Name: Dr. Natalia “Coin” Ricard
Species: Human
Height: 5’7
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Equipment: Coin’s weaponry is vaguely based off of standard issue UN weaponry, though she has made so many modifications and improvements to them they might as well be of her own design.
Her rifle has been stripped down to its basic parts and rebuilt almost completely from scratch. Firing standard 5.56 rounds at 2200 rpm in two round burst fire at almost 1500 meters per second with an effective range of just under a 1000 meters, the weapon is extremely lethal at medium to long range. In order to maximize the range of the weapon, Coin has attached a 4x scope, as well as modifying the underside of the body of the weapon completely, replacing the underbarrel rail with an integrated angled grip. The scope itself has a targeting computer built into it, providing a firing solution taking into account any environmental effects. With a limited magazine size of 16 rounds, Coin finds herself making shots count more often or reloading frequently.
Coin’s sidearm has received similar treatment to the rifle. Packing seven .22 rounds and firing them as quickly as the user can pull the trigger, the sidearm is remarkably powerful with almost zero recoil. However, the weapon is also limited on range, with an effective firing range of barely 40 meters.
Skills/Abilities: Coin is an avid believer in the age-old idiom, “knowledge is power.” She is a scientist before a soldier; her combat skills are slightly below par, but her intelligence and mental ability are unmatched. Having extensively studied weapons design and human psychology with a brief stint in studying the cultures of nonhuman sentient species, Coin is valued for her expertise in a non-combat role.
However, Coin is still more skilled than most on the battlefield. She has been given crash courses in special forces training; she is skilled with a weapon and has standard understanding of combat tactics, but is by no means an all-star soldier.
Background: Raised on a military base on Earth with an army veteran in her father, Coin’s entire world has always been related to the military. Her father had her learning military history and the basics of how to operate and manipulate small arms weaponry at age four.
By her teenage years, Coin was modifying her own firearms. Many of her modifications were minor, but often caught the attention of the officers of the base she lived on. Following in her father’s footsteps, she enlisted on her eighteenth birthday, but her commanding officers had different plans for Coin than a standard army service. Her weapons modifications caught the eye of UN special forces groups, and they wanted to take full advantage of her brain rather than put her to work as a soldier.
Coin was put through college for the next ten years, focusing her talent with weapons design and receiving a Masters degree in mechanical engineering. Her thesis paper for her doctorate explored the integration of magic in modern human weapons systems; although no substantial steps were made, the doors were opened for potential study. During her time studying for weapons design, Coin also spent time studying human psychology as well as nonhuman cultures, diversifying her intellectual arsenal.
At the end of her collegiate stint, 28-year-old Coin’s career took her to space. She served on a number of ships over the next six years, her roles varying from being the ship’s quartermaster to working in the ship’s tech bay on high-end weapons modifications. During this time, she received substantial military training, further rounding out her skillset.
As for why she's called Coin, let's just say she had a bad incident with weapons design during college. There was a projectile weapon, a coin, and a professor may have lost a couple fingers.
