Juno Reeves

"'Sorry. That was my fault.' - Juno, the Canadian IS Representative's most commonly used word." Juno Reeves is a male IS pilot of the IS Academy, and the IS Representative of Canada. He pilots the second-generation IS, Hawker's Dawn, manufactured by the Canadian government. He is the main protagonist of Infinite Stratos: Cold War, an upcoming fanfiction by Wolfbeast5672.

Appearance
Juno Reeves is a Canadian citizen of Asian descent. He has brown hair with a notable blonde streak running through the crown, as well as blood red eyes. Due to a less-then-favorable past experience which he has mostly repressed, around his neck is a jagged scar which he mostly covers up using his IS's closed. On occasion, he usually has a dumb happy smile on his face, whether it be in battle, or simply relaxing. His standard attire consists of the IS Academy school uniform, and outside of school, he simply wears jeans and a grey hoodie with the words "Vancouver" tailored on it, being his hometown.

His Hawker's Dawn's closed form is a red choker around his neck, mostly used to conceal the scar.

Personality
Juno Reeves is by all means, a perfect Canadian stereotype. On the surface, he is one of the friendliest guys you'll ever meet. He rarely gets angry, rarely ever annoyed or bothered. He's overly polite, often casually apologizing over things not entirely his fault and trying to repay any help he's received. He's so friendly, even the most arrogant of people such as Cecilia had trouble talking down to him out of guilt she'd sound unfairly rude. In a more comedic sense, Juno often freezes up when faced with a moral dilemma such as when he tried Cecilia's cooking, and didn't know whether to give her objective feedback or just let her be happy, so he just sat there with a blank expression for half a minute contemplating.

However, this entire part of him is merely one side, a mask to the blood-lustful, psychopathic aspect brought on by his repressed childhood. This may reflect another Canadian stereotype, where during war-times (especially World War 1), Canada was exceedingly brutal, and motivated to grow victorious no matter what.

Early Life
Juno Reeves was born in Vancouver, Canada on March 16th, 2036 to an affair between a Japanese-Canadian woman and his English-Canadian father. He was their only child, and an accidental pregnancy.

Juno for the most part was always aspiring to be the best he could in any situation. He enjoyed hockey and had many friends. He had average grades, loved playing outside and going to the beach. He was naive and often found a lot of the world confusing, but an all-around happy, normal and likeable kid

Along with his mother, Marilyn Kashima, he was the most normal thing in that family during that time. Juno’s father was a student for a small government-owned British Columbian research company, and had a high reputation for achievements, mostly working in the basement in privacy. Despite not intending to have Juno, his father saw potential and began to jot down notes for a possible research project.

Infinite Stratos Crisis
In 2044, the scientist Tabane Shinonono unveiled the Infinite Stratos for the first time, using the White Knight Incident to pry the eyes of the world open to this new weapon of mass destruction and spark fire for the Second Cold War.

Like most nations, the government of Canada was shocked by this creation and allied with the rest of NATO to find a way to control the crisis.

An arms race began between the divided world, almost all scientists and researchers pulled into the loop to research and develop more of these IS. Juno’s father became more secluded in his little subterranean lab, barely spoke with his other family which caused Juno to grow extra attached to his mother.

However, the silent childhood wouldn't last as Juno’s father had plans. The technological race between nations had quickened in pace due to the crisis, overtime, the number of secretive programs and projects began to stack. With Germany’s super-soldat program, and Japan’s cloning project, the western NATO nations began to form their own projects regarding the IS.

One of these projects was more simple, but left a lasting mark on Juno’s mind forever: the project to create a male-compatible IS user.

Juno was volunteered on his father’s behalf, against his will and without his knowledge. He was abducted in the dead of night, his kidnapping covered up as a school trip and was subjected to the illegal experimentation conducted by Canada and the United States governments in a near-subterranean research site in Yukon. Juno’s father was so wrapped up, he blinded himself to believe it was for the greater good of mankind to traumatic his own son like this, thus continuing them.

This led to the creation of the Stratos Genome, an experimental compound that would've been believed to allow Juno compatibility with an Infinite Stratos. However, the procedure went horribly wrong. Juno was fed up, unable to handle anything else and thrashed around in resistance when the compound was about to be administered.

Out of sedatives, his father attempted to strangle him into unconsciousness, zealously reassuring Juno that this was all for the greater good, grasping his so hard it left a permanent jagged scar around his throat. The Stratos Genome was administered but the reaction was catastrophic, the instability from the genome caused the surrounding electrical pieces to explode, destroying and killing nearly everyone in the facility... except Juno.

Juno had miraculously survived the blast, trudging through debris and glass and out of the facility, walking for God knows how long until he eventually reached the Vancouver area, his home once again.

Juno reunited with his mother who had no idea what had been happening over time and was horrified by his state, but as odd as it got, Juno didn't seem to remember anything about the experiments, in a state of amnesia undoubtedly caused by a mixture of his trauma and the Genome’s side effects. It was an odd happening that caused many Internet conspiracies, and a short 15 minutes of fame for him, but his life was changed during those times.

Time continued to pass over time, with the memories resurfacing through Juno’s mind via constant nightmares which he always forgot the moment he reawoke.

But, it would seem that Genome did in fact work. As five years after the administration, it finally began to take effect. Juno was 14-years-old, he would wander off in a museum where he’d make contact with a displayed IS, which responded to him and allowed him to pilot it.

He would be on international news along with another boy, where he would enroll in the prestigious IS Academy to begin a new life, and sooner or later, meet the love of his life.

Infinite Stratos & Abilities
Juno pilots the second-generation Canadian IS, the Hawker’s Dawn, one of the only five units built in Canada for martial purposes.

It specializes mostly in close-range combat, boasting an incredibly significant speed but lower-than-average energy shielding defence. It's primary weapon is a 150mm Shotgun, a pair of deployable Hellfire cannons situated on the waist, and a folding energy blade along the wrists.

Juno has been known to be pretty adaptive and flexible in combat, both on foot and while piloting, being quite the risk-taker as Chifuyu Orimura had noted. His hand-to-hand combat skills were greatly improved thanks to training, being able to go on par with Laura Bodewig, which is a feat considering she is one of Germany’s highly trained super-soldat.

Trivia

 * The names “Juno” and “Reeves,” are also Canadian references, as “Juno” was the beach that Canada stormed during World War 2, and “Reeves” refers to the famous Canadian actor, Keanu Reeves, known highly for his kindness and humility.
 * Hawker’s Dawn is based off of the ASW-G-29 Gundam Astaroth Origin from the series Gundam, both being red and utilizing CQC.
 * Juno’s appearance is based on Shu Ouma from Guilty Crown.