PROJECT MEDARDA

## PROJECT MEDARDA - Offline

**MEDARDA-718** is PROJECT's premier assassin. She is renowned for her speed, dexterity, and ruthlessness, Medarda desires to be the sinister blade she was always meant to be, and always puts her exceptional skills to good use for the Command Line.

Whenever she isn't involved into assassinations, there's a few things that you should expect from her: Going in places, throwing a cyclone of blades at unsuspecting foes, or occasionally, the innocent people. She kills purely for fun, money and the thrill the Command Line always deliver.

## Biography

### Background

Medarda Taika Chronos is a Nordic assassin of the highest caliber, with decisive judgment and lethal combat skills. She made her talents known as the eldest daughter of the legendary General *Magnus von Chronos* with quick kills against unsuspecting enemies. Her ferocious ambition has driven her to pursue heavily guarded targets, even if it means endangering her allies—but whatever the mission, Medarda will not hesitate to carry it out amid a whirlwind of serrated daggers.

It is also confirmed that she had developed a relationship with Archibald Maximus, a knight from Valenthia. Despite their nations hating each other, the two have turned from enemies into lovers, and has decided to keep their romance in secret, Medarda is understanding enough that revealing it or being exposed to the Valenthians will compromise Archibald's reputation and character. Unfortunately, Archibald later disappeared when PROJECT has risen. Medarda is curious of advanced technology, and travels to the Aryaine Kingdom.

### The Rise of PROJECT

During the *Riots of 2999*, little is known about Medarda. As a result, no authorities compiled a database on her while the riots were raging. She did, however, join PROJECT corporation without being drafted, most likely because she knows her worth and will get the best gear from them. She intends to serve the megacorporation through the use of a cybernetic body and cutting edge weaponry.

When Frazier Lashley accepted her to become a cyborg, she went through excruciating pain, but she embraced her new body. PROJECT instructed her that every cybernetic warrior they had has the freedom to represent yourself, to which she responded by modifying her body to suit her motif, primarily featuring the colour red, and her crimson-tech blades proves to be efficient in combat.

### A Call to Arms

#### The Unexpected

She spent three years assassinating people for money and for the corporate cause in *A Call to Arms*. The Command Line's assassin. She was an ambitious candidate in the G/NEX rebellion before quickly returning to the military weeks after allegedly getting into a fight with ASHE-159 herself. Her hyper edge daggers now serve PROJECT once more, but those who knew her hope that she will join them in the future. She seeks to join the rebels someday, due to her conflicting agendas.

Despite the G/NEX resistance's desire for MEDARDA-718 to join them, SCYLLA-028 was unimpressed. The two have heated disagreements, with ASHE-159 mediating. Both assassins removed their armour, and MEDARDA-718 challenged SCYLLA-028 to a Hand-to-hand combat, which the rebel won, and a dagger fight, which ended in a stalemate. A week after those incidents, MEDARDA-718's chances of joining the G/NEX resistance were nil. Following that, ASHE-159 was able to discover her true intentions, with the growing resistance changing her opinion of her, resulting in the new member BRIENNE-218 on throwing her out of the resistance's headquarters in the Panamoan Republic.

#### A Show of Loyalty

Unsurprisingly, MEDARDA stayed loyal to the PROJECT corporation. Her chances of joining the resistance is impossible, and like most PROJECT warriors; Shared an unshakeable hate for the G/NEX resistance. Due to this, she was warmly welcomed to the Command Line, PROJECT's elite military unit. Her immense skill, brilliant tactical prowess and overall ruthlessness made her an efficient leader.

To demonstrate her loyalty, she quickly assassinated six PROJECT infiltrators with relative ease, and even personally examined their details so that the corporation will value her efforts and of course, skill.

### PROJECT-G/NEX War

Once a potential resistance member, MEDARDA has ensured that her assassinations and quick kills are destined to please the megacorporation, as she seeks nothing more than a good target to kill. As a result, she is one of the best assassins in the corporation's elite military unit, the Command Line. Her nimble movements, agility and combat skills allowed her to easily survive in endless operations, but her instinct to "spin-to-win" against overwhelming numbers of enemies may prove to be a disadvantage that her adversaries can exploit.

#### Rampancy: A Futile Attempt

MEDARDA was aware of the PROJECT escapee known as BRONZAMITE-625 in the early months of 3005. As a result, if she ever finds him, she is eager to disable the mech. Her mission to capture and incapacitate BRONZAMITE-625 has been hampered by the fact that ASHE-159 tracked her down through her drone and has easily discovered her plotting in a skyscraper. Before recalling her true intentions, ASHE-159 recognised her as a former candidate for the G/NEX resistance. As a result, she tries to persuade MEDARDA to reconsider and join the rebellion, but she refuses and uses her ultimate ability, CYCLONE OF THE BLADES, to kill her.

Unfortunately, ASHE-159 was able to avoid the flurry of blades thrown at her, but she did sustain some minor damage as a result. She deflects all the blades with her PENTA VOLLEY arrows before engaging in hand-to-hand combat. MEDARDA's constant dismissal of ASHE-159's unarmed combat skills proved fatal, as she was defeated after only a few minutes. ASHE-159 shows visible regret for her intention to kill a traitor, now aiming her bow at MEDARDA. She lectures her on loyalty and why betrayal is harmful; to which the latter shrugs as LILIAN-395 grappled up to the same building, outmatched ASHE-159 in hand-to-hand combat, then threw her out of the building in an attempt to kill the G/NEX resistance leader.

MEDARDA looks down in satisfaction by the impression that ASHE-159's fall would shatter her armour and destroy her body. LILIAN-395 pat's her shoulder despite the fact that MEDARDA has been outmatched by ASHE-159 in a fight.

#### The COALESCENCE: A Grand Heist of 3012

During *The COALESCENCE* amidst the *PROJECT-G/NEX War*, MEDARDA and SHADOW were assigned with GRANDIOSE in order to invade Rutherland, with the mission of destroying COALESCENCE, and steal their AI through a heist. She is ecstatic and eager to do so. While bored of the entire war, she preferred to go on their quest to invade Rutherland. The three-man infiltration team composed of MEDARDA, GRANDIOSE AND SHADOW are assigned to infiltrate their headquarters, steal their AI and stage a heist to bring down the security company, hoping this can demoralise PSYLOCKE-832.

MEDARDA was in charge of sabotaging the continuing development of the base's ground defences when the crew breached the Rowley headquarters. As a result, the team was able to get into the headquarters, kill the operatives inside, and hold the Van Dammes captive, while GRANDIOSE kept an eye on them. MEDARDA grabbed the DATA's operating chip after SHADOW managed to breach their war room. It was dubbed a theft. They left the HQ quickly when PSYLOCKE-832 fired her railgun at them, knocking them airborne (while SHADOW absorbed the shot with his helmet) but still escaping with the stolen AI. The Van Dammes now have faith in PSYLOCKE-832 to recover the stolen AI, with or without assistance.

Seeing PSYLOCKE-832 free the company's two most important people drove MEDARDA to drown in remorse, while SHADOW remains silent, telling her that it was a simple heist. GRANDIOSE, on the other hand, keeps his eyes on the road because he does not want their convoy, particularly their ARMADILLO truck, to be destroyed. The vehicle, however, is immediately destroyed as JINX-362 launches a few rockets from her launcher, knocking everyone unconscious in the resulting blast. They all scramble to get the AI after everyone recovers. She noticed PSYLOCKE-832 is mildly fazed but not unconscious.

Following that, they fight VI-516 and PSYLOCKE-832. PSYLOCKE-832 proved too skilled for them, and the two of them caused GRANDIOSE's apparent death, with SHADOW, MEDARDA unable to save him owing to their heist's quick setback and failure. She did, however, transport the damaged, lifeless cybernetic corpse of PROJECT GRANDIOSE, intending to revive and restore him, to which PROJECT approved when they heard the news. The megacorporation requested the team to temporarily reside in the AVALANCHE headquarters in Avarshi, in order to restore their strength and revive PROJECT GRANDIOSE, as he was responsible for exploiting the security company.

However, their rest in AVALANCHE was quickly interrupted when ASHE-159 shot numerous UBER arrows against the headquarters' walls for some reason. LILIAN-395 calls them, indicating that ASHE-159 must've discovered the hidden base somehow. Due to this, she threw a sword to ASHE-159 as a message, indicating that they'll meet again at some point later in the war.

#### Going All Out

In *Going All Out*, MEDARDA was extremely desperate due to the corporation's escalating casualties in the ongoing global warfare against the adversary, notably the rebels whom it has demonstrated endless hatred for. As a result, she rushes to kill anyone associated with the G/NEX resistance or any faction that opposes PROJECT itself. MEDARDA fought SCYLLA-028, which she only won because she threw a maelstrom of daggers at her, wounding her and causing her to flee. She didn't participate in the *Siege of Daitoshi*, as her attitude has been increasingly intolerable for most of the PROJECT's warriors, particularly GRIMM and LILIAN-395, who has shown dislike of her personality.

In "Fellow Assassins," she notably faced TRISTANNA-651, with whom she is truly equal in combat skills; entertaining her, but she was pushed aside by OLIVEIRI-709, who was entrusted with capturing the latter, and even the deadly PSYLOCKE-832. She became bored as a result of this and waited for another opportunity to engage in an operation. As a result, she even seduced Muldoon Lundgren in order to get her to do anything she wanted, as she typically follows commands the majority of the time. It sort of worked sexually. She was tasked to lead Command Line forces, which she had little expertise with, but she gave it her all.

#### A Cutthroat and an Archer

While ASHE-159 has been focused on leading her rescued people to rebuild the country, OLIVEIRI-709 has given **PROJECT MEDARDA** her own reality-tampering grenades, which allows the user to singlehandedly duel their target on equal terms through an impenetrable digital realm that can only be escaped when a victor is found. The cost is that the defeated opponent dies in the realm, and hence in reality. As a result, MEDARDA throws the grenades at her, intending to end her in a duel through all possible ways that she can fathom, such as cutting her throat, abdominal stab or disemboweling her guts, as she isn't a cyborg.

ASHE-159 immediately prepares herself against MEDARDA, as the latter *proves* that she will lose to her based on her calculations, assuming her opponent is unfamiliar with melee combat. MEDARDA also discovered that she was able to free Avarshi entirely on her own, and she mocks her for being so unselfish that her life is frequently jeopardised. She responds by claiming that MEDARDA was nothing more than a savage cutthroat of the Nordics and those words clearly provoked the fight.

ASHE-159 used her own ways against her, even stealing her own swords to combat her after utilising the trademark bow, which startled MEDARDA. Fortunately, there are three fights that must be completed in order to determine a winner. MEDARDA took advantage of the first round, countering her opponents' arrows and uses her superior agility to evade her blows, and proceeds to win by stabbing her thrice in the stomach. She even slaps her with some effect while she watches her opponent die in the first round. On the 2nd and 3rd round, she was quickly defeated, as ASHE-159 has countered her own fight patterns and used melee combat, while surprising her with Hand-to-hand combat skills.

### Death

> "PROJECT. This is MEDARDA-718. I lost a fight against your number one threat, in the digital realm. The cost? You see it... now...
>
> - Her slow message, while her body is eroding.

*She lost the fight? Yes.*

MEDARDA is in disbelief that she lost a fight to ASHE-159; Knowing that she is more than prepared to kill her. She was able to separate her consciousness from her semi-body on the digital realm, allowing her to leave the digital domain and return to the physical realm. Upon her return, her systems began to malfunction, her systems were flooded with large warning signals, her electronics prevented her from using any functions, and her synthetic skin began to peel away. She sat down in the freezing cold on Avarshi, helpless.

ASHE-159 returns to Avarshi while dressed in armour, As MEDARDA had accepted her fate as her cybernetics slowly shut down and set off a chain reaction within. Following that, she calls anyone on PROJECT and asks them to help her win the battle, while SHADOW, LILIAN-395, and GRANDIOSE react badly to her inevitable state of dying. She gives her final words as her systems shut down. It was both emotional and brutally honest. ASHE-159 simply stares at MEDARDA, declaring that she squandered her new life by simply killing more people for a selfish megacorporation.

MEDARDA stared at her but was unable to speak since her body was gradually losing its synthetic skin, allowing her to sit down in silence, expecting nothing more. MEDARDA maintained her glare at Ashe but was having difficulty to speak since her body was gradually losing its synthetic skin, ASHE-159 shoots her bow in an attempt to end her misery, but she responds with a last word: "Ashe. Don't." She finally explodes as soon the final words are heard..... and that was the brutal *fate* of PROJECT's merciless assassin.

## Legacy

Medarda's death had a huge and detrimental impact on PROJECT because she was one of the most skilled cybernetic assassins ever sent to the battlefield. No one can find her remains after she died because she blew into fragments; not even a trace of her power core or her own swords are left for them to clone her into a robotic unit, whenever that is possible. Unfortunately, due to the megacorporation's ongoing downfall and eventual extinction, she cannot be reincarnated or recreated. In fact, her death may be honourable as Ashe simply lets her perish after winning their duel and Medarda has made peace to perish in silence, with Ashe simply looking at her in begrudging respect as the assassin now fades into dust.

Overall, her career as a cyborg was not unlike to her previous one. As a result, she squandered her time killing others for a living or to prove her loyalty. Furthermore, MEDARDA appeared to have an affect on future assassins of the newer generations, who displayed a similar level of cruelty and ferocity in assassinating their targets with sheer force and blinding speed. Alissandre Crowe, the Bloodlust, is one noteworthy example.

## Personality

MEDARDA-718 is frequently characterised as a hotheaded and arrogant cyborg who enjoys wanton violence and takes a generally aggressive attitude when confronting her foes with the intent to assassinate them. When PROJECT tasked her and a few cybernetic operatives with stealing the DATA, Medarda took advantage of their operation by boasting her skills while her teammates did the job instead, displaying a reckless side that was more concerned with her own vanity and being paid, rather than fulfilling her duty to the megacorporation.

As PROJECT's cybernetic assassin, she swiftly kills the enemies of the megacorporation, Medarda is blindly loyal, but possessed a will of her own, due to her loyalty and lack of negative motives.

## Abilities

The vicious MEDARDA is equipped with a cybernetic body that is designed for maximum speed and agility to maintain her dominance against her enemies through unyielding, fast paced combat in the war. As she is enhanced to become more faster and agile, her body is notably frail compared to others, being only resistant to high caliber bullets and glancing hits from high frequency blades, forcing her to rely on evasive manoeuvres to avoid sustaining heavy damage.

According to Frazier Lashley, MEDARDA was the easiest cyborg to transform, but underwent the most combat testings in order to increase her efficiency in the battlefield.

### Technological Capabilities

* **RICOCHET BLADE**: She throws a ricocheting sword or dagger to the opponent. Good for lightly armoured opponents, but for those with well protected armour such as BRIENNE-218 and LILIAN-395, it is ineffective. The blades are also useless against tanks, but can take out their external optics.

* **ADRENALINE Mk. 4**: Activated by her arm computer, this adrenaline temporarily boosts her speed, agility, reflexes and even strength, comparable to SCYLLA-028.

* **WHIRLWIND LUNGE**: She lunges at the opponent, launching a whirlwind of daggers in front of the victim. Typically used for killing blows and finishing off escaping victims.

* **CYCLONE OF BLADES**: MEDARDA-475 launches a whirlwind of serrated blades into all nearby PROJECT opponents. May potentially penetrate their armour.

* **Arsenal Mk. 9**: Powered by nanotechnology, this system allows her to store and use an indefinite supply of hyper edge daggers.
* **CONTRAKT HUD**: An Evalkan manufactured HUD system. It is known for its use in assassination and target acquisition.

### Skills

* **Master Combatant**: MEDARDA-718 is a highly skilled combatant. As an assassin, she uses her small size to maximise speed, agility and skills to overwhelm vastly stronger opponents, as well as the heavy use of knives and swords in armoured combat.

* **Knife Proficiency**: PROJECT MEDARDA's skills in the use of daggers and knives were held in massive regard by PROJECT. In fact, she can kill numerous combatants without needing to change her equipment in various combat situations, all she needs are her agility and a plethora of hyper edge knives.

* **Expert Manipulator**: She is skilled on manipulating individuals to her advantage.

## Trivia

### General

* Naturally mischievous and duplicitous. It is futile to trust her anytime, anywhere.
* How she magically throws a tornado of blades at her adversary is still a mystery that not even Michael Nexima can solve. Perhaps she conjures the blades out of thin air.
* Medarda is known for her speed and skill, which she uses to her advantage to overwhelm her opponents despite her size and strength disadvantage.
* She is one of the best assassins that PROJECT has to offer.
* Sometimes, she fights FIONA-384. However, she is actually outmatched.
* Rumours claim that PROJECT has cloned her despite her apparent death at the hands of ASHE-159.
* Dislikes the fact that ASHE-159 has easily outmatched her in hand-to-hand combat.
* MEDARDA's death was forgettable in the public, but for those that are incarcerated in the G/ARCHIVE, they were disappointed.

### Developmental Notes

* She is another example of a redhead assassin. Laura Smirnoff came before her in the character archetype.
* Bloodlust may be her spiritual and indirect successor.
* She does have a 40% chance of betraying anyone.