Gunther Schäfer

Gunther Schäfer is a Mercenary and engineer working for the Slayer Brotherhood as a member of the Andromeda group. He is one of the major supporting characters and plays a role in all planned Arcs.

Gunther was first introduced in Arc 1 where he plays a role in Reaver's perspective. He first comes off as just a comic relief character with his perverted tendencies but soon proves himself as an extremely capable and valuable member of the team, single handedly solving many of the problems his separated group face.

Appearance
Gunther has medium length dark brown hair which is often in a dishevelled state, a stubble beard, and yellow eyes. He usually wears a brown and dark green jump suit with the right sleeve cut of to make room for his prosthetic. He also has a visible scar on his right cheek.

Personality
Gunther is a bit of a horndog, he often checks out and makes innapropriate comments about women around him. Nevertheless he is extremely professional and capable in both combat and as an engineer. He has the ability to get serious when needed but otherwise is quite laidback and spends his free time just enjoying himself, he is regarded as a great friend and drinking buddy by his male companions and the female ones tolerate him to the best of their ability.

History
Gunther was born on the backwater world of Gallea. He was raised by a family living in isolation as wood workers. He had little contact with civilization apart from the occasional traders who came by his home. At the age of 13 Gunther moved away from his parents' home into one of the larger cities on Gallea, Jaqui. He began working as an assistant in a local workshop, eventually gaining an interest in machinery. Gunther would often take apart various items and tinker with them during his free time.

At the age of 15 he joined the Jaqui division of the Gallean planetary guard as a soldier. During his time at the military Gunther's interest in tinkering eventually moved to weapons, which he would take apart and freely modify in secret behind his superiors' backs. An incident occured when he was 17 where, when on a rutine patrol in the wilderness near Jaqui, a mob of local beasts attacked Gunther's squad, killing one member and seriously wounding Gunther. His right arm was completely ripped off and he recieved serious wounds to his right side. Luckily the rest of his squad managed to take him back to Jaqui where his wounds were treated. He recieved a crude prosthetic with a hook in place of a hand and was excused from the military.

Dissatisfied with his new arm, Gunther used his knowledge and learned skills to single handedly (pun intended) created himself a new prosthetic, this time with a fully functional hand. He would continue to work on the prosthetic, upgrading it with warious functions and imbedded tools.

By the time Gunther had turned 18 Gallea got swept up in the war with the Syndicate, forcing mass evacuation from the planet. Gunther was among those refugees and fled to Terra in an outdated transport ship with 300 others, the trip took him three motnhs and he was in a bad condition by the time he arrived on Terra, he managed to get treated and eventually found work as a weapons manufacturer for the blackmarket. Gunther was eventually found by Martin Wilson, who invited him to join the Slayer Brotherhood. They eventually founded the Andromeda group together with a few other people.

Abilities
Prosthetic: Titan's prothetic right arm has many uses and hidden functions, and he has many different models for different situations, all created by him.


 * Embedded tools: Gunther's prosthetic contains various tools embedded into it that allow him to work on various projects.
 * Micro missiles: Gunther's prosthetic contains a micro missile launcher with three small missiles, he can use these in combat.
 * Drill: The prosthetic can transform into a drill, which Gunther can use to pierce through enemies.

Energy shield projector: Gunther carries around a self made energy shield projector. It is a compact device which produces a shield wall wide enough for three people to hide behind with wiggle room to spare. The shield can withstand most low to mid level attacks but is only one directional.

Trivia

 * Gunther is one of the characters created by the Creator's brother
 * Titan's original name was Michael Andersson, later changed to Heinrich Andersson, and finally changed into Gunther Schäfer to sound more german.
 * Gunther was originally supposed to be german but after Gallea was introduced his nationality was changed to that.
 * Titan's character was heavily involved in the idea of creating the Eclipse universe.