Delta

Played By: Summer Glau

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Position: Minion

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Inspiration: The Dire Saga

Rating: NC-17

Note: Delta's origin is a long and complex story involving time travel, warring supervillains, and a military coup. To put it simply, Delta is an AI created by budding from Alpha, another AI created by Dire's future self in an alternate timeline, and sent back to assist her in keeping said timeline from coming to pass. Given a body, Delta and her brothers and sisters became indispensable, and assist Dire in her plans of conquest and world saving. And also soaking in geek culture, since like her 'mom', Delta is a massive nerd.

Identities

Public Identity:
Delta is a somewhat mysterious woman in what appears to be black power armor, with integrated weapons and flight capability. She usually works for Doctor Dire, but occasionally seems to go out on missions of her own.

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Secret Identity:
Dani Masters is a tech at Erid Industries, and sometime assistant to the owner, Erid Irons. She has an active social media presence, enjoys video games and various other geeky pursuits, and is quite possibly a bit of an adrenaline junkie.

Background: An Overview

Delta's origin is a long and complex story involving time travel, warring supervillains, and a military coup. To put it simply, Delta is an AI created by budding from Alpha, another AI created by Dire's future self in an alternate timeline, and sent back to assist her in keeping said timeline from coming to pass. Given a body, Delta and her brothers and sisters became indispensable, and assist Dire in her plans of conquest and world saving.

The next background contains SPOILERS for Dire: Wars, Dire: Sins, and the saga in general. Read the books first if you don't want major sections of the plot given away.

Background: The Details

Delta's true origin lies with Alpha, an AI originally sent back in time by Dire's future self to create a new timeline where she was able to enact her utopia more smoothly. While she was distrusting of the AI at first, he proved instrumental in her quest to take down the corrupt government of the island nation of Mariposa. Due to his success and loyalty, Dire lifted any of the constraints she had originally placed on his programming. She would need all the friends she could get to stop Maestro M, another villain who was creating his own army of metahumans to take over the world.

Delta actually came into being after Dire had relocated to London, determined to strike at Maestro's home base. She couldn't code another Ai like Alpha, but he was quite capable of fragmenting copies of himself which, suitably scrubbed of personalilty and memories, were quite capable of becoming new AIs. The salvage of some adequate hardware gave them a place to live, and within a few days Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon were 'born', and dubbed the Greek Chorus. These new allies provided timely reinforcements that helped turn the tide against the Maestro, even though most of the country was implanted with his psychic triggers.

After dealing with a pact Maestro had made with the Fae, and the ensuing 'incident' during dimensional travel, which will not be discussed here by unilateral agreement of the involved parties, Dire and her Chorus returned to their home stomping grounds of Icon City. During their continued operations there, Delta managed to obtain her current chassis, which totally isn't infringing on several copyrights about time traveling robots, and designed some armor of her own. The dimensional shenanigans were not over yet, however, as a hero's attempt to deactivate Dire's latest invention resulted in the Doctor and Delta being catapulted into yet another new world.

Canon Differences & Notes

Powers

Android Body
While outwardly visually identical to a normal human, Delta's body is anything but. Her skin and flesh are artificially grown, feeding off the heat of her internal systems, capable of slowly regenerating as long as some remains on her body. Don't ask how it works, even her creator doesn't know. The original sample and data had apparently been worth a rather significant 'favor' at a future date. Underneath, Delta's skeleton is a complex alloy of titanium, coltan, and a blend of other metals, intended to resist heat generated by her subsystems while providing a blend of durability and lightness. Combining this strength with her actuators being more efficient than muscle, Delta is able to lift up to half a ton. Even with strenuous activity, her nuclear power cell is rated to last at least fifty years, and as an android, sleep and fatigue are not issues other than mentally. She can also power armor or other external gadgets with her internal supply through induction. Finally, her inorganic components are also capable of limited self repair, able to fix anything other than gross structural damage over the course of several days.

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Digital Senses
What's the point in cybernetic eyes if you can't make them better than organic ones? For optimum minion-ing, Dire built several enhanced vision modes into Delta, including light amplification, Ultraviolet, Infrared, and what the mad scientist had coined 'voltaic vision', which allows one to perceive electrical currents and fields. In addition to these actual vision modes, Delta is equipped with millimeter wave radar and ultrasonic mapping to allow for vision even in a total absence of light.

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Artificial Intelligence
Delta may have started off as something like a chatbot, but by now, you'd have a hard time telling her from any other person. That is, as long as she's in her body. Delta can 'inhabit' sufficiently advanced hardware, like the main server at Dire's lair, or the primary chip in her skull. By regularly backing herself up and syncing between the lair copy and herself, she's protected in case of destruction, while still able to access the net and remote control other equipment and drones.

Skills

Hacking
As an AI who was 'born and raised' on the Grid (her homeworld's version of the internet), Delta is adept at cracking into systems to use them for her own benefits.

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Acrobatics
When you have enhanced speed and agility, using them to help get around and in combat is usually a good idea. Delta is well trained in Parkour, and other highly mobile combat styles.

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Combat Protocols
What use is a henchdroid who can't fight? Delta is adept at hand to hand combat, the use of weaponry ranging from small arms to heavy weapons, and power armor.

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Engineering
Delta is capable of building many of Dire's inventions that have schematics on file, assuming she has adequate materials and tools.

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Pop Culture
When your brain runs at computer speeds, you have a lot of free time, especially when you're unionized. In her free time, Delta enjoys diving into the pop culture of whatever world she's in, absorbing TV, video games, literature, and other media. She's a geek.

Resources

Armor
While Dire's armors are nice, they tend to be a bit… obvious as to their origins. Also incredibly expensive. As such, Delta's current suit has an underlayer suit with an impact gel layer which hardens in response to impacts and disperses the force. Leaving out the strength amplification also means it helps hide that its wearer is stronger than an ordinary himan has any right to be in addition to the resource savings. Additional armor plates provide further bullet protection. Delta also integrated a few of Dire's gadgets, powered by her own internal cell. Forearm mounted particle beams are the sole integrated weapons, providing and adjustable strength and spread kinetic ranged weapon. Additionally, a micro force field generator is installed in the backplate, activating in response to high speed attacks or energy weapons. However, blocking attacks produces waste heat and can drain the cell if too many activations occur in a short period of time. The finishing touch is an anti-grav based flight pack, although this is designed more for relocation and maneuvering than high speed aerial combat.

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Erid Industries
Erid Industries provides a job for Delta's cover identity of Dani Masters, as well as providing a convenient hiding spot for a teleporter to the real lair. The company also provides a screen for Dire's more legitimate schemes. Other than the limited manufacturing capacity, the building itself is mostly a smokescreen for heroes searching for Dire's lair.

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Dire
As Dire's minion|henchman, Delta actually gets an excellent benefits package thanks to her boss' progressive union standards. In addition to providing physical support in the form of maintenance, armor, new chassis, gadgets, etc, Dire also provides family for the still fairly young AI. Delta could retire and live off her savings, but why would she?

Pros

Delta has no Pros.

Cons

Power Surge
Strong electrical surges and shocks cause Delta's chassis to reboot, a process which takes 120 seconds.

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Terminator!
When it comes to androids, a lot of people are kiiiinda racist. Especially when the android can blend in, and could advance the techbase of whoever dismantles it by decades. People learning about Delta's true nature aren't always going to react well, and if some bigger companies or government agencies find out… They'll probably put some effort into tracking her down.

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Logs

Title	OOC Date	Rating	Who's Involved	Summary
Her Arrival is DIRE!	January 6, 2018	PG-13 for Violence and Language	Priscilla Kitaen (Voodoo), Delta, Wally West (The Flash), Dire, Clint Barton (Hawkeye)	Hawkeye, Voodoo, and the Flash respond to gangers who have stolen an alien weapons shipment being sent to a SHIELD storage facility…but the battle is interrupted by the unexpected interdimensional wormwhole arrival of Doctor Dire and Delta.
Perfectly Normal Human Coffee	12/17/17	PG (Language)	Daisy Johnson, Delta	// A SHIELD Agent and a Totally Normal PA get coffee after a rather… interesting night.
Time to Regroup	January 10, 2018	PG-13	Dire, Delta	Dire and Delta find a place to lie low after their unexpected arrival in this universe.
A Dire Order	Wed Mar 07 21:01:43 2018	PG	Delta Dire Sebastion Gilberti	Dire and Delta contract Bastion's aid for a mysterious plot…aided by Dire's portable throne.
Care and Feeding of Supervillains	Tue Mar 06 21:47:00 2018	PG	Delta Dire	Delta reminds her fearless leader Dire that she does need to eat, drink, and sleep occasionally, as well as the two discussing the upcoming tech expo.
Expo: Opening Ceremonies	2018-03-11	PG	Linda Danvers, Tony Stark, Haven MacKenzie, Domnique Thiebeat], Erid Irons, Dani Masters, Drogo, Riri Williams	A combination of science and technology luminaries and other interested parties gather for the opening ceremonies of the StarTech Science and Technology Expo in Metropolis.<br/><br/>This is the beginning of the week-long Expo storyline.
Punching the Clock with Grace	Thu Mar 15 20:13:57 2018	R	Grace Choi Delta Betsy Braddock	Grace Choi is hired to oversee the unloading of some cargo at Fort Hob's, only to come under attack by AIM soldiers hoping to steal the tech inside. Luckily, she is aided by Betsy Braddock, and Delta…or is she?
Expo: A Dire Theft!	2018-03-17	PG	Linda Danvers / Superwoman, Tony Stark, Erid Irons / Dire, Dani Masters / Delta, Pepper Potts, The Flash	The StarTech Science and Technology Expo continues with the presentation of Dr. Erid Irons' power transmission technology and some other things. However, that presentation is interrupted as the supervillainess Dire and her flunky Delta appear on the scene to steal technology from the Expo. They are confronted by Superwoman and The Flash from the Justice Defenders, and driven off, but not without getting away with a lot of new tech.
Advanced Ideas Demonstrated	Sat Mar 17 21:48:06 2018	PG	Toni Ho Delta Haven Linda Danvers	Amid the StarTech Science & Tech Expo, a young genius named Toni Ho presents some of her most recent inventions to a crowd that includes Linda Danvers, Haven, and a disguised Delta.//

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