Forum:Downloadable Character Ideas/Shane Hale

Shane Hale
Title	Mercenary
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Game	Borderlands 2

Background

Shane once served in the Dahl military under the command of Axton's wife, but even though they were under the same superior, Axton and Shane never actually met face to face. During his post on Themis, Atlas suddenly launched an attack on the entire planet. Under the command of Commander Veylaz, the Crimson Lance ruthlessly eliminated all the Dahl soldiers posted on the planet. Shane was the only one to survive, but was left critically injured. With his last bit of strength, he swore to Veylaz that he would hunt him down and kill him, before passing out from blood loss.

After the incident, Shane managed to recover enough to leave the planet and head to Isolus, where a Dahl battalion was stationed and recieved medical care, after which he continued to serve under Sarah's command, but becoming more defiant toward his orders, secretly planning to strike back at Atlas and Commander Veylaz for wiping out his company.

Two years later, Shane found Veylaz on an Atlas moonbase orbiting Aegis Six, and immediately set out to kill him, landing loudly in the space station and wiping out every single Crimson Lanceman in the entire station before moving to Veylaz, brutally torturing him to death before planting explosives on the main reactor core and destroying the entire station. After his mission, he was reprimanded by Sarah for ignoring his orders and pursuing his own mission. He was court martialed shortly afterwards, and dishonorably discharged from the military, after which he became a mercenary for hire, taking jobs for many undesirables around the galaxy.

It was during one of these missions that he caught wind of The Vault on Pandora. Lured by the promise of guns and cash, he abandoned his mission and set off to Pandora, where be quickly built up a reputation as a dangerous soldier by local residents, and a "psychotic bandit" by Hyperion, after he destroyed an Eridium plant on Jakob's Cove, which placed the bounty on his head at $26 trillion, which was tripled after he eliminated an elite assassin hit squad sent by Handsome Jack.

Shane always carries twin customized handguns Freedom and Justice, two extremely powerful weapons that are able to decimate any enemy, firing powerful universal rounds that are extremely effective against all enemies, as well as his black double edged white bladed energy sword, Armature.

Appearance

Shane is a 21 year old caucasian male with somewhat unkempt jet black hair and has hazel eyes. He is around 5'11" in height and is about 120 lbs. His main attire consists of a white button up long sleeve shirt covering a light bullet resistant vest, and a long black overcoat reaching down to his knees as well as black fingerless gloves.

Skills

Shane's skills focus on making him an assault and support gunner for himself or team mates. That said, he works well both alone and in a team. He is skilled in non elemental weaponry and his specialty weapon types are assault rifles and submachine guns, and he has skills that benefit both of those classes.

Blaze Quadrotor

Action Skill: Shane deploys an aerial quadrotor platform with a minigun to follow him around and fire at enemies around him, or fire at a specific target. Upgraded, the Blaze Quadrotor can have a second minigun and fire explosive rounds and launch satellite strikes.

Base cooldown is 60 seconds.

Support

The Support skill tree focuses mainly on supporting team mates, or keeping Shane armed and ready to fight, as well as focusing on increasing the Blaze Quadrotor's combat effectiveness as a tool used for heavy enemy suppression.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Sentry	1	5	Increases accuracy and fire rate of the Blaze Quadrotor by 10% per level, as well as increasing duration by 4 seconds per level.
Double Time	1	5	Increases reload speed and weapon swap speed by 10% per level.
Speedster	2	5	Increases movement speed by 10% per level.
Bullet Storm	2	5	Kill skill. Reduces recoil and increases fire rate and damage by 15% per level. Can stack up to 10 times.
Friend of Friends	3	5	Increases all combat stats by 10% per level depending on how many allies are in the party (Including self).
High Velocity	3	5	Increases bullet velocity by 10% per level.
Extra Ordnance	3	1	Adds homing missile pods to the Blaze Quadrotor, launching 50 homing missiles per volley every 10 seconds. These missiles can go over cover or through tight spaces to hit their targets.
Combat Adaptive	4	5	Increases combat effectiveness with all weapon types by 5% per level.
Support Gunner	4	5	Gives +2 team ammo regeneration per level.
UAGP-123 Blaze	5	1	Adds a second minigun to the Quadrotor and they both fire explosive rounds, doubles health.

Assault

The Assault skill tree mainly focuses on drastically improving proficiency with automatic weapons, as well as dealing as much damage as possible at all ranges.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Automatic Expert	1	5	Increases damage, fire rate, and accuracy and decreases recoil with automatic weapons by 10% per level.
Extended Mag	1	5	Increases magazine capacity with assault rifles and submachine guns by 10% per level.
Assault Sniper	2	5	Increases bullet velocity, fire rate, recoil reduction and stabilization with sniper rifles by 20% per level.
Cold Hard Lead	2	5	Increases damage with non-elemental weapons by 10% per level.
Ammo Hoarder	3	5	Increases maximum ammo capacity for all weapons by 5% per level. 10% per level with assault rifles and submachine guns.
Move Up	3	5	Increases movement speed while aiming down sights by 5% per level.
Futuristic Weaponry	3	1	All E-Tech weapons gain a bonus to all stats, and only use one bullet every shot.
Lucky Number	4	5	Every 123rd shot fired by any weapon will deal extremely high amp damage at no shield cost. Increases damage per level.
Redeploy	4	5	Decreases Blaze Turret cooldown by 5% per level.
Satellite Strike	5	1	Blaze Quadrotor can call in a satellite strike to destroy high priority targets. Activated by pressing the Action Skill button while the quadrotor is deployed. The strike will be targeted at what you reticule is aimed at. Can only be used once per deploy.

Survival

The Survival skill tree focuses on keeping Shane in the fight for as long as possible.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Regeneration	1	5	Restores 1% health every second per level.
Sadist	1	5	Dealing damage to an enemy restores 1% of health for every hit per level.
Unbreakable	2	5	Increases health and shield capacity by 10% per level.
Die Hard	2	5	Increases Fight For Your Life time by 10% per level, and increases gun damage by 5% per level while in Fight For Your Life.
Retaliate	3	5	Bullets have a chance to bounce off your shield, mitigating damage taken by 50%, and hit the enemy that fired it causing double damage. 5% chance per level.
Walk It Off	3	5	Increases amount of health restored after Fight For Your Life. Also gives resistance to all forms of damage for 5 seconds. 10% health increase and damage resistance per level.
Backlash Shield	3	1	Gives Shane an impenetrable bubble shield that ricochets enemy fire back at them for double damage every time the Blaze Quadrotor is deployed.
Heat Up	4	5	Increased combat effectiveness proportionate to how many times damage has been taken, and the amount of damage sustained. Can stack infinitely.
One Man Army	4	5	Combat effectiveness increases proportionally to how many enemies are present at one time. Up to 500% at maximum level.
Final Fight	5	1	Use the action skill during Fight For Your Life to recieve a second wind and bring out Freedom and Justice to use against your enemies. If killed during Final Fight, it is an instant death.

Quotes

Joining a game

• I'll help you guys out as long as I get paid.
• Mercenary here.
• THE PARTY DON'T START 'TILL I WALK IN.
• It's okay, everyone. I'm here. You can stop wasting your ammo now.
• Shane Hale at your service. At least until someone offers up more money.
• If I see another of me I'm gonna flip out...

Idle

• To think, right now I could be stuffing my face with toast. Fucking love toast.
• Okay, lemme just count the grains of dirt and sand I see right now. One, two, three, four...
• Hey, maybe you could, I don't know, pause the game when you're on a bathroom break? Maybe?
• If something comes up and kills me I'm gonna be real pissed.
• Why can't I move? What's going on?! I don't like this!
• Jack isn't blowing his own face off, you know.
• C'mon. I want to get my bounty higher.
• Oh, no, don't worry, I wasn't planning on going out and doing anything productive today anyway.
• Seriously, dude / We should get going right now / I'm gonna kill you... COME ON!

Attempting to travel

• C'mon already!
• Hey, we're leaving.
• Get done and let's go.
• Seriously?
• That way, guys... come on.
• I hate multiplayer.
• C'mon. Places to go, people to slay.

Getting crippled

• Ow.
• Agh! CRAP that HURT!
• No way I'm dying now!
• AGH!
• Crap.
• WHY CAN'T I AIM DOWN SIGHTS?!
• Ngh! That's a lot of blood...
• WHY MUST THE GOOD DIE YOUNG?!
• Agh... Bartlett set off a grenade... wait, what?
• Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet!

Reviving an ally

• Drinks are on you.
• This one's on me. The next one you're paying me for.
• Come on, get up!
• What happens if I'm not here to help you? You'd be screwed, man!
• Just don't let it happen again.
• I gotcha.
• No man, woman or Claptrap left behind!
• That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.

Being revived

• Did you see that? There were THOUSANDS!
• That one didn't count.
• To be fair... it was your fault.
• Thanks. I guess I owe you one this time.
• Alright, alright, drinks are on me.
• Oh, charity. I see.

Kill revive

• I'm not dead!
• SUCKS FOR YOU! HAHAH!
• Oh and you were SO CLOSE!
• Back from the dead, ass holes!
• Hahah!
• Like I needed help!
• Guess who?
• Don't got time to bleed!
• That which does not kill me GIVES ME XP!

Critical Kill

• OHOH, wow!
• BOOM HEADSHOT!
• Lights out.
• Goodnight.
• Hah! He aint getting back up!
• I'm getting better at this!
• Where'd his face go? It was right there!
• Yeah, that'll do it.
• THWACK!
• Ah, how'd that taste?
• Ohoh, shave and a haircut.
• Criticals are always red!
• Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

Throwing a grenade

• Frag out!
• Grenade!
• Incoming!
• Hope it's your birthday!
• Oh, Lord. Bless this thy hand grenade. (Rare)
• One. Two. FIVE! Agh, fuck. THREE! (Rare)

Deploying Blaze Quadrotor

• Blaze Turret!
• Turret on the field!
• Time for some fun!
• Take this!
• Here we go!
• Let's rip 'em apart!
• Hey look, buddy. I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. (Rare)
• Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.
• When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.

Turret kills

• Hell yeah!
• That's more like it!
• Tearing them apart!
• Alright!
• Yeah! Yeahah!
• Hahah!
• The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun!
• Screw Buzzards!
• That's a lot of firepower!
• Hot-damn!
• That's pretty freaking sweet!
• Damn I LOVE that thing!

Elemental kills

• Oh, si! Senior fire! ESTA EN FUEGO!! (Incendiary)
• Holy FUCK, this is awesome! (Incendiary)
• Beautiful fire glory! (Incendiary)
• Zappity zap zap. (Shock)
• Looks like rain. (Shock)
• THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDERGUN! HOOOOOOH! (Shock)
• Hahah! I knew putting alien blood on my bullets was a good idea! (Corrosive)
• It sounds like bacon sizzling! I love that sound! (Corrosive)
• Chemical thrower! Hell yeah! (Corrosive)
• Double the damage! Double the fun! (Slag)
• Ow. As if it didn't hurt enough. (Slag)
• He went down quick. (Slag)

Out of ammo

• I'm out!
• Ammo's spent!
• Oh c'moooon...
• Ah, perfect.
• Someone is not sharing their ammo!
• I DON'T DESERVE TO BE OUT OF AMMO!
• What's that clicking? Crap...
• No bullets means NO FUN!
• Great, I'll have to resort to stabbing. AH! SHTABBING!!
• I want a cosmo-gun for my birthday.
• Upgrade your god damn SDU! (When SDU for that weapon type is not fully upgraded)
• Well, I'm screwed. (When out of all ammo types)
• Screw it, I'll kill them with my fists. They never run out of ammo. (When out of all ammo types)

Seeing a badass

• Check it out! It's the entertainment package!
• Badass!
• There can be only ONE badass!
• He looks pissed.
• Watch it!
• Look alive, people!
• Come at me, bro!
• Here comes a new challenger!
• Bring it!

General combat

• Come get some! (Killing enemies in rapid succession)
• Come on! Come on, come on, come on, come on!! (Killing enemies in rapid succession)
• SO MUCH BLOOD! I AM BULLETPROOOOOF! AAAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHH!!!! (Killing enemies in rapid succession)
• CRY SOME MORE! (Killing enemies in rapid succession)
• M-M-M-MONSTER KILL! (Killing enemies in rapid succession)
• Hell yes! (Killing a badass)
• Jesus that thing was angry. (Killing a badass)
• Give me a real challenge next time. (Killing a badass)
• HAHAH! VICTORY! (Killing a badass)
• I don't think he liked me! Heh. (Killing a badass)

Level up

• As if I wasn't good enough.
• Hurray progress!
• Sweet!
• Getting better all the time!
• Great. Now all my gear is useless.
• Alright!
• If life starts getting tougher, you just leveled up.
• OH THANK GOD! (Only when close to death)

Completing a challenge

• Challenge complete.
• Another one down.
• Nice!
• More badass!
• Another challenge off the list.
• Thank God this thing keeps track of those. I have the worst organization skills.

Ramming another player in a vehicle

• Whoops.
• Sorry. Not really.
• Wait. These aren't bumper cars...
• Why does everyone get in my way?
• My bad.
• Your fault.
• ARE YOU IN GOOD HANDS?!
• The airbags on this thing suck. Wait, there aren't any...
• I'm not drunk! That'd be totally irresponsible!
• I could've sworn watching 15 Dukes of Hazard marathons would make me a better driver...

Vehicle kill

• Hahah!
• Sorry! Heh.
• Just a speedbump.
• Roadkill!
• Screw you, animal rights activists! (Running over a creature)
• Wow, really? (Running over a Rakk)
• Yep. He's dead.
• Thump.
• And that's what it feels like to get sucker punched by a car!
• Great now I gotta wash off all this blood.

Requesting vehicle position swap

• You want a turn? (Driver)
• Here, you drive. I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. (Driver)
• You drive, I'll shoot. (Driver)
• Take the wheel. (Driver)
• Where'd you learn to drive? (Gunner)
• You're drunk, man. Give me your keys. (Gunner)
• You're gonna get us killed. (Gunner)
• How about I drive for a bit? (Gunner)
• Give me the wheel. (Gunner)
• Trade ya. (Either)
• Wanna switch? (Either)
• Swap time. (Either)

Looking at the map

• I'm not lost! I don't need to ask for directions!
• Okay, where the hell am I?
• Good thing everything stops attacking me when I check this! Thanks, Silent Hill! (Solo only)

Inspecting items

• Ohh... pretty.
• Oh, I like that one.
• Let's see...
• Hmm...
• Gotta get rid of stuff. (When inventory is full)
• Dammit! I want to keep them all! (When inventory is full)
• I'm over encumbered... (When inventory is full)
• My Daedric Battle Armor is taking up too much space. (When inventory is full)
• HATS! GLORIOUS HATS! (Randomly and rarely)

Inspecting skills

• That looks useful...
• I want them all!
• I could use that.
• I want ALL THE MAGIC!

Issuing duel challenge

• C'mon, fight me.
• I'm bored. Let's beat the crap out of each other.
• If I win I get your stuff.
• I challenge you.
• DEATH BATTLE!

Accepting duel challenge

• Oh, it's on.
• Heh, bring it on.
• You think you can take me?
• Alright, let's see what you got.
• Okay, then. Let's go.
• Challenge accepted.
• THEN YOU SHALL HAVE IT!

Winning a duel

• That's it?
• A winner is me!
• Maybe you'll do better next time. No probably not.
• Not even close.
• I am disappoint.
• Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! Winner!
• Waste of time.

Losing a duel

• Eh... my gun jammed.
• I lost? I'm not supposed to lose. Lemme check the script...
• Best two out of three?
• I wasn't ready!
• Oh that was a cheap shot!
• Ow... my pride...

With Handsome Jack's voice

• Does it work? Crap, it works...
• Oh, I am SO crank calling people with this!
• Okay, this is odd...
• Home, home on the range. Where the- agh, Jack sucks at singing.
• Okay, I want my voice back. Like now.
• Player, I swear to God if we don't get this over with so I can get my voice back I'm gonna strangle you.
• Sheesh, with a voice like this I'd probably be a fascist douchebag heading the Hyperion Corporation, draining this planet of its Eridium, killing innocent people wherever I go, and trying to awaken an ancient alien warrior to pacify the planet of bandit scum too... wow...
• Oh, wait, lemme call Moxxi. *Beeping* (Moxxi) Hello? (Shane) Hey, babe. It's me, Jack. Listen, I just wanted to apologize and say that I still love you... you think we can maybe start over? (Moxxi) ...Shane, I have caller ID. Why do you sound like Jack? (Shane) SHE'S ONTO US! *Click* RUN AWAY!

Spotting rare items

• Ohoh, would you look at that?
• I love it when Christmas comes early.
• Hey there, sexy.
• The loots be mine!
• Aw, sweet!
• Holy crap that's awesome.
• Not bad, not bad.
• It's not even my birthday!
• Mine, it's mine.
• Damn. That's nice.
• Well, well, well.
• [Sigh] Still no cosmo-gun. (Rare)

Picking up Infinity

• COSMO-GUUUUUUNNNN!!!
• You DO exist!!
• They laughed at me. They ALL laughed at me! Well WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!

Class Mods

Legendary Mercenary

Oh, no you didn't. –  Drastically increases damage, rate of fire, accuracy and health of the Blaze Turret.

Additional bonuses up to:

• +200% Cooldown Rate
• +200% Gun Damage
• +200% Fire Rate
• +200% Recoil Reduction
• +200% Reload Speed

Skill Bonuses

• +5 Sentry
• +5 Double Time
• +5 Automatic Expert
• +5 Extended Mag
• +5 Regeneration
• +5 Sadist

Supporter

Additional bonuses up to:

• +50% Reload Speed
• +50% Accuracy

Skill bonuses up to:

• +6 Sentry
• +6 Speedster
• +6 Combat Adaptive

Frontliner

Additional bonuses up to:

• +50% Gun Damage
• +50% Fire Rate

Skill bonuses up to:

• +6 Automatic Expert
• +6 Extended Mag
• +6 Cold Hard Lead

Survivalist

Additional bonuses up to:

• +15000 Health
• +5000 Health Regeneration

Skill bonuses up to:

• +6 Regeneration
• +6 Sadist
• +6 Unbreakable

Background ECHOs

ECHO #1

Angel: Jack, I-

Jack: What is it, Angel? I'm very busy right now!

Angel: I... may have found another prospective Vault Hunter for you.

Jack: No need. I've already got the four.

Angel: Well, the problem is he's already on Pandora. And looking for The Vault.

Jack: So are a lot of people. What makes him so special?

Angel: Remember the Atlas moonbase stationed above Aegis Eight?

Jack: The one that got blown to hell?

Angel: Everyone on that station got killed before the reactor overloaded. You might want to listen to this...

[Audio static. Gunfire is heard shortly after.]

Veylaz: What the hell is going on down there? Report!

Crimson Lance: Commander Veylaz! We're being overrun! We need backup! We can't hold out much longer!

Veylaz: Reinforcements are on their way. How many are there?

Crimson Lance: Agh! One! Just o- [Gunshot]

[A few seconds of silence]

Shane: Veylaz.

Veylaz: Who is this?!

Shane: I told you I'd find you, didn't I?

Veylaz: What?!

[Explosion, followed by a door being kicked in. A few gunshots and a struggle are heard]

Veylaz: Agh! Shit!

Shane: Look at me. LOOK. At me... remember me. Remember what you did that day two years ago.

Veylaz: I don't know what you're talking about! [Gunshot] AGH! My... my arm!

Shane: Remember now?

Veylaz: Wait... I... you're that Dahl soldier from Themis! During Operation Iron Hand!

Shane: Right. Do you remember what I said that day?

[Struggle. Machinery whirring and bone crunching with blood splattering]

Veylaz: AAAGH! MY ARM! MY ARM! AAAGH!

Shane: Look me in the eye... you remember how many of my friends you slaightered? Do you?!

Veylaz: Heh... [Cough] So what? They all died so ungracefully... so pathetic.

Shane: They're waiting for you now.

[Struggle and screaming as more bone crunches and blood splatters on the floor. ECHO ends.]

Jack: ...Wow.

ECHO #2

Shane: You wanted to see me, ma'am?

Sarah: What the hell were you thinking, Shane?

Shane: What do you mean?

Sarah: Disrespecting orders? Leaving your company? Blowing up an Atlas space station? They could trace you back to us, you know! If they find out it was one of ours they'll put even more force on us!

Shane: I did what had to be done.

Sarah: No. You chose to do this out of your petty need for revenge.

Shane: I wasn't going to let that son of a bitch live another day. Not after what he did on Themis. 

Sarah: It wasn't necessary.

Shane: I don't care.

Sarah: [Fist pounding on desk] You're out of line!

Shane: I DON'T CARE! He deserved to die. They all deserve to die! Everyone working under the Atlas Corporation. ALL OF THEM DESERVE TO DIE!

Sarah: I can understand why you're upset, but that doesn't justify your reckless actions. I've filed for your discharge from the military. We can't have you here anymore. You're too much of a risk now.

Shane: Fine. About time I took my leave anyway.

[ECHO ends]

Angel: I believe after he left the Dahl military, Shane was responsible for bringing down most of the Atlas Corporation after Commandant Steele and General Knoxx were killed. He's the reason why they couldn't get back into business afterwards.

Jack: What'd he do? Just kill off the remaining higher-ups?

Angel: He killed approximately 82% of the remaining Crimson Lance forces, as well as taking out the CEO and all his officials.

Jack: Well damn. And you said he's already on Pandora?

Angel: Yes.

Jack: Well we'll have to keep an eye on him.

ECHO #3

Jack: Angel.

Angel: Um... yes, Jack?

Jack: We have a problem.

Angel: What is it?

Jack: That mercenary you told me about. The one that took out that Atlas moonbase?

Angel: Shane? What about him.

Jack: HE JUST BLEW UP THE ERIDIUM PLANT WE HAVE IN JAKOB'S COVE!

Angel: What?

Jack: How the hell did he do it? That place was a damn fortress!

Angel: W-well he is known for his... uh... ability to do things like that. He did destroy that moonbase after all.

Jack: I want a bounty place on him, right now! Set it to the highest number that comes to your mind! I want everybody on this goddamn planet out to kill him!

[Beeping. ECHO ends]

Shane: Hahah. Ohhh this is gonna be fun.

ECHO #4

Angel: Uh... Jack? We, um... we have a problem.

Jack: Gah, what is it now?

Angel: Shane Hale. He, uh... well just listen.

[ECHO plays. Energy blade sounds are heard. Shortly after, a momentary silence before two beeps]

Shane: You're gonna have to do better than that, Jack.

Jack: Was... was that the hit squad I sent?

Shane: You bet.

Jack: Those were the best assassins in the galaxy! How the hell did you-

Shane: What I did to Atlas. You're next.

[ECHO ends. Momentary silence]

Jack: Triple his bounty.

ECHO #5

Moxxi: Hey there, sweetheart. Haven't seen you around before. Mind telling a lady your name?

Shane: Shane Hale.

Moxxi: Shane... Hale? Ah, so you're the stud I've been hearing so much about over the ECHO. Got Jack all excited and ready to blow.

Shane: Uh... is that... um...

Moxxi: Yeah, sorry, I do that sometimes.

Shane: Uh. Okay?

Moxxi: So, what brings you to Sanctuary, sweetheart?

Shane: Heard there was some Hyperion resistance stationed here.

Moxxi: The Crimson Raiders. Here, we're the last hope Pandora has at stopping Handsome Jack from completely destroying the planet.

Shane: Huh. Okay, then.

Moxxi: Looking to join, are you?

Shane: Do I get paid?

Moxxi: In cash, blood, and guns.

Shane: I'm in!

Trivia

• Shane's melee weapon is a double edged black energy sword with a white blade named Armature.
• Shane is one of the few characters who have confirmed last names.
• Shane is friends with Moxxi, as he commonly visits her at her bar wherever it may be.
• Shane's Backlash Shield ability is based on the Backlash Grenade in Resistance: Fall of Man.
• Shane makes multiple references to multiple things throughout his quotes.