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--- jane_bold [2024/11/01 06:35] – [Motivations and Goals] admin
+++ jane_bold [2025/08/02 05:22] (current) – [Background] admin
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+=== Races | Factions, Tribes & Movements | Personalities ===
 ====== JANE MENDOZA ======
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 ===== Race and Faction =====
-Species: [[the_humans|ExoHuman]]
+  * **Species:** [[the_humans|ExoHuman]] ([[outlaws|Outlaw]])
-Age: 43 years (born 2605 on the Last Frontier)
+  * **Age:** born 2600 on the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]
-Affiliation: [[jane_bold_gang|Jane Mendoza Gang]], former Engineer and Live-Weapons Specialist in the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]]
+  * **Affiliation:** [[jane_bold_gang|Jane Mendoza Gang]], former Engineer and Live-Weapons Specialist in the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]]
+  * **Place of Residence:** [[headquarters_of_the_jane_mendoza_gang|Jane Mendoza Gang's Headquarters]]
 ===== Background =====
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 Jane Mendoza is the daughter of Biruta Kralikas and Roberto Mendoza, third-generation humans on the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] starship. Jane’s childhood was marked by tragedy when her drug-addicted father killed her mother in 2605, a traumatic event she witnessed firsthand. Raised in "care of the community" aboard the Last Frontier, Jane never saw her father again.
-Despite these difficult beginnings, Jane excelled academically, graduating as the top engineering student in 2624 and beginning a promising career. Upon landing on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]], she contributed to the construction of [[firetown|Firetown’s]] geothermal power plant. However, during the Great War, Jane found her calling in weapons engineering at the frontlines, working alongside [[georgia_hawking|Aisha Patel]], who later became [[supreme_councilor|Supreme Councilor]]. The two formed a close bond until Jane’s radical actions and lack of restraint led to her exile from the [[gaia_system|GAIA]] system. In 2634, after attacking her replacement, she was sentenced to work in the copper mines but ultimately escaped, founding the Jane Mendoza Gang and leading it to infamy.
+Despite these difficult beginnings, Jane’s innate intelligence and drive set her apart. In 2619, she began her studies at the [[last_frontier_university|Last Frontier University]], where she caught the attention of [[malek_vaross|Professor Malek Vaross]]. Seeing her potential and feeling compassion for her tragic family story, Vaross offered Jane private lessons, helping her excel academically. Under his guidance, Jane graduated as the top engineering student in 2624, achieving accolades as one of the most promising graduates in the starship's history.
+Following the crash landing on VOI 700 D, Jane joined Professor Vaross and his daughter [[theresa_vaross|Theresa]] in [[new_kourou|New Kourou]], assisting him on several engineering projects that were vital to the fledgling settlement. Their collaboration ended when Jane decided to pursue her own career within the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]].
+Jane’s engineering brilliance was later redirected to the frontlines during the [[great_war|Great War]], where she served as a Live-Weapons Specialist for the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]]. Her innovations were both admired and feared, earning her recognition as a pivotal figure in the war’s technological advancements.
+However, Jane did not agree with the actions of the [[anti_war_movement|Anti-War Movement]] that led to the surrender of the Volunteer Army of Man and the signing of the [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]]. To her, the Exohuman settlers did not lose the war against their enemies; they lost it against themselves. She expressed this sentiment during a speech at the founding assembly of the [[individualists|Individualist Party]], declaring: //"We lost because we betrayed our strength, our purpose, and our future."// These speeches and her growing influence drew the ire of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]]. In 2631, the Federal Court accused her of incitement to hatred and sentenced her to four years of labor punishment at the [[copper_mine|Federal Copper Mine]].
+Jane considered this judgment proof that the Federal Confederation was a //"brainwashed society without free speech."// She escaped the system shortly after being sentenced and founded the Jane Mendoza Gang, vowing to fight back against what she saw as the Confederation's oppressive regime.
 Currently, Jane is wanted for a series of severe crimes, including robbery-murder, manslaughter, extortion, and kidnapping, and is believed to reside in the [[the_zark|Zark Tribes]]’ cave system on the [[dark_side|Dark Side]] of VOI 700 D.
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 **Actions:**
-  * **1. Knife Throw: Jane expertly throws a small knife at her target** | **Damage:** 1d6 + 3 piercing damage
+  * **1.Honga Windpiercer:** Jane expertly fires a variety of projectiles with her extremely rare [[honga_windpiercer|Honga Windpiercer]]: stones, explosive seeds, or spiked pods. Reload requires one action. | **Damage:** Standard Projectile: 1d8 bludgeoning (stones) | Explosive Seeds: 2d8 piercing + 1d6 poison in a 5-meter radius (Dexterity save DC 13 for half poison damage).
-  * 2. Sidearm: Jane fires her sidearm with precision | Damage: 1d8 + 3
+  * **2. Knife Slash:** Jane uses her [[Guarding Troopers Combat Knife|Guarding Troopers Combat Knife]] with brutal precision | **Damage:** 1d8 slashing or piercing
-  * 3. **Unarmed Strike:** Jane uses her martial skills to deliver a powerful strike | Damage: 1d4 + 2 blunt damage
+  * **3. Unarmed Strike:** Jane uses her martial skills to deliver a powerful strike | **Damage:** 1d4 + 2 blunt damage
-**Special Abilities:**
+==== Special Abilities: ====
   * **Commanding Presence:** Jane can issue intimidating orders to up to two allies per round, granting them +2 on attack or defense rolls for that round.
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 Jane Mendoza is a ruthless and tactical opponent, leveraging both her charisma and violent tendencies to control her gang and intimidate adversaries. As a combatant, Jane is a master of psychological warfare, using her Sadistic Strike to break opponents' morale. She should be portrayed as a complex figure, whose traumatic past fuels both her strength and instability. For encounters, emphasize her ability to issue commanding orders to her gang, making her an imposing figure who can shift the tide of battle through sheer willpower and cunning.
-===== More information  =====
+===== Related pages with additional information =====
-[[the_human_society_and_social_subcultures_in_the_gamma_age|The exohuman society and subcultures in the Gamma Age]]
-[[human_personalities|ExoHuman personalities of the Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Age]]
+  * [[the_human_society_and_social_subcultures_in_the_gamma_age|The exohuman society and subcultures in the Gamma Age]]
+  * [[human_personalities|Exohuman personalities of the Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Age]]
+  * [[outlaws|Outlaws]]
+  * [[jane_bold_gang|The Jane Mendoza Gang]]
+  * [[individualists|Individualist Party]]
+  * [[malek_vaross|Professor Malek Vaross]]