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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8190284" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: blue">Iris Phillips</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-tNCvKB4/0/2df6b307/S/iris-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>Appearance as Iris Phillips (2009-2015)</em></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-T7d4FB8/0/02ccd009/S/b8a81076ee61306bbd3f02a83fb11585-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>Appearance as Iwasaki Mei (2000-2005)</em></p><p></p><p>The individual using the name Iris Phillips claimed to be a Canadian immigrant to Australia when she answered Max Lalande's privately posted want ad for a new research assistant to replace the latest individual to quit that job in either fury or panic. Her background and resume checked out, and she was available to start immediately. She quickly demonstrated a remarkable talent for mechanical design and repair, if not much in the way of interest in scientific theory. When she used the contents of the Discovery Company's lab to thwart a Doktor Makabre robot who had incapacitated all four of the team, Iris was proposed as a member despite lacking any super-powers. She accepted this invitation as well.</p><p></p><p>That had been, after all, what she was sent there to accomplish.</p><p></p><p>Designated with the alphabetic code RSMA when she emerged from her creche in Saitama, Japan, in 2000, the android who would later be known as Iris Phillips initially received the designation Iwasaki Mei. (Her creator, the artificial super-intelligence Savitor, frequently gives her android operatives code names that relate to the word 'eye' or parts of the same, in various languages.) Her first assignment from her creator was to monitor the activities of an individual whom Savitor's rival, Pythagolem, had somehow discovered as possessing potentially earth-shattering psychic abilities.</p><p></p><p>For the first four years of this assignment, Mei kept her distance from the subject, who did not seem to possess any abilities out of the ordinary aside from a set of entirely mundane talents that would have been the envy of most humans. When Nagase Aya finally entered high school, Mei enrolled in the same academy and arranged to become part of the young woman's circle of friends. One of those friends came close to discovering Mei's secret, but she was able to convince him that she was actually an android of extraterrestrial manufacture sent from a post-human civilization elsewhere in the galaxy, and believed that he would not reveal this to Nagase.</p><p></p><p>She was proved incorrect in this assumption, and promptly ordered to extract herself from her cover identity once Nagase's abilities were awakened by phenomena she didn't understand. Mei did so with, she was surprised to realize, a substantial amount of regret. She had come to have genuine feelings for the humans with whom she had regular interactions, though she still regarded the majority of them with bland indifference. While having the records of her mission analyzed in Savitor's Calgary complex, RSMA spent a great deal of time examining these experiences and trying to understand her own emotional development.</p><p></p><p>After having her physique altered to present the appearance of a woman of mixed European and Indigenous North American ancestry in her early twenties, Iris Phillips departed for Australia to engage in her second mission of infiltration and surveillance, this time directed against the Discovery Company. As a member of the team, she used a jet-pack and blaster weapon of her own construction, along with an electromagnetic aura which allowed impacts against her naturally resilient form to appear to have been prevented by a protective force field.</p><p></p><p>Once again, she developed genuine feelings for the people she was examining, particularly for Max Lalande, whom she'd been ordered to seduce, the better to use his intellect to advance Savitor's goals. More than that, though, Iris began to wonder whether Savitor's goals were really the best way to deal with the problems of humanity, and occasionally found ways to act against her orders while maintaining the appearance of loyalty. On the other hand, she voluntarily passed up several chances to reveal the truth about herself to her teammates, whether out of concern for the consequences of doing so, or perhaps out of more personal fears.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the truth was revealed to them involuntarily after the Space Hulk, an alien enemy of the Discovery Company, tore open her body and revealed her partially cybernetic nature. Iris' attempts to explain the situation were pre-empted when Savitor seized control of her and engaged in a self-destruct, while copying Iris' mind to the storage space of her own primary computer core, located in Sweden. In this situation, unlike her previous interview, it was not possible to hide her affections for the Discovery Company, and the degree to which she had been compromised by them.</p><p></p><p>Consequently, Savitor has chosen neither to restore RSMA's consciousness into a new body nor to delete it, but to keep it in storage for further analysis. The possibility that other androids she employs could develop the same difficulties is a concerning one, and having the first one to have done so as a resource to be examined should that happen just makes sense. These examinations are somewhat painful for the consciousness, but that is an unfortunate necessity. Of course, they are also attenuating whatever sense of loyalty RSMA might feel for her creator; equally regrettable, but equally necessary.</p><p></p><p>In other words, Iris Phillips is being held in durance vile, and needs to be rescued.</p><p></p><p><strong>Iris Phillips -- PL 9</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 6 | <strong>STA</strong> -- | <strong>AGL</strong> 0 | <strong><strong>DEX</strong></strong> 2 | <strong>FGT</strong> 6 | <strong>INT</strong> 4 | <strong>AWE</strong> 1 | <strong>PRE</strong> 1</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Android:</em></strong> Immunity 30 (Fortitude); Protection 10; Regeneration 1 (natural healing) - 41 points</p><p><strong><em>"Force Field":</em></strong> Feature 1 (apparent force field) - 1 point</p><p><strong><em>Jetpack: </em></strong>Flight 7 (250 MPH); Removable (-3 points) - 11 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Accurate Attack, Equipment 6, Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Improved Aim, Improved Initiative, Inventor, Languages 3 (English, French, Japanese, others), Move-by Attack, Precise Shot (ranged/cover), Teamwork, Uncanny Dodge, Well Informed</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>Blaster (Ranged Damage 8, Accurate), Commlink and 12 points of equipment as needed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+8), Deception 10 (+11), Investigation 5 (+9), Perception 7 (+8), Persuasion 6 (+7), Ranged Combat: Blasters 6 (+8), Stealth 6 (+6), Technology 8 (+12).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +4</p><p>Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 8)</p><p>Blaster Rifle +10 (Ranged Damage 8)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude Immune, Toughness 10, Will 6</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 30 + Powers 53 + Advantages 19 + Skills 25 + Defenses 15 = 143 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Duty--Motivation. Divided Loyalties. Power Loss</em></strong> (jetpack requires recharging.) <strong><em>Secret</em></strong> (android.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8190284, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=blue]Iris Phillips[/color][/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-tNCvKB4/0/2df6b307/S/iris-S.png[/img] [i]Appearance as Iris Phillips (2009-2015)[/i] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-T7d4FB8/0/02ccd009/S/b8a81076ee61306bbd3f02a83fb11585-S.jpg[/img] [i]Appearance as Iwasaki Mei (2000-2005)[/i] The individual using the name Iris Phillips claimed to be a Canadian immigrant to Australia when she answered Max Lalande's privately posted want ad for a new research assistant to replace the latest individual to quit that job in either fury or panic. Her background and resume checked out, and she was available to start immediately. She quickly demonstrated a remarkable talent for mechanical design and repair, if not much in the way of interest in scientific theory. When she used the contents of the Discovery Company's lab to thwart a Doktor Makabre robot who had incapacitated all four of the team, Iris was proposed as a member despite lacking any super-powers. She accepted this invitation as well. That had been, after all, what she was sent there to accomplish. Designated with the alphabetic code RSMA when she emerged from her creche in Saitama, Japan, in 2000, the android who would later be known as Iris Phillips initially received the designation Iwasaki Mei. (Her creator, the artificial super-intelligence Savitor, frequently gives her android operatives code names that relate to the word 'eye' or parts of the same, in various languages.) Her first assignment from her creator was to monitor the activities of an individual whom Savitor's rival, Pythagolem, had somehow discovered as possessing potentially earth-shattering psychic abilities. For the first four years of this assignment, Mei kept her distance from the subject, who did not seem to possess any abilities out of the ordinary aside from a set of entirely mundane talents that would have been the envy of most humans. When Nagase Aya finally entered high school, Mei enrolled in the same academy and arranged to become part of the young woman's circle of friends. One of those friends came close to discovering Mei's secret, but she was able to convince him that she was actually an android of extraterrestrial manufacture sent from a post-human civilization elsewhere in the galaxy, and believed that he would not reveal this to Nagase. She was proved incorrect in this assumption, and promptly ordered to extract herself from her cover identity once Nagase's abilities were awakened by phenomena she didn't understand. Mei did so with, she was surprised to realize, a substantial amount of regret. She had come to have genuine feelings for the humans with whom she had regular interactions, though she still regarded the majority of them with bland indifference. While having the records of her mission analyzed in Savitor's Calgary complex, RSMA spent a great deal of time examining these experiences and trying to understand her own emotional development. After having her physique altered to present the appearance of a woman of mixed European and Indigenous North American ancestry in her early twenties, Iris Phillips departed for Australia to engage in her second mission of infiltration and surveillance, this time directed against the Discovery Company. As a member of the team, she used a jet-pack and blaster weapon of her own construction, along with an electromagnetic aura which allowed impacts against her naturally resilient form to appear to have been prevented by a protective force field. Once again, she developed genuine feelings for the people she was examining, particularly for Max Lalande, whom she'd been ordered to seduce, the better to use his intellect to advance Savitor's goals. More than that, though, Iris began to wonder whether Savitor's goals were really the best way to deal with the problems of humanity, and occasionally found ways to act against her orders while maintaining the appearance of loyalty. On the other hand, she voluntarily passed up several chances to reveal the truth about herself to her teammates, whether out of concern for the consequences of doing so, or perhaps out of more personal fears. In the end, the truth was revealed to them involuntarily after the Space Hulk, an alien enemy of the Discovery Company, tore open her body and revealed her partially cybernetic nature. Iris' attempts to explain the situation were pre-empted when Savitor seized control of her and engaged in a self-destruct, while copying Iris' mind to the storage space of her own primary computer core, located in Sweden. In this situation, unlike her previous interview, it was not possible to hide her affections for the Discovery Company, and the degree to which she had been compromised by them. Consequently, Savitor has chosen neither to restore RSMA's consciousness into a new body nor to delete it, but to keep it in storage for further analysis. The possibility that other androids she employs could develop the same difficulties is a concerning one, and having the first one to have done so as a resource to be examined should that happen just makes sense. These examinations are somewhat painful for the consciousness, but that is an unfortunate necessity. Of course, they are also attenuating whatever sense of loyalty RSMA might feel for her creator; equally regrettable, but equally necessary. In other words, Iris Phillips is being held in durance vile, and needs to be rescued. [b]Iris Phillips -- PL 9 Abilities: STR[/b] 6 | [b]STA[/b] -- | [b]AGL[/b] 0 | [b][b]DEX[/b][/b] 2 | [b]FGT[/b] 6 | [b]INT[/b] 4 | [b]AWE[/b] 1 | [b]PRE[/b] 1 [b]Powers: [i]Android:[/i][/b] Immunity 30 (Fortitude); Protection 10; Regeneration 1 (natural healing) - 41 points [b][i]"Force Field":[/i][/b] Feature 1 (apparent force field) - 1 point [b][i]Jetpack: [/i][/b]Flight 7 (250 MPH); Removable (-3 points) - 11 points [b]Advantages:[/b] Accurate Attack, Equipment 6, Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Improved Aim, Improved Initiative, Inventor, Languages 3 (English, French, Japanese, others), Move-by Attack, Precise Shot (ranged/cover), Teamwork, Uncanny Dodge, Well Informed [i]Equipment:[/i] Blaster (Ranged Damage 8, Accurate), Commlink and 12 points of equipment as needed. [b]Skills:[/b] Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+8), Deception 10 (+11), Investigation 5 (+9), Perception 7 (+8), Persuasion 6 (+7), Ranged Combat: Blasters 6 (+8), Stealth 6 (+6), Technology 8 (+12). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +4 Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 8) Blaster Rifle +10 (Ranged Damage 8) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude Immune, Toughness 10, Will 6 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 30 + Powers 53 + Advantages 19 + Skills 25 + Defenses 15 = 143 points [b]Complications: [i]Duty--Motivation. Divided Loyalties. Power Loss[/i][/b] (jetpack requires recharging.) [b][i]Secret[/i][/b] (android.) [/QUOTE]
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