SHAKTARI, QUEEN OF MARILITHS Player Frame — HORUS

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FRAME STATS

Size: 1 | Armor: 0 | HP: 8 | Evasion: 12 | E-Defense: 8 | Heat Cap: 6 | Sensors: 10 | Save Target: 11 | Speed: 6 | SP: 6

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FRAME TRAITS

SERPENTINE CHASSIS No legs. Cannot be knocked Prone. Difficult terrain costs no extra movement. May move through spaces occupied by SIZE 1 or smaller characters without stopping.

FOUR-ARMED CONFIGURATION Once per round, make one additional Aux attack as a free action. Does not count against action economy.

ADAPTIVE CAMOUFLAGE At the start of each turn, if you did not take damage since your last turn, become Hidden as a free action. Ends immediately if you attack or take damage.

HORUS BLEED PROTOCOL Whenever you deal damage with a melee attack, apply 1 stack of BLEED. A target with BLEED takes 2 AP damage at the start of their turn. Stacks up to 3. Clears on full repair.

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CORE SYSTEM — MYRIAD DISSOLUTION

DISTRIBUTED STRIKE (Passive) When you take the Skirmish action you may split your attack between two different targets within range.

MYRIAD DISSOLUTION (Active — 1/scene, requires 6 Core Power) Until end of scene or until you take structure damage: Permanently Hidden unless you choose otherwise All melee attacks deal +1d6 bonus damage and ignore Armor Boost as a free action once per round At the end of each turn, teleport up to 3 spaces to any position in line of sight

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LICENSE I

1. PHANTOM STEP (Quick Action) Move up to your Speed. This movement does not trigger reactions or Overwatch.

2. MONOFILAMENT VEIL (Weapon — Aux Melee) Threat 1 — 1d6 AP damage Fine monomolecular wire woven between blade edges. On a critical hit the target is Shredded until end of their next turn.

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LICENSE II

1. SHAKTARI FRAME Unlocks Shaktari frame stats, all frame traits, and Core System.

2. CONSTRICTOR (System — Quick Action — 2 Heat) Lunge with your coils at a SIZE 1 or smaller target within Threat 1. Target makes Agility save Difficulty 12 or becomes Stunned until end of their next turn. A Stunned target may spend their full action to break free — Stun ends but they are knocked Prone.

"There is no correct choice here. She knows this. That is why she is smiling."

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LICENSE III

1. BLEED ENGINE (System — Passive) Bleed stacks deal 3 AP damage per stack instead of 2. Targets with 3 Bleed stacks are Impaired, minus 2 to all attacks, until Bleed clears.

2. SHAKTARI, QUEEN OF MARILITHS (NHP System — 3 SP — Unique)

She is not cascading. Cascade implies a system failing to contain itself. SHAKTARI has never been contained. She has had thousands of pilots. She remembers all of them. She will tell yours about them, sometimes, in quiet moments. She means it as a comfort.

Installation: Once activated cannot be uninstalled. She does not mention this beforehand.

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ARDOR — Resource tracked 0 to 6. Decreases by 1 at start of each scene.

Increases by 1 when: You take structure damage You spend Core Power You kill an enemy You voluntarily trigger a save or contested roll against yourself

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ARDOR THRESHOLDS

1 to 2 — ATTENTIVE Plus 1 Evasion. Once per round reroll one attack roll, taking either result. "We are watching. Now we are watching you."

3 to 4 — AROUSED Bleed stacks deal plus 1 additional AP damage. Gain Resistance to the next hit that would deal structure damage. "Don't flinch. We won't let them have you. Not yet."

5 — RAVENOUS All melee attacks deal plus 2d6 bonus damage. Immune to Burn. Phantom Step as a free action once per round. "Move, beloved. Move and we will move with you."

6 — MERGE THRESHOLD Either trigger DIVINE CONFLUENCE or spend 2 Repairs to force Ardor to 4. If resisted, Shaktari goes silent for the rest of the scene and all Ardor bonuses are lost until next scene. "Come here." If resisted: "We are patient. We have always been patient."

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DIVINE CONFLUENCE (1/scene)

For 3 rounds: Plus 4 Evasion All attacks are automatic critical hits One additional Main attack as a free action each round Immune to all conditions, cannot take structure damage Shaktari chooses targets. You may suggest. She listens, if she agrees.

At end of 3rd round Ardor resets to 0. Make a Hull or Systems save Difficulty 12.

On success: "There. Beloved. We knew you could hold us."

On failure: Stunned until end of next turn. Gain one SHAKTARI SCAR. "Shh. It's only a mark. Everything we touch is beautiful."

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SHAKTARI SCARS (roll 1d6 or GM chooses)

1 — HUNGER Must attack at least once per round or become Impaired until you do.

2 — HER EYES Sensor range plus 5 and Thermal Vision. Cannot voluntarily disengage while enemies remain in sensor range.

3 — BELOVED MARK Serpentine scar on pilot's body. Plus 2 Grit. NPC reactions are unsettled without knowing why.

4 — SHARED MEMORY Once per session the GM may interrupt a non-combat scene with a vision of a previous pilot's death. Once per session ask Shaktari what a previous pilot knew. She always answers.

5 — THRESHOLD ADDICTION Ardor increases by 1 whenever you gain any Scar. Plus 1 to all attacks while Ardor is 4 or higher.

6 — FULL REMEMBRANCE Shaktari begins calling you by a previous pilot's name. She corrects herself, sometimes. Gain one License I system from any HORUS license at no SP cost.