Alexia "Maer" Sabel

=• Initial Summary / At-a-glance •= Useful as a close-quarters operative for high risk ops; Maer is not to be trusted with anything requiring subtlety or common sense. Templar HQ loves her, and well they should. She's like dropping a neutron bomb into a hotspot. She's resolved a number of issues in circumstances like we've got in Solomon Island through the liberal application of extreme force but that's about where her utility ends.

=• What we know (Templar High Command) •= Based on information recently available through sources within the Illuminati it is now known Maer was one of several deep-cover operatives, trained from childhood to eliminate a renegade faction’s leadership. Project Shadow as it was called, was instituted by a small upper tier of Illuminati leadership referred to as the ‘Conclave’ to eliminate the renegade faction. This faction was known as ‘The Light’’ and has been on our watch list for some time though their renegade status did not become clear until recently.

It is known she was ‘acquired’ as an asset at approximately 7 years of age due to being flagged as what we’ve all come to know as a ‘potential’. Her home, apparently built on a natural nexus point was one of the first sites of extra-dimensional infiltration in recent times. (See Incident Report 1293-a-7)

According to resources within our organization, the nexus point was deemed unstable at the time and did eventually collapse in on itself becoming a non-concern but the Illuminati records note that this was only after the subject’s family vanished. Why the subject was not taken as well is unknown. It is known that the subject was aware of what had transpired; psychological trauma was likely profound.

Available documentation indicates that subject Maer was chosen from among the Project: Shadow operatives trained for the mission due to her appearance and capabilities. The subject, being diminutive and possessing features that profiling of Ivan Koprechenkov suggested best chances of success, was then subjected to a targeted memory purge and placed in Koprechenkov’s path with subliminal commands to gravitate towards him.

Their analysis was correct as the subject accomplished her objective, though she was captured afterwards by operatives of The Light and was subsequently interrogated.

It’s unclear at this point whether or not the subject had any memories of who she was or why she had killed Koprechenkov. It is known that the subject apparently managed to escape.

The Light continued to pursue aggressively according to our sources, but did not reacquire the subject who was documented escaping from a mental institution in Washington state.(See attached incident report 1293-c-9)

It is shortly after this point that the subject comes into our awareness and the information going forward is provided primarily by Templar Hadrian Keene (Formerly independent within US Army then assigned to 7th Legion Cabal as per request of E.Price Grandmaster 7th Legion in part due to his involvement in this affair. Keene is now Grandmaster of the 7th after Price's retirement)

Subject was found suffering from exposure, adverse drug interactions, exhaustion and mild hypothermia by Templar Keene and was brought under his authority to his base of operations in Redmond.

The Light is known to be responsible for the subsequent attack on the facility during which the subject terminated three members of their assault force while unarmed and dressed in hospital ‘scrubs’ before going to ground. Templar Keene arrived on scene a few minutes after The Light withdrew and was able to locate and extract the subject taking her to his private home with Templar Joseph Briggs as backup.

Templars Keene and Briggs used the home as a staging area to prepare for expediting the subject’s evacuation from the US to neutral ground in Japan in secrecy but were traced and ambushed there. The trio, subsequently took out 9 members of The Light in a firefight at the residence.

Apparently the subject was personally responsible for 7 of the kills herself. In the nude.

Shortly thereafter Keene was able to meet with an internal contact and secure alternate safe transportation (see attached requisition order 1293-c-req2) it was at this point the subject was sent on to third parties unknown which Keene did not reveal for fear of potential internal security breech.

It is known that the subject contacted him 16 days later and was in contact for some time before being approved for integration and induction into the 7th Legion as per E.Price. and an order from High Command.

=• Skillset and Areas of Expertise •= Subject is observably an expert with all small arms and possesses superlative skills in close quarters combat. It is theorized, though not known for certain that she had some advanced training in the use of edged weapons.

The subject’s strength level is well in excess of what could be considered normal for size and she is known to have extremely acute reaction time, superior balance and coordination.

The subject’s hearing acuity is also substantially above normal and coupled with her expertise in firearms, she has been known to identify a wide variety of weapons based on what she has explained as a ‘sound signature’.

It is known that the subject speaks several languages, including English, Danish, Japanese and German though she is fully literate only in Danish and English.

It is speculated from observation that the subject is a gifted manipulator; trained from a very young age to exploit misconceptions regarding her capabilities and intentions in nearly everyone with whom she interacts. The subject’s usual mode of dress can be assumed as an extension of this behavior.

The subject’s skillset is extraordinarily narrow and deep but her development in other (indeed some key) areas is somewhat stunted. Her socialization is clumsy at best and she often exhibits a bizarre mixture of childish and brazen behavior, possibly as part of her previously noted tendency towards manipulation.

=• Deployment Recommendations •= Subject’s close combat skills and tendency to draw focus make her an ideal choice for point in close engagements.

=• Psy-Ops Session Transcript 1 •= M: Maer AC: Dr. Anna Claire

AC: So. Maer. How are you feeling? Settling in ok?

M: Fine. Sure. I guess. (Note: Response was non-committal in tone.)

AC: Why do you think you are here. It will help me get a feeling for what we should work on first.

M: I have no idea. I guess they think I’m crazy (Note: Sounds almost hurt. Interesting.)

AC: What makes you say that?

M: That’s what you do right? Deal with crazy people. Try and make them not crazy?

AC: Well, nobody thinks you are insane Maer, we don’t even really like to use that word anymore. It’s imprecise and generally not terribly helpful.

M: Hmm. You have a good smile. I believe you. But I think they still think I’m crazy.

AC: What makes you say that?

M: The way some of them look at me. And I’ve heard things. I have really good ears.

AC: Oh? What have you heard?

M: One of them calls me the ‘psycho schoolgirl’ I think it’s kind of cute, but it kinda tells me what he thinks of me, you know?

AC: And how did that make you feel.

M: Smug and a little sad.

AC: Smug? Why’s that?

M: It’s like Berit said. You always give them a way to dismiss you, play to their assumptions and they never see you coming.

AC: Interesting. And who’s Berit?

M: She was my teacher. Kind of like my second mom but not really.

AC: Why not really?

M: Well, I wasn’t her kid for one and she hated me for another. I was her job, a very long, difficult job according to her.

AC: Hate is a pretty strong word, Maer.

M: (here she laughs) Berit is a pretty strong woman. Do you know what ‘Maer’ means? It’s a slur in Danish and it means ‘bitch’ in English.

AC: Um...wow. Ok. That’s not right.

M: Yeah well like I said I was her job, people always resent what they have to do. Well, most always.

AC: What do you mean by that? You were her job?

M: I was turned over to her when I was seven so she could train me.

AC: Ah yes it says in your file that you were ‘appropriated’ by the Illuminati when you were a child.

M: Yeah. After my parents were taken.

AC: Ah, yes. Do you remember your parents?

M: Yeah. And Bobby and Em my brother and sister. They were taken too.

AC: I see. (At this point I had to pause to get all this down. We’re potentially dealing with survivors guilt, probably some post-traumatic stress disorder, attachment disorder and probably a sort of conditioned sociopathy. This is one seriously damaged young lady.)

AC: Maer, I’m going to need some time to process all this and come up with some assessments but I have to tell you, considering everything you’ve been through I’m very impressed by your ability to maintain a good outlook in general.

M: Self pity is a trap. Shit happens. Sometimes you happen to be in the way when it happens but the universe doesn’t give a shit about you. It’s not out to get you and it’s not personal. Now people...that’s different.

AC: Oh? How so?

M: Well, sometimes they ARE out to get you, but people you can kill.