David Jackson

David "Benz" Jackson is a character roleplayed by jeimiru.

Appearance
Benz can be seen wearing glasses, due to his bald head he usually covers it with a flat cap. Benz has a long bushy beard which is what makes him recognizable from all of the other R.U.S.T members.

He wears a lot of black, his current attire consists of a black suit with a black coat, topped with his flat cap. During crime he wears a spec ops mask, and an all black outfit.

Background
Leon Benz was born in Berlin, Germany on the 4th of September 1994.

Growing up his dad had a passion for Japanese racing cars so he developed a strong passion for cars and learned how to fix them at an early age.

He was forced by the German government to undergo 3 years of professional Army training. This is where he developed his above average combat skills.

After the agonizing 3 years was up he went back home to Berlin to reunite with his dad. He earned no money from the government while gone so he searched for a way to make a quick buck.

He got into the illegal street racing scene of Berlin, stealing a car form his dad's garage for every race. He performed so well in the races that he was soon able to afford his own garage. He started his own "business" where he "cleaned" stolen cars for gangs and other criminals. After some time his "business" was doing so well and with the money from racing he was finally able to afford his dream car. With help from his dad and his connections with the Yakuza in Tokyo he was able to get his dream car, the Nissan R34 Skyline, imported straight from Japan.

He slowly became a legend in illegal street racing but what he didn't know was that he also became a big target for the German Special Forces known as KSK. Around the same time, his dad got into a shady deal with the Yakuza and he suspects that the Yakuza will try to kill him as the deal didn't go as planned. Some weeks after the incident the Yakuza found his family and brutally murdered them with katanas and handguns.

Leon couldn't do anything because he knew that the KSK and the Yakuza would be looking for him. He knew he was a dead man either way as KSK meant prison for life and Yakuza meant death. With no hesitation he booked the next flight to the states where he took on a new identity, David Jackson.

He tries his best to live a good life as he knows that is what his family would have wanted.

R.U.S.T
Benz is an OG member of R.U.S.T. Before Benz joined RUST, he was known for his ability to hack S+ boosts and, after hacking flawlessly one of such contracts, he caught the interest of the group. RUST would then consistently get contracts and often turnto Benz as their hacker. This pushed Benz to join RUST and doing different jobs with them. After joining RUST he assisted in their war against Street Team. Benz has experience handling and shooting guns and often likes to use the Uzi (named Suzie) with a drum magazine attached during conflicts. He can often be found with MacGregor and Kiwi doing SBS things that have earned them the name "The Devious Trio".

 Rise to High Command  The 14th of August 2022, RUST had a post-war meeting (after the disastrous "Hydra vs RUST" war) to discuss a very needed restructure of the gang's hierarchy, in fact the presence of only 2 people( Raymond as the leader and Chemist as the second-in-command) with the authority to deal with the gang's internal squabbles and the generally increasing unsatisfaction, caused the accumulation of problems and strife among members.

The meeting led to the introduction of new rules, general punishments, and of 2 new ranks (both with the powers to hand out punishment to other members):


 * Enforcer
 * Treasurer

The members present to the meeting then voted each 2 people for the enforcer role and 1 for the treasurer role.

Due to Benz's calm and level headed attitude, combined with his habit of mediator during simple arguments, he earned 7 votes and got appointed as gang enforcer together with Macgregor.

He has since then proved himself time and time again, as certified by the fact that he is the current longest standing member of HC outside of the 2IC and obviously the leader, and he is also highly regarded by every member of the gang, from Naked to Leader.

 The End of an Era  Late September Arnie asked Benz the usual when he planned on coming home(Hydra) question unexpectedly this time Benz responded "give me a few days to wrap things up over here(R.U.S.T)". Arnie then promised him Hydra Protection for his bloodout and a full time member position in his morning crew. On the 2nd of October 2023 Ray thinks of promoting Emily to full member she denies the offer by saying she needed more time due to her believing the promotion was being given due to the Meth lab info that was leaked to her recently and she was also worried about the gang's stability. After hearing how Emily is speaking, Chem gets sus, cuffs Emily and reads through her phone and sees the latest message from Benz asking her to meet up and to keep the meeting lowkey. Chem decides to clear out the WH that he shares with RUST, takes the meth lab key but without realizing it he leaves bags of his 88% meth strain behind.

During the talk with Emily, Benz wakes up and sees what is happening and warns Hydra and they get ready. R.U.S.T decide what to do with Benz and Emily suggested that she could have a meeting with him and setup a camera for RUST to listen to but Chem doesn't want it and decides to shoot Emily and then they take her in a heli to oceandump her. Hydra learn about this and get 2 crews - one to find Emily and another to save Benz. RUST have a meeting with Benz at Clean Manor and get shot by Hydra Squad of Flippy, Kio, Jordan, Arnie and Raul. During the shootout the PD gets involved but he fight ends with PD, 4 Hydra + Benz down and 3 RUST down. Jordan being the only Hydra up and RUST have 3 go to grandmas and have fight which ends with Jordan + revived Flippy going down but killing Macgregor before going down. Hydra get some helis and a jet to search the ocean for Emily and Benz. After 2 hours of searching, Emily ends up getting help from local EMS but Hydra manage to find Benz and save him. Both Emily and Benz end up going to the ICU.

 New Beginnings  The 3rd of October 2023, Benz wakes up from ICU and gets picked up by his OG Arnie.


 * October 10, 2023 - reached 75% grade meth

Relationships
He has a love-hate relationship with his cars.

Trivia

 * First follower and believer in Jetpack Jesus and builder of the Shrine.
 * Completed 8 S+ Boosts in a row without failing a single hack.
 * Reached 75% grade meth on the 10th of October, 2023 after being stuck at 60% for over 100 cooks