- Name: Calista the Damned
- Rank: Pirate Captain
- Position: Commanding Officer
- Assignment: Armida IV
- Personal
- Species: Orion/Human hybrid
- Gender: female
- Age: 44
- Attributes
- Fitness: 2
- Coordination: 2
- Intellect: 2
- Presence: 2
- Empathy: -2
- Willpower: +2
- Psionics: 2
- Range: -2
- Focus: -2
- Skills
- Bargain (Bribery) 1 (2)
- Command (Pirate Ship) 1 (2)
- Computer (Hacking/Data Alteration) 1 (3)
- Culture (Orion) 2 (3)
- (Federation) (3)
- (Pirate) (3)
- Dodge 1
- Energy Weapon (Phaser) 1 (3)
- (Disruptor) (3)
- Espionage (Forgery) 1 (2)
- First Aid (Wound/Combat Trauma) 1 (2)
- Gaming (Dice) 1 (2)
- History (Orion) 1 (2)
- (Human) (2)
- Intimidation (Overawe) 2 (3)
- Knowledge: Dæmonology 1
- Language
- Federation Standard 2
- Orion 2
- Klingon 1
- Law (Federation Interstellar Law) 1 (2)
- (Orion Pirate Code) (2)
- Merchant (Black Market) 1 (3)
- (Appraising/Selling Stolen Goods) (2)
- Personal Equipment (Environment Suit) 1 (2)
- Planetside Survival (Urban) 1 (3)
- Primitive Weapon (Stilleto) 1 (2)
- Projective Empathy (Involuntary, Fear) 2
- Propulsion Engineering (Warp Drive) 1 (2)
- Space Science (Astrogation) 1 (3)
- (Astrophysics) (2)
- Streetwise (Orion Syndicate) 1 (2)
- Shipboard Systems (Tactical) 2 (3)
- (Flight Control) (3)
- Starship Tactics (Starfleet Antipiracy Tactics) 2 (3)
- Unarmed Combat (Brawling) 1 (2)
- Vehicle Operation (Shuttlecraft) 1 (2)
- World Knowledge (Rigel VI) 1 (2)
- (Tortuga) (2)
- Traits
- Alert; Bold; Mixed Species Heritage; Ambidexterity; Enhanced Vision (Artificial eye); Cyborg; Medical Problem (Missing both legs, right eye, left forearm); Medical Remedy (Bionic limbs and eye); Obligation (Possessed); Dark Secret (Possessed); Asset (Armida IV); Sexy
- Other Statistics
- Courage: 5
- Renown: 100
- Aggression: 50
- Discipline: 0
- Initiative: 0
- Openness: -50
- Skill: 0
- Resistance: 2
- Background Notes:
- Birthplace: Rigel VI
- Birthdate: Unknown (2333)
- Parents: Unknown
- Siblings: Unknown
- Early Life History: Street Urchin
- Calista, known as "The Damned" (although it is not known that this is literally true - it is just a colourful pirate sobriquet) grew up on the mean streets in the Orion Colonies. When she was 18, she joined the Orion Trade Fleet and completed her command training under an assumed name. At age 25, her ship was taken by pirates, whose number she joined. She was a Captain by age 29, and has commanded the Armida IV ever since. Three years ago, she encountered an immensely powerful incorporeal entity called Vertegg, with whom she entered into a pact. Since that time she has lost a number of body parts, which have been replaced by bionic implants, and her reputation has become increasingly fearsome.
- Description and Personality:
- Height: 1.5m
- Mass: 50kg
- Complexion: pale
- Hair: black
- Eyes: black
- Calista is a short, slight woman with strking features. She wears an eyepatch to conceal her artificial eye, which glows a dull red. She dresses in loose, black, natural silk clothing of the highest quality. The left sleeve on her blouse ends at the elbow, revealing her bionic arm and hand, which are enameled a glossy black and chased with silver brightwork. She exudes an aura of fear and terror.
She believes the entity Verlegg to be a dæmon who will make her immortal - the replacement of her limbs she sees as first steps on that path. Verlegg has triggered and enhanced her latent psionic abilities, and triggered an empathic broadcast ability causing everyone within sight to feel sensations ranging from a vague unease to outright terror.
This page ©2003 Owen E. Oulton
Original character © by the original author.
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