Halo Jones
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Halo Jones | |
| Player: Roughtrade | |
| Origin: | Technology |
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| Archetype: | Controller |
| Security Level: | 20 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Angela Jones |
| Known Aliases: | N/A |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 32 |
| Height: | 160cm |
| Weight: | 55kg |
| Eye Color: | Purple |
| Hair Color: | Purple |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Research Scientist |
| Place of Birth: | Boston MA |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon RI |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Mother & Father & Three Siblings |
| Known Powers | |
| Gravity & Time | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Multiple Degrees in Physics & Subatomic Particles | |
| Equipment | |
| N/A | |
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Contents |
Interview
Name : Angelica Jones.
Place of Birth : I was born and lived most of my life in Boston Massachusetts
Origin : While conducting research in the N-dimensional zone known as the Shadow Shard I was caught in a sub-particle storm of unusual nature. I was lost for a period of seven years, although I myself only experienced two years of temporal existence.
Supergroup : I am currently working with an organization called 'Heroics' which is registered with the City of Paragon.
Archetype : After my return from the Storm Palace I have exhibited the ability to control subatomic particles which exhibit an effect on gravity. I can warp the nature of reality itself on a level that researchers refer to as 'quantum foam' but I have come to consider as the actual DNA of the physical universe.
Occupation: I currently am employed by the Portal Corporation as a researcher in the subatomic effects of the nature of the area known as the Shadow Shard. I am still listed as a civilian advisor to the military detachment at Firebase Zulu. It should be noted that my current status as a hero is somewhat disruptive to further research.
Base of Operations : Paragon Rhode Island. Firebase Zulu.
Hero or Villain : Of the two choices given I would like to call myself a hero but it really sounds melodramatic. I am a scientist.
Brief Physical Description : My appearance has been altered by the incident in the Shadow Shard. Physically, from a distance, I appear unchanged. My skin and hair pigments have been altered to a purple hue. I have significant scarring along my face, back and shoulders. A field emanates from my spine that is visible in the high energy spectrum. This field can cause subtle alterations of the quantum foam in my immediate area.
Brief Personality Description : I have been called driven by my peers and associates. Perhaps this is true. I am intensely curious about the nature of our reality. I can become somewhat focused when my curiosity is piqued. When I was younger I was misdiagnosed as possessing Asperger's syndrome. I have been told the Shadow Shard has exacerbated this aspect of my personality.
Goals and Motives : Learning. Understanding the universe. Finding a material that can resist the degenerative nature of the quantum field that emanates from my spine so I can wear a normal blouse without destroying the back in half an hour.
Opinions on Important Factions : I work for Portal Corps and am also given a monthly stipend by SERAPH, so my opinions of them are suspect. I have no interest in being a 'peace officer' in the fashion of heroes who work for organizations like the Vindicators or Freedom Phalanx. I have even less interest in the quasi-militaristic organizations such as Longbow and Wyvern. Arachnos has some fascinating technology and I correspond with several of their higher level researchers on various subjects. Dr Aeon has requested I visit and speak at their university on several occasions but SERAPH will not allow me to do so. I have a fondness for the military unit at Firebase Zulu and will always come to their assistance when asked.
Quote : I will defeat you by manipulating the quantum level of reality in your direct vicinity. Any helpful feedback on how this effects you would be greatly appreciated.
Claim to Fame : My research contributions are well known in many scientific circles. I have already cited Dr. Aeon as one of my admirers, and Countess Crey herself has twice offered me a position with her company. Any member of the scientific community is likely to know of me, at least by reputation. On Firebase Zulu I am always welcomed and some of their soldiers consider my presence to be good luck. I am afraid my reputation at Portal Corps is less radiant and I have trouble keeping research assistants. I have been told that the threat of being assigned to my lab is used to keep interns in line. Fortunately for them, I am only able to attend to my experiments at their facility on an occasional basis.
History
Angelica has a genius level intellect and graduated Stanford with a Magna Cum Lada in physics at the age of sixteen and then completed a degree in sub-particulate physics at Princeton and graduated as the Valedictorian at nineteen. Socially awkward, but incredibly focused, she exhibited many of the symptoms of a person with Asperger's syndrome. This usually manifested in a marked level of condescension towards those she considered her intellectual inferiors. She had minor quirks and several obsessive-compulsive aberrations but was not socially dysfunctional, just inept and terribly rude. Other than her incredible intelligence her life was rather ordinary. Angelica turned down an offer to work for Countess Crey and in 2003 she was pursuing a third degree at MIT when Portal Corps offered her a job.
The youngest member of her team, Angelica was still instrumental in defining the subset of quantum laws that enabled consistent travel between Firebase Zulu and the deeper levels of the Shadow Shard such as the Cascade Archipelago and the Storm Palace. As a member of a research team, and in constant contact with the young men and women who protect the scientists at Firebase Zulu, Angelica began to come out of her shell and even grew to admire people without basing all her measurements by their intellect. She developed a huge crush on Lt. Volkov but never managed to get enough nerve to do anything about it.
The process of developing a power suit which would allow an individual to harness the fluctuating energies of the Shadow Shard became the primary task of Angelica's research. A suit which would allow an individual to travel from one pocket of the Shard to another, independent of the Geysers and sub-space 'tunnel's or massive gates, all of which were stationary. While field testing an early prototype, disaster struck. An unforeseen storm slammed into the research outpost at Mole Point and scattered the researchers and their defenders. Hard on the heels of this (and likely caused by) a squad of Rularuu soldiers attacked. Heroes were dispatched and most of the team was recovered, but Angelica had been swept away by the storm and was lost.
Seven years passed before she returned. For Angelica, only two years had passed, seven months in the deepest part of the Shadow Shard. The storm had tossed her deeper and further than any human had ventured, deeper even than most Rularuu ever visited. It is unknown if it was the storm, the length of time in deep Shadow or some interaction with the suit she wore, but Angelica was changed. She was able to call upon the energies of the Shadow Shard and manipulate reality on a quantum level. Her mind was also changed, her disconnect with humanity is deepened beyond the quirky levels of her youth. Angelica often appears to lack empathy and has difficulty with emotional reactions and connections.
Officials at S.E.R.A.P.H. were contacted to assist with her initial recovery. Time alone in the Shadow Shard had left Angelica slightly unhinged and she had in fact required capture from the Shard in order to bring her home. With help, she is reconnecting with humanity. Becoming a registered Hero is part of the process, therapy of a sorts, as well as allowing Angelica to study the effects her abilities are capable of producing.
Angelica still contributes to the scientific community, both as a researcher and as an occasional speaker at Paragon University. She has written numerous articles on quantum physics but requires a co-author to help present them in a fashion which is publishable. To this end she maintains a very close relationship with Portal Corps and has her own office and research lab at their facility on Peregrine Island.
As Halo Jones, a nod towards her real name of Angelica, she is a member of Heroics, a Super Hero group registered with Paragon. Halo is uninterested in most 'street level' crime and unless pressed by one of her companions or directly assaulted herself, she is unlikely to interfere with common criminals. On the other hand, she is highly intrigued by 'mad science' outbreaks and can barely be held back from rushing off on her own to investigate Nemesis plots and rumors of strange experiments being conducted by The Council. And, of course, she will always assist in any investigation requested by Portal Corps.
OOC
This is the Virtue Verse Version of my hero on Liberty, also named Halo Jones. In my mind they are alternate reality versions of the same person. Their powers are completely different.
Halo's powersets are Gravity and Time. My interpretation of her powers is that she manipulates reality at the level of what is currently being termed 'quantum foam' by physicists. In broad strokes, she can change reality and cause gravity to fluctuate, increase the mass of a person, lock them in a moment of personal time, distort their perceptions and cause reality itself to resist their ability to move. I have decided she does not in fact 'control' time, but she is capable of controlling subatomic particles to produce effects which are indistinguishable from controlling time from a layman's point of view.
Side Effect Powers and Alterations to Game SFX
The Celestial Wings on Halo are representations of a low level disturbance in quantum reality that emanates from her spine. It can cause unusual fluctuations in locale time and space, resulting in various incongruent manifestations. For example, someone standing in it's effect might flip a coin one hundred times in a row and have it always come up on the same side. Or their drink might spontaneously erupt with carnivorous butterflies. This fluctuation is always stronger when she is using her powers.
Use of the "Propel" power is actually pulling quantum junk from the Shadow Shard. The reason it looks like different objects to different people is that the reality of the propelled object is wildly fluctuating and it is in fact altering in nature until stress from subatomic particles causes the object to dissolve.
When using the powers Chrono Shift, Fire Sight, Temporal Mending and Temporal Selection, Halo is not creating future distorted time boosting fields. She is creating the same effect by stealing from alternate reality versions of the subject. Time's Juncture, Slowed Response and Distortion Field similarly manipulate alternate reality quantum foam so as to debilitate her chosen targets. Time Stop and Time Crawl, however, are actually Halo effecting time by manipulating the quantum foam.
See Also
http://ouroportal.com/wiki/Halo_Jones_(Liberty)
