Jayce wears Cerberus assault armor.
Hi, and welcome to Vanguard! This is my first fanfiction (or fimfiction, as I like to call these, aside from being the site's name), and I hope you enjoy it. Before we begin, I'd like to just drop some details for those who may be unfamiliar with my character, and other little tidbits, as well.
Element Zero:
Element Zero, or Eezo for short, is the primary element substance found in starship drives and biotics. When charged with electricity, it produces a mass effect field that can alter gravity, allowing ships to travel at FTL speeds. Biotics are beings that have Eezo nodules in their bodies that can be activated using electric signals, allowing them to use their abilities.
Eezo will have a pivotal role in this story, reasons for which will be explained in the story proper.
Matias Orion:
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Pronounced "Ma-tee-us Oh-ry-on"
Age: 28
Orion himself is an Alliance N7 Vanguard, one of the most elite soldiers the Earth Systems Alliance has to offer with the equipment to boot. Vanguards have an inherently high-risk-high-reward fighting style that involves slamming the enemy up close with shock tactics and using their other abilities or weapons to finish them off.
Orion is a spacer, meaning that his parents were both in the Alliance military, and as such, he grew up transferring from one Alliance post to another; through that, the appeal of the Alliance rubbed off on him. He enlisted right out of high school and went straight for his N7 stripes. During the events of Mass Effect 1, Orion had already graduated from the N7 program with flying colors and was operating on the fringe of the Terminus Systems, guarding Alliance colonists and fighting against batarians smuggling illegal weapons tech.
His personality follows a merciful-but-hardlining mentality: in most cases, he will accept people with open arms and give them second chances, but cross the line, and it's over for you. He is overall a nice person, but isn't afraid to get dirty when he needs to. Commander Shepard, to him, is a role model to look to and the last bastion of humanity, especially after displaying bravery for ordering the Arcturus fleet to save the Destiny Ascension and destroying the Collector base. He's fairly laid-back compared to most of his N7 comrades, and can quickly adapt to changing situations, a skill that comes in handy when he ends up in Equestria.
His armor, if you've played ME3, is practically a spitting image clone of James Vega's, minus the wolf inscription and the designation on the chestplate, replaced with a Shepard-style N7 insignia where the designation is. The colors, however, are the same, but Orion prefers to maintain a double-sided Alliance-blue stripes down his left and right shoulders and arms. He does NOT wear the Death Mask like in multiplayer, however, and instead wears a standard Alliance rebreather helmet.
Orion's Weapons:
All of Orion's weapons are pulled from N7 stock; the best weapons the Alliance has to offer.
Naturally, with the Reapers becoming increasingly dangerous, and denying resources to the war effort, thermal clips became a commodity. So the Alliance R&D techs decide to retrofit Orion's weapons with the old-style ME1 heatsinks, which have infinite ammunition, but have to be cooled down the old way. This allows Orion to operate indefinitely without fear of needing to resupply.
The M-920 Cain requires no explanation. It's the Alliance's man-portable heavy ordnance railgun, with homing-tracking capabilities.
The N7 Crusader shotgun boasts a rather large 4-shot capacity before requiring cooldown. It's Orion's weapon of choice, highly accurate, and perfectly suited for a precise Vanguard like him.
The M-99 Saber is a heavy-hitting semi-automatic rifle, sharing much in function with the M14 of real life. It has a 8-round capacity and hits harder than, arguably, most sniper rifles, with the iconic boom noise to boot. Matias himself, though a Vanguard, has found time to practice with this weapon quite often. It is armed with a medium-range scope.
The M-5 Phalanx is a standard heavy pistol with a laser sight. It's Orion's trusty sidearm; he won't be found in any combat situation without it.
Finally, as a Vanguard, Orion's biotics are extremely strong. With his L5n implants, he is capable of producing an extremely deadly charge that uses his own barriers to strike the enemy with lethal force. In addition, he has ample experience with his Pull, Shockwave, and Nova abilities as well, on top of using different ammunition types. His heavy melee biotic strike is capable of flattening most foes in a single blow.
Orion's Fighter:
Orion's fighter is a standard issue Alliance Navy fighter that's been geared towards stealth and infiltration. It has light armaments and armor, but boasts sophisticated stealth suites and anti-detection equipment. It's also equipped with an experimental FTL drive that allows Orion to travel quickly between star systems as if he were using a mass relay, which you can imagine how useful it could be.
Wade Jayce:
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Pronounced "Way-de Jay-suh" (His last name rhymes with mace).
Age: 30
Jayce wears Cerberus assault armor.
Jayce is an ex-Cerberus shock trooper with a considerable amount of N-level training. He was a dropout, opting to go loose cannon working for Cerberus rather than stay in the Alliance, and eventually found a rival in Kai Leng, which eventually evolved into an openly-hostile rivalry as they repeatedly attempted to kill each other; Leng being ex-N7, and having stolen his training manual, Jayce easily surpassed most N7-level training requirements. He was helping Miranda Lawson sabotage the Sanctuary facility on Horizon before he was caught in an Eezo explosion that brought him to Equestria.
He has a rather brash personality, loosely using vulgarities and preferring to do his own thing rather than follow someone else; this is also reflected in his direct and somewhat brutal honesty. Despite that, he still feels he has a duty to protecting humanity, and just feels that there are some people who need to get their hands dirty to do so: him included. Following his dropout from the Alliance military, he has somewhat of a disdain for them, especially for ignoring the repeated warnings that Commander Shepard left for them.
His sentiments are further fueled by humanity's backburner position at the end of the First Contact War. He dislikes seeing humans being thrown around and often has gotten a bad streak of being misinterpreted as xenophobic because of it; he's permanently barred from many clubs on the Citadel for instigating fights.
Jayce's Weapons:
Most of Jayce's weapons are pulled directly from the Cerberus arsenal.
Jayce himself hated having to use thermal clips, believing that a reliance on limited ammunition capacity was a sure recipe for disaster, much preferring to wait for a cooldown than run out of clips and die, and opted to have his own equipment also retrofitted with old-style heatsinks.
The M-96 Mattock is a hard-hitting semi-automatic rifle. It's a commonly-used weapon among Cerberus soldiers.
The M-13 Raptor is a semi-automatic sniper rifle with a decent kick, most commonly found in the hands of Cerberus Nemesis snipers.
The M-27 Scimitar is a decently powerful semi-automatic shotgun with a good clip size. It's the only non-Cerberus weapon Jayce has in his arsenal, picked up on the Citadel.
The M-358 Talon is a Cerberus handgun that operates very much like a handheld shotgun. It's powerful in close quarters, and is intended to be used as a last resort, making it a useful weapon for Jayce.
Finally, as a Soldier, Jayce is equipped with special ocular implants that can enhance his adrenaline to seemingly slow down time to line up shots and close distances quickly. On top of that, he has access to the Concussive Shot and Frag Grenades (though given his situation, his supply of grenades is extremely limited), and can use an extremely wide variety of ammunition types. His Soldier training also makes him extremely tough and formidable compared to Orion, so he can hold his own quite well in combat. His physical strength makes his melee attacks brutal and his omniblade is capable of tearing most foes a new one.
Equestria and the Mane 6:
I'll lay it out for you, even with all my time with the show and other fimfictions, I still feel like I don't have a proper grasp on the Mane Six's personalities, and especially the history of Equestria, which I feel is extremely important. If anyone's willing to drop me some advice down this lane, I'd much appreciate it; don't get me wrong, I'm already doing tons of research to getting it right, but mistakes happen.
Aside from that, though, I feel that my work is fairly well-written and easy on the eyes, and I hope you enjoy.