Body: 8, Dexterity: 7, Perception: 9, Presence: 6, Will: 8, Vitality: 40
Skills: Animal Handling 3, Athletics 5, Bargain, Bureaucracy (Legal) 1, Culture (Terran) 2, Defend 6, Diplomacy 1, Dodge 5, Empathy 2, Intimidation 2, Investigation (Criminal) 2, Life Sciences 2, Language (Lingua Terra) 2, Language (Czanik) 2, Medical Sciences (First Aid) 3, Melee 4, Observe 6, Profession (Law Enforcer) 2, Shoot 7, Stealth 4, Streetwise 1, Survival 6, Tactics 1, Technical Sciences 0, Unarmed Combat 6
Gear: Blast vest (AV/DV: 15/15), fast use medkit, laser rifle, universal communicator
Miles Dirksen was born on the colony world of Longview in the Marches, a planet which takes its name from the flat plains which dominate the surface. The principal economic activity on planet centers on ranching and resource exploitation. While life on Longview could not be described as harsh, it is challenging and fosters a strong sense of self reliance in the population. Miles grew up on one of the numerous ranches and at a young age he was out learning about life in the bush.
During his teens, Miles joined a local ad hoc group charged with keeping the peace between nearby population centers, fighting off the native vermin, search and rescue duties and the like. As time went on, the peacekeeping function became more prominent as access to water and grazing lands became an issue. With the assistance of State advisors, a single planetary government was formed. It was a daunting task but it stemmed the growing tide of unrest on Longview. Based on his previous experience, Miles was invited to join the Rangers, the planetary police force, where he held the rank of Captain, a title he still sometimes uses.
Miles served in the Rangers for three years before the young government collapsed. Fortunately the old patchwork of local town or family based governance reasserted its self, thereby avoiding a descent into anarchy. Still, for people like Miles, the failure of unification came as a serious blow. For a time he returned to the region where he grew up and resumed his old duties but felt unfulfilled. Contact with a Czanik trade expedition visiting Longview offered a chance to go off world and try his hand at something different. (And some say to escape his past life).
Miles stayed with the expedition for many months before finding a new position as a bush guide with an Encyclopedia Foundation research team on a frontier world. He welcomed the change of scenery and fresh challenges the position offered. With the Foundation mission soon to come to a close, Miles has begun to cast about for another job.