Ghost, Close Combat Specialist

Real Name: Esther Green
Metatype: Human
Gender: female
Age: 24
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 56kg
Hair: ash blonde, shoulder-long
Eyes: green
Skin: fair

Body: 4
Agility: 5(7)
Reaction: 5(7)
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 5
Logic: 1
Willpower: 4

Edge: 6
Magic: 3
Essence: 4.10
Initiative: 12
Initiative Passes: 3
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

Current Karma: 0
Total Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0

Active Skills:
Unarmed Combat 6
Pistols 4
Athletics 4
- Climbing 4
- Gymnastics 4
- Running 4
- Swimming 4
Infiltration 4
Perception 4

Street Knowledge:
London Area Knowledge 2

Professional Knowledge:
Military (Special Forces) 3(5)
Security Procedures (Military) 3(5)

Interests:
Meditation (Tai Chi Chuan) 1(3)
Style & Fashion 2

Languages:
English N
Chinese 2
Japanese 2

Qualities:
Adept (The Warrior's Way)
Martial Arts 2 (Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun; +2 DV on Unarmed Combat attacks)
Allergy (Gold; Uncommon, Moderate)
Sensitive Neural Structure
Weak Immune System
Day Job (Freelance Security Consultant; 40hrs/week)

Martial Arts Maneuvers:
Finishing Move
Full Offense
Kick Attack
Sweep

Adept Powers:
Attribute Boost (Strength)* 2
Combat Sense* 3
Critical Strike* 3
Killing Hands*
Elemental Strike (Electricity)*
Sustenance*

* Voluntary Geas: Ritual (1h Meditation daily)

Cyberware:
Datajack, induction (alphaware)
+ Skinlink
Cybereyes 3 (alphaware)
+ Image Link (alphaware)
+ Eye Recording Unit (alphaware)
+ Smartlink (alphaware)
+ Low-Light Vision (alphaware)
+ Thermographic Vision (alphaware)
+ Vision Enhancement 3 (alphaware)
+ Vision Magnification (alphaware)

Bioware:
Muscle Toner 2
Synthacardium 3
Synaptic Booster 2

Weapons:
Fichetti Security 600 (caseless)
+ integral Laser Sight
+ internal Smartgun System
+ Skinlink
+ Silencer
+ Concealable Holster
+ Regular Ammo (60)
+ Stick-n-Shock Rounds (60)
+ Spare Clips (3)

Armor:
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit (Night Black Edition) 6/6
+ Chemical Protection 6
+ Fire Resistance 6
+ Insulation 6
Helmet --/+2
+ Directional Microphone
+ Skinlink
Form-Fitting Half-Body Suit 4/1
+ Nonconductivity 6

Gear:
Novatech Airware Commlink (Response 3, Signal 3)
+ Skinlink
Novatech Airware Commlink (Response 3, Signal 3)
+ Skinlink
Iris Orb OS (System 3, Firewall 3)
Mapsoft (London) 6
Datachips (10)
Sim Module
+ Skinlink
AR Gloves
+ Skinlink
Glasses
+ Flare Compensation
+ Image Link
+ Ultrasound
+ Skinlink
Earbuds
+ Audio Enhancement 3
+ Skinlink
Stealth Tags (40)
Tag Eraser
Miniwelder
Gecko Tape Gloves
Survival Kit

Credits, Lifestyle & IDs:
600¥ (Roll)
Salary 5,000¥/month
Middle Lifestyle (3,800¥/month)
- Comforts (4 LP)
- Entertainment (3 LP)
- Necessities (4 LP)
- Neighborhood (3 LP)
- Security (3 LP)
- Lax Security (-2 LP)
- Network Bottleneck (-1 LP)
- No Privacy: Physical (-1 LP)
Fake SIN 4 (Elayne Allister; Freelance Security Consultant)
Fake License 4 (Security Personnel)
Fake License 4 (Personal Firearms License)
Fake License 4 (Concealed Weapons Permit)

Appearance:
Ghost is of average height, but with a sporty figure, lithe and athletic. Her shoulder-long ash blonde hair is usually worn in a pony tail with a few strands framing a pretty face with green eyes. She prefers her clothes to be either black or white and rarely wears anything colorful.

Background:
Her talent manifested during her teens. She has always been the athletic type, doing sports to keep in shape and taking martial arts lessons. And she was always very good at both. Her magic only made her better. It also made her self-assured and confident. Even though, she never really knew what direction she wanted to take in her life, and when an opportunity presented itself, she joined the military to pursue a career as a soldier. With her skills and talents, she was very well-suited for that path.

She might have been able to actually manage the tough SAS Selection process, but couldn't enter the main regiment, because it's only open to men. Despite her talent. Despite all the magic. Instead she joined the reserve regiment, which is a bit less restrictive, and got a well-rounded military education there, not quite as rigid, but still special forces and as such above that of normal soldiers. Because of her magical talents, she got a slightly different training than most of the troopers, with a definite focus on close combat.

On one mission, things didn't go according to plan, and she was badly wounded. She lost her eyesight in that incident. Luckily, in the sixth world, that is hardly a problem. She got a pair of Zeiss implants replacing her natural eyes and regaining her ability to see, with a few extra perks on top. But cyberware also has a downside, especially if you are awakened.

Nonetheless, once the first step is taken, there is only one direction to go, and over time, she got a few more implants, that further improved her capabilities, but also intensified her inner conflict. Her magic weakened and she has to work hard now to retain most of it, meditating every day in order to keep her inner self focused. The implants have kept her alive in more than one situation, however, so she doesn't complain too much. And the meditation also works well as stress relief.

A few years after she joined the special forces, a government agent confronted her with an offer to join a specialist program for covert operations in the London sprawl, where her skills would be taken to another level. Given that her special forces career was a bit of a dead end, she accepted.