Su Li

Su Li is the Rose Militants' mechanic, responsible for their firearms, vehicles, and defenses. Her investigation helps the group trace Han Xiao, while her own armored vehicle and close-combat equipment become central to their final confrontation.

Biography

Escape from Germinal and the Aquamarine War

Su Li reconstructs explosive fragments after Dorothy's death and traces the attack toward the Fabian Organization, giving Rose Militant its lead on the killer. She maintains the base's weapons and builds Thorns, an armored assault vehicle that Han captures and later turns against its creators. When the base defenses fail, Su Li follows the order to evacuate through a secret passage with a small group. Han pursues them, and she recognizes Thorns's weaknesses while directing the getaway. In the final fight, her thermo-electrical gloves damage his armor, but Han stabs and shoots her at close range, then takes the gloves from her body. (Chapters 94–100)

Appearance and personality

Su Li is a petite woman who wears an oil-stained coat, fitting her workshop role. She is observant enough to reconstruct a sophisticated mine from fragments and practical enough to assess damaged defenses and vehicle matchups quickly. In combat she is agile, decisive, and willing to close with an armed opponent, but the corpus supplies little personal background beyond her loyalty to Rose Militant. (Chapters 94–100)

Abilities and class

She is a low-level Mechanical Pugilist, combining a Mechanic's equipment with close combat. Her Thermo-electrical Incisor Gloves convert electrical power into intense heat and are especially effective against metal, allowing her to drain the endurance of Han's armor rapidly. Without protective armor of her own, however, she remains vulnerable to blades and gunfire once he commits to a close-range exchange. (Chapter 100)

Relationships

• Han Xiao: Su Li tracks Han's attack, sees him seize Thorns, and fights him during the escape. He kills her and appropriates her gloves.
• Dorothy: Su Li investigates the scene of Dorothy's death and reconstructs evidence from the explosives used there.

Items

Su Li creates Thorns, a heavily armed and armored vehicle combining a tank's firepower with a jeep's mobility. She also builds and uses a pair of Thermo-electrical Incisor Gloves, which Han takes after killing her. Neither is listed as a separate named catalog item in the supplied brief. (Chapters 94–100)