Name: Aquiles Melchiore Salazar
Nature: Survivor
Allegiance: Norça
Visual:
Strength 3;
Dexterity 3; Athletics (spec; swimming) 3, Firearms 1, Martial
Arts 1,
Stamina 4; Endurance 1, Resistance 2,
Perception 3; Awareness 1,
Intelligence 2; Engineering 1, Intrusion 1, Linguistics 0 (Portuguese),
Wits 3; Meditation 1,
Appearance 3;
Manipulation 1;
Charisma 2; Savvy 1,
Willpower: 5
Psi: 7
Aptitude: Biokinesis
Basic Techniques: Biosense
Modes: Adaptation 3, Psychomorphing 0, Transmogrify 1
Auxiliary Modes: None
Backgrounds: Citizenship 1 (Brazil, Carribe), Cipher 3,
Resources 3
Weapons: Orogotek Spinneret (Acc +5, Dmg 5d10±, RoF 1, FT
1), Orgotek Shrike Sonic Pistol (Acc +2, Dmg 6d10B, RoF 1, FT 1)
Armor: Armor Vest (1/3, 0), Reinforced Clothing (0/2, 0)
Other Equipment: AquaLung,
Upon meeting him, most people assume that Aquiles is from
the UAN, perhaps an explorer or researcher for the famous nomadic labs of
Northern Africa, but after hearing the wiry black man speak, they realize that
he is a Brasiliero through and through.
His parents both worked as marine biologists and he spent
much of his childhood on the open sea or in the deep cities of Carribe. Unlike most children he was fascinated with
the world his parents showed him and he was one of the first students in the
new Institute of Oceanic Studies in Pearl City majoring in oceanography and
minoring in cetacean studies (which in retrospect he regrets since he now finds
dolphins the least interesting of aquatic forms). In school he also got involved with the Pearl City Doyo, but he
later fell away from the religion, finding it somewhat too time-consuming when
he would rather be in the water by himself surrounded by all the life and predictability
of the sea than surrounded by people with all their nagging concerns.
As part of the Doyo faith a test for Latency was practically
compulsory as Psions were seen as near avatars of the godhead, and he had
entertained fantasies of being a Telepath and finally able to establish true
communication with his finny friends, but to his shock, he was asked to accept
membership in the elusive Norça! Never
one to dive into a situation, he researched what he could and found out about
the power of Oxygen Absorbtion. That
one technique made up his mind and he signed up. Sure, as a Norça he has responsiblities that he'd rather not, but
he also has opportunities that he never would have had as a standard human
trapped from his world of study by a bulky suit and special apparatus to sea
and special apparatus to communicate and special apparatus to breathe and move
and take the pressure... As a Shifter, Aquiles
has the power to transcend all of that and become a true creature of the sea. He now travels around the Carribean on
missions and patrols of the deeps, being a relatively common sight at the
airlocks of the local cities, mining facilities, tourist centers and
aquacultural stations. He has hidey
holes all around and under the Caribbean and is slowly gaining an awareness of
the area more profound than any airbreather could, even a sub captain or deep
miner.
His strangest encounter was a few miles from the Pearl City
itself as he encountered a pod of dolphins leaping in the sunlight and found
that not all of them were true dolpins.
One of them looked odd and was larger than the others, oddly colored and
textured. Upon reflection he realized
that he was looking at an alien Qin appearing in a delphinid form, just larger,
metallic and idealized, as they look in a humanoid form. The alien did not (or could not?)
communicate with him and he was a bit intimidated by the encounter, so he did
not press the issue, but he wonders now what the Qin might be hiding since he
was not aware of any sort of shapeshifting talent being amongst their roster.