Dossier: The Shade

[acheronnova]

Acheron Nova

Dossier:
The Shade
- Highly skilled with sniper rifles and pistols
- Utilizes tech for deception
Currently working in the Alliance as a professional infiltrator for special assignments for those who leave no trace.

Name: Acheron Nova
Alias: NA
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 24
Height: 5'4
Weight: 120 lbs
Origin: Planet born
Morality: 75% paragon, 25% renegade
Affiliation: The Alliance
Residence: Earth (current residence the citadel)
Occupation: Daredevil, magician's assistant, barmaid, infiltrator
Discipline: Primary tech, secondary combat
Specialization: Infiltrator
Abilities:
Tactical Cloak
Rank 1: <10 sec recharge / 4 sec duration / 40% damage bonus>
Rank 2: Recharge reduced by 25%
Rank 3: Duration increased by 30%
Rank 4: [Damage increased by 40%]
Rank 5: [Recharge reduced by 30%]
Rank 6: [Sniper Rifle Damage increased by 25%]

Sticky Grenade
Rank 1: <750pts damage / 2m radius>
Rank 2: Grenade Capacity increased by 1
Rank 3: Damage increased by 20%
Rank 4: [Damage increased by 30%]
Rank 5: [Armor Damage increased by 50%]
Rank 6:[Radius increased by 50% and Attaches to surface for 15 secs detonating when enemy is near]

Disruptor Ammo
Rank 1: <+5% health damage / +20% shield damage / +20% barrier damage / 15% stun chance>
Rank 2: Stun Chance increased by 15%
Rank 3: Health Damage increased by 2% and Shield/Barrier Damage increased by 8%
Rank 4: [Health Damage increased by 3% and Shield/Barrier Damage increased by 12%]
Rank 5: [Ammo Capacity increased by 30%]
Rank 6: [Health Damage increased by 5% and Shield/Barrier Damage increased by 20%]

Armor-Piercing Ammo
Rank 1: <+10% health damage / +10% armor damage / -50% armor effectiveness / 0.5m penetration>
Rank 2: Penetration Depth increased by 40%
Rank 3: Health/Armor Damage increased by 4%
Rank 4: [Health/Armor Damage increased by 6%]
Rank 5: [Ammo Capacity increased by 30%]
Rank 6: [Penetration Depth increased by 60% and Weakens Armor by 25%]

Incinerate
Rank 1: <8 sec recharge / 300pts damage>
Rank 2: Recharge reduced by 25%
Rank 3: Damage increased by 20%
Rank 4: [Damage increased by 30%]
Rank 5: [Recharge reduced by 25%]
Rank 6: [Armor Damage increased by 50%]

Overload
Rank 1: <8 sec recharge / 220pts damage>
Rank 2: Recharge reduced by 25%
Rank 3: Damage increased by 20%
Rank 4: [Damage increased by 30%]
Rank 5: [Recharge reduced by 25%]
Rank 6: [Shield/Barrier Damage increased by 100%]

Proximity Mine
Rank 1: <10 sec recharge / 400pts damage / 3m impact radius>
Rank 2: Recharge reduced by 25%
Rank 3: Damage increased by 20%
Rank 4: [Damage increased by 30%]
Rank 5: [Targets take 20% more damage for 8 secs]
Rank 6: [Recharge reduced by 40%]

Distinguishing Features:
Acheron surprisingly has a small frame for a sniper. Her body appears to be more like what you would see for a dancer than anything. Her skin is pale considering that she normally stays in the shadows and rarely sees the sunlight unless she is in plain view of everyone. Her hair is raven black, and it is cropped to reach up to her shoulders. She doesn't really style it, she preferred to keep things simple and leave no signs of anything unique. Even her own uniform is rather plain much like her street clothes. She preferred to have a uniform that allows her to simply blend in the crowd and not draw any attention to her. The only thing that is worthwhile in her appearance are her eyes. They have a light violet color to them. Usually she hides them with a pair of dark frame sunglasses which she wears no matter what. She always considers her eyes give her away and she wants to keep them hidden no matter what. The only thing that she has when it comes to personal effects is a lucky coin that her sister gave her when she was young. It was pure silver with a pair of angel wings crossed with a sword in the middle.


Psychological Profile: (Personality)
Sister's bond

Though it had been ages since they had seen each other, Acheron always had a strong connection to her older sister Ouranus. She had always seen how she acted when it came to protecting other people and ensuring others were okay. However, she had seen how in rare events that even Ouranus had to take care of business. But as she watched Ouranus, she was able to understand something about her: die a hero, or live long enough to turn into the enemy. Acheron knew that she could be able to do good in the military, even if most of the time no one else would be able to see what she is going to do.

Walk away, slip away, go away

In the battlefield, Acheron always had three options to rely on. When she is able to get out of a situation without anyone really being able to find what was going on, she could walk away from the situation. She had been able to get out of the area clean without any kind of difficulty. However, the level that she has to go through increases as more incidents occur. The second level is when she needs to slip away from a target. This is when she needs to find corridors, vents, and just about any route to slip the grasp of her enemy. The final option is to go away. This is a much more last ditch than anything. If she cannot be able to any of the other two, she knows that things are going to be very serious. That is when she starts fighting harder and even do things like play dead and when she is dragged off to a safe location she could fight against the one who has her and vanish like a ghost.

Everyone has the same problems regardless of race

Much like her sister, Acheron always held a strong sense of curiosity with the other races. She didn't really do any interactions with the other races with the exception of the ones who find themselves in her bar. In a way, she always found the other races very interesting. She remembered all of the bedtime stories about how there were others that were beyond the form of human and had always wondered what they looked like. But even though there are considerable differences in appearance, it is the fact that everyone has their own personal struggles is what she believed that bonded all beings. She listens to the problems of those around her and offers both her thoughts and concerns of well being. It didn't matter to her if it were accepted or not, she believes that everyone should get some kind of help and maybe one day they might be able to pay it forward to someone else.

The death defying woman

Acheron always had a draw when it came to illusionists and those who use weapons in different acts. She understood that there is a level of appearance and performance that she needed to have in order to turn the tide in the war. However, many people do not see this. She is usually soft spoken and strangely cheerful. It is a strange thing to have when you are an infiltrator. However, that is the face she puts on when she is normally acting. But for her stage performance, she almost has a blank expression on her face. All of her emotion has been replaced with understanding timing and how much of a presence she could have to break the morale of her enemies.

Tricky
Everyone in the bar knows about Acheron's propensity for taking on bets with throwing items. Whenever the night suits her, she would take on any challengers to see if she can be able to hit a specific target such as tossing a card from the bar to a table several feet away from where she is tending bar. Though it would seem that she was just a simple gambler, she uses this time to help her refine her sniping skills. She knew a long time ago when she is unable to be a sniper that she needed something to refine her skill. So what better thing to do than using various bar games that require to do things at a distance to help improve her skill?

Preferred Equipment:
Weapon:
Name: M7 Harpoon
Classification: Sniper rifle
Manufacturer: Kassa fabrication
Restriction: Human, alliance
Description: When Acheron needed to take down her enemies quicker than anything, then the Harpoon is her choice. Going to Kassa fabrication for the Harpoon sniper rifle. Though the gun barely can fire off two shots before overheating, she only needs one to take care of her opponent from a far.
Modification: Frictionless material (+5% damage +20% heat dampening)

Name: M7 Razer
Classification: Pistol
Manufacturer: Kassa fabrication
Restriction: Human, alliance
Description: Everyone needed to start somewhere and with Acheron she started off her path of accuracy with the Razer. Choosing Kassa fabrication for this to be her very first weapon. When she is unable to get into a safe distance, the pistol is used to help clear a room and get her to higher ground.
Modifications: Kinetic coil (+5% damage, +20% weapon stability)

Armor:
Name: Light colossus armor mark VII
Classification: Full suit
Manufacturer: Kassa fabrication
Restriction: Human, alliance
Description: When in a fire fight Acheron needed light armor to not only be able to move with grace but also not shatter like a pane of glass upon the first attack. Luckily for her, Kassa is always known for their top of the line armor and the colossus light armor gave her what she wanted: flexibility while being able to take punishment.
Modification: Hardened weave (+10% defense against tech and biotic attacks)

Omni tool:
Name: Chameleon tool
Classification: Omni tool
Manufacturer: Sitra foundation
Restriction: Human, alliance
Description: To be honest getting this omni tool was a fluke. At first she honestly thought that the Sitra foundation created an omni tool that can actually improve her cloaking ability. At first she had been dismayed by the false representation of the omni tool, but she found out that this could actually help improve her usage of both her proximity mines and sticky grenades it did give her some hope. Plus having a tool that can make a forked weapon that can send electric currents out always helps.
Bonus: Tech cooldown bonus +19

Background:
The Nova family have been known for many things, curiosity being one of the major things. It had been said that one of their family members were a part of the colonists that went through the colonies. However, for Acheron she was born on the planet Earth. She was the younger sister to Ouranus, who had always been considered more of a leader than anything. At first many people don't see much to Acheron, but she did develop in different ways than her sister did. While her sister was curious about when it came to the history of the past and of different warriors, Acheron seemed drawn to the world of magic and illusions. When she was a child, she studied the ways of Houdini almost intently as she seemed to be trying to figure out exactly how he was even able to perform in such ways and not even die.

She spent many years trying to figure out different ways to defy death. It started off with simple things such as handcuffs and straight jackets. However, as she continued to escalate she was able to gain the awareness of Ouranus. At first she was mad with Acheron that she almost seemed that she was looking for a death wish when it came to trying to escape dangerous things. But as she thought about it, she seemed to understand something: Ouranus might be a leader, but she could see Acheron as a shadow. They talked whenever they could be able to as they discussed strategies on how to be able to vanish. One the biggest tricks that Acheron was ever able to learn was how to vanish into plain sight. It was one of the biggest rules that she learned: if you are going to hide, make sure to be in a place where everyone can be able to see you.

When she learned everything she could about hiding and performance, she started to study intently on tricks involving throwing objects. She started off simply with a box of darts and a dart board, working on her accuracy at first before increasing her range with a variety of objects. It wasn't until she was 18 years old that she tried her luck on the firing range. One day an Alliance officer had seen her with a pistol and watched her fire multiple rounds. At first he had not been impressed with her tactics, but when she brought the sheet to her there was a single shot that she put into the center of the body. She had put rounds into the same hole, which made the officer curious about what she was capable of. When he introduced himself to her, she was curious about the Alliance military and decided to join.

During her time in her training she had been shown with high marks with both accuracy and stealth. It was clear by her scores that she was going to be an infiltrator. However, for now since she was an infiltrator she had no ship to begin with so she spends her times running a bar within the Citadel. Knowing that she be called upon at any time. But as she continued to work, she simply observed with curiosity of the various races that congregated in her bar. She did want to know much more about what is going on. But even though she is working, she is ready to pick up her sniper rifle again and take a shot to not just help out humanity, but help out those who really do need the help.

RP Sample:
"One shot, one kill..."

Acheron sighed softly as she began to assemble her weapon once again. She had been placed in a prime position in her team when she had been called upon again for her services. As she laid down on her stomach, she started to scan through the area with the scope. She knew that simply taking out the target was not enough. There was going to be a lot of resistance so she needed to be patient. She knew that she needed something that could cause not only the maximum amount of panic, but also be able to not harm any of the civilians. She exhaled softly, looking around until she saw some fuel nearby a group of people that were responsible for keeping the civilians hostage. As she looked at her enemies, she then hummed to herself as she then started to load her gun with one type of ammo to help knock out the enemies' weapons. She began to fire well placed shots, making the men frustrated with the weapons as they heated up in their hands. As they started to argue among themselves, it posed the perfect opportunity to take out their barriers. As the barriers fell, she could see the men starting to panic. However, she didn't shoot them all. She was observing each of the men until she got what she wanted: the identity of the leader. She switched back to normal ammo as she pointed it at the leader's head while speaking softly once more. "And now the curtain falls." She squeezed the trigger and watched as the man fell to the ground. The people around the leader started to panic and eventually start to unravel as Acheron turned her communication device on. "This is Acheron, go ahead and move in." As she said that, she took her weapon apart and vanished into the shadows. It looked like the mission was able to go off without any problems so she could simply walk away from the mission without being caught in a trap.

Future Plans: Eventually I plan on Acheron working her way up to being a spectre


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[Ryz Skagan]

You don't need to highlight certain ranks of the abilities, you get them all of them up to rank 6 regardless, only thing you have to do is pick one or the other when it branches into multiple choices.

[acheronnova]

Edited powers with my choices in each "or" rank

[Marɨck Løcke]

• Aren't the names Acheron Nova and Ouranus considerably odd for humans? Consider the setting of mass effect isn't actually that far into the future, most human names would remain similar.

• Your app could use another look over for grammatical errors and to make sentences flow better.

• Seems odd that the sister's bond would be the first section of the personality you mention about her. You may want to check out the two threads I have in the general section to help flesh her out a bit.

• Walk away, slip away, go away. This entire section is really oddly worded.

• The restriction section on the template is for if the weapon is only sold to certain groups. Human would be unnecessary to mention, Systems Alliance is enough. More importantly however the Kassa Fabrication is not a supplier to the Systems Alliance so they of them would be restricted to them nor would your get them through the military. Hahne-Kedar and Aldrin Labs are their suppliers. You could have always bought these out of pocket however.

• Another thing odd about these older weapons is that generally they are considered inferior and someone would generally only keep them for sentimental reasons.

• If you do want to switch over to somethin' you would have used in the military, the N7 Valiant sniper rifle would be a good choice similar to the description you current have. I'm not entirely sure what kind of pistol you have, but you may want somethin' that is quick firing for barriers. Both the N7 Eagle and M-5 Phalanx are made by the alliance as well as being suited for this task. Depends on if you wanted a semi-automatic or automatic. As for armor, there is the Mantis/predator/Scoprion/Ursa armor made by Hahne-Kedar and the Onyx made by Aldrin Labs. Also there is the new set made by Hahne-Kedar in mass effect 3 that would be suitable for a sniper. As for omni-tool, Aldrin Labs makes the Bluewire.

• If you do want to keep them have they been converted to accept thermal clips? You'll also need to explain things like their ammo capacity, rate of fire, recoil, damage, accuracy, ect. The simplest way to do this is to pick one of the more modern weapons and make it similar to those. Also with the weapon names do you mean M-7? The dash is important. Also they would each have a different number designation. Take a look at the numbers used by each of their weapon types to make sure they aren't taken.

• No need to put the stats next to modifications. If you want to use those from the first game they will however need a description. You could get a similar effect to frictionless materials by using an extended barrel and spare thermal clip mods. If you want to keep frictionless materials, then it should be noted in it's description that it is nether as effective as using extended barrel or spare thermal clip mods as your getting both in a single package. The same applies to the kinetic coil, being split up into the high caliber barrel and pistol grip stabilizer.

• Note that hardened weave is something all armor has nowadays with biotics not being able to effect armor.

• About the omni-tool, it wouldn't actually improve your sticky grenades as that is a combat power and not entirely fabricated by the omni-tool. Also, the disruptor omni-blade is likely not a standard feature, so that should be mentioned as a modification. The stat bonus is also unnecessary to mention.

• I'm confused about what happened with her history in the military. You go directly from training to running a bar within the citadel. She wouldn't sit around to be called upon, she'd be stationed somewhere in a platoon. Additionally you need some reason why she would leave the alliance to join a privateer vessel as we are just commissioned under the alliance.

• If she is going to be the mess sergeant on the ship you should probably show that she has experience being a cook somewhere. Perhaps for your platoon?

[acheronnova]

I can take care of the edits, though I will say the one liners are just the plot for each personality portion. As for the weapons, I will change the sniper rifle as such along with the razer but if you are asking if I could choose another pistol I chose the best possible option I could find from the wiki. Also for the omni tool description I was going straight from the wiki because the omni tool of an infiltrator can turn into a forked blade that sends out electricity. Also it doesn't improve the grenade damage wise, it just decreases the cooldown of having to wait around and use it once again so it wouldn't just help out my grenades and mines but all things that are tech in her arsenal. The reason she is between training and the alliance is because she had not been assigned to a ship yet so when the time comes she would pack up her things and go to where ever she is assigned.

[Marɨck Løcke]

• Oh you can keep the one-liner headers in the personality, I was just saying that the ordering seemed odd. With sister's bond being the first thing mentioned about her, it makes it seem like she is not her own person but rather build around her sister.

• Well those weapons were from the original game and have since been replaced. You can use them if you like, but it requires more work to explain which modern weapon they are like to essentially make them a copy with a different name. Then there is their manufacturer, which you could have brought weapons from out of pocket, but many people playing alliance tend to choose weapons they could have gotten in the military to play up that thematic angle.

• About the omni-blade, they didn't actually come back into popular use until the reaper war as the codex article states. With us not into the reaper war yet, those who have omni-blades would needed to have bought the application separately and installed it, thus making it a modification rather than a standard feature you get out of the box.

• Your right that the omni-tool effects the cooldown time of your tech powers (in lore, not in actual stat sense because we are avoiding using stat effecting equipment). However it wouldn't help with your sticky grenades at all as that is a combat power and moreover it would not even effect the tech ones (flashbang and arc) as grenades have no cooldown.

• I could be wrong, but I believe you are immediately assigned once you finish your training. If there wasn't a ship currently available for shipboard posting, then your application to transfer there would be denied and you'd be given a groundside garrison post. Take a look at Ashley's history for example.