FTL

General Information
Full Name: Piper Dugan

Codename or Alias: Jumper, Vanish, Kid Wizard, Little Brainiac, Hyper, Hyper Piper

Gender: F

Age: 27

Birthdate: February 2

Place Of Birth: Manchester, England

Occupation/Status: "Intergalactic Problem Solver", Con, Mercenary, Freedom Fighter, and whatever else tickles her fancy that day

Alignment: Chaotic/Neutral

Skills & Abilities
Enhanced Intellect – Piper has been imbued with alien knowledge on a wide array of subjects, including numerous alien methods of FTL Travel, a handful of alien languages and dialects, the inner workings of numerous alien weapons and ships, and the biology of every alien species catalogued in the archives of the aliens that granted her this knowledge.  She even knows the history of a number of alien races up to the point of her kidnapping.

Eidetic Memory – Piper can retain memory of virtually any information of practice she has seen.  She can instantly recall anything she needs to and can imitate any action within her physical capabilities.

Overload – Piper is capable of telepathically bridging people to her mind.  And since there’s so much information swirling around in her head and her mind has been altered to handle it, this has an effect similar to psionic inundation.  It causes such a mass overload of little more than incomprehensible noise that it can lead to brain damage, memory loss, unconsciousness, vegetative states, and even death if enduring for long enough.

Weapons/Items
FTL Gear – Piper’s harness uses alien FTL technology which allows her to “Hyper Jump” short distances.  It also allows her to accelerate her movements in short bursts.  She is protected during both by an energy field.  She can use this device to change direction in the air, mid-fall, and to create "Zero Zones," which are small pockets of space in which gravity is enhanced sometimes a hundred fold.  While the Gear can theoretically be used for flight or long periods of accelerated motion, it isn't advised for the personal modules as the protective fields aren't meant to withstand the prolonged strain.  This is a feature best used on a full ship with more resources put into the barrier.  That said, Piper has been ironing out the kinks in a rendition of her gear that won't have that pesky limitation.

Particle Hand Cannons - They're particle weapons and are exactly what they sound like.

HUD Goggles - Heads-Up-Display

Personality

Likes: Cute animals, getting into trouble, pushing boundaries and making new discoveries, adrenalin, machines and the sound of engines whirring, space, goofing around and slacking off, doing normal people stuff in between escapades

Dislikes: Overly serious people, tyrants and warlords, politics, penny pinchers

Fears: Clowns, bugs (particularly of the giant variety), that no one will remember her

Bad Habits: Piper is many things.  But one thing everyone can agree on?  She is one COCKY little lady.


Background
Siblings: Blake Dugan (Brother), Patty Dugan-Price (Sister), William Price (Brother-in-Law)

Mother: Maggie Dugan (Deceased)

Father: Matthew Dugan

History: As one of a large number of people discreetly abducted by aliens (at the age of 10, no less), Piper was subjected to a handful of tests.  Her (remarkably high functioning) eidetic memory allowed her to absorb vast amounts of information.  The aliens used her as a subject of their knowledge sharing tests and she was imbued, by the age of 12, with advanced knowledge on their race and a great deal of the galaxy's secrets.  Meanwhile, other people were experimented on in other ways.  Piper joined a rebellion at 18 that eventually overthrew their captors and get the abductees back to Earth.  She and her compatriots, however, returned to the stars to seek adventure where they eventually parted ways.  Piper's continued her own personal adventures alone ever since, solving problems for credits and going wherever the... solar wing takes her.  She acts almost entirely on whim and gets into some crazy things.  She's been everything in the past 9 years from a war hero to a space pirate to a cosmic treasure hunter.  Predicting Piper is virtually impossible because of all the ancient knowledge swirling around in her head.