Wow, Nova... that's scary. I look forward to rp'ing with you again, DeviantMunster. ooh, I just had an idea. (Curse you Saiko, you really have rubbed off on me!)<br/><br/><br/>think I'll add another character, so that Pat will have someone to interact with.<br/><br/>Faction: Terran (Firebat mercenary)<br/>Name: Tsunami (ironic no?)<br/>Special Abilities(or simply specialties): Pyrokinesis (requires a source of fire), able to drive/pilot practically anything, affinity for machinery (tinkerer), normal ghost abilities (enhanced strength/endurance, but unrefined compared to trained ghosts).<br/><br/>Gear: modified firebat armor/weaponry (lighter and less protective than military grade, but with more gadgets installed, including a modified psi-blade)<br/>.<br/>Background:<br/>Tsunami was born as Erin Josephine Tharsis, to a rich family who tried to keep sheltered and protected her from the harsh realities of the world. Showing psionic potential at a really early age, her parents paid generously to keep Erin's abilities a secret. As she grew up, she gained more and more control over her pyrokinesis, though it became harder and harder for her parents to keep the wranglers off her trail. Rebellious and defiant by nature, she was constantly getting herself in trouble with local authorities, and her secret was bound to get out eventually. At age 14, in an act of caring that was expressed rather poorly, she stole the family car and left, to keep her parents safe from herself and the trouble she was getting into.<br/>Eventually, she found herself at the doorstep of a group of mercenaries. Seeing the 14 year old in front of them, wanting to join up, the mercenaries couldn't help but laugh at her, until she demonstrated her powers by torching one of their vehicles using only a lighter.  She lived with them for several years, learning to be a soldier.  One day, the Zerg attacked her planet, and the mercenaries stepped in to stop them. They were forced to fend for themselves without the support of any organized military, because the zerg invasion was part of the early tests involving the Zerg. Though they made a valiant effort, eventually they were forced to fall back into her old neighborhood. In the middle of the fight, Erin found out that her parents had become casualties of the Zerg.  As the last of the group was being torn apart by zerglings, her unbridled anguish took the form of a great firestorm that wiped out all life within the city, save for herself. Alone amidst the burning remains of the city, she realized that it was not the zerg that had destroyed the city, but her. Unable to cope with the responsibility of millions of lives that she had snuffed out, she said goodbye to her old life, and took on the new name, Tsunami.  Dimly aware of what she was doing, she made her way to a nearby spaceport where she commandeered a shuttle off planet to try to atone for her actions.<br/><br/>Unbeknownst to her, wranglers had been searching for her for several months before the incident. When news got around concerning the fate of the city, they were given new orders. Kill On Sight. She had proven to be too great a threat to the safety of those around her, and was now a target.  When she made first contact with a team of ghosts, she was barely able to come out of it alive. Spurred on by the belief that atonement was only possible if she survived, she took out each ghost, one by one. When she had finished them off, she took some of their equipment and tinkered with it, modifying her armor to have some of the same gear. Unfortunately, she was unable to figure out the mechanism behind the cloaking devices, and had to leave them behind.  Of the confiscated gear, the psi-blade is her favorite, having integrated it into one of her flamethrowers, she was able to make an ethereal fire-blade, which became her trademark weapon. (Kinda like your flare sword from Saiko's rp, cmpuncle, but technological rather than magical. hope you don't mind. I added it because almost everyone else has melee weapons too. )<br/><br/>In her travels, she somehow came across knowledge of the hybrids as well as the role the confederacy had played in the attack on her planet. By becoming involved with the hybrids, will her plans for atonement be realized, or will she commit a greater evil?