Seeker

**Clara McNamara**, the *Seeker*, is a NEW/G hero that is perhaps known for her anonymity against the enemy and her relentless determination to pursue her foes, hence earning the iconic codename.

## Biography

### Background

Clara McNamara grew up with a militaristic family. Her father was a veteran Panamoan Army Ranger, his mother is an airman of the Aerospace Panamoan Air Force, and her older brother was a marine. As a result, she knew

Clara McNamara grew up on Sunview, Ruxas. Clara and her family later moved to Nearview, a city where violence between terrorists and soldiers were a common occurrence. As a result, even civilians like herself were forced to learn how to protect themselves from a young age. For example, Clara's brother taught her how to hold a rifle and a pistol when she was ten years of age, while her father taught her the basics of Hand-to-hand combat. In preparation for emergencies, her father would often race Clara and her brother Jake to a local bomb shelter and he would allow them to stay up half an hour past bedtime if they beat him.

Her brother's old school became the target of a rebel bombing when she was around ten years of age, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of children. Both of her parents were Panamoan military and eventually died in battle against extraterrestrial aliens, much to their surprise. However, she became spec ops instead, wanting the "specialised nature" instead of the generalised feeling in a soldier.

She became a Delta HAWK operative and was deployed to enemy territories in various parts of the planet, and even off-planet missions where Clara honed her skills in combat, and her resourcefulness with emphasis on tracking her opponents for neutralisation, or capture. Clara clearly became good at it, and only discharged herself after an injury that caused her leg to be crippled.

### New Generation of Heroes

Clara earned her place in the NEW/G after stopping a Renegades smuggling operation, declaring that she was the first to have contact with the Renegades, but without a proper fight, as the personnel she encountered were merely henchmen who are not combatants. As a result, Fiona Vance easily recruited her and extensively trained her, even adding swordsmanship to her skill set, which she hadn't expected to learn more about.

She was caught off guard on how hectic the training was, as she is only familiar with a knife regarding melee weapons, and the fact that the warriors are wearing enhanced suits. Clearly, she needed those types of armour to keep up with them should they ever engage in combat. Sadly, Clara never got the chance to use her own chrono armour, relying on her natural skills to serve the Legion for the entirety of her service.

### Operation: New Troubles

Seeker was able to deduce that S.O.L.A.C.E is quickly planning an invasion to their headquarters, as she effectively infiltrated a certain base in the Panamoan Republic, but that wasn't possible if she didn't kill a few renegades. Upon returning back to the base, she asked Fiona about what is going on at Avarshi and why none of them have interfered on the renegades' convoy that carries a load of powerful crystals known as Aether. Vance simply replied that she found the perfect person for the job as it deals with the enemy at her own turf.

She is later introduced to Night Breeze. Turns out Clara liked her unlike what she initially thought. However, they were all distressed when S.O.L.A.C.E appeared in their front door alongside the renegades, seemingly ready to destroy their almost defenceless base. Thankfully Lunar Frost was able to halt their invasion and with the help of Night Breeze, they were sent to retreat. Later after the prodigy revealed her background, she was initially disappointed on why did she keep it a secret.

Lunar Frost then wanted her to be referred in her real name, and is able to elaborate that her secrecy was mostly to keep her safe from PROJECT's hands at the time.

### Brightblasting Adventure

Clara has went into enemy territories to gain more info regarding the renegades. To her findings, the renegades existed way back six years ago, operating under the shadows as a cult that worshipped the megacorporation. As the time goes by and the war has been over, the renegades made it clear that their intention was to restore the megacorporation with a simple method: The use of violence.

She was among the entire Legion when they attacked the renegades at Vuraki, knowing that they are tipped by Lunar Frost regarding a mining site located in a cave. As the fighting goes on, Clara gets wounded by Yellowjacket Wolf, as the latter shot her in the chest when the operation grows more intense. Thankfully, she survived as was able to extract data from the WAR MACHINE mech that Mimeographer piloted.

### Anti-Corporations

Clara was present in almost every operation of the NEW/G as they all had suffered from their defeats caused by the Corporate Renegades. Like the rest of them, she is extremely surprised when Night Breeze betrayed them, all while sporting a new codename and outfit. She admits that the look was better, claiming that Alissandre looked to "sheepish" in her previous look. Seeing that the prodigy has been heartbroken in the betrayal, she is among the members of the legion whom comforted her as she experiences pain and the obsession for solitude. She also confirms to have faced Nightfall and survived the fight.

She was displeased by the betrayal, and unlike the rest, Seeker was able to realise the extent of her actions, which was deliberately exposing their operations for the renegades and S.O.L.A.C.E to take advantage of.

### Unshakeable Revelation

Clara, unlike the others, was unaware of an impending attack in the country, dismissing the commotion going on around the base until she realises it and managed to spot a few hiding renegades in the process. As the majority of them fought valiantly for their base, Seeker was left stranded after the CHIMERA fired a devastating beam into the building, trapping her and killing many in the aftermath. She stayed at the base for a few days after freeing herself from the rubble, suffering a leg wound, to rest and gather weapons and equipment before leaving. Unlike Gwyneth Forgesteel and Spartacus Brightspear, she left ahead of them, without drawing attention to herself.

### Death

After leaving the base, she then attempts to contact anyone in their ranks, to no avail. Without any other option left, she stumbles upon an empty house that looks more than presentable enough despite the damages. Clara entered the house and used it as her safe house for the time being, until the Corporate Renegades were able to detect her position as S.O.L.A.C.E quickly finds her through a thermal search light in their patrol mechas. Unaware of this, the renegades have stormed the house and dragged her outside to an aircraft, which the entire Panamoan Republic has quickly found out and has sent dropships to intercept their flight, only to be disabled by SCODOK himself.

Clara was thrown to Avarshi and later apprehended after attempting to flee. When questioned by the renegades about the whereabouts of her allies, she refused to say anything and was tortured as expected. Dark Python later killed her because she was no longer useful to them, and her body was thrown into a spare prison room. For the time being, her death was in vain because no hero has been able to reunite their legion and destroy the renegades in order to prevent them from fully controlling Avarshi.

Bloodlust later saw her corpse. Her eyes are open, but the latter closes it. Lunar Frost later discovers her corpse, breaks down before deciding to bury her. Her death was later confirmed and was widely considered to be extremely upsetting and prematurely occured.

## Accolades

Despite her death being in vain, she has been considered as a War Hero, due to her actions; With the Panamoan forces recognising her heroics and a past military life, allowing them to recover her corpse and organise a large funeral. Her actions include:

* Discovering the extent of S.O.L.A.C.E's headquarters in the Panamoan Republic
* Analysing the Corporate Renegades' motivations and their methods of warfare.
* Relaying everything to The Trinity regarding a newly acquired piece of intel that she has done in the field.
* Prevented Nightfall from exploiting their base's defences.
* Informed Fiona Vance of Night Breeze's acts of treason.

## Personality

Clara lives up to her codename. As a result, she is clever, cunning, and serious. She wants everything with clear resolve and tenacity, such as serving the next generation of heroes and discovering the truth about the Corporate Renegades and their ally, S.O.L.A.C.E. Despite being amiable and effective in her hero responsibilities, McNamara has a sharp tongue and will not disguise her partiality from anyone, including her allies. McNamara initially maintained a neutral stance when interviewing Madeleine Clement about her heritage, but she displayed her disgust for Clement's true comments after she described the complete heritage, claiming that Madeleine should've told everyone when she joined their ranks.

Clara McNamara is devoted to the point of extreme loyalty. As a result, she is ready to fight for the NEW/G no matter where or when, and to help her countrymen as they strive to make the world a better place. This demonstrates that Clara is not only obsessed with finding the truth and delivering justice, but she is also bold enough to combat the incredibly dangerous enemy, the renegades, as a Legionnaire. Even when she is chained and caught, she is resolute and fearless when the renegades execute her for not divulging the location of the Legion during *The Next Warmother*. Overall, Seeker demonstrated to the public that she is a true warrior in her own right.

## Abilities

Clara is an extremely capable combatant, despite the lack of powers or super powered weapons. Adept in clandestine, espionage, infiltration and covert ops; She embodies the skills of a hero, whilst possessing the cunning and stealth of a spy. Making her very fluent in two scenarios: Combat and Infiltration.

Owing to her codename, she is adept in tracking anything, whether it is targets or the truth.

### Skills

* **Master Spy**: Seeker's main skills revolve around infiltration and espionage, making her an extremely effective spy. Furthermore, she can infiltrate virtually any establishment by changing her appearance, demonstrating her mastery of disguise, and steal or acquire whatever is critical to her goals or objectives, all while leaving no trace from the enemy or security.

* **Expert Hacker**: Clara is almost as adept as Alissandre in the field of hacking. She is able to get past typical and complicated firewalls with ease. Notably, she is responsible for hacking the servers of Winslow Systems, allowing her to gain access to their technology.

* **Master Combatant**: Knowing she'll be dragged into a fight in her duties of being a hero, Clara has extensively trained herself in various types of combat. She is an adept marksman and highly proficient in Hand-to-hand combat. As per military norm, she can use knives with equal proficiency.

## Trivia

### General

* Clara is the only Panamoan hero in the ranks of the NEW/G. Henry could be counted as well, but he is an Intelligence Division operative.
* Without her efforts, the NEW/G, even with their advanced technology, would be fully vulnerable to any immediate attacks in their territory.
* When Madeleine explored her heritage on her through a conversation, she became biased and asked her on why did she kept it as a secret for so long. The latter silenced her by stating that PROJECT could've killed her if they found out.
* Seeker is fond of assault rifles. Her favourite mid-ranged assault rifle is the LVMR.
* Some say she strives to become a cyborg, secretly envious of Lunar Frost's peak physical condition, strength, durability, agility and speed.
* Due to her premature death, the NEW/G's state remains ambiguous, despite the blind perspective of S.O.L.A.C.E deeming them as disbanded.
* Dislikes propaganda.