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Leila Iris Hertz
Details
Other names: N/A
Age: 27/14.31
Gender: Female
Race: Human (cyborg)
Role: Space pirate
Appearance
Leila is 5’1” with blond hair and blue eyes, and has a slender, willowy build.
Personality
For the most part, Leila is a very laid back and astute person, who calmly observes her surroundings and takes things in, but at times, she can be very hotheaded and impulsive. She generally enjoys the company of others and loves to sit down for a conversation and a drink, though she does hold onto her prejudices, especially against those who support the capitalistic megacorporations.
Leila struggles with all the awful things she did while she was imprisoned by the Annunaki Group. She especially struggles with the hacking abilities that come with her technopathic powers, and the ability she has to completely decimate another person in body or mind with these powers, considering it to be a truly awful and horrifying gift, and questions whether it’s wise to use at all, even if she could do good with it.
Leila absolutely can’t stand those who prey upon the weak and take advantage of others, and she looks up to those who bravely protect, care for and defend others, especially the weak and powerless. Leila’s best quality is her stubbornness, tenacity and determination, which gives her great strength and endurance against adverse odds. Her worst quality is her habit of thinking emotionally and rashly, and acting based on her emotions and passions rather than on her intelligence or sense of judgement.
Leila tends to like buying food and drinks for others, and also has a habit of humming or singing everywhere she goes, and doesn’t always realize she’s doing it, and tends to get a bit self conscious when others point it out. She also tends to be oblivious to flirting, despite her attraction to all genders, and often will be clueless when someone is flirting with her.
Backstory
Leila was left on a group home doorstep as an infant, so she only ever knew what it was like to grow up without parents. This meant she had few role models as a child, and her childhood was one of upheaval. Despite all this, she always had her best friend, Eileen. As Leila and Eileen grew up, friendship blossomed into romance, and the two of them fell in love.
However, everything went wrong when a few agents from the Annunaki Group showed up, inquiring after the children at the group home, most especially about Leila and Eileen, for the two of them, at seventeen, were almost young women by then. Terrified when the agents tried to take them away, the two girls put up a fight. Eileen was shot, right in the chest, barely missing her heart. Eileen died in Leila’s arms, and the Annunaki Group left her behind to take only Leila away.
The Annunaki Group put Leila through a series of experiments that lasted until she was twenty, after which she underwent rigorous training to learn to use her powers. The experiments were on interfacing the vascular system with nanotechnology. She underwent a surgery in which her heart was removed from her body, and replaced with a false heart that produces nanites, which release into her bloodstream. These nanites allow Leila to invade and interface with technology, much like a virus. Thus, the Annunaki Group turned her into a technopath--a powerful weapon for their use.
For a while, she was forced to work with the Group doing missions, and killing those that displeased the Group. But at twenty, she managed to escape. With nowhere to go, she returned to her group home to find it gone, as it had been burned down. However, it had been replaced with a club, which she entered, and that was how she met the all-girl pirate crew that sails the SS Bloodlip. They took pity on her and took her in. Now, at twenty seven, Leila has been named captain after the previous captain, a sweet, tough elderly lady much beloved by her crew, passed away. She is daunted by the task of leading these women who took care of her with compassion and love, but she wants to do her best, especially if it means taking down the Annunaki Group and the other megacorporations.
In her spare time, Leila enjoys singing, and is known to have a very beautiful soprano. She also has a love for weapon modification and customization, and does so for her crew and other friends.
Skills
- Mixed martial arts
- Marksmanship
- Parkour
- Computer programming and hacking
- Weapon modification and customization
- Singing
Abilities
- Leila has nanites in her blood which allows her to infect any technology much like a virus. Thus, she can manipulate, alter, and control technology, making her a technopath. This also makes her empathic, when she hacks the correct apparatuses that connect with people’s thoughts and emotions, allowing her to see, feel and understand what her subject does.
- Leila can create weapons by forming her blood through use of the nanites, though this is a last resort, as she may pass out or die from losing too much.
Flaws
- Leila’s biggest physical weakness is her tendency to lose too much blood as she uses her power, making her faint and prone to anemia.
- Due to her time with the Annunaki Group and all the awful things she suffered at their hands, Leila also suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. At times, she can become distant and dissociative, and at times, horribly anxious or depressed.
- Leila feels that she has a great emptiness inside, which she longs to fill. Most of the time, she tries to forget about it, with drugs, or having people to warm her bed, and she isn’t always careful with it. The thing that gets her the closest to feeling complete is singing, but even then, it’s not enough.
Weapons and Equipment
- Mot - Mot is a custom-made .44 Magnum pistol that Leila built herself, which shoots custom-created taser bullets. Loaded with her nanite-laden blood, these bullets will only electrocute the target at her whim.
- Fighting Suit - This is a form-fitting armor and combat suit that protects Leila in battle. The suit gloves have concealed blades on the interior that allow Leila to cut herself in order to access her blood.