Blackberry Sting

Name	Blackberry Sting (Heroic Name)
Gender	Female, ace
Homeworld	Paragon City RI, Earth Heroic Prime
Class	Junior, 28k
Nut	Quite Nutty in fact
Totem	None, Mentored by Rita Tailor the Retail Retali8r
Smarts	6
Bod/Feet	5
RWP (M)	5
Luck	3
Drive	1 (Navigate 6)
Looks	4
Cool	4
Bonk	3
Powers	Energy Give And Take - Blackberry is able to both siphon and redistribute highly concentrated bursts of energy into a living thing or object smaller than about 20 lbs. Generally she can transfer this power aggressively (melee range punching and jabs) or passively (distristbuting it as a potent buff to an ally's attacks or strength), but must be close range to do either. She can also separately buff the metabolic processes of an ally so that poisons wear off quickly, movement rates are increased temporarily, and general health is restored in a short period. She can revive a fallen team member from grave injuries, but it must be very recent and she must not be interrupted while doing this as it takes all her energy and concentration. Speed Bursts - As a 'travel power', she can enhance her own speed for short periods, slightly less so than the ally buff she grants to her team mates. She's always felt that this is a bit of a weak point, because she has to scout ahead, rather than being able to keep pace with the team all the time they're buffed. This speed burst when applied to others lasts them around 3 minutes, increasing their movement rate 2x, but on herself it lasts only 90 seconds, and increases it around 1.5x which she feels 'she got cheated'...
Clusters	Buff The Healer +3 She knows exactly where to put her efforts, and that is to keep the team as healthy as possible for as long as she can; thus if it feels like she's 'ignoring' you? That's because you're not in danger, and she knows danger when she sees it too
Skills	Pick The Boss Off First +3 Do this, always, because duh. When minions see their big-bad leader fall, they tend to scatter, and she can sense just exactly who is the best target for such things Anatomy +3 Want to feel your hands go numb from a jab to your gut? How about where to put pressure on your buddy so he doesn't bleed out? She knows, she's good at describing these things as well, so others can benefit while she's off incapacitating a boss... Fight Smarter And Harder +2 Always watch your enemy for a bit before entering combat. You never know, you might discover some other way to get around them, or spot runners, and preventing them from alerting their boss is vital particularly in close quarters
Knacks	Don't Argue With The Healer +3 Really, just do not. This applies in combat, out of combat, at dinner, or on the Internet...
1	Practical Composition / Feliciane / Passing
2	Locals (Skin) Twoarth History / Huntington / Decent
3	Cartography / Lari / Excellent
4	Psionic Healing / Retali8r * / Superb
5	Martial Arts for the Fashion Conscious / Carver * / Superb
6	Practical Anatomy / V. Sanger / Excellent
7	Danger Rooms and Reset Buttons / Moonrose * / Excellent
8	Snappy Comebacks and Heroic Banter / Carver / Excellent
Pets	None, but she doesn't mind escort missions, because she can speed everyone along and avoid slow enemies
Parents?	No parents, only clone samples
Siblings?	Technically speaking the other Protectors, but they aren't really 'relatives', she greatly looks up to her loud-mouthed mentor and Wilson equally but doesn't feel the need to emulate them, having found her own way thanks to their guidance
Notes	* Healing, Martial Arts, and Danger Room practice all count toward local training and permit requirements to perform in the field; Danger Room and Martial Arts both count as Physical Education credit
Weakness	Robotics and long range enemies - non-living enemies or items cannot be affected by her power over energy save for destroying small items such as luggage, crates, or computer parts. She has to leave those to others while in a team, and feels fairly useless if their enemies are made up of only clockwork-soldier types. Also she is unable to produce an effective attack at distances farther than 10 feet from herself, however she does plot routes that allow her to weave through groups to affect as many as possible on their way through a building or battlefield.

Blackberry expressed immediate interest in anatomy and practical applications of her innate navigational prowess. Rita knew just the ways to exploit those things. Though she couldn't use the teleportation that her mentor did to damage them, having the ability to spot weak points in enemies and plot to find their most vulnerable organs was pretty clearly Blackberry's forte. That, and her very good understanding of layouts, cityscapes, and escape routes would allow any team to benefit from a well-planned attack. The telepaths in the group of mentors easily saw through her eyes: when she looked at a structure, she saw a hazy aura of lines which pinpointed open and closed doors, blocked hallways, access elevators, and the like. They... noted well that she saw the same kinds of things when she looked at biological enemies...

What she learned specifically from Rita on many jaunts into SACCADE's danger room (under strict supervision, of course) was that when working with a team, there was no need to keep buffing the tank or heavy hitter - they already hit hard, and could endure physically. But the ranged members of the team, and those with more ecclectic powers like herself, needed those buffs to keep up and make a bigger difference than they might on their own. Having watched replays of a lot of Retail Retali8r's fights, her refrain of "DON'T ANGER THE HEALER" had become the norm. If she couldn't see you, or reach you, she cannot heal you - and she made it absolutely clear thanks to Wilson's Snappy Comebacks class, if a teammate was out of that range.

Though she made a better than typical team leader and would absolutely rise to the challenge if no one else on a team seemed apt, she did prefer to take orders from a more bold spearpoint-type, so that she could remain near the group rather than rushing ahead on her own and then rushing back or waiting for the buffed team to show up. She didn't like engaging enemies alone, as her attacks, while powerful enough to take down minion-level enemies, tended to wear her out more than buffing teammates does. She would be best trusted as a right-hand lieutenant to whoever is leading the team, and liked to work with ** and ** for that reason.