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name = Dylan Carriker
image = sse1:corb_the_fuckening.png|Placeholder image.
== Biographical Information ==
Full Name = Dylan Ryan Carriker
Callsign = Maize
Gender = Male
Height = 173cm (5' 8")
Date of birth = August 3, 1967
Nationality = Osean
Relatives = Ryan Carriker (father) \\ Bree Carriker (mother) \\ Jason Carriker (younger brother) \\ Layla Carriker (younger sister)
Spouses = Milena Liebmann (partner)
== Military service ==
Allegiance = Osea \\ Nordennavic
Branch/service = Osean Air Defense Force \\ Nordennavic Royal Air Force \\ Mercenary
Years of service = 1990 - 1995 (OADF) \\ 1995 - 1995 (NRAF) \\ 1996 - Present (Mercenary)
Conflicts = 1995 Nordennavic Civil War \\ 1997 Usean Coup
Rank = Captain (OADF) \\ Lausamann (NRAF)
Squadrons = 355th Fighter Squadron \\ 70th Aggressor Squadron \\ Heorike Lausamann detachment
Aircraft = F-16C Viper \\ [[~:A-4K Skyhawk Kahu "NZ6205"]] \\ JF-17 Thunder \\ J-11BG Flanker \\ [[sse1:characters:dylan_carriker:maize_flanker|J-15T Flanker]]

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**Dylan Carriker**, callsign **"Maize"**, was an Osean captain, OPFOR pilot and DACT instructor who was part of the White Flag contingent at Heorike Air Force Base during the Nordennavic Civil War. Originally from the Osean Air Defense Force, Maize defected during the conflict and fought as a Lausamann with the Nordennavic Royal Air Force. After the end of the war, Maize cut out on his own path and became a mercenary, invariably working as an instructor in foreign air forces before fighting in the 1997 Usean Coup. 

====== Early life and family ======

Dylan Carriker was born August 3, 1967, in Fairbanks, a snow-bound town in the most northern reaches of Osea on the Rowan Peninsula. The first child of a renowned surgeon for a father and a radiologist for a mother, Dylan spent much of his formative years in the outdoors.