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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

NAME: MARS VALENCIA

DOB: APRIL 19TH, 1964. CEASED AGING AT 29.

GENDER: FEMALE

HEIGHT: 6'7" (5'4" BEFORE BODY MODIFICATIONS)

ORIENTATION: UNKNOWN


DETAILED BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

    BORN ON A SMALL FARM IN THE MIDWEST, MARS VALENCIA WAS THE EPITOME OF AVERAGE AT FIRST GLANCE. SHE HELPED HER PARENTS ON THE FARM, AND KEPT TO HERSELF IN MOST SITUATIONS. QUIET, AND UNASSUMING, MANY DIDN'T NOTICE HER UNTIL HER NAME WAS MENTIONED. IN HER SCHOOLING, SHE WAS A TYPICAL GENIOUS- MAINTAINING A 4.0 GPA FOR THE ENTIRETY OF HER CAREER. MARS WAS A WHIZ IN EVERY SUBJECT THAT FACED HER- SHE COULD MEMORIZE ANYTHING PUT IN FRONT OF HER WITH EASE. PHYSICALLY AND SOCIALLY; HOWEVER, SHE WAS BELOW AVERAGE. SHE HAD TROUBLE MAKING AND KEEPING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME DUE TO THE PRESSURE HER PARENTS HAD PUT ON HER TO SUCCEED. THOUGH SHE WAS NOT BULLIED, SHE STILL TENDED TO FEEL OUTCASTED BY HER PEERS, AND BEGAN ISOLATING HERSELF FROM OTHERS. BEING A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, HER PARENTS HAD RATHER HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF HER. SHE MAJORED IN ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING IN COLLEGE, AND MANAGED TO GRADUATE EARLY WITH A GUARANTEED POSITION AT A PROMINENT EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY IN [INFORMATION REDACTED] AT THE AGE OF 24. MARS IMMEDIATELY MOVED OUT OF HER FAMILY'S FARM HOME TO THE FACILITY'S LOCATION TO BEGIN HER RESEARCH. SPECIALIZING IN THE USE OF ROBOTICS TO REPLACE AMPUTATED OR OTHERWISE LOST BODY PARTS, SHE HAD A HARD, YET PROSPEROUS CAREER OF RESEARCH AHEAD OF HER. MARS' RESEARCH WENT AS EXPECTED FOR THE MOST PART. HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER COLLEAGUES SEEMED TO BE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THOSE SHE HAD IN HER PREVIOUS ENDEAVORS. THEY DESCRIBED HER AS "ABSORBED IN HER WORK, BUT OTHERWISE KINDLY AND COMPASSIONATE." FOR MOST OF THE YEARS SHE HAD WORKED THERE. HOWEVER, ONE YEAR SHE HAD MANAGED TO GET INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE SHE HAD LOST HALF OF HER INDEX FINGER. ANGERED BY HER OWN CARELESSNESS, SHE WORKED ON A REPLACEMENT FOR HER SEVERED FINGER TO IMMENSE SUCCESS. THE REPLACEMENT DIGIT WORKED WELL- PERHAPS EVEN BETTER THAN IT HAD BEFORE...

    THAT IS WHEN, ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, MARS BEGAN WORKING ON MORE BODY MODIFICATIONS ON HERSELF. SHE SAW HERSELF AS HER OWN LITTLE "LAB RAT", MAKING CHANGES TO HER BODY AND REPLACING BITS OF HERSELF AS SHE SAW FIT. IT HAD INCITED AN URGE IN HER TO BECOME "PERFECT". PERFECT IN HER EYES BEING SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO HER COWORKERS. FROM WHAT THEY HAD GATHERED IN THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH HER, "PERFECT" WAS, ESSENTIALLY, REPLACING ALL OF HER REMAINING HUMAN BODY PARTS WITH ROBOTIC VARIANTS. OVER THE YEARS AS SHE CONTINUED TO MODIFY HER BODY ALMOST BEYOND RECOGNITION, MANY OF HER COWORKERS STOPPED WORKING AND ASSOCIATING WITH HER. THE ONE THAT WORKED WITH HER THE LONGEST, LAST REPORTED TO US THAT ALL OF HER BODY HAD SINCE-BEEN, "COVERED, REPLACED, SO GREATLY IN ROBOTICS THAT SHE COULDN'T BE CONSIDERED "HUMAN". MORE OR LESS, SHE IS A CONSCIOUS ANDROID AT BEST, AND A TANGLED MESS OF ROBOTICS AND LONG GONE FLESH AT WORST". NO ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY OUR TEAM TO RECOVER HER OR INTERACT WITH HER. IT HAS BEEN DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS FOR OUR TEAM. -[REDACTED] REPORT ON JANUARY 12TH 199X.


PERSONALITY AND INTERESTS:

    IT WAS SAID THAT BEFORE HER URGE TO REPLACE AND TINKER ON HER OWN BODY PARTS, MARS WAS A KINDLY AND COMPASSIONATE WOMAN. SHE TENDED TO FOCUS ON HER STUDIES, BUT SHE STILL HELPED WHERE SHE COULD. MARS WAS HARDWORKING, AND IT SHOWED THROUGH INTO HER BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE FIELD, MANY OF WHICH WERE, AND STILL CONTINUE TO BE REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE SEE ROBOTICS. MARS HAD AN AWKWARD WAY OF TALKING WITH OTHERS, OFTEN STUMBLING ON HER WORDS OR STAMMERING WHEN UNDER STRESS. SHE ALWAYS TENDED TO HAVE A LOT TO SAY DESPITE NEVER SAYING MUCH AROUND OTHERS. THIS INTROVERTED AND COMPOSED PERSONALITY WAS TURNED ONTO ITS HEAD WHEN MARS HAD BEGAN WORKING ON HER BODY MODIFICATIONS. SHE BECAME MORE EXTROVERTED AND CONFIDENT IN WHAT SHE DID, PERHAPS TO A POINT OF UNEASE. SHE IS STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND TO THE POINT, NOT RELYING ON SUBTLY TO GET HER POINTS ACROSS. MARS NOW LACKS A SENSE OF PERSONAL SPACE. ALTHOUGH SHE KEPT HER KINDLY ATTITUDE, HER BEHAVIORS ARE ERRATIC, AND SHE HAS FREQUENT MOOD-SWINGS DUE TO ALL THE MODIFICATIONS, OR PERHAPS BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS. SHE TENDS TO BRUSH OFF OR, RATHER, IGNORE ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT HER. 

LIKES: BEING "PERFECT", ROBOTICS, SHEEP, EXPERIMENTING ON HERSELF, THE FEELING OF TOUCH, HUGS, TALKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, HELPING OTHERS OUT, TRIVIA QUESTIONS.

DISLIKES: BEING ALONE, BEING CALLED A ROBOT, BEING "IMPERFECT", THINKING TOO HARD, MANY OF HER EMOTIONS, NEEDING OTHERS.


NOTES:

-CANNOT FEEL ANYTHING PHYSICALLY ANYMORE. SHE HAS NO SENSE OF TOUCH, TASTE, OR SMELL.

-DOES NOT NEED TO EAT, ALL BODILY FUNCTIONS HAVE CEASED.

-DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO EXPERIMENT ON OTHER PEOPLE, ONLY SEEMS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING HERSELF.

-HATES FEELING HUMAN EMOTIONS THAT SHE DEEMS IMPERFECT.

-WORKS ALONE, STILL, IN "HER" LAB.

-IS ALMOST ENTIRELY ROBOTIC, ASIDE FROM HER BRAIN

-CONSIDERS HERSELF A HUMAN.