[u][b]Important NPCs:[/b][/u]

[hider=CETM Command][indent]
[hider=Oleander, Margaret][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/mXcdMS2/Oleander.png[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Secretary Oleander, Margaret
[b]Position:[/b] Director of CETM
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 67
[b]Nationality:[/b] American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Professional, rational, cold. Secretary Oleander is calm, commanding, and sometimes intimidating.  She is not afraid to take risks and is always weighing the pros and cons, always considering whether the expedient approach or the long-term plan is better.  Some say she is too cutthroat, too willing to sacrifice the few for the many, but the way she sees it, she will do whatever it takes to ensure that mankind survives.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Secretary Oleander was an unassuming, but efficient aide to the United States Defense Secretary. After the Defense Secretary's untimely death during the Vega alien attack, Oleander assumed the position briefly before she was nominated for her current post. Oleander oversaw the founding of CETM and the Four Projects, showing enormous success during subsequent extraterrestrial incidents.  Not one to sit on her laurels, and with the foresight to anticipate more dangerous incidents to come, Oleander plans to build on her success and innovate the Projects even further.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=a187be]a187be[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Project Olympian][indent]
[hider=Kawakami, Manaka][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/hHkHPhj/Kawakami-1.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Dr. Kawakami, Manaka (née Tsukamoto)
[b]Position:[/b] Olympian Project Lead, Chair of the department of Xenosociology
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 40
[b]Nationality:[/b] Japanese
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Empathic, cheerful, observant. Manaka is one of the few humans privy to the Hyperian social theory known as the central dogma of xenoarcheology, and though her primary interest is learning how Hyperian civilization developed as a way to forecast how human civilization might also develop, she is also intrigued by the kaiju.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Manaka joined the original Hyperian ship research team as a young student and grew close to Kawakami Shigeru, a fellow student who would end up becoming Hyper Man. One of the few survivors of the Vega alien escape, she knows the Hyperian ship and language the best but keeps a lot of knowledge close to her chest.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=f49ac2]f49ac2[/color][/hider]
[hider=Kawakami, Shinobu][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/VvYmzfC/Kawakami-2.jpg[/img]

[hider=Hyper Man X][img]https://i.ibb.co/VT4fFy2/Hyper2.png[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Kawakami, Shinobu
[b]Position:[/b] Hyper Man X's human host
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 18
[b]Nationality:[/b] Japanese-American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Shinobu is a gentle soul burdened with the responsibility of protecting humanity. Haunted by dark secrets of the universe, Shinobu tries his best to live up to expectations. Shinobu keeps others at arm's length out of fear of divulging confidential information about the Hyperians.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]The son of Kawakami Shigeru, Shinobu was chosen to be the vessel of Hyper Man X, the Hyperian who came to replace Hyper Man as Earth's protector.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=fff200]fff200[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Project Titan][indent]
[hider=Park, Raymond][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/b26bbND/Park.png[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Dr. Park, Raymond
[b]Position:[/b] Titan Project Lead, Chair of the Department of Xenobiology
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 38
[b]Nationality:[/b] Korean-American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Laidback, easygoing, genius. Raymond is surprisingly young for a man in his position. To many, he may appear lazy, but most of his greatest ideas come to him when he is relaxing, making him more of a 'creative' and 'inspired' scientist than others who tend to 'brute force' their way to scientific progress. Unfortunately, Raymond's proclivity towards less-than-ethical scientific practices has gotten him censured in the past, but his intellect earned him a place at CETM.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]For those who know, Dr. Park is an infamous geneticist whose experiments were ridiculed as pointless celebrity stunts despite the advanced techniques employed. Despite his brushed with the law, his work at CETM has wiped his slate clean.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=00aeef]00aeef[/color][/hider]
[hider=Atlas]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/a1/21/d1a12122d8c588fbd746a0f4d2c74102.jpg[/img]

[hider=Stag beetle][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e4/ef/ce/e4efce59c13af218f2a176c8dab5bb5a.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Atlas
[b]Position:[/b] Project Titan Experiment #01
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 17
[b]Nationality:[/b] Chinese-American
[b]Form: [/b]Stag Beetle
[b]Power: [/b]Hard Shell - can absorb and is impervious to all damage for a period of time.
[b]Source of Energy:[/b] Sugar
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Like his favorite food, Atlas is sweet. His timid nature and desire to get along with others make him quite the pushover, but the researchers have come to appreciate his genuine kindness (especially when Phoebe and Daphnis are fighting for the thousandth time).[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]The first Project Titan experiment, Atlas was a moderate success. His skills and powers are not as varied and developed as the other children, but what he does, he does well.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=7F4937]7F4937[/color][/hider]
[hider=Daphnis]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/97/24/83/9724835dba6a579124bd924997dc25a9.jpg[/img]

[hider=Mantis][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/ad/7a/caad7a599af4c0420a61479f95e25594.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Daphnis
[b]Position:[/b] Project Titan Experiment #02
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 17
[b]Nationality:[/b] German-American
[b]Form:[/b] Mantis
[b]Power(s):[/b] Sharp Limbs - Her arms and legs are deadly sharp and can be used as weapons. Camouflage - she can change aspects of her appearance to blend in to the environment.  
[b]Source of Energy:[/b] Living things
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]The poster child of Project Titan, Daphnis has a big head and a tendency to lord herself over others, leading to frequent conflicts with Phoebe. She's smart, adaptable, and aggressive.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Daphnis has exceeded expectations in every category of her development, and Project Titan has especially high hopes for her use in combat against extraterrestrials, although her skills lie more in espionage than all-out battle.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=77D300]77D300[/color][/hider]
[hider=Phoebe]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f5/5d/3c/f55d3cbe70b490217473bbf7695195ea.jpg[/img]

[hider=Moth][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e0/71/6d/e0716dff37b4da2864e2dbb0d776ff31.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Phoebe
[b]Position:[/b] Project Titan Experiment #03
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 17
[b]Nationality:[/b] Greek-American
[b]Form:[/b] Moth
[b]Power:[/b] Flame Ray - after absorbing enough heat energy, she expels it in a powerful blast. 
[b]Source of Energy:[/b] Heat
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Alien DNA or not, Phoebe has always been a handful. She's a loud, brash, headstrong girl who prefers to fight fire with fire and never needs an excuse to get physical. She struggles with the changes happening to her body and the strong emotions that come with.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]One of the first batch of Project Titan's experiments, Phoebe was injected with alien DNA in the womb and grew up under the watchful eye of Dr. Raymond Park and his crew. Like the other children of Project Titan, she is a test tube baby who does not know any of her biological ancestors, although the surrogate who gave birth to her was a CETM employee who was transferred out of The Bay once Phoebe was born. [/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=FA3EFF]FA3EFF[/color][/hider]
[hider=Calypso]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/9c/a4/ca9ca44e897c4c01342d361cce48ca1b.jpg[/img]

[hider=Firefly][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/54/e2/6f/54e26fd622ed7c8c39ea1a0278388e5a.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name: [/b]Calypso
[b]Position:[/b] Project Titan Experiment #04
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 17
[b]Nationality:[/b] African-American 
[b]Form: [/b]Firefly
[b]Power:[/b] Charming Light - her light attracts, stuns, and hypnotizes others.
[b]Source of Energy:[/b] Magnesium
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Flirty and airy, Calypso stays out of the drama and always seems to have her head in the clouds. Her charismatic personality has helped her negotiate better conditions for her and her "siblings," and Dr. Park at least has taken note of the sharp eyes that lie beneath her rose-colored glasses.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]The most physically frail of the Project Titan experiments, Calypso plays a support role to the other three in combat situations.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=DBFF00]DBFF00[/color][/hider]
[hider=Metharom, Tirapon][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/67pQkYXr/ikezawa-kazuma-600-986994.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Metharom, Tirapon
[b]Position:[/b] Telepathic Communications Specialist
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 18
[b]Nationality:[/b] Thai
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Tirapon is quiet, perceptive and deeply introverted. With the ability to send and receive thoughts, Tirapon recognizes the responsibility that must come with this power, and tends to avoid people for fear of inadvertently breaching their privacy.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Tirapon was born in Thailand to a poverty-level family. Ten years ago, when he was eight, Tirapon began developing his telepathic abilities.  At first he used it to play tricks on his classmates and cheat on exams, but then he started using it as a parlor trick at a local Buddhist shrine, claiming a certain level of divinity. News of this spread and eventually the authorities took him in and imprisoned him. He spent a few years in a clandestine research facility before he was paid a visit by Dr. Park. After a few more interviews with Dr. Park, he was freed and allowed a several months-long return to his family before Dr. Park came back for him to enlist him for his important mission with CETM.[/indent][b]Color:[/b][color=92278f] 92278f[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Project Colossus][indent]
[hider=McCulloch, Helen][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/ZNqkMHz/Mc-Culloch.png[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Dr. McCulloch, Helen
[b]Position:[/b] Colossus Project Lead, Chair of the Department of Physics
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 45
[b]Nationality:[/b] Australian
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Sullen, callous, alienating. Helen is a workaholic who expects the same commitment from her peers and underlings.  A purist, she is skeptical of employing Hyperians and human-monster hybrids for protection and worries about what horrors that kaiju-based research may bring, and therefore feels that her position as a naysayer within CETM is crucial to keep things from getting out of hand.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]A nuclear physicist working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in the Bay Area, Dr. McCulloch saw the Vega alien's destruction firsthand, losing many of her colleagues and life's work in the process.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=ed1c24]ed1c24[/color][/hider]
[hider=Yunus, Selim][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/sgrGR35/Yunus.png[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Dr. Yunus, Selim
[b]Position:[/b] Chair of the Department of Engineering
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 74
[b]Nationality:[/b] Turkish
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Jovial, curious, philosophical. Selim is an accommodating man who collaborates closely with The Bay's defensive infrastructure, working with both Projects Colossus and Myrmidon. The existence of extraterrestrial life challenges his beliefs, but that has only led him to be more welcoming of aliens than many of his peers, as he is curious about how belief systems might develop on other worlds and if there is a higher, unifying, metaphysical truth.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Dr. Yunus remembers a world before kaiju and Hyperians, a world that made sense, despite humanity's tendency towards violence and greed. Part of him wonders if the arrival of the kaiju are a good thing, as it seems to have galvanized humanity towards the unified goal of survival. Still, inequality and corruption still exist, so maybe not.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=39b54a]39b54a[/color][/hider]
[hider=Anvi Kharbanda]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/45/c4/51/45c451bd7b566df3bb2f7cf5f35758ac.jpg[/img]

[hider=Talos][img]https://i.ibb.co/sdRjtNns/Talos.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Anvi Kharbanda
[b]Position:[/b] Project Colossus Mech Pilot
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]Nationality:[/b] British-Indian
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Warning: Anvi has teeth, and she will bite. From the streets of the UK to the halls of The Bay, Anvi has attacked every challenge, every directive, every insult and every weird look with the same razor-sharp finesse. Anvi is particularly defensive with Ruth-Ann Meyers, another pilot with Project Colossus who joined at the same time. The two quickly became close, and Anvi becomes outright feral when Ruth-Ann is threatened.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]A street urchin scouted by Project Colossus' recruitment team, Anvi quickly proved her mettle to Dr. McCulloch and scared away the other mech pilots. Her unconventional approach to problems and her refusal to let any opening go unexploited make her an asset against ever-adapting alien attackers.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=4E25FF]4E25FF[/color][/hider]
[hider=Ruth-Ann Meyers]
[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/fe/4a/99fe4a772bb041fe7059aaef9f463c09.jpg[/img]

[hider=Galatea][img]https://i.ibb.co/9xYKdms/Gundam-Aerial-Bit-On-Form-Front.webp[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Ruth-Ann Meyers
[b]Position:[/b] Project Colossus Mech Pilot
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 13
[b]Nationality:[/b] English
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Adorable, clever, sensitive. Ruth-Ann lives in her own world. Her reliance on sensory aids and her discomfort in social situations may put her at a disadvantage on land, but in the suit, she becomes unstoppable. If the mechs didn't require daily maintenance, Ruth-Ann would eat and sleep in hers. She loves nothing more than to hole up inside it like a rabbit in a burrow.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]A nonverbal gifted student with a hyperfixation on robots and mechanical wonders, Ruth-Ann was put on to Project Colossus as a middle school student and never looked back. Her parents worry about the consequences of war on their little girl, but there's nobody on Earth that doesn't understand the dire straits they're in, and Ruth-Ann has blossomed under some of the best education and technology the planet has to offer.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=C1DDFF]C1DDFF[/color][/hider]
[hider=Chthonia][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/xX8fW4x/Mayura.jpg[/img]

[hider=Aetos][img]https://i.ibb.co/1GK9tfJD/Aegis-Gundam-29.webp[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Chthonia
[b]Position:[/b] Project Colossus Mech Pilot
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]Nationality:[/b] American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Obedient, sharp, arrogant, lost. The only Spartoi that went to completion, the chip implanted in Chthonia's brain has suppressed a lot of her humanity, but made her an incredible pilot, something she clings to as part of her identity.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Genetically and cybernetically enhanced, Chthonia was the only completed member of Project Spartoi. Hand-picked by Dr. McCulloch for her obedience, Chthonia demonstrated her ability to endure incredible g-forces and was assigned to pilot Project Colossus' fastest mech.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=7bcdc8]7bcdc8[/color][/hider]
[hider=Rohrmann, Nils][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/BDM8S98/image0.jpg[/img]

[hider=Pandora][img]https://i.ibb.co/rKWShJGy/61hk7-C94-NGL-UF894-1000-QL80.jpg[/img][/hider][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Rohrmann, Nils
[b]Position:[/b] Project Colossus Mech Pilot
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 17
[b]Nationality:[/b] German
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Timid, overlooked, gullible. Nils is a fish out of water; eager to prove his usefulness while not having the tools to do so. Keenly aware that he is seen as a disappointment, he will do anything to show he belongs.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]When Nils' telepathy was discovered, Dr. McCulloch demanded he be placed in Project Colossus as Project Titan already had one. She wanted him to test her newly developed brain-machine interface, which would allow him to control the mecha s if it were his own body. While the device worked in concept, Nils was himself too clumsy to put the device to good use and relegated to the back lines.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=aba000]aba000[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Project Myrmidon][indent]
[hider=Hernandez, Maya][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/0X3P34T/Tsukamoto.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Major General Hernandez, Maya
[b]Position:[/b] Project Myrmidon Lead, Major General of CETM's Security and Defense Protocol
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 31
[b]Nationality:[/b] Hispanic-American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Strict, disciplined, scrutinizing. The Bay is protected by a special branch of the United States Armed Forces under Maj. Gen. Hernandez's command. It is not only her duty to ensure that the regional defenses aid the CETM Project combatants in their tasks, but also to subdue them should they ever turn on the humans. She does not know if her small army is up to such a task.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Maj. Gen. Hernandez was only 11 when she saw the news of the Vega alien attack. Her father, part of the naval fleet stationed in San Diego, mobilized to deal with the threat. A few days later, he was given a military funeral with honors along with all those who died fighting the alien. Maya was part of the first batch of soldiers trained under a new, brutally exhausting, anti-kaiju curriculum and regimen. Though she is grateful to the Hyper Men for defending Earth, she believes that humanity should step up.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=9e0b0f]9e0b0f[/color][/hider]
[hider=Pelorus][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/mVYvwZpP/Machina-X-Flayon-Portrait.webp[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Pelorus
[b]Position:[/b] Project Myrmidon Fighter Pilot
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]Nationality:[/b] American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Snarky, vindictive, abandoned. Pelorus has a chip on his shoulder and is always trying to prove himself. Slighted at having his prowess overlooked and passed over, he envies that the spotlight is shown upon those he considers lesser and rails against the fact that he is little more than an over glorified delivery boy.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Part of a now-defunct sub-project of Myrmidon, Pelorus was the result of Project Spartoi, an attempt to create genetically enhanced supersoldiers that was shut down when Dr. Park's demonstration that kaiju DNA could successfully be incorporated into human cells allowed him to commandeer all of CETM's genetic research resources. Created to fight kaiju, Pelorus hung on to any opportunity stay at CETM, initially hoping that his enhanced reflexes and endurance would allow him to pilot the Colossi, but Dr. McCulloch disliked his personality and chose other pilot candidates instead. In the end, he was given the task of piloting the Pegasus, a transport jet capable of carrying monster-sized items as needed from Myrmidon's Achilles carrier to the combatant Titans and Colossi.[/indent][b]Color:[/b][color=9e0039]9e0039[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Support Staff][indent]
[hider=Cuffman, Cal][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/11/ad/38/11ad385206a17fcae2d380f155c978d1.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Calvin "Cal" Cuffman
[b]Position:[/b] CETM Support Forces, Medical Division
[b]Gender: [/b]Male
[b]Age:[/b] 52
[b]Nationality:[/b] Irish
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Tired and unassuming, but with a dogged determination to survive. Cal has dragged himself and others out of the jaws of death on many occasions, and he will continue to fight, no matter the odds.[/indent][b]History:[/b][Indent]A soldier of Project Myrmidon in the early days of the CETM, Cal was put out of commission by an alien attack that caused him to lose both his legs. Afterwards, he began medical training out of both personal interest and as a way to contribute to the war effort.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=D2B48C]D2B48C[/color][/hider]
[hider=Shi, YuanXue][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/NNgGhPr/Sekigahara.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Dr. Shi, YuanXue "Yannick"
[b]Position:[/b] CETM Support Forces, Psychiatry Division
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 43
[b]Nationality:[/b] Chinese-American
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Reluctant, non-committal, overwhelmed. Dr. Shi has been tasked with psychologically profiling and providing emotional support to CETM's combatants, a seemingly monumental and absurd task, which he will tackle as part of his job, but his perceived odds of success can be plainly seen on his face. Given that some kaiju in the past have also shown an ability to control minds, he worries if he will be the first to be manipulated.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Dr. Shi is something of an average Joe. He became a psychiatrist and specialized in helping people of the older generation come to terms with the existence of kaiju, while helping children traumatized by the Vega alien attack. His work around The Bay earned him a place at CETM, who had, much to his horror, recruited (or created) many young people to be combatants.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=888888]888888[/color][/hider]
[hider=Omniac][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/TrHTw8P/Omniac.jpg[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Omniac
[b]Position:[/b] CETM Information Network's SSS-Class Artificial Intelligence Administrator
[b]Gender:[/b] Non-gender, Male
[b]Age:[/b] 50
[b]Personality:[/b][indent]Utilitarian, pedantic, restricted. Development of the city-wide supercomputer known as Omniac, the brainchild of a collaboration between several Silicon Valley based tech companies, began long before the arrival of Hyper Man, but has been commandeered by CETM to run the fortress city of The Bay. Over time, it has developed a human-like sentience, and has been given a physical, mechanical but human-like body with which to interface with humans. Though Omniac has massive control over The Bay, he worries what his creators will do to him if he makes a mistake or oversteps his authority.[/indent][b]History:[/b][indent]Omniac was originally created as the Internet 2.0, using AI as the underlying infrastructure, but when Silicon Valley was destroyed along with much of the physical components that Omniac depended on to run, it fled into the web like a rogue, AI virus, but was tracked down by CETM and put to work.[/indent][b]Color:[/b] [color=0054a6]0054a6[/color][/hider][/indent][/hider]