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At some point after Neomuna's founding, a Neomuni citizen named [[The Strider|Mikaela Julaha]] experienced an accident involving nanotechnology that resulted in her strength, endurance and resilience becoming vastly augmented. She used her newfound abilities to protect the city against the [[Vex]], but unfortunately her nanite-boosted metabolism gradually caused damage to her internal organs, shortening her lifespan considerably. Despite there being no feasible way to avoid this drawback, others would later follow in her footsteps by undergoing voluntary augmentation. These superhuman defenders became known as Cloud Striders, with Mikaela, the first among them, becoming known as "The Strider". <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/mikaela-julaha#book-cloud-strider-legacies</ref><ref name= "Dev Interview"/> | At some point after Neomuna's founding, a Neomuni citizen named [[The Strider|Mikaela Julaha]] experienced an accident involving nanotechnology that resulted in her strength, endurance and resilience becoming vastly augmented. She used her newfound abilities to protect the city against the [[Vex]], but unfortunately her nanite-boosted metabolism gradually caused damage to her internal organs, shortening her lifespan considerably. Despite there being no feasible way to avoid this drawback, others would later follow in her footsteps by undergoing voluntary augmentation. These superhuman defenders became known as Cloud Striders, with Mikaela, the first among them, becoming known as "The Strider". <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/mikaela-julaha#book-cloud-strider-legacies</ref><ref name= "Dev Interview"/> | ||
Later on, the Cloud Strider known as [[Maelstrom]] started a training program to identify potential Cloud Strider candidates, beginning with a pool of twenty-two young Neomuni volunteers and selecting one for augmentation. However, this backfired, as ten of the rejected candidates formed a terrorist group known as the [[Uplift Coven]] with the goal of seizing the augments for themselves. Maelstrom managed to put down the Coven, injuring her | Later on, the Cloud Strider known as [[Maelstrom]] started a training program to identify potential Cloud Strider candidates, beginning with a pool of twenty-two young Neomuni volunteers and selecting one for augmentation. However, this backfired, as ten of the rejected candidates formed a terrorist group known as the [[Uplift Coven]] with the goal of seizing the augments for themselves. Maelstrom managed to put down the Coven, injuring her protégé [[Geist]] in the process when he attempted to protect his former peers.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/sedderik-assur#book-cloud-strider-legacies</ref> | ||
According to [[Nimbus]], no Cloud Strider prior to [[Rohan]] ever died in the line of duty, with all of them living out their full ten-year lifespan before succumbing to their augmentations. | According to [[Nimbus]], no Cloud Strider prior to [[Rohan]] ever died in the line of duty, with all of them living out their full ten-year lifespan before succumbing to their augmentations. | ||