I'm also taking interest...
Either a crusader//psiwarrior or crusader//duskblade (was PHBII on the list?) or crusader//inspiring bard
Race is unimportant to me.. whatever option would fit best with the team.
Of course, it looks like there is some competition... I can say with confidence that I'm around for as long as the game is.
Do I need to outwit other performers? perhaps arrive at a specific destination before the others? Do I need perhaps to get a note of approval from one of the more tenured professors at the university?
... may not be the smartest in the facility, or even the best to introduce to those that control the budget, but I have more than proven my value to the institution with the pints of blood poured in defending what would be considered, "research expeditions". Quite frankly, the discovery of new-- and by that I mean ancient and forgotten-- artifacts and locations is worth every body I've skewered, severed, and squashed: every wound I've suffered, every spell I've fallen prey to, and all five of the diseases I've miraculously bounced back from.
In fact, the university would consider me a model staff member; one willing to risk his life and soul for an ideal: The recovery and advancement of knowledge for the sake of knowledge.*
*And power-- but let's face it: if I actually discover significant power, I'll probably be killed by more tenured staff members. I came to grips with that some three years ago after ingesting a rather large dose of poison with my evening wine. Luckily I survived, and that little cabal was later expelled. I managed to get three of the five, but the other two have proven to be elusive. I'll get them, tho. Just wait. I'll get them.