Vectress

Peter Hunter (Youngest Child, Youngest Son)

## **History**

### **Carmen Santos-Hunter: 1969 - 1987**

Carmen’s parents were born in Brazil, but when she was ten, she and her sisters and mother moved to California. Carmen grew up hiding her powers for her safety, as was the fate of most supers, but she longed to be out in the open with who and what she was. When WWII broke out, she was elated to see superheroes on the front line, proudly displaying their abilities and being celebrated for it. She ached to join the war effort herself, but her mother refused to let her sign up until she was of age. Carmen did sign up to help as a nurse when she finally turned 18, but she never saw any service, as the war ended just as she’d gone through training. However, she refused to let this hold her down. She stayed in the army and worked wherever they placed her, doing all she could to learn new skills and to better herself, all the while excitedly following any news about superheroes. When the NSA opened up with their superheroes, Carmen knew that this was where she was meant to be. She moved to California at once and got herself a factory job while she sent in an application for the NSA. It took a while, but an agent came to see her and see what she could do. Once she’d displayed her powers, the agent was convinced she could be a good super, and she was enrolled in the training program. Carmen commissioned a suit from a local supersuit designer, unable to afford Edna Mode’s high rates, and gave herself the name Vectress.

### **Vectress: 1987 - 1994**

Superhero work was hard, but Carmen kept at it and kept pushing and she eventually became a very good superheroine. However, her career was fairly frustrating; no matter how hard she worked, she kept being overshadowed by other, flashier names like Gamma Jack, Blazestone, and Elastic Woman especially. She developed a grudge against Elastic Woman in particular for stealing the limelight as the most popular female super, and this would continue until Shannon would introduce herself to Carmen and befriend her. The two ended up partnering on several very successful missions, and Carmen’s grudge lessened, although it still stung to see Elastic Woman so beloved in such a short time when Carmen had been working longer and was only half as well recognized. However, being a super wasn’t always frustrating. She developed several loyal and devoted fans and she was well liked in her area. She made many super friends as well, developing a particular affinity for Fironic. The two supers had a kind of will-they won’t-they, flirtatious banter sort of relationship. They never ended up dating— Fironic was very adamant against two supers dating— but the feelings between them were there.

### **Carmen Santos-Hunter: 1994 - 2013**

However, all too soon came the lawsuits against the NSA, and finally public pressure forced the ban against superheroes. This ended Vectress’ career. At a loss of what to do, she ended marrying a former NSA agent who was moving to a new city. Their marriage was unhappy and unhealthy, though it produced three children whom Carmen loves with all her heart. At last, she divorced her husband, but the prenup she’d signed when she married him ended up taking away her rights of custody to her own children.

### **Vectress: 2013 - 2014**

When Mirage found her, she was living alone in an apartment, working two jobs to be able to afford a lawyer who might be able to give her rights of custody to her children. Carmen flew to Nomanisan in hopes of earning enough money to do so. Tragically, she died there. Her children have since attended her funeral.

## **Powers, Abilities, Equipment, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Superpowered Physiology (Superhero):**

* **Vector Manipulation:** People constantly mistakeher ability thinking she can only emit a high-powered sub-sonic burst that can inflict damage on people and objects, But in truth, her abilities are more telekinetic that take the form of blue energy waves this allows her to accelerate, attract, block, and, most prominently, repel matter and energy, directing it away from herself.
	+ **Vector Shield (Aversion Field):** Vectress can project an "aversion field" which prevents her from being hit by attacks specifically aimed at her.
	+ **Telekinetic Maneuver (Acceleration, Magnitude, Direction & Motion, Momentum, Trajectory):** Vectress has shown the ability to alter the speed and trajectory of an object, such as a rocket. She can generate a psychokinetic nimbus of vectors and direct it to grasp her body or other objects and lift them into the air, apply pressure to matter so that it moves in any direction, able to levitate and manipulate objects with her mind.
	+ **Flight:** By using her repelling together with her acceleration ability Vectress is also able to fly. By using her ability on herself, she is capable of flying with great speed and maneuverability and can carry other people and masses aloft with her.
	+ **Sound Manipulation (Sonic Boom):** Vectress can direct a wave of focused energy by striking a victim with her hands or feet. This typically creates a massive shockwave, damaging and/or disorientating all within her line-of-fire, shattering objects, and creating shock waves. Her hands give off a bright light upon impact.