Editing Alexandria (section)

===Other Abilities===
Alexandria has near-perfect memory retention, and accelerated processing and learning.<ref name="15.z e3" /> She virtually never forgets a detail and can absorb information quickly, such as reading two pages of a book with a glance and retaining everything she quickly picked up. She knew most commonly spoken languages, no less than ten styles of martial arts, and could match some of the best non-tinkers in the world when it came to computers.<ref name="14.y eLibrary" /><ref name="List" /> However, her [[Trigger Event#Trigger Vision|trigger vision]] memory slipped away before she could think to recollect it.<ref>'''August 21st, 1986'''<br><br>“I think we can mark this as a success,” the Doctor spoke.<br><br>Rebecca opened her eyes.  She’d seen something fragmented but profound, but it slipped away as fast as she could think to recollect it.  She staggered to her feet, wobbled.  The girl in the school uniform caught her before she could fall. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-donation-bonus-3/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref> At high speeds of up to around 30 mph <small>(disregarding whether dragonflies could fly at maximum speed while carrying spiders)</small>,<ref>The maximum speed of large species like the hawkers is around 10-15 metres/sec, or roughly 25-30 mph. Average cruising speed is probably about 10 mph. Small species, and especially damselflies, are generally slower, although many medium-sized species can probably keep up with the largest ones. - Frequently Asked Questions, British Dragonfly Society</ref><!-- https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/frequently-asked-questions --> [[Skitter]]'s presumably loud swarm of dragonflies, cockroaches, and spiders<ref name="22.4 eMoments" /> could fly into the nose and open mouth of a surprised Alexandria before she could even take a single action.<ref>She got as far as the Wards HQ before she stopped and the bugs had a chance to catch up to her.<br><br>As though I’d thrown a javelin, they speared right for her nose and open mouth, the fastest moving bugs I had at my disposal, and spiders.<br><br>She was invincible, the flesh inside her throat untouchable.  The flap that kept food out of her lungs kept the bugs at bay.  At first.  They bound themselves together, spiders fixing themselves and others to the inside of her throat with adhesive.<br><br>As strong as she was, air didn’t move past the mass of bugs that filled her mouth, as they ''fought'' to move into positions where they could block her throat.  She coughed in an instinctive attempt to dislodge them.<br><br>Even with super strength, even with a diaphragm like hers, the coughs didn’t remove every bug, and the greedy gasp of air allowed those who remained to find their way inside, filling her lungs.  They were just as impervious inside, but the bugs arranged themselves side by side, forming a layer that blocked the flow of oxygen to the membranes of the lung itself.  Spiders drew out silk, filling gaps.<br><br>If she could choke, if Leviathan saw submerging her in water as a viable tactic, if Tattletale saw fit to try to do the same, then I could drown her in insects. - [[Cell 22.4]]</ref>

Alexandria can also leverage her power to effectively sense emotions based on body language.<ref name="Cast2">'''Alexandria''' – Second in command of the Protectorate.  Flies and has enhanced strength, a virtually invincible body, eidetic memory, and senses emotions.  The triad of flight, strength, and invincibility recurs often enough, in enough variations, that it’s often referred to as ‘the Alexandria package’. Runs the team based in Los Angeles.  Member of the now-disbanded Triumvirate. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> However, those who could hide their emotions through expert training or the use of abilities of their own could still fool her.<ref name="SB1"/> She could also disbelieve the evidence of her own senses as any human could.<ref name="15.z e4">“So long as he’s active, people will be flocking to join the Protectorate-”<br><br>Alexandria slammed her hand on the stainless steel table beside her cot.<br><br>Silence rang between them in the wake of the destruction.<br><br>“I will not condone the loss of life for your ulterior motives.  I will not let monsters walk free, to profit from the fear they spread.”<br><br>“You’re right,” the Doctor said.  “I… must be more shaken by Manton’s betrayal than I’d thought.  Forget I said anything.”<br><br>If Alexandria saw a hint of falsehood in the Doctor’s body language, she convinced herself it was the strain of one eye compensating for the job she’d used to perform with two. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-donation-bonus-3/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref>

Her [[shard]] is the source of her [[Thinker]] abilities;<ref name="15.z e1">Rebecca allowed herself a smile, letting go of the girl’s hand.  She could stand under her own power.  Everything around her appeared sharp.  She hadn’t realized how bad her vision had become.<br><br>Even her ''mind'' seemed to be operating like a well oiled machine.  Had the drugs and poison made her stupid?<br><br>No.  She’d never been like this.  It was like her brain had been a bicycle and now it was a Ferarri.  Even as her eyes flicked over the interior of the warehouse, she could tell she was processing faster, taking in details and sorting them better, as if her thoughts were no longer limited to the confines of her skull. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref> her power offloads processing power to the shard.<ref name="Reddit eAlexandriaImmune" /> The offloading of her mental faculties renders her immune to [[the Simurgh]]'s psychic pressure and influence:<ref name="SB2"><keyonte0> Why is Alexandria immune to Ziz, exactly?<br><br><Wildbow__> Her mental processes are offloaded to shard - Conversation with Wildbow on IRC, [https://spacebattles.com/posts/19466282 archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name="Reddit eAlexandriaImmune">'''Protikon:''' The difference would be whether or not powers that somehow protect your brain make you immune or not.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Some do, some don't.<br><br>Alexandria's power offloads processing power to the passenger, because an unchanging brain as a part of an unchanging body is a recipe for brain death. It isn't 100% effective - her brain remains her Achilles heel, but she's at the very least immune to the Simurgh. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://spacebattles.com/posts/33939646 --> like other immune individuals, Alexandria presumably does not hear the Simurgh's active scream.<ref>There was no scream in my head.  For the moment, for this final batch of attacks, she wasn’t fighting, she was barely trying to defend herself, and she was taking a lot of punishment.  To see it, I could imagine the Simurgh had vacated the shell of her body, and this was a Simurgh-shaped statue we were so focused on taking down. - [[Last 20.7]]</ref> That said, Alexandria's brain is not special enough to be a countermeasure to [[Sleeper]].<ref name="II16.2 e1" /> She also is not immune to body control powers such as [[Pretender]] and [[Khepri]].<ref>I took control of Alexandria, instead, Pretender.  ''Controlling the person who was controlling the manipulative bitch Alexandria''.  I took Legend, who was part of that fight, two foreign capes and Moord Nag.<br><br>They were the ones running interference, buying us time to breathe. - [[Speck 30.4]]</ref>