Chima Anour

MSc — Master in Security

**Chima Anour**, known more by her pseudonym **Caida** and formerly as the ***Scorpion Queen***, is a POV Character and prevalent figure in the corporate scene of the Hathor System. As a prestigious security itinerant, she is often found filtering between the various business headquarters which are secured by her employers, SecureCorp Reality Enterprises® (SCORE). Her reputation revolves around the planetary stage of Hyperion most of all, where she stands posited to defend a highly sought-after position from capable rivals. She also lives a double-life as that of an urban nomad, living to the fullest the journey across Hyperion's many speedways she undergoes for her line of work. Both have led to an expansive social network that she rests on top of as part security expert, part solo freelancer.

Caida first appeared on the contract "Goldberg's Demise" where she was a coincidental hire-on alongside the Scarlet Suns — who had also taken up the contract online at the same time as her. At the time, she was cautious about their trustworthiness, and came prepared with a select arsenal of weapons in case their crew was ill-equipped. She demonstrated effective co-leadership of her team during the mission, being directly responsible for the sabotage of Goldberg's armory in the process. While she did not partake in Goldberg's offer due to not being a formal member of their crew, she maintained contact to several of the Scarlet Suns' associates, including their leader Lina Misurova.

However, shortly after parting ways with them, Caida was confronted by her past as a wanted fugitive on her homeworld, Archangel. While visiting an affiliate's offices in the Vista Elevations, she and her supervisor Batolnicz Kromul Soburns were assaulted by a synthetic humanoid; the synth in question being a family friend of Caida's named Loriel, who had been hacked and forced to track her down and bring her back — dead, or alive. The encounter led to a vicious fight that resulted in Soburns' remote body being destroyed, and Caida losing her lower left arm and right leg, before Loriel was terminated. The encounter was a last-ditch effort to act on her warrant, and while it had cost her dearly, it ended an eleven-year long pursuit by bankrupting her pursuers.

Following these events, SCORE took a renewed interest in providing enough incentive for Caida to continue working for them. Soburns personally financed and supplied new augmetic prosthesis for her damaged limbs, and aided her in recovering a massive loss of material hardware during her infirmary period. When she was released from hospital, one of the first things she did was procure a new, improved vehicle and weaponry to not only protect herself from subsequent assassins, but also do her job better than ever before. Revitalized in spirit, Caida has since become a changed woman now focused on her corporate future, and rediscovering the inspiration that she held long ago as an idealistic Rockergal.

## Appearance

Caida is an dark olive-skinned woman who fits the moniker of 'star-child' well, inheriting the tanned complexion of any Arab. She is well known for her height and physique, sporting a robust athletic build and broad, curvaceous shape that she flaunts with pride. She has waist-length platinum blonde hair that plumes on her head and fades into a scarlet red at the lower tips. Her hairstyle is noteworthy for its intricate braiding held by chrome rings. Because of her genetic modification, she has passively color-changing eyes that are nominally an exotic turquoise out of personal preference. However, she has demonstrated them being in hazel, crimson and violet colors before.

As a part of her beliefs, Caida displays her spiritualism through a myriad of bodily tattoos and markings. From the corners of her eyes, a pair of ancient Arabic black letters illustrate her cosmology. Near her caruncles, a pattern of diamonds represent the respective forces of good and evil in her belief system. Together, each half of her face reads as "One God," meant to portray the duality of a 'good' deity and 'evil' deity in her views. She also tattooed the litanies and scriptures she abides by along her arms in Arabic. She also has a preference for symbolic jewelry, as is often seen through her diamond-crafted teardrop earrings.

Caida also exhibits a Glasgow smile along the right side of her mouth and cheek that is the result of a laser-inflicted burn wound. It reveals a portion of her teeth, including one of her augmetic canine fangs, and leaves the impression she is constantly smirking. Despite this, she often has a dispassionate or skeptical expression on her face. She also has surgical incision scars along her cerebral and spinal regions, though her hair often hides these.

### Original Outfit (Job I–Gig I)

When Caida first relocated from Archangel to Hyperion, she wanted to forego her former clothing but not miss out on the attractive 'flash' she was used to as a Rockergal. The person she hooked up with to help solve this gave her a scarlet xeno-silk biker jacket in black trim, shimmering in a starlet coating that sparkled when illuminated. It was paired with a mono-form Glyde® purple dress, which she wore underneath as an alternative one-piece. Overtime, her jacket became decorated with patches and pins that she added throughout her adulthood, including but not limited to homages to an Interstellar Coalition Marine Corps' air squadron, a two-headed avian heraldric symbol, and a three-eyed smiley face. Every sticker held a story in her heart, from cheering on soldiers as a human patriot to new discoveries through her reverent mysticism.

Caida accompanied this outfit with a series of accessories that became a staple to her daily wear. She wore black pants that were given the same starlet coating and blacker still knee-height boots. She also wore a gold-brown belt without monogram to go with them. To alleviate public concerns about her eyes, as well as save them for impactful moments, she often wore a pair of Sterling® mirrorshades to cover them in public. These could fold up to the corners of her ears with a press of a button. She normally foregoes any sort of handwear to let her left augmetic chromehand show — her only cybernetic prosthesis, at the time.

When Caida embarked for a site either to do security work or freelancing work, she kept her armaments in a self-contained gun case produced by ArthelArms® with modularity in mind. It housed all of her portable weapons and enough ammunition to use them on a single mission; the rest she kept bound to her bike as spares. In a heated situation, even the case could be used as a blunt weapon.

While she possessed this outfit and rode *CYCL0PS*, she always wore a matching Venom® PT-1 cyclohelmet; the helm was environmentally sealed and made resistant to microprojectiles frequently kicked up on the road by heavy trucks. It also sported a HUD-visor with alternative vision modes and communication systems to link up to a phoneline.

In the beginning of "C’est La Vie", it is revealed during her hospitalization that Caida lost the signature jacket after it was damaged beyond repair due to laser fire, and eventually her boots and pants too. Her gun case was stolen by Scavs along with many of her other personal belongings, however she did retain her dress, jewelry and mirrorshades. She would briefly prefer to wear her dress over her replacement outfit during her daytrip in "Gravity of the Music".

### Donated Hospital Outfit

For a brief time after her release, Caida was unable to shop for a replacement casual outfit on such short notice, and thus was allowed to leave with an arrangement of donation clothing the hospital had available. She was handed universal wear, a common fashion group for the common citizen with the opposite of the charm she normally wanted in fashion. She wore a white-collared blouse beneath an amber brown ribbed jacket instead of her once dazzling scarlet jacket. While she was able to find similarly black fabric legwear, they lacked the shimmer that her old ones did; likewise, her replacement footwear in the form of chic-shoes made her look like a tourist from the Outlands more than a prestigious corporate operative.

After Caida procured her own clothes again, she dispensed with her donated ones by giving them to a homeless woman she came across; the woman needed them far more than she did.

### Fusion Premiere Outfit

After the events of "Gravity of the Music" and the resulting procurement of a new aero-car to drive, Caida went to attend a residential event called 'Fashion Fusion.' It was a culture faire hosted bi-annually between the various clothing corporations of the Core Systems, and a perfect place for those with an eye for artistic fashion to pick up a popular new release.

She met up with the very same friend who provided her the original hand-crafted jacket all those years ago, Eyrie Satina. The two did some browsing at the event until they came across the submission from Moulan®: it was part of a fifth centennial celebration lineup, paying tribute to the original designs worn in Y2098. The neo-vintage outfit quickly won their hearts, and it thus became her new daily wear.

The outfit was crafted out of fiber-optic fabrics to give it a luminous appearance not unlike that of Caida's original starlet-glazed clothing. It includes a scarlet-and-white striped jacket not dissimilar to her original one, an original white-frilled blouse, black-out legwear and two crimson half-boots. The cords used to tie the look together for wintertime temperatures were crafted out of real gold. While she could opt to integrate smart lighting to customize a glow-in-the-dark effect on the outfit, Caida purposefully refused. The result instead is a clear translucent glow of refracted light, which on its own she enjoys.

She accessorized it with a new beret in a matching white tweed, which housed a two-by-two inch pocket on the inner rim. It sports two high-visibility rings on either side of itself to make it easy to spot from afar at night. While it was not true xeno-silk, she did also find a way to incorporate her xenotic fashion into it. Eyrie sowed in a layer of ivory claws and exotic non-Terran furs to the collar of the jacket, which adds an aspect of intimidation to her appearance and complements her vampiric features.

### SCORE SecureSuit Outfit

Similarly, Caida also received new business wear after returning to work at SCORE's administrative offices soon after. As per her position, she was awarded an 'Operative Genius-Suit' from the corporation's clothing subsidiary, SecureSuit®. It sticks to the basics of a professional beige-and-white blazer over a navy blue side-buttoned vest embroidered in gold, both woven in synthetic silk. She accompanies the uniform with a traditional *pochette* patterned in blues and golds, and cufflinks bearing the company's monogram.

However, the divergence is in the inclusion of anti-ballistic fibrous materials, made to protect the operator wearing it from impact forces. Additionally, it came with smart system integration and an emergency phoneline direct to Automedcare® paramedical services.

Caida was awarded complimentary accessories to use alongside the suit itself at the same time. One was a stainless steel signature watch, digitized with a nano-computer to be able to have SatNet integration and on-board Slotware. The other was a false briefcase of titanium shielding bound in a black leather, which could be used as an impromptu shield when an attack occurs at the office. She now wears these while on-site with a client company, instead of her traditional wardrobe.

### Nanomesh Bodyglove Outfit

While she was gifted a new corporative uniform for her legal line of work, she lacked one for her illegal freelancing. She had one hand-woven by Eyrie specific to her that she could use to explore new avenues of mercenary work. It was a skin-tight bodysuit crafted from nano-weave anti-ballistic fibers, similar to that of her Genius-Suit. Integrated into it was a laced neuro-electrical reflex system, which automatically smoothened muscle responses and physical movements while worn.

It was also coated in a signal retardant to diminish the detectability of her form to electronic systems, adding just a small layer of stealth on top of the smart system at work. Included was a reactive nano-light layer that could appear as any mono-color hue, or reflect the colors of its surroundings loosely — enabling a form of integrated camouflage.

Accompanying accessories came in two forms: hydraulic lift boots, which could offer a short-range assisted launch into the air in any direction, and powered gloves, which had hydraulic spikes in the fingers for climbing solid surfaces. Both were initially intended for acrobat performers' use, but Caida found a new utility for them when it came to infiltration and maneuverability. She usually brings along a 'titanismopack,' a titanium-armored backpack encased in suave black leather not unlike her suitcase; the core difference being it has affixable mounting points that can let her bring items and machines on the outside, as well as inside, of the pack.

## Personality and Character

Since she was young, Caida has been aloof of depending on others, having been left by her family to fend for herself at a young age. She never developed a strong attachment to her siblings, having taken their neglect as a sign of their dispassionate attitude about her birth. The minimal support they gave for her eduation instead led her to pursue her dreams on her own, inspiring friendships through her passionate ideals. With their support, she grew into an expressive and creative soul defined by many diverse facets refined over her lifetime.

One of Caida's overall most noteworthy qualities is her responsible, good-hearted nature. She does not let personal morals compromise her own personal well-being, but she will not deliberately make other people suffer if she can help it. She is veracious and open-minded around all her friends and acquaintances, always willing to be honest with them at first, but speaking in half-truths if she doubts their intentions. This stems from a moral code she abides by, where she will not consciously lie and instead prefer to remain silent if she will not tell the truth.

Despite this, Caida is prone to cut her losses and leave her allies behind if sacrificing herself for them is not in her own best interest. In "Goldberg's Demise", she explains to Lina the risks of running freelance jobs alongside random strangers from the internet forums she frequents. This stems from personal experience in the industry she obtained when she started her criminal career in much the same way. She takes a cynical stance against the role of mercenaries and hitmen alongside freelancers, making it difficult for her to trust them on the job.

When she is pushed to her absolute worst, Caida is prone to fits of rage as a consequence of her weathered mental health. While enraged, her thoughts become dominated by homicidal ideation and the bloodlust which ensues from it; she no longer empathizes with her victims, handing over control to instinct for as long as it lasts. This came to a head in particular in "Staredown Blues", when her counterattack against Loriel broke down into ferocious martial arts and a silent urge to kill. She has since learned to itemize her own fears and vengances, so as to prevent those moments of wanton violence from occurring.

Caida is a sensual romantic when she develops a firm empathic connection to someone. She still reserves a sincere attachment to her late husband, Simeon, even though she has since matured from when they were together. In "Gravity of the Music" she tells Terry she does not mind his open honesty about her beauty, later showing just as much openness to intimate conversation with Charles in "Requiem To Us".

## Personality and Character

Since she was young, Caida has been aloof of depending on others, having been left by her family to fend for herself at a young age. She never developed a strong attachment to her siblings, having taken their neglect as a sign of their dispassionate attitude about her birth. The minimal support they gave for her eduation instead led her to pursue her dreams on her own, inspiring friendships through her passionate ideals. With their support, she grew into an expressive and creative soul defined by many diverse facets refined over her lifetime.

One of Caida's overall most noteworthy qualities is her responsible, good-hearted nature. She does not let personal morals compromise her own personal well-being, but she will not deliberately make other people suffer if she can help it. She is veracious and open-minded around all her friends and acquaintances, always willing to be honest with them at first, but speaking in half-truths if she doubts their intentions. This stems from a moral code she abides by, where she will not consciously lie and instead prefer to remain silent if she will not tell the truth.

Despite this, Caida is prone to cut her losses and leave her allies behind if sacrificing herself for them is not in her own best interest. In "Goldberg's Demise", she explains to Lina the risks of running freelance jobs alongside random strangers from the internet forums she frequents. This stems from personal experience in the industry she obtained when she started her criminal career in much the same way. She takes a cynical stance against the role of mercenaries and hitmen alongside freelancers, making it difficult for her to trust them on the job.

When she is pushed to her absolute worst, Caida is prone to fits of rage as a consequence of her weathered mental health. While enraged, her thoughts become dominated by homicidal ideation and the bloodlust which ensues from it; she no longer empathizes with her victims, handing over control to instinct for as long as it lasts. This came to a head in particular in "Staredown Blues", when her counterattack against Loriel broke down into ferocious martial arts and a silent urge to kill. She has since learned to itemize her own fears and vengances, so as to prevent those moments of wanton violence from occurring.

Caida is a sensual romantic when she develops a firm empathic connection to someone. She still reserves a sincere attachment to her late husband, Simeon, even though she has since matured from when they were together. In "Gravity of the Music" she tells Terry she does not mind his open honesty about her beauty, later showing just as much openness to intimate conversation with Charles in "Requiem To Us".

### Talents

Caida has the talent of being able to critically read and empathize with people through interactions she has with them. She gathers this from a variety of indicators, from body language to speech patterns—not just spoken words. She experiences irregular, impulsive emotions when she does this for too long; this can lead into some uncontrollable moments when stricken with extreme feelings, such as grief of a loved one. Her empathic habits lend her a measure of compassion with those she can feel for. For example, in "C’est La Vie" she says to Geun-hye that she tends to “talk a lot around good people,” despite Geun-hye having never admitted her own morals or demeanor before then.

Caida is a talented muse of the creative arts, demonstrating profound interests in fashion, music and poetry. The songs she performed as a Rockergal were her own, hand-written and composed with the help of other muses from her friend circle; they were creatively talented individuals who were there to exchange ideas with, as well as have revise her work before she took it to the spotlight. She is most adept at creating compelling stories and messages to take away from them, usually using her own life story as a basis; this ability to make the most of her songs' emotional appeals is the source of her voice's power when she sings.

Whenever she is stricken with a bout of inspiration, she will usually enter a psychological trance locked onto whatever is on her mind in the moment; this trance is symbolic of her internalizing the philosophical meaning behind her inspiration. In "Requiem To Us" she is shown to do this when she experiences a memory associated with a past inspiration, being able to remember every detail of it. It is unclear whether this is a result of her genetic modification or psychological trauma.

Caida exhibits a measure of competent leadership while working with small groups, having more situational awareness and critical thinking than she would let on. She developed this trait over the course of her Rockergal career and into her extended stay on Hyperion; though she may come off as calm and collected, she is easily dispirited without positive reinforcement from those she's leading. Similarly, she tends to overstate the risks a plan may pose to her and her team if she knows they are ineffectively equipped to take it. One of the ways she tries to mitigate this is by including a plethora of weapon system redundancies in and on her person, so that she's never completely unable to act. Although she tends to avoid scenarios which require her to lead those she does not trust, she will never turn her back on someone she would give her life for.

Caida was raised to use the Arabic language of her family, though later learned the Italian language during her childhood and using it through much of her time on Archangel. She also learned a form of the French language using the 'Nouvogalet' system, which heavily simplifies the syntax and grammar used. She is characterized by her exotic accent while speaking English, having not learned the language until her first landing on Hyperion. As a result of her introduction to English, she often code-switches between her main three languages when stressed.

### Beliefs

As a child, Caida's worldview was heavily shaped by Hyperion's recurring presence over the horizon; the fact other humans lived on the bright planet and its moons was always a great spectacle to her. When she learned that even other suns hosted various other peoples too, it became her driving inspiration into life. Optimistically, she strived to traverse the stars as much as she could in her lifetime; it turned out to be unfeasible for her as she matured, so she settled for just being remembered outside of the Hathor System, no matter in what way it may be. This is a component of her histriomaniacal tendencies, as she ultimately seeks to be vindicated by the general public before she dies.

Caida's stellar aspirations spurred on a sense of wanderlust which manifested when she landed on Hyperion. In her first days, being without home or work meant she was constantly travelling the cityscape for opportunity. The more this went on, the more she grew to appreciate the intrinsic discovery factor that came with her journeying. Passionately she would strive to incorporate her nomadism into her lifestyle even after employment, saving up her earnings to support herself as she moved from office to office region. She does not mind the rustic simplicity of nights spent in a car, believing it to be part of the experience rather than a hindrance.

Caida developed a political conscious into adulthood that stemmed from her own personal experiences with powerful, influential corporate bodies. She questioned how it could be that in a situation where humanity was largely united under one interstellar government, non-governmental organizations had such unchecked powers. It made her think of how many people were merely considered expendables, disappearing from history without ever leaving their workplace, or homeworld even. In this regard, she agrees with the political movements that would give that those power back to the people's government, putting an end to the powerful monopolies responsible.

Caida's spiritual demeanor stems from the lack of religious teaching during her youth. Archangel may have been familiar to her, but it did not prepare her for the idea of travelling to entirely new planets; Hyperion was more bizarre and foreign to her than any distant continent back home would be. In many ways she perceived the daily norms of Hyperian life to be niche or esoteric. To make herself accustomed to their way of life she went online to research various belief systems espoused by Hyperian residents. She rejected denominations which stemmed from individual people, and instead started to read and hear the gospel of Manichaeism. By reinventing a faith centered around a cosmic balance between the good and evil in all things, Manichaeists were an open and welcoming circle for her to join without binding herself to an institutional hierarchy. Ever since, she has lived as a *hearer* of the religion's beliefs and practices, that is someone who has not been inducted into a priesthood sect.

Caida displays an attitude of acceptance towards the vices of life, partly because she has indulged in many of them herself. They are a natural desire of many people, and while she is not to the stage of chronic addiction, she tolerates their use and often becomes discontent when denied them. She is cognizant of their negative influence and health effects, though often chooses to ignore these to make use of them regardless.

## Augmentations

Caida is demonstrably the most augmented character related to the Scarlet Suns, despite having very few cybernetic prosthesis. Much of her physical alteration comes from the series of genetic experiments that were performed on her as a child. The initial prosthetics she obtained were produced by Cyphin Systems® as part of a business plan with her family, however later ones were tailor-made for her by the recently acquired Hangar Cybernetics®.

On the surface, Caida has had prosthetic augmentation applied to her left arm, right leg, and face. From her forearm down to her hand is entirely synthetic, the radial prosthesis intricately grafted and woven into the flesh for a seamless transition. On her leg, the gap between her knee and foot required synthetic reinforcement for her to be able to move. As a result, she only has a partial tibial replacement instead of a full one, still retaining her foot. When the option of having synthetic skin applied to her extended limb-augs was offered, she only chose to have it done for her leg; Caida is uniquely proud of the cybernetic hand she already had, and having more of her arm replaced for it did not seem worth concealing.

Each of her limb-augs has a number of additional modifications that were applied to diversify their usefulness in her work environment. Her left hand is a sylichrome-cast independently moving cybernetic, embedded with a nanotech-computer on the back of it with palm-interfacing with other computer terminals. When she can't directly touch an electronic for interfacing with, she instead uses a prehensile wirejack to plug in with; the jack can optionally be detached from its wire and instead used wirelessly. Each finger was meticulously cast to have an independent function: her thumb houses a micro-lighter that can be either electronically lit, or sparked with a snap. Her index finger is a self-propelled 15mm grenade, which when fired ignites a rocket that launches it at a destined target, exploding on impact. She keeps spare index fingers as using this function destroys them in the process. Her middle thru pinky fingers are all utility-based, hosting a disorienting halogen flasher, a UV/IR flashlight, and a laser pointer respectively. Each of these fingers can be individually dislocated or detached, and vice versa. When the finger-grenade isn't enough of a deterrence, she can deploy a wrist-built handgun with a five-round autoloader included, chambered in either 12-gauge shells or .477 cartridge bullets.

Caida's chromehand is integral to her daily routine, and overall behavior both on and off duty. It was chromed as a both a fashionable and poetic statement of pride and acceptance in the prosthetic, a decision which has not been mirrored with her forearm and leg augments. The weapons were included for self-defense purposes when she would nominally be unarmed on the streets, so she wouldn't have to carry a physical weapon on her person. The computer serves as a central hub for communicating between electronics both on and off her person, and sees the greatest use as a portable cryptocurrency wallet for her illegal activities. It is the first thing people identify about her, and generally the one they remember most.

Her other limbs are less capable components, partly due to their recent installation and partly due to personal disdain for them. Both were constructed from alloys made with orbitally-mined crystals and other covetic materials, originally being intended for use by orbital station crewmen. Being ultra-hard and resistant to energy impacts, they serve a defensive use before an offensive one. While her leg was not tampered with, her arm was further enhanced for this role by being given a Universal Protective Technologies® Automatic Electroactive Shield, or AES. The AES is integrated to project an electromagnetic field in front of itself, functioning as both a deployable energy shield and reactive energy diffuser. While this may limit its inclusion to purely being an integrated shield, Caida thought about enhancing this further, and installed a superficial layer of retractable spiked studs along the length of her outer arm, each no more than an inch long. Whenever the AES was active, it would electrify these spikes, creating an impromptu energized weapon when she had nothing else to use.

Despite the apparent capabilities of her surface-level augmentations, Caida does not normally display use of them in these ways. As augments are socially accepted to a degree, she finds little need to draw attention to herself with them except in extreme circumstances, and will otherwise only treat them as another part of her body.

In her mouth, both her upper and lower jaws were actually removed and surgically modelled after her original one with synthetic skin, having to be fleshwoven into her skull and face to operate properly. These jaws came with non-biodegradable ceramic fused teeth, of which her canines were sharpened to resemble vampiric fangs, earning their marketed nickname 'Vampires.' These were further given integrated vials which could be filled with any sort of liquid agent, such as a venom, that could be injected into something when bitten into. The force with which her jaws are capable of biting down on something exceeds that of any human mouth, and when used in "Goldberg's Demise" it displayed lethal results.

The rest of her body appears organic on the surface, but is host to a plethora of internal augments not easily identified. After being stricken by a laser bolt in "Staredown Blues", her arm is melted down to the bone to reveal a steel-encasing frame protecting her skeleton. This revealed the endoskeleton inside of her that keeps her limbs from being fully severed off, as well as serving as a conduit through which all electronics on her body can be connected. This VISTA Biotechnologies®-made endoskeleton molded to her form as she matured overtime, having to be rebuilt and extended with surgical nanomachines since its implementation.

Caida also harbors an integrated socket for Slotware at the base of her spinal cord, which connects to the rest of her nervous system through her endoskeleton. It stores 1 terabyte's worth of memory, allowing it to run high-end scripts. This socket was manufactured by Microtek Industries®, who not only pioneered the technology but also produced companion modules such as an add-on slot locking mechanism and a micro-controller for advanced slot programs, or slotgrams. She demonstrated an aptitude for exploiting slots through her hand-computer in "Staredown Blues", when she hijacked an elevator in a display of the ability to Soburns.

Caida has expressed an aversion to further augmentation after her recent experiences regarding a loss of identity the more her body is replaced with them. She knows how to make the most of what she has, but becomes deeply concerned and stressed out by the incorporation of new augments and modules that directly affect her organic parts from birth, or trueflesh. However, she does not seem to regret those augments she received prior to the loss of her limbs, leaving the implication it is more an aversion to sudden augmentation rather than periodic or cumulative augmentation.

### Bioaugmentations

Caida was a candidate for the Genetotek system, a series of stages for bioaugmented development and genetic alteration of the recipient. When her parents openly funded her procedures to receive it, they had intended on her becoming a capable militant that would follow in the footsteps of her siblings, who had also received the implants. Unlike most other biotechnical implants, Genetotek was a highly experimental and frowned upon practice that few companies were willing to undertake. As a result, she could not identify the source of her exact package, however it had already left lasting effects on her into her adulthood, and given her exceptional abilities she could trigger with a single pill.

The preliminary augmentation associated with Genetotek begins with a map of the recipient's genetic code, as preparatory DNA mapping is essential to tailoring the implants to function in tandem with the individual's specific sequence. This profiled setting is what enables the implants to be safe for the recipient's use, as without proper sequencing the effects they would produce would have fatal consequences in an unknown host body. From there, the recipient undergoes clandestine epidemic gene-editing who's results could only be distinguished after a thorough blood sample examination. Through the use of nanomachine agents and nanotechnical frameworks, an artificial lattice is woven throughout the recipient's body that allows the inclusion of various organ implants to be added and interconnected. This is what separates Stage 1 Genetotek from Stage 2 Genetotek, the latter being what Caida has inside of her.

In the second stage, various biotechnical implants are introduced to the user's body that modify their physical status and body processes through the use of both passive and active nanomachines. Passive nanite-effects are felt through each and every individual organ system; cardiovascular implants alter the contents of the blood system and regulate the processes of the heart. Muscular implants reinforce and enhance the natural strength and tension limits of the recipient. It incorporates nanite agents to supplement the immunity system as well as regulate natural processes when they become compromised, such as breathing. Some effects of Genetotek are extended to cosmetic changes too, in skin tone and eye color at the user's volition. Genetotek users are generally considered to be a step above conventional humans, although co-equal with synthetics in terms of strength, fitness and natural capability.

Because of the nature of Genetotek not involving cybernetic replacements, only supplementary implants, Caida feels no remorse about it and uses it to great effect when possible. She has not, however, discovered all of the potential effects that can be invoked through the use of Genetohancers. These control agents are consumables which modify the existing processes of the implants included for situational benefits, ranging from a nullification of pain signals to strength and perceptive enhancements. As she continues to discover these attributes of herself, she takes the time to adjust and adapt to their effects before converting them into another; Genetohancers only work one at a time, as the body must remove the effects of the original to avoid health complications. Overdosing remains a valid risk, and she uses these features in moderation.

## Capabilities

Caida used to have no particular martial skills even with the genetic enhancements she received early on into her life. Rather than receive formal training or practice, she developed her fierce fighting style through street brawls and gunfights with gangers on both her homeworld and Hyperion. Her skills were not flawless however, the prominent scar along her mouth showing for this. To rectify this, she took to pirating training recordings onto slots and loading them into her memory for personal assessment, something which directly contributed to her security curriculum in university and subsequent career thereafter. In fact, it was the hands-on experiences she had cultivated on Archangel that made her such an interesting prospect to SCORE in her youth; since her introduction to the company, she has been purposefully trained in combat simulations against their security measures to hone her inherent potential.

Caida displays a degree of acrobatic finesse in hand-to-hand combat that appears to stem from her streetfighting origins. When pitted against Loriel, Caida was able to outmaneuver the synth and perform very technical maneuvers in their ensuing melee. Where she cannot overwhelm mechanical strength, she makes up for in other ways. Her recent acquisition of accessories designed around these feats of dexterity suggests that she is more nimble and balanced than first impressions may imply.

Caida is an attentive leader in a combat situation, assessing the minute movements of a potential or active threat and responding often faster than they could unaugmented. She demonstrated herself as the secondary team leader during "Goldberg's Demise" by quickly formulating and executing plans throughout their infiltration of the storage and armory levels.

Caida is also known to possess some practical trade skills in engineering, having been able to maintain *CYCL0PS* for most of her time on Hyperion on her own, as well as taking care of her weapons with care. She has an almost overly expressive interest in the trade and construction of both cars and guns alike, showing little embarrassment in the fact.

### Weapons

Caida is an adequate shooter, taking care when it comes to precision accuracy to make her shots count. She's aware of the revealing nature of them and refuses to use unsuppressed firearms in stealth situations. She has a preference for keeping her weapons legal for the purposes of her corporate job, however she does not hesitate to use them in illicit activities. She has been featured with a plethora of firearms since her debut, citing them as being useful for any kind of role a crew needs her to fill.

Caida does not only restrict herself to firearms, including a number of industrial-grade tools into her arsenal for various purposes. She often prefers to have an external blade such as a chainsaw or drill for cutting through barriers and pedestrians alike. When all else fails, she may resort to a multi-tool's microknife just to get a final strike in. Whether or not she has a professional finesse with melee weapons is unknown.

The full list of weapons Caida has or had in her possession is provided below:

#### Former Weapons

* **Cuttershed Tools® Coilsnake** drill, a forearm-mounted industrial tool equipped with a retractable high-speed drill head. It was diamond-tipped and incorporated an integrated stiff spring to improve drill tension. Lost to Scavs.
* **Rocketbat® M96 Slamjet** pistol, a compact handgun chambered in 10.4×33mm micro-rockets. Lost to Scavs.
* **Rocketbat® M18 Slamjet** battle rifle, a robust high-velocity marksman rifle chambered in 8.25×72mm Long micro-rockets. Lost to Scavs.
* **Topplaunch® RPG-96 Ramspike** micromissile launcher, a single-canister 40mm rocket launcher with breakaway protective casing. Smart missiles were optional but not included by manufacturer. Lost to Scavs.
* **Thawflame® Salamander** flamethrower, a hand-held promethium projector that could dispose of waste both organic and inorganic. One tank of fuel could sustain four bursts before it needed to be resupplied. Lost to Scavs.

#### Current Weapons

* **Cuttershed Tools®** **Ripcord** chainblade, a forearm-mounted industrial tool equipped with a high-speed gas-powered chainsaw. The teeth can come in two kinds of belts: carbon-glass, which is useful for soft targets, and ferro-tungsten, which is useful for hard targets.
* **Ankhorage Arms® T557** heavy revolver, chambered in 10.9×33mm Superpower originally intended for private military service. A smart-locked electrothermic compact fit for pocket concealment, equipped with an integral suppressor derived from a noise-dampening gas chamber. This allows it to be a legally compliant firearm.
* **Juhasz' HGR** (*Hazi Gepuskaram*) assault rifle, a 7.62×39mm caseless-chambered 3D-printed ghost gun made as a 'cheat' around existing gun regulations. It is built on a 55-inch long polymer-composite receiver housing its superposed full-body magazine, holding up to 130 electro-primed flechettes in two sets of 65 stacked on top of each other. Includes ergonomic grip, buttpad cushion, carryhandle with rail integration system (RIS), and two more underbody RIS.
* **Defensa Unida® SRF-50 RWS** autoweapon, a high-caliber sniper rifle chambered in 12.7×99mm Slam Home (for Homing), which is remotely operated via laser designation. The weapon comes in three firing modes: SAFE, MANUAL, and AUTO. SAFE prevents the weapon from target tracking or firing. MANUAL alows it to automatically track, but must be manually fired. AUTO will automatically track and shoot at the soonest opportunity until the target is struck or the designation is removed. Comes with an internal magazine of 14 homing rounds.

### Combat Drugs

*Caida is a known user of physiopharmaceuticals, psychostimulants, neurosterilizers and other types of drugs. These are not necessarily related to her usage of Genetohancers, but instead pertain to her control of a psychological bloodlust. Without these devices, she loses focus and adopts a very primitive fighting style that comes at the expense of her own safety.*

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### Slotware

*While slotware is how Caida procured her initial exposure to combat techniques, it was not the only use she found for it. Overtime, slots became a utilitarian accessory to her arsenal that served a variety of functions. There were ones that stored photographic images of familiar places or faces, ones that functioned as pre-loaded maps and trackers, and even ones that could instantly hotwire any unlocked vehicle with a digitally keyed ignition. She was not a proficient hacker or netsplicer, and rather than throw away her physical prowess for further cybernetic augmentation, she diversified slotware to work in her own way.*

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### Vehicles

#### CYCL0PS

Upon reaching Hyperion, Caida was low on funds and unfamiliar with the planet-wide public transit systems in place, something which influenced her gravitation towards owning her own vehicles. Her first, and for most of her life only, personal vehicle was a Weicao® SCZ-X444 spinnerbike with the digital imprint of **CYCLOPS**. It was first revealed in "Staredown Blues" as her personal vic, even being painted in a matching color scarlet scheme. It was a high-speed single-engined performance bike that excelled in being a cheap all-rounder for personal use.

CYCL0PS had a rated top speed of 100 miles-per-hour and a ceiling height of 1000 feet when actively flying. It was an economical machine, being able to use more jet fuel for its four supercompression turbofans over a longer timeframe than its hover counterparts, yielding a cruising range of around 900 miles. It weighed 1.2 tons unmodified.

CYCL0PS came with a number of features not intrinsic to spinners, most notably flotation wells due to the lightweight nature of its construction, allowing it to be amphibious. It is operated with a fly-by-light control system, initially incorporating safety measures to regulate flight; these were later disabled by Caida manually. It required a digital authentikey to be started up, which was provided by the manufacturer but later changed by Caida. She linked the RideMaster smart computer to her network of crypto wallets as another location to store her illegal wealth, installing a defender slotgram to secure it from potential hackers.

Caida modified other aspects of it too to accommodate her nomadic lifestyle, making room for two passengers and a variety of appliances and storage items. These included a commercial Aquon® Water Purification Kit, a household Lowcold® Kitchen Appliance Modbox, and a Saferkeeping® Lockbox which housed her spare clothing and hygienic items.

CYCL0PS was outfitted with fore-mounted gunpods which housed an integrated 8.6×93mm Magnum machinegun. This was belt-fed through an internal mechanism that could not be reloaded on the move, and was operated by the driver from their handlebars.

CYCL0PS was lost to Scavs during her hospitalization period, being hacked, broken down and scrapped for parts and supplies. It was soon after removed from its manufacturer's databases and unregistered from Caida, to allow her to move on and procure a replacement.

#### The Percheron

After the loss of CYCL0PS returning her to the state she'd been in when she first went planetside, Caida was quick to procure her replacement: a Y-2277 make Cavalier Autoworks® **Percheron** PTV (Protected Tactical Vehicle). The matte grey two-door 'cut-car' had been abandoned by its previous owner, an employee of an unspecified private military company, and left in Little Lugarico to be scuttled; it had originally sustained extreme damage to its air intakes after being struck by an anti-tank missile, but had been meticulously restored and upgraded by a local car fixer. While it was sold at a manufactured price of 2,635,500ᑕ, Caida was able to buy this second-hand work for a mere 1,000,000ᑕ, accounting for its depreciated value and the non-standard parts implemented.

By manufacturer's report, the Percheron was a state-of-the-art armored aerocar designed on top of a chassis from a Ton-Vic Motors® (TVM) landhauler. As Cavalier sources most of its parts from TVM vehicles, the basic frame and mechanical components exhibit their parent company's reputation for durability and reliability. The 3200 horsepower TVM-made engine has a recorded top speed of 150 miles-per-hour, going from 0 to 60 in 5.6 seconds. It was given a pitch variation control (PVC) box that allowed it to be driven in both fine and course ranging modes, which let it travel between 550 to 700 miles after refueling. Weighing a total of 2.5 tons unloaded, the machine put out a commendable thrust-to-weight ratio of 0.64 thrust horsepower per pound. It was a high-altitude make aerodyne as well, being good up to a 4000 feet service ceiling for everyday traffic.

The interior was designed with a modicum of executive comfort in mind, but not enough to sell to the average consumer; this was further improved upon in its restoration to be more visually appealing. It was supplied with ebony-reinforced polyester seats, a blue-grey acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) dashboard, and a custom console section with ergonomic throttle control. As it was originally manufactured at a plant on Albion, Hyperion, the steering wheel is on the right hand side; it was built with gyro-stabilization in mind, using a ball steering mechanism for flexible recalibration. It is equipped with automatically locking and opening doors that can be operated by key fob or button. The windshields are also all systematically cleared with hydrojet blades in bad weather.

Several of its factory features and accessories were still able to be preserved and returned to operable condition. The PVC was controlled with two paddle-shifters, not unlike those found on many racing and luxury supercars. It retained all of the standard sub-systems: automated driver system, environmental seal, satellite uplink and seat ejectors. It is protected by a SecureVic electroshock defense package, a product of SCORE's that Caida has proof-tested before. Armor-wise, the aerocar retains all of its original manufactured ratings; it was graded at a vehicle blast armor rating of 4, which could resist landmines and IEDs, and a vehicle penetration armor rating of 5, which could stop most rifle-grade calibers.

Other features had been retroactively added through aftermarket parts or as upgrades to existing ones. Like CYCL0PS, the Percheron was equipped with flotation wells and used a fly-by-light control scheme; both of which had been taken from the first Terrymobile. To prevent any collateral lawsuits about vulnerabilities, it was given aftermarket armaglass windows to bulletproof the driver's compartment. While the turbines were authentic, the fanblades in them were not; these had to be outsourced from a Ferrozi® Outrider, which were originally made for rallying but had a tendency to break without routine lubricant and maintenance. Like all aerodynes, the car is known for its fast consumption of cooling fluids, a flaw which has to be regularly monitored. Besides that, its wiring is faulty, and means things such as dead headlamps cannot be overlooked or they will continue to drain the battery.

The Percheron has not yet been given a digital imprint or any nicknames. It is an officially unlicensed vehicle, having been unregistered when it was left to be scrapped, and so it is lacking identifying license plates. To avoid police investigation, it is equipped with a black market scrambler system that effectively prevents it from being identified by surveillance systems.

After Caida bought her Percheron, she also went out to buy replacement survival utilities to resume her self-sufficient lifestyle; this involved mimicking the water, food, tools and hygienic stowage of her late spinnerbike, though this time it could be stored in the secured trunk. While she has also chosen to augment it with a gunpod much like CYCL0PS had, she has yet to find a gun to load it with, leaving it inert and unused.

## Trivia

* Caida's first name has a dual meaning. Originally, "Chima" was a gallicization of her birthname Shima, which means "earth-mother" or "woman with good traits" in Persian Farsi. It is also closely related to the name of a sister of the prophet Mohammed. However, the name "Chima" also appears as a contraction from the french name "Chimay," which originates from the Celtic word *coimos* to mean "pretty, pleasant."
* Caida's surname, "Anour," is also a gallicization of her birthname Anuriyah, derived from "Anwar" or "Nuriya," which means "luminous, radiant, brilliant" in Arabic.
* Caida's pseudonym is partly rooted in Arabic, though is anglicized. It is one variation on the name "Caden," which has several theorized meanings, including but not limited to "strength, loyalty, warrior." This name may allude to her battle to overcome her past and forge a new life for herself.
* Caida's online profile names are very short and straight-forward, being constructed from parts of her real name and then encrypted thereafter. However, she recently invented the name "Cajilymn" for a more public online persona. While the exact etymology is unknown and likely fabricated, the first part of the name appears to be similar to the Hawaiian slang word "Cajules," meaning "a way of life."
* Caida was the seventh character to be created out of the initial cast, and is one of three of those to have refused to join the Scarlet Suns. However, she made herself available as a contact to them on request.
* Caida was created using many of the guidelines and contents of the Cyberpunk franchise's tabletop booklets. Parts of her disposition as an Urban Nomad and Rockergal are directly inspired by their Nomad and Rockerboy counterparts. It is known that her initial inspiration was from the Cyberpunk sub-setting "When Gravity Fails".
	+ For example, Caida's Slots are directly inspired by Cyberpunk's Chips.
* Despite being initially introduced at the beginning of Job I, Caida was not given a full character spotlight and prologue until the events of Gig II, which revealed the significance of her past life and cleared up the mystique of her appearance.
	+ The beginning of Gig III marked the official unveiling of her personal motivation and plan to fulfill it, setting into motion the first act or season of events to come for her.
* Caida's original outfit made references to elements of other projects that were developed prior to Project November.
	+ Caida has a heraldric symbol in the form of a two-headed eagle on her original outfit that represents her pet.
* Caida's hairstyle is inspired by that of the Caryatids' intricate braids.
* Each of Caida's eye colors has a distinctive correlation to her emotion sets. Turquoise is her resting state, though she will often resort to a hazel or green hue when she is noticeably docile. In times when she is frustrated or angry, they turn a deep scarlet red. These three have been interchangably used in her depictions, although the recent inclusion of a violet hue in "Requiem To Us" has yet to be directly explained.
* Caida was originally heterosexual, but after being widowed, she became starved for affection and her sexuality shifted to allow her to love both sexes. Now she considers herself to be bisexual, though she is still monogamous.