Deux de ces "peuples de la Terre" maintenant. La première est une femme aux cheveux noirs en civil, mais pas sur Terre-Civilienne. Elle porte le style Kiledan de tissus recoupants de différentes longueurs et couleurs. La seconde est une femme blonde, dans son costume IPT, mais plutôt que de marcher, celui-ci flotte à quelques pieds du sol et dérive à travers la distance.
-- C'est donc notre nouveau vaisseau, alors? demande le premier, prenant la vue. Elle offre sa main au groupe déjà réuni. "Xiu-Xiu Benedict. Docteur. Enchanté de vous rencontrer tous."
La femme flottante serre la main avec le capitaine humain présent, mais pour les extraterrestres elle leur offre leurs propres gestes culturels, comme la meilleure de sa biologie le permettra. "Angela Greene. Aucun titre n'était nécessaire, mais de retour sur Terre, j'étais dans l'application de la loi et la négociation."
Peu de temps après les présentations sont prises en charge, les deux femmes se joignent aux autres assemblées pour regarder au-dessus du navire. "Ils viennent juste de finaliser l'installation sur mes exigences spéciales... J'ai hâte de voir à quoi ressemble l'intérieur. Surtout les installations médicales."
"Moi aussi... ça semble encore un peu irréel. Comme... c'est en fait tout ce qui se passe."
Full name: Xiu-Xiu Benedict
Callsign: Nano
Home planet: Earth
Age: 105
 
Abilities: Nanite smartmatter - Xiu-Xiu is composed of a swarm of nanites, capable of reshaping themselves. Her default look is pictured, though when deactivated she's a puddle of silvery liquid. As well as her own mind, the nanites' distributed systems form a computer system with all the benefits of a cranial implant, from data storage and rapid calculations to wireless interface. While the nanites can theoraetically reshape Xiu-Xiu into anything, it takes significant computing power to build complex forms. Without access to the Iris-6's computers, she can only form simple shapes or pre-loaded forms. Her body is resistant to physical damage, but energy-based attacks (Especially electromagnetic) are effective. While Xiu-Xiu is capable of splitting herself, to either be smaller or leave behind objects, she needs a minimum amount of mass for certain functions and if split too far apart is effectively knocked out while simpler subroutines rebuild her neural net.
Skills: Advanced medical training. Wilderness survival. Piloting.
When earth had to select only three people out of the billions to be the first candidates for the IPT, it was clear they needed the best of the best. Looking through several records, they found Xiu-Xiu Benedict. She started as an EMT, before going on to work for Doctors Without Borders, acting as a pilot and medic for those most in need.
There was just one problem. Xiu-Xiu was retired. More than retired, she couldn't leave her bed without help. The woman was starting her second century. She'd lived a long life, though never married.
The alien race known as the Synth agreed to help - This species had advanced their own cybernetics research to the point where they could transfer their minds to artificial brains. They agreed to try and use their technique on Xiu-Xiu.
The humans shared their own research on neurology, and this joint-species task force was named the Lazarus Project. A colony of nanites, based on distributed computing and limited self-repair. It involved a destructive scan - The nanites would take Xiu-Xiu apart at the atomic level in order to rebuild her neural network with their own structure. If it went wrong, it would be fatal. But Xiu-Xiu was no starnger to taking risks. Offered her youth back, an opportunity to explore and give aid in a whole universe, and to pioneer a life-changing medical treatment, she didn't need convincing.
The treatment was a success, though the project wants to make sure there are no long-term issues before trying it out again. Xiu-Xiu was reborn as a silvery liquid which, after some practice, assembled itself into Xiu-Xiu in her 20s. She spent more time getting used to her new body, before setting off for IPT training.

Notes: Xiu-Xiu's standard equipment loadout includes an advanced medkit with suitable drugs for all the team, and any aliens likely to be encountered.
While she is aware that sometimes war and death is unavoidable, and does not chastise the team for using lethal force, Xiu-Xiu takes her hippocratic oath seriously. She only ever uses nonlethal ammunition (Or stun beams etc.) in her own weapons.
Xiu-Xiu can repair damaged nanites in the field, but to prevent a 'grey goo' situation, she is incapable of building more from scratch. The system for doing this is located on the Iris-6.


Full name: Angela Greene
Callsign: Angel
Home planet: Earth
Age: 27
Appearance:

(Please pretend it's wearing trousers... I like everything else about the pic...)
Abilities: Environmental Adaptation and Flight - Angela's body has been altered so that it will change itself so she is perfectly comfortable in any environment, no matter how hot, cold, toxic, pressured etc. If she doesn't see it coming, she takes a few moments to adapt, so can still be hurt by attacks, but if she isn't killed outright will become immune to the effect, even when unconscious. As a side effect of being able to adapt to extreme gravity environments, Angela can alter her own personal gravity, to fly by 'falling' in any direction.
Skills: Diplomacy, Negotiation, Hostage Tactics
Bio: Originally serving in the San Francisco Police, during her career Angela showed an aptitude for diplomacy and negotiation. This came to a head during a bank robbery which turned into a hostage situation. Angela entered unarmed and unarmoured, trading herself for some of the hostages, and talked the criminals into peaceful surrender. This earned her a medal, and a position as a hostage negotiator. The criminals are now model prisoners.
She is a genuinely kind and understanding person, and when the IPT psychic screening came to her, they were certain they'd found someone who wouldn't judge an alien for an unusual appearance, and other psychics would know she was genuine.
When leaving earth, with plenty of goodbyes from her former co-workers, friends and family. To keep in touch, Angela has begin keeping an online journal of her experiences beyond the solar system, and hopefully help Earth understand it's new place in the universe. Her entries have to be approved by the ITP, in case they contain sensitive information, but they generally approve of cultural exchanges.
When she was asked to pick her genetic superpowers, Angela though hard before picking the environmental adaptation. Her reasoning was that masks, shields and armour make people tense in delicate situations, and if she has to wear a face-concealing hazmat suit or heavy armour in certain environments she can't do her job as effectively.
Notes: Angela never wears a helmet - She doesn't need it for protection, and knows that showing one's face is highly effective when negotiating. She carries an advanced recording device, and often takes photographs or videos when the situation would warrant it.