Fuze

[Code Name] Fuze

[Gender] Male

[Combat Experience] Undisclosed

[Place of Birth] Undisclosed

[Date of Birth] Oct 12

[Race] Unknown

[Height] 180cm

[Infection Status]

Medical tests have confirmed that no infection is present.

[Physical Strength] Standard

[Mobility] Normal

[Physical Resilience] Standard

[Tactical Acumen] Excellent

[Combat Skill] Excellent

[Originium Arts Assimilation] ■■

The introverted and quiet Fuze is a talented and experienced engineer.

His signature gear is the APM-6 'Matryoshka' Cluster Bomb, which causes a large area explosion. As a weapon that does not distinguish between friend and foe, the application of the Cluster Charge is limited by many factors, but there is no substitute for its impact and ability to clear out enclosed spaces.

Imaging tests reveal clear, normal outlines of internal organs, and no abnormal shadows have been detected. Originium granules have not been detected in the circulatory system and there is no sign of infection. At this time, this operator is believed to be uninfected.

[Cell-Originium Assimilation] 0%

Fuze shows no sign of Originium infection.

[Blood Originium-Crystal Density] Undisclosed

The Medical Department has agreed not to disclose the relevant data.

Shuhrat 'Fuze' Kessikbayev is a member of Team Rainbow. He was involved in the Krysztauowa Incident and became an associate of Rhodes Island following the conclusion of that incident.

The expert engineer is a man of few words, who excels at using explosives to achieve tactical goals. He demonstrated high anti-personnel and anti-materiel performance, as well as considerable combat experience.

It is worth mentioning that Team Rainbow members are only working with us temporarily. They are not formally employed by Rhodes Island, and with how much they have on their hands, it would not be advisable to call on their help too often.

Just because Fuze doesn't like to talk doesn't mean he's not thinking. He is in fact a quick and flexible thinker, who is not afraid to voice his opinions in tactical meetings. His taciturn nature and tendency toward unexpected action can lead to misunderstandings in certain cases, however.

While the members of Team Rainbow are used to Fuze's personality, we should take it into account when assigning Fuze alongside other Rhodes Island operators, in particular encouraging them to communicate with him. He may be silent as a lump of iron, but it is a lump of iron that surges with the currents of inspiration, waiting for the opportunity to spark into action.

Fuze is an expert at creating chaos, and with it, opportunity. Although Team Rainbow has faced more than their usual share of chaos lately, he has remained his quiet and reliable self.

Seeing a two meter-tall Forte use a hammer to smash through a wall that he had planned to blast open seems to have dealt a small blow to his self-confidence, though the rest of his teammates may see it as a 'necessary adjustment', particularly those like Ash who established contact with Rhodes Island earlier. They say it's something that will pass, perhaps even inspire Fuze to new inventions.

Fuze's quiet nature could not hide his interest in the Engineering Department. He applied for and was granted his own workshop, in which he spends most of his time at Rhodes Island, maintaining and testing his weapons and those of his teammates.

In one incident, Fuze rescued a twelve year-old Infected boy and brought him to Rhodes Island. Having witnessed the Cluster Charge in action, the boy was fascinated, and wanted to trade his doll for a Matryoshka.

Fuze spent an afternoon in the workshop, and emerged with what looked like an ordinary wooden doll.

The boy looked disappointed, until Fuze pressed a button in the same way that he would activate a Cluster Charge, and the wooden doll flew apart, leaving behind one that was identical, but smaller. And again. And again.

The boy was overjoyed at the imitation, but Fuze patted his head and told him that it was no imitation; this, he said, was the true 'Matryoshka'.

[Classified Log]

The principles of the Cluster Charge are simple: Set it on the wall, drill through it, then launch the explosives one by one. It's not at all hard to understand.

In practice, however, there is no shortage of obstacles. Originium explosives of equal mass simply do not have the same destructive power. Drilling through a wall is easier said than done, as I already learned when working with Ash, while the Cluster Charge also works very differently from Breaching Rounds. But the hardest part was launching the explosives one by one: how do you ensure that the Originium explosives do not detonate too early or too late? It's about as easy as running 5km through the Infy Icefield naked.

The more I deal with Fuze, the more curious I get about what's in his head, especially when he quickly comes up with solutions for something that you've been banging your head against for a long time. At least Closure doesn't give you that sense of inferiority, even if she does nag.

And then he comes to me asking how a simple Originium-powered hand-warmer works. We're even now!