Character profile:<br/>Name: Catherine Rearden<br/>Concept: The Lab Geek<br/>Age: 23<br/>Gender: F<br/>Height: 5'9" (she's tall; but uncoordinated enough that if she'd had a high school basketball coach, he would have given up and asked her to quit the team)<br/>Weight: 125 lbs.<br/><br/>Appearance:<br/>(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7048/624c4bd60b366c5a27243ad.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/624c4bd60b366c5a27243ad.jpg/)<br/><br/>Background:<br/>Cat’s spent her whole life with her nose buried in a book, or her eyes glued to a microscope; she’s been a science nerd from very early on; her mother was a geneticist, and her father a very mousy, unimpressive scientist.  Before the cataclysm she managed to atttain a Masters degree from one of the universities in Babylon, and was accepted to a prestigious internship at a corporate laboratory.  Although she’s always been quite brilliant, she has never been a leader and is prone to making very bad decisions when it comes to trusting people and following their lead; she’s the sort of girl that’s always gotten in over her head and has scraped through a life filled with embarrassing (but to this point, not traumatic, moments).<br/><br/>STATS:<br/>BODY 3<br/>MIND 6<br/>SOUL 3<br/><br/>= 120 points<br/><br/>COMBAT:<br/>Attack Combat Value (ACV): +4<br/>Defence Combat Value (DCV): +4<br/>Damage Multiplier: 5<br/>Health Points: 30<br/>Energy Points: 45<br/>Shock Value: 6<br/><br/>ATTRIBUTES: Level/cost (16 points total)<br/>Item: Science Lab 12pts<br/>Features: Appearance (Beautiful) 2 = 2pts<br/>Organisational Ties: Corporation/government department = 2pts<br/>Unknown Powers ? (Wouldn’t YOU like to know!)<br/><br/>SKILLS: Level/cost (36 points)<br/>Physical Sciences (Physics) 4 = 13pts<br/>Biological Sciences 3 = 6pts<br/>Medical 1 = 2pts<br/>Electronics (Jerry Rig) 2 = 5pts<br/>Mechanics (Jerry Rig) 1 = 2pts<br/>Computers 2 = 4pts<br/>Etiquette (Middle Class) 1 = 2pts<br/>Writing (Academic) 1 = 2pts<br/><br/>DEFECTS: (-23 points)<br/>Significant Other (Family) -1pt<br/>Owned (Corporation/government) -3pts<br/>Sexism -4pts<br/>Less Capable Mind (Intuition – “Trusting”) -2pts<br/>Conditional Ownership (Science Lab - Restricted) -3pts<br/>Fate -10pts<br/><br/><br/><br/>Motivation/aims:<br/>Cat is naive, innocent, and prone to daydreaming.  She would initially attempt to return home to save her family; she’s one of those productive types that always want to do everything they can to help out, and she foolishly holds out hope that humanity might be able to find salvation.<br/><br/>Character creation questions: Feel free to go into as much detail as you like.<br/>1. Where was your character born? (What part of the city of Babylon?)<br/>Cat was born in Northshore; she has lived a comfortable life; as a result, she is sheltered, and not in the least bit street smart.<br/><br/>2. What is your character’s main motivation?<br/>In the run-up to the cataclysm, Cat has been daydreaming of the man of her dreams and imagining her life with 3.5 kids and suburban bliss; in reality, she is far too shy for her own good, and despite being in a few somewhat serious relationships, she remains inexperienced.  Her boyfriends generally regard her as a complete tease, and have treated her cruelly.<br/><br/>3. What is your character’s greatest strength? Greatest weakness?<br/>She’s very smart and she knows it; she has an excellent grasp of physics and technology and can do amazing things with what other people might regard as junk – she’s not very good when it comes to dealing with people though, and often trusts those she shouldn’t.  Despite being very bright, she is borderline gullible at times.<br/><br/>4. What is your character’s greatest hope? Greatest fear?<br/>Cat would very much like to fall in love and make some babies.  Cat’s greatest fears revolve around seeing her loved ones hurt (psychologically or physically) and she would do virtually anything to prevent that from coming to pass.  Most of her energy to this point in her life has been studying types of renewable energy; she’s a good girl, and firmly believes she can help save the world (from its mundane, pre-cataclysm worries).<br/><br/>5. What are your character’s favourite and least favourite things/possessions?<br/>A locket her mother and father gave her when she was very young; it’s a silly little trinket, but if anything were ever to happen to her parents, she would cherish it as her only reminder of them.  She is not particularly attached to most of her other possessions; she has a sparsely decorated apartment, eats ramen noodles for dinner most nights and spends as much time as possible working at the lab.<br/><br/>6. What about your character’s emotions? Is there anything that ‘pushes his/her buttons?’<br/>She very much resents people who call her on being naive; she also is very defensive about being perceived as a coward.  She sometimes goes too far when it comes to comforting people who are in pain, and in another life she maybe would have wound up as a nurse; she has a soft spot for men who are lonely or heartbroken, and she wants desperately to take care of people who are alone or vulnerable.<br/><br/>7. Is your character aware of the demonic in the world? If so, why?<br/>She is not.  She works extensively with sensitive research for a variety of corporate and government agencies, however, so there is a chance that she might come into contact with evidence of the demonic world and the impending invasion.<br/><br/>8. If you could, what advice would you give your character?<br/>Don’t go out there; it won’t end well.  (She would ignore me).<br/><br/>9. What is your character’s sexual orientation and sexual proclivities?<br/>-She is very inexperienced, but she likes men.  There have been several moments in her life that functioned as a kind of ‘sexual awakening’; being caught out in the rain in a white t-shirt at summer camp, and exposed to all the boys there; catching her father masturbating, and watching him; waking up in the middle of the night during college and watching her female have sex with a guy Cat had a long-term crush on; locking herself out of her apartment in her night-shirt and panties, her night-shirt caught in the door; being molested on crowded subways by strangers, unable to move or prevent them from touching her inappropriately.  Whatever indignations she has suffered, she has suffered quietly.<br/><br/>10. If your character had one wish, what would he/she wish for? (Pre demon invasion)<br/>A long and happy life; to leave the world better than she found it.<br/>