[hider=Malkan][b]Name:[/b] Malkan “Mal” Malenfant [b]Age:[/b] 64 [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Race:[/b] Tekhsmi [hider=Tekhsmi Culture] [b]Culture:[/b] The Tekhsmis are a race of cyborgs believed to have been created by the god Apti, who wanted to gift the world with more technology. It is believed that Apti blesses each Tekhsmi child with their intelligence when they were born and give them each a specific role in society that they are supposed to carry out until their end. Because of this, the Tekhsmis have built a five-tiered caste system, each with a specific purpose to society. At the top of the caste system are a group of senators who rule over their society. The second caste system is a group of priests and priestess who presides over ceremonies and rituals to appease their god. The third caste are researchers whose drive is to invent and theorize how to better the world. The fourth caste are the engineers who take the ideas of the third caste and mass produce their ideas and the final caste is the group of skilled labours who create all the technology that the Tekhsmis use. Since it is believed that everyone has a certain role given to them by Apti, the Tekhsmis are very strict about knowing your place in society. Rules and rules and they were made for a reason. Those who break the rules are punished accordingly and shunned by society as it is understood that rulebreakers chose themselves over the benefit of their society. In addition, despite trading much of their tech to other races, they rarely talk to outsiders unless necessary. This is not because they want to stay out of conflict, rather they think other races are beneath them especially those who do not embrace technology like they do. Tekhsmis believe that one day, Apti will decide when to “upgrade” everyone to their standards and they can become rulers of a new age. [/hider] [hider=Racial Features][b]Racial Features:[/b] At first glance, Tekhsmis look like normal human beings. However, upon further inspection, one will notice the blue circuitry right beneath their skin, following the patterns of the human nervous system. This circuitry allows them to collect and parse data almost instantaneously. It also allows them to communicate by touching one another and transferring data. Tekhsmis brain also allows them to store vast amounts of information. It helps them rule or invent or build but also, they can hold a mean grudge. [/hider] [b]Appearance [/b] [center][URL=https://www.zerochan.net/1081430][IMG]https://s3.zerochan.net/Anikakinka.240.1081430.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/center] [b]Occupation/Ship Position: [/b]Engineer/Computer [b]Training: [/b] [list] [*] Electrical and Computer Engineering [*] Computer Programmer/Hacking [*] Very basic hand to hand combat [/list] [b]Powers: [/b] [list] [*] Technomancy: In a way, Malkan can commune with technology via touch. She can also infuse her essence into said items to control them though the bigger the tech the harder it is for her. [*] Electromagnetic manipulation: Malkan can see different objects and beings in the world as electric fields. Because of this, she is able to manipulate these fields to form an attack such as an EM blast or a defensive shield. In addition, by putting herself in a trancelike state, she can extend her conscious into these fields and wreak havoc without leaving a trace. [/list] [b]Equipment: [/b] [list] [*] Goggles/Glasses – Although she has perfect vision, Mal uses her goggles or glasses when the electric fields around her are too distracting or she wants to focus on the task at hand. [*] Cybernetic right arm – After the incident, Mal lost her right arm. Thus, she built herself a new one that helps her out. Like a swiss army knife, the arm houses many tools that Mal uses to build her tech. [*] Left gauntlet – Like her right arm, Mal’s left gauntlet also helps her build. It’s most notable purpose is to help her infuse essence into her tech. [*] Boots – Mal’s boots ground her when she’s working to help her avoid electric shocks. [/list] [b]Airship:[/b] N/A [b]Motivation: [/b]She’ll tell you it’s for the money, but it’s to survive, find a purpose in life. [b]Personality:[/b] Malkan’s general demeanor is sarcastic and indifferent though she can get tetchy when people touch her tech or ask about her past. [b]Flaws: [/b] [list] [*] Electricity – The circuitry in Mal’s own body can’t take high volumes of electricity or it’ll short out rendering herself simply human. She circumvents most shocks by modifying her boots to act as a ground. [*] Doesn’t understand worlds without tech. [*] Deathly terrified of Demons [/list] [b]Bio: [/b] Because intelligence is valued so much, young Tekhsmis are monitored very closely from the day they were born. The Tekhsmis have a centralized schooling system that all their children attend where the focus is engineering and math but also history and law. Upon completion, students take an aptitude test where they are placed in a caste. Then they are paired up with a mentor with the intent that they’ll replace said mentor upon their age of retirement. Upon taking her aptitude test and scoring a decently high mark, Malkan was placed in the third caste of invents where she was paired with her mentor Tibor. Tibor was a renowned innovator. Star-struck, Malkan sought to learn as much as she could from Tibor, and Tibor, seeing the potential in his young student, took her under his wing. However, Tibor also had other plans. For years, Tibor wanted to see if he could capture a demon and harness its powers. Without telling her his true motivations, Tibor tasked Malkan to help him build a machine for the sake of “harnessing powers not familiar to the Tekhsmis”. If asked, Malkan will make up a story but the truth is that she doesn’t even know herself. She assumes Tibor lost control of the demon but all she remembers is finishing the machine and had moved on to another project when a loud explosion rocked the building. Sensing that it was it was towards her mentor’s lab, Malkan ran over to check to find him battling a demon. She joined in, only to be quickly knocked out. When she came to, it was a week later. She was missing an arm and according to the doctors, the only reason why she survived was because she had exalted. Apparently, the demon had leveled a whole city before it could be disposed. It killed thousands of Tekhsmis, including Tibor. Enraged by the tragedy, the senators put her on trial as soon as she could walk again. Despite valuing the exalted for their rarity, the senators did not want to chance another fiasco like this. For her part in this event, Malkan was banished and erased from Tekhsmis history. For a time, Malkan roamed Elysia, lost. She discovered she had new powers that she didn’t understand or could control properly. Malkan did a few odd jobs here and there to survive before falling in with the Marauders. [/hider]