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Honeybee

Created 1985 by P. Rogers

Background:  Honeybee is a member of the Kith.  She is both warrior and social anthropologist.  She came to Earth to study how humans operate in social situations, and became particularly fascinated with the subcultures typically referred to as "superheroes" and "supervillains."

She was recruited by Lomax Kijarat an became a founding member of the New Conquerors.  Her natural predatory instincts are a natural match for the bounty hunting trade.

Personality/Motivation:  Honeybee is both social anthropologist and predatory hunter.  She enjoys the hunt and the chase more than the "kill" however, and will often pit her wits and skills against those of her bounty prey.

Quote:  "Humans are such interesting animals."

Powers/Tactics: As a member of the Kith, Honeybee is a combination of insect and mammal, with abilities of both groups.

She can expel needle-sharp, razor-edged "stingers" from her forearms. She expels them in small clusters of three to five. Each cluster counts as one attack. The stingers are composed of a chiton like material, and are produced and stored in her forearms. Each is about half-inch long and has negligible width. They are ejected from her arms by immensely powerful muscle contractions. They will puncture all physical armors, but are impaired by the impermability of force fields (AVLD). The glands in her forearms also produce a natural neuro-toxin which causes unconsciousness (NND). The glands produce only a limited amount of neuro-toxin per day (charges).

Honeybee also has a subdermal chiton which provides defense.  The chiton is not visible unless she takes Body from an attack, in which case the mammalian tissue covering the chiton is damaged, temporarily revealing the chiton below.  She also regenerates.

Appearance: Unless injured, Honeybee looks like a normal human, about 5'7" tall, 160 pounds with long strawberry red hair and green eyes.

Campaign Use: Honeybee is a member of the New Conquerors.  She has an extremely predatory nature, and more than any of the other New Conquerors, she continues to pursue bounties.  She does not discriminate based on who offers the bounty - she takes what interests her - and this will sometimes lead her in to conflict with "the good guys."

Honeybee (a.k.a. Klee T'chak)

Value	Characteristic	Cost		100+	Disadvantages
45	Strength	35		20	Affiliation: New Conquerors *
26	Dexterity	48		15	Secret ID
28	Constitution	36		10	Hunted by PEL, 8-
16	Body	12		15	Hunted by UNTIL, 8-
15	Intelligence	5		10	Hunted by SAT, 8-
14	Ego	8		5	Enraged, 8- if takes Body, recover 11-
20	Presence	10		15	Berserk, 8- if hit by insecticides, recover 8-
18	Comeliness	4		5	Vuln.: 1.5× Stun from insecticides
9	Physical Defense	0		10	Psych. Lim.: Predatory instincts
11	Energy Defense	5		13	Enraged, 11- if innocents harmed, recovers 11-
6	Speed	24		5	Vuln.: 1.5× Body from cold
15	Recovery	0		10	Vuln.: 2× Effect from Mental Illusions
60	Endurance	2		10	Reputation: Predatory bounty hunter, 11-
53	Stun	0		10	Phys. Lim.: Alien morphology (-5 to human-based medical skill rolls)
	Characteristic Total	189		293	Experience Spent
	Power Total	362		541	Disadvantage Total
	Total Points	541

Points	Power	End Cost
15	EC - Insect Powers
35	1) 25" Flight, 1/2 End (+1/4), 4x non-combat, "Wings" (-1/2)	2
40	2) 1d6+1 physical RKA, AVLD (FF) (+1 1/2), 1/2 End (+1/4), "poison needles"	2
15	3) 1/2 rPD Damage Reduction
18	4) Force Field (7,7), Fully Invisible (+1), 0 End (+1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Always On (-1/2), "subdermal chiton"
37	5d6 EB, NND (RKA must cause Body), Linked to RKA (-1/2), [32c] (+1/4), "poison needles"	0
10	Damage Resistance (9,11)
15	1/4 rED Damage Reduction
10	1/4 Mental Damage Reduction
16	Regeneration, 2 Body/minute (-1/4)
7	Flash Defense (6) v. Sight, Hardened (+1/4)
5	+10 Presence, Only for Defense (-1)
6	LS: Immune to Disease, Radiation
5	UV Sight
	Skills	Roll
4	PS: Entomologist	13
2	KS: Human Psychology	11
1	Familiarity: Electronics	8
1	Familiarity: Persuasion	8
4	KS: NC Battletongue	13
3	Acrobatics	14
4	SCI: Entomology	13
2	+1 OCV poison needles
1	Weapon Fam.: Pistols
16	Combat Levels, +2 general
3	Oratory	13
20	Overall Levels, +2
3	Concealment	12
2	Language (Spanish)
4	Language (English)
2	Language (Mandarin Chinese)
0	Language (Kith-halon, native)
	Talents	Roll
3	Ambidexterity
9	Resistance +3
	Perks	Roll
3	False ID
2	Charge Accounts
1	Passport
4	Contacts, 2 @ 11-
10	Wealth
25	Contributions to Vehicles and Bases

The character of "Honeybee" was inspired by Cardboard Heroes, produced and distributed by Steve Jackson Games, 1982 and probably Copyright © 1982 by Steve Jackson Games.  The art was done by Jeff Dee.