Vanessa

   The Company   Personality   Appearance   Equipment   OOC Notes </li>  <span title="Musical Inspiration" style="padding:5px 7px; border:solid 2px #000; color:#FFF; background:#27616d; box-shadow:inset 0 10px 20px -5px #27616d, inset 0 -10px 20px -5px #133439; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 10px;">Music </li>  <span title="Gallery of Images" style="padding:5px 7px; border:solid 2px #000; color:#FFF; background:#27616d; box-shadow:inset 0 10px 20px -5px #27616d, inset 0 -10px 20px -5px #133439; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 10px;">Gallery </li> </ul>

<p id="History"> The Company <div style="border:2px solid#FFF; color:#FFF; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; padding:1em; background-color: #000; text-align:justify; letter-spacing:1px; font-size:12px;width:25%; float:left; margin:2em;">One of the most readily accepted facts in the universe is that there is an enterprise to suit every need. Everyone needs Secretaries, Personal Assistants, Bodyguards and onward into even the more seedy endeavors. There is a company to fulfill every need somewhere in the galaxy as well. Some are more public than others. Some are higher in moral fiber than others.

There is a company that very few people know of, save for its clientele. Word of mouth is its main means of advertisement. Custom people for your workforce and every need. Some people need reliable help in the form of assistants and other mundane occupations that they can't seem to find people to fulfill. Some are picky and desire a very specific skillset for their employees to possess. Some use the company for more nefarious needs. Sex, assassins, and other darker needs are also supplied by the Company.

Most Companies that exist in this area of grey are often only known for their more nefarious endeavors. Much like in the news, the hoverbike accident will always draw more eyeballs than the Aurin that was rescued from the tree. At the heart of the Company are executives and Officers much like any other corporation. They appeal to the rich and morally flexible that wouldn't argue the morality of creating a person for their own personal needs. At the heart of the operation however is one man and very occasionally some assistants. The man is known only as The Professor.

The Professor created and perfected the means through with the Company operates. He is the genius at the root of their ability to create customize and subsequently program the subjects from a few cells. Each one is unique and is created by the customers specifications. The process takes several months from genesis to maturity. The subject comes out of the growth chambers with no knowledge or experience. There is a port implanted that the Professor will essentially upload a basic knowledge program into their brain to give them the approximate knowledge level of a graduate teenager.

The next part of the process is further programming to suit the needs of the customer. This would be where the moral ambiguity would take place. Programming a person for the more debase needs of some of their customers would wear on someone. Perhaps the person over the years would rationalize with themselves that the people that he creates know nothing else and so there wouldn't be anything to consider. They were built and programmed that whatever their purpose is perfectly acceptable.

Perhaps this person's entire notions would be changed by one of his creations. Perhaps the creation showed a spark of sentience before any sort of programming took place. The notion would occur to the Professor that perhaps all of his creations that he'd sent would be so self-aware that he had become nothing more than a slave trader. Perhaps again the Professor would question everything that he'd done. Perhaps this creation that had changed his life had been intended for more nefarious things from the customer.

All of the 'perhaps' would be answered in the affirmative. The Professor couldn't continue with his work after the red-haired girl blinked those impossibly blue eyes at him and smiled so warmly and bade him a Good Morning.

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The Professor didn't know what Vanessa's purpose was to be but when had changed from a product to a person to him, he couldn't send her to what he supposed would be a very depraved purpose. He had to keep Vanessa hidden though. If his superiors learned that the process was creating sentient lifeforms in this way Vanessa would be destroyed and most likely stricter standards would be forced on the subsequent creations. But moreover his conscience had taken over entirely. He couldn't create captive slaves anymore. So there was an arrangement to be made. The time came closer for Vanessa to be shipped to the customer and he ran quickly out of options.

The day arrived and Vanessa was packed into her cryo-tube to be delivered. She was loaded onto the transport and had very nearly made it to her destination if it hadn't been for the intervention of the crew of a ship named "The Signal".

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Personality and Quirks

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Vanessa is incredibly sweet and innocent. When she was activated she was given a basic knowledge program. This basic information gives her a great deal of information on most subjects, enough to at least fit into most conversations without embarrassing anyone or coming off as socially inept. The problem with this is that she has all the knowledge of the world, but no context to go with it. For example, she knows that there are bad people out there, but she's not encountered someone (that she knows of) that does not have her best interests in mind. So she may fall for a lie because she doesn't have the context to question the person's motives. Note, she'll fall for this once. She learns incredibly quickly and won't fall for that ruse a second time.

This lack of context also makes her incredibly curious and inquisitive. She wants to learn and grow. Being a product of a lab has left her with a few quirks. The rest of her 'kind' is basically grown, implanted with basic information, given a secondary specialized information program to suit it's stated task, shipped in a tube to the client and then begins their life at that point. Vanessa however was a bit different and had to be put to sleep several times. She doesn't like to sleep now and has a hard time accomplishing the feat until she's exhausted enough that her body shuts itself down and she's forced to.

Bear in mind that she's child-like only to the extent that she's very innocent and curious. She is very mature and adult in other aspects of her life. Her personality will largely be built from influence of those she is close to. She'll pick up slang and most likely the mannerisms of those around her.

((OOC note - I've written her 'knowledge' so that she's not asking what simple things are. She'll only be lacking in information when it's funny or it adds to the scene. Personally I don't like the characters that you have to explain every little thing to. it becomes incredibly tedious and hard to RP around those characters as you have to explain what every simple little thing is, does, and why they shouldn't stick it in their mouths.))

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<div style="border:2px solid#FFF; color:#FFF; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; padding:1em; background-color: #000; text-align:justify; letter-spacing:1px; font-size:12px;width:25%; float:left; margin:2em;"><h1 style="color:white;">Abilities Vanessa has recently found that her skills lie in the way of the Warrior. She had a power sword and kinetic manipulator crafted by a close friend of hers, Nathan. While "Uncle" Bob has been teaching her the basics she's become quite skillful as she practices in her off times.

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Physical Description One has to wonder what Vanessa's purpose was to be. Her physical attributes were chosen by the client and seemed to be very specific. Vanessa stands somewhat tall at five feet eleven inches tall. She has a very athletic build being tall, lean, and muscled much like an athlete. She has long red hair that hangs down to the middle of her back. Her hair is mostly straight with a slight curl to it which becomes much more pronounced when wet or in high humidity.

Her facial structure is very striking with her high cheekbones and large, innocent looking eyes. Her most striking feature is her eyes, which are impossibly large and blue, almost child-like. Her physical shape is tall and curvy with what most would call a very beautiful silhouette.

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Equipment and Gear


 * Stuffed Animals - She has two stuffed animals that help her sleep. She has a bit of, not quite a phobia but is uncomfortable sleeping due to her creation and having been put to sleep involuntarily several times.  The other crew on the Signal found that a stuffed animal has helped her ease into it a bit and has both a stuffed Malverine and a stuffed Jabbit.


 * Datapad - Vanessa is incredibly curious and brings a datapad wherever she goes so that she can record information, places that she's explored, and the new things that she's learned through personal experience.


 * Various Small Gadgets - She's accumulated a wide assortment of small gadgets that don't do anything overly impressive. She seems to have a knack for visiting the Toymaker when he's put together something particularly small and interesting.  Mostly all these little things do is emit lights and sounds and various other mostly useless things.


 * Power Sword and Kinetic Manipulator - Vanessa's Esper powers disappeared. Perhaps as a problem in her creation.  The reason is unknown.  She looked for a purpose for herself.  Uncle Bob showed her a bit of technique with the Power Sword.  She found that she enjoyed it and went to Nathan to have her own made.  She continues to train with Uncle Bob and goes on her own adventures in the woods for training as well.

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<p id="OOC"> OOC - A Note on Lore and the Character

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Cloning

Cloning is relatively simple galactic technology, although its use is frowned upin in most cultures. Accelerated growth systems and matter displacement fields allow clones to reach adulthood almost immediately, although intelligence does not always duplicate perfectly. Mind repair can always be applied later - typically through bio-tech solutions or rapid education programs. The Eldan used advanced cloning techniques in their work on Nexus, and many of these facilities still function. Most famously, the Protostar Corporation consists entirely of clones of Protostar CEO Phineas T. Rotostar, all of whom are 'programmed' with personality templates that make them perfectly suited to their jobs.

Dangers of Cloning

In addition to the ethical quandaries that can invariably arise from cloning, there are many dangers unique to the preocesses used by both Protostar and the Eldan - the two groups most associated with the technology. Protostar frequently re-clones new clones from existing clones that are nearing their expiration dates. These re-clones tend to be slightly less capable, efficient, and profitable than their predecessors, so they generally receive an additional dose of the Protostar Difference to compensate. Re-cloning can cause more than reduced brain capacity. "clone shakes" and sudden homicidal mania. in some cases, Protostar re-clones have been known to violently explode.

Eldan cloning technology can be even more dangerous as it is so poorly understood. any and all sentient species appear susceptible to Eldan cloning tech, but intelligence appears to be elusive and these clones emerge mindless.

Cloning and Contagion

Mordesh must take special care to avoid cloning technology, as each of them carry the potent Contagion within their blood. The potential for random mutation in the cloning process means a new version of the Contagion could emerge with the clone, who would not necessarily have the Vitalus serum ready to keep the horrific disease in check. Even if the Contagion did not mutate, the new clone would likely turn ravenous within a standard hour of their creation.

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Musical Inspiration A few songs/videos that either provided inspiration for or remind me of Vanessa

Vanessa's Theme - Girl Awoken

This theme was composed for Vanessa by Fenwick. It is very very awesome!

Songs

These songs were inspiration for Vanessa's creation

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The Gallery

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