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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8967707" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Kalama Mazainin</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-pZdwm2b/0/4093c84f/S/moonsoo-lee-2c8d2984-e3aa-4725-ac94-30f8e3294783-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/moonsoo" target="_blank">Moonsoo Lee</a></em></p><p></p><p>Not so very long ago, on a planet on the trailing side of the Technate, a middle-aged woman, beat down by years, sat at the bar in a broken down public house, nursing an alcoholic beverage. She lifted her head slightly at the unfamiliar sound of thrusters not so far away, then nodded to herself. "'Tis about to get a bit dangerous in here, gents, so you'd all wisely be elsewhere," she announced, then glanced over her shoulder to discover that the tavern had emptied out even before she spoke. With a shrug, she returned to her drink.</p><p></p><p>Then the doors to the house burst inward as a younger woman, strongly resembling the older one, kicked them in. (Her hands were filled with a pair of blasters, you see.) "You chuttin' slag!" she shouted as her fiery eyes settled on the sole occupant of the house. (It should not be difficult to figure out the English equivalents of the naughty words being used in this conversation, but the originals will nevertheless be used in their stead.)</p><p></p><p>"Fair mornin' to ye, Kalama," replied the chutting slag without a glance in the direction of the one who so addressed her. "You're out sooner than I thought."</p><p></p><p>"Oh, I <em>daresay</em> you thought you'd never see me again, <em>Maza,</em>" replied Kalama, making the word for mother into a curse. "But I showed 'em like I'm about to show you and --"</p><p></p><p>"I knew you'd be back," the old woman said, before taking a deep draught that almost drained the contents of the flagon before her.</p><p></p><p>"Damned liar!" Kalama shouted. "If you'd thought I'd be back, you'd have been lars away from here by now! Or what, did the dosh from the buros not cover a ticket on a fast ship for ye?"</p><p></p><p>"You could say that, right enow," her mother replied agreeably, licking her lips to get what remained of the drink on them.</p><p></p><p>Kalama let out a disgusted grunt. "Spent it all on drink, I s'pect."</p><p></p><p>"Now that you can't say. There was no money, Kalama. The buros offered me some, aye, but I told 'em where to keep it. I never sold ye out, girl. <em>I gave ye up for free.</em>"</p><p></p><p>Kalama was shocked enough that the blasters in each of her hands dropped their line of fire from the old woman to the floor of the house. "For free?" she repeated, hoarsely. "You turned me into the chuttin' Bureau of Law Enforcement, knowin' what they would do to me, knowin' they'd try to turn my mind inside out, and you never even took their dosh? <em>Why?</em> What was the point of it, then?"</p><p></p><p>"The point," said her mother, finally sure that there was no more drink to be had, "was to trade the endless wonderin' of when you'd decide to finish me off for at least a little time where I knew you <em>couldn't</em>. I hoped for a month, but a week will have to do." With that, she finally turned to face Kalama head on, regarding her with furious loathing. "So get on with it, damn ye, you've been tryin' to end me since you was in me guts!"</p><p></p><p>The sound of Kalama shrieking in outrage almost drowned out the roar of blaster fire.</p><p></p><p>Kalama Mazainin ("Mothered-Not") is one of the most notorious pirates of the trailing regions of the Technate, frequently raiding into the Vaask Hegemony and territories claimed by the Konan Armada. There is a substantial bounty on her head, but most people are understandably reluctant to take the risks involved in claiming it, given what she is known to have done to the last individual who turned her in for the reward. (The true story of that, presented above, is known only to herself.)</p><p></p><p>She has subjected herself to extensive cybernetic modification in order to keep her body beyond the razor edge needed to be a successful space pirate, as well as keeping herself alive after the serious injuries she has suffered in her pursuit of infamy. None of this has done anything good for her psychological balance, which was not all that great in the first place. Kalama is notorious, even among pirates, for being a mercurial and unpredictable commander, showering her crew with riches on day and shooting them in cold blood over minor infractions of ship policy the next. Fortunately, the stories about paying well attract the interest of people who imagine that the other sort could never happen to them.</p><p></p><p>Recently, Kalama happened to overhear an old rival-slash-ally-of-convenience, one Naharuk, recruiting crew for a visit to some obscure planet in the Unclaimed Regions that had been invaded by Konan and threw them back. The incident has seized her curiosity, as she wonders how much profit could be gained from raiding a system that would be barely recovered from the damage that invasion caused ...</p><p></p><p><strong>Kalama Mazainin -- PL 9</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 3 | <strong>STA</strong> 2 | <strong>AGL</strong> 5 | <strong>DEX</strong> 6 | <strong>FGT</strong> 5 | <strong>INT</strong> 3 | <strong>AWE</strong> 2 | <strong>PRE</strong> 2</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Mobility:</em></strong> Enhanced Advantages 4 (Evasion, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action); Leaping 2 (30 feet); Movement 2 (environmental adaptation-zero gravity; wall-crawling); Speed 2 (8 MPH) - 12 points</p><p><strong><em>Twin Stars:</em></strong> Ranged Damage 10, Improved Critical 2, Split Attack; Easily Removable (-8) - 15 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Agile Feint, All-out Attack, Benefit (make climbing checks with Acrobatics), Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 17, <em>Evasion, Improved Initiative 2,</em> Leadership, <em>Move-by Action,</em> Power Attack, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 2, Skill Mastery (Acrobatics), Startle.</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p><strong><em>Maza:</em></strong> <strong>Size</strong> Gargantuan; <strong>Strength</strong> 14; <strong>Speed</strong> 14 (space only; 32,000 MPH); <strong>Defense</strong> 6; <strong>Toughness</strong> 14; <strong>Features</strong> Communications, Hidden Compartments, Holding Cells, Infirmary, Living Space, Navigation System, Remote Control.</p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Stardrive:</em></strong> Movement 2 (space travel 2) - 4 points</p><p><strong><em>Weapons:</em></strong> Array (54 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Torpedoes:</em></strong> Linked Ranged Damage 12; Linked Ranged Burst Damage 10 - 54 points </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Tractor Beam:</em></strong> Move Object 14 - 1 point</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Acrobatics 6 (+11), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+7), Deception 6 (+8), Expertise: Galactic 7 (+10), Insight 6 (+8), Intimidation 9 (+11), Stealth 4 (+9), Technology 6 (+9), Vehicles 6 (+12).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +13</p><p>Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 3)</p><p>Blaster +8 (Ranged Damage 10, Crit 18-20)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 11, Parry 10, Fortitude 5, Toughness 7/2, Will 7</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 9</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 9</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 6</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 7</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 56 + Powers 27 + Advantages 29 + Skills 27 + Defenses 19 = 172 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Greed--Motivation. Paranoia. Weakness</em></strong> (becomes Vulnerable if subject to Nullify Electrical.)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"I tread a lurching timber world, a reeking salt-caked hell;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">And yet, perhaps, no worse a world than yours ..."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8967707, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=red]Kalama Mazainin[/color][/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-pZdwm2b/0/4093c84f/S/moonsoo-lee-2c8d2984-e3aa-4725-ac94-30f8e3294783-S.jpg[/img] [i]Art by [url=https://www.artstation.com/moonsoo]Moonsoo Lee[/url][/i] Not so very long ago, on a planet on the trailing side of the Technate, a middle-aged woman, beat down by years, sat at the bar in a broken down public house, nursing an alcoholic beverage. She lifted her head slightly at the unfamiliar sound of thrusters not so far away, then nodded to herself. "'Tis about to get a bit dangerous in here, gents, so you'd all wisely be elsewhere," she announced, then glanced over her shoulder to discover that the tavern had emptied out even before she spoke. With a shrug, she returned to her drink. Then the doors to the house burst inward as a younger woman, strongly resembling the older one, kicked them in. (Her hands were filled with a pair of blasters, you see.) "You chuttin' slag!" she shouted as her fiery eyes settled on the sole occupant of the house. (It should not be difficult to figure out the English equivalents of the naughty words being used in this conversation, but the originals will nevertheless be used in their stead.) "Fair mornin' to ye, Kalama," replied the chutting slag without a glance in the direction of the one who so addressed her. "You're out sooner than I thought." "Oh, I [i]daresay[/i] you thought you'd never see me again, [i]Maza,[/i]" replied Kalama, making the word for mother into a curse. "But I showed 'em like I'm about to show you and --" "I knew you'd be back," the old woman said, before taking a deep draught that almost drained the contents of the flagon before her. "Damned liar!" Kalama shouted. "If you'd thought I'd be back, you'd have been lars away from here by now! Or what, did the dosh from the buros not cover a ticket on a fast ship for ye?" "You could say that, right enow," her mother replied agreeably, licking her lips to get what remained of the drink on them. Kalama let out a disgusted grunt. "Spent it all on drink, I s'pect." "Now that you can't say. There was no money, Kalama. The buros offered me some, aye, but I told 'em where to keep it. I never sold ye out, girl. [i]I gave ye up for free.[/i]" Kalama was shocked enough that the blasters in each of her hands dropped their line of fire from the old woman to the floor of the house. "For free?" she repeated, hoarsely. "You turned me into the chuttin' Bureau of Law Enforcement, knowin' what they would do to me, knowin' they'd try to turn my mind inside out, and you never even took their dosh? [i]Why?[/i] What was the point of it, then?" "The point," said her mother, finally sure that there was no more drink to be had, "was to trade the endless wonderin' of when you'd decide to finish me off for at least a little time where I knew you [i]couldn't[/i]. I hoped for a month, but a week will have to do." With that, she finally turned to face Kalama head on, regarding her with furious loathing. "So get on with it, damn ye, you've been tryin' to end me since you was in me guts!" The sound of Kalama shrieking in outrage almost drowned out the roar of blaster fire. Kalama Mazainin ("Mothered-Not") is one of the most notorious pirates of the trailing regions of the Technate, frequently raiding into the Vaask Hegemony and territories claimed by the Konan Armada. There is a substantial bounty on her head, but most people are understandably reluctant to take the risks involved in claiming it, given what she is known to have done to the last individual who turned her in for the reward. (The true story of that, presented above, is known only to herself.) She has subjected herself to extensive cybernetic modification in order to keep her body beyond the razor edge needed to be a successful space pirate, as well as keeping herself alive after the serious injuries she has suffered in her pursuit of infamy. None of this has done anything good for her psychological balance, which was not all that great in the first place. Kalama is notorious, even among pirates, for being a mercurial and unpredictable commander, showering her crew with riches on day and shooting them in cold blood over minor infractions of ship policy the next. Fortunately, the stories about paying well attract the interest of people who imagine that the other sort could never happen to them. Recently, Kalama happened to overhear an old rival-slash-ally-of-convenience, one Naharuk, recruiting crew for a visit to some obscure planet in the Unclaimed Regions that had been invaded by Konan and threw them back. The incident has seized her curiosity, as she wonders how much profit could be gained from raiding a system that would be barely recovered from the damage that invasion caused ... [b]Kalama Mazainin -- PL 9 Abilities: STR[/b] 3 | [b]STA[/b] 2 | [b]AGL[/b] 5 | [b]DEX[/b] 6 | [b]FGT[/b] 5 | [b]INT[/b] 3 | [b]AWE[/b] 2 | [b]PRE[/b] 2 [b]Powers: [i]Mobility:[/i][/b] Enhanced Advantages 4 (Evasion, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action); Leaping 2 (30 feet); Movement 2 (environmental adaptation-zero gravity; wall-crawling); Speed 2 (8 MPH) - 12 points [b][i]Twin Stars:[/i][/b] Ranged Damage 10, Improved Critical 2, Split Attack; Easily Removable (-8) - 15 points [b]Advantages:[/b] Agile Feint, All-out Attack, Benefit (make climbing checks with Acrobatics), Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 17, [i]Evasion, Improved Initiative 2,[/i] Leadership, [i]Move-by Action,[/i] Power Attack, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 2, Skill Mastery (Acrobatics), Startle. [i]Equipment:[/i] [b][i]Maza:[/i][/b] [b]Size[/b] Gargantuan; [b]Strength[/b] 14; [b]Speed[/b] 14 (space only; 32,000 MPH); [b]Defense[/b] 6; [b]Toughness[/b] 14; [b]Features[/b] Communications, Hidden Compartments, Holding Cells, Infirmary, Living Space, Navigation System, Remote Control. [b]Powers: [i]Stardrive:[/i][/b] Movement 2 (space travel 2) - 4 points [b][i]Weapons:[/i][/b] Array (54 points)[list] [*] [b][i]Torpedoes:[/i][/b] Linked Ranged Damage 12; Linked Ranged Burst Damage 10 - 54 points [*] [b][i]Tractor Beam:[/i][/b] Move Object 14 - 1 point[/list] [b]Skills:[/b] Acrobatics 6 (+11), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+7), Deception 6 (+8), Expertise: Galactic 7 (+10), Insight 6 (+8), Intimidation 9 (+11), Stealth 4 (+9), Technology 6 (+9), Vehicles 6 (+12). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +13 Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 3) Blaster +8 (Ranged Damage 10, Crit 18-20) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 11, Parry 10, Fortitude 5, Toughness 7/2, Will 7 [b]Offensive PL:[/b] 9 [b]Defensive PL:[/b] 9 [b]Resistance PL:[/b] 6 [b]Skill PL:[/b] 7 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 56 + Powers 27 + Advantages 29 + Skills 27 + Defenses 19 = 172 points [b]Complications: [i]Greed--Motivation. Paranoia. Weakness[/i][/b] (becomes Vulnerable if subject to Nullify Electrical.) [SIZE=2]"I tread a lurching timber world, a reeking salt-caked hell; And yet, perhaps, no worse a world than yours ..."[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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