John Veer
| John Veer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | American | |
| Organization | Bee-Sus | |
| Species | Ancient human | |
| Height | 6'1" | |
- "I've taken the furthest leap for mankind anyone ever has. If only I could take a few steps back."
- ―John Veer
John Veer (sometimes known as John VR) is an ancient human, speculated to possibly be the last of his kind. He was a researcher for the ancient corporation known as Bee-Sus that used beeswax for rocket fuel in Earth's early spacefaring age. His role was on the virtual reality side, developing virtual reality simulations that included marketing, instructional and educational materials.
At some point, tragedy struck during a routine operation. His ship was lost in space beyond hope of recovery. He was forced to enter longterm cryostasis while an onboard AI took care of him.
Thirty thousand years later, virtuoarchaeologists from the Federation of Stellar Systems discovered his ship located to be in orbit of the star Ran, also known as Episolon Eridani. When he was awakened, John had found himself in an unfamiliar environment. His stasis pod had only lasted as long as it did due to the experience of rapid time dilation. Despite having made contact with other humans, these humans had evolved different facial features and ethnicities unlike anything he had ever seen - enough to the point where he initially mistook them for extraterrestrials.
Though John had completely missed its rise and fall, the Valerian Empire had apparently been aware of his existence but they had chosen not to wake him. John was passively studied by the Valerians while he was in cryostasis, and repairs were made to his ship over time on their behalf. Unbeknownst to him, he was considered a tourist attraction during that time.
Appearance
John has brown hair and blue eyes and is biologically thirty-five years old in the year 2023 AB. He is from an extinct ethnic group known as the Caucasians who are light-skinned humans once adapted to live in the northern regions of ancient Earth. He also has some lineage from the Indian subcontinent based on his surname.
John usually wears a white spacesuit due to his body not fully adjusted to the vastly different environment Yeddo is from planet Earth in his time. The subtle differences in oxygen concentration, air quality and the number of pathogens brought in by the vast number of non-human species has made it rather difficult to walk around without getting some sort of shortness of breath or at worst, a terrible illness. He has gotten used to wearing his suit all the time, and many people know him for it.
John's preferred civilian clothes include a white button down shirt with khakis. Due to his near-sightedness, he also wears large, black-rimmed glasses.
Personality
John is very patriotic and has what many call an old school sort of optimism. He enjoys grilling hamburgers and hotdogs and watching sports. And of course, he is passionate about his line of work as a virtual reality programmer. He has a deep fascination over the vrNet and all the other advances humanity has made since his time.
However, his situation of being transported over 30,000 years into the future has scarred him emotionally. Not only did he become separated from his country and his job, but also his family - his wife, son and daughter. He hopes to one day find wherever their remains might be so that he has a chance to properly mourn them.
Relations
- Abraham Lincoln - John took solace in immediately finding someone he recognized from his time, within a margin of a few hundred years of course.
- Sophia Delphi - John admires her work in protecting the city of Port Oraulan as the PHIA Phorce. John, however, cannot shake off a sense of deja vu around her. Sophia uncannily resembles someone he knows from his own time period.