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| name = P.A.T.R.I.O.T.
| player = @savagegreywolf
| image = Patriot_veronica_acevedo.jpg
| caption = ''Non sibi sed patriae''
| realname = Veronica Acevedo
| alias = PATRIOT
| species = Human
| gender = female
| ethnicity = Puerto Rican
| age = 22
| height = 167 cm 
| weight = 79.4 kg
| eyes = blue
| hair = brown
| complexion = olive
| build = athletic
| features =
| occupation = US Navy
| birthplace = New York, NY
| operations = [[Millennium City]], MI
| associates = 
| identity = public
| years_active = 2020-present
| citizenship = American
| marital = single
| relatives = Diana Acevedo (mother)
| powers = peak human strength, enhanced endurance, heightened reflexes
| abilities = highly skilled combatant
| paraphernalia = US Navy 'Minuteman' airborne armor, FN SCAR-L MK-16, Sig Sauer P226, Heckler & Koch MP5A3, less-than-lethal ammunition: 5.56×45mm NATO, 9×19mm Parabellum
| strength = 5 
| endurance = 6
| agility = 6
| speed = 6
| fighting = 7
| projectiles = 9
| durability = 5
| resistance = 4
| intelligence = 5
| psyche = 4
| intuition = 8
| charisma = 6
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What's the opposite of a secret military program?

In 2011 the US Navy conducted a series of polls to judge public opinion on the somewhat novel idea of an "official" Navy superhero. The reasoning behind such was, quite simply, recruitment: the public's imagination had been captured by the brightly costumed adventurers, and the Department of the Navy saw potential. The poll indicated a positive reception to the concept and in early 2013 began developing the earliest incarnations of the program as it now exists.

Initially the project, codenamed 'Minuteman', was to entirely focus around a future warfare exoskeleton, but early trials did not seem promising. Even special operations units found the strain and coordination demands put on them by the prototypes incredibly difficult and exhausting, wearing them out in a matter of minutes even when not operating at maximum power. It seemed the project had stalled- the technology simply was not there yet. However, hopes were raised in 2015 from an unlikely source- the Navy became aware of a medical trial that had yielded unexpected results.

Ruby, a Millennium City biopharmaceutical company, in testing a serum intended to repair nerve damage causing paraplegia, found an increase in muscle mass, reaction time and coordination in animal subjects in addition to repaired motor function, but was struggling with funding. The Naval Research Lab stepped in. Initially leery of the implications of their research being used in combat, Ruby acquiesed when the NRL agreed to allow paraplegia tests to continue. By late 2017, the program was ready for human trials.

In 2018, Veronica Acevedo, confined to a wheelchair, responded to a notice posted at the VA regarding medical trials regarding paraplegia. To her surprise, it became clear that not only was the medical trial intended to potentially wholly restore her ability to walk, one of the conditions for her participation was to agree to reenlist if selected for a special program! Figuring she had little to lose, Veronica signed up.

Six months later, the Navy had their very first "Minuteman" candidate. One problem: she was a woman. After the 'eggheads' spent three days locked in a room with thesaurus and a large bottle of scotch, the program was renamed, and Veronica Acevedo was the first individual to be selected as a Navy PATRIOT (Peacekeeping Airborne Tactics Rapid Intercept Operations Trooper). As her rigorous training began, there was only one other problem for the brass to overcome- something called the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878...

After 18 months of a whirlwind of preparation which included training alongside SEALs and aviators, experimental operation of relatively untested Navy hardware, and a long, LONG day of sitting in a room with a bunch of lieutenants while someone called a 'color expert' held slightly different swatches of blue up next to her face for hours, Veronica was given her first assignment in Millennium City and finds herself in the public limelight, unclear of her actual authority, and treated as a living symbol of the United States itself, for all the good and bad that entails...

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