#ivissi

Ivissi is a major character in Assimilator.

Ivissi is a 25-year-old Ensova scientist. She was sent to retrieve Sarah and two other Earth Assimilators alongside the Garravask mercenary The Red Gale following the Assimilator Project’s becoming defunct. She was picked due to specializing in the same technology used by the Assimilator Project to transform the Assimilators into humans (or, more specifically, to give the Assimilators the ability to transform into humans), though she never worked on the project herself. She acts as a consultant, helps identify the Assimilators, and handles the tech relating to the Assimilators and their abilities. Generally, she will not accompany the Red Gale on missions, remaining on their ship and relaying information.

Ivissi is rather shy and can be somewhat timid. This did not mix well initially with The Red Gale’s frankly intimidating reputation and presence, but the latter’s friendliness fortunately cleared this up for the most part, and the two established a friendship.

Ivissi does have moral issues with capturing the Assimilators, as does the Red Gale, but in the eyes of High Command, the several dozen Assimilators’ feelings are not worth sharply increasing tensions between the various Assimilator worlds and the Ensova before First Contact is even established.  

Ivissi is not a skilled combatant by any measure. This is shown when one of the Earth Assimilators (who, it should be noted, had only recently discovered his ability and was thus unfamiliar with his own Ensova physiology) managed to disarm her and hold her hostage with her own weapon. She is, however, a very quick thinker, and has on multiple occasions come up with on-the-spot plans that averted significant crises.

Ivissi is a character in Assimilator. I’m posting this updated version of the original bio because I have overhauled this character and come up with more for her since the first one.

Ivissi is an 35-year-old Ensova scientist specializing in biotechnology, particularly the augmentation of the Ensovas’ natural limited shapeshifting abilities. She was contracted to work as a consultant in the effort to dissolve the Assimilator Project, and was sent alongside the mercenary Kaven Aramos, also known as the Red Gale, to retrieve several of the Assimilators sent to Earth.

Following the Assimilator Project’s being made public, the administrative elements of the project were dismantled with relative ease, but that left the actual Assimilators stranded on the various worlds they were unknowingly infiltrating.

 Ivissi was chosen in particular due to the technology she specializes in being extremely similar to that used in the Assimilator Project, though she was never a part of the project herself. Her main roles in retrieval are confirming that the captured Assimilators are, in fact, Assimilators (as opposed to random humans), taking their vital stats, relaying information, and filling the Assimilators in on the situation.

Ivissi is conflicted about being sent on the Assimilator Retrieval mission for a number of reasons, the most pressing of which is her moral issues with being a literal alien invader and kidnapper. However, Ensova High Command believes that the comfort of  the approximately hundred Assimilators is not worth sharply increased tensions between humanity and the Ensova before First Contact is even established.

Additionally, while direct combat is unlikely, it’s still possible that Ivissi may have to defend herself during the mission, and she’s not exactly a formidable combatant. However, this is mitigated at least somewhat by the mandatory month-long courses in armed and unarmed combat required of all of those sent on the Assimilator mission.

Ivissi is friendly but tends to keep to herself. She can be sometimes be overly anxious, and has a tendency to over-worry.

Relevant Links

Assimilator Story Overview and the Assimilator Project

The Ensova Species

Kaven Aramos/The Red Gale