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Exospex - Base:
Isabel posseses a pair of advanced Shi'ar goggles that are the source of most of her powers. These "Exospex" are highly resistant to harm, and, if somehow damaged or destroyed, can repair or regrow themselves from pieces as small as a lens fragment. When worn, they provide the following powers:
* Superhuman Strength: The wearer of the goggles can lift about 2 tons.
* Superhuman Durability: The goggles provide a degree of added resilience allowing the wearer to tolerate high-speed flight without harm, resist damage from normal humans who are unarmed or have simple blunt weapons, and engage in combat with someone of similar superhuman strength (i.e., around 2 tons) on roughly even terms.
* Life Support: The wearer can survive in outer space and in any planetary environment that could reasonably support life (underwater, high pressure, high radiation, etc.)
* Information Database: The goggles provide access to a Shi'ar database containing information that would be accessible to an average military officer of the empire, including planetary systems, alien species, technology, news, and so forth. The database is not comprehensive (limited only to things known to the Shi'ar), is not necessarily accurate, and is always presented from a Shi'ar centric perspective -- things the empire considers unimportant will have little data available.
* Stargate Access: The goggles work as a key allowing free passage through Shi'ar stargates, which permit interstellar travel between systems in which the empire has enough interest to place a gate in.
* Uniform Creation: When worn, the Exospex garb their wearer in an appropriately tailored version of the Imperial Guard Smasher uniform; clothes they were previously wearing are shunted into extradimensional space and return when the goggles are removed. The wearer has some ability to change the uniform's appearance as long as it remains recognizable.
* Downloadable Powers: In addition to the above powers, the Exospex can grant their wearer a variety of "downloadable" powers, only one of which can be used at a time. Isabel can switch between available powers as desired; additional powers may become available for download in the future (with staff approval). See "Exospex - Downloadable" for details on available powers.
Exospex - Downloadable:
As detailed under "Exospex - Base", Isabel can use her goggles to access additional powers, so long as she employs only one at a time. Currently available powers include:
* Hyper-Strength: Isabel can enhance her strength to immense levels; she has been shown carrying (albeit with some strain) an entire commercial airliner, and has commensurate ability in throwing, breaking and other feats of strength once this power is downloaded.
* Super-Resistance: With this power active, she is almost invulnerable to most forms of physical and energy damage; only the strongest or most powerful attacks can significantly harm her. She is still vulnerable to mental or magical attacks.
* Exo-Speed: Downloading this power enables her to move, think, and react far faster than any normal human. She can catch bullets in mid-air, dodge or evade faster projectiles, complete hours-long tasks in seconds, or fly at near-light speed.
* Penta-Vision: The goggles can provide enhanced visual abilities, including telescopic, microscopic, and X-ray vision (the latter working in combination with either of the former two abilities, if desired).
* Flash Vision: The goggles can project high-powered energy beams powerful enough to destroy or at least harm all but the very toughest of materials (or beings).
Flight Patches:
These Shi'ar anti-gravity devices allow the wearer to fly, with a top speed of about 700 miles per hour; she can hover in place, and is equally capable in and outside of an atmosphere.
