Marissa_Vedic

"Let's see.... today's contract... hm. There isn't one? Ah, days off... how I've missed them!"

Not really. She's being sarcastic, you see.

Marissa Vedic has been called many things. Bitch has been on the list quite a few times. Whore as well. Valkyrie is her best-known handle, though, and the others are typically just insults that'll get your spleen kicked and your head caved in if she's pissed enough. Mind you, most of the time when people insult her that badly, she's also wearing POWER ARMOR, so, it's fatal regardless.

The founder of a popular mercenary company that uses small, heavily armed units with superb support, Marissa has long been called the Iron Valkyrie. Inaccurate, perhaps, as her suit isn't made with any iron elements, comprised mostly of titanium and a strong synthetic enamel that disperses energy well, but hey, she's not complaining. She started in the military with a small squad, most of whom left with her after a particularly ugly campaign in which they'd taken a significant amount of valuables for themselves. These were converted to cash quickly, and used to buy the first suit.

From there? The rest has become legend, almost. The suit is simple and elegant. Basically, it's lightweight armor, proof against small arms, with motor-assisted strength and speed amplification, a light energy shield, and flexibility to use many different attachments based on mission requirements. The strength assist let her use what would otherwise be an awkward, unwieldy weapon, a dual-chambered, adjustable rate of fire rifle that fires .50 calibur rounds or shotgun shells, with an under-mounted LAW system(sometimes a grenade launcher, sometimes a small rocket).

Add in a simple DEW for backup, a cutting beam that can be tweaked for long range fire(heats up like you wouldn't believe if you use it for this) or to become a simple, brief plasma flamethrower(inaccurate, but a good analogy), and you have her typical armament. And you'd better believe that someone's day is going to be very bad if she's going in after them.

That was how it started. Her with her armor, her squad providing support. A few good jobs, and she could afford more armor. Two suits of armor after her own, she saved up, and bought a ship. Then, two gunships, followed by a few light ground vehicles, with tank-killing turrets mounted on them. Simple, effective, and... really, almost never used. She doesn't /need/ them.

A typical mission setup is her, two of her friends in power armor(one geared for sniping with an oversized and overpowered rifle, the other set up for heavy support fire with a minigun, mortar, and rockets), and those gunships providing ammo and fire support as needed. Her ship in orbit relays tactical information to her suit, letting her command from way out front. And she does so brilliantly.

5'10 outside her armor, with long, ash-blonde hair and gorgeous aquamarine eyes, she's got a curvy, athletic figure that's typically invisible behind armor plating. Her armor is silver, streaked with blue 'war paint' enamel on her arms, legs, chest, and face. The visor is silvery as well, creating an illusion of having no way for the occupant to see out. It's airtight and watertight, and can hold enough air for half an hour, up to certain depths. It's got a grav-hook for her rifle by her right shoulder, and one for her pistol on her left thigh, and that's really all you need to know. Her typical codename on a job is Valiant.

This alt by The_Tower.