TRIO

Marc Anthony, and Havensec non-human classification.

Marc is a grouchy bastard with a heart of gold, almost. He's a class two bluecard non-human; technically he's a class 4, but the nature of his modification ranks him down to a class 2.

The higher the class, the less human you are. There are a number of criteria for each class, but for most mods, all you have to worry about is how human you appear. Marc's right eye is a mechanical implant- he lost his original eye in a stupid accident that he doesn't like to talk about, and at the time, his health insurance package included prosthetics. It didn't include cosmetic prosthetic modifications, nor did it include high quality prosthetics; Marc's right eye is made of alloy and glass, and his eye socket is a metal plate fused with his skull. When his hair is pulled back, it's impossible to miss.

Marc can cover it up with sunglasses or an eyepatch in public; when he's feeling lazy, he covers it with his hair, and no one can tell the difference. Since it's an easily concealable, small modification, he's a class 2 instead of a class 4.

It should be noted that Havensec's non-human regulations are very strict. In nearly any other corporate city state, a person would have to be at least 51% non-human to qualify. In Havensec, any modifications or enhancements qualify you as non-human. This is particularly unfair to people like Marc, who have had body parts replaced with non human materials for medical reasons.

He wasn't allowed to keep his old job unless he had his eye replaced (he worked with heavy machinery); once he was classified as non-human, he lost his job anyway. Now he's self employed, which is both incredibly dangerous and incredibly unprofitable in a corporate city state.

Marc's best friend is his bonsai tree, and he's a strict vegetarian (not that it's much of an issue; Marc doesn't make enough money to afford real food). He's skilled in a variety of martial arts, but he's also a strict pacifist. I've done basic character profiles for the main characters of TRIO; here's Marc's. Not all the details are accurate; his eye is wrong, and he has barcodes on his wrists, not the back of his neck. His tattoos are different, too, but I'm not sure what they are yet. I'm still really proud of the way the full body sketch came out, though; that's actually very close to what he really looks like.

He has a few anger management problems, which is why he's become a cynical pot-smoking hippie (minus the pot-smoking). He's got childhood angst, but it's not really important- most of his angst stems from the fact that Havensec screwed him over. Now he's a freelance courier for people whose businesses are just too shady to be absorbed by Havensec; he's likely to get shot or arrested, if he doesn't starve to death first.

He's not so desperate that he'll work for Hospitality, but it's really only a matter of time.

The narration tends to focus on him, because he sees more of the city than the other characters, and is less of an empty headed idealist than the members of the Revolution.

Marc's pacifism is the useless, hypocritical sort. He will never raise his hand to another living creature, but he won't step in to stop a mugging, and he honestly doesn't care about all of the innocent citizens who get murdered by the security forces every day. He takes a very narrow minded, personal view of the world; he is very much aware of his own insignificance in the grand scheme of things, so as long as something doesn't directly involve him, he isn't going to care about it.

He wouldn't have gotten involved in the revolution if it weren't for Meg, and that's something he'll never forgive her for.