Ada (Brawlhalla)

Ada is one of the playable characters in the online free-to-play platform fighting game Brawhalla. Her weapons are Blasters and Spear, and while she has high dexterity, attack power, and agility, her defense is low. 
==History==
As a young girl, Ada was sent to Meyers Baby Food Corporation due to her precocious capabilities and the promise of a sustainable career. Instead of going through traditional education, Ada went through military training that made her an expert in cryptography and urban warfare and gave her cybernetic enhancements. Due to her excellence in the training program, she was assigned to a newly formed black ops unit, the planned result of the experiment that provided Ada her training. This proved to be a fatal mistake however, as Ada was now trained to be the worst thing that could happen to Meyers. Shortly after, Ada had used her hacking abilities to learn that the black ops unit was formed in order to be manipulated to ensure the Upload Enslavement Initiative would be enacted. Because of her, the news of Meyers' secret operations would soon play on every news feed. What it is exactly isn't explicitly stated, but it is believed to be a nefarious protocol. 
Meanwhile, Ada had disappeared from Meyers without a trace, and secretly retreated to the undersea free state of Miami Dome, a brightly-colored cyberpunk province with a state-wide cityscape that presumably exists in an underwater dome, since it is popularly believed that Florida will be underwater by the 22nd century. Ada gathered an unknown number of recruits in Miami Dome to form the Right Wrong Cavaliers, an "elite team of combat hackers and post-punk revival band". She led the Cavaliers on several escapades as part of her guerilla warfare campaign against the Meyers Baby Food Corp., as well as GovernCorp, who is involved in the conspiracy with them. 
Although she was incredibly successful, her attacks on the company had the unintended consequence of resetting society when a self-replicating cloud of nanobots that bricked everything relying on computer circuitry was deployed on her secret hideout, which was supposed to become inert after 20 minutes but malfunctioned. The cloud that was only intended to kill Ada would endlessly diffuse until it covered the Earth, rendering all technology useless and making Earth an apocalypse. It is highly probable that it was Val who discovered Ada's secret hideout, as her biography states that she was the one who infiltrated the Right Wrong Cavaliers. This means that neither Ada nor Meyers won their conflict, because Val accidentally triggered the apocalypse by deploying the nanobot cloud after she took control of the company.
Ada presumably died, but is still alive in Valhalla, which she is convinced is some sort of computer sim. Until she finds a way out, she is determined to always win. However, it is unclear how she got to Valhalla or if she actually died since she does not know what she is doing there.
== Powers and abilities ==
Her natural intelligence and training at Meyers Baby Food Corporation has made her a very dangerous and sophisticated fighter, using both brains and brawns. Ada uses a technology-enhanced spear to gain an edge over her opponents in close-quarters combat, but is still capable of fighting without her spear. Her increased agility as a result of her enhancements and military training from MBFC and her acceptance into Valhalla for her strength makes this a given. By herself, she is a huge threat to MBFC due to her resourcefulness and leadership capabilities. She also has strong willpower, as evidenced by the lengths she goes to bring down the company and her competitiveness in Valhalla. 
What makes her so effective at warfare is her ability to hack various systems, even when it requires highly advanced math possibly at fictitious levels of difficulty. She is even able to do this while participating in a raid, making her a great multi-tasker. She brings two pistols that shoot green energy blasts with her, which she can expertly use in combat as proven by her fighting in Valhalla. This is due to her high agility, making her capable of moving fast without hindering her ability to hit her targets. Perhaps her only weakness is her low durability, making her a glass cannon. She is smart enough to compensate for this with her tactical ability and intelligence. However, even she finds it unfair that Ragnir is also a competitor at Valhalla, who is a dragon. 
== Gameplay ==
Ada is a Blasters and Spears Legend, and her biggest strength is her dexterity (at 7 points). Her biggest weakness is her defense (at 3 points). However, her above-average attack power and agility make her excellent at offense, but like any character, must be learned to be able to use effectively.
=== Blasters ===
==== Neutral Signature ====
Ada jumps and shoots four green blasts of energy from her gun, which explodes a short distance away from her.
==== Side Signature ====
Ada brings her guns forward and rapidly shoots green lasers. The initial lasers only deal damage, while the last two shots are capable of launching opponents.
==== Down Signature ====
Ada shoots two smaller green blasts and then a very large green blast in one fast attack.
=== Spear ===
==== Neutral Signature ====
Ada jumps up and swings her spear twice.
==== Side Signature ====
Ada does a quick slash with her spear, lunging foward to be able to hit an opponent away from her body but with a lot of power.
==== Down Signature ====
Ada breakdances to swing her sword all around her while moving slightly forward.
== External links ==
* Ada at Brawlhalla Gamepedia
==Trivia==
*Her title "Ghost in the Machine" is a clear reference to the anime and manga Ghost in the Shell. Like its protagonist, Ada received a large amount of cybernetic enhancements from a powerful corporation and became a gifted hacker and a powerful fighter. This is an apt reference because Ada is based on the cyberpunk aesthetic and Ghost in the Shell is set in a cyberpunk setting.
*Her name "Ada" is significant because it is also the name of who is considered to be the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace.
**Her Valentine's Day skin "Lovelaced Ada" nods to this fact.
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