character profile

Lorelei Ogden is a former Gamma Trita Corporation (GTC) operative and now an unaffiliated freedom fighter. She abandoned a mundane life as a Starline Shipping captain upon realizing she was holding secrets that Starline and GTC wanted to contain. She worked briefly with Deed Industries to oppose them, before truly becoming independent. 

She was the driving force behind the destruction of Project Galatea, the infamous research initiative launched by GTC to fuse human minds with android bodies. Her success at the Battle of Oberon has made her a folk hero to many across the Sol system. Even so, they chose to abandon Sol and move to Elyssia in the Minta system. There, she lives a quiet life with her partner April Vasquez.

Physical Description:

• Age: 35
• Height: 5'10"
• Hazel eyes, light complexion, shoulder-length bright red hair
• Lanky and muscular physique
• Originally chosen by GTC to be an agent because she has plain enough looks to blend into most situations

Core Personality and Transformation:

• Originally designed by GTC as a more docile personality named Lorelei Ogden, she began her journey as a Starline Shipping captain with a clean, albeit unspectacular, record
• Experienced growing discontent with her monotonous life ferrying medical supplies, coupled with severe headaches and vivid dreams that signaled the breakdown of the neural partition separating her from Mia Semm
• Outwardly confident and brash, but inwardly weary from a life filled with betrayals and constant attempts on her life
• Dry wit, using sarcasm to project confidence
• Vulnerable and empathetic, deeply affected by betrayals and losses
• Questions who she can trust, a sentiment that extends to herself as she grapples with the Mia Semm persona
• Struggles with the implications of her past as Mia Semm, particularly her capacity for violence and manipulation
• Longs for a "normal life" with partner April Vasquez.

Internal Conflicts and Evolution 

• Journey is defined by internal conflict. 
• Constantly wrestles with her identity as Lorelei Ogden versus Mia Semm
• Aims to move past the ruthless, detached nature of Semm, often feeling guilt for her actions, like killing Dr. Zand
• Lingering influence of Mia Semm's skills and memories, which Ogden sometimes relies on for survival
• Faces betrayal repeatedly, which makes her wary of trusting others, sometimes resorting to manipulative tactics herself
• Consistently chooses to fight for what she believes is right, especially for those she cares about
• Relationships, particularly with April Vasquez, provide her with a moral compass and a reason to persevere, transforming her into a leader who inspires others

Skills and Abilities

• Combat Prowess: innate survival skills and combat prowess, inherited from Mia Semm identity. Skilled in most forms of combat, both melee and ranged, effectively using pulse guns, knives, and hand-to-hand combat
• Infiltration & Stealth: Training plus regular usage of dampening suits helps stave off camera feeds and scanners
• Ocular Implants: Possessed rare and expensive ocular implants that were secretly left intact by Dr. Artem. These implants allowed her to pull information from GTC databases about people she looks at and heighten her visual senses. They had a failsafe that shuts them off after minutes of use to prevent GTC detection. Now considered non-functional.