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** Special note goes to said Hero's [[Love Interest]] [[Hero of Another Story|Inquisitor]] [[Silk Hiding Steel|Amberley]] [[Badass Bookworm|Vail]], who is described as being able to deck an ork. Without the golden [[Power Armor]].
** Then there was the [[Wrench Wench|Enginseer]] [[Plucky Girl|Felicia Tayber]], who converted a power lifter into [[Power Armor]]. And proceeded to run circles around the orks that had originally kept her as a POW. Did I mention the [[Kill It with Fire|flame thrower]]?
* In ''[[Low Fantasy|Gerfalcon]]'' by Leslie Barringer, [[First Girl Wins|Reine de Quarenal]] is hinted at being this from her first appearance, when she says she'd rather ride about the countryside than sit watching a joust. Her status is confirmed when she's one of a group besieged by bandits in a church tower. While the men stand at the door to repel attempts to break in, Reine is on the upper floor [[The Archer|shooting]] brigands -- and counting aloud when she gets good hits. She took down at least six of them..., and if "six" doesn't sound all that impressive, bear in mind she was shooting through an arrow slit which restricted her field of fire.
** If "six" doesn't sound all that impressive, bear in mind she was shooting through an arrow slit which restricted her field of fire.
 
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