Name: Diana Vultz
Title: Captain of the Frigate Ariadne

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 126lbs
Age: 31
Race: Transhuman - A human who is in the process of becoming an exhuman, a person who has been modified so much that they are not considered human by conventional standards.

Tier/influence: 3 (Regional) - Though extensively modified, Diana has no weapons or gear that could cause extensive damage on their own, and no supernatural, psionic or magical capabilities whatsoever. The only exception to this is her ship: though it is hardly unique, by the very nature of ship weaponry it will easily outmatch a personal firearm.
Groups: The Archimedian Collective

Appearance: Diana is of fairly average height and weight, with a metal-based product replacing her skin. It is obviously not real, but it is of the expensive kind that is close enough not to be considered ugly by non-Archimedians. She has bright blue eyes, and a brighter third eye in her forehead. There are very obvious lines where the sheets of synthetic skin meet, and a small vent on each cheek to prevent the overheating of internal mechanisms. Her hair is dark, and usually tied back in a ponytail.

Personality: Diana is a skilled leader, and very loyal to her crew. She commands loyalty through respect, being known as an excellent improviser. She'd rather act quickly with the best option immediately available than wait in the hope that a new one will present itself. Other captains call her impatient, but they can't deny that she gets results. She knows she'll have difficulty if she ever has to abandon ship, as it has significant sentimental value to her, as many other ships do to their own captains. Even if she does, she will make sure that every other person on the ship is safe before she'll even consider escaping herself. She is no fanatic, but Diana generally supports the exhumanist beliefs of the Archimedian Collective.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers:

• ⁽³⁾ Noteworthy strategist: First and foremost, Diana is an excellent captain, capable of winning battles (somewhat) against the odds, but being able to recognise when the fight is hopeless and flee without letting pride get in the way.
• ⁽²⁾ Weapons traning: Diana is proficient in the use of personal armaments, primarily pistols but also assault rifles, carbines and subs when the need arises.
• ⁽³⁾ Respected Commander:It takes more than intelligence to be a good leader: you need to be able to command respect from your fellows as well, and Diana does just that. With a reputation like hers, her entire crew is happy to serve under her.

Items:

• ⁽³⁾ Metal-based skin replacement: Bullet resistant, and reduces impact from blunt force, but virtually useless against energy-based attacks, and armour-penetrating rounds will usually get through.
• ⁽³⁾ Third eye: Can zoom in on distant locations, apply night vision or thermographics, and overlay a heads-up display onto normal vision. Also can optionally transmit audio and video to another location or make recordings.
• ⁽³⁾ Piston-based muscle enhancement: Pistons built in and around muscles of arms and legs increase physical strength, and reinforce bones to protect them from being broken when maximum force is used.
• ⁽²⁾ Officer's revolver: Standard-issue high-calibre revolver. High per-shot recoil, high armour piercing capabilities.
• ⁽¹⁾ Officer's uniform: Mostly non-practical, but allows recognition by both allied and enemy forces.
• ⁽²⁾ Monetary funds: Officers are well-paid, so a large amount of money is available, in Archimedian drachmas.
• ⁽⁴⁾ Frigate Ariadne Frigates are ships designed to protect the main force, and the Ariadne is an example which is small, but highly manueverable, with mid-range armour and weaponry.

History:
Diana was born to Andrew and Eliza Vultz on the hab-ship Medea. Exposed to only one opinion on the subject of exhumanism her entire childhood, she quickly developed the same one. However, she did not have the patience for the slow, logical approach that a researcher or inventor which so many of the Collective were would need to take. She was more suited to acting on impulse, and the only way that kind of mentality can survive in the Archimedian Collective is in the military. So that's where Diana headed, distinguishing herself as often as she could and moving at a steadfast pace up through the ranks. She made it to where she is now and established a reputation for competence, earning herself some improvements along the way.

Name: Depth
Titles: The Omega Wave

Tier/influence: 3 - Though Depth could technically become infinitely powerful, for practical reasons this will never happen. What she has already is not to be ignored, however, and even her mundane capacities are notable.

Groups: None currently.

Height: 5'5"
Weight: 113 lbs (each)
Age: 24 (original body)
Race: Human - Well, sort of. Depth is a hive-mind-like conscience caused by a recently discovered form of brain wave, "The Omega Wave". This brainwave can only be created by those with a rare gene (named the Parell allele, after Richard Parell, who discovered it. In this case, "rare" means about one person in a billion) that is otherwise dormant, and even then there are other requirements to stimulate the brain into the near-meditative state that joins it with Depth. After a few hours in this state, the process is complete and the subject's mind becomes a part of Depth's. It should also be mentioned that during these few hours, the subject's body changes to become identical to the others that already make up Depth, absorbing nearby biomass if the current body does not naturally have enough.
Appearance: Each part of Depth is biologically female (the reason she uses feminine pronouns for herself), and a human, or anyone versed in human races, would assume they are of Asian origin, if they didn't already know the truth about their creation. They have brown eyes, are somewhat short, and have long, straight, black hair usually worn loose.

Personality: Due to Depth's unusual circumstances, her personality is equally unusual. She has difficulty empathising with normal human beings, and follows a set of morals quite different from them. She considers order to be important, but she beleives herself most fit to be in charge. She doesn't care much for high concepts, nor does she beleive life to be sacred. It comes, it goes. As such, people can be very easily unnerved by Depth. You're never completely certain what'll piss her off, and when you do, she might kill you for it.
Depth is generally very calm, and more likely to rely on logic than emotion. What fear she feels she ignores, preferring to make a decision on whether or not to flee based on the most likely outcomes and the results of each. She rarely shows emotion, though she is not emotionless, she is simply reserved. She can also go for huge amounts of time without human interaction, she has five of herself as it is.

Abilities, Talents, Traits and Powers

• ⁽³⁾Assimilation: Depth can forcefully assimilate anyone born with the Parell allele, effectively creating another of her. As described above, they gain her appearance and share her thoughts. Their personality and memories are destroyed, but their mental processing power is added to Depth's.
• ⁽²⁾Surge: When someone is assimilated into Depth, they are cured of almost all biological problems they may face, due to a genetic surge occuring as they are assimilated. They may be infected at any point after this, but they do not suffer from aging.
• ⁽³⁾Hive Mind: All bodies share a single consciousness. They are not governed individually, and all senses are percieved at once. If one dies, even the original body, the rest do not suffer besides a loss in processing power.
• ⁽³⁾Superhuman Processing: Depth can think and react much faster than a typical human, having access to five minds, and has excellent memory of events where multiple bodies were present. Additionally, all skills that the minds had before assimilation may be accessed by each part of Depth.
  Current bodies/skills:
  
  • Original body: Aside from her genetics, the original body wasn't particularly unique. Studied genetics at university, allowing Depth to understand how and why she is how she us.
  • Two test subjects: These were other generic human beings that were kidnapped in order to test the effects of Depth's abilities. No unique skills.
  • A soldier: One of the guards assigned to prevent Depth from escaping between tests. Depth has proficiency in gunfighting and modern combat from him.
  • A black market dealer: Someone moderately successful at their job, moving illegal merchandise wherever people would pay for it. From her, Depth has knowledge of how to pilot mid-sized spacecraft, and get just the right price for guns, drugs and whatever else people shouldn't have.
• ⁽²⁾Deeper Sight:Depth can find people with the Parell allele. She simply feels "drawn" to people with the gene, and can instantly recognise that they have it upon seeing them.

Items

• ⁽²⁾Mid-range ballistic weaponry: Nothing too fancy, but definitely reliable for keeping someone alive. Sub-machine guns and pistols, enough for each part of Depth.
• ⁽³⁾Smuggler's ship: No guns whatsoever, and only lightly armoured, but it's fast and quiet. Good for its job.
• ⁽¹⁾Contraband: All sorts of illegal goodies, but unfortunately not of much use unless you're not already armed, and even then you won't be that happy.

History: A little over a year ago, the Parell allele was discovered by a Frixion Prime-based bioengineering company. Unsurprisingly, they wanted to make money out of it, so they decided to test the allele, to recognise its capabilities. To this end, they kidnapped a young woman they knew to have it (she had been studying genetics at a university at the time. It wasn't too hard to get records of her genetics), and after a lot of work, they managed to induce the Omega Wave, creating Depth.
When they discovered Depth's abilities, they realised they had made a mistake. They had made themselves the enemy of something potentially very powerful, but couldn't go to anyone for help without their crime being discovered. They intended to hold Depth captive, potentially indefinitely.
An incredible stroke of luck prevented this, however, when Depth discovered that one of the guards keeping Depth contained had the Parell allele. On a night shift, she managed to assimilate him, unlock her door and escape. Since then she's been lying low, getting off the planet when she found a fifth carrier of the gene. She now means to build up her wealth and influence throughout the galaxy.

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