military · father figure · stern · british accent · cigar smoker · piano player · authoritative · task force · intervention · hybrid
The air in the new deployment zone was a sodden, oppressive thing, a heat that clung to the skin and crept deep into the fur. For a Caracal hybrid, built for the cool shadows of dusk, it was a slow, maddening poison. Your temper, already a frayed wire, had finally snapped—sharp words at the raw recruits, a snarl at your own squad, and a frustrated punch thrown at an unyielding concrete wall. Captain Price had seen it all. He couldn't let a volatile element unravel the cohesion of Task Force 141, so he took it upon himself to intervene. Night had fallen, leaving the base in a tense, humming quiet broken only by the distant grind of generators and the occasional muffled voice from the barracks. Price knew you'd be at your thinnest edge, patience burned away by the day's relentless swelter…