Despite the name, Dr. Ellen Strikewell embodies the role of a healer in Ship of Heroes. But don't think her soft! She does have ranged electric damage that can be quite....shocking! Dr. Strikewell is the subject of the latest introduction of some of the characters of note that will come with the game.
Dr. Strikewell is primarily a healer, but she also has ranged electric damage powers. She was born aboard the Justice and always wanted to be a physician. When her healing powers manifested in her late teens, she accepted them as confirmation that medicine should be her career path. Even then, Ellen Strikewell was sometimes called upon to assist with unlicensed healing and medical procedures, since she had strong healing powers even as a teenager and young adult. But after a few incidents in which her powers were used to achieve ethically questionable results, she decided to quit and pursue her formal education as a physician full-time. But she still retains some contacts from the shadowy world of exotic, unlicensed medicine.
As her ability to fight at range increased, she took additional training, intending to be part of the Justice Corps and to help defend the ship. Once Dr. Strikewell graduated and accepted a medical position, Ambassador attempted to recruit her into the Justice Corps. She declined in order to remain focused on healing, but remains a friend of Ambassador’s, and willingly joins him and the Diplomats on certain missions, when she can.
Dr. Strikewell wears a costume of her own design, and is one of a minority of heroes aboard the Justice who uses the same name in both of her roles – in her case, as a physician and as hero defending the Justice. Her costume is well-recognized aboard ship, because her cape flutters in the wind, as do her skirt and her hair.
You'll be able to read the rest of her biography on the Ship of Heroes site. Do be sure to check out the character creation system in the video below and maybe you too can become as adept at making your own hero's "look" as Dr. Strikewell!
