Background
Shane Hale is a notorious mercenary turned Vault Hunter known for always completing a job, no matter how long it takes. That being the case, he has taken out many high value targets and completed many dangerous tasks for various unmentionables across the galaxy. He will take any mission as long as he sees the pay fits the job, otherwise he'll turn it down. Not much is known about Shane other than that. Upon learning of The Vault on Pandora and the riches that could be involved during a mission on Pandora, Shane abandoned the current job and turned his sights on The Vault. In the process of searching for The Vault, Shane destroyed a large Hyperion complex stationed at Jakob's Cove, resulting in Jack placing a large bounty on his head. Shane has done countless other things against Hyperion to accumulate an extremely large bounty of over $250 trillion, for accounts of destroying Hyperion compounds and conspiring against Handsome Jack among countless other accusations, some true, some false.
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.
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 Turret
Action Skill: Shane deploys a stationary turret not unlike Axton's Sabre Turret. However, the Blaze Turret features continuous automatic fire and utilizes a minigun instead of a single barreled gun. At maximum level, it can feature homing missile pods, twin miniguns that fire explosive rounds, and it can even become an aerial gun platform.
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 Turret'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 Turret 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 Turret, launching 50 homing missiled 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 and they both fire explosive rounds, doubles health, and turns the turret into an aerial quad rotor gun platform. |
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 | Action Skill modifier: Blaze Turret can call in a satellite strike to destroy high priority targets. Activated by pressing the Action Skill button while the turret is deployed. The strike will be targeted at what you reticule is aimed at. Can only be used once per turret 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 the Blaze Turret an unbreakable bubble shield that rebounds all enemy fire in random directions. Will be applied directly to user should UAGP-123 Blaze skill be acquired. |
| 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
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.
- That which does not kill me GIVES ME XP!
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!
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 Turret
- 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)
Deploying UAGP-123 Blaze
- Quadrotor support!
- Air superiority!
- Armed overwatch.
- Air support deployed.
- 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!
UAGP-123 kills
- WILCO.
- 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)
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
Trivia
- Shane's melee weapon is a two foot double edged longsword named Levity.
- 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.