Tough Stuff
Passive Ability
Recently developed by as a dye by an especially artistic sailor, Tough Stuff was quickly classified by one of our allies in the Octoling government for use in the coming war. By mixing ichor extracted from Hard-Shell Sea Snails with powdered rust in a 1:1 ratio, an unpleasant brown paste that dries a bright orange color can be produced. More importantly, it also makes 'lings who wear clothing dyed in its colors significantly more durable.
Secret tests have demonstrated remarkable resistance to small injuries, with wearers unharmed by dripped ink and punches from a scientist. A braver volunteer was obliterated by Splatling firing squad, but safely respawned and claimed to have survived complete immersion for several seconds.
Private Lena "Loony" Lata
Hero
Born and raised in Inkopolis, "Loony" was a lifelong gangster. As a Blue-Ringed Octoling, she has paralytic saliva strong enough to kill. As a hitman, her preferred methods usually revolved around her kelp chewing habit; she'd spit the wad of kelp in her victim's face, and once they couldn't move she'd drag them outside city limits where the Respawn Points won't work to let them finish suffocating.
Seven months ago, she was caught trying to pull a quadruple-kill job, her biggest ever. Extradited from Inkopolis back to Octo Valley, she would have been given a life sentence in Clam Jail. Would have, that is, if she hadn't offered details of her last job. See, she'd been told Inkopolis was mustering for some kind of special police raid and would try to bust the entire Squidbilly Gang, but that had been... incorrect... to say the least. What Loony found was an army, weapons factories, the works. It was her testimony that led to Octoling Valley's own preparations, and may well see her recognized as the savior of Octo-kind someday.
Right now, though, she's enlisted and is probably the best fighter this side of Mount Nantai. As evidence of her crimes, we were sent her custom Micro-Bamboozlers, a pair of well-used pair of weapons for anyone she didn't mind respawning. Rather than a crosspiece, the pumping mechanisms are small thumb rings which operate a 1" wide, 3" long chamber. Exquisitely machined nozzles maintain range and accuracy, and ink is drawn into the chamber directly through hoses attached to the pistol grip base of the weapons. As repayment for her services, she was given free reign to requisition prototype equipment from our facilities. She had a Rotodynamic Pump installed on her old ink tank, then took some of our best stuff: Self-Inflating Cluster Mines that scatter smaller ink balloons underfoot when the main balloon pops, and a Super-Splatling that unfolds into an armored turret.