WARDIVER (Sample Character: Maeve Aberdeen)
Take it, hold it, love it, never let it go." I've lost count of the number of times
I've hard Maeve say that. All of us can use a gun, but she's the one who keeps and
maintains one of her own, and it's never far from her hands. The only time I've
seen her without it is when she was laid up in the infirmary burning with fever,
and even then she managed to keep something sharp with her at all times.
Some of the others think she's a timebomb waiting to go off. Not me. Maeve has the
look about her; she's been trained for this and we haven't, and I trust her with my
life, every inch of the way. If I was ever that deep in the shit and I cried out
for someone to save me, I'd pray that it was Maeve. She's the best, and we all know
it.

Unlike the other Divers, the WarDiver is recognised for their ability early in life
and trained relentlessly to maximize their ability. This training is tough and
often dehumanizing, but the suits mostly agree that that's something to worry about
if humanity survives. The WarDiver is a consumate soldier, proficient with a
variety of weapons and fighting styles, in addition to being an adequate field
commander. Their sole weakness is that they frequently lack in OE Ability, but
their command of standard weaponary more than makes up for this flaw.

SKILLS: Moreso than any other kind of fighter, the WarDiver thrives on the
battlefield. WarDivers enter play proficient in the Command and Common Lore (War)
skills.

TRAITS

POSITIVE

//Suffer not The Unclean to Live
A mix of rough training and rougher battles, simulated but dangerous, has taught
you both to hate the Twisted and to know how to put the hurt on them. Gain the
Hatred (Twisted) talent.

//Look Not Upon The Heretic
Sure, the Twisted are freaky as shit, but you've been looking at them since you
could work, and possibly even before that; they have a hard time scaring you
anymore. Gain the Resistance (Fear) talent.

//Once More Unto the Breach
When the going gets tough, humans rally to the strongest and calmest person;
whoever is 'in charge'. This is, invariably, you. Gain the Talented (Command)
talent. In addition, gain the Team Leader asset.

//Keep Your Friends Close
Seeing as you've been raised by CTI, you're well and truly involved with most of
the staff, and have a good working relationship (and possibly personal
relationship) with most of them. Gain the Peer (CTI) talent.

//Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty
There's no place for honourable combat with the Twisted, and nobody knows this
better than you. Improvised weapons of medium size do 1d10+SB damage of the
appropriate type, and small weapons do 1d5+SB damage of the appropriate type and
gain the Thrown quality. In addition, if you have the Street Fighter talent, you
may apply it's effects to attacks made with improvised weapons.

NEGATIVE

//Memento
The training you suffered at CTI's hands was horrible to start with and only became
increasingly brutal as you grew up, but you have one small item that you've managed
to keep secret and to yourself, that means more than anything else. Protect it
well, as you will suffer a -10 penalty to all tests if you have reason to believe
someone else has it (as the stress drives you to distraction); if the item is
irretrievably lost, you instead suffer 1d5+10 insanity.

//Living Weapon
A noted problem of the training regime you survived is that it tends to instill a
"Punch first, ask later" mentality. Your handlers consider this a small price to
pay for such a perfect weapon, but occasionally it causes some problems... if
you're caught in a situation that could be more quickly and efficiently solved by
breaking some faces than by talking, you must test Willpower or else do exactly
that. If you would be forced to harm a superior (in reality or in your view) in the
process, you automatically pass the Willpower test.

//Lone Wolf
Resourcefulness is seldom considered a bad trait, but one can be TOO self-
sufficient, to the point where it becomes an issue in combat. You may be able to
give orders just fine, but your sense for the rhythm of your team and your ability
to fit in with them is thoroughly shafted, either from lack of experience or lack
of care. Any ability that grants a bonus through assistance with you as the
beneficiary (such as Gang Up or Aid Another) has its effect halved.

//Repression
Put plainly, the way you were trained was utterly inhumane. You do a pretty good
job of hiding the mental scars in order to avoid being given new physical ones, but
your state of mind just isn't as strong as it seems to be. You are treated as being
10 points of Insanity higher for the purpose of Willpower test modifiers and
Disorders.

//Commander's Pet
You may be a wolf on the battlefield, but back at base, you're a poodle. All the
cleverness and insubordination you may have ever possessed has been beaten out of
you, and any Fellowship-based skill directed at a superior (either in reality or in
your view) is treated as automatically failing with 0 degrees of failure.

Starting Wounds: WarDivers enter play with 1d5+8+TB wounds.
Fate: Roll 1d10 to determine your starting Fate Points - 1-7 = 2, 8-10 = 3.

NATURAL (Sample Character: Nina Johnson)
Nina is the weakest of us, sort of. She calls herself that and none of us really
see fit to contradict her. She can't crack like me or kill like Maeve, and she's
not scary as hell like Miss Sharp. On the other hand, she's not terrible at
anything... and she can do really freaky stuff with what we call PE Energy. I have
no idea how the hell she does it, but I've seen her set entire rooms on fire with
her mind. I know it's painful for her to do it, but the results are nothing short
of amazing. I don't know about you, but if something has to die *now*, I'd probably
call Nina to do it for me.

The Natural is the Diver who has been randomly picked up and discovered to have
potential for Overdive. While they lack the refined killing technique of a WarDiver
or the sheer command of their OE ability that Crackers possess, they have the
greatest command of PE Energy, and further, they lack any significant weaknesses in
their basic abilities.

SKILLS: Naturals have spent more time on the street and with other people than most
of their fellows, and often have a knack for keeping an ear to the ground. Naturals
enter play proficient in any two Common Lores of their choice.

TRAITS

POSITIVE

//Daughter of Eve
For one reason or another, your mitochondria like to sing out with you. You're not
entirely sure why and likely haven't been told anything, but you have one hell of a
knack for 'spellcasting'. Gain +5 SR. In addition, you may spend a Fate point to
add degrees of success to a successful Parasite Energy check equal to your
Willpower Bonus.

//Natural Talent
Whether from your upbringing or a hobby, you've developed some sort of personal
knack that aids you in your endeavours. Gain +5 in any one attribute except SR, WS,
or BS.

//No Respect
You could look after yourself just fine before CTI grabbed you, and you can look
after yourself just fine now, too, regardless of what they say. You may elect at
any time to be immune to the Command skill, though beware the consequences of
disobeying your chain of command.

//Expert Coward
You don't particularly have any wish to get killed at CTI's whims and you sure as
hell don't want to get turned into a Twisted. Those cowardly instincts serve you
well on the battlefield: you may use the Disengage action as a Half action instead
of a Full action. In addition, your Agility Bonus is doubled when moving directly
away from enemies (you must not be moving closer to a foe as part of the move).
Finally, once per session by spending a Fate Point, you may consult your DM for
advice on the best way to escape your present predicament - regardless of if you
could reach that conclusion in-character or not; your cowardly legs "just know"
which is the best way to run.

//Master of Many Arts
You have a certain special talent or mindset that lends itself to your continued
survival. Select and gain any one Asset.

NEGATIVE

//Slow Learner
You're not a fighter, you're a... well, whatever you are, you're certainly not a
fighter. Weapon Proficiencies cost double for you to learn, as you lack natural
aptitude for them.

//Eight Minutes of Death
Most people don't survive their first encounter with the Twisted - they are a truly
terrifying foe, capable of making even the bravest men lose their wits with their
arrival, and this weighs more heavily on you than it does your compatriots. The
first time you encounter a new kind of Twisted, you are considered to automatically
fail the Willpower test against Fear with degrees of failure equal to it's Fear
rating. This applies even if you possess the Fearless or Resistance (Fear) talents.

//Champion of Humanity
You feel more strongly about the humans-versus-Twisted war than most people, to the
point where you flatly refuse to even consider harming another human, regardless of
the circumstances. You may spend a Fate Point to rid yourself of such scruples for
the rest of the encounter or the session, whichever is shorter. However, in any
situation where you willingly place yourself in direct danger in defense of another
human, you gain +10 to all tests and the Resistance (Fear) trait for as long as you
are defending them.

//Untrained Eye
Plainly, you suck at fighting. It's not something you can't overcome with training,
but you'll never be truly great, and your lack of natural ability slows you down a
bit. Your Weapon and Ballistic Skill scores are each reduced by 3.

//Opera Tickets
You may be able to channel and use Parasite Energy, but your body likes it a little
TOO much, and disasters occur all too readily in your presence. You suffer Perils
on a singles digit of 0 as well as 9.

Starting Wounds: Naturals enter play with 1d5+6+TB Wounds.
Fate: Roll 1d10 to determine your starting Fate Points - 1-7 = 2, 8-10 = 3.