Lioness Assassin
Assassins trained after the Pawslovicore movement started by Syrena. Most work for her, or a division of Sycore, and as implied are often female lionkin assassins.
Perception
Social Status
Not a large amount of status exists. A few darker megacorporations and black markets may know them for simple efficiency. They lack the raw power of ethernians, jisuki, or elite tikerin mages, however they are also unpredictable and disposable down to their own built in self-destruct technique. They're easily loyal, and often prone to work well in groups, quiet, and their catnapping ways make them easy they'll be orderly and rested when on the job, and complain little of extra maintenance. On the opposing end, few readily identify them as assassins but tend to be suspicious of a sudden gang of lions in similar clothes approaching with a strangely forward attitude.
Demographics
Nearly the entire field is made up of female pawslovians of the spacefaring pawslovicore descent. They're usually of the leaner and semi-free variety, raised and tested to withstand hard truths. They're motivated in old and new customs to look attractive while practicing with fierce weapons. In rare instances a male lion may be seen in the field, but between their disposition to feel more self-motivated they are poor for cooperation and orders, as well as less useful in drawing the target of most operations. Even in instances where they're hunting a female, the lionesses tend to even be more able to charm into positions of the environment itself, or manipulate peers to the target, and have a more proven track record of fighting prowess than male lionkin.
Operations
Tools
- Poisons & Paralyzers (often claw-dippable)
- Wytol Energy Blade
- Implanted self-popping napalm bomb
- Black outfit with "Claw-razor" texture built in for sharpening. Often made from a material called syofite
- Queen Caterpillar Bomb
- Adaptive computer technology (read messages, intel, sync to tools, etc)
- Sometimes equipment that mutes fur colors, link barriers, and heavier guns
Workplace
They have a few odd hideouts set up that Sycore links across to them to share across the available assassins. In addition they work off more ordinary jobs and may be found on normal Pawslovicore colonies or behind NQ staff. When actively targeting someone they're on the move and attempt the shortest way to close in.
Dangers & Hazards
Beyond obvious life-threatening measures, and even lethal issues if they scratch up themselves with their own toxins, there's extra issues in the job from the employment side. Lionkin joining these roles are given the implants to overload their bodies full of napalm-gel cellular production that forces them to implode, and with the built force trigger a fiery death as well. This is to avoid capture or interrogation from their own side, but is sometimes used as a fighting tactic when the team is dire and one volunteers a grim emergency explosive plan.
Internally they also face the same risks as other pawslovians, even if they're educated on the matter. Akin to a regular NQ staff member (of which they may work in between assassin hits), they may succumb to their own desires to eat junk food and grow fat alongside their farmed peers. Naturally this makes them poor at their job in multiple ways, and Sycore has no issue treating them like more cattle to grind into meat once they literally outgrow their use as an assassin. However while this may sometimes effect as much as even a quarter of the assassins, the fact they're given the transparency and travel equipment means they're still some of the lowest risks at becoming meat on the pawslovicore demographic.
Pictured left-to-right: Getting fat, fat enough to 'retire', and imminent self-popping
Alternative Names
Pawslovian assassins / Cat Ninjas / Big ass-sassins
Type
Illicit
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