Mi-cha Lowell

Background: Martian
Faction: Hypercapitalist
Morph: Crasher
Motivations: +Defend Humanity, +Law and Order, -Preservationism

Gender ID: Female
Actual Age: 39
Current Moxie: 0/4
Rez/Spent: 0/25

Current Dur Damage: 43/68, 1 wound
Current Luc Damage: 20/20

Background

<Project Ozma - Personnel Briefing: Mi-cha Lowell - Excerpt - Prepared by █████████>
Mi-cha Lowell's early life was fairly unremarkable, particularly for a Martian. Predominantly Korean ancestry. Parents worked as terraforming line techs. Large family. Earned good grades in school, exceptional only in her aptitude for languages. She earned extra credits for her family by acting as interpreter for other poor rednecks, who typically preferred not to rely purely on translation programs and generally could not afford smarter artificial options. Lowell earned a scholarship to the Cambridge campus in Nocturne-Qianjiao, during a period when the universities were trying to improve their image by accepting a more diverse student body. Did well at her studies - linguistics, naturally, dual focus of socio and evolutionary - but her economic background made it difficult to keep up with her fellow students. As before, she continued to act as an interpreter, in some cases for less savory elements, though never involved in outright criminal dealings.

It is in this period that she first comes to the attention of the Rangers, in particular one Eastwood Nguyen, known inexplicably as "No Name" Nguyen. Nguyen was called to a supposed hostage situation or potential shoot out between Barsoomian nomads and local grey market dealers. One of the nomads had drawn a gun on a dealer over some imagined insult or difference over forms of payment. Nguyen arrived expecting to find dead morphs, and instead found Lowell in command of the situation, having disarmed the nomad and subdued him with his own pistol. Impressed by Lowell's capability and coolness under pressure, Nguyen began using her as an interpreter himself. Nguyen apparently continued to see potential in her, and Lowell found some aspect of the Ranger occupation appealing. Based on her psych profile, probably a combination of the adventure, the risk, and the fact that she was helping people. Lowell is, in fact, a true believer in the ideals of law and order. In protecting the - relatively - innocent. She isn't naive, but there is a core of idealism that Nguyen and the Rangers tapped into.

After graduating, Lowell joined the Rangers and worked with Nguyen for several years. Her early career was successful, but unremarkable. During the Fall, she helped in the evacuation of Olympus. She earned some distinction for managing to quell an incipient riot between Arabic and Chinese ethnic gangs without backup and without having to shoot anyone. Her mentor, Nguyen, disappeared while trying to help evacuate settlements inside what would become the Quarantine Zone. Lowell inherited his responsibilities after the Fall. Lowell first appears in the Ozma files around this time. Rumors that she had made entries into the Zone trying to determine Nguyen's fate, flagged as a possible infection vector risk. Flag was lifted after a year - turned out Lowell was actually tracking down an Arsia Mons smuggler claiming to be No Name Nguyen.

Lowell came back to Ozma's attention in more dramatic fashion nine years after the Fall. Lowell agreed to track down a group of four teenage boys from Qianjiao who had entered the Zone on some kind of bullheaded male initiation right. Usual hormone driven idiocy, but poor timing. The boys, and then Lowell, stumbled into some kind of op. Still unclear whose - probably a black hypercorp job, but might have been autonomists or possibly even Firewall. They'd stirred up something in the Zone. Lowell managed to keep herself alive for three days, and get out the boys' egos, until a Ozma response team arrived. Even more impressively, she was able to prove that she was uninfected and provide key intelligence to the response team. Came out with some minor neural damage as a souvenir.

Based on the recommendations of the team leader ██ ████████, Ozma tenured an employment offer to Lowell following the end of the civil and criminal trials stemming from the incident. Lowell's decision to terminate the boy's morphs and extract their cortical stacks was upheld as the only reasonable method of ensuring their survival, but the PR fallout made her position untenable. Lowell, needless to say, accepted the offer.

Lowell is still relatively new to Ozma. Her profile suggests she has transferred her dedication to our role in defending humanity from x-risks. Could be somewhat problematic in those cases where exploitation rather than eradication is the preferred course of action. Still an excellent asset - experienced in high-risk and high-stress roles, good with a gun, difficult to rattle, trained for investigation, and most importantly good with people of nearly any affiliation - something Ozma often lacks, if we're honest with ourselves.

Oh - a piece of amusing trivia for you. Apparently family and grateful citizens keep trying to give Lowell Stetson or similar Western style hats as a gift, in keeping with the general Ranger callback to Old Earth cowboy imagery, but she has never once been seen wearing one. Apparently despises them. So you'll have to think of something else for her birthday.

<Project Ozma - Excerpt: Recording: Mesh Contact: █████████ to █████ ███████ - Re: Operatives Mi-cha Lowell and Min Xue>
█████ ███████: How are you, ████?
█████████: I'm well, thank you. Not just a social call, I'm afraid. I just nailed down some information regarding these two operatives. Didn't make it into the reports because I hadn't fully verified. It turns out Mi-Cha Lowell and Min Xue know each other, professionally and socially. About four years ago, Min Xue was working a PI case. Usual sort of thing, one spouse thinks the other is cheating. Turns out it was something more complicated - the cheater was actually neck deep with Nine Lives. Had even fork-knapped his own wife at least twice. Real scumbag. Lowell was running down the ring from a different direction herself. The two ended up working together and wrapping the whole mess up with a neat little bow. Bodes well for operations going forward. Less welcome is the fact that they apparently tried to meet socially afterwards, get a celebratory drink. On at least six occasions I can confirm, plus two probables, this ended up in a brawl or shoot out when an ego hunter after Min Xue, someone with a immediate capture warrant out on them, or a lowlife with a grudge against one of the two showed up. After the sixth incident they fell back on intermittent mesh contacts, mostly just throwing each other interesting info now and then. Nothing too big, but useful data, no? Anyways, how are <Excerpt Ends>

Ego Traits

Brave, Hyper Linguist, Incompetent (Swimming), Mild Addiction (Tobacco), Neural Damage (Sound → Color Synaesthesia), Enemy (Red-headed Jovian)

Gear

(2x) Fiberoptic Cable, Mission Recorder, Covert Ops Tool, (3x) Cuffband, (5x) Microbug, Prisoner Mask, Psi Jammer, (10x) Grip Tape, (2x) Backup Insurance (mod), Standard Muse, Breadcrumb Positioning, Electronic Rope, Flashlight, (5x) Nanobandage, Spindle, Spindle Climber, Breather, Filter Straw, (3x) Faraday Container, Helmet (full), Second Skin, Armor Vest (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof), Body Armor (light) (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof), Extendable Baton, Shock Baton, Heavy Pistol (w/ Extended Magazine, Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink), Light Pistol (w/ Arm Slide, Extended Magazine, Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink), Automatic Rifle (w/ Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink), (160x) Armor Piercing Pistol Rounds, (290x) Biter Regular Pistol Rounds, (160x) Zap Pistol Rounds, (100x) Armor Piercing Rifle Rounds, (200x) Biter Regular Rifle Rounds, (100x) Zap Rifle Rounds
Credits: 9700

Rep

@-rep	55
c-rep	80
E-rep	30
G-rep	45
R-rep	40
O-rep	40

*Major Favor used for c-rep

Weapons

Ares-Colt Series 110 "Council Model Pistol" (Heavy Pistol, Firearm)

Ammo Type	DV	AP	Mag	Total Ammo
Biter	3d10+4	-4	24	200
Armor Piercing	2d10+2	-9	24	48
Zap	1d10+2 & shock	-1	24	48

Modes: SA/BF/FA
Range: 10/35/60/80
Accessories: Extended Magazine, Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink

Jovian Republic "Peacekeeper" Pistol (Medium Pistol, Firearm)

Ammo Type	DV	AP	Mag	Total Ammo
Biter	3d10+6	0	30	90
Armor Piercing	2d10+4	-5	30	60
Zap	1d10+6 & shock	+1	30	60

Modes: SA/BF/FA
Range: 10/25/40/60
Accessories: Arm Slide, Extended Magazine, Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink

Fa Jing "Wakizashi" Pistol (Light Pistol, Firearm)

Ammo Type	DV	AP	Mag	Total Ammo
Biter	3d10+2	-5	2	60
Armor Piercing	2d10	-10	3	30
Zap	1d10+2 & shock	-4	3	30

Modes: SA/BF
Range: 10/25/40/60
Accessories: Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink
Note: Can fold down to the size of a pre-Fall cell phone when not in use. Undetectable by most scanners.

Ares-Colt M13 Carbine (Automatic Rifle, Firearm)

Ammo Type	DV	AP	Mag	Total Ammo
Biter	3d10+6	-6	45	108
Armor Piercing	2d10+4	-14	45	90
Zap	1d10+4 & shock	-3	45	90

Modes: SA/BF/FA
Range: 150/250/500/900
Accessories: Extended Magazine, Flash Suppressor, Safety System, Silencer, Smartlink

Extendable Baton

DV	AP
1d10+4	0

Direct Action "Pacifier" Riot Shock-Baton (Shock Baton)

DV	AP
1d10+4 & shock	0

Crasher (Primary Morph)

Crasher Traits

Fast Metabolism, Mild Allergy (Peanut), Planned Obsolescence

Crasher Implants

Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Bioweave Armor (Light), Chameleon Skin, Circadian Regulation, Clean Metabolism, Cortical Stack, Direction Sense, Eidetic Memory, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Respiration, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Vision, Ghostrider Module, Grip Pads, Hibernation, Medichines, Neurachem (L1), Nanotats, Oxygen Reserve, Respirocytes, Toxin Filters, Vacuum Sealing, Piercings, Oracles

Crasher Appearance

Primarily Korean genetic ancestry, mid to late twenties in physical appearance. Generally slight/wiry but athletic build. Dark black hair, worn loose and down to jaw-line in length. Yellow irises. Tattoos of abstract shapes made up of straight lines and blocks with sharp angles and no curves, usually black but occasionally luminescent blue, primarily on forearms and shoulders. Ear and nose piercings, steel colored studs. Typically wears black armored vest over black tank top, reddish-brown cargo pants, combat boots. Also red and black combat gloves.

Aptitudes (Crasher Morph)

	COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL
Base	15	15	20	15	20	15	10
Morph	5	5	5		5	10
Total	20	20	25	15	25	25	10

Stats (Crasher Morph)

TT	LUC	IR	WT	DUR	DR	MOX	INIT	SPD	DB
4	20	40	9	45	68	4	80	1(1)	2

Armor

Energy 21 | Kinetic 19
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Body Armor (light) (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 15|10
Helmet (Full) +3|+3
Bioweave Armor (Light) 2|3
Second Skin 1|3

Energy 14 | Kinetic 12
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Armor Vest (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 11|6
Bioweave Armor (Light) 2|3
Second Skin 1|3

Skills (Crasher Morph)

	APT	BASE	MORPH	TOTAL
Academic: Linguistics	COG	40	5	45
Academic: XenoLinguistics	COG	40	5	45
Clubs	SOM	40	10	50
Deception	SAV	55	5	60
Fray	REF	50		50
Free Fall	Ref	40		40
Freerunning	SOM	45	10	55
Infiltration	COO	45	5	50
Interest: Tharsis League	COG	50	5	55
Intimidation	SAV	55	5	60
Investigation	INT	55	5	60
Kinesics	SAV	55	5	60
Kinetic Weapons	COO	55	5	60
Language: Korean	INT	90	5	95
Language: Arabic	INT	45	5	50
Language: English	INT	45	5	50
Language: French	INT	45	5	50
Language: Hindi	INT	45	5	50
Language: Japanese	INT	45	5	50
Language: Mandarin	INT	45	5	50
Networking: Autonomists	SAV	45	5	50
Networking: Criminals	SAV	45	5	50
Networking: Hypercorps	SAV	60	5	65
Perception	INT	55	5	60
Persuasion	SAV	55	5	60
Pilot: Groundcraft	REF	50		50
Profession: Forensics	COG	50	5	55
Profession: Law Enforcement	COG	50	5	55
Protocol	SAV	50	5	55
Research	COG	45	5	50

Martian Alpiner (Secondary Morph)

Martian Alpiner Traits

Fast Metabolism, Planned Obsolescence, Zero-G Nausea

Martian Alpiner Implants

Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Chameleon Skin, Cortical Stack, Direction Sense, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Vision, Grip Pads, Low Pressure Tolerance, Medichines, Nanotats, Neurachem (L1), Oxygen Reserve, Piercings, Respirocytes, Temperature Cold Tolerance, Oracles

Martian Alpiner Appearance

Primarily Korean genetic ancestry, mid to late thirties in physical appearance. Red skin. Generally slight/wiry but athletic build. Dark black hair, worn loose and cut short. Brown irises. Tattoos of abstract shapes made up of straight lines and blocks with sharp angles and no curves, usually black but occasionally luminescent white, primarily on forearms and shoulders (direct mirror of design on crasher morph). Ear and nose piercings, black metal studs. Typically wears black armored vest over black tank top, reddish-brown cargo pants, combat boots. Also red and black combat gloves. Basically same appearance as crasher morph, but older (and cheaper).

Aptitudes (Martian Alpiner Morph)

	COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL
Base	15	15	20	15	20	15	10
Morph						5
Total	15	15	20	15	20	20	10

Stats (Martian Alpiner Morph)

TT	LUC	IR	WT	DUR	DR	MOX	INIT	SPD	DB
4	20	40	8	40	60	4	70	1(1)	2

Armor

Energy 19 | Kinetic 16
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Body Armor (light) (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 15|10
Helmet (Full) +3|+3
Second Skin 1|3

Energy 12 | Kinetic 9
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Armor Vest (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 11|6
Second Skin 1|3

Skills (Martian Apliner Morph)

	APT	BASE	MORPH	TOTAL
Academic: Linguistics	COG	40		40
Academic: XenoLinguistics	COG	40		40
Clubs	SOM	40	5	45
Deception	SAV	55		55
Fray	REF	50		50
Free Fall	Ref	40		40
Freerunning	SOM	45	5	50
Infiltration	COO	45		45
Interest: Tharsis League	COG	50		50
Investigation	INT	55		55
Intimidation	SAV	55		55
Kinesics	SAV	55		55
Kinetic Weapons	COO	55		55
Language: Korean	INT	90		90
Language: Arabic	INT	45		45
Language: English	INT	45		45
Language: French	INT	45		45
Language: Hindi	INT	45		45
Language: Japanese	INT	45		45
Language: Mandarin	INT	45		45
Networking: Autonomists	SAV	45		45
Networking: Criminals	SAV	45		45
Networking: Hypercorps	SAV	60		60
Perception	INT	55		55
Persuasion	SAV	55		55
Pilot: Groundcraft	REF	50		50
Profession: Forensics	COG	50		50
Profession: Law Enforcement	COG	50		50
Protocol	SAV	50		50
Research	COG	45		45

Sylph (Tertiary Morph)

Sylph Traits

Striking Looks (Level 1)

Sylph Implants

Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Clean Metabolism, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Pheromones, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Respiration, Enhanced Vision, Ghostrider Module, Medichines, Oracles, Respirocytes

Sylph Appearance

Mixed Korean and Indian genetic ancestry, early to mid twenties in physical appearance. Generally slim build. Dark black hair, worn loose and just pas shoulder length. Silver irises. Tattoos of abstract shapes made up of straight lines and curved shapes with soft angles (similar in concept to other morphs by curves and shapes instead of lines and blocks), usually black but occasionally luminescent silver, primarily on forearms and shoulders. Ear and nose piercings, white or diamond studs. Typically wears red vest over black sleeveless top, white cargo pants, red sneakers. Prettier and more elegant version of crasher appearance.

Aptitudes (Sylph Morph)

	COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL
Base	15	15	20	15	20	15	10
Morph		5			10	5
Total	15	20	20	15	30	20	10

Stats (Sylph Morph)

TT	LUC	IR	WT	DUR	DR	MOX	INIT	SPD	DB
4	20	40	8	40	60	4	80	1	1

Armor

Energy 19 | Kinetic 16
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Body Armor (light) (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 15|10
Helmet (Full) +3|+3
Second Skin 1|3

Energy 12 | Kinetic 9
+10 vs Fire/Heat or Shock, +30 vs Liquid Based Attacks

Armor Vest (w/ Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Lotus Coating, Refractive Glazing, Shock Proof) 11|6
Second Skin 1|3

Skills (Sylph Morph)

	APT	BASE	MORPH	TOTAL
Academic: Linguistics	COG	40		40
Academic: XenoLinguistics	COG	40		40
Clubs	SOM	45	5	40
Deception	SAV	55	10	65
Fray	REF	50		50
Free Fall	Ref	40		40
Freerunning	SOM	45		45
Infiltration	COO	45	5	50
Interest: Tharsis League	COG	50		50
Intimidation	SAV	55	10	65
Investigation	INT	55	5	60
Kinesics	SAV	55	10	65
Kinetic Weapons	COO	55	5	60
Language: Korean	INT	90	5	95
Language: Arabic	INT	45	5	50
Language: English	INT	45	5	50
Language: French	INT	45	5	50
Language: Hindi	INT	45	5	50
Language: Japanese	INT	45	5	50
Language: Mandarin	INT	45	5	50
Networking: Autonomists	SAV	45	10	55
Networking: Criminals	SAV	45	10	55
Networking: Hypercorps	SAV	60	10	70
Perception	INT	55	5	60
Persuasion	SAV	55	10	65
Pilot: Groundcraft	REF	50		50
Profession: Forensics	COG	50		50
Profession: Law Enforcement	COG	50		50
Protocol	SAV	50	10	60
Research	COG	45		45

Percival (Muse)

Aptitudes

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL
10	10	20	10	10	10	10

Stats

TT	LUC	IR
4	20	40

Skills

	APT	BASE
Academic: Psychology	COG	60
Academic: Sociology	COG	40
Hardware: Electronics	COG	30
Infosec	COG	30
Interest: Hypercorp Politics	COG	40
Interfacing	COG	40
Perception	INT	30
Profession: Accounting	COG	60
Profession: Police Procedures	COG	40
Programming	COG	20
Research	COG	30