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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8966864" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Dr. Valerie Petrie</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-J9VbVbg/0/6fd54614/M/aamshed_drake1-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Let it be clear, she is a legitimate doctor. (When in a good mood, she will unsmilingly declare, "I have a Doctorate in Philosophy from Yale, a Doctorate in Civil Law from McGill, and a Doctorate in Medicine from John Hopkins. My friends, out of courtesy, call me Doctor.") But if she ever held a license to practice medicine, it has certainly been revoked given the well-documented crimes to which she has been party. Dr. Valerie Petrie is perhaps the foremost medical mercenary in the world, with only Sorayama Hiroshi, the great artist of cybernetics, standing as a peer.</p><p></p><p>The earliest record of a Valerie Petrie dates to 1981, when she arrived, alone, at the doors of a think tank operating in Rochester, New York. According to her stated biography, she was then fourteen, and the only daughter of the late Roland Petrie, associated with the Morrison Institute before his death in 1979 and a former employee of a somewhat notorious private hospital in upstate New York. All subsequent attempts to discover corroboration of this background have failed. Nevertheless, she was accepted as a member of the think tank and soon distinguished herself in its medical research program.</p><p></p><p>She remained at the think tank well after she would have been free to leave, only departing when she was expelled under obscure circumstances in 1997. According to her statements, she had even then begun to feel that the think tank concept had served its purpose and that much of the research currently being pursued there was pathological and/or directed towards impractical ends. The handful of fellow students from that institution who are willing to talk about her will claim, in hushed tones, that she was expelled for practicing reanimation, having even then come into possession of the Frankenstein papers as an inheritance from a cousin of hers named West. (She denies any relation to the individual by that name who was active in the 1980s, but will not deny a possible connection to his alleged ancestor.)</p><p></p><p>Since then, having not aged perceptibly since departing the think tank, she has unhesitatingly put her scientific and medical skills to the use of the highest bidder. While regarding ethics as largely irrelevant to her concerns, Dr. Petrie does observe certain personal standards. She is not interested in putting her skills to use for the sake of romantic nihilism under the pretense of "for science!" When she agrees to work on a project, it must have a specific goal that she considers achievable. If she later determines that the goal is unachievable after she has accepted payment for her work, she may (depending on her evaluation of the stability of her employer) make <em>one</em> attempt to convince them of the impossibility of what they want. If that fails, or if she believes doing so would be unsafe, she will continue to work on the project while making plans for her personal escape from the fiasco sure to follow.</p><p></p><p>During the course of several such fiascos, she has crossed paths with most of the Powerhouse and other noteworthy superheroes, maintaining a somewhat collegial association with la Donna Universale despite having been on opposing sides of several conflicts. When confronted by superpowered opposition she will unhesitatingly surrender, having no illusions about her ability to successfully fight against such beings. She is more inclined towards homicidal self-defense when confronted by more mundane opposition, and can and has given lessons in the combat applications of the scalpel.</p><p></p><p>As already mentioned, Dr. Petrie has been alleged to be in possession of the papers of one George Frankenstein, outlining his process for returning life to unliving tissue. These rumors are correct. However, Dr. Petrie does not engage in these practices. (This is not to say that she <em>has</em> not, only that she no longer does so.) She believes in staying bought, and considers the decision by Adam and Mary Frankenstein to allow her to remain living after they learned of her ownership of these documents, as long as she was willing to agree to use them <em>only</em> as they request, as having purchased her services in a coin she values dearly.</p><p></p><p>Buried in the archives of the think tank where she was supposedly trained, now held by the library of the University of Rochester, are the results of the physical examination she was given on arriving at that institution. They confirm that she was a typical fourteen year old female human, but note one oddity -- the presence of scarring on her head, covered by her hair. Scarring typical of someone who had been the subject of brain surgery -- extremely radical brain surgery. Those marks have largely been effaced by time and treatments she herself has developed, and she does not welcome inquiries about them. At all.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dr. Valerie Petrie -- PL 8</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 1 | <strong>STA</strong> 2 | <strong>AGL</strong> 2 | <strong>DEX</strong> 2 | <strong>FGT</strong> 4 | <strong>INT</strong> 7 | <strong>AWE</strong> 3 | <strong>PRE</strong> 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Longevity:</em></strong> Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison) - 3 points</p><p><strong><em>Unfazeable:</em></strong> Immunity 5 (interaction skills) - 5 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Attractive, Daze (Deception), Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 10, Evasion, Improved Critical (knife) 2, Improved Initiative, Jack-of-all-trades, Medical Miracleworker*, Multilingual, Non-Lethal Tactics, Redirect, Skill Mastery (Treatment), Uncanny Dodge, Well-informed.</p><p>* As Invention, but using Expertise: Science to design and Treatment to "build".</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment: </em></p><p>50 points of gear as needed for current operations, usually including a knife (Strength-based Damage 1, Improved Critical) and a headquarters (always including Infirmary and Laboratory.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Close Combat: Knife 5 (+9), Deception 5 (+10), Expertise: Criminal 5 (+12), Expertise: Science 6 (+13), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 7 (+11), Investigation 4 (+11), Perception 5 (+8), Technology 2 (+9), Treatment 6 (+13).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +6</p><p>Unarmed +4 (Close Damage 1)</p><p>Scalpel +9 (Close Damage 2, Crit 17-20)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 7, Parry 9, Fortitude 4, Toughness 7/2, Will 10</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 52 + Powers 8 + Advantages 26 + Skills 25 + Defenses 19 = 130 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 6</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 8</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 7</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 8</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Mercenary--Motivation. Honor</em></strong> (stays bought.) <strong><em>Power Loss</em></strong> (Longevity, without regular treatments.) <strong>Secret</strong> (custodian of Frankenstein papers.) <strong><em>Somewhat Vain.</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8966864, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=red]Dr. Valerie Petrie[/color][/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-J9VbVbg/0/6fd54614/M/aamshed_drake1-M.jpg[/img] Let it be clear, she is a legitimate doctor. (When in a good mood, she will unsmilingly declare, "I have a Doctorate in Philosophy from Yale, a Doctorate in Civil Law from McGill, and a Doctorate in Medicine from John Hopkins. My friends, out of courtesy, call me Doctor.") But if she ever held a license to practice medicine, it has certainly been revoked given the well-documented crimes to which she has been party. Dr. Valerie Petrie is perhaps the foremost medical mercenary in the world, with only Sorayama Hiroshi, the great artist of cybernetics, standing as a peer. The earliest record of a Valerie Petrie dates to 1981, when she arrived, alone, at the doors of a think tank operating in Rochester, New York. According to her stated biography, she was then fourteen, and the only daughter of the late Roland Petrie, associated with the Morrison Institute before his death in 1979 and a former employee of a somewhat notorious private hospital in upstate New York. All subsequent attempts to discover corroboration of this background have failed. Nevertheless, she was accepted as a member of the think tank and soon distinguished herself in its medical research program. She remained at the think tank well after she would have been free to leave, only departing when she was expelled under obscure circumstances in 1997. According to her statements, she had even then begun to feel that the think tank concept had served its purpose and that much of the research currently being pursued there was pathological and/or directed towards impractical ends. The handful of fellow students from that institution who are willing to talk about her will claim, in hushed tones, that she was expelled for practicing reanimation, having even then come into possession of the Frankenstein papers as an inheritance from a cousin of hers named West. (She denies any relation to the individual by that name who was active in the 1980s, but will not deny a possible connection to his alleged ancestor.) Since then, having not aged perceptibly since departing the think tank, she has unhesitatingly put her scientific and medical skills to the use of the highest bidder. While regarding ethics as largely irrelevant to her concerns, Dr. Petrie does observe certain personal standards. She is not interested in putting her skills to use for the sake of romantic nihilism under the pretense of "for science!" When she agrees to work on a project, it must have a specific goal that she considers achievable. If she later determines that the goal is unachievable after she has accepted payment for her work, she may (depending on her evaluation of the stability of her employer) make [i]one[/i] attempt to convince them of the impossibility of what they want. If that fails, or if she believes doing so would be unsafe, she will continue to work on the project while making plans for her personal escape from the fiasco sure to follow. During the course of several such fiascos, she has crossed paths with most of the Powerhouse and other noteworthy superheroes, maintaining a somewhat collegial association with la Donna Universale despite having been on opposing sides of several conflicts. When confronted by superpowered opposition she will unhesitatingly surrender, having no illusions about her ability to successfully fight against such beings. She is more inclined towards homicidal self-defense when confronted by more mundane opposition, and can and has given lessons in the combat applications of the scalpel. As already mentioned, Dr. Petrie has been alleged to be in possession of the papers of one George Frankenstein, outlining his process for returning life to unliving tissue. These rumors are correct. However, Dr. Petrie does not engage in these practices. (This is not to say that she [i]has[/i] not, only that she no longer does so.) She believes in staying bought, and considers the decision by Adam and Mary Frankenstein to allow her to remain living after they learned of her ownership of these documents, as long as she was willing to agree to use them [i]only[/i] as they request, as having purchased her services in a coin she values dearly. Buried in the archives of the think tank where she was supposedly trained, now held by the library of the University of Rochester, are the results of the physical examination she was given on arriving at that institution. They confirm that she was a typical fourteen year old female human, but note one oddity -- the presence of scarring on her head, covered by her hair. Scarring typical of someone who had been the subject of brain surgery -- extremely radical brain surgery. Those marks have largely been effaced by time and treatments she herself has developed, and she does not welcome inquiries about them. At all. [b]Dr. Valerie Petrie -- PL 8 Abilities: STR[/b] 1 | [b]STA[/b] 2 | [b]AGL[/b] 2 | [b]DEX[/b] 2 | [b]FGT[/b] 4 | [b]INT[/b] 7 | [b]AWE[/b] 3 | [b]PRE[/b] 5 [b]Powers: [i]Longevity:[/i][/b] Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison) - 3 points [b][i]Unfazeable:[/i][/b] Immunity 5 (interaction skills) - 5 points [b]Advantages:[/b] Attractive, Daze (Deception), Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 10, Evasion, Improved Critical (knife) 2, Improved Initiative, Jack-of-all-trades, Medical Miracleworker*, Multilingual, Non-Lethal Tactics, Redirect, Skill Mastery (Treatment), Uncanny Dodge, Well-informed. * As Invention, but using Expertise: Science to design and Treatment to "build". [i]Equipment: [/i] 50 points of gear as needed for current operations, usually including a knife (Strength-based Damage 1, Improved Critical) and a headquarters (always including Infirmary and Laboratory.) [b]Skills:[/b] Close Combat: Knife 5 (+9), Deception 5 (+10), Expertise: Criminal 5 (+12), Expertise: Science 6 (+13), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 7 (+11), Investigation 4 (+11), Perception 5 (+8), Technology 2 (+9), Treatment 6 (+13). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +6 Unarmed +4 (Close Damage 1) Scalpel +9 (Close Damage 2, Crit 17-20) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 7, Parry 9, Fortitude 4, Toughness 7/2, Will 10 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 52 + Powers 8 + Advantages 26 + Skills 25 + Defenses 19 = 130 points [b]Offensive PL:[/b] 6 [b]Defensive PL:[/b] 8 [b]Resistance PL:[/b] 7 [b]Skill PL:[/b] 8 [b]Complications: [i]Mercenary--Motivation. Honor[/i][/b] (stays bought.) [b][i]Power Loss[/i][/b] (Longevity, without regular treatments.) [b]Secret[/b] (custodian of Frankenstein papers.) [b][i]Somewhat Vain.[/i][/b] [/QUOTE]
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