Link

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Lauren Nichols, better known by her codename "Link", is a protagonist of Majestic League 1 and 2, and a minor protagonist in 2059: The Invasion. An agent for the government, it was Link's job to make sure Salim Khan did what needed to be done. Along with a strong sense of morality and empathy, she is intelligent and quick-witted, processing information quickly and often trying to outthink opponents. She is willing to collaborate with others, but more often tries to solve her problems herself

## History

### Pre-Majestic League

Not much is known about Lauren's early life and childhood, but she was most likely born with her powers as it seems to run in the family; her niece Cecilia also has superpowers of her own.
As a young adult, Lauren had a habit of... acquiring things without permission. It was how she originally ger bow, her gecko pads...even her eye. This isn't a habit born of greed, but of necessity. Once upon a time, she lost her eye to an infection that her family didn't have enough money to fight. So she learned to use her powers to acquire things, taking from people and companies who already had their fill. In an attempt to justify her questionable means, she soon began to target the morally reprehensible, shifting resources used by organized crime and other villainy to more noble uses. Her focus shifted over time, her empathy leading her to care just as much about helping the victims of crime and villainy as emptying the pockets of those responsible.

Eventually, Lauren found use for her abilities when she became an agent of UNION Asset Containment. In her new line of work, agent Lauren adopted the codename "Link". After Salim Khan had surrendered to the government and came under the employment of UNION, Link was assigned to monitor Khan and keep tabs on his movements.

### Majestic League

Eventually, Khan had been based in Brantwood, Michigan, "The City of Heroes" to investigate mysterious on-goings in the city and defend it from any potential threats; Link was subsequently sent to the city to monitor Khan's movements from afar.
Link herself appeared relatively late in the story, investigating the recent events that had been occurring in the City of Heroes; namely The Gamemaster's mounting scheme and  Berserker's rampages.
Link soon found action almost immediately upon arriving in the city, happening upon the brawl that was occurring between the heroes and villains at the Ball.
Joining in the fight, Lauren allowed herself to be "captured" by  Project: Runa who pretended to suddenly become evil, Attempting to infiltrate The Gamemaster and his plans from the inside. The Gamemaster brought them back to his lair, but instead of Runa being accepted into his cause, both he and Link too were used as slaves to finish the construction of his teleportation machine, along with "L" and Sadie Volara.
Link was soon rescued by the other heroes, and after the ordeal with The Gamemaster had ended she decided to stay in the city, to investigate other potential events that would likely occur.

### Majestic League Volume 2

2 Months later, new interesting events would indeed occur with the rise of a new threat, a mysterious being called " The Plague Doctor".
Link discovered the supposed corpse of the Plague Doctor, who had leapt to his death after having been cornered by Todd Wilson and The Ladies' Man. Attempts to identify the corpse in any record or system, however, proved to be futile. This would soon prove to be a pointless endeavor when it was revealed that this Plague Doctor was only a LMD of the "real" one. Many more would soon follow, before Alistair Spencer was revealed to be The Plague Doctor who orchestrated the entire scheme.
Meanwhile, Link also investigated the events surrounding rogue robots and scientists that had suddenly fallen from the sky after supposedly being teleported from an alternate universe.
However, this would be interrupted when a zombie outbreak instigated by The Plague Doctor occurred in the city and Link was caught up in the chaos, deterred from her investigations as she attempted to resolve this new threat. After the death of The Plague Doctor, Link and several UNION agents arrived at the scene to secure the remains of the fallen villain.

### Pre-2059

Link had learned a lot through the following 40 years, brushing up against various heroes and villains alike. For an unknown reason, she either quit or was fired from her position in the US Government, coming under the employment of a new entity - The Angel Foundation.
While her work was secret, Link's stories were fantastical, and she had become an idol to her niece, a young Cecilia Nichols.

### 2059: The Invasion

Link travelled to New Evo City, just in time to learn that her old friend Project: Runa had died in combat against the villain known as Malware when he self-destructed his suit aboard a satellite to stop him from taking control of it. Link did not have too much time to process her grief, as The Xir'algath soon invaded Earth and she had to focus her efforts on defeating them.
Link ultimately died fighting The Xir'algath, who subsequently tore away the barriers between universes.

### 2059: The Dark Reflection

When reality was softly reset following the events of The Last Resistance, many of the heroes who had died during The Xir'algath's initial invasion were brought back. However, Link was among the few beings who failed to resurface following the universe's recreation. Therefore, it can most likely be assumed that her death at the hands of The Xir'algath may have been permanent.

## Powers

Lauren has technopathy, allowing her to interface with or "link up" to technology within 30 ft and control or deactivate it, giving her her namesake.

## Equipmemt

Lauren's main tool is the namesake of her previous identity, Deadeye: an artificial eye, replacing her left eye, that she interfaces with using her technopathy. The eye allows for more detailed vision, zoom, detection of radiation outside the visible spectrum, targeting, recording, and even advanced analysis of visual information, though more complex procedures require interfacing with external processors.

In her Deadeye days, Lauren additionally used a recurve bow, built with targeting systems that she can interface with to give her uncanny accuracy. She carried a variety of arrows, from your standard piercing heads to ones capable of electrical discharge, arrows capable of generating heat or explosions, or even arrows with inbuilt trackers, all able to be interfaced with. Another usual piece of tech is a high-tensile retractable grappling line, often used in conjunction with her arrows to help her cross or scale gaps. Finally, she was also known to have "gecko pads", attachments to her gloves and shoes that allow her to cling to surfaces for short periods like a gecko.