and was referred to XCOM."
  398.  
  399. ; Adapted from Lore Friendly Character Pool
  400.  
  401. ; resistance spy
  402. strCharacterBackgroundMale[87]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a spy for the resistance in several ADVENT cities. After a botched operation he was forced to flee and has had to avoid ADVENT cities ever since. He joined up with XCOM to take a more... direct role in fighting the alien forces."
  403. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[87]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a spy for the resistance in several ADVENT cities. After a botched operation she was forced to flee and has had to avoid ADVENT cities ever since. She joined up with XCOM to take a more... direct role in fighting the alien forces."
  404.  
  405. ; smuggler
  406. strCharacterBackgroundMale[88]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a member of a large smuggling ring operating throughout <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. His crew raided ADVENT supply convoys and provided resistance forces with much needed supplies. With a series of well coordinated attacks on the smuggling ring and its hideouts ADVENT destroyed the entire operation. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined up with XCOM to get revenge on the aliens."
  407. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[88]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be a member of a large smuggling ring operating throughout <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Her crew raided ADVENT supply convoys and provided resistance forces with much needed supplies. With a series of well coordinated attacks on the smuggling ring and its hideouts ADVENT destroyed the entire operation. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined up with XCOM to get revenge on the aliens."
  408.  
  409. ; resistance camp raid survivor
  410. strCharacterBackgroundMale[89]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lost his entire family during an ADVENT raid on their resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. The raid and the deaths splintered his mind and he became a drifter for many years, taking occasional jobs where he could and committing occasional crimes where he could not. After years on the road he found himself in another resistance camp and slowly the shards of his mind pulled back together. Hardened after his time on the road he joined XCOM to give his life a new meaning, even though he still remains haunted by those screams out of the past."
  411. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[89]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lost her entire family during an ADVENT raid on their resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. The raid and the deaths splintered her mind and she became a drifter for many years, taking occasional jobs where she could and committing occasional crimes where she could not. After years on the road she found herself in another resistance camp and slowly the shards of her mind pulled back together. Hardened after her time on the road she joined XCOM to give her life a new meaning, even though she still remains haunted by those screams out of the past."
  412.  
  413. ; resistance camp raid sole survivor
  414. strCharacterBackgroundMale[90]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is the sole survivor of an ADVENT attack on a resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. While ADVENT forces massacred everyone in the camp, he survived heavily wounded under the debris of a collapsed building and was found days after the attack. He has been waiting for payback ever since."
  415. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[90]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is the sole survivor of an ADVENT attack on a resistance camp in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. While ADVENT forces massacred everyone in the camp, she survived heavily wounded under the debris of a collapsed building and was found days after the attack. She has been waiting for payback ever since."
  416.  
  417. ; ex-criminal
  418. strCharacterBackgroundMale[91]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be part of a large underground criminal organization based in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. At some point during his 'career' he was captured by ADVENT and about to be transferred via a convoy to an unknown destination. Resistance forces attacked the convoy and freed the prisoners. When they found out about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s background he was given a choice: live and fight for the resistance... or else. He has been an asset to the cause ever since."
  419. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[91]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to be part of a large underground criminal organization based in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. At some point during her 'career' she was captured by ADVENT and about to be transferred via a convoy to an unknown destination. Resistance forces attacked the convoy and freed the prisoners. When they found out about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s background she was given a choice: live and fight for the resistance... or else. She has been an asset to the cause ever since."
  420.  
  421. ; idyllic life
  422. strCharacterBackgroundMale[92]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived an exceptionally peaceful life in a small, remote village in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He had never seen any ADVENT troops or witnessed any violence until the day a large ADVENT force came into his village in search of a resistance member who was supposedly hiding there. When they could not find them ADVENT burned the village to the ground. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was hit hard by reality that day, he's been hitting back ever since."
  423. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[92]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived an exceptionally peaceful life in a small, remote village in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She had never seen any ADVENT troops or witnessed any violence until the day a large ADVENT force came into her village in search of a resistance member who was supposedly hiding there. When they could not find them ADVENT burned the village to the ground. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was hit hard by reality that day, she's been hitting back ever since."
  424.  
  425. ; paranoid
  426. strCharacterBackgroundMale[93]="Not much is known about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s past, however his psychological profile is... unsettling. He shows symptoms of paranoia as well as several signs of severe psychological trauma. He has also been known to mumble to himself when alone and sometimes falls into a violent frenzy when in battle. Under normal circumstances he would be categorically unfit for duty. These are not normal circumstances."
  427. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[93]="Not much is known about <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s past, however her psychological profile is... unsettling. She shows symptoms of paranoia as well as several signs of severe psychological trauma. She has also been known to mumble to herself when alone and sometimes falls into a violent frenzy when in battle. Under normal circumstances she would be categorically unfit for duty. These are not normal circumstances."
  428.  
  429. ; amnesiac
  430. strCharacterBackgroundMale[94]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was found stumbling aimlessly through the wilderness by resistance forces in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He apparently suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything except his name. Interestingly, he has a large scar at the back of his head similar to Dr. Tygan's. We speculate that at one point <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> worked for ADVENT or was their prisoner and either removed the chip himself or it was forcibly removed, most likely this caused his amnesia."
  431. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[94]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was found stumbling aimlessly through the wilderness by resistance forces in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She apparently suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything except her name. Interestingly, she has a large scar at the back of her head similar to Dr. Tygan's. We speculate that at one point <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> worked for ADVENT or was their prisoner and either removed the chip herself or it was forcibly removed, most likely this caused her amnesia."
  432.  
  433. ; slum child
  434. strCharacterBackgroundMale[95]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up as an orphan in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and was shaped by that harsh environment. He stole whatever he could get his hands on to get by and attracted all sorts of trouble.<BR>He trusts only himself and is a loud mouth and a misfit. But under the harsh, rude and loud surface lies a cunning and dependable operative. His street smarts is just what XCOM could use right now."
  435. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[95]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up as an orphan in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and was shaped by that harsh environment. She stole whatever she could get her hands on to get by and attracted all sorts of trouble.<BR>She trusts only herself and is a loud mouth and a misfit. But under the harsh, rude and loud surface lies a cunning and dependable operative. Her street smarts is just what XCOM could use right now."
  436.  
  437. ; ex-ADVENT loyalist
  438. strCharacterBackgroundMale[96]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born into a family of influential ADVENT loyalists. His entire life he was told that the aliens act in humanity's best interest. One fateful day and without warning, ADVENT kidnapped or killed almost every member of his family for reasons unknown. Realizing he had been living a lie he joined XCOM and is now out for blood."
  439. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[96]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born into a family of influential ADVENT loyalists. Her entire life she was told that the aliens act in humanity's best interest. One fateful day and without warning, ADVENT kidnapped or killed almost every member of her family for reasons unknown. Realizing she had been living a lie she joined XCOM and is now out for blood."
  440.  
  441. ; XCOM kid
  442. strCharacterBackgroundMale[97]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s father was an XCOM soldier who fought and died during the alien invasion. His entire life he has tried to follow in his father's footsteps. When he heard that XCOM had reappeared from the shadows it was a dream come true. He is determined to honor his father's legacy and won't rest until the aliens have been defeated once and for all."
  443. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[97]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s father was an XCOM soldier who fought and died during the alien invasion. Her entire life she has tried to follow in his footsteps. When she heard that XCOM had reappeared from the shadows it was a dream come true. She is determined to honor her father's legacy and won't rest until the aliens have been defeated once and for all."
  444.  
  445. ; survivalist survivor
  446. strCharacterBackgroundMale[98]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in an remote, survivalist community. Tired of a life of isolation, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> ran away and joined a resistance community. When he returned to his home several years later he found only charred ruins."
  447. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[98]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in an remote, survivalist community. Tired of a life of isolation, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> ran away and joined a resistance community. When she returned to her home several years later she found only charred ruins."
  448.  
  449. ; ram raider
  450. strCharacterBackgroundMale[99]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well known for his risky and unconventional methods. During his most (in)famous operation he targeted an ADVENT prison convoy: he rammed the entire convoy off the road with a heavily armored truck and single-handedly saved over twenty prisoners from an unknown fate. Inconsequentially, to him, he broke his arm and numerous other bones in the process. With his bravery and the will to risk his life for others he is a fine addition to XCOM."
  451. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[99]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is well known for her risky and unconventional methods. During her most (in)famous operation she targeted an ADVENT prison convoy: she rammed the entire convoy off the road with a heavily armored truck and single-handedly saved over twenty prisoners from an unknown fate. Inconsequentially, to her, she broke her arm and numerous other bones in the process. With her bravery and the will to risk her life for others she is a fine addition to XCOM."
  452.  
  453. ; turncoat
  454. strCharacterBackgroundMale[100]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former ADVENT spy who infiltrated a resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He believed ADVENT's propaganda and was convinced that the resistance presented a fundamental threat to Earth and its new order. But during his time with the resistance his eyes were opened to the horrible truth and he switched sides.<BR>Surprisingly not killed outright when he revealed himself, the local resistance passed him onto XCOM for judgment. In our judgment his new beliefs are real and his skills usable."
  455. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[100]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is a former ADVENT spy who infiltrated a resistance cell in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She believed ADVENT's propaganda and was convinced that the resistance presented a fundamental threat to Earth and its new order. But during her time with the resistance her eyes were opened to the horrible truth and she switched sides.<BR>Surprisingly not killed outright when she revealed herself, the local resistance passed her onto XCOM for judgment. In our judgment her new beliefs are real and her skills usable."
  456.  
  457. ; the tinkerer
  458. strCharacterBackgroundMale[101]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the dirty slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Like so many others there, he eventually spiraled into a life of crime. But instead of resorting to crimes like robbery, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used his skills and became a weaponsmith. He built illegal weaponry from whatever scrap he could find and sold it for high prices to desperate souls. Now, years later, he has given up building weapons and now points them at ADVENT instead."
  459. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[101]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the dirty slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Like so many others there, she eventually spiraled into a life of crime. But instead of resorting to crimes like robbery, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used her skills and became a weaponsmith. She built illegal weaponry from whatever scrap she could find and sold it for high prices to desperate souls. Now, years later, she has given up building weapons and now points them at ADVENT instead."
  460.  
  461. ; /end Lore Friendly Character Pool
  462.  
  463. ; Adapted from Unique Soldiers
  464.  
  465. ; the protester
  466. strCharacterBackgroundMale[102]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> led many protests, some violent, against ADVENT operations. Eventually caught he was being transported to a high security facility when the truck carrying him was destroyed and he escaped and joined the resistance."
  467. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[102]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> led many protests, some violent, against ADVENT operations. Eventually caught she was being transported to a high security facility when the truck carrying her was destroyed and she escaped and joined the resistance."
  468.  
  469. ; the broken hearted
  470. strCharacterBackgroundMale[103]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never wanted to fight, instead he fell in love with a resistance fighter. They got engaged, were happy and in love.<br>In these dark times though, nothing remains perfect.<br>His fiancée was captured and executed for treason. This led him to where he is now."
  471. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[103]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never wanted to fight, instead she fell in love with a resistance fighter. They got engaged, were happy and in love.<br>In these dark times though, nothing remains perfect.<br>Her fiancée was captured and executed for treason. This led her to where she is now."
  472.  
  473. ; brotherly love
  474. strCharacterBackgroundMale[104]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the wilderness of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> living with his older brother. His brother never said what happened to their parents, but taught him how to fight and how to survive.<br>After a fruitless day picking through the ruins of an abandoned town for supplies he came home to find it destroyed and his brother dying in the dirt.<br>His brother's last words were 'ADVENT did this...'"
  475. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[104]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the wilderness of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> living with her older brother. Her brother never said what happened to their parents, but taught her how to fight and how to survive.<br>After a fruitless day picking through the ruins of an abandoned town for supplies she came home to find it destroyed and her brother dying in the dirt.<br>Her brother's last words were 'ADVENT did this...'"
  476.  
  477. ; footloose
  478. strCharacterBackgroundMale[105]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> always knew he could not stay in his home town. He could not live and die in the same place without tasting the world. But ADVENT took the world from him: checkpoints everywhere, a pass to go anywhere.<BR>The world has been parceled up. Lines on the map. Walls across the roads. Fences across the frontiers.<BR><BR>Erase the lines. Blow up the walls. Cut the fences. Destroy ADVENT.
  479. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[105]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> always knew she could not stay in her home town. She could not live and die in the same place without tasting the world. But ADVENT took the world from her: checkpoints everywhere, a pass to go anywhere.<BR>The world has been parceled up. Lines on the map. Walls across the roads. Fences across the frontiers.<BR><BR>Erase the lines. Blow up the walls. Cut the fences. Destroy ADVENT.
  480.  
  481. ; the farmer
  482. strCharacterBackgroundMale[106]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was happiest growing up on the family farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Soon after the invasion the farm was confiscated and his family evicted. They never found out why they were evicted or what happened to the farm, but as they were driven away greasy black smoke was spiraling into the sky.<BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has vowed to reclaim his farm, to rebuild it. But first he needs to deal with those who burnt it: ADVENT."
  483. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[106]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was happiest growing up on the family farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Soon after the invasion the farm was confiscated and her family evicted. They never found out why they were evicted or what happened to the farm, but as they were driven away greasy black smoke was spiraling into the sky.<BR><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has vowed to reclaim her farm, to rebuild it. But first she needs to deal with those who burnt it: ADVENT."
  484.  
  485. ; /end Unique Soldiers
  486.  
  487. ; Adapted from Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  488.  
  489. ; gas station resistance warrior
  490. strCharacterBackgroundMale[107]="Despite not having any formal training, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has proven to be a very capable operative. While serving with the resistance in one of the ruined towns of eastern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, his squad was overwhelmed by a large pack of Chryssalids at a gas station. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> helped two of his squad mates to safety through a sewer hatch and set timed detonators behind them. He was reassigned to XCOM following the incident."
  491. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[107]="Despite not having any formal training, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has proven to be a very capable operative. While serving with the resistance in one of the ruined towns of eastern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, her squad was overwhelmed by a large pack of Chryssalids at a gas station. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> helped two of her squad mates to safety through a sewer hatch and set timed detonators behind them. She was reassigned to XCOM following the incident."
  492.  
  493. ; unlucky farmers
  494. strCharacterBackgroundMale[108]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was growing up on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the invasion started and he first saw an alien up close in 2023 when ADVENT began construction of a prison near his village. His parents supplied the local resistance effort by purchasing weapons from a local underworld figure. Later that year the crime boss sensed a profit, his parents were sold out to ADVENT and imprisoned as collaborators."
  495. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[108]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was growing on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the invasion started and she first saw an alien up close in 2023 when ADVENT began construction of a prison near her village. Her parents supplied the local resistance effort by purchasing weapons from a local underworld figure. Later that year the crime boss sensed a profit, her parents were sold out to ADVENT and imprisoned as collaborators."
  496.  
  497. ; street-fighting (wo)man
  498. strCharacterBackgroundMale[109]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was fighting in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the battleships descended, severing communications with HQ. His company headed into the mountains and rendezvoused with local resistance fighters.<br>He was captured by ADVENT in 2034 and found by our soldiers in the back of a crashed prisoner transport with three dead guards."
  499. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[109]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was fighting in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the battleships descended, severing communications with HQ. Her company headed into the mountains and rendezvoused with local resistance fighters.<br>She was captured by ADVENT in 2034 and found by our soldiers in the back of a crashed prisoner transport with three dead guards."
  500.  
  501. ; Gatecrasher calling
  502. strCharacterBackgroundMale[110]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM two years into the invasion by the commander of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s remaining conventional forces. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had been busy organizing resistance efforts in North Africa and Southern Europe until he received an encoded message to rendezvous with us prior to Operation Gatecrasher."
  503. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[110]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM two years into the invasion by the commander of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s remaining conventional forces. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had been busy organizing resistance efforts in North Africa and Southern Europe until she received an encoded message to rendezvous with us prior to Operation Gatecrasher."
  504.  
  505. ; Burnt offering
  506. strCharacterBackgroundMale[111]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised by his grandparents on a secluded farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with his twin. When he was 17 the farm was raided and burnt by ADVENT as they suspected them of harboring resistance fighters. Both siblings escaped and teamed up with a local resistance cell. After joining XCOM he has earned the respect of many of our more experienced officers."
  507. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[111]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised by her grandparents on a secluded farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with her twin. When she was 17 the farm was raided and burnt by ADVENT as they suspected them of harboring resistance fighters. Both siblings escaped and teamed up with a local resistance cell. After joining XCOM she has earned the respect of many of our more experienced officers."
  508.  
  509. ; strange planning
  510. strCharacterBackgroundMale[112]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied urban planning at university in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the war.<br>He joined up with a battalion of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s ground forces after the UN surrendered. He worked in a number of support roles before he applied for combat duties in 2024, where he was quickly noticed as potential command material. He was transferred to a deep reconnaissance and direct action platoon in 2033 becoming its second in command, he then transferred to XCOM."
  511. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[112]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied urban planning at university in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the war.<br>She joined up with a battalion of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s ground forces after the UN surrendered. She worked in a number of support roles before she applied for combat duties in 2024, where she was quickly noticed as potential command material. She was transferred to a deep reconnaissance and direct action platoon in 2033 becoming its second in command, she then transferred to XCOM."
  512.  
  513. ; something of a war hero
  514. strCharacterBackgroundMale[113]="Back in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is known as something of a war hero for his exploits during the invasion. The two most famous being the destruction of an alien fuel dump with a single incendiary round and carrying an injured resistance officer for four days through hostile territory to safety. Now he's eager to put his skills back to use after three months in an ADVENT prison."
  515. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[113]="Back in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is known as something of a war hero for her exploits during the invasion. The two most famous being the destruction of an alien fuel dump with a single incendiary round and carrying an injured resistance officer for four days through hostile territory to safety. Now she's eager to put her skills back to use after three months in an ADVENT prison."
  516.  
  517. ; army then drugs then XCOM
  518. strCharacterBackgroundMale[114]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> completed one tour of Afghanistan before the invasion and then fought in the ultimately doomed defense of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, until the aliens all but annihilated his battalion. He spent the next few years working as a mercenary for an underground drug lord hunting aliens for money, before joining the resistance to kill them for a reason.<br>His methods are unorthodox but he gets the job done."
  519. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[114]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> completed one tour of Afghanistan before the invasion and then fought in the ultimately doomed defense of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, until the aliens all but annihilated her battalion. She spent the next few years working as a mercenary for an underground drug lord hunting aliens for money, before joining the resistance to kill them for a reason.<br>Her methods are unorthodox but she gets the job done."
  520.  
  521. ; solid operator
  522. strCharacterBackgroundMale[115]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> learned to fight on the streets as a child and joined the army at eighteen, completing his training just in time to find himself thrust into the doomed defense of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> against vastly superior forces. His fellow soldiers attest to his steadfast personality and sense of duty. He seems like just the kind of soldier XCOM needs."
  523. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[115]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> learned to fight on the streets as a child and joined the army at eighteen, completing her training just in time to find herself thrust into the doomed defense of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> against vastly superior forces. Her fellow soldiers attest to her steadfast personality and sense of duty. She seems like just the kind of soldier XCOM needs."
  524.  
  525. ; Chrysallid nightmare
  526. strCharacterBackgroundMale[116]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the son of a biotech CEO from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. While on a business trip with his family to Uganda in 2018 an alien transport landed near the busy road they were on, the aliens fired an EMP and then unleashed a swarm of Chrysallids at the resulting gridlock. He was rescued from the car before his parents turned thanks to the desperate actions of a local resistance cell.<br>Despite their heavy losses the resistance cell adopted <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, first as something of a mascot and then as a fellow fighter."
  527. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[116]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the daughter of a biotech CEO from <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. While on a business trip with her family to Chile in 2018 an alien transport landed near the busy road they were on, the aliens fired an EMP and then unleashed a swarm of Chrysallids at the resulting gridlock. She was rescued from the car before her parents turned thanks to the desperate actions of a local resistance cell.<br>Despite their heavy losses the resistance cell adopted <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, first as something of a mascot and then as a fellow fighter."
  528.  
  529. ; XCOM badass
  530. strCharacterBackgroundMale[117]="Although the records of his service have now been destroyed, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had over twenty confirmed kills before the attack on XCOM HQ, after which he returned to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to help organize resistance cells. He found his own way to the Avenger following a rumor that resistance fighters had discovered and repaired an old alien vessel."
  531. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[117]="Although the records of her service have now been destroyed, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had over twenty confirmed kills before the attack on XCOM HQ, after which she returned to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to help organize resistance cells. She found her own way to the Avenger following a rumor that resistance fighters had discovered and repaired an old alien vessel."
  532.  
  533. ; family connections
  534. strCharacterBackgroundMale[118]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> comes from a family with a long military history and graduated officer training with very high commendations. Since the invasion he has been leading from the front, fighting the length and breadth of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and its neighboring countries, always inspiring his soldiers onward."
  535. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[118]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> comes from a family with a long military history and graduated officer training with very high commendations. Since the invasion she has been leading from the front, fighting the length and breadth of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and its neighboring countries, always inspiring her soldiers onward."
  536.  
  537. ; military trainer
  538. strCharacterBackgroundMale[119]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army after failing to qualify for university.<br>Following the alien's arrival, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was deployed to Thailand to train volunteers for the UN-organized Pan-Asian Defense Force. A soldier without a home after the defeat of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> he started recruiting, training and leading resistance fighters and has not stopped."
  539. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[119]="Born and raised in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army after failing to qualify for university.<br>Following the alien's arrival, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was deployed to Thailand to train volunteers for the UN-organized Pan-Asian Defense Force. A soldier without a home after the defeat of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> she started recruiting, training and leading resistance fighters and has not stopped."
  540.  
  541. ; UFO shooter
  542. strCharacterBackgroundMale[120]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the hinterlands of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, his parents were both militia fighters and he became an adept guerrilla fighter during his teenage years. He joined XCOM after they assisted his group in grounding and destroying a UFO which had been abducting and experimenting on local people."
  543. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[120]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the hinterlands of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, her parents were both militia fighters and she became an adept guerrilla fighter during her teenage years. She joined XCOM after they assisted her group in grounding and destroying a UFO which had been abducting and experimenting on local people."
  544.  
  545. ; Fenrir
  546. strCharacterBackgroundMale[121]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a military family, joining the army in 2005 and rising to the rank of lieutenant before accepting a transfer to XCOM.<br>He was a member of Operation Ragnarök, the doomsday plan which spread XCOM operatives around the world to train and organize resistance cells after the fall of XCOM HQ."
  547. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[121]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a military family, joining the army in 2005 and rising to the rank of lieutenant before accepting a transfer to XCOM.<br>She was a member of Operation Ragnarök, the doomsday plan which spread XCOM operatives around the world to train and organize resistance cells after the fall of XCOM HQ."
  548.  
  549. ; Fisher(wo)man
  550. strCharacterBackgroundMale[122]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made a living fishing in a remote community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>.<br>He was arrested for the destruction of two patrol vessels after placing homemade explosives around the entrance to an ADVENT cargo dock. He was sent to a holding facility that, luckily for him, was attacked by the resistance a week after he was incarcerated. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance along with most of the other escapees."
  551. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[122]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made a living fishing in a remote community in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>.<br>She was arrested for the destruction of two patrol vessels after placing homemade explosives around the entrance to an ADVENT cargo dock. She was sent to a holding facility that, luckily for her, was attacked by the resistance a week after she was incarcerated. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance along with most of the other escapees."
  552.  
  553. ; ADVENT myth-take
  554. strCharacterBackgroundMale[123]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> does not remember much from before the war, his family were poor but scraped enough together to get by. Mostly.<br>His mother taught him to read from a book of ancient Greek myths and he has treasured it ever since.<br>The last time he saw his family was when they were arrested by ADVENT for hiding two 'terrorists', his cousins. He joined the resistance almost immediately after."
  555. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[123]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> does not remember much from before the war, her family were poor but scraped enough together to get by. Mostly.<br>Her mother taught her to read from a book of ancient Egyptian myths and she has treasured it ever since.<br>The last time she saw her family was when they were arrested by ADVENT for hiding two 'terrorists', her cousins. She joined the resistance almost immediately after."
  556.  
  557. ; ex-XCOM
  558. strCharacterBackgroundMale[124]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a lieutenant before he accepted a transfer to XCOM in 2015. Following the fall of XCOM HQ, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made his way across the broken world he'd pledged to defend training volunteers in guerrilla warfare and giving ADVENT hell."
  559. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[124]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a lieutenant before she accepted a transfer to XCOM in 2015. Following the fall of XCOM HQ, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made her way across the broken world she'd pledged to defend training volunteers in guerrilla warfare and giving ADVENT hell."
  560.  
  561. ; ex-Cop
  562. strCharacterBackgroundMale[125]="Originally a weapons specialist in an anti-organized crime task force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was well suited for his new role when he joined XCOM following a Chrysallid attack on his police station. He managed to barricade some civilians into the holding cells and used his pistol to hold off the swarm until the Skyranger arrived."
  563. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[125]="Originally a weapons specialist in an anti-organized crime task force in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was well suited for her new role when she joined XCOM following a Chrysallid attack on her police station. She managed to barricade some civilians into the holding cells and used her pistol to hold off the swarm until the Skyranger arrived."
  564.  
  565. ; head-hunter
  566. strCharacterBackgroundMale[126]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was only a child when the invasion started, his father was a soldier who fell to a Sectopod's Wrath Cannon while trying to carry an unconscious civilian to safety.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has not received much formal training but he has honed his skills hunting ADVENT alone in the ruins of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He leaves the decapitated heads of the ADVENT soldiers he has killed displayed on exposed rebar as both a warning and a promise."
  567. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[126]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was only a child when the invasion started, her father was a soldier who fell to a Sectopod's Wrath Cannon while trying to carry an unconscious civilian to safety.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has not received much formal training but she has honed her skills hunting ADVENT alone in the ruins of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She leaves the decapitated heads of the ADVENT soldiers she has killed displayed on exposed rebar as both a warning and a promise."
  568.  
  569. ; XCOM survivalist
  570. strCharacterBackgroundMale[127]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM based on his front line experience but he turned down the the transfer from the armed forces of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> in favor of serving his country directly. After hearing of XCOM's exploits he re-applied and was transferred to XCOM a month before the fall of XCOM HQ. On a wilderness survival exercise at the time, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> returned home to train volunteers in guerrilla warfare."
  571. strCharacterBackgroundMale[127]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM based on her front line experience but she turned down the the transfer from the armed forces of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> in favor of serving her country directly. After hearing of XCOM's exploits she re-applied and was transferred to XCOM a month before the fall of XCOM HQ. On a wilderness survival exercise at the time, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> returned home to train volunteers in guerrilla warfare."
  572.  
  573. ; Farm-army-XCOM-resistance
  574. strCharacterBackgroundMale[128]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He joined the army, finishing his training a few months before the invasion. He transferred to the XCOM project when the aliens began bombing civilian targets in November 2015. After the rise of ADVENT he returned to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to guard the resistance refuge where his family lived."
  575. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[128]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She joined the army, finishing her training a few months before the invasion. She transferred to the XCOM project when the aliens began bombing civilian targets in November 2015. After the rise of ADVENT she returned to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to guard the resistance refuge where her family lived."
  576.  
  577. ; Muton killer
  578. strCharacterBackgroundMale[129]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent much of his childhood on a farm suffering under ADVENT occupation. He and his family joined the resistance after secretly taking in a pair of children who had escaped from ADVENT and stumbled upon their farmstead. During his time in the resistance he proved himself to be a capable warrior, even single-handedly killing a Muton at the age of fifteen."
  579. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[129]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent much of her childhood on a farm suffering under ADVENT occupation. She and her family joined the resistance after secretly taking in a pair of children who had escaped from ADVENT and stumbled upon their farmstead. During her time in the resistance she proved herself to be a capable warrior, even single-handedly killing a Muton at the age of fifteen."
  580.  
  581. ; school kid
  582. strCharacterBackgroundMale[130]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the child of a lawyer and a business executive. He was attending a select school when an alien division landed and took the city's defenders by surprise. His class was being loaded into an alien transport when a group of local police found the landing site and saved them from captivity. He joined the resistance later that month with a group of his surviving classmates."
  583. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[130]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was the child of a lawyer and a business executive. She was attending a select school when an alien division landed and took the city's defenders by surprise. Her class was being loaded into an alien transport when a group of local police found the landing site and saved them from captivity. She joined the resistance later that month with a group of her surviving classmates."
  584.  
  585. ; construction worker
  586. strCharacterBackgroundMale[131]=strCharacterBackgroundFemale[131]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents were killed in a car crash when he was three. He grew up on his grandparents' farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, where he picked up survival skills and a DIY attitude. He was running a construction and maintenance company in a city near to his grandparents' farm when the invasion began, his company experienced a major increase in customers following the alien bombings. He joined the resistance in 2025 and has since taken on a less constructive approach to architecture."
  587. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[131]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents were killed in a car crash when she was three. She grew up on her grandparents' farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, where she picked up survival skills and a DIY attitude. She was running a construction and maintenance company in a city near to her grandparents' farm when the invasion began, her company experienced a major increase in customers following the alien bombings. She joined the resistance in 2025 and has since taken on a less constructive approach to architecture."
  588.  
  589. ; drone killer
  590. strCharacterBackgroundMale[132]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied at university for a year before joining the army in 2013. After distinguishing himself during an alien raid in 2016, he was recommended to XCOM. Early in the invasion his squad destroyed an alien drone, that drone's wreckage proving fundamental in the development of our own Gremlin units. His VTOL was shot down in 2022, but he was pulled from the wreckage by a local resistance group."
  591. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[132]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied at university for a year before joining the army in 2013. After distinguishing herself during an alien raid in 2016, she was recommended to XCOM. Early in the invasion her squad destroyed an alien drone, that drone's wreckage proving fundamental in the development of our own Gremlin units. Her VTOL was shot down in 2022, but she was pulled from the wreckage by a local resistance group."
  592.  
  593. ; explosive Cop
  594. strCharacterBackgroundMale[133]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had only recently joined the police force when the invasion began. A year later an alien ship landed near his town and began abducting people. Following numerous calls for help <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his fellow officers eventually acted, sneaking onto the ship at night and rescuing the abductees. They were seen by a squad of Mutons and were forced to retreat, but not before planting enough C4 to disable the ship."
  595. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[133]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had only recently joined the police force when the invasion began. A year later an alien ship landed near her town and began abducting people. Following numerous calls for help <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her fellow officers eventually acted, sneaking onto the ship at night and rescuing the abductees. They were seen by a squad of Mutons and were forced to retreat, but not before planting enough C4 to disable the ship."
  596.  
  597. ; political prisoner
  598. strCharacterBackgroundMale[134]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s mother was a US Navy helicopter pilot who settled down in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to do charity work. He grew up to be quite a political activist in his early twenties as government ministers worldwide began mysteriously voting in favor of surrender. He was imprisoned after an anti-ADVENT rally in 2024 but a lone resistance hacker deactivated the laser grids, prison wide, just long enough for him and twenty five other eager recruits to escape."
  599. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[134]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s mother was a US Navy helicopter pilot who settled down in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> to do charity work. She grew up to be quite a political activist in her early twenties as government ministers worldwide began mysteriously voting in favor of surrender. She was imprisoned after an anti-ADVENT rally in 2024 but a lone resistance hacker deactivated the laser grids, prison wide, just long enough for her and twenty five other eager recruits to escape."
  600.  
  601. ; cargo freighter orphan
  602. strCharacterBackgroundMale[135]="After the crippling defeat of the Sri Lankan armed forces <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s father sold their home and paid the captain of a cargo freighter to take the family to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>.<br>Tired of living as a refugee <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance as soon as he turned sixteen, against his family's wishes."
  603. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[135]="After the crippling defeat of the Iranian armed forces <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s father sold their home and paid the captain of a cargo freighter to take the family to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>.<br>Tired of living as a refugee <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance as soon as she turned sixteen, against her family's wishes."
  604.  
  605. ; ex-Riot Cop
  606. strCharacterBackgroundMale[136]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a riot police officer in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the invasion began and he remained in law enforcement throughout the tumultuous period leading up to his country's surrender. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> dropped off the grid to avoid arrest by ADVENT troops searching for people like him with firearms training. Nothing was heard of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> until rumors began to spread through local resistance channels a few years later of a mysterious figure in a gas mask killing aliens and disappearing into the night."
  607. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[136]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a riot police officer in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> when the invasion began and she remained in law enforcement throughout the tumultuous period leading up to her country's surrender. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> dropped off the grid to avoid arrest by ADVENT troops searching for people like her with firearms training. Nothing was heard of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> until rumors began to spread through local resistance channels a few years later of a mysterious figure in a gas mask killing aliens and disappearing into the night."
  608.  
  609. ; scavenger
  610. strCharacterBackgroundMale[137]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born in the year of the invasion and carved out a meager living with his family scavenging machinery and old electronics in the ruins of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s cities. While scavenging in 2033 he found a small alien device buried in the rubble which he collected to sell on the black market, but the device began sending a homing signal forcing him to flee his home for fear of arrest by ADVENT."
  611. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[137]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born in the year of the invasion and carved out a meager living with her family scavenging machinery and old electronics in the ruins of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>'s cities. While scavenging in 2033 she found a small alien device buried in the rubble which she collected to sell on the black market, but the device began sending a homing signal forcing her to flee her home for fear of arrest by ADVENT."
  612.  
  613. ; breakout leader
  614. strCharacterBackgroundMale[138]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents sold their family home and moved to a small rural town three weeks before their former home was leveled during the invasion. Some years later ADVENT surrounded the small rural town and began taking children for re-education. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> led a group of young children though a gap in the enemy's security perimeter and took them to a resistance haven where he joined the struggle."
  615. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[138]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents sold their family home and moved to a small rural town three weeks before their former home was leveled during the invasion. Some years later ADVENT surrounded the small rural town and began taking children for re-education. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> led a group of young children though a gap in the enemy's security perimeter and took them to a resistance haven where she joined the struggle."
  616.  
  617. ; forklift operator
  618. strCharacterBackgroundMale[139]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a forklift operator working at an airport when the aliens began their first major offensive against <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. An elerium bomb was dropped in the city center followed by a fleet of agile landing craft, too fast for the city's missile defenses. The city was lost within hours but <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and two fellow civilians managed to escape to an army checkpoint in a stolen news helicopter where the three of them joined the fledgling resistance movement."
  619. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[139]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a forklift operator working at an airport when the aliens began their first major offensive against <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. An elerium bomb was dropped in the city center followed by a fleet of agile landing craft, too fast for the city's missile defenses. The city was lost within hours but <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and two fellow civilians managed to escape to an army checkpoint in a stolen news helicopter where the three of them joined the fledgling resistance movement."
  620.  
  621. ; army massacre survivor
  622. strCharacterBackgroundMale[140]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army straight out of school and was quickly recognized as an exceptional marksman before the war. His battalion was massacred while defending the capital city's main rail line, but their sacrifice saved nearly a hundred thousand lives. He's spent the years since hunting aliens in the wilderness and hinterlands of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  623. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[140]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army straight out of school and was quickly recognized as an exceptional marksman before the war. Her battalion was massacred while defending the capital city's main rail line, but their sacrifice saved nearly a hundred thousand lives. She's spent the years since hunting aliens in the wilderness and hinterlands of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  624.  
  625. ; resistance smuggler
  626. strCharacterBackgroundMale[141]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small fishing village and has spent much of his life under alien occupation. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his father secretly ferried refugees out of the country and smuggled weapons and resistance operatives in. He's seen his share of firefights along the way and is eager for the chance to take the fight to ADVENT."
  627. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[141]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small fishing village and has spent much of her life under alien occupation. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her father secretly ferried refugees out of the country and smuggled weapons and resistance operatives in. She's seen her share of firefights along the way and is eager for the chance to take the fight to ADVENT."
  628.  
  629. ; miner
  630. strCharacterBackgroundMale[142]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a mining village. It was a quiet life until the invasion finally reached them. The aliens rounded up the survivors and put them to work in the mines, where they were worked until death and their bodies taken away for 'processing'. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped from the mining camp and returned with a squad of militia to free the survivors."
  631. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[142]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a mining village. It was a quiet life until the invasion finally reached them. The aliens rounded up the survivors and put them to work in the mines, where they were worked until death and their bodies taken away for 'processing'. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped from the mining camp and returned with a squad of militia to free the survivors."
  632.  
  633. ; news anchor
  634. strCharacterBackgroundMale[143]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied media and communications at university with hopes of one day becoming a news anchor. After graduating he got a job at a small, regional television station. As luck would have it, good luck or bad he is still not sure, he was covering an open day at a local military base when the aliens invaded and his footage catapulted him into the national consciousness.<br>He joined the resistance after witnessing the aliens attack his old university and massacre almost everyone there."
  635. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[143]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> studied media and communications at university with hopes of one day becoming a news anchor. After graduating she got a job at a small, regional television station. As luck would have it, good luck or bad she is still not sure, she was covering an open day at a local military base when the aliens invaded and her footage catapulted her into the national consciousness.<br>She joined the resistance after witnessing the aliens attack her old university and massacre almost everyone there."
  636.  
  637. ; another breakout leader
  638. strCharacterBackgroundMale[144]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived quietly in one of the major cities of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> until news of other cities being bombarded to dust prompted the family to move to the country and live with relatives. Soon after moving ADVENT surrounded their new town and began taking children for re-education, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance three days after narrowly escaping capture and leading a group of other residents to a nearby resistance haven."
  639. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[144]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived quietly in one of the major cities of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> until news of other cities being bombarded to dust prompted the family to move to the country and live with relatives. Soon after moving ADVENT surrounded their new town and began taking children for re-education, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the resistance three days after narrowly escaping capture and leading a group of other residents to a nearby resistance haven."
  640.  
  641. ; rubble rouser
  642. strCharacterBackgroundMale[145]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up watching his parents waste away before his eyes, working grueling long hours in an electronics factory for a pittance. Determined that that would not happen to him he joined the military as soon as he could. Barely out of basic training <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was thrown into the one-sided fight against the aliens, first seeing combat in the shattered streets of the capital before the ultimate surrender of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped into the rubble to continue his war singlehanded."
  643. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[145]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up watching her parents waste away before her eyes, working grueling long hours in an electronics factory for a pittance. Determined that that would not happen to her she joined the military as soon as she could. Barely out of basic training <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was thrown into the one-sided fight against the aliens, first seeing combat in the shattered streets of the capital before the ultimate surrender of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped into the rubble to continue her war singlehanded."
  644.  
  645. ; militia member
  646. strCharacterBackgroundMale[146]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> first started training with a gun when his town started a militia in those nervous few weeks before the full invasion. The militia proved their worth when an alien harvester landed just outside of town in search of test subjects. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of the militia held off the alien's attack long enough for the townspeople to escape and hide in a nearby series of old mine shafts. The aliens were forced to retreat as reinforcements arrived from nearby towns, taking only the bodies of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s fallen comrades."
  647. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[146]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> first started training with a gun when her town started a militia in those nervous few weeks before the full invasion. The militia proved their worth when an alien harvester landed just outside of town in search of test subjects. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of the militia held off the alien's attack long enough for the townspeople to escape and hide in a nearby series of old mine shafts. The aliens were forced to retreat as reinforcements arrived from nearby towns, taking only the bodies of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s fallen comrades."
  648.  
  649. ; would-be student
  650. strCharacterBackgroundMale[147]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the military in order to pay his way into university, but once the aliens arrived his term was extended indefinitely under new national emergency laws. His first contact with the enemy was as part of the ill-fated force sent to investigate an alien landing zone in the east of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  651. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[147]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the military in order to pay her way into university, but once the aliens arrived her term was extended indefinitely under new national emergency laws. Her first contact with the enemy was as part of the ill-fated force sent to investigate an alien landing zone in the east of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  652.  
  653. ; Council member bodyguard
  654. strCharacterBackgroundMale[148]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in one of the interchangeable suburbs of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> during the 90s and trained as a bodyguard in his early twenties. He joined XCOM after one of our squads saved <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his employer (an XCOM council member) from abduction by Thin Men in the early months of the war."
  655. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[148]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in one of the interchangeable suburbs of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> during the 90s and trained as a bodyguard in her early twenties. She joined XCOM after one of our squads saved <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her employer (an XCOM council member) from abduction by Thin Men in the early months of the war."
  656.  
  657. ; kidnap investigator
  658. strCharacterBackgroundMale[149]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had a good sense of humor from an early age and became the unofficial mascot of the police station where his mother worked as an inspector. He joined the police force himself and was tasked with responding to a reported kidnapping for his first assignment. When he arrived at the scene the only evidence remaining was a broken phone and a luminescent web of tough green gel."
  659. strCharacterBackgroundMale[149]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had a good sense of humor from an early age and became the unofficial mascot of the police station where her mother worked as an inspector. She joined the police force herself and was tasked with responding to a reported kidnapping for her first assignment. When she arrived at the scene the only evidence remaining was a broken phone and a luminescent web of tough green gel."
  660.  
  661. ; farmer with an ax
  662. strCharacterBackgroundMale[150]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with his grandparents. He joined the resistance when he was forced to flee his home after killing two ADVENT troopers with an ax to stop them taking his younger brother to a re-education center."
  663. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[150]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up on a farm in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> with her grandparents. She joined the resistance when she was forced to flee her home after killing two ADVENT troopers with an ax to stop them taking her younger brother to a re-education center."
  664.  
  665. ; ex-XCOM red shirt
  666. strCharacterBackgroundMale[151]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of base security at XCOM HQ. He and a handful of his fellows held the doors during the final assault on XCOM HQ. Most of the other security personnel were killed but the aliens had to pull back and regroup giving <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the few other remaining XCOM staff enough time to grab what they could and escape."
  667. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[151]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of base security at XCOM HQ. She and a handful of her fellows held the doors during the final assault on XCOM HQ. Most of the other security personnel were killed but the aliens had to pull back and regroup giving <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the few other remaining XCOM staff enough time to grab what they could and escape."
  668.  
  669. ; bad pupil
  670. strCharacterBackgroundMale[152]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent most of his teenage years under alien occupation. He was forcibly taken from his parents and sent to an ADVENT re-education center. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never a model pupil and one night he set the center's kitchen ablaze, he and a number of his classmates escaped during the confusion and joined the resistance."
  671. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[152]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> spent most of her teenage years under alien occupation. She was forcibly taken from her parents and sent to an ADVENT re-education center. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never a model pupil and one night she set the center's kitchen ablaze, she and a number of her classmates escaped during the confusion and joined the resistance."
  672.  
  673. ; framed cop
  674. strCharacterBackgroundMale[153]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived his whole life in a small town in northern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He joined the town's police force and served with honor and distinction. Unlike a number of his fellow officers. After <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> uncovered evidence of their corruption they framed him and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was imprisoned. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was incarcerated until the prison was bombed during the invasion allowing him to escape and join the resistance."
  675. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[153]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived her whole life in a small town in northern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She joined the town's police force and served with honor and distinction. Unlike a number of her fellow officers. After <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> uncovered evidence of their corruption they framed her and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was imprisoned. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was incarcerated until the prison was bombed during the invasion allowing her to escape and join the resistance."
  676.  
  677. ; militia survivor of Chryssalid attack
  678. strCharacterBackgroundMale[154]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small town in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, he joined the local militia which formed during the invasion and then joined XCOM after his town was overrun by Chryssalids. During the Chryssalid attack he was able to send a distress call and luckily one of our Skyrangers was close enough to extract him and the other survivors before they were overrun."
  679. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[154]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small town in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, she joined the local militia which formed during the invasion and then joined XCOM after her town was overrun by Chryssalids. During the Chryssalid attack she was able to send a distress call and luckily one of our Skyrangers was close enough to extract her and the other survivors before they were overrun."
  680.  
  681. ; sewer rat
  682. strCharacterBackgroundMale[155]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a special forces unit before being transferred to XCOM. After the rise of ADVENT <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> moved his cell into the cities, basing them in the ruins and the sewers underneath the streets. Ever since, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s cell has been conducting guerrilla operations and assisting civilians in escaping from underneath the ADVENT heel."
  683. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[155]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a member of a special forces unit before being transferred to XCOM. After the rise of ADVENT <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> moved her cell into the cities, basing them in the ruins and the sewers underneath the streets. Ever since, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s cell has been conducting guerrilla operations and assisting civilians in escaping from underneath the ADVENT heel."
  684.  
  685. ; mechtoid killer
  686. strCharacterBackgroundMale[156]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> volunteered for national service after the early alien incursions in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Based on his mental and physical aptitude tests <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM. During his training <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> became an excellent marksman, single handedly killing a Mechtoid in the ultimately doomed defense of XCOM HQ."
  687. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[156]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> volunteered for national service after the early alien incursions in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Based on her mental and physical aptitude tests <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was recommended to XCOM. During her training <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> became an excellent marksman, single handedly killing a Mechtoid in the ultimately doomed defense of XCOM HQ."
  688.  
  689. ; pyro pupil
  690. strCharacterBackgroundMale[157]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never saw his mother very much. His mother was a soldier who fought in the invasion and continued on in the resistance until her cell was exposed, leading to her arrest and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s transportation to an ADVENT re-education center. He escaped two years later by overloading the school generator and starting a fire, which distracted security. He joined the resistance later that year."
  691. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[157]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never saw her mother very much. Her mother was a soldier who fought in the invasion and continued on in the resistance until her cell was exposed, leading to her arrest and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s transportation to an ADVENT re-education center. She escaped two years later by overloading the school generator and starting a fire, which distracted security. She joined the resistance later that year."
  692.  
  693. ; resistance leader
  694. strCharacterBackgroundMale[158]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of XCOM's earliest recruits, light on his feet and deadly with any weapon, he rose quickly through the ranks before being given command of his own squad. After the fall of XCOM HQ he returned home to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, becoming one of the key leaders of the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  695. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[158]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was one of XCOM's earliest recruits, light on her feet and deadly with any weapon, she rose quickly through the ranks before being given command of her own squad. After the fall of XCOM HQ she returned home to <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, becoming one of the key leaders of the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>."
  696.  
  697. ; early volunteer
  698. strCharacterBackgroundMale[159]="A military base was built near <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s hometown during the early weeks of the invasion, aiming to train and arm volunteers willing to take on the alien invaders. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> enlisted immediately after news arrived that the initial counter attack by the armed forces of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> had not only been repulsed but overrun. He joined the resistance after the newly-built base he was training in was itself attacked and overrun."
  699. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[159]="A military base was built near <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s hometown during the early weeks of the invasion, aiming to train and arm volunteers willing to take on the alien invaders. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> enlisted immediately after news arrived that the initial counter attack by the armed forces of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> had not only been repulsed but overrun. She joined the resistance after the newly-built base she was training in was itself attacked and overrun."
  700.  
  701. ; airport insecurity
  702. strCharacterBackgroundMale[160]="Before the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was an air force special operative. In the weeks leading up to the invasion he was deployed to a small airport which had suddenly gone silent. His squad was ambushed by Mutons leaving him the sole survivor. He was dishonorably discharged after claiming that the rest of his squad were killed by aliens.<br> He went into a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol until he was vindicated by the first wave of the invasion when he threw off his dark thoughts and threw himself into the nascent resistance movement."
  703. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[160]="Before the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was an air force special operative. In the weeks leading up to the invasion she was deployed to a small airport which had suddenly gone silent. Her squad was ambushed by Mutons leaving her the sole survivor. She was dishonorably discharged after claiming that the rest of her squad were killed by aliens.<br>She went into a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol until she was vindicated by the first wave of the invasion when she threw off her dark thoughts and threw herself into the nascent resistance movement."
  704.  
  705. ; sewer child
  706. strCharacterBackgroundMale[161]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had a tough childhood growing up in the dark sewers with only a ruined and devastated city above. He lived in a large resistance hideout hidden from ADVENT scanners by a thick layer of concrete and steel. It was home to only about sixty people at the time he left but has grown to become one of the main command centers for the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, housing a couple of hundred fighters and their families."
  707. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[161]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> had a tough childhood growing up in the dark sewers with only a ruined and devastated city above. She lived in a large resistance hideout hidden from ADVENT scanners by a thick layer of concrete and steel. It was home to only about sixty people at the time she left but has grown to become one of the main command centers for the resistance in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, housing a couple of hundred fighters and their families."
  708.  
  709. ; nature lover
  710. strCharacterBackgroundMale[162]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents were a nature photographer and an entomologist who often took him on long camping trips into the wilderness. At school <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a passionate student of history. He fled to the forest with his parents to hide out the war; but a few years later, after an epiphany that ADVENT would not leave them alone forever, he ran away to join the resistance."
  711. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[162]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s parents were a nature photographer and an entomologist who often took her on long camping trips into the wilderness. At school <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a passionate student of history. She fled to the forest with her parents to hide out the war; but a few years later, after an epiphany that ADVENT would not leave them alone forever, she ran away to join the resistance."
  712.  
  713. ; /end Combine's Lore Friendly Character Pool
  714.  
  715. ; Adapted from ChristopherOdd Character Pool
  716.  
  717. ; awakening
  718. strCharacterBackgroundMale[163]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and has little memory of the chaos of the invasion. Initially content with the world's new order his attitude changed as more and more friends of his vanished after expressing negative views of ADVENT. After <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> put the pieces together he quit the new world and joined the Resistance to fight for the old."
  719. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[163]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> and has little memory of the chaos of the invasion. Initially content with the world's new order her attitude changed as more and more friends of her vanished after expressing negative views of ADVENT. After <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> put the pieces together she quit the new world and joined the Resistance to fight for the old."
  720.  
  721. ; look in the eye
  722. strCharacterBackgroundMale[164]="The first we saw of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was when he wandered out of the wilderness and into a resistance haven. We do not know where he came from, and the look in his eye has put everyone off asking him a second time.<br>When ADVENT attacked the haven and burnt it to the ground, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> took up arms with the people that had taken him in and fought to defend his new home.<br>He has since joined the resistance, proving an effective if brutal fighter. However, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is prone to switching personality in an instant, going from seemingly placid to violently aggressive. Thankfully, it seems to be only ADVENT and their alien masters that bring out this destructive side."
  723. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[164]="The first we saw of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was when she wandered out of the wilderness and into a resistance haven. We do not know where she came from, and the look in her eye has put everyone off asking her a second time.<br>When ADVENT attacked the haven and burnt it to the ground, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> took up arms with the people that had taken her in and fought to defend her new home.<br>She has since joined the resistance, proving an effective if brutal fighter. However, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is prone to switching personality in an instant, going from seemingly placid to violently aggressive. Thankfully, it seems to be only ADVENT and their alien masters that bring out this destructive side."
  724.  
  725. ;I used to be a vet, y'know
  726. strCharacterBackgroundMale[165]="Before the alien invasion <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a veterinarian working with his long-time friend Aisha, love had just started to blossom between the two as the first alien craft descended over <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and Aisha were separated in the chaos that followed that first wave of attacks.<br>Taken in first by the resistance and then by XCOM <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fights to rid the world of the ADVENT administration, and in his heart hopes to see Aisha once again."
  727. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[165]="Before the alien invasion <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a veterinarian working with her long-time friend Abdullah, love had just started to blossom between the two as the first alien craft descended over <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and Abdullah were separated in the chaos that followed that first wave of attacks.<br>Taken in first by the resistance and then by XCOM <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fights to rid the world of the ADVENT administration, and in her heart hopes to see Abdullah once again."
  728.  
  729. ;ex-politician
  730. strCharacterBackgroundMale[166]="When the aliens first arrived, as a member of the government of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> advocated strongly for co-operation with the aliens and terminating the misguided XCOM project. The ADVENT coalition did not overlook his loyalty, rewarding him with a senior administrative role.<br>When his wife and son suddenly disappeared <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> began asking all the wrong questions of his employers and he was eventually dismissed.<br>A revitalized XCOM now represents his only chance for answers."
  731. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[166]="When the aliens first arrived, as a member of the government of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> advocated strongly for co-operation with the aliens and terminating the misguided XCOM project. The ADVENT coalition did not overlook his loyalty, rewarding her with a senior administrative role.<br>When her husband and son suddenly disappeared <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> began asking all the wrong questions of her employers and she was eventually dismissed.<br>A revitalized XCOM now represents her only chance for answers."
  732.  
  733. ;sweet and friendly
  734. strCharacterBackgroundMale[167]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never wanted to fight, but growing up in the resistance has given him little choice. He is a sweet and friendly boy who would much rather put down his weapon but he knows the importance of our cause and will do what he has to. He may be young, and he may lack experience, but he learns fast and has so far proved effective."
  735. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[167]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never wanted to fight, but growing up in the resistance has given her little choice. She is a sweet and friendly girl who would much rather put down her weapon but she knows the importance of our cause and will do what she has to. She may be young, and she may lack experience, but she learns fast and has so far proved effective."
  736.  
  737. ;curious student
  738. strCharacterBackgroundMale[168]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in a small village in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. When he finished school he moved to the capital and started studying at the university, he was determined to become someone important in the world.<br>During his second year he witnessed a heated argument between one of the other students and their tutor. A couple of hours later the student was led away by ADVENT soldiers and never seen again. The tutor denied all knowledge of the soldiers, the argument and even the student. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was shocked and tried to find the truth, but no-one, not even his friends, seemed interested.<br>Months later, at a party on campus, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> met someone who was interested. Weeks later they eventually revealed they were a member of the resistance and everything changed for <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. He dropped his studies. He joined the resistance."
  739. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[168]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in a small village in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. When she finished school she moved to the capital and started studying at the university, she was determined to become someone important in the world.<br>During her second year she witnessed a heated argument between one of the other students and their tutor. A couple of hours later the student was led away by ADVENT soldiers and never seen again. The tutor denied all knowledge of the soldiers, the argument and even the student. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was shocked and tried to find the truth, but no-one, not even her friends, seemed interested.<br>Months later, at a party on campus, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> met someone who was interested. Weeks later they eventually revealed they were a member of the resistance and everything changed for <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. She dropped her studies. She joined the resistance."
  740.  
  741. ;resistance leader
  742. strCharacterBackgroundMale[169]="Back in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is regarded by the resistance as a hero, both for his efforts during the invasion but particularly afterwards.<br>In the early days of the alien incursion <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fled to the wilderness in southern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, found an abandoned military arms depot and slowly recruited a group of resistance fighters. This rag-tag band of guerrilla soldiers resisted the aliens and expanded their area of operations to create the largest resistance safe haven in the country."
  743. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[169]="Back in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> is regarded by the resistance as a hero, both for her efforts during the invasion but particularly afterwards.<br>In the early days of the alien incursion <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fled to the wilderness in southern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, found an abandoned military arms depot and slowly recruited a group of resistance fighters. This rag-tag band of guerrilla soldiers resisted the aliens and expanded their area of operations to create the largest resistance safe haven in the country."
  744.  
  745. ;standing out of the bottle
  746. strCharacterBackgroundMale[170]="Once heralded for his glorious diplomatic career, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fell far and fell hard.<br>After the fall of Earth, he was unable to keep his friends and family safe. One by one they were dragged away by ADVENT and he never saw any of them again. The losses made him reach for the bottle and he started drinking. He drank first to their memory but then he drank to keep the memories away.<br>This changed when he met XCOM. Hearing of their fight gave him hope for the first time in years and when he joined them he finally stopped drinking. Slowly the memories have returned, but this time they make him stand up and fight and not crawl away."
  747. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[170]="Once heralded for her glorious diplomatic career, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> fell far and fell hard.<br>After the fall of Earth, she was unable to keep her friends and family safe. One by one they were dragged away by ADVENT and she never saw any of them again. The losses made her reach for the bottle and she started drinking. She drank first to their memory but then she drank to keep the memories away.<br>This changed when she met XCOM. Hearing of their fight gave her hope for the first time in years and when she joined them she finally stopped drinking. Slowly the memories have returned, but this time they make her stand up and fight and not crawl away."
  748.  
  749. ;spiraling orphan
  750. strCharacterBackgroundMale[171]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> barely remembers the end of the invasion, but feels its aftermath every day. His parents disappeared in the last days of the invasion, leaving him orphaned.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> struggled through foster care, spinning from home to home, family to family. Finally, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found a family to stay with when he found the resistance."
  751. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[171]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> barely remembers the end of the invasion, but feels its aftermath every day. Her parents disappeared in the last days of the invasion, leaving her orphaned.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> struggled through foster care, spinning from home to home, family to family. Finally, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found a family to stay with when she found the resistance."
  752.  
  753. ;survivalist child
  754. strCharacterBackgroundMale[172]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> thinks he must have lived in a city, once. Thanks to a paranoid, survivalist father he and his family had lived in the wilds of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> since <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just a little boy.<br>Even out there the invasion reached them, a colossal spacecraft descended from the heavens almost directly on top of the camp. His mother was lost to a plasma blast as she went to meet these visitors from another world and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was separated from his father in the ensuing fiery chaos.<br>He wandered for months in the wilderness until he contacted the resistance. Since joining he has grown close to his fellow soldiers as if they are the brothers and sisters he never had. He has proven to be a valuable asset for reconnaissance, a skill he has refined in hopes of one day finding his father."
  755. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[172]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> thinks she must have lived in a city, once. Thanks to a paranoid, survivalist father she and her family had lived in the wilds of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> since <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just a little girl.<br>Even out there the invasion reached them, a colossal spacecraft descended from the heavens almost directly on top of the camp. Her mother was lost to a plasma blast as she went to meet these visitors from another world and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was separated from her father in the ensuing fiery chaos.<br>She wandered for months in the wilderness until she contacted the resistance. Since joining she has grown close to her fellow soldiers as if they are the brothers and sisters she never had. She has proven to be a valuable asset for reconnaissance, a skill she has refined in hopes of one day finding her father."
  756.  
  757. ;parent issues
  758. strCharacterBackgroundMale[173]="The son of a former soldier who fought against the invading alien forces, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the shadow of his defeated mother.<br>But she believed the fight was not over, that a new generation of soldiers had to win where she could not. So she pushed her desire for vengeance onto her only son, teaching him how to shoot, how to survive and how to kill. It was not the life <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted, but disappointing "The Sergeant" was terrifying to him. So he learned, he trained hard and when ADVENT came for his mother, he fought.<br>But he lost.<br>He only lived because his mother sacrificed herself. Sacrificed herself so he could escape and fight another day. And now that day has come. He will bring the world crashing down on ADVENT. It's what the old lady would have wanted."
  759. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[173]="The daughter of a former soldier who fought against the invading alien forces, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in the shadow of her defeated father.<br>But he believed the fight was not over, that a new generation of soldiers had to win where he could not. So he pushed his desire for vengeance onto his only daughter, teaching her how to shoot, how to survive and how to kill. It was not the life <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> wanted, but disappointing "The Sergeant" was terrifying to her. So she learned, she trained hard and when ADVENT came for her father, she fought.<br>But she lost.<br>She only lived because her father sacrificed himself. Sacrificed himself so she could escape and fight another day. And now that day has come. She will bring the world crashing down on ADVENT. It's what the old man would have wanted."
  760.  
  761. ;mob enforcer
  762. strCharacterBackgroundMale[174]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made his living on the back streets and in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> as an enforcer for the mob. He had a particular relish for getting his hands dirty. When ADVENT caught up with his employers he enlisted with the resistance as a simple matter of self-preservation. Now he does dirty work on humanity's behalf."
  763. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[174]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> made her living on the back streets and in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> as an enforcer for the mob. She had a particular relish for getting her hands dirty. When ADVENT caught up with her employers she enlisted with the resistance as a simple matter of self-preservation. Now she does dirty work on humanity's behalf."
  764.  
  765. ;phoenix
  766. strCharacterBackgroundMale[175]="Some people are born into battle, some people seek it. For others, like <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, they are thrust into the heat of battle, and offered a single choice: adapt or die.<br>His home was an inferno as he awoke. Flames licked at his bed, smoke poured into his lungs, searing, burning, choking the life out of him. An Andromedon, unaffected by the blaze, laid waste to his family, his home, his life...<br>Resistance operatives searched the rubble days later, searching for any remnants of the weapon cache hidden by <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s mother. Instead they found a breathing corpse of a boy, his body charred beyond recognition, but with vengeance blazing in his eyes.<br>Fire had killed <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, but had birthed a warrior."
  767. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[175]="Some people are born into battle, some people seek it. For others, like <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, they are thrust into the heat of battle, and offered a single choice: adapt or die.<br>Her home was an inferno as she awoke. Flames licked at her bed, smoke poured into her lungs, searing, burning, choking the life out of her. An Andromedon, unaffected by the blaze, laid waste to her family, her home, her life...<br>Resistance operatives searched the rubble days later, searching for any remnants of the weapon cache hidden by <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s mother. Instead they found a breathing corpse of a girl, her body charred beyond recognition, but with vengeance blazing in her eyes.<br>Fire had killed <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, but had birthed a warrior."
  768.  
  769. ;deadly flower
  770. strCharacterBackgroundMale[176]="When conquered, people often have to learn how to adapt to living in the newly established order, which usually means accepting certain restrictions. For <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, however, the new world brought about by ADVENT liberated his dark nature and let it blossom. Finally he was able to find those who needed him and his particular, bloody appetites.<br>After five years of murder and bloodshed for various black market groups he decided to seek more exciting endeavors. In his quest for carnage he found XCOM."
  771. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[176]="When conquered, people often have to learn how to adapt to living in the newly established order, which usually means accepting certain restrictions. For <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, however, the new world brought about by ADVENT liberated her dark nature and let it blossom. Finally she was able to find those who needed her and her particular, bloody appetites.<br>After five years of murder and bloodshed for various black market groups she decided to seek more exciting endeavors. In her quest for carnage she found XCOM."
  772.  
  773. ;party animal
  774. strCharacterBackgroundMale[177]="Not long ago <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a carefree boy, one whose life was glittering and fun. He and his clique circled the world like stars, moving from city to city, party to party: the sparkling demi-monde of the ADVENT world.<br>A few months ago <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his coterie went on safari into the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will not say what he saw or heard that day but what was intended to be a distraction became a transformation. He slipped away from the endless party, returned to those slums and eventually found his way into the resistance."
  775. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[177]="Not long ago <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a carefree girl, one whose life was glittering and fun. She and her clique circled the world like stars, moving from city to city, party to party: the sparkling demi-monde of the ADVENT world.<br>A few months ago <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her coterie went on safari into the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will not say what she saw or heard that day but what was intended to be a distraction became a transformation. She slipped away from the endless party, returned to those slums and eventually found her way into the resistance."
  776.  
  777. ;stressed orphanage
  778. strCharacterBackgroundMale[178]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never knew his father and so when his mother was killed in the invasion he was sent to an ADVENT orphanage. A front for psychological stress-testing of children, he spent a year there bar-coded into the system. An orphanage worker sympathetic to the resistance released the survivors, sending them to be raised by resistance cells around the world. Still suffering nightmares from his ordeal, he seeks vengeance for all he has lost."
  779. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[178]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> never knew her father and so when her mother was killed in the invasion she was sent to an ADVENT orphanage. A front for psychological stress-testing of children, she spent a year there bar-coded into the system. An orphanage worker sympathetic to the resistance released the survivors, sending them to be raised by resistance cells around the world. Still suffering nightmares from her ordeal, she seeks vengeance for all she has lost."
  780.  
  781. ;office drone
  782. strCharacterBackgroundMale[179]="When the invasion began <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a wage slave for some faceless corporation. Horrendous insect-like aliens attacked his office and he was one of the fortunate few rescued by XCOM and flown to safety. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> slept in the Skyranger hangar until XCOM allowed him to join them, although once again he was driving a desk.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was knee-deep in supply manifests when the aliens attacked and destroyed the XCOM compound.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and a small group of XCOM support staff fled and began operating as a guerrilla unit. The fight against ADVENT exacted a heavy price and the group was slowly whittled away until only <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was left.<br>Hearing whispers of XCOM rising again <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has come back, eager for a second chance."
  783. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[179]="When the invasion began <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a wage slave for some faceless corporation. Horrendous insect-like aliens attacked her office and she was one of the fortunate few rescued by XCOM and flown to safety. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> slept in the Skyranger hangar until XCOM allowed her to join them, although once again she was driving a desk.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was knee-deep in supply manifests when the aliens attacked and destroyed the XCOM compound.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and a small group of XCOM support staff fled and began operating as a guerrilla unit. The fight against ADVENT exacted a heavy price and the group was slowly whittled away until only <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was left.<br>Hearing whispers of XCOM rising again <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has come back, eager for a second chance."
  784.  
  785. ;tinfoil hat
  786. strCharacterBackgroundMale[180]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up knowing aliens ran the world, his father had been telling him that for years. They had secret bases in the mountains, under the cities, in orbit. The aliens were everywhere, they ran the world and they were always watching, listening and reading your mind.<br>And then one day, not long after his father had died following one last frothing monologue too many, the aliens actually came.<br>His father had always taught him to keep a low profile, blend in, and stay out of trouble, so <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did. He even took to wearing his father's special anti-mindray hat. Discretely and not in public, of course, but you can never be too careful...<br>When the resistance passed through his village, looking to recruit from those living on the fringes of what remained of human society, he decided to break with his father's teachings and get himself noticed, stand out and get into some trouble."
  787. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[180]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up knowing aliens ran the world, her father had been telling her that for years. They had secret bases in the mountains, under the cities, in orbit. The aliens were everywhere, they ran the world and they were always watching, listening and reading your mind.<br>And then one day, not long after her father had died following one last frothing monologue too many, the aliens actually came.<br>Her father had always taught her to keep a low profile, blend in, and stay out of trouble, so <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did. She even took to wearing her father's special anti-mindray hat. Discretely and not in public, of course, but you can never be too careful...<br>When the resistance passed through her village, looking to recruit from those living on the fringes of what remained of human society, she decided to break with her father's teachings and get herself noticed, stand out and get into some trouble."
  788.  
  789. ;abductee
  790. strCharacterBackgroundMale[181]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was freed by an XCOM squad who assaulted the Abductor UFO that had captured him and his family. Perplexed as to why he was still alive and conscious the squad brought him back to the XCOM base, where a battery of tests failed to find anything significant in young <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>.<br>XCOM released him as the war turned against them and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> survived as best he could. He started to hear rumors of an organized resistance and pursued those rumors relentlessly until he found his way to a resistance cell in northern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. He still will not speak about his abduction."
  791. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[181]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was freed by an XCOM squad who assaulted the Abductor UFO that had captured her and her family. Perplexed as to why she was still alive and conscious the squad brought her back to the XCOM base, where a battery of tests failed to find anything significant in young <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>.<br>XCOM released her as the war turned against them and <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> survived as best she could. She started to hear rumors of an organized resistance and pursued those rumors relentlessly until she found her way to a resistance cell in northern <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. She still will not speak about her abduction."
  792.  
  793. ;wake up, sheeple
  794. strCharacterBackgroundMale[182]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was always surprised how readily the rest of humanity forgot, or chose to forget, that the aliens did not initially come in peace. Did they all forget the friends and family who were killed? The homes destroyed and the cities razed?<br>A hand held out in friendship should not be grasped if it is covered in blood and ashes.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will remember though, he will remember for all those who choose to forget or never knew in the first place. Determined to not leave humanity's fate in the bloodied hands of the aliens he joined the resistance. Some must fight, so that all may be free."
  795. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[182]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was always surprised how readily the rest of humanity forgot, or chose to forget, that the aliens did not initially come in peace. Did they all forget the friends and family who were killed? The homes destroyed and the cities razed?<br>A hand held out in friendship should not be grasped if it is covered in blood and ashes.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> will remember though, she will remember for all those who choose to forget or never knew in the first place. Determined to not leave humanity's fate in the bloodied hands of the aliens she joined the resistance. Some must fight, so that all may be free."
  796.  
  797. ;quiet life
  798. strCharacterBackgroundMale[183]="Originally a member of the armed forces during the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped the destruction of his unit and sank into obscurity in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Hiding from ADVENT in plain sight, he did what he could: funneling refugees to the havens, petty acts of sabotage, housing resistance fighters for a few tense hours before they could slip away into the night.<br>He has heard of a quasi-military organization willing to take the fight to the aliens. And he very much wants to be a part of it."
  799. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[183]="Originally a member of the armed forces during the invasion, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escaped the destruction of her unit and sank into obscurity in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Hiding from ADVENT in plain sight, she did what she could: funneling refugees to the havens, petty acts of sabotage, housing resistance fighters for a few tense hours before they could slip away into the night.<br>She has heard of a quasi-military organization willing to take the fight to the aliens. And she very much wants to be a part of it."
  800.  
  801. ;resistance fighter
  802. strCharacterBackgroundMale[184]="Narrowly escaping an attack on the resistance haven they lived in, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and a number of other resistance fighters fled into the rubble of the broken towns and cities of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. After recovering from the attack, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the other resistance fighters launched guerrilla attacks against ADVENT outposts, doing what little they could with their limited supplies."
  803. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[184]="Narrowly escaping an attack on the resistance haven they lived in, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and a number of other resistance fighters fled into the rubble of the broken towns and cities of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. After recovering from the attack, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the other resistance fighters launched guerrilla attacks against ADVENT outposts, doing what little they could with their limited supplies."
  804.  
  805. ;long memory
  806. strCharacterBackgroundMale[185]="When the aliens first invaded, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was caught in the midst of an alien bombardment and terror attack. During the chaos, he saw an organized group fighting off the otherworldly attackers. Unable to reach them, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was forced to run and hide.<br>Years have passed and the memories of that day have stayed with him, sharp and clear. During the past fifteen years <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has done what he could: working with resistance cells to hinder and disrupt ADVENT operations.<br>One day, a ship landed in the camp where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was living, recognizing the insignia on the ship as the same one he saw all those years ago, he approached the ship and offered his help to XCOM."
  807. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[185]="When the aliens first invaded, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was caught in the midst of an alien bombardment and terror attack. During the chaos, she saw an organized group fighting off the otherworldly attackers. Unable to reach them, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was forced to run and hide.<br>Years have passed and the memories of that day have stayed with her, sharp and clear. During the past fifteen years <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has done what she could: working with resistance cells to hinder and disrupt ADVENT operations.<br>One day, a ship landed in the camp where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was living, recognizing the insignia on the ship as the same one she saw all those years ago, she approached the ship and offered her help to XCOM."
  808.  
  809. ;ex-teacher
  810. strCharacterBackgroundMale[186]="A teacher in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, when the aliens invaded <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escorted the children of his class out of the city to safety, but only three out of thirty survived the aliens' attacks. Furious at their loss and his own failings, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> channeled his anger into learning to fight the aliens.<br>Maybe when this is all over he will still be able to remember how to teach"
  811. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[186]="A teacher in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, when the aliens invaded <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> escorted the children of her class out of the city to safety, but only three out of thirty survived the aliens' attacks. Furious at their loss and her own failings, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> channeled her anger into learning to fight the aliens.<br>Maybe when this is all over she will still be able to remember how to teach."
  812.  
  813. ;and now a couple of mine
  814. ;joined for a chicken
  815. strCharacterBackgroundMale[187]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has not met anyone else who joined the resistance because of a chicken.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his extended family used to live in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, twelve of them crammed into a space which would have been claustrophobic for four. Life was hard but they kept their heads down, did not make trouble and got by. Then his brother went out to get a chicken for <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s birthday, he had a contact in the black market he said.<br>It was the last time his family saw him. He just disappeared. The family on the floor below said he'd been stopped by one of those ADVENT lampposts and surrounded by troopers. Led away into a black van. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> asked around, no-one knew anything else but he met some people who said they could help. Maybe they could not rescue his brother, but they hoped they could save the world."
  816. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[187]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> has not met anyone else who joined the resistance because of a chicken.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her extended family used to live in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, twelve of them crammed into a space which would have been claustrophobic for four. Life was hard but they kept their heads down, did not make trouble and got by. Then her brother went out to get a chicken for <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s birthday, he had a contact in the black market he said.<br>It was the last time his family saw him. He just disappeared. The family on the floor below said he'd been stopped by one of those ADVENT lampposts and surrounded by troopers. Led away into a black van. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> asked around, no-one knew anything else but she met some people who said they could help. Maybe they could not rescue her brother, but they hoped they could save the world."
  817.  
  818. ;better in the cities, they said
  819. strCharacterBackgroundMale[188]="They had always been telling <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to leave that dead-end town. Life was better in the cities, clean and bright, that was where the future was. So he went. He hitched rides where he could, walked where he could not or where he had to get around the roadblocks. Heading to the future.<br>But rather than ascending the white towers of the city he fell into the slum of Gallows Market.<br>Angry and disillusioned he broke a few things, sprayed a few tags, threw rocks at the ADVENT patrols and ran away. It would not have been long before he was caught. But the resistance found him. Gave him some kind of of a future. Or at least something better than the now."
  820. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[188]="They had always been telling <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to leave that dead-end town. Life was better in the cities, clean and bright, that was where the future was. So she went. She hitched rides where she could, walked where she could not or where she had to get around the roadblocks. Heading to the future.<br>But rather than ascending the white towers of the city she fell into the slum of Stench Town.<br>Angry and disillusioned she broke a few things, sprayed a few tags, threw rocks at the ADVENT patrols and ran away. It would not have been long before she was caught. But the resistance found her. Gave her some kind of of a future. Or at least something better than the now."
  821.  
  822. ;chasing a runaway
  823. strCharacterBackgroundMale[189]="It was bearable until his daughter ran away. Hard, bleak and hopeless but at least she had made it tolerable. When she ran away to the city though, that's when the world fell in on <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. He and his wife, they waited. Hoped she would come back but she never did. So he did what he had to, he went and looked for her.<br>The people in the city just laughed at him. The people in the slum, Knife Street, at least they did not laugh, at least they listened. Eventually <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found where she had been staying but he was months too late. Picked up by ADVENT they said. He did not know what to do, then he met someone. Said there was only a slim chance for his daughter, but did he want to help all the other people's daughters? Do something to stop this happening to father after father?"
  824. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[189]="It was bearable until her son ran away. Hard, bleak and hopeless but at least he had made it tolerable. When he ran away to the city though, that's when the world fell in on <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>. She and her husband, they waited. Hoped he would come back but he never did. So she did what she had to, she went and looked for him.<br>The people in the city just laughed at her. The people in the slum, Roach Lane, at least they did not laugh, at least they listened. Eventually <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found where he had been staying but she was months too late. Picked up by ADVENT they said. She did not know what to do, then she met someone. Said there was only a slim chance for her son, but did she want to help all the other people's sons? Do something to stop this happening to mother after mother?"
  825.  
  826. ;truckin'
  827. strCharacterBackgroundMale[190]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to love driving his truck. He was good at it. All the rest of it he did not like and tried to ignore. Maybe he should have paid more attention to all that stuff, manifests and all that. Maybe if he had he would still be driving his truck.<br>ADVENT stopped him at one of those little black towers they have. They looked in the trailer, looked at the manifest again, looked back in the trailer. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was already running. Eventually crawled into one of those havens the resistance have, they did not have any trucks they needed driving but maybe there's other ways <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> can help."
  828. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[190]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to love driving her truck. She was good at it. All the rest of it she did not like and tried to ignore. Maybe she should have paid more attention to all that stuff, manifests and all that. Maybe if she had she would still be driving her truck.<br>ADVENT stopped her at one of those little black towers they have. They looked in the trailer, looked at the manifest again, looked back in the trailer. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was already running. Eventually crawled into one of those havens the resistance have, they did not have any trucks they needed driving but maybe there's other ways <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> can help."
  829. ; /that's mine folks
  830.  
  831. ;facility evictee
  832. strCharacterBackgroundMale[191]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born deep in the countryside of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, and played without care in the farmlands there. His childhood passing in blissful isolation while the world collapsed. When ADVENT first came to where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived it was not to conquer, but to build some kind of facility. First though, they needed to exterminate everyone living there.<br>Thus <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> came of age with a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other, fighting a losing battle against the aliens slaughtering his people. He and the few other survivors eventually had to flee, finding safety as refugees in a resistance haven.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, though, did not choose to remain in the haven. With blade and bullet, bomb and bludgeon he fights on, hunting his enemies and yearning to return home."
  833. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[191]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was born deep in the countryside of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, and played without care in the farmlands there. Her childhood passing in blissful isolation while the world collapsed. When ADVENT first came to where <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> lived it was not to conquer, but to build some kind of facility. First though, they needed to exterminate everyone living there.<br>Thus <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> came of age with a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other, fighting a losing battle against the aliens slaughtering her people. She and the few other survivors eventually had to flee, finding safety as refugees in a resistance haven.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, though, did not choose to remain in the haven. With blade and bullet, bomb and bludgeon she fights on, hunting her enemies and yearning to return home."
  834.  
  835. ;bottom of the pile
  836. strCharacterBackgroundMale[192]="A member of the light infantry of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> during the war, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of his unit were victims of ADVENT's purges when the forces of Earth surrendered. Left clinging to life under a pile of his comrades, mag-round burns covering his body, he was rescued and nursed back to health by XCOM sympathizers and later sought out XCOM itself to continue the fight and carve the names of his fallen comrades into every alien he kills."
  837. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[192]="A member of the light infantry of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> during the war, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and the rest of her unit were victims of ADVENT's purges when the forces of Earth surrendered. Left clinging to life under a pile of her comrades, mag-round burns covering her body, she was rescued and nursed back to health by XCOM sympathizers and later sought out XCOM itself to continue the fight and carve the names of her fallen comrades into every alien she kills."
  838.  
  839. ;helpful
  840. strCharacterBackgroundMale[193]="A resistance group found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> squatting in an abandoned building, clutching a rifle and protecting a group of terrified children from both ADVENT patrols and violent looters. When asked if he needed help he replied 'Nah, but I guess you could use mine. Ship these kids to a haven and I'll see what I can do for you.'"
  841. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[193]="A resistance group found <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> squatting in an abandoned building, clutching a rifle and protecting a group of terrified children from both ADVENT patrols and violent looters. When asked if she needed help she replied 'Nah, but I guess you could use mine. Ship these kids to a haven and I'll see what I can do for you.'"
  842.  
  843. ;airport hermit
  844. strCharacterBackgroundMale[194]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> worked as an airport security guard in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the alien attack. Some months later resistance operatives found him living in the rubble of the airport living off water dripping from a broken pipe and pre-packaged food."
  845. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[194]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> worked as an airport security guard in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> before the alien attack. Some months later resistance operatives found her living in the rubble of the airport living off water dripping from a broken pipe and pre-packaged food."
  846.  
  847. ;facepaint
  848. strCharacterBackgroundMale[195]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small village, close to a big forest. When he was young he spent a lot of time wandering that forest, he was there when the aliens fell from the sky. He saw the lights from far away and ran home as fast as his legs allowed.<br>He found nothing more than dust and oily ash. He painted his face with the ash and swore revenge."
  849. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[195]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small village, close to a big forest. When she was young she spent a lot of time wandering that forest, she was there when the aliens fell from the sky. She saw the lights from far away and ran home as fast as her legs allowed.<br>She found nothing more than dust and oily ash. She painted her face with the ash and swore revenge."
  850.  
  851. ;preacher
  852. strCharacterBackgroundMale[196]="When ADVENT outlawed the established religions in favor of their own Church of the Elders, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> continued his religious teachings covertly. Following the continued persecution of his congregation he led them to a resistance haven deep in the wilds of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Providing spiritual comfort to the rag tag band collected there he has slowly come to realize the necessity of a more direct involvement in worldly affairs."
  853. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[196]="When ADVENT outlawed the established religions in favor of their own Church of the Elders, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> continued her religious teachings covertly. Following the continued persecution of her congregation she led them to a resistance haven deep in the wilds of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Providing spiritual comfort to the rag tag band collected there she has slowly come to realize the necessity of a more direct involvement in worldly affairs."
  854.  
  855. ;running with the gang
  856. strCharacterBackgroundMale[197]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to run with a street gang based in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. His gang fought with other gangs, even fought amongst themselves sometimes but, fatefully, they also fought with ADVENT. ADVENT wiped out <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s entire gang. All of them except him. He fled to a resistance haven but could not remain beholden to them for long. Before too long <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found a gun back in his hand."
  857. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[197]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> used to run with a street gang based in the slums of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Her gang fought with other gangs, even fought amongst themselves sometimes but, fatefully, they also fought with ADVENT. ADVENT wiped out <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s entire gang. All of them except her. She fled to a resistance haven but could not remain beholden to them for long. Before too long <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> found a gun back in her hand."
  858.  
  859. ;rat hunter
  860. strCharacterBackgroundMale[198]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in a tumbledown settlement miles from the nearest city, it was relatively prosperous as a trade hub between other smaller settlements and farms. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up there helping with the crops and catching rodents for meat.<br>One day ADVENT rounded up half the people and destroyed most of the settlement searching for resistance fighters, who had already left days before. With his family gone <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> left and started to track the fighters."
  861. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[198]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was raised in a tumbledown settlement miles from the nearest city, it was relatively prosperous as a trade hub between other smaller settlements and farms. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up there helping with the crops and catching rodents for meat.<br>One day ADVENT rounded up half the people and destroyed most of the settlement searching for resistance fighters, who had already left days before. With her family gone <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> left and started to track the fighters."
  862.  
  863. ;SuperMax
  864. strCharacterBackgroundMale[199]="Resistance contacts have informed us of a recent breakout from a high-security ADVENT prison facility in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Those reports include <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> on the list of possible detainees. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> remains silent on the matter, and refuses to answer any question about his past."
  865. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[199]="Resistance contacts have informed us of a recent breakout from a high-security ADVENT prison facility in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Those reports include <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> on the list of possible detainees. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> remains silent on the matter, and refuses to answer any question about her past."
  866.  
  867. ;birthday present
  868. strCharacterBackgroundMale[200]="Raised in a world run by ADVENT and knowing nothing of the old world which preceded it, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was an ADVENT-loyalist from birth, much to his parents' chagrin. His world was completely up-ended a few days after his eighteenth birthday when his parents failed to return from a simple errand run, leaving him and his little sister alone and frightened. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> started to question the reality around him, eventually he found someone with answers: the resistance."
  869. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[200]="Raised in a world run by ADVENT and knowing nothing of the old world which preceded it, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was an ADVENT-loyalist from birth, much to her parents' chagrin. Her world was completely up-ended a few days after her eighteenth birthday when her parents failed to return from a simple errand run, leaving her and her little sister alone and frightened. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> started to question the reality around her, eventually she found someone with answers: the resistance."
  870.  
  871. ;pattern recognition
  872. strCharacterBackgroundMale[201]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> continued teaching math, physics and calculus even after the aliens arrived. He hoped to instill some of his love for the fundamental beauty and patterns of the universe into his students.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> started to hear of friends and relatives of some of his students disappearing, all for unknown reasons. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> tried to find the pattern. While he never found any clear answers, every pattern was an intersection of the disappeared, the ADVENT administration and its alien overlords. When one of his own students disappeared, he quit teaching and sought out the resistance. Willing to help in anyway, he hopes to finally identify understand the patter underlying this most disturbing of realities."
  873. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[201]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> continued teaching math, physics and calculus even after the aliens arrived. She hoped to instill some of her love for the fundamental beauty and patterns of the universe into her students.<br><XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> started to hear of friends and relatives of some of her students disappearing, all for unknown reasons. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> tried to find the pattern. While she never found any clear answers, every pattern was an intersection of the disappeared, the ADVENT administration and its alien overlords. When one of her own students disappeared, she quit teaching and sought out the resistance. Willing to help in anyway, she hopes to finally identify understand the patter underlying this most disturbing of realities."
  874.  
  875. ;anti-fascist
  876. strCharacterBackgroundMale[202]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his friends fought hard against the fascistic ADVENT administration, they organized marches, sit-ins, even demonstrations and protests. In the chaotic end of one march a friend of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s was hit during the Stun Lancers' charge. Exacerbated by their heart condition the Stun Lance threw them into a coma.<br>The attack drove <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> over the edge, to avenge his friend he joined the underground resistance so that no-one else would suffer under the ADVENT jackboot."
  877. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[202]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her friends fought hard against the fascistic ADVENT administration, they organized marches, sit-ins, even demonstrations and protests. In the chaotic end of one march a friend of <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>'s was hit during the Stun Lancers' charge. Exacerbated by their heart condition the Stun Lance threw them into a coma.<br>The attack drove <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> over the edge, to avenge her friend she joined the underground resistance so that no-one else would suffer under the ADVENT jackboot."
  878.  
  879. ;gun and a smile
  880. strCharacterBackgroundMale[203]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> came to the resistance out of nowhere. Just walked out of the woods with a cocky smile and a beat-up gun in his hands, he signed up for the fight with a simple "Hey! Need some help?" and he has been with us ever since."
  881. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[203]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> came to the resistance out of nowhere. Just walked out of the woods with a cocky smile and a beat-up gun in her hands, she signed up for the fight with a simple "Hey! Need some help?" and she has been with us ever since."
  882.  
  883. ;pickpocket
  884. strCharacterBackgroundMale[204]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small, poor town in the south of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Always on his own he grew up to be one of the most successful pickpockets in the city. Over time he witnessed more and more of his friends from the streets vanish, taken away by ADVENT in their black vans. He forced his way into the local resistance network and now wants to hit back at ADVENT however he can."
  885. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[204]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> grew up in a small, poor town in the south of <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>. Always on her own she grew up to be one of the most successful pickpockets in the city. Over time she witnessed more and more of her friends from the streets vanish, taken away by ADVENT in their black vans. She forced her way into the local resistance network and now wants to hit back at ADVENT however she can."
  886.  
  887. ;missed the first battle
  888. strCharacterBackgroundMale[205]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army straight from school. He was on a survival exercise as part of his basic training when the invasion hit. Returning to the base he found only charred ruins. The military had been his everything, his purpose, his life, his family. He mourned for his fallen family and the fact that he never had a chance to fight with them. Over the last twenty years he has more than made up for missing that first battle."
  889. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[205]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> joined the army straight from school. She was on a survival exercise as part of her basic training when the invasion hit. Returning to the base she found only charred ruins. The military had been her everything, her purpose, her life, her family. She mourned for her fallen family and the fact that she never had a chance to fight with them. Over the last twenty years she has more than made up for missing that first battle."
  890.  
  891. ;mysterious patient
  892. strCharacterBackgroundMale[206]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> remembers waking to bright lights and white walls in that gene therapy clinic in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but nothing before. He remembers the pain but not what ailment they were treating. He remembers the moment an ADVENT employee leaned close enough for him to tear out his throat, but not why he did.<br>Since then he has been on the run, granted flashes of a past mostly forgotten, fueling a desire for answers and revenge."
  893. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[206]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> remembers waking to bright lights and white walls in that gene therapy clinic in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/>, but nothing before. She remembers the pain but not what ailment they were treating. She remembers the moment an ADVENT employee leaned close enough for her to tear out his throat, but not why she did.<br>Since then she has been on the run, granted flashes of a past mostly forgotten, fueling a desire for answers and revenge."
  894.  
  895. ;hunter
  896. strCharacterBackgroundMale[207]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his four friends returned from their hunt after their usual four days in the wilds. They were looking forward to their usual end of hunt blow-out, tall tales and all. But what greeted them was not the usual cheer and bonhomie, but instead a village engulfed in flames.<br>They ran forward, to see if there was anyone they could help. But amidst the flames were the mutilated bodies of those who had happily waved them off just a few short days before. Whilst <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and his friends had been in the wilds hunting game, other more deadly predators had landed."
  897. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[207]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her four friends returned from their hunt after their usual four days in the wilds. They were looking forward to their usual end of hunt blow-out, tall tales and all. But what greeted them was not the usual cheer and bonhomie, but instead a village engulfed in flames.<br>They ran forward, to see if there was anyone they could help. But amidst the flames were the mutilated bodies of those who had happily waved them off just a few short days before. Whilst <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> and her friends had been in the wilds hunting game, other more deadly predators had landed."
  898.  
  899. ;dark core
  900. strCharacterBackgroundMale[208]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a student when the aliens hit earth and completely unprepared to have the world set on fire and lose everything when humanity fell.<br>He was swept up in the civil unrest that followed and soon <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> graduated from graffiti and throwing stones to armed rioting and homemade bombs.<br>After losing one friend too many, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> pulled back from his rebellious activities and disappeared. But when rumors of a more organized resistance reached him he searched for them and signed up; not the hopeful activist he once was, there is now a dark core which drives him onwards."
  901. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[208]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was a student when the aliens hit earth and completely unprepared to have the world set on fire and lose everything when humanity fell.<br>She was swept up in the civil unrest that followed and soon <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> graduated from graffiti and throwing stones to armed rioting and homemade bombs.<br>After losing one friend too many, <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> pulled back from her rebellious activities and disappeared. But when rumors of a more organized resistance reached her she searched for them and signed up; not the hopeful activist she once was, there is now a dark core which drives her onwards."
  902.  
  903. ;the mild-mannered men's janitor?
  904. strCharacterBackgroundMale[209]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never anyone special. Not particularly athletic, not particularly bright but he got by. He had a decent enough job as a night shift janitor. Then one shift he saw something he could not forget, he saw inside the back of one of those ADVENT vans. A huddle of people with saucer eyes staring back at him and a small, bloody bundle lying still on the floor. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> quit his job a couple of shifts later and started discretely asking around, 'Anyone got any jobs cleaning up ADVENT?'"
  905. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[209]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was never anyone special. Not particularly athletic, not particularly bright but she got by. She had a decent enough job as a night shift janitor. Then one shift she saw something she could not forget, she saw inside the back of one of those ADVENT vans. A huddle of people with saucer eyes staring back at her and a small, bloody bundle lying still on the floor. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> quit her job a couple of shifts later and started discretely asking around, 'Anyone got any jobs cleaning up ADVENT?'"
  906.  
  907. ;family first
  908. strCharacterBackgroundMale[210]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just an ordinary guy who wanted nothing more that peace and quiet and the simple life with his wife and their kids, when they came along. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did not care who was calling the shots, ADVENT or some other group.<br>One day that all changed when his wife was caught up in a riot on her way home and died in the chaos. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, overcome with grief and sorrow, was staring down at his gun when ADVENT burst through the front door. Hearing the door being kicked down, he made the decision unconsciously: he would take his life but he would take as many of them with him as he could.<br>Several minutes later, he walked out of his house, now aflame, streaked with orange blood, holding a broken kitchen knife in one hand, his empty gun in the other, and a still burning fury in his blood-shot eyes."
  909. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[210]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just an ordinary woman who wanted nothing more that peace and quiet and the simple life with her husband and their kids, when they came along. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> did not care who was calling the shots, ADVENT or some other group.<br>One day that all changed when her husband was caught up in a riot on his way home and died in the chaos. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, overcome with grief and sorrow, was staring down at her gun when ADVENT burst through the front door. Hearing the door being kicked down, she made the decision unconsciously: she would take her life but she would take as many of them with her as she could.<br>Several minutes later, she walked out of her house, now aflame, streaked with orange blood, holding a broken kitchen knife in one hand, her empty gun in the other, and a still burning fury in her blood-shot eyes."
  910.  
  911. ;rescued by XCOM
  912. strCharacterBackgroundMale[211]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just a child during the invasion, separated from his parents during a terror attack he took refuge in a cafe. The building started burning and he was trapped. Crying and alone with heavy gunfire all around <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> accepted his fate, closing his eyes and waiting for the end. But it was not his time. A large man appeared before him holding out a hand which <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> gladly took, he pulled <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to him and ran through the flames shielding <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> from the blaze. Once outside they were surrounded by carnage, dead bug-like aliens with six legs lay amongst the bodies of the people they had mutilated. The man held <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> to him and told him not to look. The man left him in a shelter guarded by local police and when day broke he was finally reunited with his parents. He saw his rescuer one last time, and this time <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> saw he wore a badge.<br>Years later he started to see that badge again, in graffiti, scrawled as a message of hope. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> believes it time to earn the right to wear that badge himself."
  913. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[211]="<XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> was just a child during the invasion, separated from her parents during a terror attack she took refuge in a cafe. The building started burning and she was trapped. Crying and alone with heavy gunfire all around <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> accepted her fate, closing her eyes and waiting for the end. But it was not her time. A large man appeared before her holding out a hand which she gladly took, he pulled her to him and ran through the flames shielding her from the blaze. Once outside they were surrounded by carnage, dead bug-like aliens with six legs lay amongst the bodies of the people they had mutilated. The man held her to him and told her not to look. The man left her in a shelter guarded by local police and when day broke she was finally reunited with her parents. She saw her rescuer one last time, and this time she saw he wore a badge.<br>Years later she started to see that badge again, in graffiti, scrawled as a message of hope. <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/> believes it time to earn the right to wear that badge herself."
  914.  
  915. ; /end ChristopherOdd Character Pool
  916.  
  917. strCharacterBackgroundMale[212]="Ruthless. Cutthroat. Merciless.<br>These words, and worse, are the ones often chosen to describe <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, the former mercenary. Prior to the alien invasion, he was wanted by Interpol for committing virtually every crime for which any civilized country had a law. Growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> at an early age he was enveloped by the country's drug trade and then its human traffickers, amongst whom he rose to prominence.<br>Not everyone recruited into XCOM is a hero it seems. His reasons for joining the global resistance are his own and few have dared to inquire about them more than once. As long as he follows orders and completes his missions, we are hardly in a position to turn away the combat capable. Be that as it may, XCOM operatives are on high alert for any impropriety."
  918. strCharacterBackgroundFemale[212]="Ruthless. Cutthroat. Merciless.<br>These words, and worse, are the ones often chosen to describe <XGParam:StrValue1/!FirstName/>, the former mercenary. Prior to the alien invasion, she was wanted by Interpol for committing virtually every crime for which any civilized country had a law. Growing up in <XGParam:StrValue0/!CountryName/> at an early age she was enveloped by the country's drug trade and then its human traffickers, amongst whom she rose to prominence.<br>Not everyone recruited into XCOM is a hero it seems. Her reasons for joining the global resistance are her own and few have dared to inquire about them more than once. As long as she follows orders and completes her missions, we are hardly in a position to turn away the combat capable. Be that as it may, XCOM operatives are on high alert for any impropriety."
  919.  
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  921. ; /end Dragon32
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