Captain Nathan Lake

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Name: Captain Nathan Lake

Age: 34

Sex: Male

Appearance: 6ft, lean, wiry, muscular, rough and world-weary most of the time. Short brown hair, blue-gray eyes. A scar on his left leg running from thigh to calf, a reminder not to drink while on duty. Unfortunately he doesn't look at it that often. One tattoo, right on his heart, a lily and a rose intertwined.



Personality: Totally fucked up. Aggressive, moody, uncommunicative, uncooperative, a heavy drinker. Does have moments of surprising, if dark, humour, often in the most unlikely situations.

Job Description: ex-F302 Pilot. Member of SG-2

Race: Human

Homeworld: Earth

History: Born in London to a Canadian military father, stationed in England at the time, and an English socialite mother, Nathan had everything. A brilliant student, Nathan passed all his training with flying colors. Graduated flying school early and went straight into fighter planes, flying first the F-22 and Tornado for the British military, before transferring to the Canadian Air Force on the strength of his Canadian citizenship courtesy of his father, where he flew the F-14 Tomcat with great success. His father was a general in the Canadian air force and an alcoholic, and Nathan always swore it was a road he wouldn't go down, although it was tough. His fellow pilots were always telling him one wouldn't hurt. He married young, at only 22 years old, to his childhood sweetheart and family friend, Marianne, with whom he had kept in touch. She moved to Canada, they had two daughters, Lily and Rose, and were idyllically happy living in Ontario, based at CFB Borden. When the F302 was first built, Nathan was chosen to fly one, having been tested for the Ancient gene and discovered to possess it. One night Nathan was celebrating his best friend's stag night at the base, having finally succumbed to 'just the one', as a result of a particularly harrowing mission aboard the Prometheus where they had lost two good pilots. He was supposed to pick Marianne and the two girls up from her mother's house, and when he finally got a phone call from her he was already drunk. He went anyway, and killed all three of them on the way home, spinning off the road down a forty foot drop. He never recovered mentally, and fell further and further into the bottle. His mates covered up for him, and he carried on flying, but on one simple training flight he was drunk, and he clipped the tail of his wingman, taking him down with him. Nathan managed to get out alive, but the other pilot did not, and Nathan was left with the scar on his leg as a reminder. He has since tried to dry out, and sometimes manages for a while, but never for long. It was only the fact that he has the Ancient gene, and was such a phenomenal force in the cockpit that allowed him to continue to fly as long as he did. He has saved the world several times, being part of the strike force that stopped Anubis. After discovering he had been drunk then too they finally gave up on him and sent him to Cheyenne, to see if they could sort him out. It's his last chance.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Lake doesn't know his strengths, and knows his weaknesses only too well! His greatest weakness is himself, and his need to drink to forget. He can be arrogant, childish, sulks when he doesn't get his own way. He chooses not to look too closely at himself and his reasons for doing the things he does. He can be violent, using his fists before thinking, assuming that he can fight his way out of any situation.
Lake does have a very dark and dry sense of humour, although at times it seems to be buried far too deeply to ever emerge. This sense of humour, when apparent, is usually directed at himself and the mess he has made of his life.
That being said, he is very good at his job, reacting mostly on instinct to any given situation, and generally being right. He does find it hard to follow orders, and has found himself cooling his heels in the cells on numerous occasions. He is fiercely loyal to his team mates, and would readily throw himself in the path of danger to prevent anyone else getting hurt. That could possibly be because he doesn't really care whether he lives or dies though...

Canon/Own character: Mine mine all mine!!

Sample Post (Not less than 150 words): Don't have to do one 'cause I'm the boss!

OOC Name: Teejay

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