Bio provided by who also came up with this character. At one point he should be Andrew's superior during his cooperation with BETA Team.

Race: Bionid (3rd generation)
Gender: Male
Place of origin: New Dehli Main Bionid Research Institute
Age: exact data unavailable (mental development of mid-40s human)
Height: 8' 1''
Weight: data unavailable
Body type: Humanoid with feline features, grey body with black and white stripe-like finishes
Specialisation: Heavy weapons handling, close quarter combat
Combat experience:
-5 years of battle and peace-keeping duties during various domestic conflicts across Asia and South America.
-2 years of active participation as advisor and instructor in United Nations Army project “Enforcer”, later renamed to Bionid Enforcer Tactical Assembly.
-3 years as BETA officer and one of the key Bionid figures of the organisation.

Current status: BETA strike team A1(or simply 01) leader. Last seen stationed in BETA New Los Angeles base for counter-Berserk operation duty.

Background/additional data:

Keil is a soldier to the core, coming into existence in India, Asia, being designed as prototype high-profile soldier unit with functions granting him supremacy in jungles and other types of environment with limited opportunities to spot the enemy in time. The initial tests and low-risk training operations proved his parameters optimal, but compound where he was born was destroyed by a terrorist bombing before upgrading other bionids could begin. He was taken under the wings of a local peace corps that helped maintain order in conflict-engulfed parts of the continent, working with them for a few years during which he showed amazing expertise in jungle and urban combat, reportedly sometimes single-handedly turning tides of battles he was engaged in.

His skills were so famous (or infamous, depending on the side the speaking one was on) that he was asked to join a similar military force in South America. There he earned the title “Butcher Stripes”, given to him by a drug syndicate that he helped take down, shutting down or destroying numerous outposts and operation points of several druglords. During one of such mission he met Daphne, a female, fragile bionid he freed from slave service of her criminal owner. He became her unofficial guardian until the time when U.N.A. contacted him with offer of taking an advisor / instructor position at the new “Enforcer” project being under development in United States. Taking Daphne with him and putting her in ANI's care, Keil joined the project and remained there up to date, now being a BETA officer.

Keil's a war-experienced bionid whose years of combat under various, sometimes bizarre conditions, made him an exceptional soldier and tactician, which granted him U.N.A's attention in the first place and allowed him to be considered an asset who's opinion matters. That is why despite currently being merely a strike unit leader, his real authority is much bigger. He always sits in Los Angeles branch BETA command meetings and points he makes are treated seriously. A majority of BETA staff and officers tend to take his side when he's on bad terms with authority (especially government branch that controls BETA) and in times of crisis where chain of command became questionable he'd likely become the unofficial leader during states of exception.

Personality-wise he's a calm, seemingly laid back being who rarely allows his emotions shroud his judgement on a battlefield. He's like a role model to many BETA officers and mostly behaves like the great hero they imagine him to be. That does not mean he is flawless. When he loses control over himself, it's not advised be nearby as while he still tells friends and foes apart, he loses interest in keeping the damage minimal. These berserk episodes don't happen to often though. Keil often acts as the voice of reason for Andrew whenever he comes under his team's care (much to the hybrid's chagrin as in his opinion Keil is too stiff and unimaginative) and has a sort of guardian relationship with Nitro and Trez as they became his personal responsibility upon their transfer to strike team 01. This means they are just as screwed as he is when something goes wrong as Keil's authority includes shutting down their weapons and Booster functions if he decides they act the wrong way.

Keil is also rumoured to have a romantic interest in strike team 02's leader, Ainia, but no one who sees them together can believe it: their relationship consists of mostly watching the other's back during cooperative missions and this role they fulfil flawlessly. They often snap at each other and argue, but no one so far succeeded in seeing a romance in their interactions.

Weapons/ equipment:
Keil's preferred weapons are heavy devices capable of taking enemies down instantly: during standard operations he carries an automatic heavy shotgun dubbed “Scalepiercer” that makes holes in tank armour, as well as much faster assault rifle accepting various types of ammo. Another weapon he likes to use in tough situations is “Bulltagger”, a personal micro-missile launcher with revolver-like reload system; a weapon he built together with Nitro. He also like to have a beam-bladed machete around.

When external weapons are unavailable, Keil is still a lethal enemy. Being partly based on a tiger design-wise, all of his fingers and both feet have deployable razor-sharp claws that he uses with deadly efficiency. Other feline traits of his body include a set of whiskers (additional sensors, actually) and a tail similar to Ainia's braid, though it is a slightly older mono-structure. Aside working like a normal limb of that type, it includes even more specialised sensors, a small camera, and a laser cutter (he tends to keep this gadget a secret, as he uses it only when cornered). He also is quite strong for a bionid. While he can't achieve superspeeds like Ainia's Hermes Booster equipped body, he has very acute senses and reflex, which makes attacking him from behind very difficult.

Being leader of heavy-power oriented team 01, Keil can use most projectile-based weapons at BETA's disposal. He's also one of the few members of the organisation with authorisation to operate (and deciding about it's deployment) the heavy beam cannon “Destiny Crusher”, a gun so powerful and big it needs to be transported in a transforming trailer/gunner station and is used only when all other weapons fail.

Other info:

-His name is an alteration of Slavic word “Kieł” which means fang
-When he's not around, his soldiers like to call him Tigerface
-Doesn't have much of a life outside BETA
-Has no biological family, doesn't think of starting one any time soon

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