Saiko Kudo

Starfleet inspired Indigo Uniform

This page is all about Saiko Kudo, a character designed by Royal Ember#1662. The inspiration for this concept/version of the character comes from the DC comic crossover "Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War" and "Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds". In which members of different corps, like the Green Lanterns, were displaced with the JJ Abrams depiction of the Star Trek Universe.

This character is in fact pulled through a strange wormhole depositing him in the Gamma Quadrant, eventually meeting up with the intrepid explorers of the U.S.S. Arcadia.

## Appearance

Standing at 6'3, Saiko is well built yet toned, with muscles accumulated from his training for special forces. Violet eyes will scan a room with a cocky and boyish gaze behind round-rimmed, tinted glasses. Messy, yet controlled, grey locks emanated from his head, usually swept back casually, the sides and back kept short to offer a level of texture and depth to his appearance. His movements are fluid, stance tense when training. Along with some parts of his body are various tattoos, gained from wanting to define who he is and explore his creativity along his body.

Like all Lanterns, Saiko has his uniform designed by his thoughts and the ring. Unlike his usual choice of clothes, it is very form-fitting, hugging his athletic build and eccentricating his muscles. The logo of his tribe burns brightly on his right arm burned onto it like a tattoo, not dominating the centre of his chest as most would imagine. Unlike the other Lanterns, he does not wear a mask over his face instead he utilises a pair of goggles, ones that allow him to view the universe through the light of the emotional spectrum, along with having his Indigo tribe staff when the situation calls for it, otherwise it is kept within his ring as a form of energy.

When it comes to his personal choice of attire, the male goes for clothes that are a little baggier as they allow for him to feel comfortable as opposed to his uniform. While keeping with a bodysuit on at all times, Saiko can be found in a loose-fitting white jumper and baggy dark pants. Although he is partial to a tighter variation of clothing when it comes to going out and about, mirroring that of punk from the mid 21st century.

Saiko has a strong upright posture, wanting to keep an air of dominance and strength when within a room, however he can often be seen moving between his feet or slouching a little, offering a more relaxed vibe when lulling people into a false sense of security.. When sitting he does his best to keep his body and movements fluid, not wanting for his body to seize up while offering him the quickest way to his feet should he need too.

## Personality

Saiko can be very direct and honest with someone, even to the point of coming across as uncaring as to the plights of others, in the manner most would associate with an asshole.

### Intelligence

He is highly intelligent but with an advantage in academic studies. Often weighing logical reasoning before making a pure instinctual choice but would usually prefer his "gut" over logic, and often could explain the pros and cons of nearly any reasoned decision they made. When it comes to his academic skill he excels in learning and picking up new skills, giving the tutor his full attention to ensure success. Possessing an IQ of 180 and fluent in six languages, Saiko is far from a small-minded thug. His perceptive and crafty nature has won him in conflicts against opponents who would otherwise overwhelm him.

### Flirtatiousness

Alongside his intelligent nature, Saiko can also appear quite flirtatious with others of both genders, his natural charm only aiding him in his endeavours. He doesn’t have a preference for either sex.

### Mental Health

Although he doesn’t come without his bad sides, unfortunately, the man hasn’t learnt how best to deal with anything negative he feels, opting for bottling up until it inevitably explodes. As you can imagine this has caused him a few issues however he gained an awareness of how others are feeling, able to see the same signs he puts out when hiding something that is bothering him. When he does explode he tends to shut down a little, his body moving on autopilot and doing his daily tasks while he mentally wanders through a wonderland of his nightmares. Hiding all of his pain behind a sarcastic shell, deciding his problems are not anyone else’s issues. This causes him to sometimes appear sarcastic or potentially childish in the eyes of others, having no longer anything to worry about. Having spent the good part of his youth dealing with bullying and an alcoholic father, he has developed in such a way that people’s words do nothing to affect him, only if someone insults someone he cares about would he lash out at them.

### Perception

A lot of people mistake his cold demeanour as a lack of caring for others, thinking of him as nothing but an arrogant asshole hero who believes he can do anything without the help of anyone else.  He tends to keep others at arms distance, due to how he was treated by his Father. The emotional torment and abuse caused him to shy away from being honest with people about how he feels.

### Awareness and Patience

Saiko does as much as he can to think out what he is going to do in detail, in the event of a fight with another he relies on what someone has told him about his opponent and what he has witnessed, using all the intelligence he has gained to anticipate their actions. Unfortunately, he is not a very patient person, not allowing people chances to make up for anything they might have done. Another flaw of his personality is the way he deals with things that are upsetting or draining him. Instead of trying to solve the problem he buries how he feels, locking it all away so he can get on with his work. It is something he doesn’t freely admit too, all through his life he had been the happy, helpful stable friend no matter what. Nothing seemed to get him down, at least publicly. As soon as it gets too much for the young man, he explodes or breaks, becoming more reserved and quiet until he is able to rebuild himself.

### Overprotectiveness

As stated in his above, whenever Saiko lets someone in close, he becomes extremely overprotective of them. Doing whatever he can to ensure their safety and happiness, even if it means sacrificing his own. As nice as this is, it also provides an opening to disable them by threatening a loved one in front of them.

## History

### Childhood

Saiko was born in Tokyo to Sarah and Haruki Kudo, a middle-class family, in which Saiko grew up learning the meaning of hard work and how people's background can often affect how they are treated by others. Saiko’s parents came from two different countries, with his Father originating in Japan and having lived in Tokyo throughout his life, however, his mother had come from Britain, giving him a mixed heritage and cultural identity. This offered a nice view into the history of both countries and their unique traditions, something he would hold very dear to his heart, learning both Japanese and English. Both languages and countries being important to him.

While growing up his mother had worked as a Police Detective. Saiko looked up to her and always looked forward to hearing about her on the news and how she had used her skills to save people. Both of his parents were happy with one another, teaching him about their own culture and the heritage he shared, even going as far as taking Saiko to visit his relatives in Britain. There he would spend his time with his cousins, learning English from them, about their side of the family and playing games with them. This was also the time he would take up Archery, finding it a fulfilling use of his time and a way to improve his hand-eye coordination. It also worked to help him learn more about what his Mother did when growing up, how she would spend her time within the woods near her childhood home, reading books while climbing through the trees. Something he also began to follow her in doing, nurturing a love for the outdoors and the quiet of the woodlands.

That all changed one day. Coming home from school expecting to find his parents, Saiko was greeted with police officers. Rushing into his home there laid the broken body of his Mother, a criminal she had put away, had managed to break out of prison and attack her, killing her.  Haruki was broken by the act, having been the one to find her in this position, it was something none of them would have expected, with his training as a Doctor he had done his best to stabilize Sarah but nothing was working for him and soon she passed. Left alone with his Father and the apologies of the precinct she had worked with, Saiko promised his Mother he would do his best to help people like she once did.

### Teenage Years

Over time and due to the loss of his Mother, Saiko’s Father fell into drink, becoming more and more unstable with each passing day. After the man who killed her had managed to escape justice, Haruki fell further and further, wanting to catch the person himself. As his drinking got worse so did the man’s rage with the world finding it to be largely unfair. Six months after Sarah died, Haruki lost his job as a Doctor, his alcoholism reaching new heights preventing him from being able to fulfil his duties there. With the pain taking over and the drinking getting worse, he began to take it out on his young son. It started with lashing out at his son, shouting he wasn’t good enough, that everything bad that happened was his fault, projecting his insecurities onto Saiko. It didn’t take long for the beatings to begin, causing the boy to have to hide away from others, breaking his self-esteem and confidence in others. The one person he trusted above all else was now against him instead of protecting him, which continued for the next 10 years the growing teen had to suffer the wrath of the man’s beatings, abuse and mental torment.

When he was finally old enough, at the age of 15, Saiko applied to join Aldara High, taking courses in Computer Programming, Culinary Arts, Psychology, Law along with Mathematics and English. Although during his time there he managed to clash a lot with his classmates, fighting with them over little things that they would say. The worst of it came from an upperclassman who disliked Saiko and saw him as an easy target for his aggressions. The upperclassman did whatever he could to break Saiko’s spirit. Although that was not the only torment he had to face since the death of his mother, Saiko’s father had fallen into a deep unending depression, turning to drink instead of looking after his son. Unable to bear the sight of his Father deterioration, Kudo began spending more and more time within his school’s halls. This was where he met his closest friend, Shojinko Mahara.

### Turning Point

Meeting in the school library one particularly bad night. After spending the next couple of hours speaking, Shojinko was told all about what had happened during Saiko’s youth, how it had changed his views on society, his faith in people being ripped away from him as each day passed. Not wanting for him to become obsessed with the worst of the world, and what it had to offer, she began to explain her life to him; what she and her siblings would spend their time doing. They were active in the local community, helping out at retirement homes, their local stores, even tutoring the younger students. It was so amazing to him, to find someone so compassionate to so many, offering him the strength he needed to build up from what he faced, even though he had never given up fully, he had been stuck in a rut not wanting to push back against the world. Now? Now he had the hope and support he needed to break out of the prison both he and his father had designed.

In his free time after school, Saiko began going to the gym along with Shojinko, the two of them working out with one another, building up their stamina and base body strength. As the years counted down, he spread out his knowledge into everything he could, spending time on martial arts and Boxing training showing an aptitude for Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, jujutsu, sambo, aikido, Aiki-Jitsu, and shinobi-iri. It was during this time the two became inseparable spending all of their free time together, Saiko even began staying at Shojinko’s as a way to avoid going home. Even though he was now hitting a strong 6’3”, 6 inches taller than Haruki, he still never raised his hand back to him. No matter what he had done, Saiko wasn’t going to let his anger get the better of him.

### Adult Life

Three years into their friendship and after they finished high school, Sho invited him to move in with her, into a small apartment nearer to the centre of Tokyo. Thankfully in her will, Sarah had requested for a portion of the money from her life insurance and her pension from both private accounts and her government one to be paid into a fund to help Saiko start life with a good head start. Packing up all of his possessions, albeit not many, he soon moved into the apartment, finally out of the world of neglect he had been raised in. Just as this was looking up for him, so were his job opportunities, deciding to apply for the local police force, following in the footsteps his mother laid ahead of him. Shojinko was nothing but supportive as she was also applying, within a few months they both aced their way through the training they needed and were fully accepted onto the force.

Although all good things come to an end, just as some things were just not meant to be. During their second year on the force, things quickly went south. They were following a lead on some human traffickers, according to the reports they had, it was a cartel of drug dealers who were expanding onto something new, a new way of gaining more money. During the raid, an explosion went off that none of them were ready for, and no one had seen the device. Unfortunately, this led to the building to begin to collapse, trapping Shojinko and four other officers, as she was the first person to rush into the room harbouring the device. As soon as the explosion rocked the area, Saiko ran back toward the warehouse, hoping, begging for her to have survived, not to mention all of the children who might still be trapped.

Without taking a moment to worry about himself or the chance that he might also come across another explosive, Saiko conquered his fear, breaking out of the confines his doubts had created for him. Making his way through the rubble, something strange began to happen: a glowing green star shot down toward him. Covering his eyes from the glare, Saiko’s violet eyes widened as the light dimmed and the ring’s presence became clear. [“Saiko Kudo, you have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps.”] Zooming from in front of the police officer and onto his finger, he found himself enveloped in green light as it formed into the uniform of a green lantern. With his newly appointed power, he created a large crane, using it to move the debris out of the way while basking in his new abilities. Once the hostages and his friend were free of the destruction the ring spoke again. [“Green Lantern Kudo, it is time to go to Oa for your training.”] With that he was surrounded with a large energy shield before rocketing off toward the Planet in question, his curiosity growing with each passing moment.

### Green Lantern Career

Landing on the alien world, he couldn’t help but look around in shock. It wasn’t very similar to earth at all, showing the police officer just how big the universe really was. People from every walk of life were there, whether they were originally artists, architects, or even Doctors, they were all here for one common trait. Their ability to overcome great fear. Saiko couldn’t believe everything that the city of Oa had, their technology was decades ahead of everything Earth had. Everything caught his eyes, showing him a new wonder that he had never begun to dream of. Although the wonder did not last forever it was soon replaced with concern when he was sent off to his basic training.

Already being a rookie police officer, Saiko had some expectations as to what he might face although those expectations were soon ruined. Unlike his earthly training, Saiko found himself under the command of an experienced lantern called Melachron, a Graxosian, an Elf-like humanoid who’s youthful features first led the newest lantern to believe there was a prank being pulled on him. Within moments of meeting the other light chuckles escaped his lips, violet eyes widening slightly at the short stature of the one who would be his tutor. Although it was the beginning of hell for our new hero. Being led to the landing port, Malachron instructed Saiko on how to fly out in the vacuum of space. His training would not be occurring on Oa after all.

Being led to a local star cluster, an unseasonably feeling began to well in his stomach, something telling him that this would not be your run of the mill type of training. How right he was. As soon as they touched down, the ring that had just made its way onto his finger zoomed off and into the hand of his instructor, confusion and fear began to lace his mind, wondering what the meaning of this was. Being informed he would have to survive on this planet for the next two days, Saiko instantly went running off into the jungle, not wanting to waste any time or risk showing any fear. Even though he had only just joined this corps of intergalactic lawmen, he knew one thing about them, they were meant to be the conquerors of fear. Something he could do with ease, thankfully there was some survival information he had read about during his time in high school, the first thing he would need to find is a supply of fresh water, that would allow for ensuring his basic survival. As there was vegetation on this moon-like body, there had to be some form of fresh water, passing through the boundaries of the plant life he came across a flowing well spring.

After the two days passed, Melachron returned, holding onto Saiko’s ring, wondering just if his newest trainee had managed to flourish on this alien world or if he was in a cavern somewhere cowering in fear. What he didn’t expect was to be caught in a trap, woven from the plant life native to the moon. Much to Melachron’s surprise, Saiko had indeed flourished, going as far to plant a few traps around the landing zone for his mentor, as tests go this was one of the hardest and most gruelling he had to date but was nothing to his childhood back on Earth. Calling on the strength he built with Sho, he rushed forward and took his ring back, acting instinctively to trap the Graxosian into a large pinball machine. Cheesy I know, but it worked. Impressed with the fact that Saiko had not only survived but also gained his ring back, Melachron removed the limiter placed on his trainee’s ring. It was time they went back to Oa for the rest of his training.

For the next two months, Saiko would learn about the corps, his ring, its capabilities and how his willpower affected the strength of his constructs. Not everything was down to the charge of the ring, sometimes the will of the user would be enough to power on through the obstacles at hand. Now a fully fledged lantern, our hero was able to head back to Earth, mostly due to his work being based in sector 2814 for the time being. The first place he headed was the apartment he shared with Sho, thankful to finally be able to see the person he was closest too. Rushing into the shared living space, he found her sitting on the couch binging watching their favourite show, Supernatural, turning her attention to the sudden open door the woman hopped up and zoomed over to Saiko pulling him into a loving embrace. After a long catch up conversation and explanation as to what happened to him, Saiko activated his ring donning his new uniform and taking Shojinko out for a flight designing a construct of a fighter jet for her.

Returning to his job as a police detective, both Saiko and Shojinko were back to work with one another, while using his ring to help them along their way with the investigations. It might not be what the Guardians had in mind but it was also his job in both respects.

During his tenure working within sector 2814, Saiko would come across threats he had never thought of, yet ones that mirrored what he was facing on Earth, space pirates, smugglers were something he knew how to handle. Thankfully being a cop could relate to his newest profession, although he had not been prepared for the level of supervillains who would come up. A lot of the people within the sector of 2814, who knew about the green lantern corps, did not believe Saiko had what it would take to fulfill the job of his predecessor. A lot of them didn’t think that Humans were ready for the responsibility of taking up the legendary mantle. Over the next two years, all of his focus would be working on protecting his sector until he received a strange signal from Oa, something was happening on the homeworld of the corps.

Firing off into space, Saiko soon landed on the homebase of his corps. A lot seemed the same from his days in training, although he had been working on the other side of the galaxy he had visited briefly to take criminals into the science labs for holding, pending a trial as per galactic law. Heading into the meeting hall with his fellow lanterns, the Guardians approached a stoic look on their faces, something was clearly wrong. Over the past months, a group of other corps based on other sections of the emotional spectrum had risen, and war was looming with one of them. The Yellow Lantern corps, ran by a former Green Lantern, Sinestro. It seemed another Earth Green Lantern had exposed him as a dictator, using the power granted on him by the Guardians to control and subjugate the people of his world. After escaping the science cells, Sinestro stole his former lantern ring and used it as a base for creating one to tap into the opposite side of the spectrum to willpower. Fear. Until this revelation the Lantern corps had one rule binding them together, they could never use the ring to kill, it was hard coded into each of them, with this new war looming over them the Guardians lifted this restriction.

War. Something the budding Green Lantern never thought he would face, and now. Now he was fighting for his life on a daily basis. No longer protecting just his sector of space, Saiko was assigned to a battle group under the command of his mentor from the days of his training. as happy as he was to be working with Malachron again, he was unprepared for the cruel reality of war. It was like hell erupted between the stars, light and emotions running high. No matter where they were sent, more and more green lanterns fell to the Sinestro corps, their power like none seen ever before. The sheer number of Sinestro corps members was ridiculous, they outnumbered the greens nearly 20 to 1. But that didn’t stop them from trying and fighting, taking down whoever they went against using whatever constructs they could. It was horrible.

The worst conflict he faced was on the living planet of Mogo. The Yellow lanterns had amassed an invasion force with the goal of perverting the nature of the living planet, changing it into a yellow lantern conduit so they could devastate the galaxy. Saiko was one of the people tasked with ensuring they failed, a task that would leave him wondering about their mission. So far he hadn’t crossed the line, killed another person, it was a point of pride for him to not have given into his own anger or pain. Something that the others in his battle group had not managed to show they could do, they believed that nothing was too far when defending their way of life and protecting the peace the Green Lanterns had established over the past couple of decades. Managing to fight off the overwhelming enemy forces, Saiko came across the corpse of his mentor, Melachron had been destroyed by the power of fear, the yellow light having burnt out his eyes leaving him a dead husk. Feeling his rage fire up within his heart, Saiko let loose overcharged with will and pain using his ring to lay devastation to the last of the attack force. Using up the whole of his charge, draining all of his reserves Saiko finally dropped to his knees, surrounded with depowered yellow rings. This left a scar on the lantern’s psyche, questions forming in the corners of his mind as to whether or not he deserved to continue as he was. Thankfully the war was soon over, and Saiko was free to return to his space sector.

Guilt and pain filled his being at what he had done, yes it was war but that didn’t mean his opponents had to die. Spending a little time on Oa before heading back into the galaxy, he started looking into the information of the members of the Sinestro corps. Learning about their families, their way of life, customs and beliefs. It was the least he could do after what had happened, at least in his mind it was. Now having collected all of this information, Saiko set off into the stars, visiting each family to share his condolences, asking for their atonement. Most of the families were understanding, having found the actions of their loved ones to be wrong, the majority of them believing the Sinestro corps to have corrupted them. Once he had visited them all, the spark of compassion he had shown to those he had harmed grew within him, catching the attention of the Indigo Tribe.

With the war between the two corps finally over, Saiko returned to his space sector, the ring on his finger feeling heavier than it had in the entire four years he had been a Green Lantern. The war he had faced changed him and his outlook on working within the corps, the way they easily changed their laws, their rules worried him. Made him wonder what those he hurt would be feeling and how he wanted to make it up to each of them. Focusing on his work was all he could do, but it was not his lantern work he did, it was his detective work. Returning back to Japan, he went straight to his apartment looking for Shojinko. Keeping his ring on a chain around his neck, Saiko continued working as normal, keeping himself focused on work, trying to keep his mind away from the war he had faced. Sho was nothing but supportive, offering him a way of venting out how he felt and allowing him to explain his atonement for what happened. In her perspective he did what he had to do, even if it was giving into his anger and pain. Unknown to the two was the person watching them, assessing Saiko from outside of their apartment.

Watching in on the Green Lantern was none other than Indigo One, a member of the Indigo Tribe. The spark of compassion that had been born during his time during the war, it called to her and the rest of their Tribe like a glowing star bringing their attention to his sector. After spending two weeks watching Saiko, who was debating leaving the Green Lantern corps, Indigo One approached appearing in the middle of his shared apartment with a Nok. Indigo light filled the small room, at first blinding Saiko and Sho. Within an instant he slipped his ring back on and powered up, the light of will fighting back the glare of compassion. Before they had a chance to fight, Indigo one quickly explained why she was there, to recruit him into their tribe. As it turned out, everyone who was a current member was forced into joining, as a punishment for past crimes. The compassion they show is a heavy side effect of their rings, forcing them to feel remorse for their actions and teaching them how to be better moving forward. Although this meant that there was not a genuine spark of compassion within their group. When they had sensed Saiko’s own burning through the stars, they wanted to bring him into the corps, to induct him as Indigo Zero, the first true Indigo tribesman.

### Indigo Tribe Career

Wanting to explore this offer and where it might lead him, Saiko took his Green Lantern ring off and allowed it to hover in the air in front of him. “I, Saiko Kudo, resign as the Green Lantern of sector 2814. Effective immediately.” With that the ring shot off, looking for his replacement. Thankfully the Corps allowed it’s members to resign if they no longer wished to do their duties or continue with them, without any issues with doing so. Opening her hand, Indigo one offered a brand new ring to the human, glowing a deep indigo. Taking it and placing it onto his finger, Kudo was enveloped in glaring light as his new uniform formed around him, along with some tattoos covering his upper right arm, one being of the Indigo tribe’s symbol. It was unlike anything he had felt to date, instead of calling on his will, this new ring filled him with compassion without affecting his mind. “Tor lorek san, bor nakka mur. Natromo faan tornek wot ur. Ter lantern ker lo Abin Sur. Taan lek lek nok--formorrow sur.” As the oath left his lips, he turned and smiled at Shojinko. Finally he felt he had found where he belonged.

Saying his goodbyes to his longest friend, Saiko took to the stars with Indigo One, on a journey to their planet, Nok. The plan being for him to learn about his new ring and meet the rest of the tribe, allowing for his integration  into their culture. During the journey toward Nok, a wormhole formed, one with a temporal signature. Unfortunately Indigo rings do not function in the same way as a Green Lantern’s, making it near impossible for him to escape the pull of the portal. Managing to form a bubble shield around himself, Saiko held on as best as he could defending himself from the gravimetric forces. But it was not enough to keep him in his home reality, instead he was deposited somewhere else. A brave new world, one full of new races and no Lanterns of any. way shape or form. Who knows what will happen moving forward, who will find him, and what will happen when he is found?

## Starfleet Courses

### Core Courses

* ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* DIPL101: General
* ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
* ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
* ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
* ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
* HIST101: Birth of the Federation
* LANG101: Federation Standard
* LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
* LAW101: Federation, General
* MATH101: Concepts
* MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
* PHYS101: Concepts
* PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
* SURV101: Starship Emergencies
* SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
* TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
* TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
* BIO101: Concepts
* XEN101: General

## Trivia

* Overprotective. Saiko classes it as a fault but when he lets someone in, he becomes extremely overprotective of them. Doing whatever he can to ensure their safety.
* Multilingual. Saiko knows French, English, Japanese, Italian, Afrikaans, German, Spanish and Russian. Instead of allowing someone to translate for him, he took it upon himself to learn the languages for the countries he was planning on visiting. Even if it would be for a short time.
* Tea. Saiko has a passion for different types of teas, his favourite being Earl Grey. Something he got from his mother. Growing up it would be a staple in his home to have at least five different types of tea available.
* Whether it’s about work or family or just something small, he sits there and he listens intently. Once whatever is stressing you is out in the air he gives you the best advice he can give. More than often the advice helps.
* Whenever you are having a bad day, he will just show at your door as quickly as he can with your favourite food and your favourite movies.
* He has hundreds of post-its notes scattered around his quarters, some reminding him of tasks he has to complete while others are just gibberish.
* Saiko has infiltrated multiple heavily armed strongholds from military bases in the Middle Eastern mountains, to the Alaskan arctic, to even cruise liners, with no weapons or gear, picking up equipment on-site while avoiding alert and capture, even being able to sneak around in makeshift items such as lockers.

### Likes

A simple cup of black coffee, Shortbread cookies, Raspberry tarts, Cakes/Coffee cakes, Rainy days and stormy weather. He likes tuckering in and spending the days with a good book or binging a long series. He enjoys long walks through areas of Nature or beauty, preferring to spend these moments alone and lose himself in the scenery. When it comes to music he prefers to listen to Rock, Punk or Screamo music, feeling a connection to the feelings and messages within them. Another love of his, well a passion, is Earl Grey tea, one of the only things he still has that reminds him of his mother. He prefers doing a lot of outdoor running or swimming. Spicy food is his favourite thing to have, believing it to be the only way to eat most meals.

* The Moon
* Snow
* Forests
* Mountains
* Travelling
* Photography
* Tattoos
* Cars | Collecting, watching/listening to them drive, fixing and driving
* Skating | Inline skating, roller skating, Nordic skating, figure skating
* Body modification | Piercings, tattoos, hair dyes, etc.
* Pyrotechnics
* Climbing
* Alcohol
* Parkour
* Martial Arts
* Facial hair

### Dislikes

He hates when it is too hot; it makes him feel uncomfortable, long traffic lines only work to bore him, bright lights/Neon lights mess with his eyes and leave him seeing spots. Unlike most, Saiko has a deep-seated hatred of his father, after his mother had passed away his father became abusive, torturing him throughout his life.

* Tutoring
* Clay
* Soap carvings
* Napping
* Being Alone
* Falconry
* Falling leaves
* Attending plays or theatre
* Origami
* Cats

## Skills and Abilities

### Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant

Despite usually convincing his enemies not to fight him, Saiko is shown multiple times to be an extremely skilled and highly experienced fighter. When dealing with others, Saiko easily toys with them, using their moves against one another and defeating multiple people at the same time with ease, but he can be deadly efficient when he stops playing. Saiko is an incredibly skilled martial artist with training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, jujutsu, sambo, aikido, Aiki-Jitsu, and shinobi-iri. He can quickly outmanoeuvre, outmatch or simply outlast his opponents, even being capable of taking on multiple enemies at once. Saiko can adapt to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and adapting to negate their strengths. He also sometimes uses a dirty move like hitting below the belt.

### Master Manipulator

One of Saiko's most well-known traits is using his knowledge of people to make them do things in his best interests. He has a keen ability to understand the mental and emotional weaknesses, desires, and needs of his victims and determine how best to use them to his advantage.

### Skilled Detective

Although not as experienced as Shojinko, Saiko has become a skilled detective. He commonly picks out key details and comes up with plans. He has a well-known reputation for his skills and is considered cunning and unpredictable.

## Ring Information

### Abilities

**Indigo Energy Conduit:** Their staff and their own bodies channel the power of compassion for a variety of uses.

**Artificial Intelligence:** It acts as an "on-board computer," telling the wearer what they need to know. It can either respond out loud or silently directly to the wearer's mind. The AI contains a large database of information that may be crucial to a Lantern's success. The ring also translates nearly every language to and from the wearer, which is why the Corps can communicate with each other. The AI can be used to play a holographic playback sequence complete with colours across the spectrum based on information in memory banks. The ring can dictate when to pause or stop the playback should an interruption arise where the Lanterns undivided attention is needed. The AI can also alert the wielder of incoming threats or of attempts to manipulate the wielders constructed by an outside party.

**Subroutines:** The power rings have inner programmings or mechanisms which can be executed without the user's permission. One such sub-routine is the auto-shield. This shield automatically protects a wielder from external harm. Another is the format of a lanterns uniform.

**Emotional Spectrum Emulation:** A power unique to the Tribe, the Indigo can emulate the other energies of the emotional spectrum when they are in close proximity to them and use those energies for their own use.

**Security Protocol:** The rings can be programmed. They are coded to the wearer to make them unusable if stolen.

**Energy Projection:** The ring can be used to fire blasts of Indigo energy or create weapons such as projectiles of them. The ring can project beams of force powered by the will of the user.

**Flight:** By the manipulation of anti gravitons and directed molecular movement, they can fly at incredible speeds. In the atmosphere, an indigo tribal has been known to fly as fast as Mach 10 in the atmosphere by creating an aerodynamic envelope around his body. Towing others, usually within a bubble, his/her speed is limited to twice the speed of sound or 1440 mph. In space, an indigo tribal speed can be significantly greater and has been known to approach 80% of lightspeed in normal space. Flight is possible at velocities exceeding light speed. In atmospheres, air friction is not a hindrance, since heat is either absorbed or reflected by the ring's field.

**Limited Cellular Regeneration:** They have a limited ability to to heal others during or after they feel great compassion. The compassion has to be genuine and the healing is only to the extent of the grief and minor aesthetics, major injuries cannot be healed by any Indigo Lantern. However this does not work on the ring wielder.

**Electromagnetic Scanning:** The ring has a wide range of detection abilities based on the imagination of the user. If one can conceive of it, he/she can probably detect it. Most normal electromagnetic phenomena are within the range of the ring, including radio, television, infrared, ultraviolet, and high-frequency band communications.

**Inability to be Translated:** The power ring can translate virtually any language in the universe, facilitating diplomatic encounters rather than violent confrontations, however the indigo speaks in a language not recognized by the lantern rings making them an enigma.

**Spacial Warps:** The ring grants its wearer access to wormholes in space, enabling the ring wielder to rapidly cut time and distance needed for transport. Black holes can be navigated by experienced ring wielders.

**Communicator:** The ring can act as a personal communicator between Lanterns, it can also connect to other communication devices allowing the user to tap into that system. The power ring acts as a universal translator.

**Homing Beacon:** A homing beacon in the power ring can lead one Lantern to another. The power ring can be ordered to disguise itself to elude power ring wielding trackers. Most often ring wielders will allow the beacon to signal their location to others.

**Material Alteration:** Individuals recruited to the Tribe have their clothing transformed into an Indigo Lantern uniform. If they do not already have one, they also receive an Indigo Lantern Power Staff which vanishes when their ring is removed. The appearance of the uniform and staff is dependent on the individual.

**Power Battery:** Indigo Power Rings can be recharged from the staff.

### Limitations

**Willpower Subversion:** While the indigo rings prevent the lights that they channel from influencing them (e.g. to prevent the red light from consuming them once it's no longer in use) is a strength, it is also a weakness as it subverts their wills to the influence of the Indigo light.

**Recharge Protocol:** Formerly, the Rings needed to be charged after a period of 24 hours, regardless of how often it was used.

**Mental Instability Protocol:** Drug use, neural interference, vertigo or other forms of mental incapacitation can render the wearer unable to use their ring.