Rise of the White Devil

[Comartemis]

Name: Monica
Alias: None
Class: Mage, bombardment specialist
Species: Artificial Human
Gender: Female
Age: 4 years old, appears to be 11 years old
Height: 4’1â€

[Syllinia]

Looks good. We can always use more openly evil people around MSF. Welcome aboard!

[Comartemis]

Syl, her alignment is chaotic neutral. She's just as likely to side with the forces of good as she is with the forces of evil; she really doesn't care so long as there's a fight going on. But thank you, I'm glad you approve.

[Sasha]

good is over rated

[Sam]

Yay for neutrals!

[Syllinia]

You didn't describe a neutral. Neutral would not kill unless they had good reason to do so. "Kill whoever gets in her way" and a "neverending quest for power" are evil. Evil people don't go around looking for things to kill, that's psychopathic. And a neutral also doesn't tend to desire conflict and war.

Oh, and evil doesn't really tend to side with evil. Evil people tend to clash more when dealing with others who are amoral, while goody-goodys are more predicible and more easily manipulated. Read your D&D Player's Guide again.

[Sasha]

*grabs sy's prinnie and throws it at her* that is evil

[Comartemis]

Update 1: It occured to me that Nanoha has a bunch of methods for boosting the power of her attacks--methods which Monica also has--so I went back and detailed some of her more commonly-used attacks, including baseline power levels for each one to use as a reference.

[Comartemis]

The Silver Guard
Guardians of St. Cosmos
Monica’s personal army, built and equipped with the assistance of Dark Azer and Unit Zero. Monica’s troops are all artificial mages like she is, using the genetic data of a variety of girls with the right temperaments to be the defenders of the neutral colony of St. Cosmos, as well as assisting Monica in her ongoing war with the Time-Space Administration Bureau.

The entirety of the Silver Guard is made up of magical girls with mass-produced magical weapons and armor similar to Monica’s staff, Havoc. Each soldier’s weapon and armor systems are connected to her Linker Core—the source of a mage’s magic in Monica’s part of the multiverse—which allows them to focus and channel a more-or-less unlimited supply of magical energy to use as ammunition. Individual weapons vary widely between different divisions, but all weapons can be broken down into two broad categories:

Energy Weapons: Energy weapons utilize a combination of fire and lightning magic to create natural plasma and shape it into whichever form is required by the weapon in question. Alternatively, raw elemental mana can be channeled through the weapons and granted special properties by spell templates; a simple plasma beam might curve at a certain point, for instance, or split into numerous smaller beams. This is the prevailing attack type used by the air and space forces, as well as the artillery units, who value energy weapons for their versatility.

Solid Munitions: Solid slugs and missiles are created using the same basic principle as energy weapons, but these use solid masses of mana—usually steel or destruction mana, but fire, ice, and lightning mana are often used as well—bound into the shapes of bullets or missiles by spell templates. These same templates can be used to make a round home in on a target, allowing for the creation and usage of homing missiles.

Armor: Monica’s troops are protected by powerful barrier jackets similar to the one Monica wears. These are a combination of standard armor and personal force field generators that greatly enhance durability among Monica’s troops. These fields primarily nullify damage from ballistic attacks by absorbing kinetic energy—to the degree where nothing short of armor-piercing bullets will even leave bruises—but they also enhance a soldier’s defense against energy and magic-based attacks.

[Comartemis]

The Commanders:
Sakura:
The first of all the mages Monica created, Sakura initially refused to serve when Monica told her what she’d been created for. In the ensuing argument, Monica came to realize that she’d been thinking of her would-be soldiers as tools, rendering her no better than her own creator. She quickly relented on her position, and Sakura compromised, saying that she would gladly help to protect the civilians of St. Cosmos in times of war.

Sakura is one of only two “pure” mages among Monica’s creations (the other being Tomoyo). Based on the genetic data of Kinomoto Sakura and magically enhanced using research on the notorious Clow Cards, Sakura uses only a barrier jacket, a staff, and her own abilities, not utilizing any form of magitech as a weapon. Sakura is able to use her infamous cards with very little effort; merely speaking the name of one of her cards is sufficient to invoke that card’s powers. Sakura speaks in green text.

Tomoyo:
Sakura’s closest friend (and lover, some rumors suggest), Tomoyo is based on the genetic data of Daidouji Tomoyo of Cardcaptor Sakura fame. Tomoyo is in charge of reconnaissance uses extremely powerful scrying spells to uncover enemy activities and obtain up-to-date information on a battlefield. Tomoyo is also in charge of the medics and is a highly accomplished cleric capable of using a wide variety of healing and defensive spells, as well as a variety of holy-based attack spells and stat reduction spells. Tomoyo speaks in violet text.

Usagi:
Also known as Weapon S among her fellow soldiers, Usagi is the culmination of Monica’s research and technological achievement. Based on the genetic data of the infamous Sailor Moon and bolstered by magic-enhanced cybernetics, Usagi is Monica’s trump card, a living superweapon designed to turn the tide of any engagement. Her personality has been tweaked slightly to make her more like the late Princess Serenity, which has all but eliminated the airheadedness she is best known for, leaving behind a dedicated soldier who never surrenders no matter what the odds are. She usually commands the infantry, fast attack, and heavy assault forces unless her presence is needed on the battlefield.

Usagi’s armor is based on the X42S Destiny Gundam. Her weapons loadout includes twin beam rifles, palm-mounted beam cannons, a pair of beam boomerangs mounted in her shoulder pauldrons, twin beam sabers at her hips, a large beam cannon behind the left shoulder, a two-handed beam sword behind the right shoulder, and wrist-mounted beam shields.

Her most deadly feature, however, are her “hikari no tsubasa”, her wings of light. This is a powerful movement spell that Usagi can trigger at will. In practice it is nearly identical to Monica’s Flash Move spell; the primary difference is that it lasts as long as Usagi wants it to, allowing her to move constantly at speeds much too fast to track with the naked eye. Whenever Usagi uses this movement spell, she leaves afterimages in her wake. Usagi always speaks in yellow text.

Hotaru:
Based on the genetic data of the Sailor Senshi of the same name, Hotaru is the soft-spoken leader of the artillery division. Her armor is modeled after the GX-9900 Gundam X, and she comes equipped with a pair of machine pistols, a beam shield, a beam saber, and a Satellite Gun mounted on her right shoulder.

This is Hotaru’s primary weapon, an artillery piece that utilizes raw destruction mana, which Hotaru can manipulate with very little effort. At standard power settings, it can be used to attack heavily-defended positions and fortified bunkers or as an anti-air cannon, but when Monica gives the go-ahead, Hotaru can release its’ safety locks and use it in its’ full capacity as a surface-to-orbit weapon capable of destroying satellites, small planetoids, and starships as big (and as heavily-shielded) as Star Destroyers with a single shot. While it may not seem like much of a superweapon, Hotaru’s Satellite Gun does not have a cool-down period, and can be fired many times in rapid succession. The Satellite Gun comes equipped with a targeting computer to assist Hotaru with making her shots count. Hotaru always speaks in indigo text.

Hokuto:
Elder sister to Hotaru by mere hours, Hokuto is also born of the genetic data of Sailor Saturn, but her role and personality could not be more different from Hotaru’s. Where Hotaru is renowned for her friendly nature and massive firepower, Hokuto is known and feared for her abilities as an assassin, as well as the ice cold emotionless mask she never lifts except in the presence of her little sister.

Hokuto is the leader of Monica’s Special Operations squad, and is able to slip in and out of shadows with the ease of a wraith (a result of her training with Monica in the arts of shadow magic, which she and her subordinates have all mastered). Her armor and weapon loadout is nearly identical to the Deathscythe Hell Gundam. Monica calls the armor choice most appropriate, because Hokuto strikes like death itself; swiftly, silently, and without remorse. She uses a special pair of silenced machine pistols and daggers when on covert missions, and her signature beam scythe when she merely wishes to wreak havoc on enemy formations, which she does with great efficiency. Like her little sister, Hokuto can also manipulate destruction mana with very little effort, and almost always uses it as the energy source for her beam scythe. Hokuto always speaks in bold indigo text.

Suzuka:
The first artificial mage to use magitech as a part of her arsenal, Suzuka is based on the genetic data of a childhood friend of Nanoha’s whom Monica has fond memories of. Suzuka is soft-spoken and shy in most settings, but on the battlefield she fights with purpose and dedication. Her armor is based off of the X20A Strike Freedom mobile suit, and she is a good friend of the Tomoe siblings. She is also the commander of Monica’s air forces, and can usually be found on the bridge of the Flame Haze, Monica's one and only warship.

Suzuka is equipped with a pair of beam sabers, twin laser rifles, and a quartet of laser cannons, two at her hips and two attached to her wings that fire over her shoulders when in use. She also has dual beam shields mounted on her forearms. Her wings contain a special “DRAGOON” system, a series of eight remote-controlled beam turrets that detach from Suzuka’s wings and allow her to fire on her enemies from all sides.

Suzuka specializes in fighting against multiple opponents at once. She is able to split her attention between multiple targets with no loss of performance, and frequently uses all her laser cannons and the DRAGOON system at once to attack separate enemies. Suzuka always speaks in blue text.

Alisa:
The last of Monica’s artificial mage ‘commander units’, Alisa serves as a tactician and battlefield coordinator. Her armor and weapons are based off the Wing Zero Custom (as seen in Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz), and her genetic data is taken from Arisa Bannings, another of Nanoha’s friends whom Monica remembers fondly.

Alisa is a hot-headed tomboy with a soft spot for Suzuka and Hotaru. She is loud and brash and loves to solve her problems with her fists (or her guns, as the case may be), but she also knows when to settle down and discuss her issues diplomatically.

In theory, Alisa is the Grand Admiral of Monica’s air and space forces, but as the only capital-class ship in Monica’s armada is her personal flagship, the Flame Haze, Alisa currently only commands Suzuka and the forces under her command. Arisa always speaks in dark red text.

[Comartemis]

The Troops:
Infantry: The most numerous of Monica’s troops, these are common foot soldiers and the main guardians of order within the walls of St. Cosmos. The two main “models” of infantrywomen are based on the RX-78 Gundam and the MS-06J Zaku II, and are armed with beam sabers and shields, and either beam rifles for the Gundams or machine guns for the Zakus.

Fast Attack: Perhaps the most unusual of Monica’s troops, the fast attack squads are magical catgirls with armor and weapon loads based on the Liger Zero (of Zoids fame) instead of a particular mobile suit. The fast attack squads are the most versatile of all of Monica’s troops, able to switch their weapon configurations on the fly. In their standard “Jager” forms they only have access to the energy claws mounted on their gauntlets, but are capable of moving at shockingly fast speeds. The Panzer and Schneider configurations are the only forms ever used while in combat, sacrificing speed for additional firepower; the Panzer form grants an arsenal of missile pods and a pair of hand cannons, while users of the Schneider form have so many bladed edges to their bodies that they could easily be mistaken for Witchblade wielders.

Heavy Assault: Monica’s assault units are based on the XXXG-01HC Heavyarms Custom and pack more heat than any other unit in Monica’s army save for Hotaru, Usagi, Suzuka, and Sakura. These walking arsenals carry a pair of dual Gatling guns and sport a pair of missile pods in their shoulder pauldrons, as well as a pair of beam cannons on their backs that slide up to fire over the shoulders when in use.

Stealth: Monica’s special operations forces are based on the X12A Testament mobile suit and come equipped with a pair of beam sabers, and arm-mounted beam shield, and a single beam rifle, but they make up for their lack of heavy armaments with a variety of exotic forms of magic, such as shadow magic and status-inflicting spells. They are also trained in the manipulation of destruction mana, a trick that comes in handy on demolition assignments.

Medics: Dedicated healers assigned to each individual squad, the medics are based on the GN-001 Exia Gundam, and are outfitted with a number of blades for close combat (twin beam sabers and beam swords and a single beam shield), but as one would expect their expertise resides in healing and support magic. Medics usually hang back from an engagement and cast healing and status-enhancing spells like Haste and Shell. Their only offensive spells are status spells like Slow and Stop, which are almost always used to buy time to evacuate a battlefield.

Artillery: Monica’s artillery forces are made up of heavily-armed girls with armor based on the GX-9900 Gundam X. Their weapon loadouts are identical to Hotaru’s save for their primary armaments; these units trade out the Satellite Gun for a quartet of high-powered energy cannons, two mounted on each shoulder. Separate targets can be assigned to each individual cannon, allowing a single unit to assault several different points at once.

Air Forces: The air forces under Suzuka’s command are based on the X10A Freedom and carry a quartet of laser cannons attached to the wings, as well as dual beam sabers, a laser rifle, and a beam shield on the left arm. Each unit has received special genetic modification that grants them a superior degree of spatial awareness, making them incredibly hard to sneak up on and allowing them to focus on multiple targets at once with no loss of performance.