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‘Val’
‘Val’
Age/Race/Gender
35/Human/Female
35/Human/Female
Standing a fair sized 180 cm, and seemingly quite trim, her outward appearance belies significant weight. While it’s plain she’s had some cybernetic work done, what most folks don’t realize is that the only thing truly ‘human’ left of her is her brain, brain stem and spinal cord; all sealed in a very well armoured life support unit mounted in the chest cavity.
For clothing she’s generally seen in a blue/black skinsuit; in reality the suit is merely an ‘appearance profile’ of her dermal covering. The covering can replicate everything from ‘nude’ to ‘formal ball’ to ‘combat armour’ though its defensive capabilities remain largely the same.
Occupation
Hacker
Hacker
Weapons
- SinoArms S Type 40/A3 20mm Mass Driver - The SinoArms Type 40 is a more modern equivalent to the chemically fired ‘shotgun’. A multi-bank capacitor set up allows the user to fire a wide variety of rounds, out to several hundred meters for some single piece types of ammunition.
- Nikomas Mod. 9 D.E.A. - The Mod. 9 Directed Energy Attachment is an under barrel laser add-on for any ballistic weapon with the correct rail set up. Fall off of the beam limits it’s effective range to a little over 100 meters depending on local conditions, but inside that range it is capable of disabling most standard types of powered armour. (The Type 40 and under slung Mod. 9 both draw power directly from her body so in the event someone disarms her, her weapon becomes inert.)
- Nikomas Mod. 2/L D.E.D - The little sister to the Mod. 9, the Mod. 2/L Directed Energy Device is designed to fit into compact spaces and function as a ‘hold out’ weapon. (Val’s Mod. 2 is mounted in her left forearm.)
- SinoArms P Type 3/A2 C 5mm - Type 3/A2 is a compact machine pistol firing the potent 5mm APDSFS Group 2 caseless ammunition. The ammunition itself is popular for use against light to medium un-powered armours, especially when used in a GPMG. The Type3/A2 however was a commercial flop as most users found the Group 2 ammunition too ‘hot’ to be controllable in a single-handed machine pistol; the semi-auto only Type 3/A1 is still a very popular pistol. (Val carries her Type 3 in a ‘holster’ in her left thigh)
- Durandal Industries Model R CQB Blade - A 25 cm carbon steel knife. (Stored in a ‘sheath’ in her right calf)
Armor
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Items
Cybernetics
- Cyberdyne Systems Total Cybernetic Mobile Frame - A high-end and fully customizable artificial body. Capable of withstanding light to moderate ballistic and laser attacks, it is powered by a class 3 micro fission reactor. All though the reactor does exceed the body’s power consumption needs, it is just enough to run the power hungry AD4 Processor and her weapons.
- TruSkin Dermal Covering - An re-configurable nanotech outer layer that is capable of limited self-repair, its defensive capability is factored in to her body’s ability to resist damage.
- Neural Interface Unit - A nano-mesh implanted throughout her organic systems, it collects, sorts and feeds all relevant data from the Mobile Frame directly into her nervous system allowing for total body immersion.
- AD4 Quantum Processor - Separate from her body’s CPU and the NIU, the AD4 and its 3 petabytes of data, it runs her cyberwarefare suite and stores a legion of nasty virus’, worms, trojans for her to inflict on hostile networks.
- ‘Gellar’ type Psi-amp - A fairly common, but high end psionic amplifier
Other
- A medal of St Expeditus - Worn around her neck, she keeps it for personal, rather than religious, reasons.
Skills
A top tier hacker, she was once one of the Alliances most wanted until she did a little ‘editing’. Until quite recently she’d had to make to with second or third rate cybernetics and as a result she ended up a half-decent, and mostly self-taught, mechanic. Can mix a a good cocktail too.Powers
Barrier - Creates a psionic ‘bubble’ that can resist most physical and energy strikes against it. Under optimal conditions it can be sustained for about five minutes.Pulse - A strong ‘push’ that will knock back most unsecured objects. Can either be focused or omnidirectional.
Psi-blade - Only visible to herself, it is a ‘blade’ of pure psionic energy that will bypass any physical barrier. It does no physical damage, but can induce significant electrical charges into the target stunning organics and overloading computer systems.
Combat Class/Role
Psionic/Crowd Control - Using her psionic powers she is best at close to medium ranges, using Barriers and Pulses to restrict enemy movements or defend allies; that said, mental fatigue brought on by over/continuous use of her powers may cause her to blackout.Hacker/Cyberwarfare - As a hacker she can drag information out of the depths of almost any network she can access, and her ability to harass, delay or destroy hostiles is really only limited to the scope of the network she has hijacked and the quality of her connection to it.
History
Under a previous series of alias’ she made quite the name for herself as an independent contractor in the Expanse. Bit by bit, as she made enough capital, she either replaced or upgraded her hardware until only the organics she still has right now, remained. Unfortunately her wants usually exceeded her means and she had to do with lower-end components; but that changed a few months ago when she was hired by some Expanse kingpin to ruin a rival. She took the rival for everything, though she may have lied to her employer about exactly how much that was.With a generous payout from the individual who hired her, and her own careful ‘redistribution’, she bought the hardware she currently has, along with some more nasty software, and was promptly broke again. Needing a source of income, and stuck on a nowhere space station, she talked her way onto the Revenant one day when it docked for supplies.
Other
She changes names frequently, having abandoned her birth name with her original body.
