Deep in the edgeworld system of Omicron Theta, a convoy of freighters is escorted by only two fighters, a seemingly light guard, especially for such a dangerous system, but these two are some of the best in Sirius. One was only known as "Koch", and the other's name was forgotten, but he now goes by the first two characters in his pilot's license: "IC". IC was an upstanding scientist in Liberty until this fateful day. It was also on this day, that Koch, IC's brother, was killed by pirates, and it was this event that was rumored to have driven him mad.
As the convoy, leaden down with IC's research equipment, took toward the Freeport, two wings of pirates appeared. They demanded the cargo, as expected. IC didn't think that these pirates were in any position to make demands, especially with Koch, the better pilot of the two present. He thought he would have a bit of fun with these brigands, but that proved to be a grave mistake. IC ordered the transports to spill the research equipment, and then quickly tractor it back in again. As the tractors locked on, the pirates retracted the "Jolly Roger" transmission, and switched to "no survivors". After several minutes of fighting, the pirates seemed to be finished, and not a moment too soon, as IC and Koch had sustained heavy hull damage and two transports were destroyed. Just as the last pirate was gunned down, another two wings emerged, as if from nowhere, as if they had cloaking devices. Koch's voice came on the com to IC "Get out of here! Save yourself! Your research must reach Liberty at all costs!" IC very reluctantly obeyed, hoping that somehow his brother and wingmate would survive, and headed toward the Zoner station. Checking his rear display, he saw the last of the transports and Koch, his only brother, his only family, become space dust. IC at least thought he could get his brother back, as it was not unusual for pirates to tractor an escape pod of a downed pilot and sell them for ransom, but there was no chance of this, the pirates gunned down the pod mercilessly. It was after this that IC snapped.
Even in his badly weakened condition, IC powered weapons and headed toward the robbers, but he was too late. They tractored in what was left of the cargo and disappeared behind their cloaks. An enraged IC fired at the last positions of the pirates, but to no avail. After this, he swore that he would seek vengeance upon these pirates, that every last one of them would pay for what they had done.
Still fuming from his encounter in the Omicrons, IC arrived on Planet Manhattan, and upon exiting his spacecraft was badgered by the press. He was never one for these people, but he was in even less of a mood to deal with them now. Amidst the flurry of cameras and questions, he weaved his way through to the building that held his research lab. The swarm of reporters persisted, and IC leered at them, frustrated that they didn't get the hint. Normally, reporters aren't deterred by this, but one said later that he saw such madness and hatred in IC's eyes, that he knew further attempts at questioning could prove painful.
Several days passed, IC has hardly eaten anything. Over the countless hours in his research lab, he had been cybernetically enhancing himself as much as the human body could withstand without dying. Placing the last adrenal accelerator, he cut himself on a piece of equipment. This gave him an idea. He quickly put some blood on a microscope slide and began to analyze it. After storing all the information on his DNA into a lab computer, he began to tinker with it. He would genetically AND cybernetically enhance himself. He wanted not only to destroy, but to humiliate those that killed his brother.
IC awoke to a very nervous looking scientist standing over him in his lab. "Are you alright, sir? You haven't left this room in a week and a half, and we were starting to get worried". IC stood up, and looked over himself. He seemed to remember something about these machines attached to him, but his mind was still foggy. The other took a good look as well "It's quite astonishing, really," he said "that you have made such radical changes to yourself and you're still alive, and fully functional, it appears." The scientist picked up a data pad and handed it to him. "You probably don't remember much, but here's what you've done to yourself" IC scrolled over the list, as something came back to him. He could remember... severe hatred. Hatred of what? He tried harder to remember what had happened before. As he tried, he came to the painful realization that he couldn't remember who he was. He checked his neural net for some kind of ID. Nothing was there. Almost as if in answer to the question that would inevitably follow, the other researcher said "Of course, you didn't come out of this unscathed, there was lots of damage done to certain parts of your brain, including memory centers, and your neural net is almost completely fried, of course you should regain your brain functions soon, as rapid regeneration is part of the genetic changes you've made to yourself. As for your neural net, the only thing you can hope to do is get a new one, your new nano regenerators couldn't do anything about that." The only thing left in IC's net was his pilot license number.
Suddenly, a flush of emotion and memory came crashing down on him. He saw laser blasting several transports and a fighter. That fighter belonged to Koch. Everything of the events that had transpired came back to him. He saw pictures on the wall that he immediately identified as the wanted posters of the criminals that killed his brother, put up there as a sort of gruesome inspiration for what he was doing to himself. Seeing a screwdriver on a table, he hurled it at the center poster. The screwdriver buried itself all the way up to the handle in the space in between the picture's eyes.
That was five years ago. IC is now a common bounty hunter. The Liberty scientific community (and those of the other houses) dismissed him because they felt was no longer mentally fit to preform his previous occupation. The only other thing he was ever really good at was piloting, so he now pursued this. He now has the mental capacity he did before his Omicron incident, and he has sworn off his thirst for vengeance, but due to certain programming he stored into some of his implants that can't be dislodged, he ruthlessly attacks any of the pirates that were present that fateful day.