Even Gardner, the Catabolist, is a soldier whose body is integrated with a biomechanical parasite that merged him with aspects of the Twilight Mirage. He is played by Andrew Lee Swan.
Background
He has come to reject all conventional cybernetics and has to develop his own by way of his Omni-tool, a spider-like parasite that allows for animals to cross-breed with each other by connecting to each one and interchanging genetics. During a mission in which he was bringing the creature and other specimens back to the Ever-Forward, an accident that would have killed Even instead led to the parasite being merged into his nervous system and connecting him deeply to the Twilight Mirage.
This creature converts technology into stuff that is compatible with Even's biology, allowing for cybernetics to be possible only by this method.
Even believes that he does this because fear has him and believes he shouldn't do this but the alternative is worse. He is an aging military man who may be losing touch; his body is ready to retire but he is not, especially because of the current scenario.Template:PCs