Maria (Vulpinroid)

Lady Maria Violet Prower, Countess of Abingdon (née Robotnik) (3228-) is a human physician, retired naval officer and peer of the Kingdom of Acorn. Known for her service against the forces of the Eggman Empire between the years of 3247 to 3255 and as being one of the Initiators of Project Vulpinroid. Her husband is Rear-Admiral Lord Miles Prower and they share a daughter, Artemis.
== Early years ==
Maria Violet Robotnik was born to Leon and Violet Robotnik on 19 June 3228. Her father was known as an astronomer as well as being one of the sons of noteworthy scientist Professor Gerald Robotnik and her mother as a United Federation Army soldier. At an early age, she was diagnosed with a new condition known as Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Considered to be out of reach for conventional medicine, Maria might have been one of the many claimed as a statistic by the disease were it not for her grandfather's own position as the chief scientist aboard Space Colony ARK. Even with the grim prognosis hanging over her of cognitive decline and death, Maria displayed an interest in learning all that she could and was a voracious reader, making regular use of the station's onboard computer and her own tablet system. 
Soon, Professor Robotnik began to advance Project Shadow, a military driven effort to develop 'immortality' to give the United Federation a decisive advantage. Two proof of concepts were developed, one in the form of the unstable being known as the 'Biolizard', the second being a lifeform that seemed to resemble a Mobian hedgehog. Bonding with the hedgehog, who was named Shadow, Maria looked upon him as if he was her own brother. After an accident involving the Biolizard, the United Federation's President hastily authorised a shutdown of Project Shadow and the ARK by extension, even authorising the liquidation of all personnel on board the station if considered necessary, though there was a preference to capture Professor Robotnik alive. The order was illegal and therefore knowledge of it was kept to the highest echelons. A kill team was dispatched to the station and attacked it on 19 June 3240, incidentally Maria's twelfth birthday.