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[[File:Substanceproducer.jpg|200px|thumbnail|<big>Substance Producer</big>]]

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| '''Name''' || Beatrice Baker
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| '''Date of birth''' || 1/7/1969
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| '''[[Threat Level Designation|Threat level]]''' || [[Gamma]]

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| '''[[Energy Source]]''' || [[Metabolic]]

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| '''[[Ability Description]]''' || [[Substance Producer]]

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| '''[[Affiliation]]''' || [[Ultracorps]]

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| '''[[Locations|Location]]''' || [[Manna Fields]]

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== Biography ==
Beatrice was born in Billings, Montana. Her father was a rancher and her mother was a homemaker who took care of Beatrice and her two brothers. The Baker family remained in Billings in the early 1980’s, even as [[The Plagues]] made life difficult. What finally compelled the family to move to a refugee camp near Denver, Colorado was not starvation, rather it was Beatrice's Differentiation.


At the age of 15, Beatrice began producing a grey, gel like substance which was excreted from her wrists. It would come to be called [[Styro]]. This substance was extremely adhesive. [[Styro]] would instantly bond to any surface except for Beatrice’s own skin. The only way to neutralize the adhesive was to apply extreme heat, which would cause the gel to harden.


Beatrice was unable to control her body’s production of [[Styro]]. I’s extremely adhesive nature made [[Styro]] extremely dangerous. If Beatrice was not careful, the [[Styro]] would fall to the ground, forming a giant glue trap. Even just a tiny drop was enough from a bond with human skin which would have to be surgically removed.


Concerned that it was only a matter of time before Beatrice seriously injured herself or others, the Baker family turned themselves into local authorities who assisted with transportation to a refugee camp outside of Denver in 1984. There, Beatrice was turned over to [[Section 26]] in the hopes they could help her control her abilities.


Beatrice was never able to control her body’s production of the substance. However, when the results of Beatrice’s evaluation were shared with [[Ultracorps]], the corporation worked with Beatrice to create [[B-Crete]]. Beatrice was hired by [[Ultracorps]] in 1985. She worked with groups of other Differents, providing her adhesive substance, which would then be mixed with water and crushed up old concrete and construction material which was then heated to form [[B-Crete]]. [[B-Crete]] was essential in the construction of emergency housing that was necessary when the [[Metro Areas]] were created and the United States population was moved to those eight locales.


When [[Ultracorps]] began producing [[Maceo Steel]], [[Styro]] became much easier to handle. The nature of [[Maceo Steel]] made it immune to adhesives. This allowed for [[Styro]] to be transported over long distances, meaning Beatrice was no longer required to be near the construction location.


A facility was created for Beatrice in the [[Manna Fields]]. The facility's status as a transportation hub makes it the ideal location from which to distribute [[Styro]] around the nation.


== Differentiation ==
Beatrice is a [[Substance Producer]] able to produce a sticky substance called [[Styro]] that is by far the most adhesive substance ever discovered. Just two grams of [[Styro]] provide enough adhesion to create thirty tons of [[B-Crete]]. 


Beatrice's Differentiation is [[Metabolic]]. She requires about 100,000 calories a day to produce [[Styro]] at the industrial rate she currently does. She could survive on a normal human diet, but her production of [[Styro]] would be limited.