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| Age | 17 |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Human |
| Handedness | Ambidextrous |
| Complexion | Naturally Fair-Skinned, slightly tanned, has Freckles |
| Hair | Light Orange |
| Eyes | Green |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | 168 lbs |
| Affiliation | Atlas R&D
Beacon Academy |
| Team | FLAK |
| Partner | Alpenrose Kanone |
| Occupation | Huntress in training
Freelance inventor |
| Likes | Robotics, designing new tech, big guns, classic rock, junk food |
| Dislikes | Mechanical failures, spinach, EMPs, running |
| Special Skills | Mechanically gifted, smart, optimistic |
| Weaknesses | Physically unfit, bad at reading a mood, relies on her drones a bit too much |
Appearance[]
Kalli isn't as toned as some of the others on her team, sporting a bit of a belly due to her love of junk food and overall lack of regular exercise, usually commanding her creations to do most of her heavy lifting. Though, with her usual attire, it's difficult to determine her exact figure. She has E-Cup breasts, being the largest of her team, but otherwise has a very balanced figure. She has light orange hair that comes down to her shoulders, but is usually up in a ponytail. Her eyes are a light emerald color.
Her usual attire consists of spats and a T-shirt that has varying band logos on it (her favorite being the Achieve Men) and a pair of black spats. While working on things or in the field, she wears an orange jumpsuit with her emblem on the back and shoulders. When it gets hot out, she will generally skip wearing a shirt, instead opting for a sports bra or something similar while keeping the top half of her jumpsuit tied off around her waist.
Personality[]
Kalli is very easy going and usually very optimistic. She hardly worries about much of anything and keeps a very cheery and perky attitude about her. She's most calm when working in a shop on various robotics and such, or otherwise tinkering with machinery. When it comes to her friends (or even people she’s not very familiar with), she will generally be upbeat and at ease. When in combat, she’s usually very confident when with her teammates, but tends to fall apart and get anxious when she’s on her own, especially when not accompanied by Snowball.
Backstory[]
Kalli grew up in the area around Atlas to a rather wealthy family. Her father worked in R&D within the Atlas Military, while her mother was a Specialist in the same. From a young age, Kalli was always brought in to work with her father, since her mother was unable to watch her while out on missions. This led to her taking an interest in her fathers work and the design and development of Military equipment, specifically robotics.
Once she was old enough to let out of his office space, she was allowed to roam the tech department, under the close watch of a security guard to keep her out of trouble, of course. She picked up on a few things here and there while watching the testing of various combat robots and weapons systems, but wasn't entirely sure how they worked. So, once she was old enough to start doing so, her father taught her the mechanics of how the tech was powered, how the AI could function and the operations of them.
After several months of requests, along with a small (unauthorized) show of skill with handling and designing robotics, the department granted her a small workspace and access to a limited amount of tech that she could freely use in making things she designed, though she was still kept under close supervision. With her creativity and skills in robotics and machines finally being put to the test, she designed several bots that could perform tasks for her, such as cleaning and food preparation. Though, she desired so much more.
Eventually, she designed a drone that could help her assemble bigger machines, and that's just what she did. Through many, MANY more form requests, she was allowed access to some simple weapons systems that were somewhat outdated, as well as access to chambers to test them in. With these in hand, she sought to improve these systems to be up to par with more modern ones, adding them to her creation and disassembling some to learn the inner workings of them so she could make new ones.
With this knowledge, she eventually assembled a prototype of her drone that would later become known as Snowball. When some Officers caught wind of her creation starting to become more dangerous, she was urged to put her talents to better use, either assisting the R&D teams make new mechs for the war machine, or to join the Military herself. She wasn't fond of either idea, as both would involve her giving up a good chunk of her freedom as a designer.
So, she chose a third option. She packed up her workshop and, with her fathers blessing, moved back home to continue working with what she had, much to the discomfort of the Atlas Officers. Regardless, she was allowed to do so, improving upon her designs and putting more on them. Finally, after a couple more years, she had a fully capable and functioning combat drone, which she proceeded to affectionately name, Snowball, like a pet.
With her primary project finally ready to go, she decided it was time to put her skills to the test and boarded a ship for her new home in Vale, along with everything her workshop had left. Upon arriving, she quickly went and signed up for Signal academy, eager to start preparing herself for combat against Grimm and other bad guys.
While she wasn't the most athletically fit amongst her classmates, she was more than a match in combat training, her drone being able to keep up with most training they were put through. Though, she ran into a slight snag during an exercise. Snowball broke down and was unable to continue with the mission, meaning she had to continue on foot. When she was confronted with a few "enemy" dummies, she was left defenseless without Snowball, and so she flunked the exercise.
When she returned to her room, she fixed snowball and went to the drawing board, making a weapon that was compact enough to use without encumbering her while on Snowball, but also packed enough punch to keep herself defended in case of mechanical emergency. So, her secondary weapon was made, being the cross of a Personal Defense Weapon and a large axe. With that out of the way, she re-took the exercise and passed it, recreating the previous situation by leaving Snowball behind at the same place to finish on foot. Although a little winded, the targets were taken out with her new weapon and she passed.
After graduating from Signal, she decided to move on to Beacon, where she had received recommendations from some of her teachers and made it into the school, then going on to become a member of Team FLAK. Tools in hand, she was ready to begin her adventure to become a Huntress...
Weapon & Combat[]
Kalli has two weapons. The first of which is an AI driven, quadrupedal mech that she affectionately named “Snowball”. It has handholds and a small indentation on the back of the AI dome for her to hold onto and ride on. The AI is given commands via voice by Kalli (or anyone else who is logged in it's system). Without her giving it specific orders, it can only carry out minor tasks, such as moving from one place to another or guarding a spot. Also while left alone, it can be set to one of three modes. Weapons Safe is the order given when it is not to engage any targets. Weapons Hold is the order to make it only fire on targets that have fired first (including shooting down incoming projectiles). Weapons Free is the order to engage and destroy any targets that are identified as hostile in the area. Leaving it alone in an area populated by people while in any mode other than Weapons Safe is hazardous, as the AI could very possibly mix up a civilian and a hostile. Otherwise, Kalli rides on the back of it and can issue it commands, such as what to target and when. The pod is partially an AI core and partially a Radar, allowing it to track faster moving targets more efficiently. Meanwhile, the AI pod aims and fires the guns and will compensate for targets moving quickly, shooting where they are going to be, rather than where they are.
Snowball is armed with five guns in total. The first is located right under the AI/Radar pod. It is a 6 barreled rotary cannon that fire 20mm rounds at 4500 rounds per minute. The cannon can be fired at both hostile targets as well as incoming projectiles (the smallest it can track is about the size of a football). The gun is directly linked to both the radar and the sensors on the front of the AI pod. The other four guns are on either side of the pod. Both sets of guns fire a .50 BMG at about 750 rounds per minute. The sets have a small arm that adjusts them independently to hit targets. They are aimed via infrared lasers in between the two barrels that the sensors on the pod will pick up. Unlike the main cannon, the Hull does not need to be facing directly at the target to shoot them, though they are rather limited in the angle from direct forward they can aim.
On the side of both the sets of secondary guns are a pair of large plated shields, one on either side. The guns and shield can move together in front of the AI pod and mesh together with a hole in the center for the main cannon. The shields are tall and wide enough to guard the AI pod, main armaments, and a passenger on its back. The legs are not protected by it.
The chassis has four legs that it can dig into the ground and other surfaces, either to maximize stability or to climb steep surfaces. The legs and primary hull have reactive armor on them, though the joints are still rather vulnerable. To survive falls from high places, it has small jump jets built into the base of the chassis. These cannot allow it to take flight or hover, only to slow and cushion a fall, alongside shock absorbers housed within the legs. On the middle part of the chassis, the turret rests. It allows the main cannon to turn and engage enemies quickly by turning the whole head. This is also quite effective for scanning its surroundings. In the rear or the drone, just under where a passenger rides piggyback, Kalli keeps a toolbox for fixing and maintaining the system.
Kalli's SMG
Kalli’s secondary weapon, in contrast, is rather simple. It is a bullpup PDW that fires a 5.56 round at about 750 rounds per minute. Its compact design allows for it to be stored easily, as well as one-handed off the back of Snowball. The gun has a handle in the rear, by the stock, where it can be held for melee combat. A blade extrudes from the underside of the barrel, along with a small crevice under the blade for gripping the gun as a rifle. The weapon is small in comparison to Snowball, but comes in handy when Snowball is disabled or otherwise unavailable.
Trivia[]
- Kalli isn't based off anything per say, but her drone, "Snowball", is based on both a Phalanx and Quadmount M2HB CIWS.
- Kalli is shortened from Portokallte, which is Albanian for orange. Phalanx is derived from the weapons system she is based around the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System.
| Team SDRM | Serena Ciano • Doug Tai (Zerg) • Robbie Tai (Zerg) • Morela Sezja (Chris) |
| Team VRNL | Vespertilia Lavande • Rima Sheridan (Des) • Nickel Plate (Eme) • Lan Garfield (Imp) |
| Team REPR | Reed Chernobog (Zerg) • Eoin Chernobog • Phil Brown (Zerg) • Neibi Rai |
| ACES | Aureole Falken • Charna Whiteman • Esfir Solyom • Sabah Fairchild |
| Team FLAK | Florimel Tunguska • Lotus Stella • Alpenrose Kanone • Kalli Phalanx |
| Team LCCH | Savio Lecuyer (Hype) • Kobicha Curianium • Prasino Corfu • Khaz Haak (Hype) |
| Team SEAL | Scilla Hrimfaxi • Eveleen Ouragan • Akizuki La Fayette (Kimi) • Licorice Kodiak (Kimi) |
| Team ARMR | Alyona Zavod • (Placeholder) • (Placeholder) • (Placeholder) (Kimi) |
| Organizations | Vitolwing Industries • Placeholder |