THE AUTHORITY

THE ENGINEER

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
13	STR	3	12-	Lift 151.6 kg; 2 1/2d6 HTH damage
14	DEX	12	12-	OCV:  5/DCV:  5
14	CON	8	12-
10	BODY	0	11-
50	INT	40	19-	PER Roll 19-
18	EGO	16	13-	ECV:  6
15	PRE	5	12-	PRE Attack:  3d6
18	COM	4	13-
6	PD	3		Total:  18 PD (12 rPD)
6	ED	3		Total:  18 ED (12 rED)
6	SPD	36		Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
6	REC	0
28	END	0
24	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  130

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
210	Mastery Of Nanotechnology:  Variable Power Pool, 150 Base + 60 Control Cost; 
	 Slightly Limited Class Of Powers Available (-1/4)
0	1) Paired Machine Guns:  RKA 1d6 +1, Area Of Effect (11" Cone; +1), Reduced 
	Endurance (0 End; +1), Autofire (5 Shots; +1 1/2); Required Hands (Two-Handed; -1/2) 
	Real Cost:  60
0	2) Sensor Web:  Detect:  Global Environmental Changes 19-, Analyze, Discriminatory, 
	Range, Telescopic (+20)
	Real Cost:  40	
0	3) Web Of Subatomic Knives:  RKA 1 1/2d6, Armor Piercing (+1/2), Damage Shield (+1/2), 
	Continuous (+1), Area Of Effect (30" Radius; +1 1/2), END 11
	Real Cost:  112
0	4) Terraforming Machines:  Change Environment 1" Radius, Megascale (1" = 10 Km; +1/2); 
	OAF Immobile (-2) 
	Real Cost:  2

36	Nanotech Sheathe:  Armor (12 PD/12 ED)
23	Nanomachine Biological Augmentation:  Life Support (Immunity: All Terrestrial 
	Diseases And Biowarfare Agents, Immunity: All Terrestrial Poisons And Chemical 
	Warfare Agents, Longevity: 800 Years)

	Skills
40	+5 With All Combat
6	+3 With Machine Guns
6	+4 versus Specific OCV Modifier On A Single Attack

13	Acrobatics 17-
13	Contortionist 17-
13	Electronics 24-
3	Inventor 19-
13	Mechanics 24-
11	Paramedics 23-
6	PS:  Medical Doctor (Int-Based) 22-
5	PS:  Technical Writer 14-
10	Two-Weapon Fighting (Ranged) 
3	Scientist
7	1) SS: Biology 24-
7	2) SS: Physiology 24-
7	3) SS: Nanotechnology 24-
7	4) SS: Micro Mechanics 24-
7	5) SS: Mechanical Engineering  24-

Total Powers & Skills Cost:  446
Total Cost:  576

550+	Disadvantages
5	Distinctive Features: Silver Skin (Easily Concealed; Noticed And Recognizable; 
	Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
20	Psychological Limitation: Tends To Go For The Familiar Options When Under Stress 
	(Very Common; Strong)
10	Psychological Limitation: Vigilante Mentality (Common; Moderate)
10	Social Limitation: Famous, Member Of The Authority (Frequently; Minor)

Total Disadvantage Points:  576

Background/History: Angelica Spica is not the first Engineer. She inherited the mantle when the first Engineer was killed by Henry Bendix. In the moments before his death he transmitted his knowledge to Spica, then a professor at Princeton that he had met on a previous occasion. Angela used that information and her biological knowledge to create some of the most advanced nanomachines ever conceived then used them to replace her own blood, granting herself powers.

Angela is the only member of The Authority to directly give herself powers. Shes only been a transhuman for a few months but is generally overjoyed by the prospect of being able to help people in tangible ways. At first, she would freeze up in the heat of combat, but has grown fairly hardened to the realities of battle, hiding any remaining insecurities behind black humor. In fact, Angela has developed a somewhat vigilante attitude. Some people deserve to die and she is more than willing to carry that sentence out though she doesnt directly enjoy combat like, for example, Midnighter. Angela is also involved in a tentative relationship with Jack Hawksmoor though it is too early to call it love just yet they do care for each other a great deal.

(The Engineer created by Warren Ellis, character sheet created by Kim Foster <nexus@qx.net>)


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