Niki Zimmerman

Chesterfield Act Registry of the Expressive Database

File #03 Mar 2018 04:16

Summary

Name Nikolette Zimmerman Aliases Nicole Sanders, Jessica, Gina, Lorine Hawk Status Registered Expressive (Class C Kinetic) Ability Microwave Emission Gender Female Birthdate August 24, 1974 Age 45 Height 5'9" Build Athletic Eyes Grey-Blue Hair Blonde Residence Praxia Employment Safe Zone Cooperative Citizen's Watch Parents Claudia Zimmerman† and Adam Monroe (biological) Hal Sanders, Kelly Sullivan (adoptive) Siblings Jessica Sanders† (adopted) Barbara Zimmerman (identical) Niklaus Zimmerman (adopted) Tracy Strauss (identical, estranged) Chess Lang, Lanhua Chen†, Kimberly Oliver (half) Alix Glass, Ivy Hollows†, Valerie Swift, Violet Sharp† (half) Jacelyn Childs Marital Status Single Children Micah Sanders† First Scene The Truth Last Scene Dragonslayer, Part IV Profile Niki emerged on the other side of the war to take up a supporting role in the founding of the SZC. At the end of all things, Niki stood alongside her family — both blood and chosen — and faced it with dignity.

portrayed by Ali Larter

Background

Psych Profile

There's only Niki these days. At her core, she's still the friendly, warm woman she always was, if a little timid with those she did not know well. After Gina "died," Niki learned to loosen up a little bit, allow herself to have more fun. One day, she looked at herself in the mirror and realized she no longer needed Jessica. She was ready to stand on her own. Stand up for herself.

Family is everything to Niki. There is very little she wouldn't do for her sister Barbara. While she's not as devoted to her mother and half-brother, the last few years has helped her build up a lot of trust. She has their backs and she believes they have hers. It's given her a strong foundation for her mental stability. For the first time in her life, she feels safe among family.

She still has the propensity for violent outbursts and addictive behaviors, however. Jessica and Gina weren't separate people, they were part of her that she's incorporated into her "core" personality.

Evolved Ability

Niki Sanders has the ability to emit microwaves with varying results, depending on her emotional state. The most distraught or emotionally compromised she becomes, the more likely it is to trigger. These days, she's quick to recognize when this is happening, and able to rein in her emotions and her ability.

At its most aggressive, Niki is capable of emitting a fifty foot cone of microwave energy that can get hot enough to melt plastic and heat up metal surfaces. It could easily kill a human or animal within that close range in just a few short moments of boiling heat. Beyond fifty feet it takes more concentration for her to affect things; the farther away, the more it takes. This ability gets weaker as the distance increases, much like regular microwaves.

Through much practice and effort, Niki can concentrate her power to a narrow band of energy radiating from the palm of her hand to a target up to twenty-five feet away, allowing her some precision to avoid collateral damage.

Said I was an afterthought you'd bring along
Well, who you after now, bitch?
Run, motherfucker, run

- Kidneythieves, "Zerøspace"

Appendices

Relationships

Family

Babs		Barbara is Niki's twin sister, and closest friend. They don't always see eye to eye on everything, but her different perspective is always appreciated. There is very little Niki wouldn't do for her family, and Babs comes first and foremost among them.
Mom		Her mother in blood and in the bond they'd kindled in her adulthood, Claudia was a great many complicated things to Niki. She supported and nurtured her during the war, helping her to get sober and learn to control her ability. She maneuvered Niki to have a place in the founding of the Safe Zone Council, and an influence over the shape of things to come as the city rebuilt. Claudia gave Niki a purpose at a time when she was most rudderless. She also kept a great many secrets from her, and that's something Niki will never fully be able to reckon with.
Chess		Chess Lang is Niki's half-sister, sharing DNA with Adam Monroe. One of many, as it turns out. The two don't know each other terribly well, but they're good at sitting together in a bar and talking around their problems. Or saying nothing at all and just enjoying the silent knowledge that someone else understands. Niki's come to accept her as a sister, and hopes that once this madness is over, they can cultivate a proper relationship.
Jac		Jacelyn Childs is also a half-sister to Niki through Adam's blood. The young girl is also the adopted daughter of her friend Gillian. Adam has tasked Niki with looking after Jac, and she intends to do just that. If she can help convince her that Adam's not the paragon she's set him up to be in the process, so much the better.
Jessica		The bitch is back. Jessica Sanders is both a part of Niki's personality and separate. While she believed her gone around the start of the war, there was always a sense of dread that Jessica might return. Rather, that something might necessitate her return. That Niki might not be strong enough, and find she once again had need of her. After her arrival at Praxia, Niki began dissociating and finding she was losing time. She chalked it up to stress, nerves, and boredom, rather than entertain the notion of the truth. When her mother was murdered, Jessica wrested control and sought vengeance for Niki's pain. As they move forward with Adam's plan to save the world, Jessica is fighting for control. If she has her way, she'll be walking Niki right out of harm's way and to hell with everyone else.

Friends

Gillian		A once fellow councilwoman, Gillian has been a pillar of support to Niki in the time since the war. The two commiserate over love and loss, and the hardships of leadership. Niki is glad to have Gillian at her back as they face down the threat to humanity.
Rich		After all these years, Niki still trusts Richard with her life, if not all her secrets. She's impressed to see how far he's come from criminal to major player on the legitimate side of the fence.
Liz		Although it's been years since their last meeting, Niki and Elisabeth were able to pick up where they left off as if no time had passed at all.

Associates

Logan		Once upon a time, Niki and Logan hated each other. These days, they have a good working relationship. Niki is nearly always present at Logan's hosted poker nights. She even smiles at him once a while. Whether or not she's taking his money. (She still always says "thank you" when she does, though.)

Opposition

Adam		Despite the fact that Adam Monroe is her ally — and her biological father — there's a wedge that exists between the two of them. Niki cannot quite bring herself to trust him fully. This is partially owed to the fact that he decided to weaponize a literal child, but also in the way that he immediately spurned the notion of ever having a father-daughter relationship with her. In her mind, the two had just as much connection and had lost just as much time as she and her mother had, and Claudia had wasted no time in making up lost ground. That Adam, who apparently raised her for a good portion of her childhood, decided that wasn't worth trying to recapture, stings more than any of his past deeds prior to the reclaiming of his memories ever could.
Tracy		This bitch.

Logs

Log Icons
A New Day	Fallen Zerø	Fractured	Broken
niki_icon.gif	jessica_icon.gif	jessica2_icon.gif	niki2_icon.gif

Volume II: Resurrection

2019
Date	Title	Summary	Participants
04/25	Elusive Blonde in the Wild	A friendship that needs no kindling to flare to life once more.	Elisabeth
05/27	Assignments	The Hands of Mary meet to discuss how to serve the community.	Ezra, Isabelle, Jonathan, Luther, and Miriam
06/20	The Painful Truth	Family dinners never go as planned.	Barbara, Claudia, and Richard
11/07	Loose Lips Sink Ships	The past never does stay buried.	Huruma and Lance
11/27	Together Now	The boiling point is finally reached.	Elaine, Faulkner, Roxie, Seren, and Shaw
	Now Turn	Always in the thick of it.	Adam
11/28	That's You	It's time to move forward to do what needs to be done for family.	Adam and Val
11/29	Playing Sisyphus	Commiseration and revelation.	Gillian
12/01	Fall, Break, Pick Up, Start Over	The tether is stronger than expected.	Squeaks
12/04	What They Deserve	There are some startling revelations at hand.	Chess
2020
Date	Title	Summary	Participants
02/08	End of Days	And here we are squabbling.	Adam, Alix, Chess, Gillian, Ivy, Joy, Lanhua, Lene, Ryans, Sabine, Squeaks, Val, and Vi
02/13	A Memory of Blood	There's more blood than water under the bridge sometimes.	Claudia and Sabine
02/18	Save the World	It's time to stop holding back.	Sabine
02/19	How This Ends	There aren't a lot of ways it all can.	Gillian
02/27	The Eight-Pointed Star, Part II	The loss of one family member heralds the return of another.	Adam, Alice, Alix, Chess, Claudia, Jessica, Joy, Lanhua, Sabine, Squeaks, and Vi
	The Eight-Pointed Star, Part VII	The clash was inevitable.	Adam, Alix, Chess, Gillian, Ivy, Jessica, Joy, Lene, Squeaks, and Val
02/28	Dragonslayer, Part IV	In the eye, in the mirror, I am alone, alone in this all.	Chess, Gillian, Jessica, and Squeaks

Volume I: The Way Back

2018
Date	Title	Summary	Participants
02/26	If the Tide Gets Too Strong	The Red Hook Market hosts a swap meet.	Bowie, Caspian, Delia, Delilah, Eve, Jonathan, Lance, Pearl, Silvia, Tasha, and Tuck
03/06	Somebody Knows Something	Discussing what they know about the food thefts, the information is shared with SESA.	Liza and Tuck
03/19	Bogarting	Richard comes to call.	Richard and Tuck
04/13	A Community United	The SZC council hears the concerns of the community.	Various
06/08	Let It Go	A meeting at Raytech yields some surprising information.	Barbara and Richard
08/16	Green Acres	Ground is broken on the new Safe Zone Co-op garden.	Dequan, Jim, Jonah, Peyton, and Sue
09/06	Point Failure	Being a councilperson often means additional headaches. And that's without sabotage factoring in.	Iris, Joe, Kjerstin, Squeaks, and Tibby
10/20	The Origin of Darkness	The ghosts of the Company are still creating headaches.	Corbin, Lance, Rhys, and Squeaks
11/08	Twelve Years Gone, Part I	The Safe Zone remembers years gone by.	Caspian, Donovan, Eleanor, Iris, Joanne, Mira, Richard, and Weasel
12/25	A Thread of Plausibility	Barbara finally wakes from her coma.	Barbara
2019
01/05	Don't Push Me	When Eve arrives with a warning, Niki sends her away.	Barbara and Eve
01/10	A Glimpse of the Web, Part III	Some dreams are too real.	{hiss}
01/12	Closing the Loop, Part I	Things go pear shaped, and then sideways.	Alia, Eileen, Finn, Kara, Lang, Luther, Mara, and Warren

2012 - 2017

2012
Date	Title	Summary	Participants
01/11	The Truth	Niki meets her mother, learns some startling information, and is offered a new start.	Barbara and Claudia

Miscellaneous

Skills

Fighting: Adept in hand-to-hand combat and can even throw in an improvised weapon now and again when she needs to. Even without her super strength, she's still formidable in a scrap.

Marksman: Firearms training was money well spent. Handguns, sniper rifles, there's a large range of munitions that she can use to her advantage.

Computer Savvy: Aside from her son being a super genius about computers, Niki is more than competent in use of a PC, having run her own business by setting up her own website and internet friendly film equipment. She can definitely do more than Google something.

Negotiations: Whether it be through diplomacy, seduction, intimidation, or cold, hard cash, Niki is a skilled at getting what she needs. Her sense of decorum has improved under her mother's guidance. While she has a few more limits now than she used to, there's still little she won't do to get her way, if she feels the cause is righteous.

Motherhood: Niki was devoted to Micah and did everything in her power to protect and provide for him. That instinct extends to other children.

Local Geography: Niki is exceptionally adept at finding all the best places to hide contraband. Or bodies. Just give her a map and X will mark the spot.

Vehicle Maintenance: Owning a Cadillac that she's used more than once to transport bodies in means that Niki made sure she knew how to change a flat or fix minor mechanical issues. The last thing she needed was to blow a tire, and blow her cover.

Gambling: Niki used to deal at the Corinthian and later the Montecito in Las Vegas. Over the years, she continued to practice this skill, which makes her an expert at counting cards. Sometimes it can be hard for her to recognize when to quit. She finds it easier to do when it isn't her own money she's playing with.

Business Sense: Thanks to Jessica, Niki owned her own club in Las Vegas for a time. She got her start managing at other clubs around the city while she was still living with Peter. Niki knows how to keep the books and make the tough decisions to keep a business running. And knows when to bring in help when she doesn't have the answers.

Scavenging:The SZC didn't build itself. Niki learned how to sort through the ruins of New York and sift out what's trash and what can be re-purposed. She's well familiar with the street value of some of the scrap and trinkets she comes across.

Gallery

Alts

	Public Relations Director for Yamagato Industries. Bake sale coordinator. Miss Lonely Heart.
	Secret Agent Ma'am for SESA. Up on current events. Married to the job.
	Prisoner of PISEC. Put a tail on it and call it a weasel. Trying really, really hard.
	Intelligence Operative for Wolfhound. Red Riding Hood in Wolf's clothing. Wants to dance like Uma Thurman.

Rumors

Known to Most

• If there's something you're looking for in the ruins of the city, Niki might be willing to find it for you. For the right price, or the right cause.

Known to Some

• If you're looking for something illegal, Niki might be willing to play go-between with one of her less scrupulous contacts to get it for you.
• Off the sauce, Niki finally appears to be winning the battle against her biggest demon. She can quit again any time she wants.

Known to Few

• The half helix tattoo on her right shoulderblade only appears when her ability is in use Jessica comes out to play, and no one's quite sure what that's about.
• Has a small hook tattooed in red on the side of her ribs.