Elaina Rhysenn (Freedom)
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Relevant History
Elaina Rhysenn was born and raised in Paragon City, and she's seen it all. The Hollowing. Reichsman's invasion. The First Rikti Invasion. Despite all she's been through, Elaina managed to remain relatively sane and happy. She'd never thought much about heroes, always thinking of them as just being there. Elaina met Bitt Player as a freshman at Paragon City University, and was fascinated by his admiration of Paragon's heroes. The two quickly became friends, and Elaina built Bitt's electricity-based weapons. Later, she provided Bitt with more high-grade technology, and eventually decided to become a hero herself, using a prototype powered armor suit, which is designed with melee weaponry in mind.
Current Status
Elaina is the keystone upon which the Paragon Titans rest. She maintains Bitt's equipment and Android Rho's systems, as well as providing direct-combat force using her own armor, and offering valuable insights and advice. She maintains contacts in several government organizations and technical fields, and her work for the federal government is the reason why the Titans have any funding to speak of. Elaina can usually be found in her extensive workshop, or else hunting down villains.
Personality
Despite everything she's seen as a citizen of Paragon, Elaina maintains an upbeat mindset, and fully enjoys her talent for the technological. Always moving from one project to the next, Elaina is constantly on the lookout for villains employing some previously-unseen weapon or machine that she can confiscate and reverse-engineer. Elaina takes a highly proactive approach to crime-fighting, prefering to attack people with obviously ill intent, such as members of the Council and similar groups, before they can actually do anything wrong. Elaina has noticed a habit in her fellow Paragon Titans to seek her out when in need of advice or guidance, a fact that she doesn't paticularly mind, as she is always willing offer ideas. Elaina has strong right-wing political views, and in fact first met Bitt Player at a meeting of PCU's College Republicans.
Abilities
Elaina Rhysenn's mechanical and technological aptitude are extremely high. She has, among other accomplishments, contructed weapons and other machines based on purely theoretical concepts, fully repaired an android of previously-unseen complexity, restored the AI of said android, and restored a faster-than-light extra-stellar communication system based on hypothetical metaphysics to -admittedly temporary- functionality. Reverse-engineering is Elaina's special talent, and the things she's discovered about many villain-made technologies are of great interest to multiple branches of the United States government.
Equipment
Experimental Powered Armor Suit
Designed based on Raoul Kasima's powered armor and Android Rho's chassis, Elaina's suit was a prototype constructed to test its potential for military mass production. Although it is highly durable, the armor's shock-absorbing capabilities are rather below Elaina's expectations. The armor also enhances strength and speed, and carries an anti-gravity travel system similar to the one Elaina created for Bitt Player, but much smaller. This allows it to be contained within the armor itself instead of on wings, but requires rockets integrated into the armor's lower legs for movement.
Solidified-Energy Armaments
Consisting of a broadsword that consists of two metal vanes that project short-distance energy fields with significant cutting power, as well as a variety of shields ranging from an Impervium-alloy kite shield to a small projector that creates a disk of solidified energy, Elaina's armaments are highly experimental means of modernizing archaic weaponry.