COLE, KATRINA

[Katrina Cole]

Your OOC Name: Emily

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Name: Katrina Cole

Age: 22

Birth Date: March 8, 2066

Height: 5’7”

Weight: 131 lbs

Skin color: Brown

Hair Color: Dark brown

Eye Color: Brown

Build: Athletic

Psychological Evaluation: Smart and strong-willed. Slightly suspicious of others, until her trust is gained. Keeps up a tough facade, but is good-humored and loyal underneath. Fights for what she believes in, and has a strong sense of pride.

Volunteer? Y

Brief History: Born to military parents. Raised to be strong, independent and proud of her nation. At 16, she was assigned factory work making textiles, which she found to be dreary work. Volunteered for the military at the age of 18 in order to make her parents proud and serve her nation in the way she finds best.

[Frankie]

W E L C O M E T O G A M M A B A S E

You have successfully survived the experimentation process. Your awakened power is that of Metal Mimicry, which will allow you to transform your skin at will into a bendable platinum alloy. This effect can last up to (but no longer than) five minutes, but does not affect any part of the body that is not skin (such as eyes, hair, organs and blood, etc). You will have a high resistance to physical attacks, much like metal does, as well as high temperatures, but sink in water and will be a strong conductor of electricity even when not in the metal state. You can move normally when in metal form, and can use this power up to five times a day without side effects.

We are your new family now. Unica above all.

[Bayla Naveen]

When Katrina awoke from her medically-induced restorative slumber, Bayla would be standing near the wall, staring at a rather boring painting of the Triad with an eyebrow raised. They’d gotten the Master Commander’s nose wrong. Oh well.

Once Katrina made a noise, Bayla turned around with a small smile on her face. ”Welcome to Gamma Base, sleeping beauty,” she greeted, walking over to shake the new recruit’s hand and, if needed, help her out of bed and lend her a steadying arm. ”Take it easy getting up, Private Cole, those drugs are strong and take a helluva long time to fully wear off. You’ll be droopy-eyed til tomorrow.”

After Private Cole was on her feet, Bayla would nod approvingly. ”I’m Specialist Naveen, I’m here to show you around. And…” she glanced down at Katrina’s chart to double check, ”It looks like I’ll be your unit leader, too! Unicorn Unit is the best one.” She winked and turned to leave the room, leading Katrina through the halls and to a large training room with human-shaped dummies littered throughout.

Bayla turned to Katrina and nodded, ”If you haven’t sensed something different yet, your chart says you’ve got the power to turn your skin into metal. Pretty badass.” She grinned lopsidedly. ”Go ahead and try it out. See how it affects your hand-to-hand combat.”

Relieved this recruit had less volatile powers than the last one she’d welcomed (who had nearly burned half the hair off of her head), Bayla took a step back and crossed her arms, watching Private Cole expectantly and giving her as much time as she needed to discover herself.

[Katrina Cole]

Katrina felt like someone had hit her over the head with a sledgehammer. Her head was trobbing, the bright lights in the room hurting her eyes and she had a metallic taste in her mouth. She blinked rapidly, ruling her forehead before attempting to raise herself up on her elbows in the bed. She managed to get up, sitting up completely. Suddenly someone was there, shaking her hand and wishing her welcome to Gamma Base. “Thank you… I think.” she replied, still feeling a bit confused and dazed. It took her a second to orient herself in the stark, white room, and then to focus on the woman who’d greeted her.

Grateful for a steadying arm, she accepted the help offered in getting to her feet. As she got to her feet and stood up straight, the pounding in her head seemed to ease a bit and after a moment she felt relatively steady. This was when she noticed an undefinable tingling sensation running along her skin, and she ran her hand over her forearm instinctively. Katrina followed Specialist Naveen to the training room, feeling more and more sure of herself and her footing with every step.

“So that’s what this is… Metallic skin.” she said, rubbing her chest just beneath her clavicle where the strange feeling was most intense. She clenched her fist and tensed the muscles in her core, and with an internal push of force her skin began to change. Tiny, silvery plates, almost like scales, started spreading from her chest and quickly covered her entire body in shimmering metal. “Oh, this is cool.” she mumbled to herself, flexing her limbs to test her flexibility in this state. Katrina shifted into a fighting stance, quickly delivering a short series of strikes to the nearest dummy and was pleased to find that she seemed unaffected by the metallic skin.

[Bayla Naveen]

Bayla nodded approvingly, ”Nice, that’s real nice. You’re gonna be a hell of an asset to the team.” She smiled at Private Cole and gestured with her chin towards the door. ”Come on, now that I know you’re not gonna accidentally kill anyone with your powers, I’ll show you around the base.”

Specialist Naveen was the chatty type, quick to laugh and make jokes, and welcoming new recruits was no different. She asked questions about Katrina’s life, finding solidarity with the woman on the fact that they’d both had military parents and had volunteered for the experimentation. Bayla showed Katrina the various rooms throughout Gamma Base, explained what her new daily schedule would be and what her new life would be like as a powered person.

Once they finally reached their Unit’s barracks, Bayla stopped at the door and nodded to Cole. ”We’re glad to have you, Private Cole. You’ll have the rest of the day off to fully recover, but the regular schedule begins tomorrow. I’ll see you around.” And with that, Bayla grinned and took off down the hall to her other duties, leaving Katrina free to do as she pleased.

A S S I G N M E N T S

Unit: Unicorn
Unit Configuration: Tank
Work: Laundry Worker
Mating Partner: Tavis Daley