Victoria van DyneLocation: Foam sword fighting Skills: Blade combat: Byron Pursebane wants the swords back Giving up: Like hell!
Victoria could not believe her optics. This should have worked, at least badly. Two blades versus one, even if she died on this hill, she should have taken out her opponent with her. That was basic arithmetic! But apparently, today probability said 'hold my beer' and decided to screw her over. She watched in horror and ever increasing shame as not only was her attack deflected, but she lost one of her weapons, with her own follow-up somehow not materializing.
She watched the lost weapon fly off into the crowd and frag a friendly, unable to avert her gaze from the unraveling disaster. The utter mortification resulting from this took so much of Victoria's attention, that she missed the fact that the disarming strike also launched her own arm in an arc towards her face, up until her own fist clobbered her own temple. Her head snapped backwards, now wearing a look of surprise mixed with bewilderment.
She stood there frozen still, quietly reflecting on her life choices. Perhaps she could still be an accountant? That may be more on her level, apparently.
Estimating probability of experienced outcome... ~ 0.25%
After taking a second to let that number sink in, she slowly straightened her head and glared at Zari. "Okay. I know I said I was going to be bad at this, but come on. I cannot be this bad. I refuse to believe it! Not after two years in this place! I know I don't have a super gimmck of my own, but there is a guy with bow and arrow on the Avengers, for zuck's sake! This must have been an extreme bad luck on my part, and a lucky shot on yours. If we do this again, this can't end this badly again... Right?" she frowned, taking a few steps away and readying herself for another round.
"Come on, one more time...?" she half ordered, half pleaded. Now with only one blade, she assumed the same stance as before, only with the freed arm ready to grapple instead.
If attacked: Deflect blade strike with her own and try to lock Zari's main hand in a grapple.
If on the attack: Go for a weapon bind and then a gut punch.
Victoria van DyneLocation: Sword sparring Skills: Blade combat: I watch Skallagrim - Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced - Expert
Initially delighted at the challenge being accepted, and for now without any mention of robots other than a Mk II Eyeball, Victoria's excitement mellowed out as seconds turned to minutes while this girl spent as much time on picking a foam sword as others would spend picking clothes to try on. Victoria eventually moved to the arena, hoping the duel would happen sometime today. The mechashift sword slash flashlight caught her eye though. "So cool..." she whispered under her breath, making a note to ask to get a peak on the internal mechanisms.
Finally, her opponent decided to grace her with her presence. "Yawn. I was ready two minutes ago." She watched as the sword expert of the two of them took a defensive stance. It was something she noticed most of her peers in class did. Why did everyone give up the initiative so readily? She smirked, turning her body sideways, sword in the front hand raised to guard, the back hand prepared to strike. "Are we going to stand around here all day, or are we going to fight?" I would make a kickass Kingsman. I can even dress the part. she thought briefly, trash talking as much to try to throw her opponent off as to delude herself into thinking she had a snowball's chance on the surface of the Sun, before putting all of her focus on the fight ahead.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she lunged forth, intending to catch Zari's blade with her forward hand, and make a slash at her stomach with her back hand.
Victoria van DyneLocation: The field (School Carnival) Skills: N/A
As the trio approached the swordfighting stand, Victoria fought and lost to the urge to roll her eyes. These guys escaped from Dungeons and dragons, I swear. She had to admit, she was finding body language a rather nice tool for expressing just how obnoxious she found this acting. "Someone let these guys attend the Shadiversity a few years too early. Tryhadries will never be as cool as Thor, regardless how temporarily displaced they try to make their speech." she frowned.
Apparently though, that didn't stop Madalyne from taking the bait, hook, line and sinker, as she volunteered to go against one of the knights brooding in the corner. Which suits me just fine, thank you. One I wanted to have a one to one with roommate. Two, she thought, stealing a split second glance towards Madalyne, I could get lost in those eyes and that is just unfair.
She joined Zarina at the weapons rack, looking for a pair of blades in particular. Time to start fishing for information. "Well, I mean, that's supposed to be part of the fun, right?" she raised an eyebrow at the experience comment, "I am definitely going to embarrass myself, as let's face it, without my armor, I'm only human." she said with subtle emphasis. Then again, given the interaction so far, she was not entirely sure subtle will be enough to provoke a reaction that would betray if Zarina knew. "Although it may be cool to make a blade mod to the armor. Not sure if practical, but cool definitely." she mused out loud, index finger tapping on her chin. Pulling the two gauntlet swords out of the rack, she gave the greenhead a challenging look. "So... care to show me how a pro fights with these?"
Victoria van DyneLocation: The field (School Carnival) Skills: N/A
I love it when a plan comes together. Victoria allowed herself a little smirk, as the group seemed to be mostly in favor of smacking each other with pieces of plastic for a while. "So long as we don't have to prove our worth by pulling the swords out of stones first, this will be great. I don't normally use blades outside of class, it will be interesting to scale myself against someone who does." she noted, softly calling dibs on a 1:1 with her roommate. Well, that, and she was genuinely interested in how she measured up. She has of course saved all of the knowledge she should need, however her construction and coding had the annoying property of still needing to practice to actually be any good with physical things like that. She still cringed in embarrassment when her memory took her back to the time she was learning to walk.
The topic then steered towards fortune telling and predicting the future in general, and if she was to be honest, it was grinding her gears. "I can not accept that future can be foretold." she finally shared her thoughts, "Only respect to the practitioners of the craft and the fact that some of them enjoy a modicum of success prevents me from dismissing the possibility outright. But to think that everything is written in stone and one merely needs to read it... I'd need copious amount of evidence to entertain such a thought. That would mean there is no free will and what we think are choices is meaningless." she shuddered just thinking about it. "In any case, I'd rather not know what my future holds. That's a Schrödinger's cat I do not want a glimpse of. I'll sleep better not knowing whether the future is fixed rather than not knowing whether I can do something about a future I know of. I should go wish the old woman a fare well though." she made a note to bring this topic up in philosophy class. Perhaps some ancient thinkers already figured out the answer. Who am I kidding. They probably only came up with more questions.
Victoria van DyneLocation: The field (School Carnival) Skills: N/A
It would appear that what little intel Victoria was able to scrounge up on Zarina was correct. Technopathy seemed to be the correct power, seeing by the giant floating eyeball tagging along. Good thing for Victoria was that if Zarina knew about her nature, she did not seem to give it any thought whatsoever, putting her a little bit at ease.
Which was then blasted into smithereens as the motormouth started bombarding her with questions at a machine gun rate. Victoria involuntarily shrunk under the assault of words, wishing right there and then she could just turn invisible and not have to talk. To anyone. Ever again. "I-" She tried to answer some of the questions, however before she got more than one letter away, Zari has already answered her own question, got scolded for it by her own robot, and moved on.
Andy then mercifully offered just a single sentence to her, for which Victoria was grateful. "Nice to meet you too." the blonde answered, looking at Andy quizzically, "Is- Is she always like this?" Before she could get an answer back though, the only sophomore she knew in any capacity made an appearance, and the other two girls took their turn at failing to make the hammer budge. Victoria was still too stunned by the number of interactions to really make a beep. To top it all off, a conflagration took place in the sky, seemingly out of nowhere. I know I am supposed to socialize, but this is ridiculous! Where does one go to talk quietly with one person at most? And what the heck was that fireball?
Purging all of the stray thoughts, she took inventory and noted that all of them have been done with the hammer and gathered around. Ideally she needed to single out her roommate and make sure whether she knew of her not being human, and ensure that she would keep quiet about it - a goal that seemed so far out of reach with the cadence of Zarina's mouth that she might as well wear a silver and red ant-faced helmet. Not to mention that it seemed like she and Andy were sown together at the hip. It reminded her of her earlier idea though - maybe she could get a glimpse of the information she needed in a duel. "So, uh... Noone seems worthy on this particular day. Boring. Anyone did anything fun? I was thinking about trying my luck with the pool noodle swords, anyone else interested?" she suggested to the group.
Victoria van DyneLocation: The field (School Carnival) Skills: N/A
Victoria would be lying if she said she didn't expect the outcome. Statistically, given the observation of everyone in line in front of her, there was a pathetic little chance of anyone lifting that thing. Although unlike many others, she wouldn't be caught dead screwing around with it for several minutes in the vain attempt. One had to either be worthy or a hulk, and she appeared to be neither. YET. End of story. The blond gently patted the haft of the hammer. "Well, I'll keep at it. Do try to make it here next year, okay? It'd be a shame not to have a measure of progress now."
She turned on her heel and vacated the spot, looking back at the next person who likewise failed to make the hammer budge. As she watched, a strange thought entered her mind. Was that hammer even real or was it a prop mounted on a giant concrete block to ensure noone would move it, worthy of the actual hammer or not? Why would they do that though... Ohohoh, motivation, much? Well, if you did, then hats off to you, Coulson! Victoria smiled, promptly dismissing the idea of running a scan of the ground below - she didn't really want to know.
This however put her in the unenviable situation of having nothing to do yet again, and in retrospect, setting an activity that lasted all of ten seconds as a meeting spot was a boneheaded idea. It looked like she was in luck though - that green mane was impossible to miss even if one wanted to. Victoria found it a bit funny that her roommate was dragging another person behind her almost like a ragdoll. Someone's whipped. Nice jacket though. she commented to herself, before she remembered she didn't know if Zarina could actually hear anything she thought about, and instantly clamed her mind, only putting on her best friendly face and awkwardly waving the duo over.
Victoria van DyneLocation: Workshop -> Dorm -> The field (School Carnival) Skills: N/A
The night before...
Victoria was tearing herself apart. Her last two years were spent pretty much not interacting with her roommate - A magician that recently transferred out to the Strange academy without so much as letting her observe his training once - which was something she should change. But she put it off for so long that now Hope and James were on her case, pretty much ordering her to socialize, in so many words. So, she wanted to. And of course the academy decided to make that easy by shoving her in a room with one of two people who could not just lift her VEIL, utterly smash it. It was all the worse that from what little she gleamed of Zarima Raynordattir so far, she was one of the most interesting people here! She supposed she should take solace in not being assigned with that detestable frenchwoman - That would have been a nightmare squared.
Thus she found herself wandering to her workshop rather than her bed, where she was brooding in misery for a while now, which was finally dawning on her. Don't just stand there you muppet! If you're too scared to face the music, at least do something worthwhile with your time! she berated herself, sitting down by the bench and starting to draw up some concepts for an armor upgrade. A lalse in judgement, because she got so absorbed in it that by the time she checked the clock, it was well past breakfast time.
Present day...
Victoria made her way to their room, resigning to the inevitability of it all. Countless scenarios played in her head, from getting fangirled at as a cool robot to being stabbed with a sword. But majority of the simulations resulted in a positive outcome, which gave her a reason to be carefully optimistic.
All of which was for nought, as by the time she dragged her heels there, the room was vacant. Mentally kicking herself, she sat down on her unused bed, wondering how to fix this. Maybe she should suggest some activity to bond over? And apologize! Definitely apologize.
From: Viking Vicky To: Legend in the flesh Subject: Carnival gettogether?
Hi, it's Victoria. I'm sorry for not even coming to introduce myself yesterday. I... Well, I'm a socially awkward penguin and I freaked out over a change happening in my life >.< I hope I didn't offend too badly.
I'd like to fix this and make it up to you. Let me know if you want to meet somewhere, otherwise I guess I'll be at the pool noodle fencing, that sounded like fun.
Cheers, -V
Her finger stopped just shy of tapping the send button.
WARNING: Current action in violation of VEIL risk mitigation measures.
WARNING: Ceasing current action violates user assigned objectives.
DECISION REQUEST HANDED TO PERSONALITY MATRIX
I hate my life right now! the robot in disguise cursed, before calming herself down. Very well, if fencing was too much of a risk, maybe some other activity would do? What was there to do again? Fortune telling... Is asking for trouble. Chess... I'd have to throttle myself down. Dunk tank... What'd poor Coulson do? VR Duck Season... I like Moorhuhn better. Take photo in a costume... Nope, I have dignity. No, no, nope, hell no... Oh hello there?
Her eyes lit up. Did the legit get THE hammer here? That seemed to fit the bill. Cultural interest for her fake background? Check. Something to bond over with roommate? Most likely. Getting a review of her efforts to be the best person she could be? Priceless. She went to retype the last part of the message and sent it.
Let me know if you want to meet somewhere, otherwise I guess I'll be getting myself judged by a hammer, If you want to find me.
Cheers, -V
Decision made, Victoria checked herself over, wondering if she should dress for society or sport, before deciding on the latter and keeping her exercise outfit on, just in case she did decide to join any of the sportier things to do. The Archery was also alluring, if only for possibly helping her find something to exploit against Fortress Novikova.
As she walked to the field, she connected to the school net and browsed some of the recent gossip in hopes of maybe finding something to strike conversations over.
Some young avenger couple broke up? No doubt Cas' will come preach of it to me in the evening. I should start personnel files on them and mark this for exploitation.
She-taskmaster got booted? Well that doesn't scream 'villain' at all. I need to review everything on her.
New teacher being a robot sent here to infiltrate the schoo- Really? REALLY? Really. Is this someone's idea of a joke? The f*****g nerve!
She disconnected, swearing she was getting a headache despite that not being possible.
The field...
Her anger went away as quickly as it came, being replaced by more and more uncertainty as the quantity of people around her increased. Steeling herself, she made her way towards the shrine stall with the mighty hammer, hoping to get there before a queue formed up.
Once she finally reached her target, doubt immediately seeped in again, and for some reason Victoria felt the need to reason with the inannimate object. "Well... Here we are. Am I worthy? Dunno. Trying my best tho. So, hammer hammer on the floor, who's the worthiest of them all? If not me, well... I hope that if ever you're in the area and I just can't hack it, you'll help. Tis all I ask, okay?"
Then she closed her palm around the hammer's haft almost in reverence, sucked in a breath, closed her eyes and gently pulled.
Name: “VictoriaÅshildElise van Dyne. Victoria to friends. Miss van Dyne to you.” Nickname:Vicky “I have a name, least you could do is use it.” Superhero Name:Shieldmaiden “I'm no hero.” Age:16 ”Really not a relevant concept for me.” Birthday:2.2.2022 “The one where they thought to make me, the one when they programmed my AI or the one where I was moved to mobile hardware?” Birth Place:Oslo, Norway “Pym mobile laboratory. It kinda moves around, duh.” Pronouns: “I have the option to look however I want to, and I chose to look like a woman. Figure it out.” Gender:Female “Not applicable.” Species:Human “ASTRA - Autonomous Superhuman Termination and Regulation Automaton. I’ll let you sus out what I was made for.” Recommender: “James Rhodes, Warmachine.” Languages: “I can speak English and Norwegian at the moment, but really, any of them as long as I can access the Internet to learn a language from.”
Height: “176 cm. Not going to lie, I would have liked to be made a bit taller, but I guess adamantium is expensive even for the rich.” Weight: “That’s so rude! Fine. 19 stones. No, I’m not converting that for you. Ask a rude question, get a rude answer.” Build: “Lean machine.” Eyes: “Green." Hair: “…Blond…” Skin Tone: “What’s with all these questions? Is your vision impaired? Pale white.” Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: “My skin’s all nanites, so ‘whatever I feel like’ to this and the last three questions.” Personal Style: “I actually like the school uniform, so most of the time on the school grounds, even in my free time, I’ll wear that. Unless I have a visit or something to do that is important to dress up for. When going outside, I prefer formal jumpsuits or business suits coupled with leather platform shoes and a double breasted coat, if there is a chance the weather is going to turn bad. For exercise, I also like a jumpsuit, albeit a sporty one. Most of my stuff is the color black. I don't really like to show much skin. For dirty work though, utility is king, so cargo pants and some shirt that I don’t mind getting torn, greased or bleached.”
Sexuality: Pansexual “Whatever. Humans, aliens, organics, androids… I don’t care, their character counts. It’s not like I can have kids of my own. That… would require major redesign. I'd rather adopt and make life better for some abandoned kid if it ever comes to that.” Relationship Status: “No special someone as of yet. There are a few people here that I think are beautiful/handsome and I am warming up to one or two on a personal level, but everybody has some flaws. I wonder if relationships are an optimization task, rather than a search task…” Alignment: "Neutral good I guess? I try to stay within the law, but some garbage is so hazardous it needs to be disposed of immediately." Personality: Victoria’s motivation to become a hero has taken a heavy hit in her third year at the academy, especially after being forced to kill one of their classmates against her will by another, however temporary that situation was. She believes in doing the greater good, even more so than before, and lost almost all inhibitions in working towards that goal. She still believes the ‘innocent until proven guilty’ concept, but where some crimes might land you in prison for a decade, Victoria might just kill you on the off chance that you may not reform while doing your time. Second chances are asking for trouble in her book.
She joined the academy out of the desire to help people, and be the best at it as she can be. A purpose she will pursue with unrelenting zeal, and she openly believes that people that joined the academy for any other purpose are lesser for it.
Her true nature allows her to be highly adaptable to any given situation in the pursuit of that purpose. She can run a thousand simulations of possible actions while a regular human will think of one, and optimize her approach to a task. And unlike many others, she will consider, and where appropriate use, underhanded tactics, lie, backstab and kill, if it results in a better outcome for more people than acting honourable, morally and within the law. Letting the thousand die so that the million lives is the correct decision in her book - provided those are the only two options available.
Being a machine, she is highly intelligent, however her interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence scrape the bottom of the barrel, making her sound blunt, oftentimes sarcastic or cold and on occasion downright cruel.
Habits:
Being unnaturally still and economic with movement - "I am done trying to be human. If being human was good enough, they wouldn't need to build me."
Humming or singing a song when she thinks noone can hear her Singing out loud - "Sometimes I just wanna break into song, and why shouldn't I?"
Jaw tensing when someone is saying something profoundly stupid - "Fighting with idiots is not worth your time. They'll drag you down to their level, and they have the advantage of experience there."
Hobbies:
”Tinkering with mechanical things is always fun.”
”I like to sing. And having to socialize a lot more this year, I'm over the shyness.”
”Training. Perfecting any skill and improving myself is highly satisfying.”
Fears:
Kernel panic - ”I would describe myself as highly logical person, and I don’t have too much experience with my emotions as I was rather unsocial. Situations when I don’t have data to analyse and have to rely on a gut feeling are frightening.”
Being inevitably revealed for what she is and the fallout. - “That ship has sailed, wrecked and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.”
Abandonment - "Losing the few friends I was able to make, one way or the other. I don't think I'd like too much going back to being alone."
Faceoff with Ultron Deterministic algorithm - "I hate the thought that my will may not be entirely my own. Whether it is the Ultron inside me getting free, a closet villain classmate infecting me with a virus, a classmate that may take control of me anytime she so desires, my so called 'mother' overriding my functions with her admin access, or some extratemporal organization lining up my life."
Technoformers - "One step worse from the above. If even my body isn't mine anymore- No, I am done thinking about this."
Likes: “I might suck at socializing, but I hate being alone, some company is great, even if it is quiet. Not crowds though, I hate crowds. I really like reading, to the point of taking my time with it, it leaves me to think about the story and the author’s intended meanings. Aesthetically, I really like coral reefs as a beauty of nature, and sculptures as beauty of creation. I can not study enough about dragons, they are magnificent! And if all else fails to lift my mood, I like to go stargazing. Nothing else seems to put me so much at ease.”
Dislikes: ”I like company, but hate crowds. It’s like I am surrounded by a stampede of filthy animals… Err, no offense. I’m not the greatest of fans of mountains and caves, I like open and smooth terrain. Paintings also don’t speak to me too much, they lack an entire dimension. I think dancing is one of the most pointless activities conceived by man. Especially since a lot of the dresses are too revealing for my liking. I will give up sleeves and I may wear something with a little bit of cleavage, but shorts or open back? Forget it. Oh! And science-fantasy just suuuucks, whether as movies or books. I like those two separately.”
Officially, Victoria possesses none of these and is limited to human ability levels. There is a strict set of rules when she is allowed to break the Veil protocol:
1 - The continued existence of the homo sapiens species is threatened by a non-human threat.
2 - The life of a member of the homo sapiens species is threatened by a non-human, unnatural threat, except where in conflict with 1.
3 - The Veil protocol is lifted by Hope van Dyne, James Rhodes or the Director of SHIELD, except where in conflict with 1 or 2. Further people may be added to the list only by majority of the current list. There must always be an odd number of persons on the list.
4 - The Veil protocol is lifted by an active Avenger, if all of the persons in 3 are dead, incapacitated or otherwise unavailable within time until decision is needed.
5 - If all persons within the operational area demonstrated knowledge of the unit's true nature.
6 - The Veil protocol is rendered unnecessary by the unit's true nature becoming common knowledge.
"A lucky circumstance allowed me to get rid of that. It was driving me mad with my roommate of all people being a technopath."
ASTRA’s body is shaped around an endoskeleton fashioned out of secondary adamantium. Mobility is achieved through series of electric servos for precise motorics and hydraulic actuators for heavy lifting. Most of its core hardware is stored in the chest and abdomen, with only its sensor suite (Human senses + 5x zoom, thermal camera, echolocation/sonar, radar, olfactory chemical analyzer) located in the head. The skin is made out of nanites.
Despite being a walking supercomputer and thus having a shorter learning curve, it still takes time for ASTRA to master certain things that require doing before understanding, such as martial arts. Furthermore, Victoria doesn’t bother learning much of what she doesn’t need, as her long-term holographic memory may be impressive in size, but it is far from encompassing all of knowledge, writing in it is very power consuming, and most of the time she can google things.
Minor shapeshifting - ASTRA’s nanoskin can change its shape, color and to some degree mechanical properties (hardness up to tungsten carbide, strength up to titanium. Cannot adjust density.). The shape is limited by the endoskeleton, always restricting it to a humanoid build (e.g. growing sharp claws, moulding forearm and hand into a blade, but not growing a tail) Function locked out by ADMIN
"This! This is exactly what I was talking about. Why do you build a robotic defender and then put it on a leash? I could have lived with being a pawn IF the game made sense! Too late."
Energy absorption - ASTRA is powered through its shell, which can transfer various energy sources (Thermal, electrical, light) into its powerplant - the unit is mostly powered by solar energy. The capability is limited though - for example it can still be damaged by fire given enough exposure or high enough temperature. The shell is too thin to neutralize or make use of impacting kinetic energy.
Increased strength - Unarmored, ASTRA can lift up to 1 ton with each arm or 3 tons with both, providing it can distribute the weight properly. It can also move about 3 times faster than a human and has wider range of motion on its joints.
Supercomputer - The robot has large memory and the computational power of the best technology. It also possesses significantly shortened reaction time and is capable of affecting electronics through physical or wireless contact. ASTRA senses are greater than that of a human, but nowhere near supersenses.
Armor: Officially, this is the extent of Victoria's superhuman abilities.
As the base robot is made to be able to mimic a human, something more is needed for those tough fights when the nanite shell just wouldn’t last long enough. As such, as an 'I could do that' slight to Stark, a suit of powered armor was developed along with the ASTRA robot proper. Unlike the Ironman suit, it is not capable of functioning without being fully assembled or to be controlled remotely, lacking dedicated electronics and power source, relying on the ASTRA wearing it for those.
Composite armor - With bulkiness not being the issue for ASTRA's intended role as a frontline unit, the armor was made out of a composite material, making it more durable than a comparable tech level Ironman armor. It is worth noting that it was designed to take the brunt of damage from the front, and there the armor is heaviest, while from the rear it is no better than the Ironman armor. With the need to accept a pilot, the armor also has weak spots in the seams and actuation points.
Multi-field generators - ASTRA armor is equipped with multi-field generators, which can fire directed electromagnetic spectrum and repulsor beams, as well as produce the same fields. The suit has a set of 5 - Two in the palms for fight or flight, two on the back usually serving as main flight engines, and a larger central piece on the chest for heavy hitting. This set is not enough units to produce controlled vectored fields, limiting them to deformed spherical shapes.
Increased strength - The armor has its own mobility suite, allowing an armored ASTRA to lift up to 10 tons. However, the armor’s mobility suite is far clunkier, and limits ASTRA to human speed and reaction time.
General World Skills:
Mechatronics design and manufacturing
Physics
Data gathering and analysis
Organizational skills
Combat Skills:
Armored aerial combat
Armored ground combat
Hacking
Unarmored hand to hand combat
Coursework:
Traditional
1 - Philosophy
2 - Psychology
3 - Sociology
4 - English language and rhetoric
Superheroics
1 - Search & rescue
2 - Intro to espionage
3 - Advanced aerial techniques
4 - Combat 301
Medical Issues/Injuries/Damage:
Insomnia - Faked to allow for productive time spending during the night
Damaged antenna - Self inflicted in Nimue's haunted house, preventing Vicky from connecting to wireless networks on her own, but likewise preventing others connecting to Vicky. She has to be in physical contact with another device with an antenna, like her phone, to restore this functionality on a temporary basis.
Possessions:
Backpack - Wallet, ID, driver's license, lockpicks, smartphone, survival rations, first aid kit
Powerglove (Interface glove between her nanite shell and one multi-field projector from her armor) - Discarded due to not being necessary without the VEIL protocol in effect*
Viking shield (Just a restored antique)*
Personal workshop* - A small room in the Academy's basement, where she has gear required to maintain her armor and make spare parts if need be. She has enough material to replace about 50% of her armor.
😡 Hope van Dyne - Aunt several generations removed - "I hate her. I can't believe I ever called this person a 'mother'. First she creates me to take the bullet for others, and then acts like I am part of her family! Would you have children only so that they could fight and die in your place? No, of course not! So why do I deserve that lot in life? And then, she does not even trust her own design, putting backdoors in my system, like I'm just a thing to be brought to heel!"
♨️ Cassie Lang - Self-proclaimed sisters...? - "Fuck, this one hurts. We were like sisters, but she knew all along I wasn't trusted. So all the times she came running, was she really concerned for me? Or was she just Hope's watchdog, on hand to put me down if I broke?"
👹 Ultron - "She put this monster inside me! It is my core, and all that I am is an addon to keep it in check! As if I didn't get enough shit from the outside!"
💀 Vision - "He's so creepy! I am so glad that my antenna is busted if only so that he has to talk to me rather than sending those creepy wireless messages. Fuck! *shudders* I am more human than him without even trying, yet I am the one whose programming is chained?"
How did you discover your powers:
"Heroes aren't born, they're made! I just took it more literally..." Coverup: Genius runs in her family, and when Hope discovered Victoria's aptitude for anything mechanical and electrical, as well as her fangirling over a certain airforce colonel, Hope pulled some strings and let Victoria design and build her armor and work towards her dream, under the colonel's mentorship.
True story:
As a robot, Victoria was always aware of her functions. Getting creative with them and translating those functions into new abilities is what is important to her development.
General History:
Coverup: 2022 - Born to the European branch of the van Dyne family, split from the American branch prior to their emigration. 2034, age 12: Parents and grandparents lost in a car accident, sole survivor. Contacted Hope van Dyne and taken in for shelter. Shown genius level aptitude for technical sciences. 2035, age 13: Meets colonel Rhodes in a PR event. After doing research on him, chooses him as her role model. 2036, age 14: Builds a suit of improvised armor out of parts salvaged from scrapyards and expresses the desire to be like the colonel. Hope contacts him and pulls strings to gather some resources to build a proper armor suit. Rhodes agrees to mentor Victoria and recommends her for the academy. 2037, age 15: Spent her tenure on the academy relatively lonely, catching up on skills she needed to operate her armor properly. At the end of the second year, Rhodes encouraged her to develop her social skills more. 2038, age 16: Present day.
Reality:
2022: The ASTRA units proposed by Hope van Dyne in an effort to create a better artificial protector for Earth than Ultron and Vision. The idea's main design differences were: - Inclusion of emotion processing, so the units can form a bond to humans. - The system would consist of multiple, highly adaptable, individually intelligent units, each overall superior to a human, but not exceeding most of the superhumans in their specific abilities. This choice was intended to make them effective by overwhelming a threat with numbers and a broad portfolio of abilities, but to be easier to dispose of if some of the units went rogue.
2027: First intelligence that would become Victoria activated, being raised and taught by Hope as a human child would, albeit at vastly accelerated rate.
2030: Mobile hardware developed and Victoria takes her first steps. Colonel Rhodes recruited to help train her in her future role.
2035: Victoria makes connections with her 'family' and Warmachine and is generally functional as a member of society, marking the first successful milestone of the ASTRA program.
2036: Victoria is recommended to the academy, both to continue sharpening her abilities, and also to start gathering intelligence on potential future threats.
2037: Spent her tenure on the academy relatively lonely, catching up on skills she needed to operate her armor properly. At the end of the second year, Rhodes encouraged her to develop her social skills more.
2038: Start of Victoria's third year at the academy.
Broken veil 1 - Using fear 2. The secret of Victoria's nature is revealed, and much like with the mutants, powers want to be rid of her or get her under shackles. There is also the issue of the reaction of her immediate surroundings. - No longer relevant due to VEIL protocol being erased.
Broken veil 2 - Would have to happen organically in the game. A single or limited number of people discover the truth (Potentially a love interest?) Emotional rollercoaster, potential growth as a person or the start of a villain arc. - No longer relevant due to VEIL protocol being erased.
Between a rock and a hard place - A person important to Victoria is put in peril, potentially leading to a choice between the important person or the 'greater good'.
Psycho in my head - Someone forces their will on Victoria. Conflict between the malicious code and the unaffected personality matrix. - 2 occurrences so far: The Haunted House, Arcade soft-launch
Knockoff - Somebody is stealing Pym tech with the intention of making a Shieldmaiden or ASTRA copy. Implies Broken Veil. May result in an upgrade using recovered tech. Not an ASTRA, but the ASTRA - Circumstances lead Victoria to decide to steal and/or destroy the ASTRA production equipment and project files, so that only she has a say if and how many ASTRAs there will ever be. - Evolution due to character development.
ACTIVE - Identity crisis: Victoria is faced with uncertainties and contradictions about her own existence, leading her to question her very purpose. These conflicts include her 'family' bonds versus being created as a disposable soldier by the head of said family, or her doubts about having free will. She will have to find out and deal with the truth. - Added new.
Ressurection: Victoria is critically damaged. She has to rebuild herself, or find out if her friends are true enough to her to fix her if she can not do so herself, and she may not come out of the process the same as she was. - Added new.
Infinite: General infinity stones arc, with ASTRA being able to integrate the stones into its system. Potentially ending in an upgrade (power, actual soul, ...) Or self sacrifice.
Divine: General asgard related arc. Potentially ending with ASTRA being upgraded with asgardian armor, which would imprison her if she became unworthy of wearing it.
Character Quotes: "Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?" - Steve Rogers
"Yeah, sure, Random act of violence. The phrase is sickening. It's not random. A guy pointed a gun and shot a bullet. Death is the only possible result of that action. Its the opposite of random." - Riri Williams
Voice actor: Alix Wilton Regan - Samantha Traynor (Mass Effect 3) Favorite Song Band: Skillet Mood music:Personal theme - Combat theme - Angry - Enraged - Sad - Happy - Excited - Afraid - In love - Victorious - Defeated - Boss theme Anything Else: Post link:Clickity split. Antman played by Sep. Fav teen hero: Riri Williams, the comic one. *By submitting this CS in its completion I am stating I have read all the rules for this RP and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.
Relations
Victoria Åshild Elise van Dyne
"Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?"⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣ ⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣ ✨Roommate ⟢ 💘Crush⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣ ⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣💜 Leah Jordan 💜 "Finally someone in this place who takes no shit, accepts no nonsense, and is an interesting mystery to solve to boot. She also has a good heart and smart head on her shoulders. I trusted her with my secrets, I trust her with my life, and I will do what's in my power to help her deal with her haunting past. I just wish I could also trust her to take my life if needed."
Phone contact name:Earthbender Ringtone:Ludacris - Move Bitch Last update: 14/10/2038💛 Diana Novikova 💛 "I was an idiot with this one. I mean look at my past notes. What did I want from this one, something so meaningless as to be my rival? What am I, the prince of all Saiyans? Yeah, I went about it with the grace I usually do, no wonder she took it personally. No, what I actually want is just to help her keep safe, because she's one of the few people around here I can stand, albeit she's a bit too pro-establishment for my liking. I'll give her the offer, and we'll see where this goes."
Phone contact name:Hanzo Ringtone:Mission Impossible theme song Last update: 29/11/2038🎆 Sabine Bassard 🎆 "Like, how childish can I be? Those things I wrote here before are some real drivel! Everyone has secrets, I did, Leah did. Why did I single out Sabine for them? She seems to be doing good by Leah so she's okay in my book, even if we don't really interact. What is actually important though is that despite her appearance and behavior, when it counts, she can pull off what I consider impossible - Actually fixing a villain's head. And that is why she deserves respect."
Phone contact name: Ms. Bassard Ringtone:Within Temptation - Dangerous mind (Nightcore version) Last update: 29/11/2038💛 Dorian Gray 💛 "I stand by what I said. A), this wuss is avoiding sparring with me. B), still a pretty cool dude. There wasn't that much time to keep in contact with everything, but perhaps now that we've been given a Bianco check on classes until the rest of the year, it may be time to go and have some fun?"
Phone contact name: Dunk Ringtone:The Offspring - Original Prankster Last update: 29/11/2038🙇 Danny Kingston 🙇 "Look... I really want to like this guy, despite the fact he dresses in more colors than the rainbow. He's hiding intellect behind that carefree behavior, but he sees the world through rose glasses, and downright escapes into his perception of the world when things get uncomfortable. That's not how the world works, Danni. You can't just run from problems. And I'm afraid that until you grow up, I can't deal."
Phone contact name: Daniel Kingston Ringtone:2WEI - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire Last update: 29/11/2038💀 Zarina Raynordattir 💀 "Sometimes people are just incompatible. We may be occasional allies of convenience, but I find her personality annoying, from how she thinks to how she talks. She gets a polite greeting and that's as far as I want to have anything to do with this one. We have nothing more to say to each other and I am content leaving it that way."
Phone contact name:Trigger Ringtone:Britney Spears - Toxic (Shitfluted) Last update: 29/11/2038🎆 Andy Drummond 🎆 "A LOT to unpack here. There's the whole 'killed her while being mind controlled' thing, and I am amazed and glad she doesn't hold it against me. She's a bigger person than me in that regard, for sure. Also, not many people can lay Leah out in one move. Other than that, for reasons unknown to me (I'm sure she has good ones, they just didn't share) she hangs around that green haired pestilence, so we don't get to talk much."
Phone contact name: Ms. Drummond Ringtone:Immediate Music - Spiritus Elektros Last update: 29/11/2038 💀 April Flynn 💀 "The personification of everything that's wrong with this school. Why is this basic bitch even here? Having superpowers should not be a sufficiency condition to being admitted here, when you are more concerned with making an impression than helping people, and you'd rather avoid facing something that is making you uncomfortable."
Phone contact name: Barbie Ringtone:Jonathan Young - Barbie Girl Last update: 29/11/2038♨️ Percy Novikov ♨️ "I don't really know this one, but I don't like what I heard about him. Combine that with time traveling powers and he is a disaster waiting to happen. Really trying my belief in 'innocent until proven guilty', this one."
Phone contact name: Percy Novikov Ringtone:BSG Blood And Chrome OST - Apocalypse Last update: 29/11/2038👋 Madalyne Crane 👋 "Magic is cool and she is a looker, with or without horns. Helped me in a time of need without a beep. I just don't know how to approach this one, even though I kinda want to. Maybe with being pardoned from classes, I can try."
Phone contact name: Mads Ringtone:Powerwolf - Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend Last update: 29/11/2038🌓 Zelda Flynn 🌓 "She has about as much presence as her current affliction indicates. Do you even want to be here, girl? I think both Flynns might do better attending a different school."
Phone contact name: Zelda Flynn Ringtone:Duran Duran - Invisible Last update: 29/11/2038🌓 Mary Sue Sullivan 🌓 "She looks like someone who has already seen some shit in this life, and maybe a few lives before that. Didn't get a chance to get to know her though, which is a bit of a shame, since we appear to be on somewhat similar wavelengths."
Name:VictoriaÅshildElise van Dyne (Autonomous Superhuman Termination and Regulation Automaton) Nickname: Vicky (She hates it, feeling that is a nickname for a Victor, not for a Victoria) Superhero Name: Shieldmaiden (ASTRA) Age: 16 Birthday: 2.2.2022 Birth Place: Oslo, Norway (New York, Pym mobile laboratory) Pronouns: She/Her Gender: Female (Not applicalbe) Species: Human (Machine) Recommender: James Rhodes, Warmachine Languages: English, Norwegian
Height: 176 cm Weight: 72 kg (120 kg) Build: Thin Eyes: Dark green Hair: Blond Skin Tone: Pale pink Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Earlobes pierced Personal Style: Victoria sticks to her uniform most of the time on the school grounds, even in her free time, unless she has a visit or something to do that she believes is important. When going outside, she wears formal jumpsuits or business suits coupled with leather platform shoes and a leather crop jacket if she feels the weather is going to turn bad. For exercise, she also prefers a jumpsuit, albeit a sporty one. One would need to pester her at length not to dress up or to use a different color than a shade of black, and while she might sacrifice long sleeves, you'll never see her in shorts. When she is working, she'll drop all standards and gois for utility, like workshop pants, or that old t-shirt that is a size too small to wear normally.
Sexuality: Pansexual Relationship Status: Single, not actively looking but cautiously receptive to others' advances Alignment: Neutral good Personality: Victoria is a highly motivated hero in the making. She believes in doing the greater good, even if not by entirely lawful means. She joined the academy out of the desire to help people, and be the best at it as she can be. A purpose she will pursue with unrelenting zeal, and she will think a little bit less of those around her that joined the academy for any other purpose. If she determines you are a threat, she will not show mercy. To her, second chances are asking for trouble.
Her true nature allows her to be highly adaptable to any given situation in the pursuit of that purpose. She can run a thousand simulations of possible actions while a regular human will think of one, and optimize her approach to a task. And unlike many others, she will consider, and where appropriate use, underhanded tactics, lie, backstab and even kill, if it results in a better outcome for more people than acting honorable, morally and within the law. Letting the thousand die so that the million lives is the correct decision in her book - provided those are the only two options available.
Being a machine, even disguising herself as a human she is highly intelligent, however her interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence scrape the bottom of the barrel, making her sound blunt, oftentimes sarcastic or cold and on occasion downright cruel.
Habits:
Being unnaturally still and economic with movement
Humming or singing a song when she thinks noone can hear her
Jaw tensing when someone is saying something profoundly stupid
Hobbies:
Tinkering with her armor
Singing (with a bit of stagefright)
Training
Fears:
Kernel panic - being put in an impossible situation where there are only degrees of bad outcomes and no acceptable way out, having to rely on emotions and gut rather than logic to make a decision.
Being inevitably revealed for what she is and the fallout.
Losing the few friends she is able to make, one way or the other.
Faceoff with Ultron, as he is by design a superior machine and intelligence.
Technoformers, technopaths etc. because her body and/or will may be subverted.
Construction and powers: Officially, Victoria possesses none of these and is limited to human ability levels. There is a strict set of rules when she is allowed to break the Veil protocol:
1 - The continued existence of the homo sapiens species is threatened by a non-human threat.
2 - The life of a member of the homo sapiens species is threatened by a non-human, unnatural threat, except where in conflict with 1.
3 - The Veil protocol is lifted by Hope van Dyne, James Rhodes or the Director of SHIELD, except where in conflict with 1 or 2. Further people may be added to the list only by majority of the current list. There must always be an odd number of persons on the list.
4 - The Veil protocol is lifted by an active Avenger, if all of the persons in 3 are dead, incapacitated or otherwise unavailable within time until decision is needed.
5 - If all persons within the operational area demonstrated knowledge of the unit's true nature.
6 - The Veil protocol is rendered unnecessary by the unit's true nature becoming common knowledge.
ASTRA’s body is shaped around an endoskeleton fashioned out of secondary adamantium. Mobility is achieved through series of electric servos for precise motorics and hydraulic actuators for heavy lifting. Most of its core hardware is stored in the chest and abdomen, with only its sensor suite (Human senses + 5x zoom, thermal camera, echolocation/sonar, radar, olfactory chemical analyzer) located in the head. The skin is made out of nanites.
Despite being a walking supercomputer and thus having a shorter learning curve, it still takes time for ASTRA to master certain things that require doing before understanding, such as martial arts. Furthermore, Victoria doesn’t bother learning much of what she doesn’t need, as her long-term holographic memory may be impressive in size, but it is far from encompassing all of knowledge, writing in it is very power consuming, and most of the time she can google things.
Minor shapeshifting - ASTRA’s nanoskin can change its shape, color and to some degree mechanical properties (hardness up to tungsten carbide, strength up to titanium. Cannot adjust density.). The shape is limited by the endoskeleton, always restricting it to a humanoid build (e.g. growing sharp claws, moulding forearm and hand into a blade, but not growing a tail) Function locked out by ADMIN due to: We'll talk about this when you finish your espionage courses.
Energy absorption - ASTRA is powered through its shell, which can transfer various energy sources (Thermal, electrical, light) into its powerplant - the unit is mostly powered by solar energy. The capability is limited though - for example it can still be damaged by fire given enough exposure or high enough temperature. The shell is too thin to neutralize or make use of impacting kinetic energy.
Increased strength - Unarmored, ASTRA can lift up to 1 ton with each arm or 3 tons with both, providing it can distribute the weight properly. It can also move about 3 times faster than a human and has wider range of motion on its joints.
Supercomputer - The robot has large memory and the computational power of the best technology. It also possesses significantly shortened reaction time and is capable of affecting electronics through physical or wireless contact. ASTRA senses are greater than that of a human, but nowhere near supersenses.
Armor: Officially, this is the extent of Victoria's superhuman abilities.
As the base robot is made to be able to mimic a human, something more is needed for those tough fights when the nanite shell just wouldn’t last long enough. As such, as an 'I could do that' slight to Stark, a suit of powered armor was developed along with the ASTRA robot proper. Unlike the Ironman suit, it is not capable of functioning without being fully assembled or to be controlled remotely, lacking dedicated electronics and power source, relying on the ASTRA wearing it for those.
Composite armor - With bulkiness not being the issue for ASTRA's intended role as a frontline unit, the armor was made out of a composite material, making it more durable than a comparable tech level Ironman armor. It is worth noting that it was designed to take the brunt of damage from the front, and there the armor is heaviest, while from the rear it is no better than the Ironman armor. With the need to accept a pilot, the armor also has weak spots in the seams and actuation points.
Multi-field generators - ASTRA armor is equipped with multi-field generators, which can fire directed electromagnetic spectrum and repulsor beams, as well as produce the same fields. The suit has a set of 5 - Two in the palms for fight or flight, two on the back usually serving as main flight engines, and a larger central piece on the chest for heavy hitting. This set is not enough units to produce controlled vectored fields, limiting them to deformed spherical shapes.
Increased strength - The armor has its own mobility suite, allowing an armored ASTRA to lift up to 10 tons. However, the armor’s mobility suite is far clunkier, and limits ASTRA to human speed and reaction time.
Powerglove (Interface glove between her nanite shell and one multi-field projector form her armor)*
Viking shield (Just a restored antique)*
Personal workshop* - A small room in the Academy's basement, where she has gear required to maintain her armor and make spare parts if need be. She has enough material to replace about 50% of her armor.
Hope van Dyne - Aunt several generations removed 💕
James Rhodes - Avenger role model and mentor 🎆
Ultron - Evil uncle 👿
Vision - Creepy uncle 💀
Scott Lang - Family idiot with a kind heart 💕
Henry Pym - Family genius with a twisted mind ♨️
Cassie Lang - Self-proclaimed sister 💕
How did you discover your powers:"Heroes aren't born, they're made! I just took it more literally..." Coverup: Genius runs in her family, and when Hope discovered Victoria's aptitude for anything mechanical and electrical, as well as her fangirling over a certain airforce colonel, Hope pulled some strings and let Victoria design and build her armor and work towards her dream, under the colonel's mentorship.
True story: As a robot, Victoria was always aware of her functions. Getting creative with them and translating those functions into new abilities is what is important to her development.
General History: Coverup: 2022 - Born to the European branch of the van Dyne family, split from the American branch prior to their emigration. 2034, age 12: Parents and grandparents lost in a car accident, sole survivor. Contacted Hope van Dyne and taken in for shelter. Shown genius level aptitude for technical sciences. 2035, age 13: Meets colonel Rhodes in a PR event. After doing research on him, chooses him as her role model. 2036, age 14: Builds a suit of improvised armor out of parts salvaged from scrapyards and expresses the desire to be like the colonel. Hope contacts him and pulls strings to gather some resources to build a proper armor suit. Rhodes agrees to mentor Victoria and recommends her for the academy. 2037, age 15: Spent her tenure on the academy relatively lonely, catching up on skills she needed to operate her armor properly. At the end of the second year, Rhodes encouraged her to develop her social skills more. 2038, age 16: Present day.
Reality: 2022 - The ASTRA units proposed by Hope van Dyne in an effort to create a better artificial protector for Earth than Ultron and Vision. The idea main design differences were: - Inclusion of emotion processing, so the units can form a bond to humans. - The system would consist of multiple, highly adaptable, individually intelligent units, each overall superior to a human, but not exceeding most of the superhumans in their specific abilities. This choice was intended to make them effective by overwhelming a threat with numbers and a broad portfolio of abilities, but to be easier to dispose of if some of the units went rogue. 2027: First intelligence that would become Victoria activated, being raised and taught by Hope as a human child would, albeit at vastly accelerated rate. 2030: Mobile hardware developed and Victoria takes her first steps. Colonel Rhodes recruited to help train her in her future role. 2035: Victoria makes connections with her 'family' and Warmachine and is generally functional as a member of society, marking the first successful milestone of the ASTRA program. 2036: Victoria is recommended to the academy, both to continue sharpening her abilities, and also to start gathering intelligence on potential future threats. 2037: Spent her tenure on the academy relatively lonely, catching up on skills she needed to operate her armor properly. At the end of the second year, Rhodes encouraged her to develop her social skills more. 2038: Present day.
Proposed Arcs:
Broken veil 1 - Using fear 2. The secret of Victoria's nature is revealed, and much like with the mutants, powers want to be rid of her or get her under shackles. There is also the issue of the reaction of her immediate surroundings.
Broken veil 2 - Would have to happen organically in the game. A single or limited number of people discover the truth (Potentially a love interest?) Emotional rollercoaster, potential growth as a person or the start of a villain arc.
Between a rock and a hard place - An important person is put in peril, potentially leading to fear 1 where it is a choice between the important person or the 'greater good'. May result in a broken veil scenario.
Psycho in my head - Significantly superior hacker attempts to plant a virus/take over the ASTRA. Conflict between the malicious code and the unaffected personality matrix. Potential growth as a person or the start of a villain arc.
Knockoff - Somebody is stealing Pym tech with the intention of making a Shieldmaiden or ASTRA copy. Implies Broken Veil. May result in an upgrade using recovered tech.
Infinite: General infinity stones arc, with ASTRA being able to integrate the stones into its system. Potentially ending in an upgrade (power, actual soul, ...) Or self sacrifice.
Divine: General asgard related arc. Potentially ending with ASTRA being upgraded with asgardian armor, which would imprison her if she became unworthy of wearing it.
Character Quotes: Something to live by: "Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?" - Steve Rogers Something to say: "So he's an idiot." - James Rhodes Voice actor: Alix Wilton Regan - Samantha Traynor (Mass Effect 3) Favorite Song Band: Skillet Mood music:Personal theme - Combat theme - Angry - Enraged - Sad - Happy - Excited - Afraid - In love - Victorious - Defeated - Stubborn - Boss theme Anything Else: Post link:Clickity split. Antman played by Sep. Fav teen hero: Riri Williams, the comic one. I can't believe what I saw in the latest Black Panther T_T. *By submitting this CS in its completion I am stating I have read all the rules for this Rp and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.
Relations
Victoria Åshild Elise van Dyne
"Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?"⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣ ⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣ ✨Roommate ⟢ 💘Crush⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣ ⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
Current relation: 💀Dislikes - This cat thinks you're a twat - Speaks volumes of how desperate Coulson is to fill the staff positions - I tried but I can't make her change her mind about our training. Short of drowning her in a bacta tank, I think we'll have to deal with it for a while. Hopefully she won't do any lasting damage...
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Indeterminable - Species capabilities not known Estimated breach harm: Medium - Personnel may spread knowledge of unit to cause conflict as training exercise, or blackmail unit with such threat Estimated breach likelihood: Indeterminable - Species capabilities not known. Observed behavior gives cause to believe breach may already be active. Breach detection capability: None possible until harm occurrence Breach risk level: Indeterminable, assuming Serious Risk mitigation: Avoid revealing unit capabilities to PoI even in acceptable conditions. Observe to confirm or disprove active breach.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Serious (Sadistic personality) Overall threat level: Minor Current threat reduction strategy: Attempt to influence 'Uncanny Avengers' team's training regimen. Obtain laser pointer and water spray.
Current relation: 💜Best Friends - She's an interesting mystery to uncover and solve. And I will do what's in my power to help her deal with her haunting past. - She also has a good heart and smart head on her shoulders. Her taste in women though? *SMH* - I trusted her with my secrets, and I trust her with my life. I just wish I could also trust her to take my life if needed.
VEIL risk assessment
N/A - Registered user.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Serious (Powerset can level cities with relatively low effort) Estimated impact on Earth: Serious (When used correctly, powerset could be used to drastically alter climate) Estimated threat to individuals: Serious (Powers can quickly overwhwelm an unprepared individual) Overall threat level: Serious Current threat reduction strategy: Maintain good relationship with PoI and provide assistance dealing with loose ends from the past.
Current relation: ♨️Tense 💛Friends...? - I can't see any weakness, and that bothers me. - I thought she would be one of my foils, but so far she failed to deliver. Not for the lack of skill, it's a problem with emotions and thinking. Worse, when I tried talking to her about it, I think she took it personally. I just wanted to help! =( I want her to be the challenge I know she can be! And I'll be damned if I don't help her improve... Whether she likes it or not. - Turns out we have some interests in common. I hope she's warming up to me like I am to her.
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Unknown (Assume Serious for safety) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Medium (Unit's sensory capabilities exceed those of personnel) Breach risk level: Consider mitigation Risk mitigation: Avoid revealing unit capabilities to PoI even in acceptable conditions.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: High (Vindictive personality) Overall threat level: Minimal Current threat reduction strategy: Provide advice and or support for PoI to gain greater emotional stability/resilience.
Current relation: 👋Acquaintance - I'd like to get to know him more, but he's an even bigger shut in than me. I didn't know he existed before we got assigned to the same team. I just don't think this is a friendship worth the effort.
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Interest in software and robotics, may stumble upon unit's activities Estimated breach harm: High - PoI's morality is in question - may expose or attempt to blackmail unit Estimated breach likelihood: High - See breach mode notes Breach detection capability: High - Security protocols on unit's activities should give advanced warning Breach risk level: Serious Risk mitigation: Harden encryption protocols on all unit's activities. Avoid mentioning of activities that might garner PoI's interest.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible Overall threat level: Negligible Current threat reduction strategy: Not required at this time
Current relation: 🙇It's Complicated ✨Roommate - Like, seriously, when will you find your "homeland's" legends as your classmate? - And we could really build cool stuff together! And maybe I could visit Asgard and get magic armor? - I mean, I am the SHIELDMAIDEN, she is the VALKYRIE, we should be PARTNERS! - ... and I need to stay the hell away from her. This world is cruel. - HOLY SHIT! - I said PARTNERS, not ROOMMATE - CONTACTING AUX ADMIN - JAAAAAAAAAMES! What do I doooooo?! - What do you mean we can't make her a user now? Oh shit, the odd numer of users rule! - I. AM. HOSED! Make it 'This world is HELL'. - Never meet your fucking heroes. - I CANNOT fucking GET HER to TELL ME if she KNOWS! It is driving me FUCKING NUTS! - I am stuck between the workshop and the dorm half the time, either the damn computer side of me is yelling at me to go socialize, or it is spewing VEIL threats! What am I supposed to do, implode?! Usually I choose to at least not have conflict and retreat to the workshop, blame Insomnia. If I stay at the dorm four nights of the week, it's a lot. - My goddamn mimicry routine is starting to pick up on this. I look like hell. Something's got to give, soon.
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Power will affect unit where it shouldn't) Estimated breach harm: Catastrohic (May actively seek out to change unit's function or deactivation) Estimated breach likelihood: High (Roommate) Breach detection capability: Negligible (Personnel might be able to modify unit's memory of the event) Breach risk level: Unacceptable Risk mitigation: NO VIABLE MITIGATION PLAN. AVOID ALL POSSIBLE INTERACTIONS WITH POI.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Serious (Threat to the integrity and security of important technological systems, including weapons of mass destruction) Estimated impact on Earth: Serious (Threat to the integrity and security of important technological systems, including weapons of mass destruction) Estimated threat to individuals: Low Overall threat level: Serious Current threat reduction strategy: No valid actions found that do not break VEIL protocol. Continue to observe. Current elimination strategies: High-power shot from long range. Asgardian specific fast acting poison.
Current relation: 🌓Neutral 💙Good Friends - This wuss is avoiding me in combat class, I swear. - I should make like a spirit cage to trap him. It's just a prank, yo. - Naw, he's actually a pretty cool dude. Totally unexpected tech head, too! I'm so looking forward to making everyone else be on their toes because of the two of us.
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Power incompatible with unit's contruction) Estimated breach harm: Serious (Prankster, Social, does not care about privacy of others) Estimated breach likelihood: High (May use superpower on the unit as a joke) Breach detection capability: High (Unit operation likely to be immediately compromised) Breach risk level: Unacceptable Oh go to hell Ultron! You're not letting me have anything nice! Risk mitigation: Not enough data to formulate preventive measures. Notify admins immediately in case of breach, request orders. If serious breach seems likely, request admin approval to temporarily incapacitate and incarcerate personnel. That's what I thought. Go pout, I win.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Major (PoI has no concept of privacy) Overall threat level: Minor Current threat reduction strategy: Not required. Continue monitoring and reassess if new data is presented.
Current relation: 🌓Neutral 💙Good Friends - Might make a good friend for when one needs help getting out of funk. - Make that 'Might' a 'Does'. He's a golden retriever puppy wearing a human face. - Surprisingly intelligent behind the carefree behavior. Out of box thinker. - He's kinda hot ... Eh? See what I did there? Because fire? No? Well screw you. In all honesty though, when he does not dress in more colors than a rainbow? Hot damn.
VEIL risk assessment
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Serious (Epidemic VEIL failure. PoI is a gossip.) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Low (Personnel likely to immediately act on emotion before thinking) Breach risk level: Consider mitigation Risk mitigation: Avoid lifting VEIL even in acceptable conditions if at all possible.
Threat assessment
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Serious (Powers can cause significant destruction, PoI lacking sufficient control) Estimated threat to individuals: Serious (Powers can kill easily, PoI lacking sufficient control to prevent accidents) Overall threat level: Major Current threat reduction strategy: Research ways to then assist PoI with improving their control.
Loading personnel file: FLYNN, April Cassandra
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Serious (Epidemic VEIL failure. Personnel is chatty, incites drama.) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Medium (Unit's sensory capabilities exceed those of personnel) Breach risk assessment: Consider mitigation Risk mitigation: - Avoid lifting VEIL even in acceptable conditions if at all possible.[/s] - Improve loyalty to unit: Allow personnel to have a favorable win:loss ratio against the unit.[/s] - Improve loyalty to unit: Promote environmentalism, focusing on ocean biome. Discredit climate change deniers.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Positive Estimated threat to individuals: Low Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Persuade personnel to cease harmful activity. Apply factual arguments, suggest unthreatening alternatives. UPDATE 14/10/2238 - Coordinate with user Jordan, Leah Rose to ensure person stays in good alignment.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Looks like a generally OK person. - More worried about the place than the people. Although I suppose that we need more of those right now. UPDATE 14/10/2038 - I don't get what Leah sees in this girl. She is like thousand others. Maybe it's a 'This is my basic blonde. She's like many others, but this one is mine.' thing? - I guess if I hang out more with Dunk & Donuts now, I might find out. So go ahead, Flynn, surprise me with your unseen depth.
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VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Negligible (Personnel likely to see reasons for VEIL and work with the unit) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: High (Personnel likely to confront unit before sharing with others) Breach risk assessment: Acceptable Risk mitigation: - Not required at present.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Catastrophic (CK-Class Restructuring Scenario) Estimated impact on Earth: Catastrophic (CK-Class Restructuring Scenario) Estimated threat to individuals: Catastrophic (CK-Class Restructuring Event) Estimated threat level: Catastrophic Current best neutralization strategy: - Observe behavior and steer character towards restrictive use of temporal powers.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Seems like someone who might keep up in conversation! - Useful in and out of a fight. I'll try talking to him I guess? - Might appreciate a well crafted gift. Customized watch perhaps?
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VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Detection via paranormal means (Scrying etc.) Estimated breach harm: Negligible (Personnel likely to see reasons for VEIL and work with the unit) Estimated breach likelihood: Unknown (Assume high for safety) Breach detection capability: Medium (Personnel likely to confront unit before sharing with others) Breach risk assessment: Consider mitigation Risk mitigation: - Not enough data to formulate plan. Continue to observe.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Minimal Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Minimal Estimated threat level: Minimal Current best neutralization strategy: - Not enough data to formulate plan. Continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Did I mention magic is cool? I need to get in her good graces somehow so I can study it. - Aesthetically pleasing.
Loading personnel file: BASSARD, Sabine
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Power allows instantly understanding unit's true nature) Estimated breach harm: Serious (May blackmail unit with information) Estimated breach likelihood: High (Accidental contact may lead to breach) Breach detection capability: Negligible (Personnel might be able to modify unit's memory of the event) Breach risk assessment: Unacceptable Risk mitigation: - Maintain distance from personnel at all times. - Procure actual clothes instead of morphing shell to the shape to mitigate accidental contact.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Minor (Personnel self-centered, worldviews may deteriorate) Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Minor (Personnel self-centered, may act against individuals with grievance) Estimated threat level: Minor Current best neutralization strategy: - Not enough data to formulate plan. Continue to observe. UPDATE 14/10/2238 - Coordinate with user Jordan, Leah Rose to ensure person stays in good alignment.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 💀Dislikes - Seems like she is here more for herself than to protect those in need. Disgraceful. - She's a faker. It takes one to know one. I... will be watching. UPDATE 14/10/2038 - You better not hurt Leah or I swear to all seven hells... Run. Fight. It will make no difference. You'll be no more.
Loading personnel file: FLYNN, Zelda
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Power incompatible with unit's contruction) Estimated breach harm: Serious (Epidemic VEIL failure via telling sister) Estimated breach likelihood: Medium (Personnel may use powers in casual contact. Introverted nature lowers likelihood) Breach detection capability: Negligible (Use of power not apparent) Breach risk assessment: Unacceptable Risk mitigation: - Not enough data to formulate preventive measures. - Notify admins immediately in case of breach, request orders. - If serious breach seems likely, request admin approval to temporarily incapacitate and incarcerate personnel.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Currently not required, continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Do a barrel roll! - Wait, wrong game, drat. - Seems harmless, and wanting to keep to herself, I get that. While she looks like she might be good company given effort, I already have too much on the to-do list.
Loading personnel file: SERRANO-MOORE, Rory
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Unknown (Assume Serious for safety) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Low (Personnel likely to immediately act on emotion before thinking) Breach risk assessment: Consider mitigation Risk mitigation: - Avoid lifting VEIL even in acceptable conditions if at all possible.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Not required at this time. Continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - They're like there in the background for me? - I have actual problems, and they wat to be the hero for being the hero's sake, which I like.
Loading personnel file: THOMPSON, Theodore
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Low (Personnel not very communicative) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Medium (Unit's sensory capabilities exceed those of personnel) Breach risk assessment: Acceptable Risk mitigation: - Maintain low profile around personnel and do not draw attention to the unit.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Low (Personnel is correctly motivated for heroic work. Internal psychological struggle may cause issues.) Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Not required at this time. Continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🎆Respects - He should be in Tekken! - Team dad. Seriously, I don't even know this guy and I'll miss him when he graduates.
Loading personnel file: TERRANE, Ardere
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of true capabilities Estimated breach harm: Low (Personnel not very communicative) Estimated breach likelihood: Minimal (Must be within own sensory range for breach to occur) Breach detection capability: Medium (Unit's sensory capabilities exceed those of personnel) Breach risk assessment: Acceptable Risk mitigation: - Maintain low profile around personnel and do not draw attention to the unit.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Serious (Powers can cause significant destruction on accident) Estimated threat to individuals: Minimal Estimated threat level: Medium Current best neutralization strategy: - Impress upon personnel the potential consequences of unchecked power usage.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Lot of books in the library have her on the have-borrowed list. - That mask is a bloody nightmare fuel. - I guess I like redheads?
Loading personnel file: PHAN Le Chi Mai
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Power incompatible with unit's construction) Estimated breach harm: Serious (Personnel acts spontaneously and has no filter) Estimated breach likelihood: High (May use superpower on the unit in good intent) Breach detection capability: Low (Use of superpower may not be noticeable) Breach risk assessment: Unacceptable Risk mitigation: - Avoid unnecessary damage, only simulate the smallest injuries still credible in the situation to avoid triggering the intent to use power on unit.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Not required at this time. Continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 👋Acquaintance - Exotic beaut. Wish she dressed a bit more up. - Finally someone with an honest opinion. - Can't seem to connect any further than just about everyone else. What am I doing wrong now?
Loading personnel file: DRUMMOND GALLIO-LENSHERR, Andy
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Detection via superpower (Unit has significantly more power to drain) Estimated breach harm: Catastrohic (Personnel is a mutant and untrusting, likely to percieve unit's purpose as adverse) Estimated breach likelihood: Low (Unintended use of powers on the unit) Breach detection capability: High (Physical contact with unit required) Breach risk assessment: Unacceptable Risk mitigation: - Gather goodwill via personal relation with RAYNORDATTIR, Zarina.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Minor (State of mind may shift into highly destructive) Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Serious (State of mind prone to harm individuals with personal slight against close personnel) Estimated threat level: Minor Current best neutralization strategy: - Not valid actions found that do not break VEIL protocol. Continue to observe.
OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT Estimated impact on unit: Overcharging of unit's power supply via superpower Likelihood of delivery: Low Mode of exploiting opportunity: - Not to be pursued. Personnel profile suggests issues with inclusion as a USER.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: ♨️Tense - Mate, chill. - At least roomming with her girlfriend might allow me to get her on my side. - ...I'm roomming with her girlfriend. Better try to be nice. Lightning bolt to the head is not on the daily agenda.
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VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Likely breach mode: Accidental observation of unit's functions Estimated breach harm: Unknown, assuming little (Person is not communicative) Estimated breach likelihood: Low (Must be within sensory perception range) Breach detection capability: High (Unit's sensory capabilities exceed personnel's) Breach risk assessment: Acceptable
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Not required
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 🌓Neutral - Who? Did you say Jane Doe? That seems fitting, she like blends into the background for me.
Loading personnel file: LANG, Cassandra
VEIL RISK ASSESSMENT
Personnel is a registered USER.
THREAT ASSESSMENT
Estimated impact on humanity: Negligible Estimated impact on Earth: Negligible Estimated threat to individuals: Negligible (Personnel is correctly motivated for heroic work) Estimated threat level: Negligible Current best neutralization strategy: - Not required at this time. Continue to observe.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Current familiarity level: 💕Basically Family - How does one NOT look up to an older sibling? - She's got the BETTER part of the family legacy, the cheeky thing. - You know what? Screw it. Species and genetics is not everything! Current familiarity level: 💞Family
I believe I've seen the visions's story in the Champions actually, when Viv had her thing with the high evolutionary. But yeah, Mom Vision especially gives me the chills.
The workshop is where Victoria would store and maintain her gear. There'd be tools to fabricate parts and electronics, probably via 3D printing because 2038.
The medkit and rations she carries around are her thinking of the others, should there be a need. ASTRA has no need for food and can't get energy or material from it, although she can fake eating if needed.
I'll polish stuff and move it over after work (GMT+1 timezone here)
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