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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8229150" data-attributes="member: 30538">Deleh Massovy<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-vgCppVP/0/206533d2/S/ee5cad4fd0b1e13b2e6d39916dff6a0a-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Art source unknown, I discovered this image months ago and haven't been able to find it again since.The Gynesian people had 'only' discovered the warp drive and begun exploring their local stellar neighborhood for a few centuries, having a few minor clashes with the nearby Hazlan nations, when the Technate quite abruptly established itself, entirely too close for comfort to Aganesh. Observing the conflicts that the Technate fought with the Hazlan, much larger wars than the Gynesians had ever fought since the establishment of their unified world government, convinced the Gynesian authorities that they did not want a war with these new neightbors. But the Gynesians were well aware that the Technate had a culture of fear for those who had innate powers, such as the Gynesians' innate psychic abilities, and feared that a war was inevitable. Fortunately, they were able to negotiate an entry into the Technate on peaceful terms, but at the cost of becoming a somewhat isolationist society. Very few Gynesians have ever become famous within Technate society.Deleh Massovy -- properly C'shn D'leh G'ati -- is the great exception, and she would have been regardless of the path she chose. In every generation, a handful of Gynesians are born without the species' innate psychic abilities, and are instead immune and invisible to mental powers. Of course, such talents are not at all indicative of any flaw or lack of personal worth in the person, and should receive all the love and care that any child of the people receives -- or at least, such is the official word. In practice, the child who would be Deleh was abandoned by her parents and ignored by her society, likely to have died young, had she not come into the care of a Technate Space Agency officer, Itel Massovy, who adopted her as a daughter.Deleh naturally followed her mother into the agency when she matured, and served in the science and medical departments of several vessels, before her assignment to the TSV Adventure under the command of Commander Arlan Hayez. The voyages that they undertook vaulted her into the ranks of the living legends of the Technate, as well as creating the greatest friendship she would ever know. When the Adventure was finally decommissioned, she was offered a number of posts within the TSA, as well as being contacted by the Gynesian Authority and offered a high-ranking position within their government, in recognition of her remarkable accomplishments despite being a -- and that was as far as the Gynesian making the offer got before Deleh slapped them across the face in public.Deleh has never returned to Aganesh, and probably never will. Her official residence is on Muraddin, in a house that she shares with Arlan Hayez, though she's there no more often than he is. Her official position is the Surgeon-General of the TSA Homeworld Fleet, but this is largely an administrative fiction. In practice, her activities could best be described as those of a roaming trouble-shooter, somewhere between an ambassador and a spy. Currently, her solitary voyages have brought her to Aperion, as there are rumors that its council is developing an alliance with the Last Men Standing. It is not desirable for that resistance group to have closer ties to the source of the Power Prisms than the Technate enjoys, and so Deleh is striving to strengthen the Technate's ties ... ideally without damaging either group's relationship with the Lasters, but if needs must ...In her youth, Deleh often deliberately strove for a very cold and ultra-rational demeanor. She's matured since then, and while she still values logic and reason, she is perfectly willing to express herself emotionally. Her greatest personal weakness is her scientific curiosity, which can distract her from the more immediate and pragmatic goals that she's expected to pursue. This makes her current assignment especially dangerous, as the Council of Aperion does not look at all fondly on anyone who tries to discover the secret of how the Prisms are manufactured. And that is practically dangling bait in front of her ...Deleh Massovy-- PL 7Abilities:STR 2 | STA 2 | AGL 3 | DEX 3 | FGT 4 | INT 7 | AWE 4 | PRE 3Powers:Psychic Null: Permanent Concealment 2 (mental); Immunity 20 (mental effects) - 24 pointsAdvantages:Attractive, Defensive Attack, Equipment 5, Evasion 2, Fearless 2, Improved Disarm, Jack-of-all-Trades, Speed of Thought, Well-Informed.Equipment:Blaster Pistol (Ranged Damage 5, AE: Ranged Affliction 5 [Fortitude; Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated]), Commlink, Protective Uniform (Protection 4, Subtle), and 8 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Acrobatics 4 (+7), Athletics 2 (+4), Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+8), Deception 4 (+7), Expertise: Galactic 4 (+11), Expertise: Medicine 2 (+9), Expertise: Science 4 (+11), Insight 5 (+9), Intimidation 2 (+5), Investigation 2 (+9), Persuasion 2 (+5), Ranged Combat: Blaster 4 (+7), Sleight of Hand 3 (+6), Stealth 2 (+5), Technology 3 (+10), Treatment 2 (+9), Vehicles 3 (+6).Offense:Initiative +7Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 2)Blast Setting +7 (Ranged Damage 5)Stun setting +7 (Ranged Fortitude 5)Defense:Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude 3, Toughness 6/2, Will 7.Totals:Abilities 58 + Powers 24 + Advantages 15 + Skills 26 + Defenses 15 = 138 pointsComplications:Responsibility--Motivation. Curiosity. Relationship (Arlan Hayez.) Secret (covert operations.)</blockquote>

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