Julie-Su

(via foot soldier armor)

* Night vision
* Thermal vision
* X-ray vision
* Enhanced durability
* Electro-knuckles

**Julie-Su** is a character appearing in the *Sonic: Blue Streak* comic series. She is a Mobian echidna first introduced as a foot soldier for the Dark Legion under the codename "Shade", serving under her elder sister Lien-Da. While on a scouting mission she clashes with members of the Chaotix, but later defects from the Legion and joins the Chaotix as their tech expert.

## Background

Julie-Su was the second born daughter of Luger, a high ranking commander of the Dark Legion, a technocratic cult of Echidnas that worshiped the dark Chaos God, Enerjak. Luger disappeared under mysterious circumstances while Julie-Su was still young, and as a result she was primarily raised by Luger's father, Dimitri, who was also Grandmaster of the Legion. Even as a child, Julie-Su displayed traits that would suggest she'd make an excellent soldier, thus Dimitri planned to groom Julie-Su into his successor. However, Julie-Su sister, Lien-Da, had her eyes set on one day becoming Grandmaster, and secretly schemed to undermine her sister.

When she became of age, Julie-Su was placed within a squadron of cadets to begin training as a Legion foot soldier. Through Lien-Da's own efforts, she became Julie-Su's commanding officer, and focused on grinding away any of the potential Dimitri had seen in her. However, Lien-Da was unable to fully quash her sister's natural abilities, succeeding only in curving Julie-Su's ambition towards helping the Legion one day escape their imprisonment within the Twilight Cage.

Eventually, Lien-Da would select Julie-Su to be the first Legionnaire to journey into the Prime Zone, where she would encounter the Chaotix.

## Personality

Julie-Su starts out as very quiet and withdrawn as a result of her growing up in the Dark Legion's military society. She was taught to unquestionably follow orders and respect the chain of command, though it could be argued that Lien-Da drilled this particular facet of Legion life into Julie-Su harder than other Legionaries due to her jealousy towards her younger sister. Her loyalty to the Legion was absolute, bordering on the verge of fanaticism.

While she was part of the Legion, Julie-Su was known to be highly intense, keenly focused, and very matter-of-fact, meticulously going about the tasks given to her with a high degree of efficiency. She was also know to be the best hand-to-hand combatant within the Legion's ground forces - sparring was one of the few things to bring her genuine enjoyment, and she relished the opportunity to test her abilities against opponents of equal skill. But while she was undoubtedly a talented combatant, without a doubt Julie-Su's greatest ability was to learn quickly, and apply new knowledge to that which she already possessed.

However, after seeing the care the Chaotix had for each other despite their frequent bickering, Julie-Su comes to realize that both the Dark Legion and Lien-Da see her as nothing but a tool for their own ends, and abandons them without a second thought to join the Chaotix.

After deserting the Legion, Su begins mellowing out significantly - she exhibits a biting sense of humor which typically leans towards deadpan sarcasm, and develops a big sister attitude towards Ray and Charmy. While still maintaining a stoic persona, she becomes much more emotionally expressive, in particular her anger, managing to intimidate even Knuckles when she gets heated enough. She still retains her love for sparing, but has pivoted it towards a desire to improve her abilities rather than overcome new foes.

But the greatest change Julie-Su experiences as a member of the Chaotix is her developing a staunch sense of independence. She reacts strongly to anyone that tries to tread on hers or the Chaotix freedom, not hesitating to resort to force if she deems it necessary. In contrast, she struggles to overcome the stronger elements of the Legion's brainwashing, especially against the subservient disposition towards authority figures that was programed into her by Lien-Da. For this reason, Su passionately resents anyone that attempt to impose their will onto others.