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Post by Beamer on Jan 6, 2006 13:17:14 GMT -5
I would like to see a section dedicated to the Characters, this way others reading could know why some of their characters do what they do . Like a history thread
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Post by Beamer on Jan 6, 2006 13:18:18 GMT -5
First PM to Nate -------------------------------- 'Beamer' is his handle. Jonathan Patrik Andrews is his real name. He decided to get into the millitary as a bet. He lasted the longest and enjoyed the rush of "Bitty" (his little black *****) which is a modified Mech. He has been repromanded many times for modifying it beyond code as he want's to push limits. He knows where his are and refuses to go past them, "Can I help it if I can handle the rush." Is one of his favorite slogans. This often gets him in trouble with his supperior officers. Though the guys above them love the progress that 'Beamer' has brought to the table. Missions seem to get done with him on the team, though his need for progress is disturbing to those who have to follow every rule in the book. The book is there as a guideline. "If it won't work tweak." So he is constantly gettting praise from the Higher ups and his immediate commanders have had him in the briggs (or detailing all 7 mechs he happend to "minorly" damage during training) for two thirds of his time in the millitary. 'He would do good as a rouge opprorative' is the general consensus of the Admirals, but the Captian above him does not believe that Jonathan has the discipline to be effective. Though any Captain he has been with will agree that Beamer is the reason the squad stays focused, as he brings moral to the troup at all times and they look to him for guidance (so the squad politics are what hurts the captain's pride). Jonathan had decided long ago that he does not want to gain rank, and lead squads. "If I must I will. But that means that some punk like me will be getting my *** in trouble. I don't want the responsibility. Hell I can hardly take care of myself, let alone a fleet of me." He does step up when needed. He denies that it was him that led four squads to victory against invading forces while he was still in boot camp. The other traniee pilots did not know what to do and all but one of the Instructing Pilots were destroyed. "I simply told them all that I would kiss their wives and little girls for them if they did not make it out. Yeah I might have mentioned that I would continue their famlies for them. But come on capt' do you really think that I would want Pvt. Jordan's wife. No I just wanted to give them a reason to survive. It was a gamble and it worked. It's not like I told them to attack the right guys, I just suggested that we all gank individual targets and keep moving. Leg and leave em! So I went overboard in our quest to survive. We did survive, and just beacuse I am the only one who can still laugh at the situation does not mean that I am in any way shape or form fit to lead a squad of any size. Unless she is hot-" This is where they usually cut him off. He is in a heated race for top of class with a chick named Ellyna Swartzwits. The tension between the two of them has always been high. Each one knows that they are not as skilled at the other, but neither will admit it (aka they are on par but pride gets in the way). She is stick to the book at all costs kind of gal and gets the job done. It amazes him that she is still alive, as she is amazed that he is alive too. What they don't realize is that they have both saved each other in battle. If they ever did they would most likely not let anyone know. "El, she's cute, but after a ride with me she would jump back into her own coffin and fester over why I am all that she needs." Ellyna, "Sure Andrews (she is the only one who has refered to him by last name for the past four years). I know your type, Strong, Charming, Intelligent, and all of it to compensate for a lack." Jonathan, "Of?" Ellyna, "You know. " She does frustrate him, though there was one time when they were the only two left in a asteroid field, his mech was out of weapons and had lost the left arm, hers had no fuel left and her O2 canaster was depeleted. Jonathan did what any soldier would, scrapped parts form her mech, took her (as she was uncconcious), and came out of there as only one of three people to survive. He does care for her. He did tell her that he cared, "Though it was only to keep her going until we got back to base, she imagined the kiss. I was giving CPR. Standard proceedure." This only futhered her anger toward him. He loves to push limits and make people stronger. He has never tried to push himself past his bench. He is to scared that some nuerological backlash will happen. "Nothing will ever get me to break that, I would rather be dead than a pusher." (in refrence to the shop mechanics that can no longer fly due to backlash) When asked why, "She isn't worth it." Nobody knows who she is, in fact there is speculation that Jonathan doesn't even know. Lironah: Dangit, Beamer, I told you to watch your language!
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Post by Beamer on Jan 6, 2006 13:21:23 GMT -5
Second PM ------------------------------------------ So I looked though the papers today (Jonathan Andrews) and thought that we needed to get the goods back. So he talked a few guys into going with his as they are on a 4 day vacation. Ellyna caught wind of it and was telling him that he was going against protocol again.
He blew her off replying, "You are just upset that I am going to take back the biggest criminal of all time just for kicks."
"You are incorrect Andrews. I simply do not want to see these Mechs lost on a rogue quest for the glory of your testosterone."
"I agree, that is why I had your ship prepared. To keep me in check."
"WHAT!"
"Well you can always let it fly auto-pilot. I heard some nasty virus got into it and it just needs to get out of the Hangar."
"I can't believe... why would you do this again?" She spits out as she runs to her Mech. "Everything seems to be in order, what is that in my cockpit?" She climbs in and a few of the pushers lock her in.
"Thank you guys. We're off" Beamer takes off with the guys on a leisure run (excuse) and Ellyna's Mech is auto-tweaked to come with them.
"Andrews! What did you do to my Mech, I need to get back and report this! Give me control of this machine right now!"
"And let you ruin all the fun? Pht! No chance. You will not regain control again unless you are attacked, or you get to the destination."
"Where is that?"
"Skadi."
"That is a few hours in hyperspace! I will be demoted before we get there."
"No you won't I took care of that."
"What!"
"Yeah, I told your bunk mate that I was going to take you for a surprise. You know she really should stop believing that the CPR was a real kiss."
"ANDREWS!!!!!!!!"
"Quiet down, or you will alert the enemy to our position. Lt. Beamer out."
It is at this time that he turns off his incoming signal from her. The squad hitches a ride on a jumpship that looks shady at best. In a few hours they all arive at Skadi, the pirates are found with little problem. Or more to the point they find us. So Jonathan did what he does best, Hostile negotiations. "Well of course they don't start out that way, but when they started to spread us out somthing had to be done to keep me off rebuild duty again." So Beamer and his guys blast a good sized hole in one of the ships, but soon realize that this was a bad idea. Ellyna is fighting just as hard as Andrews. The persuit is on. One of the tweaked ships jumps back to base (it was only tweaked for one jump, and the parts fell off when jumping out into the basecamp) with the rest of the crew. All but Jonathan and Ellyna get out.
He bunks into an asteroid with her and tells her, "Wait with me. I am sure that we can find Cormus Reeve, or at least evidence that he is here."
"I am returning to base!"
"You can't besides the fact you cannot jump by yourself, if you are sure that I am still alive and well you cannot abandon me. Rule 16-a-23(c(b2)) You are stuck here babe."
"Yes but that only applies to official business Rule 16-a-20."
"Though if you remeber Rule 206.3-b-15.3 'All personel must maintain visual contact of known defected rogue pilots if it is within thier undetected ability.' Well you have already broken the undetected part. Wanna try for a second strike?"
"Are you saying that you are a defect!?"
"Wow, I never thought you would stoop to name calling Lt. Swartzwits"
"You have joined the enemy..." She gasps, "and have brought me here to torture me..." She starts to hyperventalate, "and are going to turn me over to the pirates--"
"HEY! Look in your emergency kit panel."
"What am I looking for... a coin?"
"Yeah. Now do a real trick and shutup. Besides I wouldn't torture the pirates like that. I have a code."
She looks at him with the look that only Jonathan can bring out in her, the I am going to see you dead if ever we get out of here alive, look.
"Now if I were going to try to hide as a commander of theives where would I hide?" He points to a smaller ship. "There it is."
"That is just stupid. It is a transport vessle."
"Yeah, but look at the wing extentions."
"What about them?"
"Do you see where it has been cut short and the extentions are black?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Well while our friends are bringing some of the pirates back to base,"
She looks at him as if he were asking for eternal pusher duty.
"yeah we locked them into the hyperstream; they won't get out until they arrive in the middle of the training yard. Your bunk mate is quite the little tattle tale--"
"You lied to me!"
"No I just didn't tell you the entire plan. Now stop interupting. Now those marks come from the XR/438a(b) jump kit."
"The entire XR/400 series is outlawed."
"Not past the explored verse. These pirates live most of their lives out there. So they have modified--"
"How do you know this?"
"I had a father. Now,--"
She seemed to realize somthing different about Andrews. He didn't have a real family. His mother was one of the most respected engineers of the military. Jonathan was a punk. Could his mother have been raped! That must be it. He learned all he could about the pirates and now it was personal. Or could Cormus Reeve be his Father? Why didn't he talk about his dad at all? This must be it--
"Got it?"
That was all she had heard. "Oh yes, so what do you need me to do?" She said almost coming out of her trance. It was almost enough to sinch up her mech.
Beamer was very supprised at her reply, he had just finished telling her that he must be in the shuttle on the rear right as that had the least weaponry modifications but was buillt for an immediate space jump. "Draw most of the fire as I disable the hyperdrive?"
She knew that she could draw their attention for a few minutes, "Andrews why are we doing this?"
"I am 'on a rogue quest for the glory of my testosterone.' "
Her own words cut her like a knife again.
Actually he knew that he would be in too much trouble if he didn't bring back at least some of those pirates. He had already picked up a few parts to tweak Bitty. he only needed two more, they were both just six minutes away. "You can handle yourself for ten by yourself right?"
"Sure, but come back. I can't leave if you are not with me."
"Rule 10-23-a-43 does not apply to this soldier."
"I know, I you just need to get back alive."
"Now don't get all sentimental on me. We have a job and I aim to bring Cormus' head in. If we do not get it we can have recon come back for it." 'Why do I always get her into these situations?' He thought to himself. Then he watched her blaze through space laying waste to three smaller ships before the pirates knew what hit them. "That's right... I knew I kept her on the loop for a good reason."
"Andrews, get going fast!"
Jonathan darted for the small rubbish asteroid to find the parts he had heard about. "Where could they be?" He was frantic, his time was limited. "Come on. I need this to disprove Douglas backlash."
"ANDREWS!!!" Beamer heard her voice shiek over the his com.
"Damnit!" He turned his on, "I'm coming soldier." He reluctantly took off from his position only to see her mech's trajectory pack blown away and sparks flying from where her left arm used to be. "Ellyna! Can you hear me!" Beamer pulled out his light laser cannons and blasted the scrappers. He drew his beamsaber and dawned The shield of love, named for its resemblance to a pink heart. He quickly made fragments of the small scavenger. Belting Ellyna's mech with his own in a tackling position he headed toward the jump coordinates. "Dammit!" He called out due to the fact that Ellyna's mech was thrice the size of his. He did not realize that his comm was still on, and was frustrated that his boosters had used most of the fuel to get back to her so quickly earlier. He knew he did not have much time. "I can't, I don't want to be a pusher."
"I never knew you spoke that way sir. Don't blame yourself Andrews, I knew that if I didn't give it my all you would not complete your end. I am sorry that I failed." Her end of the comm went dead.
'Remember the code boy' Jonathan's fathers voice came into his head.
"I won't be a PUSHER!!!!!" He screamed out at the top of his lungs as he thrust Bitty into Hyperspace six seconds before he knew that he could handle it. The acceleration on Bitty rushed through ever pore of his body. All his focus was on making the stream. He almost lost conciousness, but the voice 'Remeber the code boy' came back to him. He missed the jump. "I need those parts!" He looked around him. The pirates had encircled him as a pack of wolves. The attempt to jump early without the proper parts cased bleeding from every oraface of his body. He had only had this happen one time. When he rallied all of the recruits to protect the training camp. He swore he would never do it again, but he broke it for that stupid code.
As he placed himself between Lt. Swartzwits and the pirates he knew that this was his end. "She isn't worth it!" He hollared into the void of space and he pulled out all of his ranged weapons. At that moment all the ships around them pulled away and rushed toward a large fleet of ships. The Skadian navy was fast approaching. He knew that they could take all of the force these pirates would dish out. Many of them fled and the flock that Cormus was in got out before the Navy popped in. After the hailstorm of fire was over medic units came out toward Ellyna's signal. He looked at the medics coming toward Ellyna, when they opened her Hatch everything went dark...
Two days later
"Beamer wake up. Hey you get out of your f****** coma pusher." A few of his wingmen chanted that every five minutes while he was asleep.
Everything was fuzzy to Andrews, "Where am I?"
"Hell sir." Was the reply of flash (one of the other less by the book fellows that often spent free time with Beamer in Pusher duty.)
"Good to hear, at least I'm not a pusher." His half anus smile still was charming as ever.
"No I mean it. We all have been given pusher duty for two months. You got off easy. Ellyna was sentenced to research and cleanup for the next two years."
"I got off easy?"
"Yeah, you brought back Ellyna and retrieved valuable information that was imbedded into the shield of your mech. Between the serial number, plasmatic residue that ingrained itself between Bitty and Ellyna's old mech, and the prisoners. Well they figure they can track the pirates within the next week or two. You are a big da***d hero."
"I am no hero."
"Tell it to General Tsa'ki, he has already put in papers for your rouge status. You are being promoted. Way to go. Staying back to help that chick. I never would have. I guess that is what separates the Hero's from the boys."
"I need to talk to Generl Tsa'ki. Get him for me guys."
"I am here Lt. Andrews, or should I say Captain Andrews. You are all dismissed." The general told the rest of the men as they shuffled out with praise to the new Cpatian. "You are a hero son. Don't put yourself down. We have been watching you for some time--"
"Sir--"
"I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. Alan 'Jade' Dracin."
"Hey Andrews, you interested in joining the Hunters.
The Hunters are equal parts Bounty Hunter, Rouge Agent, and Big-Game Hunter. They are a para-military organization that operate either alone or in small teams. The Hunters' job is to safeguard the development of human civilization. Basically, they function as trouble-shooters. One might spent his time hunting pirates while another might occupy himself by lending extra muscle to a new colony plagued by large carnivours or hostile aliens. Many spend their time travelling through the sphere of human influence applying their skill where they are needed most.
The Hunters are officially a part of the Inter-planetary League Navy. The recieve stipends for thier work with planets that maintain some form of relationship with the Inter-planetary League (I'll post about both the League and the Hunters). While they are tied to the League, they also make themselves available as mercenaries to unafiliated worlds (the idea being that the Hunters' own affiliation with the League is an alliance of convenience)."
"You would no longer be recognized by us Andrews. Well that is if you don't want the title of Captain. Don't call me sir. I am simply Sachiki to you."
"Sir... Sachiki. I am not a hero."
"What do you mean?"
"Well..." he told him about the pirates and how he was stuck in an asteroid with Ellyna.
"Yeah she told us that part."
"Well I went off searching for parts to tweak Bitty."
"So you are saying that you didn't find that dyhelium trioxygen monohydorgen compound?"
"My head is still fuzzy, what did you say?"
"The subtrafuged compound that is caked all over your Mech. The compound that scientists have been testing for photosynthetic absorbsion."
"Well yes I was looking for that compound too." He said in confusion.
"Good so you found a stable form of it, brought it back aided in the capture of two of the most wanted men in in numerous galaxies, and saved one of our best pilots. I commend your courage soldier."
"Yeah." He realized that this guy would never listen to him. "Though Ellyna--"
"Don't worry about her, she has been tried and told us all what happened. She pushed herself too far and caused a slight backlash. She will do well when we let her back into her Mech."
"Sir I could not have completed it without my partner."
The Generals expression changed, "Partner?"
"Yes she was the reason that I was able to finish the job." Jade's right eyebrow dropped. "I refuse these offers and demand to be put in the same punishment as these men unless the charges are dropped against her."
"I am sorry son, it is already decided."
"Sir!" Jonathan snapped.
"Sachiki." The general calmly replied.
"Sachiki, I cannot let you do this."
"Mr. Andrews I think you did get some nural damage during your fight. You are turning away the best offers of your career."
"What do you mean?" Jonathan hesitantly replied.
"Your suit did not take much damage from laser fire. Only projectiles. Most of it came from an early jump attempt. We thought you should be dead. We are stil researching it. Though you seem to have no permanent damage to your nural system."
"Yeah I am luckly like that." He scoffed.
"Though the Doctors say that you will need to take it easy for the next few weeks to gain full strength again."
"So I am not officially recognized by the millitary then?"
There is a soft tapping on the door. "Come in." Called the Genereal.
"Andrews, are you still with us?" It was a familiar voice, Ellyna's.
"Well I should be getting out of here." Said the General. "We will discuss this further, you do need to accept the positon Jonathan. I am sure you will make the right choice." He and Jade left.
Ellyna saluted the General and he in return before he left closing the door behind him.
"So they tell me that you are going to have a full recovery Captain." Ellyna said in a hopeful voice.
"They're wrong."
"What happend? You are doing so well by the reports. I'll get a Doctor." Her words almost sprung out of her mouth as quickly as she did to the door.
"NO!" He had a headache, "Swartzch! Listen to me."
She returned to his bedside and took his hand. "Yes?" She said with concern.
"Um..." Jonathan swallowed hard and pulled his hand away from her. "I acutally was the one who got us into trouble. I was looking for parts. I wanted to push the limits and the only excuse I could come up with was pirate hunting."
"I know."
"What!?"
"I know now that you were looking for parts. I was part of the recovery team and they asked me alot of questions. I told them that you saved me and 'I was hopelessly doomed.' You came in after coating yourself in the new molecular structure and saved me. You missed the asteroid by two of them you know."
"How did you know this?"
"Well you just gave me the last peice. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what you were doing? I thought maybe you were after you dad. So I gave it my all. When a single figher tailed you I hit him and was... what do you guys call it? Oh yeah I was ganked. The only reason I didn't leave you is that I thought you were looking for your father."
"So you gonna report me?"
"No I figure that you will have a fun time doing it yourself. Besides I can't do that to your mother."
"How do you know about the tweaks I was after?"
"It's you Andrews. You always push and that is a well known quadrant for such devices. Just because I follow all the rules does not mean that I do not want to see some flyboy push the limits. It gives hope to us who follow the code. But you wouldn't know the first thing about that would you?"
Ouch, Beamer now wished she had just hit him. It would have hurt less. "Yeah, but she isn't worth it." He replied with a wink. Well that did it she hit him so hard he fell out of the bed.
"I never want to see your sorry face again bas****!"
Well now he got both, physical pain and his concious was hitting him too. ---------------------- He went into the courts and plead his case that his partner needed to be with him. They sentenced him to work with her for the remainder of her sentence. Hewould train squads to work in circular thought. Most could not comprehend how you can think of thousands of things at once. In fact it was a blessing as much as a curse. His attention span was so short. He was given rank of Captain and ordered to command squads to, and that, think like himself. He is the Captain of a group where Lt. Ellyna Swartzwits was stuck directly under his command which only heats the fire that much more.
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Post by Beamer on Jan 6, 2006 13:23:19 GMT -5
Third PM
---------------------------------------------- My mech is not the biggest. In fact it is the largest body armor that you could get before you actually get into heavy mechs.
He would rather be mobile, smaller target hardet to hit.
Though he is one of six people that can handle the newest pit the engineering team came up with. His mother used him to beta the project and he did great! (so the mech/ship half the size of a star destroyer is really built for his brain and they have tried to adapt it to others, but others have not been able to handle the power required to control all the engines. Most flyboys think in a line, not circles so they cannot multi-task near fast enough. In reality a guy with ADD would need to run this thing.) The millitary has offered him, and flat threatened him, with the position and what would happen if he did not take it. "Why should I pilot a monster. Now if she is a agile as Bitty, I'll consider it. But I don't want to just go out so others can dock in my ports and I take care of large ships with plasma cannons. Nope, I like my beam weaponry thank you."
(Bitty is still being created and my not fit this discription at all... well he does have a pink heart for a shield [dare], and a baby blue beam saber [another dare].)
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Post by Lironah on Jan 6, 2006 17:45:42 GMT -5
My mech is not the biggest. In fact it is the largest body armor that you could get before you actually get into heavy mechs. Your mech IS the biggest. No, the stats on it aren't all written up yet, but basically, in order to be cost effective, it has to fit within a certain size category. Think Gundam vs. Zaku or Aries or something.
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Z. B.
Rookie
Egghead
E's hud y bylevecd; E's y Qahupeumukecd. Drana'c y tevvanahla.
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Post by Z. B. on Jan 12, 2006 1:18:23 GMT -5
*whistles* Beamer, you wrote a novel, not a background. :P
I feel like posting my somewhat briefer background history, since I spent so much time writing it. I'm really enjoying playing this character.
Z.B. was born on Charity, to parents who had emigrated from earth for political reasons. While she never fully agreed with her parents' political standpoint, she nevertheless picked up at least a little bit of Charity's pacifist mentality. She has always been fascinated by the Tesaad and other alien races, and in school would always choose foreign cultures and races for the subject of her projects.
When she came of age, she had somewhat of a falling out with her parents, who wanted her to stay on planet, while she felt like seeking a degree from a university on a more progressive world. In defiance, she stopped using the name they had given her and shortened it to her initials, and shortly thereafter skipped planet with a Tesaad acquaintance, who took her to his own home world of Kel.
On Kel, Z.B. learned firsthand what the Tesaad culture was like, though sometimes living there without seeing another human for months at a time was difficult. She grew up a lot during that time, learned to appreciate hard work, and began to pick up the language and some of their habits. She was never terribly interested in their methods of combat, but studied one of their self-defense disciplines for a while.
Finally, Z.B. decided it was time to head back to human territory, and earned enough money to buy herself passage back to Charity and then went on to Maisha, where she had a Xenobiology scholarship waiting for her at the University of Vega. She specialized in Tesaad and Frewen cultures, and wasn't afraid to correct her professors on occasion when it came to her experiences on Kel. She herself taught a course in basic Tesaad to earn a little extra spending money.
During her time at the university, she started a correspondence with several off-world scientists in various fields, and after she began work in her field, she kept in contact with many of them. Z.B. gained renown all across the Terran Union for her work in Xenobiology and Xenosociology, something of a mark of pride for her homeworld of Charity.
Several years after finishing her graduate work, Z.B. was contacted by one of her old pen pals, a scientist on Earth, asking her to come and see some of the results of his research. After resisting for several months, she finally agreed, and with some fanfare on the part of the media, embarked on her first voyage to her race's home planet.
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Nightwolf
Veteran
Black Rabbit
Where is my gun? Not that one, the bigger one.
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Post by Nightwolf on Jan 13, 2006 22:18:03 GMT -5
Wow you all wrote so much about your chars! Short stories and novels! Well, I'd like to join in and tell you about my char and her history I can't. You see my char hides her past from most people. This makes her something of a mystery, which you'll all have to discover for yourselves. Sorry, no spoilers here.
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Post by Beamer on Jan 15, 2006 18:45:40 GMT -5
Your mech IS the biggest. No, the stats on it aren't all written up yet, but basically, in order to be cost effective, it has to fit within a certain size category. Think Gundam vs. Zaku or Aries or something. They made me upgrade to take the wrap when I almost screw up plans... but they all seem to work out huh?
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Post by Beamer on Jan 15, 2006 18:49:32 GMT -5
Wow you all wrote so much about your chars! Short stories and novels! Well, I'd like to join in and tell you about my char and her history I can't. You see my char hides her past from most people. This makes her something of a mystery, which you'll all have to discover for yourselves. Sorry, no spoilers here. Good... *devilishly thinks of ways to figure her out... What 3 1's lol*
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Nightwolf
Veteran
Black Rabbit
Where is my gun? Not that one, the bigger one.
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Post by Nightwolf on Jan 16, 2006 21:04:07 GMT -5
keep trying... Maybe you'll get somewhere and maybe you won't.
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