Name: Gina Cross

Gender: Female, possibly bisexual

Age/DOB: 30/1975

Origin: Repurposed Earth

Family: Unknown parents or siblings; has a daughter Calanthe with Chandler ; Spliced kids with Collette shortly before Mel started making Reborn Pantheon Cici and Gary

Other: Close friends with Collette Green and the scientists at Black Mesa

Height: 5'8

Weight: 140, strong

Hair: strawberry blond-red, usually in a bun

Eyes: Light blue

Appearance: fair to tanned skin, some amount of scars from experiments; usually wears the 'tan' HEV suit. Somewhat proper and upright

Genetic Abilities: None known

Icarus Processing: None

Image Credits: Doll Divine Sari Maker / tektek / Half Life (below)

Skills or Profession: Theoretical Physics PhD, Engineering, Hazardous Materials Handling, HEV suit use, weapon use, general science research. Gina enjoys continuing her research and has no problem following even the most complicated formula. She prefers the more mental aspects of the jobs she's been put on, than the physical ones, but is adept with anything to do with making their science work.
Personality: She's a bit of a prude when it comes to employees leering at her or her female friends. She's sharp and clever when it comes to plans and engineering feats, and does have a sense of humor, though it shows only rarely. She has no problem with heights or depths, and often is called upon to work on exterior antenna structures or dangling lines.

Events or History: Though she was born in an era of loose ways and long hair, Gina Cross seems to be rather traditional. She managed to get into engineering in spite of herself, and has excelled in the field even when male companions hint it's not 'for her'. It most definitely is for her. She was hired at Black Mesa almost immediately out of graduate studies, and spent much of that time in the trusted circle of people working on the Lambda teleporter as well as the Anomalous Materials lab. She and Colette retrieved many of the Xenian crystal samples which were in use before the Events.

Since the Resonance Cascade and the following invasions, Gina maintains the electrical and radio systems around Black Mesa, doing whatever she can to ensure everyone's safety. It took quite a bit of flirting and chatting up before Chandler convinced her that he wasn't just messing around - he listened to her talking about their experiments and asked questions that said he'd actually paid attention. And far from 'leering' at her, like a lot of the old-guard men of Black Mesa, he seems willing to just stay hands-off if she wants space. Though they're hardly a permanent couple, she is quite proud of their daughter, if a little disappointed that she's not following in her own HEV suited footsteps.

Dragon

Name: Katukan
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: small bipedal / 7' s / 25' l / 25' ws
Colors: Radioactive (green reflective/green-oil) (possibly a 'forest' or 'plant' mutation)
Features: Drak - 4 wings, fluffy mane along entire neck and tuft at tail, specifically colored
Powers: Flight, Mental Bond (Gina only), Verbal speech - speaks English and Vort, Acid Spit, short range teleportation ('Passage')
Parentage: Unknown dam ***uk/Unknown sire ***an (will pass -an to offspring depending on gender m=**an, f=an**)
Origin: Planet Icarus, unknown / wild type
Other Info: Maybe the draks felt left out. But two of them made it to Black Mesa and have made it eminently clear that they want to stay. Gina and Colette were the obvious best pair for them! It's unknown whether these two draks were mated, they were young adults when they arrived. Katukan has spent a lot of time practicing his spitting, and has little problem wading in radioactive waste. (Though Black Mesa itself is cleaned up, most other locations aren't.)