Name: Maude Bristol (Brittlby)<br/><br/>Physical Appearance:<br/><br/>Dirty blonde tresses frame Maude's face in a well maintained and conservative shoulder length cut. Ms. Bristol gives the impression of one who regularly heads to the salon every week and a half whether she needs a trim or not.  Most often she wears it tied back in a simple pony-tail to keep it out of her eyes.<br/><br/>To speak of her hazel eyes, Maude hides them behind a pair of thick lensed glasses. While they have the capacity for warmth, it's unusual that one will see any emotion in her calculating gaze. Rail thin, she's a woman composed entirely of hard angles. Chiseled features and toned muscles give her the look of someone who engages in moderate exercise on a regular basis. Maude would appear to be built for speed and flexibility rather then strength, however this is decidedly misleading. Maude is viciously strong for her size, coupling her understanding of physics and leverage with british military fisticuffs.<br/><br/>Ms. Bristol favors dark green wool-blend suits and matching olive business skirts. She does NOT dress down for any occasion, though occasionally one will catch her with her coat off, revealing her yellow silk blouse. She is meticulous in keeping her hands concealed at all-times beneath white gloves, and is also rarely seen without her olive longcoat.<br/><br/>An oddity that many note is the thin turtleneck of a body suit that she seems to wear under her clothing. Cream in hue with a pleather sheen to the material, it's familiar to ISRA psions of the the upper levels. An "Environmental Barrier", the ISRA hyper sensatives wear them to help them function in the abrasive and loud world most people are able to tune out.<br/><br/>Personality:<br/><br/>Without morality to hinder her rise through the ranks of the ISRA, Maude's natural physical abilities and psion powers are wielded without conscience. Something of an abberation amongst her peers, she has a certain cut throat tendancy and ruthless efficiency that is called upon reluctantly by her superiors.<br/><br/>Efficient, perceptive, and dangerous, she was apparently born without a conscience, and lives her life to further the cause of her father and the ISRA. That doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy her work however, and suffers from an almost childish form of sadism.<br/><br/>Maude is one skilled dame. She's fairly athletic, able to negotiate most obstacles, and she's a competent martial artist. She's a good shot, an ok driver and is fairly stealthy. She is an excellent pilot though, one of the best.<br/>Her perception seem almost inhuman sometimes, even when she's not using her psi abilities, and she's a damn fine investigator. She's a cunning linguist (you can choose two language families you've mastered, beside your native tongue). She's pretty good at reading human emotions, and also fairly good at intimidating them into giving her what she wants. She's a very snappy dresser, and also knows how to behave in most settings. She's good at playing her cards close to her chest, and can play a role if she need to. She has some knowledge of the criminal underworld. She's also a quite good commander, making her a fine team leader.<br/>Maude is rather well off, if not rich, and owns a small appartment in Olympus, Luna. She virtually has a contact in almost every human settlement, how she's managed to meet people from all these different places is an enigma.<br/><br/>Clairsentience:<br/><br/>The sight: The psion can see psi energy flowing through all things clearly. She can sense if an individual is a strong latent, gauge a fellow psion's strength, feel the magnitude of energy in an area or even detect an active psi power nearby. It can also be used to detect areas of strong Aberrant Taint. Noetic scientists believe that the taint's resonance somehow conflicts with psi, creating a "blind spot" in the subquantum energy flow. Detecting taint is harder than detecting psi though.<br/><br/>Empty the eye: This technique is used to filter out distractions to be able to concentrate on the task at hand.<br/><br/>Psychometry:<br/><br/>Psionic Echo: The psion can touch an object or person and sense what has come in contact with it in the past. An abandoned car might register that it was recently in contact with a person the psion is looking for, for example. This power drains psi.<br/><br/>Insight: This power can be used to sense where a person or object has been; the psion get impressions of the places a subject has visited. These places either has importance to the subject or psion, or they won't register.<br/><br/>Psychonavigation:<br/><br/>Orientation: The psion can establish her location with this power, allowing her to sense the nearest familiar landmark. She won't know she's in the Mato Grosso, for example, but it will tell her she's 500 km north-north-west of São Paolo, a place she has visited. This power drains psi.<br/><br/>Dowsing: Since everything, human or object, reconate with psi energy to some degree, the psion can try sensing a "signature" common to a certain kind of object or person. She can cast her senses in all directions until she finds an object or person of the type she's looking for. She has to have encountered the specific type of subject before for it to work. The power centers on the psion, but radiates out in every direction for 250 kilometers. This power drains psi.<br/><br/>Psi cloak: This powet allows the psion to cloak her presence in the "psionic stream", making her undetectable by any psionic power. She is in no way invisible though, normal senses can still detect her. This power drains psi and lasts for 50 minutes.<br/><br/>Farsensing: This power lets the psion extend her senses over vast distances, whether through the reaches of space or across a planet. It allows her to plot the best course from where she is to where she wants to go, and gives her a greater chance of success at avoiding obstacles along the way. This power has a range of 5 AU (astronomical units) and lasts for 5 days. This power was once cruicial in the exploration of space, allowing you to plot a course even through uncharted space. This power drains alot of psi.<br/><br/>Telesthesia:<br/><br/>Sense mastery: A Clear must be able to trust all her senses, or any one of them alone. This power allows the psion to compensate for the loss of one of her senses.<br/><br/>Active defense: This power allows the psion to predict an attacker's actions, giving her a few precious moments to get out of the way. The power drains psi, but lasts until the psion use another Clairsentience ability, or she can no longer keep her concentration.<br/><br/>Danger sense: The psion's spatial awareness makes her alert to imminent physical danger, such as an ambush or structurally unsound areas. The dangers must be physical, psionic attacks can not be foreseen. This power drains psi, but lasts a long time after being activated.<br/><br/>Sensory Projection: The psion is able to extend her awareness beyond normal human limits so she can sense things at extreme ranges. This power extends beyond physical barriers, and has at least a range of 50 meters. The power drains psi, but lasts for a long time.<br/>