Zeta the Echidna

Zeta the Echidna is a 19 year old echidna-alien "hybrid" who works as a freelance assassin.

Appearance
Zeta is a female, auburn furred echidna with blue-grey eyes and a tan muzzle. She is quite tall for a Mobian due to her unusually long legs. Zeta is of average weight for her height. Her chest is rather flat, which causes some occasional teasing from others; Zeta largely ignores the teasing, however. She has bangs that partially cover her right eye, and her quills are swept upwards. Despite being infused with alien DNA, she has no physical alien traits.

Attire
Zeta wears a dark grey jumpsuit with somewhat prominent shoulderpads, navy blue gloves, and boots.

Personality
Zeta is an aloof, stoic, and typically quiet echidna. She remains calm in almost all situations, or at least tries to. Devoid of many emotions, she comes off as robotic to most people, sans those who know her personally. Zeta shows no remorse towards those that she resents, and has no problem killing for petty reasons, either. She despises the aliens who abducted her and infused her with their DNA. She would never embrace her powers, either. Despite her general demeanor and some of the actions she takes, Zeta is not a villain, nor is she a hero; she is best described as a Chaotic Neutral character.

Childhood
Throughout her whole life, Zeta was always a reserved individual. She didn't have many friends, though this did not bother her. The only person she was ever particularly close to was her father, who she admired greatly and looked up to. Zeta's father was an astrologist who was fascinated with extraterrestrial life; he would spend hours researching the potential existence of life outside of Earth. Though Zeta never shared her father's beliefs for many years, her opinion changed when she was 11 years old.

On a cool, late spring night, Zeta's father observed a strange light in the sky. He almost immediately jumped to the conclusion that this light was being emitted from a spacecraft, though Zeta scoffed at his idea. The light started to approach the father and daughter, and it soon became clear that her father was right about it coming from a spacecraft. The ship landed onto the ground.

Skills
Zeta is a very agile person. (TBC)

Powers
Due to her alien DNA, Zeta is able to conjure small blue beams of energy from the palms of her hands, using them as a method of attack. Another power stemming from her alien DNA is her telepathy. With it, she can read the mind of those she knows, but is unable to communicate telepathically.

Abilities
She is able to glide through the air like many echidnas, though for a shorter period of time, due to her shorter quills.

Weaknesses
Overusage of her powers cause Zeta to become very fatigued, and can even potentially result in her death. Her telepathy, in particular, causes minor headaches, even when it is used for a short period.

Trivia

 * She exists in an alternate universe from the games continuity where Chaos didn't wipe out the Knuckles Clan.
 * Zeta is named after the Zeta Reticuli star system, where the aliens who allegedly abducted Betty and Barney Hill came from.