Marcia Lorata
A PC for Mass_Effect:_The_Orpheus_Initiative - for character portrait see this drawing by Vaahlkult on Deviantart
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Marcia Lorata
Concept: Rugged Turian Sentinel
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Lust (for life / adrenaline junkie)
Archetype: Sentinel
Background
Raised in a frontier colony on the inhospitable world Invictus, Marcia learned self-sufficiency and patience. That was also where she had her first experiences as a tech expert. With equipment quickly decaying due to difficult surface conditions, it was a matter of survival to become efficient at improvisation.
She was recruited into a cabal earlier than usual due to her biotic talent surfacing young. Her team members became a substitute family, as life on Invictus was an increasingly more distant memory. Together, the Alegia cabal have carried out missions on the outskirts of Citadel space, including extraction, asset recovery, removal of aggressive factors and civilan rescue. They specialised in working in difficult conditions.
Marcia accepted the transfer to a new team quietly. While the papers spoke highly of her dedication to the Hierarchy goals, highly honed biotic skills, a talent for improvisation and excellent team work - whoever signed them possibly forgot that cabals tend to be tightly knit groups that rarely disband. Despite her stoic appearance, Marcia misses her team mates and wonders whether the transfer was a promotion or a demotion.
She is generally patient and goal-oriented, enduring adversities stoically and with good cheer. She does have problems interacting with civilians (especially non-Turian) due to spending a long time in a small military group. She can also get oblivious to needs of others as she has simply come to expect everyone else to be also patient, durable and well prepared.
Quotes
"This duck tape will hold until the rescue comes. Yes, I tested this in jungle conditions. No worries, these cables have good resistance; they won't burn. What do you mean, 'not a permanent solution'?"
"I know it's not mapped; this is the right road though. We're under cover and we'll miss the possible ambush, maybe even shave off some travelling time if we're lucky. Yeah, I know the ground is swampy. But it could be worse. There could be local fauna. We're good."
Character Sheet
Attributes
| Mental | Physical | Social |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence: 3 | Strength: 3 | Presence: 2 |
| Wits: 3 | Dexterity: 3 | Manipulation: 2 |
| Resolve: 4 | Stamina: 4 | Composure: 3 |
Skills
| Mental | Physical | Social |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering 4 (Improvisation) | Assault 4 (Turian krav maga equivalent) | Empathy 2 |
| Investigation 1 | Athletics 3 (Durable) | Persuasion 1 |
| Medicine 2 | Firearms 4 (Assault Rifles) | Contacts 1 |
| Piloting 2 | ||
| Stealth 2 | ||
| Survival 4 (Difficult conditions |
Merits
Allies (Alegia cabal) - 2
Danger Sense 2 - +2 on Wits+Composure to resist ambush
Direction Sense
Fast Reflexes 2 - +2 to initiative
Natural Immunity - +2 to resist infections, sickness and disease
Radiation Resistance - +4 to Stamina against radiation]
Status (Hierarchy military) - 3
Talents
Passive - Bulwark: A Sentinel treats their Shield levels as benefiting from 1 point of Armour. This does not have any of the normal penalties associated with Armour.
Active - Vigilance: Once per session, a Sentinel may choose to automatically achieve an exceptional success on a Perception check (including checks made via a vehicle's sensors), or on any skill check using a Tech Programme to scan.
Biotic
Discipline: Distortion 3
Singularity: Singularity uses distortion to punch a gravity well into the fabric of spacetime, dragging anyone nearby towards its centre.
Choose a point within 100 yards; this is where the singularity appears, affecting an area Resolve x 5 yards in radius. Roll Resolve + Distortion, with the power's duration in rounds equal to the number of successes. Anyone in the area of effect must succeed in a Strength + Athletics check in order to move in any direction other than directly towards the singularity, with successes equal to the number of yards they can move in a direction they wish. On the biotic's turn every round, everyone in the area of effect gets pulled 5 yards towards the singularity.
Cost: 1 Willpower point
Boost: For 1B, increase the number of yards the singularity pulls each round by the biotic's Resolve.
Warp: Warp creates rapidly shifting mass effect fields that tear a target apart.
Warp is used as a ranged attack by the biotic, with a short range of 100 yards and no medium or long range. This power uses Resolve + Distortion as its attack pool and is affected by other situational modifiers, such as cover, just as a normal ranged attack. If Warp hits, it has a Damage rating equal to the biotic's Resolve, with added damage from successes as normal.
If the target is already under the effect of another biotic power, Warp causes a biotic explosion. This increases its' Damage rating by 1 against the target, and inflicts a 3L explosion centred on the target with a radius equal to the biotic's Resolve in yards. The pre-existing biotic power immediately ends if it is a Distortion or Kinetic power.
Cost: 1 Willpower point
Boost: For 1B, Warp grants all attacks against the target Armour Piercing 1 for a number of rounds equal to Resolve.
Haze: This technique uses low-level distortion fields to create a shell of warped spacetime around an area, interfering with any sorts of senses or perception attempting to cross the shell's edge. To the outside world, the hazed air looks like warped, shimmering glass.
Haze affects an area centred on the biotic with a radius of Resolve x 5 yards. Roll Resolve + Distortion, with the power's duration in rounds equal to the number of successes. Any attempts to perceive by any means (sight, hearing, radar etc) into the area covered by Haze suffer a penalty equal to the biotic's Resolve, and indeed need to make Perception or other appropriate rolls in the first place.
Cost: 1B
Boost: For 1 Willpower point, the effect can be placed within 50 yards instead of being centred on the biotic.
Tech
Engineering Process: 3
Omni-tool library contents:
- Overload (type: charged)
- Shield Boost (type: charged)
- Shield Burst (type: charged)
- Engineering Analysis (type: running)
- Shield Drone Programming (type: running; requires drone)
- Shield Modulation (type: running; requires drone)
Typical loadout when prepared for combat, no drone available: Overload, Shield Boost, Shield Burst
Typical loadout when prepared for combat, drone available: Overload, Shield Drone Programming, Shield Modulation
What each process does:
Overload: The programme discharges a carefully controlled pulse of electrical current that plays havoc with a target's shields, overloading kinetic barriers. As a reflexive action, roll Intelligence + Engineering to deal damage to the Shield levels of a target within 50 yards – this power does no damage to health levels. If the character has multiple Overload programmes ready, they can all be expended at the same time; each Overload may affect a new target within 5 yards of the last, and the same target cannot be affected twice.
Shield Boost: The programme runs emergency power management routines to reestablish shield integrity. As a reflexive action, roll Wits + Engineering, restoring a number of lost Shield points to the character or an ally within 25 yards equal to the number of successes rolled. If the character has multiple Shield Boost programmes readied, they can all be expended at the same time; each Boost may target a new ally within 5 yards of the last target, and the same target cannot be affected twice.
Shield Burst: The programme dumps all remaining kinetic barrier energy into a controlled output. As a reflexive action, the character loses all remaining Shield points. A blast is centred on the character with a radius equal to the number of Shield points lost. Roll Wits + Engineering, dealing successes as Lethal damage to all characters within the area of effect.
Engineering Analysis: Advanced VI diagnostic routines grant the 9-again rule to all Engineering skill checks, other than for the use of charged Engineering programmes.
Shield Drone Programming: A package of advanced drone management routines allows it to serve as a shield emitter. The character's remote drone grants a +2 bonus to the maximum Shield points of all allies within 20 yards.
Shield Modulation: A VI's ongoing shield management processes ensure that a shield restores its integrity at a more rapid rate than normal. The character can reflexively restore 1 Shield point on their turn, as long as they have not been hit by any attacks since their last turn.
Stats
Size: 5
Defense: 3
Health: 9
Initiative: 8
Speed: 11
Willpower: 7
Gear
Weapons
| Type | Damage | Range | Clip | ROF | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Pistol | 1L | 20/40/80 | 10 | S | 9-again, AP1 |
| Assault Rifle | 2L | 150/300/600 | 40 | S/BF/A |
Grenades
- 3 Lift Grenades
- 1 Stun Grenade
Armour
Light Armour (Armour 2, Shields 7; -1 penalty to Defence and Speed)
- mod: Onboard Targeting VI mod (-1 to cover penalty to range attacks)
- medi-gel: 3
Personal Tools
- Technique Biotic Amp: +2 to Distortion
- Enhanced Processor Omni-Tool: Library Size 6, +1 equipment bonus to Engineering
Extra Tools
1 Remote Drone (Shields: 3 Armour: 1 Health: 2; +1 Teamwork bonus to Engineering)
