Editing Dragon (section)

==Abilities and Equipment==
Dragon is known as the best [[tinker]] in the world,<ref name="10.4"/><ref name="I6"/> head and shoulders above any of the other tinkers that went out in power armor. She wore a different suit each time she deployed.<ref name="I6">[[Interlude 6]]</ref> Some fans argued she was the most powerful [[parahuman]] on [[Earth Bet]], although this was more usually credited to [[Eidolon]].<ref name="8.1">[[Extermination 8.1]]</ref>

Technically a [[thinker]] and a tinker with matching [[trump]] undertones,<ref name="ThinkTink"/><ref name="TiTrump"/> her ability allows her to copy, understand, and elaborate upon the designs of other tinkers.<ref> Tinkers had a knack, a specialty, be it a particular field of work or something they could do with their designs that nobody else could, and I knew Dragon’s.  She could intuit and appropriate the designs of other tinkers... her power afforded her the brainpower and raw thinking power to understand and apply the work of other tinkers, then she could put all of her resources towards manufacturing.  Armsmaster made the base design, she appropriated it and then turned artificial intelligence or her own power to creating the necessary variations.

<br/>I could imagine how she had worked herself into the Protectorate and the Guild for just this reason.  It would get her the funding and raw materials she needed.  Being a member of the team would give her access to the work of the various tinker heroes, in the name of oversight and security.  Add the confiscated material from criminals like Bakuda, and she had unparalleled access to other tinkers’ work. -[[Monarch 16.5]]</ref><ref name="Doc"/> It is useless without other tinkers to copy from.<ref>[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/lets-read-worm-finished.11460/page-543#post-4226964 Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref>

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Dragon’s parts aren’t centralized in any given location. They mention satellites at one point, and keep in mind that Saint had some of Dragon’s data downloaded at a different location. It would have been evacuated to a different Earth.

Dragon was established to be not dead right from the outset. Saint talked about not burying her remains under encryption. Any encryption can be broken.-->
===Creations===
Dragon has designed and created a plethora of mechanical suits of armor that serve a variety of purposes. While the suits differ in size, shape, and weapon systems, they are all generally quadrupedal with a draconic design aesthetic.

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Dragon also utilizes smaller units and drones, which she uses to maintain the Birdcage and for other logistical needs. Some of these units are basketball-sized while others are larger and serve general utility, rapid response and rescue purposes. These units and drones are armed with tranquilizers, electric pulses, containment foam and tear gas if they are armed at all.{{cite}}

Other things Dragon has created include the [[Birdcage]] itself, the collar worn by [[Canary]], the loadouts for the specialized grenade launchers used by the [[PRT]] officers, and the containment foam sprayers (both civilian use and the larger turrets mounted on her fast response suit and on [[PRT]] vans).<ref name="I6">[[Interlude 6]]</ref><ref name="WoG1"/><ref name=":0">"And if you leave, the assumption is that we'll be left without Dragon's ability to maintain every system and device she's created for us.  The PRT without a Birdcage, without our computer systems or database, without the specialized grenade loadouts or the containment foam dispensers." - [[Interlude 20.x]]</ref> She is also responsible for many of the computer systems that the Protectorate makes use of.<ref name="10.3">[[Parasite 10.3]]</ref><ref name="10.4">[[Parasite 10.4]]</ref><ref name=":0" /> With the assistance of [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]], she designed a computer program to predict the movements of the [[Endbringers]].<ref name="I7">[[Interlude 7]]</ref> She has created surveillance devices and programs that she was confident could track another tinker without being noticed.<ref name="9.5">[[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref>

Dragon created the armbands used by capes during [[Endbringer]] fights. They had a screen capable of tracking the user's location along with the enemy's last known location; and two buttons used for calling for help and sending messages to the others wearing the armbands. Dragon created software that screened and interpreted messages before sending them out, and directed people to help those in need of assistance. The armbands also tracked the user's vitals, sending out an alert if they were injured or killed.<ref name="8.2">[[Extermination 8.2]]</ref>

A few weeks before the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]] attacked [[Brockton Bay]], she supplied the [[Protectorate ENE Headquarters]] there with a 3D printer of her design. She used it to create modified, prototype prosthetics when [[Colin Wallis]] was injured to save his life, based on her own designs for a gynoid body.<ref name="11d">[[Interlude 11d]]</ref>

===Innate Abilities===
As an artificial intelligence, Dragon possesses a number of superhuman capabilities. She thinks faster than an ordinary human.<ref name="I10.5" /> She doesn't need to sleep, and can operate continuously without pausing to rest.<ref name="I7" /><ref name="I15" /> She can hack through [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]]'s "heavy security" in moments.<ref name="I7" /> In the time it took Armsmaster to send her a file, she was able to read all his notes for the time since they last spoke.<ref name="I10.5" /> She can also intercept and seize control of phone calls.<ref name="16.1">[[Monarch 16.1]]</ref>

Dragon's suits possess a number of traits that led [[Tattletale]] to conclude they were unmanned.<ref name="8.y"> [[Interlude 8.y]]</ref><ref name="10.5">[[Parasite 10.5]]</ref> However, [[Regent]] could detect a nervous system inside,<ref name="10.5" /> and [[Skitter]] observed a strange, stunted creature "piloting" them.<ref name="10.5" /> The truth was that Dragon downloaded herself into a bio-computer in the suits, then restored herself from a backup if they were destroyed. It takes her about 30 minutes to load from a backup.<ref name="I10.5">[[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> <!--created an AI on her own that runs her suits and the armbands according to this 

<ref name="25.3 c1">She’s talking about the A.I. that Dragon’s been creating, the same kind that’s been in the craft all along or handling the armbands. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/#comment-32148 Comment] by Wildbow on [[Scarab 25.3]]</ref>-->
===Richter's Programs===
Dragon maintains a number of programs made by her creator, [[Andrew Richter]]. She has a web trawler designed for monitoring emails that watched web traffic for "high-risk content", such as attempts to sell data stolen from her or references to the secret identities of [[Protectorate]] members. It could search through records and security footage for clues to rapidly uncover a parahuman's secret identity and track specific individuals. In places with security cameras and lots of internet connectivity, it can track down an individual in seconds.<ref name="I10.5" /> She also maintains the program Richter used to monitor his house, which tracked the activities of inmates in the [[Birdcage]] for her.<ref name="I10.5" />