[b]Player Name:[/b] Fuzzybootz
[b]Character Name:[/b] Mackenzie Leanne Newton
[b]Character Age:[/b]26
[b]Character Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Appearance:[/b] 
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[b]Profession:[/b]Robotics Engineer and Technician
[b]Nationality:[/b] Martian
[b]Strengths:[/b]
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Robotics:It is a highly interdisciplinary field that often includes computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, human–computer interaction and interaction design. There is a fine balance between hard study and fiddling about in the field and Mackenzie dances the line on a daily basis. She spends a lot of her time fiddling in the lab and Planning in her Quarters.  Her particular areas of study include A.I and Nanotechnology.

Computer Programming: There are hundreds of programming languages and even though Mackenzie does not know them all, she is able to adapt rather quickly and easily when the need arises.

Athletic: when not fiddling with machines Mackenzie enjoys staying active. She believes that a healthy body encourages a healthy mind. She can be seen every morning running or engaging in healthy competition with a friend.

Well-read/ cultured: Not only does she know several computer languages but she knows a few human ones as well. She speaks Japanese fluently, but German, French, and Italian only conversationally.
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[b]Weaknesses:[/b]
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Introvert:Large groups of people make Mackenzie uncomfortable. She prefers either one on one friendship or small groups.

Pacifist:Even though she enjoys good competition she believes that Violence is wrong. She will participate in martial arts as a sport but never as a means to an end. She enjoys Aikido and Tai Chi. 

Workaholic:Even when out doing other things Mackenzie is thinking about her work or the project she is currently working on. At times it is all she can talk about.
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[b]Personal Effects:[/b] Several books, which includes technical manuals and a very worn down copy of Fahrenheit 451, a picture of her father and herself, and lots of random computer and robot parts scattered about.
 
[b]Bio:[/b] 
Mackenzie Leanne Newton is the daughter of two highly influential and wealthy Martian family members. Her father, Carl Newton, was a well-respected and famous mechanical weapons engineer and her mother, Mercedes, was the heiress to a highly profitable mining company. They met, a year after Carl graduated college, at a fundraiser and spent the entire night together. They parted ways knowing that it would never have worked for them. However, three months later Mercedes reconnected crying that she was pregnant and her family would disown her if she didn’t marry the child’s father. Fearing the same scandal, Carl reluctantly agreed and they were married just a month before Mackenzie was born.
 
Mackenzie grew up privileged even among the Martian elite. She went to all the very best schools and even had tutors.Even during the Three Days War, which happened when she was 6, she was sheltered from the horrors.She had everything a young girl could want and desire. However, her family life wasn’t as happy as it might seem. It was very clear that Mackenzie’s parents were in a loveless Marriage. Her father worked all the time and her mother spent her time spending money and throwing lavish parties. Mackenzie was also her mother’s favorite person to harass. Mackenzie could never do anything right in her mother’s eyes. It wouldn’t be until Mackenzie was 16 that she discovered the reason for her mother’s treatment. Her father had never been a faithful husband and over the years he had many Mistresses. These times, however, he was always careful never to sire any more children. Mercedes had always been aware of his unfaithfulness and she let it continue if only to save herself from embarrassment. This was why she took her frustrations out on Mackenzie.  
 
Despite her father’s misgivings Mackenzie loved her father, and she knew that he loved her. He would often bring her gifts when he was away on long trips and he would spend many hours with her when he wasn’t working. He would even take her along with him to work and allow her to help him on his projects when she needed to escape her mother’s wrath. Her father recognized the latent talent in his daughter and helped to foster her work ethic and hone her skills. He taught her most of what she knows in engineering long before she ever went to college.
 
College was a mixed blessing for Mackenzie. On one hand, she had entered college a year earlier than most and was a spectacular student. She was always at the top of her class. However, her long hours spent studying didn’t leave her much time to socialize. In fact, she didn’t have many friends at all. The friends she did have either had the same field of study, and didn’t get out much themselves, or she had known them from outside college. One such friend was Amara Locke. She was the daughter of a military Admiral that Mackenzie’s father worked with occasionally. They grew up in the same circles and they found that they enjoyed friendly competition against each other. Even after they had both been accepted into separate Universities they had kept in contact with one another. They often would call each other to let off some steam when they had a big exam or to boast about a good grade.
 
Mackenzie studied hard and worked even harder. By the time she was just 22 she had successfully completed her doctorate in Robotics Engineering. She then spent her 2 years on active duty for the Martian Military. It was a hard two years and one she never could get used to. She was never truly good at following orders and always fell behind when it came to training. Luckily she spent a majority of her time working and repairing the various machines and robots the military used.  

Then tragedy hit when Mackenzie was 24. Her father, during an argument with her mother, had suffered a heart attack. Unfortunately, he did not make it. Mackenzie was left heartbroken. She could not bear to be around her mother, as Mackenzie blamed her mother for her father's death. In an act of grief and defiance Mackenzie left Mars to live on Earth.
 
Unsure of what to do with herself, Mackenzie delved deeper into her projects and studies. She even began work on her second degree in computer science.  When she was young she never really knew what father had been was working on, but it never really mattered to her. It wasn’t until the Project had gone public that she had learned of her father’s involvement. Apparently He was the lead Engineer on all the weapon designs and systems for all the Arks. He also had a hand in designing the weapons aboard the new Reaper-Class Cruiser.She and Amara had spoken about it in length as her father was also involved.
 
Then Mackenzie was approached by someone from the project itself. He claimed that she was a perfect candidate for the program and that her skills would be needed to save humanity. Mackenzie was hesitant at first, but after taking to Amara, she realized the best way to stay close to her father was to be around the things he had helped to create. She applied and was accepted almost immediately even though she had no idea what she would be getting herself into.
 
Initially, she was drafted to be aboard the Citadel, but just 3 days prior to the Devastator vessels appearing she was transferred to the Vitae.


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