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FLIGHT // BODY ARMOR // ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE // PARTICLE BEAM RIFLE

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NAME: MILA SAVEEN

GROUP AFFILIATION: GAIA


ATTRIBUTES:


FIGHTING: EXCELLENT [20]

AGILITY: AMAZING [50]

STRENGTH: EXCELLENT [20]

ENDURANCE: EXCELLENT [20]

REASON: EXCELLENT [20]

INTUITION: EXCELLENT [20]

PSYCHE: GOOD [10]


HEALTH: 110

KARMA: 50

POWERS:


FLIGHT: ANISOPTERA WEARS A UNIQUE FLIGHT HARNESS EMPLOYING WHAT THE DESGNERS DUBBED 'BUOYANT ENERGY' TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WHEN DISTRIBUTED OVER AN ULTRA-LIGHT POLYMER MEMBRANE, ALLOWS HER TO PERFORM FEATS OF AGILITY WHILE SUSPENDED FROM THE GROUND. SHE CAN FLY AT REMARKABLE RANK AND RANGE, AND ACCELERATE/DECCELERATE TO FULL POWER RANK IN A SINGLE TURN. SHE MAY LEVITATE, CARRY LOADS OF UP TO HER STRENGTH LEVEL IN WEIGHT, AND PERFORM SUDDEN TURNS AND MANEUVERS IN MID-AIR WITH VIRTUALLY NO DRAG. SHE HAS TRAINED EXTENSIVELY IN UTLIZING THE HARNESS, AND AS A RESULT SUFFERS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE DISORIENTATION AND DISCOMFORT THE AVERAGE USER MIGHT EXPERIENCE UNDER SIMILAR FORCES. WHEN EXECUTING AN EXTREMELY SUDDEN MANEUVER, ANISOPTERA MUST MAKE A GREEN ENDURANCE FEAT. THE FIRST TEN ROUNDS OF CONTINUOUS OR FREQUENT FLIGHT, SHE PERFORMS THIS FEAT AT +2CS BONUS. FROM 10 TO 15 ROUNDS, AT +1CS, FROM 15-20 ROUNDS WITH NO BONUS, AND THEN SUFFERS EQUALLY PROPORTIONATE PENALTIES THE LONGER SHE REMAINS IN THE AIR. THE BONUSES AND PENALTIES ARE A RESULT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM MANIPULATION THE HARNESS INTERFACE USES WHILE MAKING IT'S UNIQUE CONTROL CONNECTION VIA HER SPINAL CHORD. IF ANISOPTERA FAILS THIS FEAT, SHE BECOMES TEMPORARILY DISORIENTED FOR ONE ROUND. THE HARNESS AND WINGS ARE OF REMARKABLE RANK ARMOR, AND HAVE FIGURATIVE HEALTH OF 50 POINTS, SURROUNDED BY A MINOR ENERGY FIELD. ADDITIONALLY, THE HARNESS IS POWERED BY A SOLAR BATTERY THAT RETAINS ENOUGH ENERGY FOR 24 HOURS OF USE BEFORE REQURING RECHARGE, WHICH OCCURS AUTOMATICALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF NATURAL LIGHT, AND DOES NOT REQUIRE SHUT DOWN. IF THE HARNESS SUFFERS HALF OF IT'S VIRTUAL HEALTH, ANISOPTERA MUST MAKE A POWER RANK FEAT EVERY THREE TURNS OR SUFFER A SYSTEMS FAILURE, LOSING FLIGHT CAPABILITY IMMEDIATELY. THE HARNESS MUST THEN BE REPAIRED BY ARFL TECHNICIANS BEFORE RE-USE. IN THE CASE OF SYSTEM FAILURE, ANISOPTERA MUST ALSO MAKE AN ENDURANCE FEAT OR SUFFER REPAIRABLE NEUROLGICAL DAMAGE AT POWER RANK.

BODY ARMOR: LIKE HER HARNESS, ANISOPTERA'S SENSORY-MESH FLIGHT SUIT EMPLOYS A MINOR ENERGY FIELD THAT ALLOWS THE MATERIAL TO RESIST PHYSICAL ATTACKS WITH GOOD INTENSITY, AND ENERGY ATTACKS WITH REMARKABLE INTENSITY. THE SUIT ALSO EMPLOYS EMP-SHIELDING OF INCREDIBLE RANK..

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE: THE FLIGHT SUIT AND HARNESS MAY RELEASE A SUBSTANTIAL ELECTRICAL CHARGE ON CONTACT, AS A DEFENSIVE MEASURE, AT EXCELLENT POWER RANK.

PARTICLE-BEAM CANNON: WHILE THE MAJORITY OF ANISOPTERA'S FIELD WORK FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INVOLVED DISASTER RELIEF, SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS TASKS, SHE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A COLLAPSABLE RIFLE THAT MOUNTS VERTICALLY ALONG HER LOWER BACK BELOW THE FLIGHT HARNESS, FOR USE IN COMBAT SITUATIONS. IT TAKES HER ONE ROUND TO DETACH AND UNFOLD THE WEAPON. IT EMPLOYS CHARGED PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE MEDIUM RANGE BEAMS OF COHERENT ENERGY, WITH REMARKABLE RANK AND RANGE. DRAWING POWER FROM THE FLIGHT HARNESS' SOLAR BATTERY, IT IS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED IN USE, AS LONG AS THE HARNESS IS FULLY AND CONTINUALLY RECHARGED.
Anisoptera is Mila Saleen, a former test pilot for ARFL [Advanced Robotics Flight Laboratory] in Perth, Australia. She was involved in a series of experimental 'buoyant energy' harnesses the consortium developed, each more sophisticated than the last. The final version of the technology had been the most stable, allowing high degrees of agility, speed and acceleration over sustained periods of use, and when wearing a special flight suit made of sensory-mesh, the operator became able to control the harness through nervous system inter-connections rather than the joystick articulators of the previous designs. This was to allow the wearer to hold equipment, weaponry, or perform tasks in mid-flight. While the technology was originally intended for law enforcement and emergency service applications, the project was stalled after it became clear, for an undetermined reason, that Saleen was the only pilot to be able to control the harness for any length of time without suffering severe nervous system disruption. During her longest and most ambitious test flight, Saleen was spotted by witnesses in a private helicoptor tour, after she had unintentionally exited the restricted airspace of the ARFL facility. Once handicam footage of Saleen, in her colorful flight suit, hovering fifty feet above the treeline, surfaced in the press, it became clear to ARFL Public Relations advisors that the project's potential in a PR capacity exceeded the likely possibility of bringing the flight suit design to market, and an agreement was reached with the Australian government, establishing Saleen as a Public Safety and Special Task liason wit the public, becoming one of the country's first sanctioned posthumans. She later joined Gaia, a team of powered individuals working on a global level, frequently returning to Australia as the need might arise.