Celia Forrestal

## Background

### History

Celia Forrestal comes from a family with lots of history on both sides. Her great-grandfather is James Forrestal, the United States' first ever Secretary of Defense. Before that, he was briefly enlisted in the US Navy & was a successful man on Wall Street. He worked his way up to Secretary of the Navy before becoming the Secretary of Defense under President Truman in 1947. He lasted in that role for two years before he was asked to resign by Truman due to a disagreement. The loss of his job & other factors led to a rapid decline in his mental health & he took his life (which is highly debated) just two months after his resignation. He left behind his wife Olive & his two sons, Michael & Peter.

Michael followed in his father's footsteps & entered into politics after college. He served as an aide to the National Security Advisor of President John F. Kennedy. It is believed that Kennedy's assassination & the coup of South Korea's president is what led Michael to resigning from his job in 1965. He went on to serve on various boards while also raising his only son, Jerome Forrestal. Jerome decided to learn from his family's bad luck with politics & go a different a route: science.

On her mother Josie's side, she comes from a long line of military men & women of academia. Her grandfather, Ralph Jackson served as a Sergeant in World War II, having led a battalion of African-American soldiers in a attack on Nazi troops while serving in France. When he arrived home, was awarded the Silver Star & the Purple Heart for his service but found that prejudicial attitudes had changed little in his absence. While Josie admired her father, her mind was meant for much more than being just a soldier so she went to work for her mother's family business, Argo Technologies. On her first day, she caught the eye of scientist Jerome Forrestal. A few coffee dates turned to dinner dates which turned into a wedding date.

### 1991 - 2013: Celia Forrestal

Celia Estelle Forrestal was born in St. Roch to her parents, both who had quickly become renowned scientists. In the two years since their marriage, Josie's mother passed & left the company to her. With Jerome at her side, the two turned Argo Technologies into a multi-million dollar busines with various new inventions by the time Celia was born. Celia spent most of her time at the company, frequently in the care of one or both of her parents' assisstants. When work became too much or too dangerous for Celia to be around, her parents would drop her off at her grandfather Ralph's house. Living right by Lake Houma, the two would frequently sit on his porch & talk for hours. Though most of the talking was done by her grandfather. For hours Celia would listen to stories about his life, the hardships he faced & his opinions on how America wasn't perfect but fixable.

Her grandfather was probably her best friend. So after he passed away when Celia was just fourteen, she tried to think of ways to honor his service & his dream of a better world. She decided to forgo on the opportunity of becoming a successfull scientist & enlisted in the Navy after graduating high school. After four years in the service, Celia had achieved the rank of Lieutenant & was working as an aviation instructor at Naval Air Station Pensacola. But it was not enough. She wanted to be in the thick of it with the rest of her comrades, not just behind the scenes. So after completing her four years of service, she requested for a transfer to the Naval Air Station close by to serve in the combat squadron. But her commanding officer, who was a sexist & ignorant pig in Celia's opinion, denied her. Starting to doubt her grandfather's dream for a better America, Celia decided to not extend her contract & returned home to St. Roch.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Aviation**
* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Leadership:** If her commanding officer had allowed her to tranfer to th
* **Military Protocal:** Not only did Celia serve four years in the Navy but she also spent her whole life learning about the ins & outs of the military from her grandfather.
* **Pedagogy**: She served as a flying instructor at Naval Air Station Pensacola
* **Vehicular Operation:** Her skills as a pilot has made it easier for her to learn how to operate various vehicles.
* **Argo Harness:** Its a a prototype military exosuit that allowed flight & kinetic energy distribution. It was developed by Argo Technologies scientists Jerome & Josie Forrestal, aka Celia's parents. It was appropriated by Celia after Cobra attacked the facility, resulting in her parents death. The suit receieves regular upgrades from S.T.A.R. Labs ever since Celia made a deal to make Argo Technologies a subsidary of S.T.A.R. Labs.
	+ ***Flight***
	+ ***Kinetic Energy Projection***

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* When Celia's parents met in 1989, her mother had just graduated from Ivy University with a Master's in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in only four years. Her father had been working at Argo Technologies for the last two years after getting his Master's in Robotics Rngineering.
* She is Irish on her father's side.
* After Celia joined the Power Company& her identity as a supehero became public, she was met by a man named Augustus Freeman. Not only did he reveal that he was Icon but that he was married to her great-aunt, Estelle Jackson.

## Notes

* Her family is unique to Earth-44.
	+ Jerome Forrestal is Celia's father & owner of Argo Technologies.
	+ Ralph Jackson is Celia's grandfather who fought in WWII.
	+ James, Michael & Peter Forrestal are real people. James Forrestal was the first US Secretary of Defense. Michael & Peter were his sons, but Michael never had any children.
	+ Estelle Jackson is the wife of Augustus Freeman.
	+ Augustus Freeman is Icon.