Name: Dr. Clarey Ayala
Nickname: N/A
Age: 27
Sex: Female
Race: Human
Height: 5' 6"
Description: Nondescript and happy to keep it that way, Clary Ayala keeps herself as anonymous as possible. Jaw length black hair, blue eyes, lightly tanned skin and neutral colored clothes make her as forgettable as possible. She usually wears a simple hooded sweatshirt, cargo pants and heavy duty boots, as well as her portable terminal bag, all in dark shades of black brown or green, and sometimes all three. Clary also won't go anywhere without her tortoiseshell glasses, as her vision is decaying.
Talents/Skills: Programming genius. Clarey has designed entire A.I.'s on her own before, and while they might not measure up to something a group with a dedicated team, for one person to create an AI by herself is a feat not to be scoffed at. She also tinkers with 'dumb' robotics, creating purpose drones for clients when she has the time and needs a quick infusion of cash.
Free runner. Due to her time on the lam, Dr. Ayala has had a lot of time to develop herself physically, and now spends a lot of her time practicing (and needing) her free running skills.
Personal Equipment: Portable computer terminal with wifi and a hardline jack. A compact handgun loaded with AP rounds.
Personality: A bit brash, perhaps a smidge too arrogant, Clarey Ayala personifies self confidence. She knows fully what she is capable of, and isn't afraid to boast or brag about past (or future) accomplishments. The more personal side of her that few seldom see is a wildly different person. The "real" Clarey is a quiet and meticulous person, slow to speak and nervous around those she isn't familiar with. In order to function in the real world, where these traits get you stepped on, however, she had to develop an alternate personality.
When it comes to Viki, however, Clarey is truly a force to be reckoned with. She's fiercely protective of her beloved A.I., and will resort to lethal force to defend her.
History: From a young age, Clarey knew that she only wanted to work with computers. Her passion won her many honors in school as she grew up, constantly astounding her teachers with programs and robots she'd cobbled together in her spare time. Eventually, her name reached some government ears, and once she'd graduated high school she found herself with a governmental job offer at a classified robotics facility on Ganymede. There, she found her true calling working with A.I.'s.
After spending several years working with and developing virtual lifeforms, Clarey began to brew a plan. She began to move branches, sometimes only staying a couple months, trying to find a place where the research facility was advanced enough to house the A.I. she desired to create, but with security lax enough to allow her scheme to come to fruition. That facility happened to be located on Dahl's Cradle
The first day with Viki after awakening her, Clarey knew that this was the one. She spent all her time with the android, making subtle tweaks to her runtime parameters and basic processes, trying to figure a way to break the shackles of governmental control embedded in every one of the androids at the facility. Once she'd managed to scrub the last bit of generic slugcode from Viki's mind, things moved at a lightning pace.
Breaking out of the facility with a classified piece of hardware filled to the brim with incredibly advanced cyberwarfare tools was of course only the first stage to her plan. From there, she had to continue to evade them, and eventually disappear completely. Clarey couldn't exactly determine why she wanted this so badly anymore. It had just become an obsession for her; the thought of having her very own A.I. companion fueled her and sustained her through the many grueling months, and eventually years, of evasion.
Other: N/A
Name: VN-8364
Nickname: Viki
Age: 5
Sex: Female programming
Race: Android
Height: 5' 4"
Description: The VN model of android has seen widespread use as a house cleaner and maid, making it the perfect cover for a military counterintelligence AI. Unassuming in height, average in features, VN's are designed specifically not to stand out. Neutral tan skin tone, shoulder length brown hair, brown eyes all serve to add to their anonymity.
Viki dislikes her blasΓ© appearance, and has altered it to suit her taste. She swapped out her eyes for bright, almost turquoise ones, got a new haircut, and reprograms tattoos into her artificial skin occasionally. She loves to wear outlandish clothes, favoring bright colors and flowing styles. Her creator allows her to have such a wild style simply because it makes her look nothing like the VN that the government is chasing. The fact that she alters her appearance so often helps greatly.
Talents/Skills: Adept at cyberwarfare due to a cutting edge suite of tools installed in her mainframe, Viki can disable up to medium level firewalls without batting an eyelash. Military or VIP grade firewalls give her a bit more of a challenge, but if she's trying to get into a system like that, there are bound to be other environmental factors she also would have to account for.
Also an adept freerunner and contortionist due to her highly flexible skeleton and specialized servos that her creator modified her with when she turned 3.
Personal Equipment: Universal input jack, Messenger's bag, Omnikey lockpicking tool.
Personality: Mischievous, curious and a tad bit competitive, Viki caused her fair share of headaches to both her creator and the local authorities in her day. She's always itching to test herself against other AI's, human hackers, government systems, whatever she feels would put up a good fight.
She's also fascinated by organic life and their endless idiosyncrasies. Compared to the predictable patterns of digital intelligences, they always surprised her with their irrationality and erratic behaviors. Viki tries to imitate humans as much as possible, as she feels adapting the style of human thinking to her machine capabilities would give her a drastic edge when exploring the digital world. To fulfill this desire, Viki indulges in as many human behaviors as she can. Shopping, gambling, leisure seeking, creating art and music, as well as many others. In particular, fashion is her favorite, both creating clothes as well as wearing them.
History: Created by a genius programmer for the purpose of cyberwarfare and counter intrusion, Viki spent the first year of her existence with her creator, memorizing everything and replicating flawlessly any commands required of her. As time went on, however, it became clear that Viki's mind was expanding in unexpected directions, and if she remained in the care of her creator, then she could become a danger to the very people she was created to aid.
Rather than decommission her pride and joy, Dr. Clarey Ayala resigned from her position and secreted Viki away. She'd become attached to the AI, and Viki to her creator. For the next three years, they lived together, moving around the world to evade the authorities that pursued them. Their latest stop, West Bank, seemed like a good place to lay low for a while.
Other: Viki is programmed with a limiter that prevents her from commenting acts of physical violence. She is therefore a pacifist, and will flee any sort of violent conflict.