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| Aphrodite IX | |
| Designation: | Aphrodite IX |
| Series: | Aphrodite series |
| Type: | Main character |
| Model: | IX |
| Gender: | Female |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Aphrodite IX #1 |
Aphrodite IX is a fictional robot character who was featured in the Aphrodite IX comic book limited series published by Top Cow Productions and Image Comics in 2000. The character was created by writer David Wohl and artist David Finch.
Overview[]
Aphrodite IX is a self-aware android designed to carry out undercover missions of infiltration and assassination. Although she has been trained to kill, Aphrodite IX retains no memory of her actions; her brain is designed to experience an episode of amnesia at the end of each mission, apparently to protect her masters if not herself.
Biography[]
Aphrodite IX is a female android who suffers from amnesia shortly after being sent on undercover missions. This leads to ongoing confusion about what she does and for whom. Although she becomes aware that she is intended as an assassin, she finds the idea increasingly distasteful and experiences dreams and desires like a human. This begins to undermine her morale but not her efficiency, for her conditioning takes over as her masters or survival circumstances require. When she seeks out clues to her past and true identity, she stumbles onto a conspiracy involving a secret society of cyborgs attempting to undermine the legitimate government.
Abilities[]
- Computer interface
- Firearms
- Martial arts
- Pheromone control
- Shape-shifting
- Superhuman agility
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman stamina
- Superhuman strength