Cassandra Taylor

Judith Taylor, Pallas Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Argine Taylor, Cynthia Lance (Paternal Cousins)

### Affiliation

Stormwatch (Member)
Cyberforce (Former Member)
International Operations (Former Member, Brainwashed)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Skywatch
Earth's Orbit

## Background

### 1989 - 2010: Cassandra Taylor

Cassandra is the daughter of CIA agent Frank Taylor & his wife Francesca. When she was six, her mother passed away. Years years later, her father remarried to a younger woman named Scarlette after only dating for a few months. Along with her sister, they lived a quiet life as their father was mostly away.

When she was sixteen, Cassandra's powers manifested & she learned she was granted the talent of superhuman agility & uncanny accuracy. She used her powers to become the the star pitcher for her high school baseball team. Her rise to stardom also granted her a few enemies. After helping her team win a game, Cassandra went out to a high school party on Saturday night. She was lured out by her ex boyfriend under the pretense of them talking things out but she was soon cornered by him & a group of boys. The group attacked her, beat her savagely leading to her arm becoming crippled.

Cassandra lost her way after this. She became depressed as she was no longer able to play baseball, leading to her losing her scholarship for college. Things did not get better for her either. After getting injured in the field, Frank was forced to return home & became a bitter alcoholic. He began to abuse not only their stepmother but Cassandra as well. One day, he went after Carin. Cassandra lost it & killed her father to defend her younger sister. The police decided not to press charges based on the family's statements.

With both parents dead, Cassandra & Carin expected to be left in their stepmother's care. Instead, she left them with her parents. They did not last long there as neother Cassandra & Carin were quite fond of her folks. And her parents weren't too keen on raising two teenagers. When Cassandra graduated high school, she immediately got a job to help save money though some of that went to her step-grandparents who insisted on her paying rent. Not wanting to be seperated from her sister she obliged. When Carin graduated a couple of years lter, the two moved out & got their own place.

### 2010 - 2015: Ballistic

Cassandra worked diligently to pay the rent while her sister attended community college. The two women soon encountered International Operations after living on their own for some time. They were brainwashed using a "brain box" that robbed her of her memories of her family & replaced Cassie's damaged arm with a bionic one. Gaining the codename Ballistic, she became a leader of the SHOCs (Special Hazardous Operations Cyborg), who captured metahumans to experiment on them using bionic implants.

For the almost five years, Cassandra & Carin worked alongside other assassins until one of the SHOCs had his brainbox removed by a remorseful doctors. He was able to get to some of the other SHOCs, including Cass & Carin, removing their brainboxes as well. As the group realized they were forced to commit heinous acts, they planned their escape. Cassie volunteered to be the distraction & would later meet up with the group. The mission was a success except Cassie was captured again.

After being reprogrammed back under their control, Cassandra led a team in pursuit of her sister. Her team & Cyberforce (team of former SHOCs) fought a number of battles over custody of Carin, until they were finally able to capture Cassie. The team removed the brainbox & were able to free her of their control. Now a free woman, Cassie joined Cyberforce. Although she didn't want to join them, she remained on the team to ensure the safety of her sister.

## Romantic Relationships

* Tony Castellano: Boyfriend (2004 - 2005)
* Morgan Stryker: On & Off Lover (2017 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Superhuman Sight***: Ballistic has superhuman hand-to-eye coordination. As such, she has near-perfect aim with any thrown object or projectile weapon.
* **Cybernetic Enhancement**: I.O. gave her a cybernetic arm to repair a crippling injury. Her implanted bionic arm, while superhumanly strong & durable, functions as well as (if not better than) her remaining natural arm.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength***: Ballistic's cybernetic arm has low level superhuman strength that she usually uses to throw objects much further away that she could with her human arm.

* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Upon being captured by International Operations, she was extensively trained in unarmed & armed combat. She became one of their best agents & was chosen to be leader of the SHOCs.
* **Knife Throwing:** Due to her superhuman sight, Cassandra likes to uses knives as her go to weapon. She is able to throw knives & other objects with great accuracy.
* **Marksmanship:** Ballistic can throw any object with incredible precision, once she was able to hit the pilot of a moving jet with a bolt while he was shooting at her.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 76 - Threat Level 2 / Low Threat

## Trivia

* She is childhood friends with Jessica Cruz.
* Cassandra did not have a good relationship with either of parents. Her father was a bitter & abusive man, that took out his abrupt retirement on his eldest daughter. Cassandra views her stepmother as a weak women that never cared for her or her sister.

## Notes

* Ballistic is a character from Top Cow Productions.