Strength 12d

Agility 5b

Intellect 9a

Willpower 6b

Hand Size: Edge:

4 (25) 2

Powers:

Body Armor: after she was dipped in Pitt-juice, Jenny evolved a parability all her own: a sort of organic, chrome-ish body armor. Since her exterior body is completely composed of this bizarre metal, Jenny naturally receives a +3 to her defense score, making her impervious to all but the most powerful of attacks made against her.

Equipment:

None. While she used to have access to government funding and, of course, the various M.A.X. suits, Jenny no longer uses these resources (nor does she need to). She simply relies upon her armored hide (and Captain Manhattan) to protect her while adventuring.

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Aerial Combat: Jenny was specifically trained how to fight an opponent while flying, as her 3-D thinking style was apparently lacking (a trait that has since been repaired). She can now use her agility instead of her strength when making aerial attacks.

Boxing: after she was transformed by Pitt-Juice, Jenny's physical body was practically made for hand to hand combat. As such, the C.I.A. taught her this skill, allowing her to make two unarmed melee attacks per exchange, the last of which occurrs as a contingent action.

Electronics: Jenny's knowledge of electronics systems is second only to her intuitive understanding of robotics. As such, she can easily analyze, disassemble, reverse engineer, or build all sorts of electronic gear, at one difficulty level lower than would normally be required.

Espionage: working with the C.I.A. has given Jenny the training she needs in order to peform surveillance missions, operate spy-type equipment, and detect whether or not she's being followed. She's also skilled at noting small details about her surroundings...

Gadgetry: if anything, Jenny's really good at taking a machine apart and building something else out of it. As long as she's got suitable parts and tools available, she can likely transform any device into something else completely (though this does take a little bit of time).

Leadership: her various trials involving the M.A.X. technology has brought out Jenny's natural ability to lead others. If Jenny is leading a group, they can add a +1 to all actions, though if her leadership disappears, this bonus translates into a -1 to all actions for the duration of that encounter.

Martial Arts: Jenny has been training in Tai-Chi for several years, and as such, she can use her agility score to make melee attacks instead of her strength, as well as lower the difficulty of reducing falling damage by one difficulty level.

Mechanics: as well as being good with electronics, Jenny is a rather competent mechanic, too. This may be the reason she absorbed her father's heuristics knowledge so readily (having skill in both component areas of robotics).

Military: after she joined Project: Spitfire, Jenny had to learn the essentials of military life (even if she was mostly working with the C.I.A.). She understands military protocols, can decipher military plans, and can lead a group of soldiers if necessary.

Robotics: an extremely intelligent engineer in her own right, Jenny's talent with electromechanical gear has seen a quantum leap for the better once she managed to break down her father's advanced heuristics technology. She can easily make and / or dismantle robotics technology.

Teaching: though her M.A.X. exploits caused her to lose tenior at M.I.T., Jenny is nonetheless a competent and accomplished instructor. She can help any character use his or her response bonus to learn any skill that she herself knows.

Calling:

Vengeance, later Protector: when she first learned the true cause of her father's death, Jenny could only think of getting even with Krotze (or, at the very least, bringing him to justice). After this was accomplished, Jenny wished to prevent anybody from being harmed by the technology Krotze stole from her father and sold to various agencies.

When she could no longer do this, she eventually became a 'costumed' adventurer alongside Captain Manhattan, protecting the remaining people of New York City.

Costume:

Jenny (as Chrome) simply wears a pair of cut-off army pants and an exceptionally short green top while roaming about on adventures.

Personality:

Jenny is a smart, intelligent, and terminally head-strong woman who became a true hero at heart after acquiring the M.A.X. technology. This heroism prompted her to disobey orders in order to save lives, which got her into a whole lot of trouble (and Pitt-juiced, to boot). She does whatever she thinks is necessary in a situation, and lets other people worry about the consequences.

Real Name: Jenny Swensen
Occupation: adventurer, former government agent (cut loose on assignment).
Legal Status: U.S. citizen suspected of murder (she's innocent).
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: Spitfire
Group Affiliation: D.P. 7, former agent of Project: Spitfire (a C.I.A. operation), former member of the C.I.A.'s paranormal program.

Height: 5' 6"
Hair: chrome
Eyes: chrome
Weight: 145 lbs.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: other than the fact that her entire exterior body (including her hair and eyes) have transformed into some sort of organic chrome, none.

Story:

Professor Jenny Swensen was an M.I.T. instructor until that fateful day when her father was killed, murdered by a minion of Fritz Krotze, who thought the Doctor was holding back on his development of M.A.X. technology. A pacifist at heart, Doctor Swensen soon realized that his ultimate tool was being developed by Krotze as a deadly weapon.

As such, he did indeed hold back the prototype of his greatest work, an act that got him killed. Once this occurred, Jenny came to collect her things from the family home (which was situated on Krotze International property), when she discovered things that made her suspicious about the conditions surrounding her father's demise.

Soon after, Jenny broke into the place with the help of five M.I.T. students, the so-called Troubleshooters, found the Mark 2 M.A.X. suit, and discovered that her father had indeed been killed by Krotze's flunky. She then decided to steal the M.A.X. suit and the mobile lab it was built in (it was three mack trucks) and made for the sticks.

Krotze made several attempts to recover the suit and the laboratory, though he was ultimately thwarted when Jenny testified about the events surrounding her father's death and Krotze's shady dealings with the so-called Club, at which point the terrorists in that organization eliminated him for his failures; they then targeted Jenny and the Troubleshooters.

Their best operative, the assassin known as Steel Hawk, did a number on Jenny on many occasions, and managed to effectively wipe out the Troubleshooters (killing one and maiming another). As the remaining two Troubleshooters dealt with Steel Hawk once and for all, Jenny was kidnapped by the government, who had Plans for her.

Plans involving the creation of Project: Spitfire, a C.I.A. program meant to deal with the proliferation of M.A.X. technology, which was sold by Krotze (and through him, the Club) to various world powers, like the U.S.S.R. Jenny worked with this group for a time, until she was caught up in the chaotic swirl of events surrounding the creation of the Pitt.

While there, she disobeyed orders in order to save the lives of several people, though she got dipped in Pitt-juice in the process (as did the people she saved). Jenny then left the Project, which got her landed in military jail for her troubles, though not before she met the paranormals that made up the group known as D.P. 7, who took her in as one of their own.

Of course, the Pitt-juice eventually caused a mutagenic effect in Jenny, an effect that changed her skin into a sort of flexible steel armor. Once this transformation was completed (with Glitter's unwitting help), Jenny joined up with the C.I.A.'s paranormal program for a time, though this time was somewhat limited. This was because of the Overshadow.

You see, the C.I.A.'s female paranormal force was sent to investigate Philip Nolan Voight, who was currently running for President of the United States, and doing quite well. He was, in fact, compelling people to vote for him, wielding Wayne Tucker's paranormal power to 'push' people into doing things (he could wield any paranormal's powers). While observing him, Jenny and her fellow C.I.A. operatives fell to this power.

When the rest of D.P. 7 discovered this, they tried to defeat Voight, but were pummelled senseless by their mind-controlled friends. Realizing that they couldn't do anything at this time, the group simply got on with their lives, living under Voight's shadow until they convinced the current Starbrand to confront the now-President. He did so, and soon, Voight's powers were neutralized by the older Starbrand.

While this was taking place, however, Jenny met and befriended a local hero, a man who took the name Captain Manhattan, and introduced the man to the rest of the Displaced Paranormals. Furthermore, Jenny sort of fell for the guy, who was intensely driven to improve the city he loved, mostly by going about and roughing up criminals (never seriously injuring them, however).

Assuming she was a super heroine, Manhattan started calling her Chrome, and the name sort of stuck. The duo continued to fight crime for the next couple of years, protecting the dwindling population of New York City as best they could. This, of course, continued until the two participated in their world's defense against the Starblasters.

As a result of these alien marauders' actions, their earth was dragged into the Marvel Universe, where the Stranger began to study the paranormals within. Of course, the Living Tribunal ultimately stopped this, sealing the world off from the rest of the universe, as this cosmic being believed that the energies of the Star Brand were a dangerous contaminant in his reality.

Though their world was forever displaced, and supposedly sealed off from the rest of the Marvel Universe, it is assumed that Captain Manhattan and Chrome continued their super-heroic adventures together, possibly even trying to find a way to return their world to its rightful place in the omniverse...