POSTHUMAN ADVANTAGES:

PSYCHIC BLINDNESS GENERATION / FIGHTING PROFICIENCY

NAME: BETTE BODASCU

GROUP AFFILIATION: GAIA

ATTRIBUTES:

FIGHTING: INCREDIBLE [40]

AGILITY: EXCELLENT [20]

STRENGTH: EXCELLENT [20]

ENDURANCE: REMARKABLE [30]

REASON: EXCELLENT [20]

INTUITION: EXCELLENT [20]

PSYCHE: EXCELLENT [20]

HEALTH: 110

KARMA: 60

POWERS:

BLINDNESS GENERATION: BLINDSIDE WIELDS A UNIQUE FORM OF PSYCHIC SUGESTION: SHE CAN CONVINCE TARGETS THAT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR EYESIGHT. SHE DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE THE OPTIC NERVE OR ANY PHYSIOLOGICAL VISION COMPONENT, BUT HER ABILITY AFFECTS TARGETS AT A DEEP LEVEL OF COGNITIVE PROCESSING. HER VICTIMS BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN STRUCK BLIND, AND WITHOUT SPECIFIC PSYCHIATRIC THERAPY, WILL REMAIN SO PERMANENTLY. HER TEAMMATES HAVE ALL UNDERGONE CONDITIONING AND ARE IMMUNE TO HER ABILITY, THOUGH SHE HERSELF WAS NOT CONDITIONED WHEN THE ABILITY FIRST MANIFESTED, AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN NEARLY BLIND, RETROACTIVE THERAPY ONLY PARTIALLY RESTORING HER VISION. SHE CAN SEE CLEARLY ONLY AT CLOSE RANGE (3 ROUNDS) AND SUFFERS FROM UNCORRECTABLE NEARSIGHTEDNESS. THE TEAM IS AWARE OF HER CONDITION, THOUGH THE PUBLIC IS NOT. HER POWER MANIFESTS ITSELF THROUGH PHYSICAL CONTACT, WITH AMAZING POWER RANK.

FIGHTING PROFICIENCY: BLINDSIDE HAS TRAINED IN CLOE-QUARTERS MELEE AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, AND HAS BEEN EDUCATED IN MULTIPLE FIGHTING STYLES. SHE TAKES A +2CS TO STRIKE IN THESE CONDITIONS, AND +1CS TO PARRY OR DODGE. HOWEVER, DUE TO HER CONCEALED WEAKNESS, SHE IS AT -4CS TO PERFORM RANGED ATTACKS.

BLINDSIDE, KNOWN TO HER TEAMMATES AS 'BLIND BETT,' IS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL PSYCHIC WITH A FOCUSED LATENT ABILITY TO CAUSE MAMMALS IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH HER TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE SUFFERED BLINDNESS, THOUGH THERE IS NO PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT TO THEIR VISION. WHEN HER POWER FIRST MANIFESTED, SHE SUFFERED IT'S EFFECT PERSONALLY, AND INTENSE SPECIALIZED RETROACTIVE THERAPY ONLY PARTIALLY RESTORED HER VISION. AS SUCH, SHE IS LEGALLY BLIND BEYOND A SHORT DISTANCE, A FACT NOT PUBLICLY KNOWN. SHE IS A MEMBER OF GAIA, A POST-HUMAN TEAM FUNDED BY GREENFIRST, A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH TIES TO SEVERAL ECO-TERRORIST CELLS WORLDWIDE, FOLLOWING THE MILITARY ACTION AT THE GREENPEACE HEADQUARTERS THAT LEFT 347 CIVILIANS DEAD. BODASCU JOINED THE RADICAL GROUP UNDER THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT HER ABILITIES, WHICH CAUSED HER PARTIAL-BLINDNESS, WERE AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO A BIOCHEMICAL SPILL, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE FALSE, THOUGH THE GREENFIRST DID NOT INFORM HER OF THIS. HER ROLE ON GAIA IS SECOND LEADER, AND SHE ALSO ACTS AS THE GROUPS SPOKESPERSON IN MEDIA AFFAIRS. SHE TAKES A PSYCHO-SUPPRESSIVE SEDATIVE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH CIVILIANS, SO AS NOT TO AFFECT THEM WITH HER LATENT ABILITIES. THIS TENUOUS RISK IS UNDER SCRUTINY BY BITH TEAM LEADER FLASHPOINT, AND THE GREENFIRST GAIA SUPPORT PROGRAM, BUT HER ROLE HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED, SINCE HER MEDIA RATINGS ARE AT NEARLY 85% APPROVAL.