Character's Full Name: Delta Lt. Colonel Derek "Dizzy" Sanderson

Played By: epyon_wing2002@yahoo.com

Character Type: Mortal

Apparent Age: Late 30s

Actual Age: 37

Sex: Male

Height: 6'2''

Nationality: American

Distinguishing characteristics: Several scars from battle wounds, including one above his right eye. Occasionally has a bravado about him that shows in his actions. He also possesses a few tattoos. One on his upper right bicep (the Delta insignia) and another on his left shoulder blade (Boba Fett) as well as a band on his leg (undisclosed as to what it is or means).

Additional Languages: Several Arab dialects, Spanish, some French and German, and understands limited Chinese and Russian.

Skills: Mostly battle/military oriented skills. As one could expect from a man of his rank and training Dizzy is a well honed military/fighting machine. He possesses sniping, as well as close quarter combat skills, training with various types of hand held weaponry as well as guns and explosives. He is well versed in counter-terrorist tactics and general battle strategy. Dizzy has a wide assortment and variety of weaponry on his persona and in his vehicle, a Hummvee named "Luann" after his ex-wife, at all times.

Personality: Very calm very collected man, never intimidated by anything. He has the ability to form especially deep bonds with people, but for some reason has never been able to do so outside of the Rangers.

History:
Born in Columbus Georgia to Major General Jackson Sanderson and Doctor Belinda `Billie' Sanderson. Derek or Dizzy as his friends call him grew up in a very strict environment and was raised to be a military man from day one. Jackson Sanderson was a kind man but did not have an easy time showing his feelings and therfore for most of his life Derek never really felt that his father approved of him or loved him. His mother Belinda was often busy at the local hospital but tried to lavish as much attention as she could on her only child. More often than not however Derek found himself at Fort Benning with his father and the troops stationed there.

From a very early age he participated in mock war games or capture the flag with some of the men on base. They treated him well, many of them considering him a younger brother of sorts. Derek took a special liking of the boys in the jazz band and because of that became an accomplished trumpet player - hence the nickname Dizzy (after Dizzy Gillespie).

Derek joined the army straight out of High School and decided early on he wanted to be part of the Rangers. In the Rangers he found the closeness and camaraderie he had always been searching for from his family. He didn't see any action through the 80s but come 1991 he was sent to Saudi Arabia to fight in Desert Storm.

It was during the fighting that he first met a man from Delta Squad - the elite of the elite in the army. His name was Sergeant John Baker and Derek became enthralled by the man - his demeanor, the way he carried himself - everything. Derek then knew that he wanted to be a Delta - but that would take time and wouldn't happen during this war. Baker liked what he saw in the young man and took him under his wing, teaching him several skills. He also noticed his knack for languages and took it upon himself to school Derek in learning more dialects.

They met again two years later in Somalia when the United States went after Somali Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid for crimes against humanity. Intel was less than stellar throughout the operation and several attempts to capture him failed because of it. The biggest failure of the stay however came on October 3rd When a simple operation spiraled into a dirty fight that saw the death of over 1000 Somalis and 18 American personnel.

Derek was part of one of the Ranger Chalks put in to cover the building as the Delta teams swept through it and took the prisoners. After one of the Delta team's Black Hawks went down the job switched over to trying to get the men out of the downed Helo. Then a second copter went down.

Derek went along with Baker and several other men to secure the second crash sight. After they managed to do that they had to then return to the first crash sight. Along the way Baker was shot and killed. The other two men in the party were too far ahead to see what happened and so Derek was the only witness to his death - and also the only witness to his subsequent awakening. He was shocked to say the least but said nothing as they caught up with the others and then settled in.

It was during the long wait for an evac crew that Derek learned about Immortals. Baker explained that he had been alive for several centuries, explained what he was and what his life was like. It took some time to sink in but gradually Derek came to accept this and swore that he would tell no one of the other man's secret.

After the troops were pulled out of Somalia Derek finally was able to join Delta Squad. It was during a stay at their base at Fort Bragg North Carolina that he met a woman named Luann Smith. The two got married after a year long courtship - Baker stood up as best man.

During 1997-1998 he was part of a Delta Detachment that went to Bosnia in effort to capture ranking officials guilty of crimes against humanity such as mass murder, sniping civilians and systematic destruction of towns and villages. It was during this mission that Baker "died" and subsequently left the Army. Back home things were not much better for Derek. His marriage was failing. It would seem that the shadows of his childhood came back to haunt him in his ability to form relationships with others the way he did in the army. Derek never seemed totally comfortable with his wife - nor any of her civilian friends. They divorced in 1999 after three years of marriage.

Life was pretty quiet for him until he was sent to Afghanistan in 2001 to help fight in what the president called "the War against Terrorism" He had just returned home and was expecting a nice long vacation when he was sent out to Fort Carson Colorado.

It seemed as though someone had escaped from a secret instillation in the desert, someone carrying a deadly virus. By the time Derek got to Fort Carson people around the country were getting sick and the man had been found, dead, in Texas. He remained on in Colorado to help keep security.

Eventually he was the only one left alive on base. He had a brief phone call from Baker before the phones went dead. His friend was alive but seemingly stuck overseas - where unfortunately the plague was just as bad. He also spoke of strange dreams...

Derek didn't know what to think of that until roughly a week later he too began to dream. He now is left wondering if he should answer the call of the dreams or just stay put - away from people that might hate him for what he is and most certainly away from people he will have a hard time fitting in with.



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