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  AH
  
Name:  Arika (pronounced "A-rey-kah") Sumeragi  
  
RL:  NPC, usually played by Skribulous
  
E-mail:  maramala@rocketmail.com  
  
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RANK & TRAITS
  
Rank:  5 
  
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Attributes:
  Fast+
  Impulsive


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Skills:
  Martial Arts 
  Firearms+
  Military Science-  (includes Troop Leadership and Tactics)
  Psi (Ki) Powers-
  Streetwise (aka Urban Survival)
  Pilfering
  Monocycle Combat Riding
  
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ATTITUDE
  
Style:
  Ah's style is a combination of Ware-Ryuu Kenka Karate and Gunfighting.
  
  Ware-Ryuu Kenka Karate (Self-styled Fighting Bare Fist) - A weird 
hodgepodge of brawling, infighting, streetfighting and some other martial 
arts maneuvers picked up here and there.  Clumsy and erratic-looking, the 
  seemingly chaotic moves of this strangely effective style are not to 
  be underestimated, as off-guarded opponents are most likely to end up 
  as defeated opponents.  
  
Gunfighting - Practicing ridiculous amounts of time with any sort of 
  conceivable firearms usually results in the formation of a style that 
  revolves around doing trick shots and incredible maneuvers with guns.
  
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Methods:
  Tends to rely mostly on her vast array of ranged weaponry at her disposal 
  -- all the better to keep 'em away.  A team player, she fights best with 
  teammates, as she does all she can for the team to win and/or succeed in 
  their mission.  After all, "the pay ain't so good if you ain't alive to 
  spend it".
  Thus, Ah uses heavy weapons in extreme range, handguns in long to short 
  ranges, and fights in close-in melee situations with knives.
  
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SPECIALS
  
Advatages:
  Standard martial arts abilities.  
  Psionic.  (Currently manifesting as psychometabolism, although more powers 
  may be accesible to her later on.)
  Has a (super)natural affinity for guns.  She can use any kind of firearm, 
  even the occasional alien weapon, as long as it is classified as a gun.  
  Has a strange, unexplainable tendency to show up (or just be around 
  nearby) when someone says, "Ah."  
  Always has A Bag Full of Guns (tm) nearby, if not carrying it around.
  
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Disadvatages:
  Gun Fetish.  Will drop everything that she is currently doing (including 
  fighting) to admire a good piece.  
  Loses her cool and gets frantic without a gun (or three), or when she runs 
  out of bullets. 
  As a mercenary, she is obligated to fulfill any formal contract she accepts.
  
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Techniques  (* - variants)
  
Psychometabolism 
     She has the psychic-based power to increase her own physical 
     capabilities beyond the norm and what she is naturally capable of 
     if she "puts her mind to it".  She can run faster, jump higher, 
     see farther, shout louder, resist mental attacks with sheer force 
     of will, lift ATVs with one hand...  
     This requires conscious effort.  She gets hungry and tired with 
     repeated use of this technique.
  
X-Fire 
     Blasts away with her guns, one on each hand, concentrating on one 
     target.
   *X-Rain - she jumps up and makes an aerial X-Fire at her target.
  
X-Slash 
     Uses a bladed weapon to make an quick arcing "X" slash on one target.
   *Rising X - she jumps up and makes an aerial X-Slash at her target.
  
Strafe
     Dashes around, firing a spray of gunfire at her targets.
     *X-Dance - advanced Strafe, "Dances" in the battle with her guns, 
     firing wildly at all targets in range, including allies, while 
     dashing and spinning around.  Incredible waste of ammo.
  
Blade Rush
     Dashes around, using bladed weapons to slash at her targets.
   *Wild Dervish - a variant combo of both X-Dance and Blade Rush that 
     uses a knife in each hand.
  
Deflec-Throw 
     Whenever anything is thrown at her, she immediately catches it and 
     sends it back to its source on conditioned reflex.  She could return 
     almost _anything_ solid without failure.  The downside to this is 
     that she is immediately interrupted from performing her last action, 
     including specials.
  
Backstab 
     Do we need to explain this?
   *Multi-stab - improved Backstab, with multiple sharp piercing 
     weapons. 
	  *$0d0m!ze - an advanced form of Backstab, using a gun to... 
     well, you know...  I don't think I should elaborate this further...  
     ^_^;;;
  
Humiliation
     Fires a water pistol at the target.  Usually the target is really 
     embarrassed by the insult.   ^_^;;;


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