Octavia Helms

Stand with me!

☆Personal Information☆
Full Name: Octavia Laurena Helms
Codename: Gardna
Title: The Mechknight
Nickname(s): Tavi, Hard-Head, Pally, The Lion
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Ethnicity: White
Blood Type: A+

☆Appearance☆
General Appearance: Octavia is woman who has a rather resilient build. While she does have a soft and kind looking face, she carries a great deal of strength in her form. She has a good deal of muscle on her and she stands to be pretty tall. Her light brown hair is usually done up in a ponytail, either having it in a straight back, sleek style, or having it be pepped up. Her faces does carry some freckles, mainly around the cheek level.

When not doing hero work she is usually in rather easy clothes, nothing too tight or confining like jeans or jackets. If she’s working in the shop she is usually wearing a tank-top and a pair of sweatpants, occasionally wearing overalls, things she doesn’t mind getting dirty. If she’s out socializing she likes dresses or shorter clothes (she hates the heat). Almost always wrapped around her right arm is a small white cloth or bandana, an old gift from someone very dear to her.

When out doing hero work she is always in her mech-suit. Her mech-suit adds some bulk to her, though it doesn’t seem to change her form all too much. She has a chest piece that pultrudes slightly outward towards her upper chest area, the lower chest area still being covered, though less so, allowing her to have better movement. She has shoulder pads, though the right is significantly smaller than the left one. Her arms are covered with large metal plating which stretch down to her gloves, which are also very bulky. Her legs carry a similar plating, though her boots seem to have a pointed design, made to make movement easier. Finally, her helm has a very knightly aesthetic to it, though the visor glows with a white light. The entire suit has a dark silver color with a gold trim to it. The suit appears to be a more modern, technological suit of medieval armor. There are several places throughout the armor that she has space for storage of her equipment.

Height: 6’1 (out of armor), 6’4 (in armor)
Weight: 148lbs (Armor weighs more)
Eye color(s): Amber
Body build: Muscular
Hair color(s): Brown
Hair style: Usually in a ponytail
Complexion: Fair
Discerning Features: Freckles on her cheeks and a few other areas. Has some scarring from previous combat encounters.

☆Personality☆
General Personality: Octavia is a very kind and noble person. She has always had a strong sense of justice and what is right. To put it frankly, she is very heroic. Additionally, she is someone who has a very strong personality, very sure of herself, very confident. Of course, with this, she is friendly and knows how to have a good time, enjoying socializing and drinking with friends. She knows how to have a normal life.

Though, like everyone, she is far from perfect. She has a tendency to be a bit overconfident, too sure of herself in some situations and may rush forward without fulling planning out her method of attack. She can also be easily flustered if one of her pet-peeves is provoked which may cause her to not act rationally. Furthermore, she’ll often push herself when she shouldn’t, if she’s sick or injured she will still try to go out and do hero work until she physically is unable.

Most prominent personality trait: Heroic
Best traits: Confident, kind, friendly
Worst traits: Overconfident
Likes: Puppies, machines/engineering, chocolate, strawberries, socializing, oranges, steak, beer, arm-wrestling, jogging, and stuffed animals.
Dislikes: Evil-doers, having to repeat herself more than three times, the ocean, weird looking food, overly hot weather, salad, and people who steal.
Fears: Squids, alligators, and clowns
Goals: Be a hero, create a more peaceful world.
Habits: Humming while she works, working on engines when deep in thought, late night walks, and laying in the park.

☆Character Information☆

Current faith or religion: Agnostic
Current superstitions/quirks: Tries to avoid things that clichély cause bad luck.
Alignment: Lawful good
Occupation: Runs a hero business.
Family: Mother, father, younger sister.

☆Power/Abilities☆
Powers and Abilities: Mechknight Suit: Octavia pilots a mechanized suit of armor that acts as both a defensive and offensive tool. The suit is made with a strange new alloy that is strong enough to resist gunfire and small explosions, while at the same time being relatively light. It is called Caliburn. The suit has shock absorbers which allow Octavia to survive lengthy falls with little to no damage to herself, she could fall from a twelve-story building without worry.

The suit also greatly bolsters her strength, allowing her to lift an entire bus! She is still very capable of gauging her strength so that she may prevent herself from injuring others who aren’t physically capable of taking a full force strike. The suit also contains cables which can fire from her shoulders (Both back front) and from the bottom of her wrists. She can use these cables to swing from buildings and wrap up villains.

The suit has an internal AI system which will alert Octavia to incoming danger, tell her the condition of her suit, search the internet if connected to Wi-Fi, tell her the current location, give her advice on her current situation, and so forth.

Additionally, the inside of her helm has several screens which are connected to mini, almost indiscernible, cameras around her helm. This allows her to see her surroundings, including things behind her. There are several spaces on her suit that can emit light and illuminate dark places. Her shoulders can also fire off signal flares, for whatever reason she may need.

The suit is powered by a strange new power source, similar to that of nuclear power. It doesn’t cause irradiation, nor would it cause an explosion if it is damaged, it seems to be very efficient. The energy can be transmitted to other sources, provided the suit is making physical contact with the source.

X-Caliber: Sheathed on her left hip is a short sword made from the same material as her suit, giving it a very sharp and strong edge. Usually she’ll keep the blade sheathed when using it to prevent serious damage being done, though in serious situations she will draw it.

When energy is being channeled through the sword it gains new properties. The blade heats up and gains electrical properties, allowing for different levels electricity to be transmitted through the blade. The max voltage that can be transmitted through the blade is 100,000 volts (50,000 above a taser), though she rarely uses the max voltage.

Aeon-Aegis: On the back of her left wrist there is a cross symbol from which an energy barrier can be projected. The shield can take three forms, a riot shield to cover from large blasts, a buckler useful for deflecting physical attacks, and a bubble shield which will surround her and a small area behind her.

The energy is the same that powers the suit and offers better protection. It can defend against powerful explosions and heavy-duty gun fire. The bubble shield can only be emitted for at most thirty seconds before the core overheats and needs to cool down.

Storm-Bolter: Hiding on the small of her back there is this strange device. When draw it looks like a box with a handle trigger, but when activated it opens up and forms a futuristic looking crossbow. It can hold up to twenty bolts and she carries three more clips on her person in her small inventory space. The bolts can be fired off like normal bolts or they can be charged with the same energy she uses for her sword and shield.

The power can be gauged on the crossbow, allowing alternative firing. She can make the bolts fire at a nonlethal speed or at a stronger, potentially more fatal speed, equal to that of a bullet.

Last Resort: This wrench was given to her by her father and is attached to her back. She has modified it so, in addition to being a functional wrench, it can channel the energy her suit uses through it. The difference between this tool and her others is the amount of energy it drains. It can drain energy in a larger quantity able to withstand the high intake of the energy. She can then fire off the energy accumulated in the wrench in large powerful blasts. At its full charge it can burst through thick steel walls, though this comes at a great cost of her suit’s energy. At full charge she can only fire off ten to twelve of these shots.


Weaknesses: Power Source: Her entire suit is powered by her core energy source. Without powering any of her weapons or shielding the suit is capable of functioning three days without charge. If used to moderately charge her weapons she can function for an entire day. If used to power them extensively her suit can function for four hours. If used more than that she has at best thirty minutes to an hour.
Once her power source is used up the suit will shut down and Octavia will have to eject from it.

Last Resort: In addition to the potential massive power drain from her wrench it takes time to charge that much energy. It takes twenty seconds for her to fully charge it, in which she cannot attack. She can still move, but any transfer or release of energy from her wrench will result in her having to restart her charge.

Skill-Based: While her suit does have an AI system it does not function for her. All movements and reactions she makes has to be of her own ability. Example: her suit’s AI can detect bullets be fired at her, but that does not mean she can dodge them, only that they are coming, though she may be able to discern the best course of action to take the least amount of damage.

Sinking: Her suit is very heavy and in no way can she swim in it. She only sinks. She can use her cables to pull herself out of water, but in deep water she may not have this option. In water-based scenarios she will usually have to eject from her armor and either retrieve it later or make a new set of armor.

Connected Power: In order for her wrench and sword to be empowered she needs to remain in contact with them. If they disconnect from her armor they will only keep the energy for five to ten seconds before completely losing their energy. The bolts in her crossbow can hold the charge slightly longer due to their design, but after fifteen seconds they will lose their charge.

Magnetic Force: When exposed to a strong magnetic force her suit will temporarily shut down and require a reboot. Following that, if she is left in the magnetic force her suit will have a difficult time functioning and she will be unable to empower her weapons.

Suit Limits: Unlike someone with genetic abilities her suit has a max limit as to what it can do. She can only lift roughly 46,000 pounds. She can not push that limit unlike some with genetic powers who may be able to train it and improve upon it. Anything heavier than that she is unable to lift, there would be nothing she could in a situation like that. Lifting things close to or at the suit’s limits will also cause some muscle damage and strain to Octavia.

Weak Points: The joints of her armor offer slightly less protection against attacks, they can still block damage, but it is easier to pierce that the brunt of her armor. Additionally, her armor can be worn down and broken down. If someone continued to shoot her in the same place on her armor it would eventually dent, then crack, and then break.

Repairs and Rebuilding: It takes time to repair and rebuild her armor. For minor repairs it takes a few hours, for major repairs it can take upwards of twelve plus hours, to fully construct a new suit of armor it’ll take a little over a week. This means any damage taken in a battle cannot be repaired right there on sight.

Overheat: Using energy to charge her weapons and for channeling her shield will cause the core in those objects to overheat, which means she can only channel energy for so long. For her riot shield she can only keep it running for thirty minutes, her buckler can only last for two hours, her sword if being put to its max charge can only stay that way for fifteen minutes, and her wrench can only be fully charged for ten minutes. If the core in those devices overheats it will be unable to take anymore energy until it cools down which can take upwards of fifteen minutes, potentially shorter or longer depending on the environment.
Her suit has an internal cooling system which not only cools Octavia but prevents it from overheating.

Stealth: With a bulkiness of her suit there is little to no way that this suit can be used for stealth based missions. People will almost always know when she is coming for them.

Tight Spaces: While the suit is particularly large it still is bulky and makes navigation through tight places tough and awkward. Additionally, fighting with her weapons in tight places is tough to use, her weapons often bouncing off the wall.

Skills and Talents: Proficient combat skills, melee weapons, bows, and fisticuffs. Additionally she knows a good deal about engineering, first-aid, and computers.

Equipment: Her Mechsuit, her weapons, medical kits, emergency radios/phones, signal flares, flashlights, toolkit.

☆History☆

Current residence: New York City, Lion’s Brigade
Birthplace: Vermont
Memorable Figures: Mom, Dad, Sister, Doctor Lydia Pride, and members of the Lion's Brigade. 

General History: Octavia was born in a small town up in Vermont. Her mother was a police officer and her father was a mechanic. While her mother raised her up to have a strong sense of justice and what was right, her father taught the art of being an engineer. They both taught her how to be strong, wanting her to be able to face a world filled with empowered people.

She spent most of her childhood and teen years in her father’s workshop, learning his trade, becoming enthralled with it. As she went through high school she decided to pursue a career in it. She managed to get into a good college in New York City, working with some of the best minds when it came to engineering. There she proved herself to be very bright and earned her the attention of one Doctor Lydia Pride.

Lydia, seeing Octavia’s talent in her craft, offered Octavia a job working with a whole new kind of a power source, using strange material that Octavia had never seen before. Not wanting to miss a chance like, Octavia accepted. She worked closely with the doctor, learning all she could about this new material and the power source that Lydia was working on.

The project had been in the works for years, but the Octavia’s help the project was quickly moved along to completion, however…upon its creation the team working on it realized how dangerous it could be if it became public and put into the wrong hands. It would take time for it to be used justly. The misuse of it could be disastrous.

It was at this time that a solution was offered. Octavia offered herself up, to become a hero using the technology they created to try and create a world in which the energy source could be used without fear of misuse. After long discussions which stretched over months Doctor Lydia finally conceded and allowed her to do so.

Thus! The Mechknight was born! A new hero dedicated to saving the day and punishing the evil, hoping to banish the evil from this world.