Octavia Maeng

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> “You're asking quite a lot of questions for someone just scouting a job; aren't you, tough guy?”
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> — ***Octavia**, speaking to **Mohe** during his scouting of the **Poros Bodyworks** facility*
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### Relatives

Sang-Kyu Maeng (father)
Zara Hollander (mother)
Rhea Maeng (younger sister)

## Biographical information

### Place of Birth

Jade City, Albion, Hyperion
Hathor, The Core
 Coalition of Congressional Republics

### Ethnicity

Korean diaspora (*Hiperion Minjok*), American diaspora (*Hyperion American*)

## Employment information

### Occupation

Augmentation production line specialist at Poros Bodyworks

## Criminal information

### Conviction Sentence

Special labor contract under Poros Bodyworks

## Physical attributes

### Eye color

Yellowish-orange (during retinal implant activation)
Brown (natural)

### Body markings

Auxiliary ports for cybernetic assistant arm attachment

### Cybernetic augmentations

* Tang OptiWorks retinal implants ×2
* Poros Bodyworks PBA-M99L assistant cybernetic arms ×2

## Media

### First Appearance

**The Poros Bodyworks Heist*** Gearing Up, Gearing Down

### Music Theme

"Bed of Nails"

**Octavia Maeng** (맹 옥타비아, *Maeng Octavia*) is a Jade City native and was a cybernetics manufacturing specialist working for Poros Bodyworks under a special parole labor contract, in addition to being an accomplice in the Poros Bodyworks Heist through meeting the criminal Jaxon "Mohe" Kende. Through the events of the heist story, Octavia's loss of her job from the dissolved company and the nullification of her parole forthwith landed her in a status of unemployment, and she later turns to Mohe and the new contacts he has met for work opportunities in the underworld.

## Description

Octavia is a convicted felon charged with the assault of several women on the grounds of "personal issues" while she briefly went to the Jade City Community College in 2694. Held in prison for two years, she was discharged with the assistance of her parents under a special parole contract that assigned her to work in the Poros Bodyworks augmentations company within Jade City.

## Appearance

Octavia is an above-average height woman in her early-to-mid twenties. Her eyes, which possess a normally brown color, instead give off a yellowish-orange glow when her Tang OptiWorks retinal implants are activated as a result of circuitry interfacing with the iris. Octavia's white complexion allows for a stark contrast between her natural body and her other augmentations, such as the attachment points for her orange PBA-M99L cybernetic assistant arms on both her scapular and deltoid regions. In the terms of her physique, Octavia maintains her muscular build through a mixture of her labors in the Poros Bodyworks manufactories in addition to her usage of home and public gymnasiums.

Octavia's common attire includes working boots and her orange labor jumpsuit, worn in either its entirety or with its fly pulled down and the upper portion tied around her waist. The latter form of her apparel is complemented with a breathable black tube top as a result of high temperatures in the factory and in Jade City during the summer. She opts to keep her natural black hair color in a variation of a wolf cut, both for worksite protocol and personal preference.

## Personality and traits

From a young age, Octavia learned to adapt a mentality of independence and awareness in regards to her surroundings, mostly due to the constant danger of living in cramped urban conditions that a place such as Jade City would give. Being the only child for eight years until the birth of her younger sister, Rhea Maeng...

## Trivia

* Despite her tough exterior, Octavia has a soft spot for her younger sister Rhea, whom she helped raise as a child.
* She has a special love for Earthborne music with a relation to the beginning of the second millennium; particularly alternative metal and rock music.
* Octavia's early experiences with crime and poverty in Jade City influenced her fighting style, alongside that of her father's own taekwondo knowledge. She is known to favor using a multitude of her arms for hand-to-hand combat and wielding improvised weapons, using her surroundings to gain an advantage in fights.
* Octavia's tomboyish tendencies and rejection of traditional femininity are likely influenced by her environment and upbringing in Jade City. Despite this, she still has a softer side and cares deeply for those close to her.