Ingraham Talsphere

"I know there's a bonus for minimizing collateral; it's just that pursuing that bonus get's you killed."

- Ingraham *attempting* to justify why his ex-girlfriend's car is a smoking crater

Appearance
Ingraham is a thin, but sculpted young man. His facial features can be best described as viking-like. He has long orange hair that is worn in a ponytail.

Ingraham normally wears a black trenchcoat with orange hues. Underneath this coat is a light exoskeleton customized to contain powdered dust between the plates for use as ammunition and a CATSAI unit is mounted on his suit's chest, directly above his sternum. He keeps a small flask of what he calls "Liquid Cojones" on his belt.

Mounted within Ingraham's body and hooked up to his heart is a prototype regeneration system. When the exoskeleton detects body damage, it will activate the regenerator which pumps painkillers, adrenaline, and medicines to the affected area. Should bone fracture also be detected, the exoskeleton is capable of clamping down on the affected area. This system, in addition to Ingraham's fast natural healing allows him to withstand punishment that would incapacitate an ordinary hunter.

The use of a regeneration system however, is EXTREMELY taxing on Ingraham's body. Failsafes within the system itself force periodic shutdowns to prevent lethal overdose and ensure the body does not digest itself in order to heal. Prolonged usage has left Ingraham with a higher than average metabolism rate; it is not uncommon to see him scarf down an entire roasted chicken only to hear him complain that he is still hungry. Damage healed through the regeneration system is considered a shoddy "quick-fix" at best so Ingraham is also known to sleep for 20+ hours at a time in order to allow his body to properly heal.

Personality
Ingraham at first appears to be very studious. Always tinkering with something, typing away on his computer, or scribbling down notes in his journals. All this however, is just an elaborate ruse to keep people off his case. Really, all Ingraham wants is to be left alone to his own devices. Too bad the same people who like to interfere with him are often opposed to whatever it is he is doing at the time. It's never his friends since they respect the guy and the majority of his instructors have better things to do anyway. It's his parents and most other authority (the cops, the headmaster, the bounty officer, etc.) that seem to go out of their way to throw a monkey wrench into Ingraham's life.

The truly sad thing is that Ingraham really is of no threat to anyone. He takes extra care during his moments of experimentation to minimize damage and when it comes to his classmates, Ingraham is more than happy to help with gear advice. Other than that, he is of honest words and odd mannerisms. Those that talk to him say he has an odd tendency to reference things that have never existed in Remnant, but he speaks as if he has seen them before. Examples of such references include:
 * Ye olde Irish liver
 * Stockholm Syndrome
 * Texas hold'em
 * The Dancing Sharks from the 2015 Superbowl halftime show feat. Katy Perry

Eliminator Profile
Profile: Ingraham Talsphere

''NOTICE: This file is meant to be accessed only by Flagg Personnel and potential clients. ANY OTHER ACCESS IS FORBIDDEN.''

Mr. Talsphere is a prime example of what regeneration systems are capable of doing. He demonstrates a tenacity unmatched by the majority of known Hunters, able to survive injuries that should down an ordinary human. We've noticed he integrates this durability into his fighting style. Our best description is that of a Berserker. CATSAI footage often shows the man charging into a firefight, unloading vast amounts of gunfire and missiles while often taking that same punishment back without any loss in momentum. An noted incident occurred during a live demonstration of the Leighly-Braun Manifold Mk. 3 of which Ingraham had been contracted to provide security for. Militants associated with the Order of the Black Dawn were entering the proving grounds and Ingraham moved to intercept. Associated footage shows him advancing through the parking garage where the militants had entered while under heavy fire. By the time the intruders were able to deplete his aura, he had already neutralized half of the attacking force. He ignored the "critical aura" warnings and pushed onwards, taking injuries which were promptly repaired by his regenerator. The influx of adrenaline into his bloodstream only served to make him even more aggressive and a the cost of significant damage to the structure and several insurance claims, the militants had been dealt with.

Ingraham is not only a powerful soldier, he is also technologically skilled and his unique semblance only serves to improve upon this. A relevant incident involves him having been contracted by local police to investigate a missing arms shipment. His investigation led him to an Order arms trafficking ring based in an unused warehouse near the docks of Eagalis. There he discovered both the missing arms shipment and likely stolen Atlesian Paladin-290 battlesuits.He proceeded to use his semblance to override the suit's lockdown and piloted the machine, using it to destroy the stolen weapons and its guards. Currently, the AP-290 used by Ingraham has been returned to the Atlesian military for repairs.

At the same time however, Flagg medical staff are concerned with the long term effects of using the regenerator. His vital signs often have fluctuating and skewered values which cannot mean anything good in terms of long term vitality although Ingraham has been taking measures to allow the body to heal naturally. On a contract relevant note, we do not recommend contracting Ingraham on operations that require stealth and subtlety as he has become rather infamous among instructors for collateral damage.

Summary
 * Demolitions
 * Direct Assault
 * Hacking

Weapons and Equipment
"This thing fires mini-missiles. Do you want to keep talking?"

- Ingraham referring to Ouzo

Absinthe
Absinthe is a minimalistic SMG that collapses around Ingraham's right arm when not in use. When collapsed, it still has some use in the form of a brass knuckle. Its LB Manifold fabricates dust rounds that have a stopping power comparable to a 5.7X28mm round. The rounds themselves are dedicated armor piercing. While it can be fed from a standard dust magazine, Ingraham prefers to connect it via umbilical cord to his exoskeleton which is designed to contain high levels of dust. With a firing rate of 900 rounds per minute, Ingraham has enough dust reserved for this weapon within his suit for an estimated 240 seconds of continuous fire.

While Ingraham can load Absinthe with an dust mixture he needs since his suit is generally loaded with equal amounts of all four kinds, Ingraham prefers cryogenic rounds mostly for the purpose of freezing Grimm for later capture.

Ouzo
Ouzo is a rocket launcher that is designed to flash-fabricate 45mm unguided rockets. Like Absinthe, it collapses around his left forearm when not in use. However, Ouzo lacks a built-in melee weapon. Also unlike Absinthe is that the rockets can be reconfigured in-field to be either shaped-charge armor piercing or high explosive area-of-effect. The two lights on top of the weapon indicate which two dust types its LB Manifold is currently using. Ingraham reserves enough dust inside his suit to fabricate 75 missiles and each missile (in either configuration) can penetrate a boarbatusk's armor even when it is charging with trouble.

Jumpkit
Like the majority of eliminators, Ingraham is equipped with a jumpkit. His custom-built widened kit gives him better stability while freerunning and in midair. In addition to stability improvements, Ingraham's kit also features an expanded dust reservoir which allows him to hover up to 5 meters into the air. While hovering, he will unleash viscous missile bombardments and perform punishing strafing runs with his machine gun. Since hovering consumes dust at an alarming rate, Ingraham has trained himself to limit hovers to 4 seconds max.

Semblance
"Time to do what I do best: void warranties!"

- Ingraham when told to open a powerlocked door

Technomancy: Ingraham's semblance can be best described as an enhanced version of the Aura conduit effect. When active, Ingraham forces a partition of his aura into anything that relies on dust. Once inside, he can do whatever he pleases. Most commonly, he uses Technomancy to forcibly break power-locking mechanisms on doors and extract information from networks. On occasion, he can use Technomancy to jumpstart vehicles. Technomancy's flaws however are that it will lower his overall defense since it requires him to devote aura away from defending himself. Aura drain is linear.

Backstory
"If anyone asks, I was just showing you how to work the grill!"

- Ingraham to his younger sister after their dust-powered potato mortar misfired.

Ingram’s childhood was composed of maybe two things: bad ideas and amazing execution of said ideas. From an early age, the boy showed that he was a savant with virtually anything that ran on dust. Upon setting off his first homebrew artillery, he knew he wanted to work with dust. No preference as to how or where, just dust. Obviously, the constant fireballs, noise complaints, and used fire extinguishers were an endless nuisance to his parents. Exasperated, Ingraham's father eventually coerced the boy into getting an internship at any dust mining corporation, if only to keep him too busy to set off every car alarm on the block. Through both dumb luck and expert BSing, Ingraham managed to whip up an application essay which somehow landed him an internship at a subsidiary branch of the Schnee Dust Corporation. When this internship at Schnee showed that the dust mining life was nowhere near as exciting as he thought, the only other logical choice was to become a Huntsman, specifically an Eliminator for the advanced training and better toys. Besides, the pay is better and you (occasionally) contribute to society in the process, win-win!

Trivia

 * Ingraham's name is based on a corruption of "Graham" from Graham cracker
 * His last name "Talsphere" is intended to be synonymous with "Highball", a type of drinking glass for alcohol
 * Ingraham's original, rough-draft name, was Ingram; the two are to be pronounced the same.