Ridley Piercer

"No one truly cares about us, no omnipotent being protecting us. So why should I?" 
Ridley Piercer, a greedy perfectionist. Nothing is more important than survival and her own pleasure, she will sacrifice and kill anyone for it. 
A hedonist by heart, safety and comfort is the best thing she can do for herself and the only thing she wants. 
This sinner has always been in a seat of power, until finally leaving Washington and going to the People's Sheriffs; whom never gave her such power aside from a pathetic job as a hacker. The same thing happened with the Blue Helmets. The OHSS might have given her something, but something is never enough. With Acordia though, a second in command was enough. 
Now, long lost without a purpose, she turns back to her old ways. The "new" Blue Helmets. She is not for power or for infinite glory. She's just there to bring back the good old days she had, trying to fight for what was good. Being that counter balance and annoyance to everyone. 
Oh, where did the time go? 
== Biography ==
==== Early Life ====
As a child, Ridley was born in Washington, to Wilston Piercer and an unnamed mother. She was privileged and learnt many things, ranging from history to technology. This all came with a cost; abuse. The Piercers were definitely a toxic family, even if one of the most privileged in the wastelands of the United States. 
Ridley began to hate her father, not just from the toxicity, if anything; Ridley thought it was normal in a family. Instead because of words from her mother. Ridley's mother antagonized Wilston. 
=== Campaign One: Blue Helmets ===
==== Arc 3 (Oblivion's Throne) ====
===== 2163 =====
In Arc 4, she was introduced in one of the final sessions of the Arc, with the fight with Warlord Impervious. She helped with taking down a machine controlling the arena, but that was about it. In a later session she was with the Blue Helmets trying to breach a Spider's Den base in Kentucky. While it was a failure, that was the time that the Blue Helmets learnt where Ridley came from. Washington. Ridley later learnt of Macklin's death a few days later, she replaced him in the Blue Helmets as the new semi-engineer. 
After a few months with the Blue Helmets, they were all at Lakeside, Ohio. In there, Ridley continued being her usual self, and annoying prick who was still useful. 
==== Anthologies ====
Ridley was mostly silent in the Anthologies, minus holiday sessions such as Christmas or such. She did appear briefly in The Trade Route Skirmish as a background character. But she did play a small role in the final session, Preparation for Indiana. 
====== Preparation for Indiana ======
In the session, Ridley went along with the group to head to Indiana, along with August after a returning antagonist from Arc 2 had come back. Ridley, after an attack had cleared a way to a boat, but just for herself; not really planning for anyone else or even caring for that matter. Ridley, on the boat, had gotten into a fight with Hannah over a dislike over food. After a exchange of insults, one being "cow" by Ridley, Hannah punched Ridley and Ridley pushed the pregnant Hannah back. Members broke up the fight before it could escalate. But now the Blue Helmets were beginning to see how Ridley actually was. 
In the boat, August told Ridley to find a spy that August had learnt of. Ridley did so, accusing first Fowler but he turned out to not be the spy but instead a Russian one, but not the one they were looking for. August forced him to throw his radio away. Instead, it was Evancee's arm, Ridley began accusing her of treason. Everyone told her to shut up, as it was just the arm and not Evancee herself. 
==== Arc 4 (Blood Queen) ====
===== 2163 =====
At the beginning of the first few sessions, Ridley was largely absent until Chapter two. In Indiana's Defense, Ridley went up the OHSS along with August, Crusher, Fowler, Hannah and Evancee. Ridley and August were one of the most trusted and in the one year they were there, Ridley got a good job as the Head of Security in a sector. But that led to worse things. 
===== 2164 =====
After Hannah's death, Ridley had become a bit more chaotic than before, especially with the amount of power given to her. As a ploy to get something more, and suspicion of corruption, Ridley warned August and recommended a coup against the OHSS. August accepted, and later they planned to cause harm somehow as they were saying bad things of August and his group. August's idea was to blow up the news center in the sector. Ridley did so, with a bomb August built and put it in the news sector. Ridley framed a security guard who had come back from leave, Jillian, by hacking the door to instead say it's Jillian's ID not Ridley. 
TBA 
After a lot of time, and convincing by August's part, they finally went down to Earth. 
A few months on Earth led to more things. A day in a April, August asked Ridley to check what was inside the Omni Tool, because he said there was something. Ridley agreed, upon arriving there, she saw an engineer tinkering with the Omni-Tool; Kazumi Athy. Ridley got a signal on her computer. It was the Omni-Tool. It managed to convince Ridley to grab the Omni-Tool, and give some of it to Ridley. Ridley agreed, it didn't take much effort, the Omni Tool electrocuted Kazumi, killing her after a small fight with Ridley and Kazumi. 
Kazumi though, before her death had pressed an emergency button, placing the place on alert. The Omni-Tool put invisibility on Ridley so she could hide away. Ridley was coming close to success at escaping at first, but finally, Trevor Noir Jacqueline saw her and shot her. Ridley still managed to escape, but now with everyone knowing she was a traitor to the Blue Helmets. 
A day later, Crusher and Warton had gone to look for Ridley, they found at a lighthouse near the Blue Village. Warton was merciful towards Ridley but Crusher most definitely wasn't. Crusher threw her off a cliff, and Ridley managed to hide away once more, escaping them. Ridley finally arrived at a rusty and fleshy robot, giving it the Omni Tool upon the request of it. The robot activated and walked away. 
The thing inside the Omni Tool told Ridley to walk to another location, soon they arrived there. It was a bunker. Ridley got in, it told her to connect her laptop to a large computer terminal at the end of the bunker. The energy in the bunker activated, and the one in the Omni-Tool revealed himself; Acordia. Ridley became a Half Fae, a Black Box. Acordia asked Ridley if she wanted kill anyone special, an environmental assassination made to look like an accident. Ridley said her father. 
====== Finale (An Era of New Horrors) ======
Marking the end of the Arc, Ridley and Acordia went back the Blue Village. Ridley revealed herself to be working with Acordia. Acordia took off the core of Trevor, handing it to Ridley. Acordia then told Ridley to go find August, Ridley went out finding Sadine with an unconscious August. Sadine threatened Ridley, and successfully, Acordia told her to back off as he already knew the outcome. Ridley did as told, seen for the last time till the next Arc. 
==== Arc 5 (Wasteland Gods) ====
===== Prologue =====
"Now, now, Crusher. Just bring me August. One life for another, fair right?"- Ridley making a deal with Crusher
Ridley came back the Blue Village, finding it destroyed by the OHSS. Crusher finds her, Ridley demands him to bring August and in return she'll bring back Trevor from the dead. After a bit of back and fourth, Crusher reluctantly agrees and goes off. Ridley revives Trevor, but places a bomb in him just in case, but doesn't give him back his core. There Trevor and Ridley wait in the middle of chaos and violence. 
==== Torn Scripture (Chapter 1) ====
Ridley and Trevor stay behind, having a extended conversation ending with Ridley having a internal existential crisis. She's going to be nearly immortal, but what will she do after that? The rest of the hours pass by too by talking. They play a match of chess, Ridley beating Trevor easily. "WE HAD A DEAL. I told you what happens, didn't I?" - Ridley Piercer threatening Crusher
Crusher comes back, but with the August. Crusher said August was too weak to get here, but that wasn't part of the deal Ridley continues to argue. As they argue more, Sadine comes from behind and tries to stab Ridley. But she was a hologram, and instead destroys the projector. Crusher tries to take out the bomb out of Trevor and throws it out the window, but that wasn't enough to save Trevor. Trevor melts from the bomb as Crusher and Sadine evade it. Acordia grabs his head before it could melt away too and there lies a dead man un-walking. 
===== Gonfall (Chapter 2) =====
"Your work has been subpar, Ridley."- Acordia to Ridley
Ridley is seen talking to Acordia in front of Katelyn Nevin, Acordia tells Ridley her work has been subpar, and it has been. Ridley stays quiet, not admitting nor denying it. Acordia tells Ridley that she's going to be going to California, and meanwhile to work on her failures. Ridley stares at Katelyn back, now awoken and had listened to the conversation. Ridley leaves Katelyn to work on her failures as said and Katelyn escapes the pod. 
Ridley gets down, but the escaped Katelyn has already gotten much of her stuff back. Katelyn in ONE TURN flung Ridley to the end of the hall. Katelyn almost escapes but leaves Ridley alive. Katelyn arrives at the gate but a giant robot had already prepared itself for Kate. Ridley threatens Katelyn by killing her son, Kelton. Katelyn is captured back and Ridley promises to kill Kelton West and everyone Katelyn cares for. 
====== California ======
A week before, Acordia talks to Ridley. Capture the dictator of California; Sunstara. She holds a key to The Paragon. Ridley agrees to go on the mission. If Ridley fails this mission, she'll be killed by the soldiers of California and God knows what happens if she comes back to the bunker alive and with nothing. 
====== Arrival to California ======
"Do not fail me."- Acordia to Ridley, once in California
A week later, Ridley arrives at California. Acordia talks to Ridley on something more specific on her mission. Ridley is to get The Glymph, a power source which powers most of the city of Heavenland. Then afterwards is she to capture Sunstara. A single mistake though can cause the Glymph to begone and kill half the people in the upper region of Heavenland. Ridley agrees, traversing a small part of the city, she gets a Level 2 Vest and two small Fusion Cores. After finding three waypoints which she had to track down, she finds out where the Glymph is, but must also traverse through an hidden trapdoor in the city. She finds it, going down. Someone finally comes up to Ridley; "ID?"
===== Continental (Chapter 3) =====
Ridley tries to convince the soldier that she's a high rank in the place but fails the charisma check, landing her on her knees. The soldier continues to insult and Ridley loses her patience, trying to stab at the soldier with a wire. She fails, leading her a punch to the face and into the Correctional Facility where they take her computer. After multiple insults by some stupid guards, Sunstara arrives. She questions Ridley and why she's here, Ridley says she's been sent to destroy their power source by her father. Which was mostly true, other than the father part. 
Sunstara threatened Ridley with the computer, melting it after Ridley says her answers. She then says to make a meeting with all neighboring factions, including Washington. Sunstara demands the second guard to beat Ridley to death, so he does but without coming to 1 HP against Ridley. With the weakest character in SSE physically and no tech on them with Ridley having 6 HP they still almost died. Sunstara comes up to Ridley on the ground and takes off her Portable Arms and melts them too. 
=== Campaign Two: Forlorn Horrors ===
==== Off Screen ====
The following is all based on message from the gamemaster during the session and what Ridley was up to during the ten year time skip.
===== Capture =====
After being captured by Washington, she assassinated her father and became the tyrant of Washington. 
===== Washington-California Annexation War =====
It is mentioned that Ridley went on to go on a war against the New Empyrean California and two other unspecified factions. On which she came to a stalemate to. This led to multiple people hating Ridley over the past few years, having killed many people in the war. 
===== Banishment of Ridley Piercer =====
Ridley was cast out by Acordia, deeming her "useless" by the time she brought him to power. It is still unknown where she went as of being cast out from Washington. 
=== Aftermath (On-Screen) ===
The following events are based on the seen events relating to Ridley. 
==== Rejoining of the Blue Helmets ====
"Feels like I know you form somewhere..."
- Ridley to August, first line of dialog
Ridley is first seen in the "East Settlement" after being attacked by thugs and saved. Being brought back to find a new August. He made Ridley follow Georgie (Now George) towards the new Blue Helmets camp. When interrogated by August, she told him about how Acordia found her useless now. She was welcomed back in, Ridley wanting to "rekindle old times" with the new Blue Helmets. August agreed she could stay and help out as long as she manages with her attitude which she reluctantly agreed to. 
She built, along with Amir (Who she just met and immediately disliked) and other people around, a tech lab and area for the place, being the head of it now. She place multiple traps, not trusting anyone still. In her new house she was building, she got interrupted by a unnamed Howler who attempted to murder her after her war with Indiana and the two unnamed factions. She killed him quickly, hanging him up on a light as a warning. Later, August told her to put it down which she had to after wanting to get a building. She tossed it into he ocean to not be seen again. 
== Personality ==
"Social norms are made to control and to seem better than others, so are rules." 
=== Campaign 1 ===
==== Arc 3 ====
In Arc 3, Ridley was more calm. She did insult people, but was much less aggressive than later years. She was selfish but she wasn't looking forward to causing others harm. She tries to make everything perfect, and any sort of disorder could be gone by all she cares. Narcissism had already been shown, but less as- "I will take any chance I get to seem good"
===== Moral Code =====
Ridley's Arc 3 moral code consisted of; "If something is ripe for the taking, take it. If a dragon is guarding it, let it be." She wasn't a bad person in Arc 3, but she wasn't good either. Her only real goal here was security now. 
==== Arc 4 ====
Joining the Blue Helmets after Macklin's death, she became more savage and aggressive, towards the Blue Helmets and everyone. She still respected superiors and was somewhat insecure with how much she insulted people in the OHSS. In this Arc, she does try to seem better than everyone at all cost, maybe not morally, but intellectually; yes. 
===== Moral Code =====
As Ridley continued into Arc 4, she became more selfish by the end of the Arc, more chaotic. Ridley was always someone like this since met, but there was a lock in it. But superiors are one of the few people she respects, and those who stay out of her way. Her goal now is for pleasure, she had already gotten security in all places. 
==== Arc 5 ====
By the end of Arc 5, Ridley had become the peak of her entropy. She may have had table manners in the beginning but that was gone now, thinking she is above everyone besides Acordia. Human life was beneath her at this point, and that was already beginning to show in the final sessions of Arc 4. Narcissism still follows her though, but now with more of a show time gig than anything. 
===== Moral Code =====
Ridley's moral code consisted of how much she can get out of something while still being semi-fair. She keeps her word, or at least tries to. But if there are no rules, then she can do what she really pleases. Everyone is equal, besides Acordia and her, Ridley is above Earth itself in her mind. Now her goal is for the most power and control possible, there's nothing like taking it all out on the Earth that deserves pain after blowing itself up. 
=== Campaign 2 ===
==== Aftermath (Prologue) ====
The casting of Ridley Piercer took a toll on her mental health. Seeing only hatred now for Acordia. Although, before the cast she might have still had the same personality (or similar) to when she was in Arc 5. She's much more paranoid but still arrogant as ever and can usually become very insane in situations. 
===== Moral Code =====
Her moral code gets worse, going towards all lengths to achieve something. But her goals changed to just wanting to rekindle old memories and times. She doesn't care about fighting for good or evil, just "the old times" coming back where she could be happily annoying and annoyed at the new helmets. 
== Appearance ==
=== Body/General ===
Ridley is a small woman with freckles and large hair, usually wearing pig tails reaching to her lower arms in Arc 3 and 4. 
Campaign 2 featured Ridley in a much more dirty state with no pigtails. She carved codes and hacks all around her body. 
=== Campaign 1 ===
==== Arc 3 ====
Ridley wore a Ushanka with a chef coat and red scarf along with her Portable hands and laptop and round glasses. 
==== Arc 4 ====
Ridley wore a dark grey coat with buttons and belts around it. Her Portable Arms were cleaned and un-rusted. She also got a captain hat with a red Earth on it. And got her coffee filler and a tech revamp. 
==== Arc 5 ====
Now being with Acordia, she now wears a tuxedo below a lab coat. She grew Fae Lines from becoming Half-Fae. She doesn't wear a hat after losing it trying to run away from the Blue Village. She cut off her pig tails and has a bit bigger hair with two small ahoges coming up from the middle. Her hair reaches below her shoulders now. 
=== Campaign 2 ===
==== Aftermath ====
Ridley wears her labcoat, still has fae lines. In her dirtied look has chemical splashes around her body. Her chest shows codes carved into her skin and she has a scar on her face from years of isolatiosm. Her hair is messier in the dirtied look, but noe is straight once more. Her backpack is one she used before from the Acordia Company but changed the color to a blue to spite Acordia. Instead of her usual scarf of varying colors, she wears a collar she escaped from while encountering thugs. Below her open labcoat she wears a crop with military pants. Her labcoat is the same one she wore while working for Acordia. She took of the Acordia Company's badge and patch from it. She got herself new gloves, latex gloves. She wears them much now. Her hair has gotten longer now, shaping itself into a wolf like cut but still retaining most of the top shape of the original hair. 
==Inventory==
=== Campaign 1 ===
==== Operator's Portable Computer (Arc 3-5) ====
The computer that Ridley uses to quickly hack programs. This power machine is attached to her back, probably one of her most prized possessions, she had received it as a gift from her father. This powerful device allows the user, in this case Ridley; hacks and downloads nearby devices containing a great signal. More on Quick Hack D20. Destroyed by Sunstara in Arc 5. 
==== Portable Hands (Arc 3-5) ====
Hands behind Ridley's back that allow her to use her computer faster and do multiple things at once. These were also a gift from herself to herself, and one she treasures. She got them in Washington. Destroyed by Sunstara in Arc 5 
==== Coffee Container-Filler (Arc 4-5) ====
A machine that Ridley obtained in the OHSS. It is located in her back like a backpack. It's connected to a coffee cup which fills automatically from the container. It also keeps the coffee hot and isn't only used for coffee. 
==== Ridley's Ushanka (Arc 3-Anthologies) ====
Ridley got this in a trip! She liked it and used it with a similarly white cook outfit.
==== Ridley's Captain Hat (Arc 4-5) ====
She got it in the OHSS as a part of her job, she lost it in Arc 3 in one of the final sessions. 
== Likes and Dislikes ==
=== Likes ===
==== Coffee ====
The origin of her obsession over coffee might be from where she was in her younger years. The State of Washington and therefore, her role in it as the daughter of the president, had an impact in her taste of drinks. Caffeine was an exquisite drink that only the elite could have. 
==== Fish and a GOOD salad ====
Washington culture has followed Ridley everywhere, she hasn't really gotten to eat something like that in the OHSS and the salad was "Absolute vomit". Washington, being near the ocean, has a large amount of fish to eat. Although not the peak of height, Ridley does enjoy what some common people enjoy. 
==== Talking down to people ====
She likes insulting people and making them feel less than human. 
==== Being Looked up to ====
Narcissism is a trait, one Ridley has in abundance. Ridley thinks herself as above everyone and everything around her, so all need to respect her. Otherwise, disrespect can be met with attacks. 
==== Alternative Rock Music ====
Ridley, although not mentioned much, has been confirmed to like indie-rock or alternative rock music. 
=== Dislikes ===
==== Everyone ====
Ridley automatically hates everyone around her, probably the most friendly faces to her are; Acordia who she had pure respect to and August for being 'smarter than everyone else in this clown show.' Then again, they both betrayed her at one point or the other. 
==== Distrust ====
In Arc 5's Chapter 1, session 2, Ridley is shown to have threatened Crusher after breaking a deal with her. Although she is chaotic, she does hate when people don't listen to her or trust her. 
==== Disrespect ====
Disrespect is a sign of weakness, the only one who can be rude or inappropriate to anyone should be Ridley. Ridley is the absolute of perfection and intelligence. 
== Skills & Abilities ==
=== Proficiencies & Abilities ===
==== Hacking ====
Her increasing strength to infiltrate onto webs and networks, this is heavily added to with her special devices such as the OPC. 
==== Coffee Drinking ====
She can literally drink the entire extra supply of coffee the Blue Helmets had in a few minutes. 
==== Hard-Worker ====
Even if she is at times; lazy she does her job well. She'll actually spend time on what is said of her to do if she was in charge of doing it. But she won't clean up snow, that ain't her job. 
=== Ability & Proficiency Weaknesses ===
==== Charisma ====
Definitely the worst of the worst, her management to contain her anger issues sets her back in her talking skills. She gets angry easily especially when insulted and tries her hardest to keep calm. 
==== Sympathy ====
Her lack of understanding in human emotion is outstanding. She can't tell the difference between excitement and fear, this is combined with her horrible charisma and this will become going up a creek without a paddle. 
==== Macklin ====
Macklin was an important life in Ridley's character. Macklin was the only thing keeping Ridley from becoming what she did in later arcs such as in Arc 5 where she had become genocidal. Her actions were filtered by her love for Macklin, as she saw someone she was not in him. Ridley wanted to become more like Macklin, not be the bad person she knew she was inside of her. But Ridley always knew that she could not actually have a relationship (or at least not a healthy one) with Macklin. 
After his death, Ridley's filter for more neutral actions had been gone, letting her become more chaotic than ever before. The moral compass she had was gone along with her more lawful nature until fully securing to her chaotic tendencies and final more evil ones. In the Anthologies, August mentioned how "Macklin wouldn't have wanted this" giving Ridley a sense of what she was in Arc 3. Arc 4 sought Ridley beginning to distance herself from memories she had with him in the previous Arc as her compass faded. Arc 5 saw Ridley almost completely forgetting for her love for Macklin, but still retaining some of it with some more sympathetic actions. 
==== Cruel ====
The cruelty of her father passed down to Ridley, she can't care about people as said. 
==== Chaotic Tendencies ====
Ridley has become more and more chaotic, and has thought many times before to betray her groups. 
=== Side Hobbies ===
==== Cooking ====
A passion of hers, she doesn't really understand much of it but gets better every so often. I never said she was good at it though. 
==== Reading ====
Ridley enjoys all kinds of genres, especially on her early years back in Washington. 
==== Insulting People ====
She enjoys it. A lot. 
==== Chess ====
As seen in Arc 5's Chapter 1, session 2; Ridley is mentioned to have 1200 elo (Intermediate level chess player), playing Trevor Noir Jacqueline before his eventual death. Ridley also mentioned she has a chess playing software in the OPC in the same session. Ridley learnt chess at Washington, mentioning that there were better players in both the OHSS and Washington. 
== Trivia ==
Ridley is straight, but is also asexual. 
Ridley enjoys coffee heavily being addicted to it, this was shown when she got caffeine high. 
 
Ridley's birthday is the same as Cloven's mother's birthday. 
Ridley has read the book series; 'The Hunger Games' as a child as mentioned when talking to Fowler when he brought up the second book of the series, 'Catching Fire'. (Also, why is Catching Fire so important in SSE, first it was Soan- now it's Fowler and then Ridley) 
Ridley mentioned she had never been in a bunker before Acordia led her to one. 
Ridley is confirmed to have narcissism. 
In early 2164, Ridley once went to therapy on August's recommendation. She went there twice. 
Ridley does actually need her glasses, she found them while being with the People's Sheriffs. 
Ridley has never met a Patron ever. 
Ridley was originally going to be Christian and Non-Binary, this was scrapped since Cloven either forgot Ridley was Christian or thought; 'nah' and people called Ridley she/her so Cloven went along with that. 
Ridley is one of the few characters that are confirmed to have lived through Sixth Sunset, along with August West, Sadine Regal and Soan Bonaventure. 
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Category:Status : Alive
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