Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,010,232, making it the third-most populous county in California, the sixth-most populous in the United States, and more populous than twenty-one U.S. states. Its county seat is Santa Ana. It is the second-most densely populated county in the state, second only to San Francisco County. The county's four largest cities, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, and Huntington Beach each have populations exceeding 200,000. Several of Orange County's cities are on the Pacific coast, including Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente.

 

Orange County is included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thirty-four incorporated cities are in the county; the newest is Aliso Viejo, which was incorporated in 2001. Anaheim was the first town incorporated in 1870 when the region was still part of neighboring Los Angeles County.

 

Whereas most population centers in the United States tend to be identified by a major city, there is no defined urban center in Orange County. It is mostly suburban except for some traditionally urban areas at the centers of the older cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Santa Ana. There are several edge city-style developments such as Irvine Business Center, Newport Center, and South Coast Metro.

 

The county is famous for its tourism as the home of attractions like Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and several beaches along its more than 40 miles (64 km) of coastline. It is also known for its political conservatism—a 2005 academic study listed three Orange County cities as among America's 25 most conservative, making it one of two counties in the nation containing more than one such city. (Maricopa County, Arizona, also has three cities on the list.) It is part of the Tech Coast.

 

Brought up in a military family, Cherie Konana was the youngest of three siblings; two of them were brothers.  She grew up to be a half Chinese-American, half Irish Army brat, who fell in love with the military just like her brothers.  Growing up in Orange County, she led a privileged life thanks to her parents' connections.  Her tastes of high fashion and the celebrity scene caught more of her interest than the military ever did.  Although she wanted to be in the military like her brothers and father. 

 

Her parents felt different, so the army for her was out of the question.  However, it didn't stop Cherie from being involved in the military.  She held proper functions and parties supporting the troops and was very proactive in getting good care for veterans who served in the military.  Using her social media status, she became extremely popular in the military.

 

Even though she wasn't part of the military, she knew her way around guns thanks to her father.  At age 11, she already learned how to shoot rifles, pistols, and even shotguns.  However, everything was about to change on Christmas Eve, where everyone went hunting for elk in the Rockies.  Numerous police reports about an unidentified animal who was killing and eating live game hunters in the area. 

 

Unfortunately, Cherie and her family ran into such a monster, and it attacked them.  With her father, almost being brutally murdered by the mysterious monster, Cherie took her gun and shot the beast right between the eyes, exploding his head clear off the shoulders.  It was a good shot — a good kill.  However, there was one problem.  Her gun was already empty.  She would later find out that the energy source came from her own aethereal energy.

 

Her father did his best to sweep it under the rug, saying it was only a grizzly bear.  However, someone else already put the pieces together and did quick work to find this person.  As soon as they got back to the orange county, the Aethereal Queen was waiting for them.  Being genuinely good parents, Cherie's mother and father were rightfully protective and skeptical, telling the Queen to leave and never come back.  However, they underestimated the tenacity of their only daughter and the Aethereal Queen's.

 

Curious, Cherie ran into the Aethereal Queen, and they began to talk about what happened in Colorado.  Even though the Aethereal Queen didn't want to get in between her and her family, what she did want from Cherie is to hone her skills on her own, and then when she is old enough, she can join without anyone holding her back.  As a parting gift, the Aethereal Queen gave her a few books about aethereal energy and how to harness it.

 

It wouldn't be so hard for her since she graduated high school one year later and earned a full scholarship to go anywhere around the world and study.  In secret, she contacted the Aethereal Queen to set up a meeting with her.  Graduating high school, she already knew what she wanted to do in life; she wanted to serve and protect as her brothers did in the military.  This will come to fruition since the Crux Nexus have constructed institutions masqueraded as universities for their young members like Cherie to hone and learn their skills.  Cherie Konana would study abroad in France, which was convenient since the Crux Nexus’ headquarters was nearby.

 

During her time at the Crux Nexus, she learned so much about Aethereal energy and even unlocked one of the four Aethereal Gates, Earth.  Out of the four Aethereal Gates to unlock, Earth is the trickiest since it is such a vast scope.  Primarily, she has learned Earth and stone manipulation, which comes with the territory opening the Aethereal gate — having the ability to control earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, dirt, or other minerals.  Also, even though she knows how to manage such minerals, she can manipulate metals as well.  She cannot bend big bars of metal or stuff like that, but she can manipulate and maneuver machines.

 

With that ability, she could learn Technopathy; capacity to manipulate technology. Manifested as a unique form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a particular type of "morphing" which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a psychic ability that allows for mental interface with computer data.

 

Also, microwave manipulation; the ability to convert ambient electromagnetic energy into microwaves and manipulate it into various effects such as heat, light, and radiation.

 

With these two skills, Technopathy and Microwave manipulation, she can hack into any mainframe and manipulate any light or heavy machinery such as vehicles with a particular smartphone that was custom-made to complement her powers.

 

She also has a bevy of custom-made weapons calibrated to her powers.  Her go-to weapons are two Remington R51 semi-automatic pistols. The R51 is a modernized version of the John Pedersen-designed Remington Model 51 pistol chambered in 9×19mm caliber.  The version she carries is made from silver.

 

The Kel-Tec KSG is a bullpup 12-gauge pump-action shotgun that was designed by Kel-Tec. It has two tube magazines in which the user of the gun can switch between manually. Each tube holds a total of seven 2.75-inch (70 mm) 12-gauge shotshells or six 3-inch (76 mm) shotshells.

 

However, her all-time favorite gun she uses regularly is The G36; a 5.56×45mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch in Germany as a replacement for the more massive 7.62mm G3 battle rifle. This version of the G36 is Aethereal powered and feeds from a 30-round detachable box magazine or 100-round C-Mag drum magazine.

 

The G36 is a selective-fire 5.56 mm assault rifle, firing from a closed rotary bolt. The G36 has a standard layout and a modular component design. Common to all variants of the G36 family are the receiver and buttstock assembly, bolt carrier group with bolt, and the return mechanism and guide rod. The receiver contains the barrel, carry handle with integrated sights, trigger group with a pistol grip, handguard, and magazine socket.

 

The G36 employs a free-floating barrel (the barrel does not contact the handguard). The barrel is fastened to the receiver with a particular nut, which can be removed with a wrench. The barrel is produced using a cold hammer forging process and features a chrome-lined bore with six right-hand grooves and a 1 in 178 mm (1:7 in) rifling twist rate. The barrel assembly consists of the gas block, a collar with a bayonet lug that is also used to launch rifle grenades, and a slotted flash suppressor.

 

The weapon can be stripped and reassembled without tools through a system of cross-pins like that used on earlier HK designs. For cleaning purposes, the G36 dismantles into the following groups: receiver housing, return mechanism, bolt carrier group, and trigger group.

 

The weapon she jokingly uses for "crowd control" is The M134 Minigun, a 7.62×51mm NATO, a six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute) which can also fire at a high-sustained rate.  It features Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external power source, generally an electric motor. The "Mini" in the name is in comparison to larger caliber designs that use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20-millimeter M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle caliber bullets instead of shells used by an autocannon.

 

Several branches of the U.S. military use the Minigun. Versions are designated M134 and XM196 by the United States Army, and GAU-2/A and GAU-17/A by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. "Minigun" refers to a particular model of weapon that General Electric initially produced, but the term "minigun" has popularly come to see to any externally-powered rotary-style gun of rifle caliber. The term is sometimes used loosely to refer to arms of similar rates of fire and configuration regardless of power source and quality.

 

However, when she runs out of weapons or options, she pulls out her trusty knife pistol, GRAD Knife Gun.  In the late 1990s, the Global Research and Development (GRAD) Company designed the world's first production fixed blade knife that held a multishot firearm inside its grip. GRAD produced four knives, three of which contained working 22LR double-action revolvers. 

 

The knife in each case was a high-quality 440C heat-treated high carbon stainless steel single-edged fixed blade. Inside the grips lay the cylinder for the revolver with a 1.75-inch rifled barrel. In the lower half of the knife handle, a spring-loaded trigger lever could be pulled down, and when depressed would fire the gun. The barrel's muzzle was shrouded by the top half of the grip and fired over the upper part of the blade through the hilt of the knife. To load and clean the revolver, the clamps separated and folded open, allowing access to the concealed gun.

 

The one she uses is a Hybrid Standard Edition of the knife had black aluminum checkered grip panels and held a 5-shot revolver.  A deluxe 22-karat gold-plated Millennium version of the Standard had a highly hand polished blade and frame.

 

Unquestionably, Cherie Konana loves her guns…

 

Being a girl from Orange County, they always love their cars, and Cherie is no different.  Even though she is an ultimate fashionista and an Army brat, she is also a gearhead.  Her vehicle of choice is an armored and Aethereal powered Lamborghini Aventador, a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.

 

The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 uses experimental 1300 PS 6.5 liter 60° V12 engine weighing 265 kg.  Its transmission, a single-clutch seven-speed semi-automatic, is built by Graziano Trasmissioni. Despite being single-clutch, gear-shifts are accomplished in 50 milliseconds.  The new, electronically controlled, all-wheel-drive system is developed and supplied by the Swedish company Haldex Traction, offering traction and handling capabilities based on their 4th generation technology.

 

Here is the “Original Performance” the Lamborghini Aventador:

• 0–97 km/h (0–60 mph): 2.9 s

• 400 m (1⁄4 mi): 10.6 s @ 220 km/h (137 mph)

• Top speed: 354 km/h (220 mph)

• 97–0 km/h (60–0 mph): 30 m (100 ft)

• 1.05g.

 

And here is the “Aetheral-Engineered Performance” the Lamborghini Aventador:

• 0–97 km/h (0–60 mph): 1.5 s

• 400 m (1⁄4 mi): 6.9 s @ 563 km/h (350 mph)

• Top speed: 822 km/h (510 mph)

• 97–0 km/h (60–0 mph): 9 m (30 ft)

• .55g.

 

Only a few or should I say a handful of Crux Nexus members can summon constellation guardians.  Cherie Konana is the exception as she can ask one of the most important constellation guardians, Canes Venatici; a small northern constellation and its name are Latin for "hunting dogs," and the constellation is often depicted in illustrations as representing the dogs of Boötes the Herdsman, a neighboring constellation.

 

Canes Venatici are true the name of hunting dogs.  They travel in packs or many cases; they split up and partner up with other individuals.  They have excellent tracking and attacking abilities.  Usually, Canes Venatici is used to be in a supportive role, tracking down fugitives and other monsters.

 

Canes Venatici consist of gun dogs that represent five different breeds:

• Cor Caroli - the Golden Retriever, a large-sized breed of dog, bred as gun dogs.

• Chara - the English Pointer, a medium to the large-sized breed of dog developed in England as a gun dog.

• La Superba - the poodle is a group of formal dog breeds, the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle, and Toy Poodle.  Ranked second most intelligent dog breed just behind the Border Collie, the poodle is skillful in many dog sports and activities, including agility, obedience, tracking to herding, circus performers, or assistance dogs.

• A.M. Ce-Vin - the English Cocker Spaniel, a breed of gun dog. The English Cocker Spaniel is an active, good-natured, sporting dog standing well up at the withers and compactly built.

• RS Ce-Vin - the English Setter, a medium-sized breed of dog. It is part of the Setter family, which includes the red Irish Setters, Irish Red and White Setters, and black-and-tan Gordon Setters.

 

Cherie Konana, in her own right, is a prodigal child.  Some say if she was born ten years older, Selena Logan and she would be fierce rivals, even competitors.  Some people call her the next big thing.  Extremely intelligent with an IQ of 186, she has no problem flaunting her intellectual prowess. 

 

Konana is the top marksman out of the Crux Nexus, possessing Supernatural-like precision, and regularly boasting to "never miss" her target. She has only been known to lose once when trying to shoot Selena Logan "in practice." She also once shot an apple off Aethereal Queen's head with her eyes closed and her back turned. In addition to peak accuracy, she is a proficient hand-to-hand combatant and can hold his own against groups of low-level militants.

 

Personality-wise, Cherie Konana is a people person.  She loves being in the know and current.  She has the gift of gab and knows how to spin the story to get an advantage.  She is lovable and likable to a fault.  She also takes the time to listen to others and is always giving helpful advice to others, whether this fashion advice or personal advice.  She can be a real goofball and a jokester, giving a sense of lightheartedness to the group.

 

However, that is pretty much the problem with Cherie in general.  She can be a know-it-all and can rub it in everyone's face when they are wrong.  Many of the Crux Nexus members have somewhat of a mean streak to them, but Cherie Konana doesn't. It's not like she's nice or anything; she decides that acting tough is a waste of time.  Despite her being proficient in guns, she's not the best fighter.  In fact, out of the five Crucis Sentinels, she is the weakest physical fighter on the team.  Of course, Cherie knows some judo from her father, but she would instead squeeze the trigger then to get up close to anyone.

 

Overall, she is a good-hearted person who wants to do what is right, just like her family did.  And even though they do not approve of what she is doing now, they could understand and respect where she is coming from.  She might not be a soldier traditionally, but times have changed, and she has become a warrior in her own right.