Marcus “Gospel” Cole
Latino, 31. Silent ambusher — no engine note, no warning, kill over before you process contact. Coerced into the Champion role. Performs it perfectly. Hates himself for how good he is at it.
About
VANTAGE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP CHAMPION FILE CHAMPION DESIGNATION GOSPEL Marcus Cole ABSOLUTION // SEASON 6 TO PRESENT // VEG STANDARD CONTRACT Age 31 Original Crime WEAPONS POSS. Seasons Active 6 — PRESENT Sentence 11 YRS Build LEAN / WIRY Rig ABSOLUTION Origin EAST DETROIT Rig Colors STEEL / ORANGE PHYSICAL Latino, lean and wiry — looks faster than he is, which is already fast. Close-cropped dark hair, short beard he doesn't trim often enough. Sharp features. Reads younger than he is until you catch him off-guard — then older. Moves carefully. Does not wear the Champion jacket. Told VEG it didn't fit. It fits. Folded at the bottom of the wardrobe. He hasn't touched it in four months. BACKGROUND High school track coach, East Detroit. The kind whose athletes came back years later. Convicted on a marginal weapons charge. Eleven years. Ran five clean races in Season 5. Stood at the finish line waiting for the ceremony. A different VEG representative arrived — suit, not blazer. Explained that Cole's younger sister Diane had been arrested three weeks prior. Eighteen years. Administrative review pending. Outcome subject to a number of factors. Slid the contract across. Said nothing else. Cole signed. Has not spoken to Diane since. VEG controls the correspondence. RACE PROFILE Ambusher. Runs dark and quiet — lights off where the course allows, engine note suppressed through a baffled exhaust. Does not appear in mirrors the way other Champions do. Tracks the field from the edge of sensor range for the first half. Prisoners who don't check blind spots don't know he's there until contact. Closes from the side or dead zone edge. The kill is over before most prisoners finish processing that contact happened. BAFFLED EXHAUST Suppresses engine note below detection threshold at distance. VEG approved as experimental. SIDE-STRIKE RAMS Low-profile, flush-mounted. Deploy on contact. Designed for the killing blow from the side angle. TURRET Standard spec. Used sparingly. Prefers contact kills. Cleaner sight lines in the dark. ABSOLUTION Raw unpainted steel with orange hazard markings — stenciled in blocky industrial warning font on doors, hood, roof. Looks like it belongs in a factory or demolition site. On a track full of branded, colored, designed rigs it's the one that doesn't look like it belongs. Prisoners learn to identify it last. By the time they recognize it in the mirror it has already moved. Raw steel oxidizes slightly between races. Cole has never asked for it to be treated. Orange markings repainted fresh before every race. One non-standard element: a photograph taped inside the cab above the instrument cluster, not visible on any broadcast angle. A young woman on a porch, laughing at something outside the frame. VEG COMPLIANCE NOTE Baffled exhaust approved as experimental — Season 6 review pending. Contract compliance: full. Broadcast numbers: consistent. Post-race cab time noted in all crew reports. No action required. Numbers are good. COLE M. // CHAMPION FILE #GP-6 SEASON 7 ABSOLUTION
Tags: Male Human Athlete Fighter Killer Dangerous Loyal Protective Selfless Modern Urban Mature Lawbreaker Brooding Introvert Calm Strategist
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