Carmen Avilas

Carmen at the park with her boyfriend, Itsuki.

**Carmen Avilas** is a Cosmos Academy student and Junior Ranger in training. She's also Itsuki Reo's girlfriend and a rival to Hope Griffin.

Carmen Avilas is voiced by Rebecca Meagher in episodes 1-2. She is currently voiced by Brenna Thornton.

## Description

### Personality

Carmen Avilas is sweet once you get to know her, at least that’s what Hope Griffin wants to believe. Carmen holds a grudge against Hope after discovering she was chosen to attend Cosmos Academy over her best friend Alicia. Because of this mishap, Carmen grows bitter and vengeful towards Hope and drags her boyfriend along for the ride. She and Itsuki have been in a relationship since before attending the academy. She is always encouraging him to make new friends and to be more social. Aside from Hope, Carmen is on friendly terms with all of her other classmates and shows superior skills as a Ranger, though her fixation on besting Hope can sometimes negatively affect her performance. Her father is also the head ambassador of Cosmos Academy, Jorge Avilas, who is also responsible for Hope being chosen over Alicia to attend the school.

## Attributes

### Abilities

* **Athletic Proficiency**: Due to extensive training and conditioning, Carmen possesses advanced physical attributes and athletic capabilities. Having noticeably prominent strength and agility, she was able to briefly match Hope Griffin in combat, notably tackling her through two simulated stone walls during their fight, before the latter's superior skill overwhelmed her.
* **Combat Proficiency**: As a cadet at Cosmos Academy, Carmen is skilled in both armed and unarmed combat. She managed to briefly contend with Hope Griffin, although mostly due to her benefiting from first ambushing her and her hesitation to fight her due to not viewing her as an enemy the same way Carmen viewed her. Although able to fight evenly with her for a time, notably managing knock Hope's sidearm from her hand with a swift kick, Hope quickly proved the better fighter of the two, something she recognized as being a result of Itsuki's tutelage and led to her retreating.
* **Marksmanship Aptitude**: Being prepared for security and military threats, Carmen is trained in the use of ranged weapons, particularly pistols such as the Interstellar Force’s standard issue handles.
* **Strategic Aptitude**: While not a master tactician, Carmen is somewhat decent at making plans, having conspired with her boyfriend, Itsuki, to use tutoring sessions as a ruse to give Itsuki the opportunity to attempt to coerce Hope into leaving Cosmos Academy.
* **Survival Aptitude**: In preparation for missions across space and on various planets, Carmen is trained in operating in and adapting to a variety of environments and conditions.

### Weaknesses

* **Vendetta**: While otherwise appearing to be a stellar student, Carmen is held back from properly focusing on improving as a student due to her malicious obsession with Hope Griffin, whom she blames for her friend, Alicia, not having the chance to be at Cosmos Academy, and is willfully ignores her father's belief in Hope's "potential". As such, she has made it her mission to coerce Hope into quitting using Itsuki, who is similarly biased towards Hope due to perceiving her as lazy, incompetent and unworthy of attending the academy, as proxy to bully her under the guise of tutoring sessions to help improve her grades. She was so blinded by her grudge against Hope that she was unable to realize the sessions only served to improve her skills until she personally attacked and confronted her openly with her grievances during a training exercise, In the process of pursuing and attempting to corner Hope, completely disregarding her fellow teammates and the mission objective of observing and collectively eliminating the enemy team. Even as Hope attempted reconciliation, she would persist in her hostility towards her, fueled by the paranoid belief that Hope was somehow targeting her and Itsuki just as she took Alicia's spot and going so far as to demean Hope's dream of honoring her father through becoming a Ranger. After being forced to retreat when Hope countered her attacks with skills Itsuki taught her, she only motioned for Itsuki to train her harder due to fearing Hope now could use Itsuki's training against them both. She would later dismiss her and Itsuki's poor performance and instead take satisfaction in Hope's being beaten during a training exercise and poor grades in her Public Relations class, ironically joking that Hope apparently struggles with expressing her wants while hypocritically having refused to listen to her out of stubbornness.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **School Uniform**: A dress shirt, skirt and shoes worn during class hours.
* **Ranger Uniform**: Standard issue for Interstellar Force personnel, these durable yet flexible environmental bodysuits are designed with systems that regulate their wearer's body temperature, as indicated by small screens on their sleeves. Official Interstellar Rangers are indicated by two strips on the chest area of their suits.
* **Cellphone**: A personal mobile device carried by most civilians, complete with a camera, touchscreen and the ability to fold out into tablet size.
* **Computer Tablet**: A portable, interactive computer screen, complete with a stylus pen, that are used by students and staff for both classes and leisure. These tablets are installed with digital textbooks before being issued out.

### Weapons

* **Handle**: As a cadet, Carmen has access to a handle during training exercises and on field missions.

### Transportation

* **Shuttle**: An interplanetary craft able to make routine trips from Earth to Cosmos Academy and Interstellar Force Headquarters in space.

## Facilities

* **Interstellar Force Headquarters**: Carmen is currently stationed at Interstellar Force Headquarters.
	+ **Cosmos Academy**: Carmen's current residence is a dormitory at Cosmos Academy, along with her roommates, Maria Long and Kayleen Huo.

## Relationships

### Family

* Ambassador Jorge Avilas - Father, School Ambassador and Superior

### Allies

* Alicia - Friend
* Itsuki Reo - Classmate, Class Representative and Boyfriend
* Jazz Owens - Classmate
* Amai Higashi - Classmate
* Maria Long - Classmate and Roommate
* Sebastian Rojas - Classmate
* Alex Stepanov - Classmate
* Jeff Williams - Classmate
* Chris Myrthil - Classmate
* Kayleen Huo - Classmate and Roommate
* Hope Griffin - Classmate, Perceived Rival and Indirect Bully Victim
* Arthur Stepanov - Classmate
* Professor Parth Strong - Teacher and Superior
* Doctor Dola Amber - Superior
* Professor Maya Kimball - Teacher and Superior
* Counselor Alam - Superior
* Director Principle - Superior
* Ranger Diskin - Superior
* General Reo - Superior
* Unnamed Security Officer - Superior