Name: April Rice
Nom de Guerre: none
Alligiance: none; currently involved in negotiations for the formation of a Midwest-sponsored nova group

April Rice is a young, half-Hispanic woman with a small frame and the build of a runner or gymnast. Quick and lithe, she rarely stops moving for long - it sometimes seems that she rarely even sets foot on the ground. While admittedly the product of a sheltered life, April demonstrates a marked talent for adapting quickly to unexpected changes, including her recent eruption.

Background:
The child of two noted Chicago-area lawyers, April has spent most of her life thus far in a highly controlled arena of private schools and gated communities. She really never entered the larger world until entering college in NYC, but she nonetheless handled the transition well - ending her first year a more balanced, grounded person.

The end of her freshman year marked another, more significant change - her eruption. Driving back home, she encountered a torrential spring rain and (misjudging the severity of the storm) spun out of control. The car skittered off the road and off an embankment, half-sliding and half-falling down the side of an Appalachian gully. The car was totaled, but all April remembers is waking up encased in a resilient bubble of telekinetic force while hovering fifty meters above the wreck.

Since then, she has kept a relatively low profile, living over the summer and fall with her parents (who have been running interference against Utopia and several other organizations interested in contracting her). Not long ago, Utopia offered to put her through more extensive training of her telekinetic powers - part of an attempt to get her to sign on in the long term. She accepted that offer but has since become involved in negotiations to organize a regional nova group for the Midwest, so it looks as if the Project won't be getting a return on their investment.

There are some signs that she may be having some conflicts with her parents and younger sister, which may in turn be related to her recent changes.

Powers:
April is a weak to middling telekinetic, though she has grown marginally more powerful with recent training. A secondary manifestation of her telekinetic talents is an invisible bubble of applied force which she can wrap around herself as a defense - or, more often, to maintain air pressure when flying at greater heights.

She can also fly - probably an offshoot of her telekinesis. April has recently been clocked in flight by Utopia, but the results of those tests are not generally available. Still, it is known that she can break Mach 1 with relative ease (as evidenced by several complaints from her family's neighbors over the last couple of months).

Physically, April is near the human peak, and she is dramatically superhuman when it comes to coordination, reflexes, and speed (on the ground or in the air).