NAME: SHEPHERD, MATTHEW "MATT" QUENTIN
DOB: 1960
POB: MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
HAIR/EYES: BROWN/BLUE
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'2"/190
MARITIAL STATUS: SINGLE
DEPENDENTS: NONE
FAMILY:
PARENTS: QUENTIN M SHEPHERD (MIA)
ELEANOR SHEPHERD
SIBLINGS: WILLIAM SHEPHERD, BROTHER
CAROL SHEPHERD, SISTER MARRIED NAME UNKNOWN
SECURITY CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET
RANK: MAJOR (O4)
CITIZENSHIP: UNITED STATES
CURRENT RESIDENCE: CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
SPECIALIZATION: LEADERSHIP, COUNTER-TERRORISM, SPECIAL RECON, EDGED WEAPONS, UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE, INFILTRATION
NOTES: FATHER MIA IN VIETNAM. INSPIRED BY FORMER GREEN BERET IN HIGH SCHOOL. FORMER USARMY RANGER AND DELTA FORCE OFFICER. EXTENSIVE MILITARY/SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE. HIGH MORAL VALUES. OWNER/MANAGER SILVER STAR HOTEL.
BIO:
Major Shepherd grew up in southern California, the son of a United States Navy A-6 pilot who was MIA during the Vietnam War. Shepherd would later graduate from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. It was there that he excelled at various edge weapons ranging from Japanese short sword, to a sharpened deck of cards.
After he graduated, he received a commission in the United States Army, where he served as a platoon leader at the 82nd Airborne Division and was qualified as a member of both the Army Rangers and the Army's Special Forces. It was during this time that he became an expert in infiltration and small team tactics. Later he would become an expert in counter-terrorism when he joined the elite Delta Force. He would show signs of natural leadership and was promoted to the rank of Major.
While on a peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia, Major Shepherd disobeyed a direct order and returned for an injured soldier under his command. This was the first time he would deliver his code "Everybody comes home." Shortly after the rescue the soldier died in Major Shepherd's arms, but Major Shepherd didn't feel that the rescue attempt was a waste because he got to return the body to the young man's family. After this incident, the Army nearly court-martialled Major Shepherd for disobeying a direct order; however, they instead accepted his resignation. Despite the discharge, he continued to have the respect of his fellow soldiers.
Following his discharge he would be recruited by Xavier Trout, to go on one mission for the U.S. government inside Iraq. Trout felt that the mission would offer the government plausible deniability because none of his team would be connected as active duty soldiers to an actual government. If captured, Major Shepherd and his team would have been executed as spies, so Trout offered them one million dollars if they were successful. Major Shepherd then recruited six others for his mission, Benny Ray Riddle, Margo Vincent, Chance Walker, C.J. Yates, Gunter Hauer and Rico Valesquez. The team would complete the mission but not before the death of Hauer and the injuring of Valesquez. Instead of taking the million dollars, Major Shepherd would ask Trout give the money to Hauer's family and help pay for Valesquez's physical rehabilitation. He would submit a bill for their services and would continue to accept missions like the previous one for the government.
As a cover, Major Shepherd runs a bar and grill called the Silver Star. The Silver Star had a secret room in which Maj. Shepherd and his team would meet to plan missions, and store weapons, supplies and spare money.
