NAME: "Ariel"             PLAYER: NPC
NATIONALITY: Irish        HOMEWORLD: Earth   TYPE: Core
GRAVITY: Normal           BODY TYPE: Normal
GENDER: Female   HEIGHT: 2.05 meters (6' 9")   MASS: 104 kg (229#)
BIRTHDATE: 18 September 1565        AGE: 735
HAIR COLOR: Black   EYE COLOR: Grey-green   SKIN COLOR: White
APPEARANCE: Sensational (+3)
EYESIGHT: Exceptional (+2)      HEARING: Exceptional (+2)
THROW RANGE (Strength X 8): 136/144/152/160 meters
COOLNESS UNDER FIRE: 10
ENCUMBRANCE 2 X (Strength + Size): 70/72/74/76 kg
NATIVE LANGUAGE(S): Irish
OTHER LANGUAGES: English, French, German, Japanese

FIRST CAREER: Thief
SECOND CAREER: Low-Tech

    
    SIZ      STR      DEX      END      DET      INT      ELO      EDU      PSY
            ______   ______
H  ______   [_17_]   [_19_]   ______   ______   ______   ______   ______   ______
N  [_18_]   [_18_]   [_18_]   [_18_]   [_20_]   [_18_]   [_18_]   [_28_]   [_22_]
L           [_19_]   [_17_]
Z  __+4__   [_20_]   [_16_]   __+4__   __+5__   __+4__   __+4__   __+7__   __+5__
                             
    CONS.    LIFE                                 REN.
   ______   ______                               ______
   [__5_]   [_10_]                               [__0_]   __+0__

   ACADEMIC SKILS:                               GENERAL SKILLS:
Anthropology ( 6 )                            Athletics ( 6 )
Astronomy ( 2 )                               Electronics ( 0 )
Biology ( 6 )                                 First Aid ( 2 )/2*
Chemistry ( 1 )                               Hunting ( 5 )
Engineering (   )                             Mechanics (   )
Geology (   )                                 Mining ( 0 )
History ( 6 )                                 Prospecting (   )
Linguistics ( 3 )                             Riding ( 1 )
Medicine ( 6 )                                Survival ( 6 )
Physics (   )                                 Swimming ( 6 )
Psychology ( 4 )                              Tracking ( 2 )
Theoretical Science (   )                     Vacc Suit ( 4 )
                                              
   COMBAT SKILLS:                                INTELLECTUAL SKILLS:
Archery ( 4 )                                 Bureaucracy ( 4 )
Combat Rifleman (   )                         Computer ( 0 )
Combat Walkers (  )                           Cortescan Operation ( N )
Demolitions ( 0 )                             Information Gathering ( 4 )
Forward Observing ( 2 )                       Robotics ( 0 )
Heavy Weapons (   )
Leadership ( 1 )
Melee ( 6 )  Melee DPV [(STR + Melee)/30] = 0.7/0.8/0.8/0.8 (Stun or BT)
Reconnaissance ( 5 )
Sidearms (   )
Tactics ( 0 )
Thrown Weapons ( 6 )  Thrown DPV (STR/20) = 0.8/0.9/0.9/1.0

                                                 JOURNALISTIC SKILLS:
                                              Imaging (   )
                                              Interviewing ( 9 )
                                              Writing (   )

   MERCANTILE SKILLS:                            LOCAL KNOWLEDGE (Cont.)
Appraisal ( 4 )                               DM-15 6290 Outpost (   )
Bargaining ( 4 )                              DM-21 1377 Outpost (   )
Trading ( 3 )                                 DM-26 12026 Outpost (   )
                                              Doris (   )
   SPACE CREW SKILLS:                         Dukou (   )
Communications (   )                          Dunkelheim (  )
Environmental Engineering (   )               Earth ( 3 )
Gunnery (   )                                 Ellis (   )
Piloting (   )                                Haifeng Outpost (  )
Remote Piloting (   )                         Han Shan (   )
Sensors ( 0 )                                 Heidelsheimat (   )
Ship Drive Engineering (   )                  Hermes (   )
Spin Operations ( 5 )                         Hochbaden (   )
Thrusters ( 2 )                               Hunjiang Outpost (   )
Zero-G ( 10 )                                 Inferno Outpost (   )
                                              Joi (   )
   UNDERWORLD SKILLS:                         Kie-Yuma (   )
Disguise ( 4 )                                Kimanjano ( 2 )
Forgery ( 2 )                                 King (   )
Security Systems ( 9 )                        Kingsland (   )
Stealth ( 6 )                                 Kormoran (   )
Streetwise ( 6 )                              Kwantung (  )
                                              Montaña (   )
   VEHICLE SKILLS:                            New Melbourne Outpost (   )
Air Vehicles (   )                            Nibelungen (   )
Ground Vehicles ( 0 )                         Nous Voila (   )
Hover Vehicles (   )                          Paulo (   )
LTA Vehicles (  )                             Proxima Centauri System (  )
Sea Vehicles ( 0 )                            Red Speck Observatory (   )
                                              Ross 614 Outpost (   )
   LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:                    Ross 863 Outpost (   )
Adlerhorst (   )                              Sans Souci Outpost (   )
Augereau Outpost (   )                        Serurier Outpost (   )
Aurore (   )                                  Stark (   )
Austin's World (   )                          Syuhlahm (  )
Barnard's Star Outpost (   )                  Tirane ( 1 )
BC ( 2 )                                      Van Maanen's Star Outpost (  )
Beowulf ( 1 )                                 Vega Outpost (   )
Berthier Outpost (  )                         Xiuning Outpost (  )
Bessieres Outpost (   )                       _Gateway____________ ( 0 )
Botany Bay (   )                              _L-4________________ ( 1 )
Broward Outpost (   )                         _L-5________________ ( 2 )
Chengdu ( 1 )                                 _Nakagema_Mining_Ast.( 1 )
Clarkesstar Outpost (   )                     ____________________ (   )
Crater (   )                                  ____________________ (   )
Daikoku (   )                                 ____________________ (   )
D'Artagnon Outpost (  )                       ____________________ (   )
Davout Outpost (  )                           ____________________ (   )
DM+1 4774 Outpost (   )                       ____________________ (   )
DM+15 4733 Outpost (   )                      ____________________ (   )
DM+19 5116 Outpost (   )                      ____________________ (   )
DM+27 28217 Outpost (   )                     ____________________ (   )

Lv 735,000; Loose, Tres Chic "Nibelungen Green" embroidered robe of a vaguely oriental design; Leather belt with woven metal core (usable as a Manriki-gusari); 3 Key-pers; Gunsen; Large leather shoulderbag/backpack; Makeup/disguise kit with mirror in the lid; Tiara boomerang-blade with +3 lockpicks in it; +2 "Ace" lockpick ring; Parrying Bracers; Wrist Snapblades (DPV=0.5); Portacomp, screen, and hard case with Electronic Security Systems Kit chip marked in Arabic.

Primary Skills:
All General Skills (except Electronics & P-Suit), All Intellectual, Mercantile, and Underworld skills
Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, History, Linguistics, Herbal Medicine, Psychology, Archery, Foward Observing, Leadership, Melee, Reconnaissance, Tactics, Thrown Weapons.

Related Skills: Chemistry, Geology, Demolitions, Vacc Suit, Interviewing.

• Flying: (She can move at 1.5x ground movement speed, but she won't use this in front of anyone, even to get up the elevator shaft). If using the Psionics system, treat this as Levitation-10.
• Essence Drain: (During the exchange of bodily fluids with a willing male, "Ariel" can permanently drain one point of the man's Consciousness/Life Levels and Determination, adding one each to her own (to a maximum of 20). Due to her "Essence Loss" (see below), she has to do this, at least once every year and a half, or so. Victims must roll for a Routine Task to resist addiction, using DET+2. Failure indicates addiction, regardless of the consequences. "Ariel" (or whatever her REAL name is) isn't into killing men, however, and will generally not visit prey more than once).
• Immunity to Normal Weapons: ("Ariel" receives a number of points of armor equal to 2/3 of her current Determination, rounded down. She'll pretend this is the "Steel Skin" ability. This Immunity does not apply to Iron weapons, however. During this adventure, she has an Armor Value of 12!). If using the Psionics rules, this is Immunity to Normal Weapons-10.
• Darkness, 5' radius: (At will, she can make an area three meters in diameter totally devoid of light. This will affect the Cyber-eyed, as well as normal vision, since there will be no light to intensify, and even thermographic vision will be blocked). If using Psionics, treat this as Light Wave Manipulation-6.
• "Mind Probe": (She has ESP/Mind-reading ability. If you're using Psionics, treat this as ESP-10.
• "Clairaudience": (She can hear what's going on in an area without having to enter it. This could come in handy right before opening the elevator doors, for example. Use of this power requires concentration, and she will simply seem to be listening). This is Clairaudience-6, if using the Psionics system.
• Compulsion: (She can make men desire her - and that's all she can compel them to do!). Compulsion-6.
• Influence: (She can suggest something, and it will seem imminently reasonable, making men (or women) want to follow her suggestions). Influence-6.
• Enhanced Vision: (She has Thermographic and Light-Intensifying abilities, as well as Telescopic and Microscopic sight, and "Flash Defense", which prevents being blinded by sudden, intense light/heat. Note that she can't see in the Darkness that she can create any better than anyone else can). Visual Enhancement-6.
• Immunity to Age, Pathogens, and Toxins: (She's basically immortal unless slain, can't catch diseases, and is unaffected by poisons). In terms of Psionics, this would be Immunity to Age-4, Immunity to Pathogens-9, and Chemosynthesis-6, or better yet, Pseudo-Immortality-6 (in which case, a roll of 3 indicates that her Autoregeneration will fail versus beheading).
• Shape Change: (Not attracted to dark-haired, pale-skinned women? No problem! She can become a Negro, Amerindian, Philipino, or whatever works. This comes in handy for disguise, escape, spying, etc. She can't change her Size, but she can go from Ectomorph to Mesomorph...). Appearance Alteration-6.
• Mild Allergy to Holy Items: (Irritating, but no real game effects).
• Severe Allergy to Iron: (Iron weapons ignore her Immunity to Normal Weapons armor, and have a DPV of +0.2 over what they normally would, for her). In Immunity to Normal Weapons.
• Essence Loss: (She loses 1 point/month from her Consciousness/Life Levels, and Determination. This can only be replenished by draining them from men! She has limited herself to preying only on the kinds of men who prey on women, however. Unfortunately, once her Determination drops to 1, however, she can't resist. Also note that "Consciousness Level" is ignored, for this purpose - she won't faint if her level drops too low).
• The Missing Abilities: Ariel is eligible to have up to 16 psionic abilities, including up to 5 Formidable/Impossible ones. She has 7 Difficult, 2 Formidable, and 1 Impossible. If the Referee wishes, he could select up to six additional power (perhaps Aura Reading?) for her. This would prove useful if he wishes her to remain part of the campaign, and teach the PCs any of the psionic disciplines that she knows.

Ariel was born in Ireland in the latter 1500s, but has no trace of an Irish accent (unless she wishes to). She has spent time in France, Germany, Japan, and at least one asteroid mining base, as well as several human worlds. She has lived through much of recorded history, and knows it far better than the Historians do - she was there! Early life was tough, and she became a thief, living off the land. In more modern times, she has generally tried to shun people as much as possible, living as a Low-Tech type in some out-of-the-way rural area. She has a distaste for firearms, electronics, computers, robotics, and other "assets" of modern life. She would be far happier in a Bronze Age world (certainly not Iron Age)!

Unfortunately, Ariel is forced to deal with humanity, as her loss of one point each from Determination, Consciousness, and Life Levels require her to drain them from men. By choice, she has limited herself to taking only one point from "evil" men, and that only when it becomes necessary, or she decides to teach some louse a lesson. When around "Ariel", it is best to treat women with respect, and avoid being categorized as a "louse"!