Andromeda

**Andromeda** (real name **Alyssa Smith**), is a superheroine and member of the S.M.S.B. who appears in *Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Latest Threat*.

## Biography

### Early life

#### An explosive discovery

Alyssa Smith was born in 2033 and discovered her ability to generate explosions through mutantry when she was four years old. From the start, she was highly unstable. Because of her lack of friends, at school and home, she preferred to spend most of her spare time watching TV and studying.

#### Family strife

Eventually, Alyssa’s mother, Becca Smith, who had the power of mind control, went on an errand, leaving Alyssa with her father. However, she was targeted by the Gladiator and she ultimately succumbed to the Darkness, at which point she assumed a high-ranking position in Plague Reborn.

During this time, Alyssa went into a deep depression. It was at this time that her relationship with fellow school student Roger bordered on infatuation. Perhaps if the two had not been younger, their relationship would have become something more. As she began to act more lively again, it occurred to her that Roger forced himself to become gluttonous and slothful to show people just how little he cared. This enticed her to be like him, hence putting on a lot of weight throughout her adolescence, getting a fat, bloated stomach with a large width around her waist. Because she was still having a hard time at school, Patrick became very concerned and believed that Roger was the reason why, requesting Alyssa end her friendship with him, yet Alyssa refused to give up her best friend.

### Joining the S.M.S.B.

#### Meeting the members

Alyssa already knew she didn’t belong in the Fobble world. When she discovered her powers involved much more than just provoking detonations, her father immediately told her she should try and join the S.M.S.B., knowing this must be her destiny. Convinced that she had to change and step outside her comfort zone, she packed up and her father drove her to the MBH and asked if she could apply. Master Intelligence began testing her memory and knowledge, beginning by asking her several questions, such as why she wanted to join. He then gave her a lengthy IQ test (which turned out to be 91) and a relatively simple social quiz of his own design. When she passed these, he began to test Alyssa’s abilities through several vigorous exercises, including an obstacle course. When Andromeda barely managed to complete these, her maturity was tested on a computer. Afterwards, she passed and was introduced to the other S.M.S.B. members. She also took the nickname of Andromeda.

Andromeda did her best to train with the other members, but was quickly failing. As such, Master Intelligence resolved to teach her alone and not let her use, as Force Baby had mentioned previously, explosives during training sessions. He intended to test if his idea of a high-class superhero academy would actually work.

#### Ambush at the MBH

However, Andromeda proved herself after Nagatha attacked the MBH. While reading in her dormitory, she heard a snake slithering, and emerged to find that Master Intelligence and Sebiscuits were already on the case. Nagatha then came out from the wall, prompting Andromeda and Sebiscuits to back away toward the door. As Andromeda called Master Intelligence’s name, Nagatha immediately attacked, but Master Intelligence blocked her with the stool and threw it at her, only for it to land next to the snake. Nagatha immediately chased after Sebiscuits and Andromeda, but when she saw Master Intelligence was about to strike her down, she wheeled around and disarmed him. Andromeda heard noises from below and ran upstairs, forcing the snake away from Master Intelligence. Andromeda managed to keep the snake at bay with several beams, and Nagatha smashed much of the furniture in the room. Andromeda pulled Sebiscuits across the bed away from the snake, and proceeded to use a Blasting Beam against Nagatha, knocking her out cold. However, Nagatha reemerged, only to be struck by fire hurled to her by Andromeda. Andromeda then assaulted her with telekinesis, forcing the snake out of the broken window.

With Nagatha defeated, Andromeda, Master Intelligence, and Sebiscuits congratulated one another on their hard-fought victory. Andromeda and Sebiscuits finally introduced themselves to one another, having not learned each other’s name in the wake of all of Andromeda’s stress. Andromeda’s spirits were highly brightened after the battle. She was not as gloomy and began to improve on her training exercises.

The Gladiator, wanting a "secret weapon" against Master Intelligence, had heard of the Orb of Power. The Gladiator had been obsessing over the door to the Court of Domination for the past few months. As a result of her ability to see visions, after falling asleep, Andromeda witnessed Nagatha attack Percy in her dream. She reported the event to Master Intelligence, inadvertently saving Percy's life.

#### Mission to Transylvania Quarters

When Lindsay Kellerman had a vision the next day suggesting that the Gladiator was building a bomb that he would soon use to destroy New York in Transylvania Quarters, Lindsay told Master Intelligence about it, who rallied the other members of the S.M.S.B. Andromeda joined the group as they flew to Transylvania Quarters. When they arrived, they descended to Level 11 and down the corridor to find twelve identical doors. The group finally made it into the Time Chamber, which led directly to the Court of Domination. In the row where the Gladiator was supposed to be waiting, they spotted the Orb of Power. After Telekinibabe picked it up and gave it to Master Intelligence, twelve Pestises, along with the Gladiator as leader, emerged and demand that Master Intelligence give them the orb.

Finally, on Master Intelligence’s signal, Andromeda attacked John Webb briefly before sprinting away with the others. As they ran, Andromeda stunned Webb when he grabbed Intelligence’s arm. Andromeda broke off to join Sebiscuits Cardarphen, where she took out a Knight with a stun beam and congratulated Cardarphen for stunning a second opponent. The six members were then separated. Several Pestises teleported to Andromeda’s position, causing her to panic. Whilst running, Lindsay and Andromeda both fired at the Knights, who easily deflected their attacks. Master Intelligence, Kellerman, and Andromeda fled to the edge of the shelf, only to be intercepted by two fighters. After Cardarphen blasted them away, Master Intelligence telekinetically smashed the shelves, distracting the Pestises so they could flee into the adjoining Death Chamber pursued by the other Pestises and sealed the door behind them, but then Andromeda realized that she, Kellerman, and Master Intelligence had been separated from the others.

In the Death Chamber, Andromeda realized Lindsay Kellerman had the orb in her hand, just as the Pestises forced their way in. A moment later, the three S.M.S.B. members met up with Force Baby, Telekinibabe, Baby Strength, and Cardarphen. Seeing Becca Smith nearby, Andromeda pursued her until Baby Strength called to Andromeda and told her to regroup with the others. However, they were all blown against opposing walls out of the blue. As the others struggled, the Gladiator stepped up to Kellerman and, despite Andromeda's protests, blackmailed her into handing over the orb.

Horrified at the prospect of the Gladiator's Grand Nuke, Baby Strength and Red X broke free and the latter destroyed the weapon at the cost of her life. Andromeda was freed by Baby Strength and everyone reclaimed their weapons, and the battle resumed. Andromeda tried to escape with Cardarphen, but the two were prevented from leaving by Becca Smith and George. Andromeda clashed with George and defeated him with a powerful freeze beam, while Cardarphen dueled Smith. Most of the members attempted to escape, though Master Intelligence (who proceeded to fight the Gladiator) insisted they couldn’t leave without Andromeda and Cardarphen.

#### Battle of Jupiter

While the members regrouped, the Resometh swooped down and attacked, capturing everyone and rounding them up before tying them, Andromeda in tow with Yeqon. In her attempt to escape, Andromeda took a stunner to the face. After bursting free, Andromeda turned to notice Becca, and confronted her in the chamber on a long bridge above a massive pit, where she tried to talk her mother out of her destruction. Becca handed her sword to Andromeda, saying she needed something from Andromeda. After a brief emotional struggle, Becca activated the weapon and it passed through Andromeda’s heart. As Lindsay and Force Baby watched in horror, Andromeda fell to her death into the pit below.

### Legacy

Immediately after it happened, Master Intelligence sensed her death as he clung to a pole and briefly wept for her loss, before finishing off the Gladiator. Andromeda’s death was later mourned by Kellerman, Baby Strength, and Force Baby after they returned from the Battle of Jupiter.

## Physical description

Although she was quite average in appearance, Andromeda was not as tough as the other S.M.S.B. members; this is evidenced by her delicate arms, her soft and squishy stomach, which became large and round and protruded sensually in her adolescence, coupled with her short height and her lack of developed muscle. Andromeda’s eyes were brown and she had black hair and light brown skin. She usually dressed casually.

## Personality and traits

Andromeda is described as isolated, insecure, and quiet, but also kind-hearted, compassionate and caring towards others. She is also very brave, able to block painful thoughts and memories, and tends to come face-to-face with life-threatening danger head-on, especially at Transylvania Quarters. She always puts her friends before herself and everybody and everything else. She also cares for Master Intelligence and the rest of the S.M.S.B., her father and mother, and her friend Roger, often showing she wished to absorb their better qualities and help them overcome their less desirable ones. She has a tendency to underestimate the people around her mainly because of her concerns for their safety. Andromeda isn't all that intelligent (she possesses an Intelligence Quotient of 91, placing her intelligence above 27 percent of the population), but what the starry-eyed hero lacks in outstanding brains and wits, the more she makes up for it in her compassion and the desire to do good. Despite being quite naive, Andromeda is also naturally responsible and mature. In her spare time, Andromeda mostly preferred to read and watch television.

Andromeda has a sarcastic sense of humor. She dislikes wet climates, and has no tolerance for snow. She prefers to keep her thoughts and feelings to herself and hates when someone tries to understand her. She is also known to be incredibly stubborn. She is also said to possess poor acting skills and has a habit of biting her lip. When it comes to fashion, Andromeda is not remotely interested in the subject, sarcastically acknowledging anything dark and offensive that accentuated her bloated belly could be acceptable, and she still feels uncomfortable in impractical, elegant clothes. She doesn’t like spending money on luxurious items, and doesn’t like her birthday being celebrated. She also hates being singled out. Andromeda has very negative views on gay marriage, especially with Sebiscuits Cardarphen, but learns to accept it later. However, she had always been extremely cynical about the impact actions make on their surroundings; she had realized that no matter how hard she tried, crime and injustice would never give up. Still, she was willing to show affection when she believed the person in question merited it from her.

Becca Smith's fall to the Darkness greatly impacted her at a crucial stage in her childhood. Despite an emotional reunion between mother and daughter, Becca killed her daughter. Her death had a profound impact on her new friends. Overall, Andromeda has a pleasant aura about her in spite of her snarkiness, and is unfailingly kind and compassionate in spite of her juvenile flaws.

## Powers and abilities

* **Beam Projection**: Andromeda’s main power was the ability to cast a variety of beams that resembled magic. Andromeda was extremely adept in this, having mastered all manners of beams involved with this that can stun, disarm, freeze, incapacitate, and blast opponents. Master Intelligence and Lindsay Kellerman were both very impressed by her skills, the latter’s of whom were incredibly gifted in their own right. Although Andromeda did not usually shoot beams that were deadly, Andromeda would use such attacks when pushed into it. On top of being able to cast simple death attacks that cause things like; immobilization, illness, knocking opponents over, lack of grip, and temporary deafness, she could cast more powerful beams that caused effects such as explosions. Andromeda's stun beam was so strong that opponents would get knocked out if they were hit directly.
* **Swordplay**: Despite her young age, Andromeda was an accomplished and skillful sword duelist. She was able to single-handedly defeat Pestises of Plague Reborn, many of whom were more experienced of her. During the Battle of Transylvania, she had briefly sparred against the Gladiator himself. She also defeated George in sword-to-sword combat. She was known to be very quick off the draw and had an aggressive dueling style. She was also known to taunt her opponents and get them to talk at length, angering them and throwing them mentally off-balance, buying herself time to strategize or lulling them into lowering their guard.
* **Indomitable willpower**: Andromeda was also immune to mutant possession and developed a high resistance to mind control.

## Weaknesses

"*Snap, almost forgot your skin was so... breakable.*"
―Sebiscuits Cardarphen[src]
* **Physical ineptitude**: Due to not only being shorter than average but also having a presumably poor lifestyle prior to joining the S.M.S.B. that would have rendered her overweight, Andromeda was not at all agile. Initially, she appeared to be entirely incapable of performing physically demanding tasks, which is evidenced by her thick yet soft arms, underused muscles, delicate skin, corpulent stomach, and preference to stay indoors as much as possible. Despite this, the training she underwent with the S.M.S.B. enhanced her agility and caused her to lose weight to a limited extent. This was shown when she dodged several attacks from both Nagatha and the Pestises.

## Possessions

* **Sword**: Andromeda had crafted a sword of her own design during her training with the S.M.S.B. However, she never had time to advance to an exosword because of her unexpected death at the hands of her own mother.

## Relationships

### Family

Not much is known about Alyssa's relationship with her mother; however, Alyssa very likely had a loving relationship with her mother. That is, prior to Becca's fall to the dark side. Andromeda was devastated that her mother had become evil and mourned her bitterly, yet, despite the atrocities that Becca had committed over the years - Alyssa still believed that Becca could come back to the light and be redeemed.

Patrick Smith was Andromeda's father. After Becca Smith joined the dark side, Smith and Andromeda were both very upset. They disagreed about Becca's fate, as Smith believed his wife was irrevocably evil, whereas Andromeda did not. Both of them spent a lot of time together and this is when they began to bond significantly. When Alyssa discovered her powers in 2051, she immediately asked Smith if she could join the S.M.S.B., knowing this must be her destiny. After she packed her things, Smith drove her to the MBH and Alyssa asked if she could apply. After succeeding in Master Intelligence's tests, Alyssa joined the group. Before leaving his daughter behind, Smith congratulated her. During the Battle of Jupiter, Smith felt Andromeda's death and cried openly.

### Friends

#### Roger

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It is unclear how Alyssa initially regarded Roger, a boy who liked her in a way few other students did, but after she went into a deep depression, her relationship with Roger bordered on infatuation. It was clear that Roger returned her feelings for him. She saw he was getting fat on purpose and tried to emulate him, resulting in her gaining a lot of weight and her stomach expanding out. The two saw much of themselves in each other and she wanted to be like him, resulting in her becoming rather unhealthy. Perhaps if the two had not been younger, their relationship would have become something more.

#### Master Intelligence

Andromeda joined the S.M.S.B. in 2051. Despite her power, she was highly unstable. She had a lot of respect for her Master and never disobeyed him. Master Intelligence hoped to help her exploit this, however, her untimely demise prevented him from doing this. He had come to greatly care for her, and was visually upset when he witnessed her demise, something Lindsay noticed.

#### Other S.M.S.B. members

Andromeda was also close with Lindsay Kellerman and Telekinibabe and unwittingly got them to acknowledge their feelings for each other, and while she and Sebiscuits Cardarphen shared a mutual irritation regarding her lack of muscle, they still got along. Andromeda found Force Baby to be annoying, even though he liked her. He gave her a "warm welcome" by waking her up and inappropriately yanking her covers off and threatening to sit on top of her ample belly if she didn't get up on her own. He also furiously avenged her murder by injuring Becca Smith and gunning down several of her subordinates.

### Enemies

The Gladiator had been Andromeda's enemy ever since he took an interest in her mother Becca. Ironically, it would be the Gladiator who ordered Andromeda's demise not out of sentiment, but to ensure Becca's submission to darkness.

## Trivia

* It is possible that Andromeda is a late-bloomer, since she says that she *"discovered [her] powers and came down [to the MBH]"*. However, this is unconfirmed, as she may have simply been generalizing.
* *Smith* refers to a smith, originally deriving from *smið* or *smiþ,* the Old English term meaning one who works in metal related to the word *smitan,* the Old English form of smite, which also meant strike as in early 17th century Biblical English. The use of Smith as an occupational surname dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, when inherited surnames were still unknown: Ecceard Smith of County Durham, North East England, was recorded in 975. Originating from England and it is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, the second most common surname in Canada, and the fifth most common surname in the Republic of Ireland.

## References

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