Q U E E N
Marie Pierce
Breakthrough Powers
Queen has the ability to mentally communicate with arthropods/neopterids and can order them to act on her behalf. Her interaction with them boosts their mental faculties enough for them to coordinate and carry out complex requests. When she comes into contact with hive organisms, she automatically assumes a position superior to the queen, or similar functioning creature (a sort of queen-above-the-queen, that leaves the hive functioning normally when she leaves contact with it). She can also "see" using the sensory functions of the creatures under her control.
History
Marie Pierce had dreams of saving the world. Not as a hero, mind you, not even after the Event. She was going to save the environment, but she was also going to save the people living in the environment. The one needed the other working to create a balance. She threw herself into environmental studies and found a focus on entomology with bees and other pollinators.
During a trip to the New York Botanical Gardens to see a new exhibit on bees, Marie Pierce fell victim to a Deep Green attack. While others were harassed by suddenly mobile vegetation, Marie found herself targeted by a massive, hostile swarm of bugs that proceeded to surround her and sting and bite. As she began to succumb to the combined toxins in her system, she had a single pain-addled thought, "Bees are social creatures. Too bad I can't talk with them." And then, suddenly, she could. Hundreds of buzzing voices in her head, who responded to the commands she gave out, stopped stinging her and turned to her aid, the various alterations made to them making them as useful an ally as they had been dangerous a foe.
Appearance & Personality
Marie is extremely social and outgoing, the head of nearly a dozen committees at any given point during her pre-Breakthrough years. Currently, she acts as the spokesperson for several environmentally concerned organizations when she isn't on a mission, something that may seem strange to those who know the details of her Breakthrough. However, her mental connection with the insect world has made her even more aware of the dangers posed to the natural world. Her abilities give her unique insights into the health of the surrounding environs.
She fully believes that she is the best one to lead almost any given operation...