User:AlbinoSue

Albino Sue (aka Suzy Zimmerman Darskinn; aka DOC)
Starting Occupation: Civilian Group Membership: Dunell Hills Police Department Goals: Rebuilding Dunell Hills. Username: Snikers More details: Urban Dead profile

Basic Info

Arrived in the City: 2005-10-26 01:05:44
Current Status: Undead.
Position: In flux.

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	This user is a DHPD officer.

History

Albino Sue (nicknamed; real name Suzy Zimmerman Darskinn) has been a member of the upper class and had enough money not to work for the entirety of her life. A light-headed dilletante, her family lived in Dunell Hills on the outskirts of Malton where the land prices were steep but the view was worth every pound. One of the Darskinn's family heirlooms was a single-action revolver over 150 years old, calibered for 11mm and with a smoothbore barrel. It was originally designed for pinfire ammunition by Parisian gunsmith Lefaucheux, but somewhere in the last century and a half it had been modified to work with more modern ammunition by one of Sue's ancestors.

The point of this history lesson is that Malton, being mysteriously much more lax on firearms than the rest of England, allowed the Darskinns to shoot off their revolver on a private shooting range, which they did with glee. Though antiquated, the revolver had held up quite well and still performed in modern day; revovlers are rugged firearms.

When the outbreak occurred and Sue was quarantined inside the town, she was forced to leave her home. Though more modern semiautomatic handguns were available, she took the revolver, reasoning that a person with as little knowledge as she about gun mechanics had better stick to the most rugged weapon they could find.

Sue found that shooting zombies was considerably different from shooting paper targets - though her experience did provide her with some ability - and was saved when she came across the Cotty Street Police Department. She camped inside the building, gathering ammunition, until Sharko formed the DHPD. She joined right up.

Sue gained some medical experience going back and forth from the PD to the hospital until the time of the first Battle for Caiger. She and Scrollhaven took off to Caiger to resupply - her first time out of Dunell Hills since the outbreak - but before she got there Sue was attacked by a zombie and killed.

Undead, she wandered clear past Caiger until she was revived by a passing scientist. By this time, there was no safe way to supply at Caiger. So she continued to the next mall, but found it too dangerous as well. And the next. And the next. By the time she was able to find a safe place to resupply, Sue was quite a bit more experienced and all the way across Malton. Her single revolver had grown to six, as well as a sawed-off shotgun slung over her back. While in the mall, she stocked up on various supplies, as well as a can of tuna for the DHPD's mascot, the escaped penguin.

In getting home, Sue was forced to pass through Ridleybank and stopped at the Floyde Stadium, meeting up with Filthy Jenkins and the RFM Expeditionary Team. While staying with Filthy Jenkins, Sue ingested a quantity of illicit substances and ended up having sex with the bearded man before the night was out.

The next morning, she left in a hurry, and made her way back to Dunell Hills. On the way, however, she found the discarded journal of Canadian infantryman Carfan7, which she returned after getting back into Dunell Hills.

Filthy Jenkins followed her back to Dunell Hills and stirred up his own brand of trouble. Sue was killed a couple more times in Dunell Hills, causing her anxiety over her possible loss of humanity, but this passed.

Albino Sue is currently a member of Bravo Squad.

Weapons

Abino Sue favours "actionless" guns, or those with as little mechanical complexity as possible. Sue has no official firearms training and is unconfident in her ability to perform maitenance, and so prefers the most rugged of firearms.

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(leeched from http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/index.htm without permission)

Modified Lefaucheux 11mm single-action revolver

No one is quite sure how old this Belgian-made revolver is anymore, but most of Sue's family would place it at a century and a half. Despite this, it is built sturdily and well-maintained, performing well even today. The original design of this revolver was built for pinfire ammunition, but somewhere along the line it was modified to accept more modern ammunition types. Due to the age of the design and this modification, it is possible that this is the only weapon of its type in the world. Of course, a simple modification to any of the original model would mirror it.

Sue owes her appreciation for single-action revolvers to this weapon. Though later pieces of this model were built for double-action, Albino Sue's weapon does not have this trait. Sue has been firing this weapon for long before the outbreak, and is simply used to firing in single-action mode.

The barrel is smoothbore, limiting its effective range. Exacerbating this problem, it is almost impossible to get ammunition in modern days that are not built for unrifled barrels, which leads to tumbling ammunition. And yet, Sue is somehow accurate with this weapon. Despite its flaws, she has become so accustomed to the unique balance, traits, weighting and quirks of this revolver that she can use it despite handicap. This was Sue's first weapon, the one she learned to shoot with. It remains her favourite and primary, held in an accessable holster leading across her stomach.

Sue has used this weapon since she was a child on her family's firing range.

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(image stolen from Wikipedia)

Chamelot Delvigne French 1873

Another ancient revolver, this one an odnance piece of the French army. Stowed on her right hip, this was the second revolver to enter Sue's collection.

Albino Sue found this revolver hidden in plain sight - sitting in a display case in one of Malton's historical museums, still in working order. Though many survivors must have passed through the museum and seen the revolver before her, the glass showed no signs of being so much as leaned on. Presumably, its age and antiquity made it an unappetizing target. But by that time, Sue had already been using her Lefaucheux single-action long enough to appreciate the value of even archaic firearms.

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Stolen from Wikipedia

Webley Mark VI

Newer than many of Sue's weapons but still dating from the First World War, Sue is unsure as to the age and history of this particular revolver as she found it in an attic in the Kersley Mansion, presumalby part of someone's collection.

The Webley is a double-action revolver, but Sue still uses it in single-action mode. What she has some trouble adjusting to are the crooked sights - apparently, the product of a cut corner in some factory so many years ago. England was desperate for handguns in WW2, which probably led to occasional substandard production which may have produced this item. Sue generally ignores the sights on this Webley, relying on whatever instinctive marskmanship she's picked up over the months.

Sue's Webley is worn on her left hip.

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Colt Single Action Army

...if you could really call it that. Simply Awfully Gaudy would be more like it. Obviously the output of a company more in the business of trophies than weapons, this revolver is decorated in real gold and exhibits images of Elvis Presley and guitars. Found in a similarly decorated case in the storeroom of Nichols Mall, this revolver sits on Sue's left hip behind her Webley.

Despite its appearance, this revolver is a creation of modern-day engineering standards and technology. Its construction is of a high quality, it fires like a dream and its sights are the most accurate of any of Sue's handguns. It is a shame, then, that Sue just can't get used to the pistol. Maybe the weight of the gold is too much for her, or maybe her hands aren't large enough to fit the Single Action Army, but she remains unable to make the most out of the weapon.

Interestingly, Sue's use of the Single Action Army makes use of the "spinning-on-the-index-finger" trick so commonly associated with it in spaghetti westerns. Because of its placement behind the Webley on Sue's hip, she carries the gun too far back to quick-draw in the traditional sense. She can grab it, but not have her finger on the trigger by the time the gun is sighted. She solves this by taking advantage of the gun's excellent balance and spinning it as she draws, allowing her to move the gun into as comforatble a position as she can in an instant.

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(stolen from - you guessed it - Wikipedia)

Colt Army Model 1860

This large revolver dates back to the American Civil War and was considered second only to the Peacemaker. Though a replica, this piece iteself dates back at least sixty years and is faithful to the original design except for a modification for a six-round capacity; yet another of Sue's antiques employed well past its time.

Though a good weapon, the CAM 1860 is, again, a little large for Sue's hands, though for some reason using it isn't as frustrating as the Single Action Army. It's kept on a holster belted around Sue's left thigh.

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(Wiki)

Colt Cobra .38 Special

The sixth and final revolver in Sue's firearms collection is this snub-nose double action. Also used as single action, Sue found this piece behind a filing cabinet in Moseley Plaza Police Department. Due to its small size, it fits easily under her right armpit and is light enough to use while moving - which is generally what she does. She generally draws it after all her other revolvers are empty, and has to fall back to reload or run.

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Sawed-Off Shotgun

Sue found this break-open, double-barrel twelve-gauge on the street outside of Club Vaughan during her shortcut through Ridleybank. The end of the barrels are scratched heavily, suggesting that some length had been removed with a hacksaw.

Though Albino Sue has developed enough marksmanship to be competent with most firearms, her mastery remains with revolvers. The shotgun is broken out in times of need for quick, heavy damage, but her accuracy is not as great as she would like.

Combat

Unlike her many of her peers in Dunell Hills (Badassmom, for instance, or jeff oneil) Sue is neither a firefighter, nor a member of the military, nor any other profession that would grant physical prowress. At 162 cm and 56 kg, Sue has neither the upper body strength nor the dexterity to engage in melee combat, and relies entirely on firearms.

Sue is righthanded, but learned to shoot from her southpaw mother. As such, she shoots accurately with her left hand, which provides a small advantage to reloading her revolver use as most models swing out to the right. In addition, this allows her to use her right hand for non-combat purposes while her left fires, should this be a necessity.

Sue fires all her revolvers in single action, which is to manually work the action. Though she owns a few guns in her repertoir that are double-action, she still works it as if it were single-action. This lessens the trigger pull on the actual firing of the weapon, improving accuracy.

Sue's thumb isn't long enough to do this with her left hand, so her combat style is generally to hold the gun left-handed while her right works the hammer. Though this would normally cause a decrease in accuracy, as she cannot hold the gun in as steady a grip and it is somewhat more difficult to sight, she has fired this way for so long that she is accustomed to the challenge.

In times of need for rapid fire, Sue uses a technique known in some circles as "fanning" - she holds down the trigger while using her other hand to hit the hammer repeatedly. This causes a decrease in accuracy, so she only uses this when the need for speed is great.

Though she has not ever needed it at present date, Sue's plan for a rapid retreat is to draw one of her double-action revolvers and fire, double-action style, as she runs. Since she generally can't hit a thing with double-action anyway, she plans to draw a gun in each hand and fire Woo-style - the object is to lay down supressive fire, not to actually kill anything.

Though she suffers from a small ammo capacity, slow firing, and lengthy reload times, Sue is extremely accurate with her revolvers and master of the quick draw. She doesn't have the self-confidence to go for headshots, but she could if she tried. An extraordinary shot, she is effective at ranges far beyond the norm for users of a handgun.

Sue never shoots her revolvers from the hip, or at least not if she expects to hit something. Though it may be hypothetically possible for her to become so accustomed to her firearms that she can hit without sighting, she is not nearly there yet. For that matter, her firing technique is still closer to that of a target shooter than someone with combat training.

Her shotgun is broken out when there is a necessity for immediate, incredible damage. Though she does not poosess the same incredible ability as with her revolvers, she has impressive marksmanship with all firearms simply by matter of synergetic skills. Sue uses her shotgun on flak jacketed zombies or when other humans are threatened, but she misses a significant amount of the time, and since she only carries one, she only gets two shots before she has to reload.

Sue never goes out of her way to find flare guns, but occasionally comes into posession of them. Flare guns are never seen as a lifesaver by Sue as much as a possible bonus in combat. If she misses, well, it's just a flare. If she hits, that's gravy.

Plans

Rebuilding Malton and dealing with the ferals left over after the attack of the Shining Ones.

Awards

November 6, 2005 - Awarded Medic of the Month Award, due to freqeunt back-and-forth between Cotty PD and Catherine General Hospital.

February 8, 2006 - Awarded Medical Cross gold lapel and Special Operations Group shoulder tab for actions during operation Yoko Ono.
Also awarded right to be called "Doc" by teammates for medical services provided at risk-taking above and beyond the call of duty.
note: due to operations outside of Dunell Hills and the later attack from the Shining Ones, Sue has not yet been awarded the awarded awards above.

February 19, 2006 - Awarded Red Cross flak jacket and DHPD SWAT black beret for continued medical service during Operation Yoko Ono.
note: due to operations outside of Dunell Hills and the later attack from the Shining Ones, Sue has not yet been awarded the awarded awards above.