Catherine Grey

> "Alright, bot, get ready to face the wrath of Project: Novus!"
>
> Catherine Grey, http://board.ttvchannel.com/t/2059-the-superhero-revolution-rp-topic/48331/155

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

Catherine Gray, also known as Project: Novus, is a minor Protagonist in 2059: The Superhero Revolution and 2059: The Invasion, before making a cameo in Cataclysm, and serving as a major protagonist in 2089: The Era. She’s very confident and very much is a go-getter, going out of her way to help anyone she can in any way she can, usually trying to take charge when she does.

She has become slightly more solemn at times, but always returns with a renewed drive to do her duty, no matter what.

### Early Life

Even from a young age, Catherine Grey was always getting herself into trouble while trying to get others out of it. She would always stand up to and for others, and for what she believed was right. She was very idealistic, and was constantly trying to play the hero.

### Pre-2059

On an unspecified date in 2058, Catherine would encounter a fight between a cyborg-seeming man, presumably a hero, and a robotic entity antagonizing him, the battle seeming to be locked into a stalemate. Almost without thinking, Catherine jumped into action, trying to help defeat the robot. In a matter of seconds, she was thrown against the wall and about to be killed. However, she had given the cyborg hero enough time to gain the upper hand, and beat the robot enough to make it retreat. Admiring how she jumped into action, and scared that she would get herself killed if he didn't keep an eye on her, the hero, known as Project: Runa, entrusted her with the Project: Novus suit and title, which she holds to this day.

### 2059: The Superhero Revolution

Catherine would spend most of this time learning how to truly be a hero and effectively learn how to utilize the abilities of her suit. In her first real encounter, against an interdimensional robot named EPU-31415926, she met and fought alongside many other heroes, including her soon-to-be friend, Katrina Morgan. The encounter ended with the defeat and disappearance of the robot, after which Catherine got the chance to officially meet Katrina and eventually become friends with her.
After that, not many important events would happen to her until the Battle for New Evo, in which she took place and fought against the villains known as Black Hood and Nexus, culminating in their defeat and serious injury to both her and her mentor. They were fortunately healed by Runa's invention known as Project: Miracle, and returned to hero work soon after.

### Pre-2059: The Invasion

After the battle, Catherine continued her work with a more solemn attitude, finding and capturing criminals. The next one to give her trouble would be the sentient computer virus known as Malware, who infected her suit and messed with her, before she was able to kick him out of it, and Malware retreated to pester some other person. With that, she was called to see Runa for the launching of his latest creation.

### 2059: The Invasion

2 months following the small incident with Malware, Catherine was sent to Build Site: Venus by Runa to watch the launch of his newest creation, Project: Meteor, into orbit. At launch, however, the orbital laser that was Project: Meteor was infected by Malware, immediately catching the attention of Catherine, Runa, and Llillaa Teenuka, who sprang into action to meet it in space. After getting there, they attempted to shoot it down from the outside, to no avail. Runa decided that the only way to stop it was to blow it up from the inside, which he did, ending his own life in the process. After this, Catherine, with the help of Llillaa, blasted away any rubble that would have harmed the planet immensely upon impact. After all of it was over, Runa left Catherine his mask, his ship, and a will for her to follow upon her return to Earth.
Upon returning to Earth, Catherine read Runa's will, and set out to complete as much as she could. The first item on the list was to alert people close to Runa of his passing, and hand out items or tasks that he trusted them with. The first she tried to find was Shouya Ito, however she never had the chance to get into direct contact with him. Second to know was Xano Miro and Kaleo Keen, the first of which was given materials to work with, and the second of which was trusted to help mentor Catherine. After that, Lauren Nichols was next to be notified, and left with access to Runa's personal database. There were still others on the list, such as Mark Mcneil who were yet to learn of Runa's death by this point. However, Catherine was able to get no further in her last mission for Runa when tragedy struck.

Spreading like a wildfire, a race of interdimensional conqueres known as The Xir'algath arrived to invade earth, along with the entire  Multiverse as well.
At first in the invasion, Catherine simply scrambled about frantically, trying to figure out what to do. After such, she encountered a Xir'algath herself, and worked alongside Marissa Meyers to try and defeat it.

### Post-2059: The Invasion

When reality was softly reset following the events of The Last Resistance and the universal barriers had been restored, many of the heroes who had died during The Xir'algath's initial invasion were brought back. However, Catherine was among the few beings who failed to resurface following the universe's recreation. But she was not dead, and in this revamped reality she had rather relocated her operations to another city, continuing her work as a hero there instead.

### Cataclysm

During the events of Cataclysm, Catherine would make a brief cameo as she arrived onto the battlefield alongside Renegade, to serve as one of the reinforcements from across The Multiverse for the heroes in the final battle.

### Post-Cataclysm

Following these climactic events, Catherine eventually officially inherited Nunciam Innovation Co., Runa's company which he had built from the ground up. Catherine would take over as the head of the company, running it with much success. As she got older, she fought on the front lines less and less, and focused more on innovating at what was now her company, during which time she married. Not long after her ascension to head of the company, she opened an orphanage in honor of that hero, who himself was an orphan
Since then, she has stepped back pretty much completely from fighting, and focuses on helping humanity in other ways, such as running her orphanage and her company for the betterment of the world, for the next generation.

### Project: Novus

 File:CathyGreyNovusSuit.png
Three people have worn the Project: Novus suit and taken the alias of Project: Novus - Kaleo Keen, Shouya Ito, and finally Catherine Grey herself.
The Project: Novus was created by Project: Runa for potential successors, once he realized his own time as a hero was limited.

As Project: Novus, Catherine can shoot lasers out of her hands or fingertips, has retractable wings, and boosters in her boots that help her jump around quickly for short bursts and fly. Her helmet is integrated with a UI that can help her gather and read information, radio her tutor, and send emergency alerts when she is in danger.

#### Functions

**R-Mechanical Overdrive:** Removes the limiting device placed on her power core (Made of Veriperium). Does damage to robotic systems, but multiplies her laser power, speed, strength, and other physical attributes by a factor of 2.5

**R-Mechanical Core Discharge:** Channels massive amounts of energy to her power core and shoots a gigantic laser blast out of it. Makes her unable to shoot lasers or use her wings/boosters until she has them manually repaired.

### Project: Master-Moonedge

A device that attaches to her upper forearm that has the ability to extend out a horizontal blade. Not much to it other than to enhance hand-to-hand capabilities. Name comes from ancient sword “Masamune,” “Master” because of proficiency of use, and Moon because, to quote Catherine, “it makes it sound neat.”

### Project: Boreas

An arm-cannon, capable of shooting either normal lasers out of the horn, or more powerful kinetic ice-beams when primed. Works the same way as Project: Judgement.

## Gallery

ProjectNovus.jpgOriginal concept art for Catherine in her Project Novus suit, as well as her other projectsCathy concept.jpgOriginal concept art for Catherine in her casual attire