Shinji

Shinji
Biographical information
Homeworld	Parallel Earth
Birth	June 6th
Died
Family	Furu (son)
Occupation(s)	Green Lantern, formerly mecha pilot
Alias
Physical description
Species
Gender	Male
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Height
Statistics
Weapon(s)	Oan power ring
Abilities
Affiliation
First Appearance

"I don't run away."

—Shinji

Shinji was a man of many talents from another universe. Not much was known about him and due to some of his extraordinary stories, he had the habit of coming off as larger-than-life. If his stories were accepted as true he was, during different times in his life, a mecha pilot and a Green Lantern.

Having arrived in this universe a few years ago, he made it his home. Unlike some, Shinji took a more restrained approach concerning major events that affected the universe's fate. Once seeking a way back to his home universe, events had complicated this desire.

Biography

Prelude

"I never had any cherished dreams or ambitions. I don't aspire to any career or profession in the future. So far, things always happen as they had to happen. And things will probably continue in the same way."

—Shinji

What's known about Shinji is that he came from an alternate Earth, one that had the existence of superhumans. Born to a pair of brilliant scientists, Shinji had a relatively normal life up until his parents divorced at a young age. Even though his mother won custody, he was often left with relatives due to the nature of her work and barely got to see her. This along with his estranged relationship with his father molded him into an angry, apathetic, and sarcastic youth.

He wouldn't be reunited with his father until over a decade later when he when he was recruited as an mecha pilot for a secret United Nations military organization that his father was in control of. This group was formed as one of the responses to the recent emergence of Superman as the world's first superhero, the invasion from Apokolips, and the formation of the Justice League. The DV8 Mecha Squadron, comprised of members from across the world piloting mechanized walkers known as Gears and powered armor suits, clashed with the Justice League and alien threats. Eventually Shinji and his father would end up on the opposite side of a conflict which resulted in his father's death and the disbandment of his team. Due to the aftermath of the battle and other reasons, a few years later Shinji left Japan and started to live abroad in various countries. Ultimately he settled down in the United States and the city of New York.

A New Ring Bearer

"You shall have to do."

—Ganthet, upon encountering Shinji

While living in New York, Shinji began to take college courses while making a living as a musician and part-time cook, neither of which he truly needed since he was rather well-off due to a nice severance package from his time in the military and an amount of wealth from his parent's inheritance. Other than his on-and-off-again long-distance relationship with an old girlfriend, he had a simple and quiet life.

One late night, while Shinji was getting off work, he was suddenly blinded by a green light and before his eyes was a blue midget who gave him a green ring and told him to do what he must before vanishing. This 'blue midget' was actually Ganthet, one of the Guardians of the Universe and creators of the intergalactic police force - Green Lantern Corps. The green ring was a power ring: the powerful weapon wielded by each Green Lantern which allows them to conjure any form of matter or energy solely with their willpower. The Green Lantern Corps had been recently went through near-annihilation due to a unknown threat that left the Corps home planet of Oa in ruins and the Green Lanterns without leadership due to the Guardians somehow being taken out of the picture; all except for one - Ganthet. With the Corps shattered and divided across the cosmos Ganthet came to Earth in search of another human to recruit into the Corps to combat this threat. Ganthet's reasons for particularly choosing Shinji to bear the ring have never been made completely apparent, aside from Shinji having been in the right place at the right time.

Initially Shinji was hesitate to take possession of the ring and act as a Green Lantern. Over time he decided to take his role seriously and as a result strove to be the best Green Lantern possible.

Stars My Destination

"I have no idea what I'll find when I go out there... but I can't let that scare me away."

—Shinji, prior to departing Earth

After a short time in the role of Green Lantern, events conspired to lead him from his home planet into the wider universe and all the problems that lie within it. After an encounter with Guy Gardner, a fellow Green Lantern from Earth who gave him a brief education on all things Green Lantern related, Shinji decided to investigate the circumstances behind what lead him to possess a power ring. This, along with a desire to train under an experienced Green Lantern to further his skills, lead him to taking what he initially thought was going to be a short trip into space only to end with him taking part in an intergalactic war between what remained of the Green Lantern Corps and a coalition of the Corps' old enemies that included threats like the Empire of Tears, Weaponers of Qward, Ranx the Sentient City, and the Children of the White Lobe.

Taking to the stars Shinji traveled for a while, first-hand experiencing the chaos left behind due to the Corps' strength being depleted. He eventually meet up with a division of Green Lanterns under the command of John Stewart, another Earth Green Lantern. These Lanterns were attempting to maintain control in the face of the ever-increasing chaos with mixed results. During the time with his fellow Lanterns Shinji received a limited amount of training under the strict eyes of Kilowog, the drill instructor who was formerly responsible for teaching and mentoring newly recruited Lanterns. Due to the need for experienced Lanterns on the front line Kilowog no longer had the time to train recruits but found what time he could to horn Shinji's skills.

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Journey through the Omniverse

"Where the hell am I now?"

—Shinji's default response upon arrival in a new universe

Eventually Shinji was caught in a multidimensional collapse that resulted in him being thrown from his home universe and into the vast Omniverse. Upon getting the full scope of his situation Shinji made it a goal to back home no matter what. In his travels he worked with a variety of omniversal agencies like the Multiverse Police. Between then and his arrival on Earth-1337, he befriend the mysterious man known as Ryan. The two of them worked as partners for a while until going their separate ways. It would be years later when they would meet again.

Living in Suburbia

"The most awesome iconoclastic Green Lantern/mecha pilot sonofabitch I ever met. Well, the only Green Lantern/mecha pilot I ever met..."

—Sakura X. Aino, on Shinji

In 2004 Shinji arrived on Earth-1337-A after getting a tip that an old friend was currently living there. Shortly after Shinji decided to settle down in that universe for at time. He was somewhat active for a number of years until vanishing in 2009 for unknown reasons.

The Return

"IT'S F[BLEEP]KING SHINJI!"

—Guyver Densuo, upon discovering Shinji in the wreckage of the starship

Shinji eventually returned on June 6th, 2011 when he crashed a damaged starship in front of The House. How the ship was damaged and why Shinji was traveling in it was unknown. Since then Shinji has done his best to adapt to the current situation surrounding The House and its new residences.

Personality and traits

Due to his issues with his father and his past, Shinji grew up plagued by self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness. He was also considerably temperamental (even violent at times), and rather apathetic, morose, and sullen. As he got older, this slowly changed resulting in Shinji becoming a withdrawn youth with some slowly fledgling optimism.

His experience with DV8 almost killed this budding personality yet with the support of his friends and family (also with years of therapy), Shinji eventually evolved into a relatively-adjusted adult with a strange sense of humor.

Talents

While Shinji was growing up, he was a talented cellist and a good cook. During his time with DV8, he showed a natural talent at piloting. As he progressed in his heroic career, he became an expert combatant.

His greatest strength, though, is his mind. In this regard he took after his mother. A fact that he was proud of. One time he was derogatorily referred by a colleague as "a soft wee scientist's son." A remark that although was meant to be insulting he took proudly because it was true. Shinji was a scientist's son. As he got older, It became in his nature to initially observe and to learn before taking any action. That and his respect for his mother is why Shinji decided to major in science while in college. He was also known for being a mecha designer of great talent, having horned his skills during and after his military career. He's designed a number of machines to his own specifications, including Mina's Sailor V Gundam that he gave her as a wedding gift years ago.

Weapons and equipment

Power Ring

Oan Power Ring.

Shinji was armed with a Power Ring, the standard weapon of the Green Lantern Corps, from his home universe. Forged within the foundry on Oa by the Guardians of the Universe, Power Rings provide Lanterns their abilities. However, not anyone can wield a green ring. Corpsmen are specifically selected based on their strength of willpower. The stronger the will, the more effective the ring becomes. It taps into the willpower collected by sentient beings throughout the universe and collected on Oa in the Guardians' Central Power Battery.

A Power Ring is considered by many to be the most powerful weapon in the universe because of the hard energy projections they can create. These constructs can become any given shape and are only limited by the ingenuity of the user. Each design is unique to the personality of its creator and may be as simple as an energy trap to apprehend a perpetrator or complex as a massive ship used to evacuate a city.

Designed to assist and protect the Corps in policing the universe, these rings generate the standard-issue Green Lantern uniform and provide a force field for the wearer. They also impart the powers of flight, space travel, a universal translator for all alien languages and possess knowledge from the Book of Oa that may aid a Lantern on their mission. These rings of will also act as emergency homing beacons and allow communication between all other Corps members as well as any localized communication systems (cell phones, for example). They also transform the Lantern badge into a flashing "siren" while in hot pursuit. The ring can also be willed to appear invisible.

Power Ring Limitations

A Power Ring’s energy is limited and depletes upon each usage requiring periodic recharging from a Lantern’s personal power battery. A ring’s energy lasts approximately twenty-four Earth hours.

An impurity in the ring, caused by the existence of the fear-based Parallax entity, keeps a rookie's ring from affecting anything yellow. When a Green Lantern learns to control their fears, the yellow impurity vanishes, and the ring can be used freely.

Power Battery

Like all members of the Green Lantern Corps, Shinji is in possession of a Power Battery. The Green Lantern Power Batteries serve as a channel into the energy of the Central Power Battery on Oa. These batteries are used as remote charging stations for power rings. Batteries can be rendered invisible by the user, as well as tethered to a power ring, allowing the Corpsman to "call" their battery to them anywhere in their sector as long as the power level is above 1%. A power battery's appearance is malleable, and a user can alter it at will.

The Carrier

Shinji's primary mode of transportation across parallel universes was the humongous living (and sentient) interdimensional "shiftship" known as the Carrier. Powered by a caged baby universe, the Carrier had the capability of opening shift 'doors' to anywhere within the range of her reality anchor, and even across the Bleed. Originally it was a trade ship, designed to travel between parallel worlds but some unknown event occurred and it was abandoned. At the size of 50 miles long, 35 miles high and two miles wide, it had numerous cargo holds the size of large warehouses.

Miscellaneous

Prior to arriving at his current home, Shinji slowly began to build a modest collection of items across multiple universes. Having converted a number of his cargo holds into museums, they now hold vast amounts of books, weaponry, and vehicles which are kept in prestige condition by a robotic support crew that maintains everything on the Carrier.

Trivia

• This is a revamped version of a previous character. Right now details are in flux due to the need of discussing certain things with various players. A good analogy would be this: Shinji is the DC New 52 version of that old character. Better yet - he's a homage to the iconic mecha protagonist combined with the DC Universe.
• Alternate versions of Shinji

Behind the scenes

Shinji originated from the #suburbansenshi2 chat, played by some lazy bastard. This revamp of a previous character was done due to a variety of reasons. If the concept of mixing Western and Eastern entertainment drives you insane, just keep in mind that this is Serious Business.