Richard is a Baltimore Native, and lives in a Condo-Style apartment about a mile from his childhood home. The apartment has a basement he converted into a sizable workshop, an open plan kitchen/dining/kiving area on the ground floor, and the second floor consists of a master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, a guest room and a utility room he has made into a home gym. He worked in the area at Southrop Grumman Aerospace, prior to losing his job. He is a lifelong Ravens fan, having attended every home game since his 16th birthday. He has been watching the Orioles season with a heavy heart this year. Richard loves the city, despite its less than stellar reputation, as its home to him.
Richard has sizable savings from several years as a well paid design engineer at Southrop Grumman. He now makes money as a freelance design consultant, doing contract engineering work for various firms. Rich is the kind of guy that always has seven different projects in various states of completion, so most of his spare income goes towards improving his basement workshop. He currently has eyes on a Tsugami 5-axis cnc machine that a manufacturing firm down the road has listed for sale, as well as a CNC waterjet machine. He also enjoys gardening, and has a large windowsill collection of exotic plants.
Richards primary objective in life is retribution against his former employers, Southrup Grumman Aerospace and Defense. After discovering that his company was engaging in illicit arms deals and embezzling government funds, he attempted to report it to the relevant authorities. Unfortunately for him, this is was the kind of corruption that goes all the way up, and he was promptly met with orders to clean out his desk and a thinly veiled threat upon his life should he open his mouth again. Richard has taken this deeply to heart, and has made it his life's purpose to "burn these fuckers to the ground." Given his access to explosives, that could prove to be a VERY literal statement.
The lost of Rich's Job at Southrupp Grumman has permanently altered his perception of the world. The threats made on his life by the corporation have left him permanently disposed to avoid revealing personal information at all cost. His one goal now is to bring down those who wronged him, and hes willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish that.