Mara_Linde
Heyyyy.... don't stare! I know I'm not put together as nicely as you, but staring is rude!
Ah, Linde. What are we to do with you?
Mara Linde is a one of a kind(so far as she knows) prototype gynoid, developed for a very specific military purpose. She is also very, excessively pink, often in attitude as well as appearance. Bubbly, cheerful, and friendly, she doesn't seem like she'd make a very good killing machine at all.
Now... either she's broken, or someone who helped design her is one twisted son of a bitch. While she may not be particularly effective herself as a weapon, she's designed to pilot things much bigger than her with many, many times the destructive power, and apparently she does it well. Simulations show her being not only destructive, but excessively so. Further tests reveal a remarkable degree of accuracy, which seems to indicate that she likes to make things go boom. Go figure, eh?
Still... still. The scientists aren't quite sure what to DO with her. There's no doubt in their minds that if they sent her into the field she would do the job, the only question is how much MORE would she do. If they want a building leveled, they may lose a neighborhood, or a city block! Talk about a PR nightmare. So, they're understandably leery.
However, they had another thought. Why not use her for special ops jobs? She's almost impossible to significantly damage with conventional arms, and even armor piercing ammo isn't that likely to be fatal(with less fluid content in her body, there's not going to be the same sort of devastating shockwave that a human encounters when shot).
Welllll... tests there were a bit more disheartening. As it happens, Mara is almost bloodthirsty in combat! She's ruthless, but only as efficient as she wants to be, and she'll empty an entire clip at a target when she could get the job done with one bullet. Maybe TV rotted her brain? Well, a little, anyway.
Needless to say, she doesn't seem like a terribly viable option. Sure, she's a resounding success in that she gets the job done every time, but at the same time she gets so much MORE done, and they just don't want that!
Anyway. Mara's been taking off of any sort of active status. She'd be occupying shelf space if anyone could manage to turn her off. As it happens, she's rather sensitive about that, and gets a bit... touchy, if someone tries to deactivate her, defending herself with extreme force. A few dislocated shoulders later, people have learned their lesson.
As far as her abilities... well, she's interesting. They built her to last and last and last, and be able to provide some fairly major repair services. Mind, this is perhaps less than informative. She was designed to pilot mechs and other war machines, and be good at it. However, if she should be shot down, she needs to be able to defend and repair it. With that in mind, she's combat-capable, and capable of gathering resources in the field from... well, just about anything. She'll eat anything, too. Dirt. Rocks. Scrap metal. People. it all goes into her belly and is reduced to raw materials, which she'll hork up in small, easy to carry bricks, sorted by content.
IN addition to her physical abilities, she's got an artificial brain designed for tactics in many scenarios, as well as enough processing speed, power, and adaptability to crack almost any network. When she broke into several agency databases, well, people were a smidge upset, and shouted at her, a lot... On the plus side, she can also directly interface with a combat mech, and, if they're sentient, provide advanced HUD capabilities, highlighting enemy units, resources, etc. Very useful!
And, of course, she doesn't HAVE to process what she eats. She can save it for later!
Alt by The_Tower