Shaun McCarthy

Shaun McCarthy is character role-played by isocuda.

This was isocuda's first serious RP character and an "alt-self" created in 2013 for Altis Life/ArmA 3 and later adapted into NoPixel in 2021.

Origins
Shaun was born Boston, MA and his family relocated to a nearby costal town while he was fairly young. The majority of men and woman in his family served in the military.

He was a talented student, but refused to do the majority of homework in favor of exploring the world or gaming due to his severe ADHD. Shaun would usually destroy at least one mountain bike a year exploring, speed was always a factor. He was friends with everyone in high school, with the concept of cliques being foreign to him. Which resulted in Shaun routinely having excuses to avoid homework in favor of going out. Social and mischievous, but with a strong moral compass. From sitting down with new students at lunch to breaking up fights, he has a strong sense of community for his peers.

His need for speed eventually resulted in his fascination with cars and racing. Which lead to him becoming a mechanic at a local racing outfit during the mid to late 2000's. As well as nightly outings with friends to the state forest to test out their skills behind the wheel. Almost getting himself killed on several occasions.

Character divergence begins.

With cars being expensive and a need to chase thrills ever present among an interest in the military, a family member put Shaun in touch with a contact at Bridgewater R&D. A defense and private military contractor with a focus on innovative practices. That would later be acquired by Merryweather.

After taking a battery of aptitude tests and attaining security clearance, he was officially listed as an on-site mechanic and eventually promoted to Facility Operations Supervisor. Legal records would indicate this for years despite the fact that Shaun began living on site during the week and partaking in experimental combat training.

Maintaining the motor pool and excelling in the additional training lead to further advanced training. With proficiency attained in multiple categories, Shaun was offered a lucrative opportunity that would require cutting off ties with family and being shipped out overseas.

Life in Altis
In early 2013 NATO began small scale peacekeeping missions within '''[https://armedassault.fandom.com/wiki/Republic_of_Altis_and_Stratis#:~:text=The%20Republic%20of%20Altis%20and%20Stratis%20operates%20on%20the%20basis,chaired%20by%20an%20unknown%20president. Altis] (Refer to Map)''', but were limited in force due to politics with each of the member nations. NATO quietly contracted Bridgewater and other PMCs to deploy and embed within the Republic to drive back occupying force and maintain order. The island of Altis alone is 270km/sq with various cities and vast expanses to patrol.

Shaun was apart of a single platoon sent out into the more remote areas to flush out insurgent forces and establish checkpoints. Each of the squads were tasked with protecting government figureheads, cash-in-transit operations, and other logistics between hub cities during the first election era of Altis. These missions would continue under contract for most of the year until the elections have run their course.

This lead to the Republic establishing a resettlement package for members of Bridgewater who served in exchange for their service within the Altis Police Department. Shaun was one of many who took up this offer and settled into Kavala, the largest city in Altis and home to the APD headquarters.

Losing a kidney
One of Shaun's first experiences in Kavala was being kidnapped by the "Server Jerks" and taken to a church overlooking Kavala Bay. Where he was forced to drink vanilla vodka until he passed out and had a kidney harvested by a criminal known by the moniker "Bang Bus Driver". He gave Shaun a kiss on the forehead and called for EMS before departing with his gang.

The Steve-a-cide
One of the early rituals of Cadets is manning the entrance gate and wearing the customary Yellow Academy Polo Shirt & Khaki Pants. Where cadets open/close the gate for police vehicles and get harassed by local civilians. Whereas new civilians in Altis are referred to as "Steve" for their Blue Clues-like attire and propensity for asking basic questions. Typically being drawn to the front gate of APD headquarters like moths to a flame. Where they will either talk a lot of nonsense or jump the gate to discover what being tasered feels like.

On one particular day while Shaun was on gate duty (just prior to the new automated high wall airlock gate being constructed) a mob of Steves several dozen deep came running down from the center of the city. En masse they jumped over the gate. Overwhelming Shaun and nearby officers in the parking lot.

The group made a bee line for the front doors of APD HQ and ran up the staircase towards the roof on the 5th floor. One such Steve stating to the group "Remember, no Russian". They lined up on the edge and began to stream off the side screaming various things like "Fuck the police", "Allahu Akbar", "I hate RhinoCrunch", and more as they plummeted to the ground.

There were enough bodies to block the entrance doors and hold up central operations for an extended period of time. A later investigation found the lack of federal mental services to blame for the incident.

Federal Reserve Rescue
During a nighttime robbery of the Fed by Rebels, a member of the QRF was downed halfway across the bridge behind their disabled MRAP after attempted negotiations had failed. McCarthy and a fellow cadet arrived on scene in their highway patrol vehicle (Their FTO is QRF which means he would spawn in Pyrgos while non-QRF certified LEOs have to drive to the scene).

Staged at the bridge entrance, Shaun suggested they move the pickup down the bridge with suppressive fire and rescue the downed officer. With approval they began moving the pickup slowly forward while officers at the gate building provided DMR coverage. Shaun along with two officers from the tailgate returned fire and popped smoke ahead of them. He darted out and dragged the stricken officer to the truck and placed him in the passenger seat before returning to bed of the truck to return fire as they egressed from the bridge. Both cadets received promotions for their actions in an otherwise botched standoff.

Hawaiian Checkpoint Bombing


General Description
Shaun McCarthy was formerly a Towing FTO for Angelic Towing.