Andrew Five

== Appearance ==
== Background ==
Andrew Five is a Cybernaut that was employed under the rebel command's tactical unit charged with capturing Allella Birtat Quirtz. When his group is out-gunned by the privateer, he ejects into a maelstrom of energy, severally damaging his mental capacity and mutating his brainwaves. He remembers nothing of his former alliance or obligations and is currently traveling with Allella on her ship. He hallucinates strange otherworldly monsters that are harmless to him, but dangerous to other Cybernauts around him.
== Abilities and Potential ==
Andrew Five retains much of his instinctual combat knowledge. He is adept at piloting and firing rifles and handguns. The freature that stands out about him, however is the Mindshadow Virus.
=== Mindshadow Virus ===
The Mindshadow, named by Andrew, is a virus that affects Cybernauts primarily. Andrew himself suffers from horrific hallucinations of an alien monster akin to something from a horror movie. The Virus is harmless to him, and he is the only one who can see it without the use of special equipment. Its terrifying potential is realized when Allella and her crew attempt to scan Andrew's memories for times before he lost his memory. It is then that the Mindshadow comes to life, so to speak, attacking Allella and her second in command.
While a normal person wouldn't be affected by the thoughts of someone else, the Mindshadow Virus directly interferes with a Cybernaut's ability to control their own body. In essence, the actions Andrew perceives are happening affects the Cybernaut's mental control, thus causing their body to react and change appropriately. If Andrew preceives the Mindshadow clawing a Cybernaut, the Cybernaut's mental network reads that they have been slashed, and the muscles, skin and other controlable tissues react to their best ability.
The circumvent to Andrew's problem is to simply "kill" the alien. Shooting it, stabbing it or trapping it in a lethal situation. Andrew perceives that the Mindshadow has "died" and thus, it can no longer attack. The moment Andrew looks away from its corpse, however, traces of it are gone, and it returns again at another time.