Maria Neuman

**Maria Neuman** is a graduate of the Xavier School for the Gifted and a member of Gen X.

## History

Maria came from a wealthy family in Pennsylvania. Unlike most of her other classmates, she had a relatively good upbringing. Despite this, Maria has always been a bit of a recluse - preferring to spend most of her time alone. Even before her abilities manifested, she'd always found herself interested in technology. Eventually the X-Men contacted Maria's parents and, despite her protests, Maria was sent to the Xavier School where she could learn about her newfound abilities.

## Marvel RP

Maria kept her introverted and harsh exterior basically the entire time she was a student at the Xavier School. She quickly befriended Parker despite this, eventually also befriending Melanie, Dakota, and several other students through their friendship. She briefly had a relationship with Victor Raymont - who she would win prom king/queen with.

Eventually Maria graduated the Xavier School and left for a time. She was eventually brought back into the school, joining Gen X with Parker.

## New Marvel Appearances (4/7)

* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Technopath:** Maria has the ability to manipulate, control, and talk to technology as if she were communicating with another human being. Using her powers, she is exceptionally skilled at building mechanical devices and electronics.

* ***Cyberlingualism:*** Maria is able to communicate with all forms of technology by touching it physically, including machinery, computers and other electronics. She can hack into cyber systems, restore information and break computer codes as well as start up or completely shut down electronics.
* ***Techno-Empathy:*** Maria is able to understand the emotions of machines. She would be particularly affected by the emotions of an android or a completely technological lifeform such as Vision or Ultron.
* ***Android Awareness:*** She will immediately sense and know if someone is an android or robot.
* ***Hologram Interaction:*** Maria can speak directly to holograms as if they were people. Others would not hear the hologram's response but Maria would be able to have in-depth conversations with them.

### Abilities

* **Hacking:** Marie instinctively knows how to hack through difficult mainframes of information and bypass intensively difficult levels of online security and can also hack the systems of incredibly complex devices and weapons to aid in various situations.
* **Memory:** Maria has a photographic memory and is able to remember details that many would easily forget.

### Weaknesses

* **Loner:** Maria prefers the solitude of technology.
* **Unfriendly:** Maria isn't very nice, even to those who show her extreme amounts of kindness. However she somehow remains very likeable.
* **Unphysical:** Maria tends to avoid physical activities such as fighting or exercising. She would be almost immediately taken down in a hand-to-hand fight.

## Trivia

* Maria's character description from the New Marvel casting call:
	+ 8. Maria Neuman (I don't think she ever had a codename so /me shrugs) - Maria is a loner, preferring the solitude of technology to the company of other people. Some people consider her goth, but she'll tell you she just likes black. She's probably the least friendly person you'd ever meet - despite this, she doesn't come off as mean and is still somehow likeable. Maria has the power of technology manipulation.