Dr. Steel

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Dr. Steel is a Resident Evil OC, but can be played in most horror/sci-fi settings. This information can be tweaked for more generic settings, though there will always be focus on her as a "broodmother" or monster-queen of sorts. Dr.

Steel is most often shipped with Wesker, but is provocative and will flirt with anyone if she feels it will get her what she wants. Ships with your OCs, or canon characters, are 100% encouraged!

Further reading is available on AO3 (username: CaptainCassidy), if you're into that sort of thing. She also has a detailed headcanons page I can send/link if it interests you.

Basic

ID: X0N17

Name: [REDACTED] Steel

DOB: 1965

Sex: Female

Strain: Progenitor (T)

Species: Human (Former)

Status: Infected

Function: B.O.W. broodmother (“Queen”)

Physical

Height: 5’9” (152.4cm)

Weight: 149lbs (22.226kg)

B/W/(HH/)H: 86/30/(90/)110

Build: Rounded, soft

Body Shape: Spoon

Ethnicity: Caucasian (Circassian)

• Black hair
• White skin
• Sharp eyes, blue (formerly), blue/purple iridescent

Disabilities: Mute

Personal

Languages: English, American Sign Language (ASL)

Temperament: Timid

Personality: Steel is an incredibly calm, reserved woman suffering from severe trauma. Many of her actions directly or indirectly benefit her, often to the emotional or physical detriment of others.

Sexuality: Bisexual (male preference), polyamorous

Alignment: True Neutral

MBTI: INFJ-T

Spirituality: God complex, cult leader, worships Wesker/Uroboros

Detailed

Credentials: MD-PhD (Virology, Human Anatomy & Cell Biology, Medicine, Biology)

Occupation: Caduceus (cult) leader, virologist, medical doctor, researcher

Viral

Note: The viral segment compares Albert and Steel, as “successfully bonded viral hosts” are integral to the Caduceus plotline. The virus is either effective in its engineered purpose, or it mutates violently and out of control. This segment is written in the hopes of creating some sort of consistency between “successfully” infected individuals.

X0N17 was a weakened version of the Progenitor virus intended to enhance individuals without incurring the unsavory effects of the virus. In this regard it is very similar to the virus the Wesker Children had introduced into them, though X0N17 is more likely to be considered a “cheap knockoff” with miserable results across the board. With an even smaller test group to work with, that left Steel as the single compatible host for the virus.

She merged with it successfully, but suffers its ill effects frequently. In some sick, twisted comedy, the virus did not regrow her destroyed vocal cords, nor did they immediately implant her with the kind of power seen after Albert’s rebirth. Albert’s virus was further incentivized into its intended function by William Birkin’s mutant virus strain, creating the resulting abilities given to Albert post-mansion incident.

Steel’s virus worked more slowly and with a great deal more pain. Documentation surrounding the process was highly classified, but it is likely that Steel spent some time comatose, or perhaps in a state of constant, fevered agony as her body was forced to adapt to and accept the invading virus. Everything that could possibly aid in her survival was brought to the table, then threw against the board to see what stuck.

After the ordeal, Steel’s abilities finally began to manifest. She was capable of immense strength, speed, stamina, and had an impressive regenerative ability. Once Goddrad was certain of her stability with the virus, Steel was tested copious amounts of times in the hopes of better understanding the limitations of the virus. As it stands, the only sure-fire way of killing Steel completely is incineration, much like other T variants.

Her abilities after infection include the following:

• Superhuman strength (not comparable to Albert)
• Superhuman speed 
• Superhuman regeneration
• Superhuman stamina
• A “radius” around her which draws infected towards her
• The ability to manipulate weaker infected through some sort of strange aura
• Genetic compatibility with infected partner(s)
• Production of “eggs” and “offspring” through intercourse with said infected partner(s)

Some of these abilities are notably different from the Progenitor / Mutant Strain used to turn Albert, but it appears all Progenitor-fathered viruses have a similar set of “symptoms” and effects. Increases in power and speed are seen across the board (even as early as Crimson Heads, before their evolution into Lickers), while certain abilities seem to only manifest in specifically qualified hosts.

One such ability is Albert’s “Death Stare,” of which Steel seems to possess a variant, though with a very different purpose. She is capable of frenzying the infected and, at point-blank, disorienting non-infected individuals. It remains unclear what alteration has produced such a unique phenomenon in both parties (and other more powerful infected specimens). It is also unclear what exactly is being done to produce said effects.

Plagas (types 1, 2, and 3) do not appear to be affected in the same way as typical T-strain infected. More research is necessary.

Uroboros seems to react similarly to other T-infected strains when presented to Steel. Its instances are non-hostile or, like some of the other infected specimens, seeks to actively use Steel as a potentially compatible genetic partner. Uroboros instances have not been studied in any viable hosts at this time.

For further reading on X0N17’s effects on Dr. Steel, particularly in copulation and reproduction, please visit the project's archive: Extended Reproductive Viability and Mutability Processes (ERVMP).

Favorites

Foods: Fruits, beef, venison, hard boiled eggs, most pastries

Drinks: Coffee, tea, wine

Activities: Reading, gardening, watching documentaries, working out, swimming

Studies: Plants, animals

Hates

Foods: Fermented foods, taffy

Drinks: Sparkling water

Activities: Sports