Art and colours by Vale.
 
Written by Vale, June 2002
Updated, December 2006.

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Code Name: Hotshot
Real Name: Erynn Astovik
Nicknames: Usually *bitch* but the majority of Hotshot's nicknames are the ones people call her behind her back and they're too nasty to mention.
Occupations: Formally, Erynn was a member of the second incarnation of the Wildcards team (also government sanctioned). Currentlly, she has been involved in an army based government youth training program.
Legal Status: Has a criminal record due to multiple petty crimes in her adolescence.
Identity: Public.
Aliases: None
Place of birth: Unrevealed.
Age: 19.
Marital Status: Single.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual.
Known Relatives: Angelica Jones AKA Firestar (mother) and Vance Astrovik AKA Justice (father).
Group Affiliation: Formally, Wildcards.
Base of Operations: A Government base in Washington DC.
First Appearance: Wildcards #9 "Hot".
Origin: Hotshot is a mutant and was born with her powers, allthough they didn't manifest until she reached puberty.
Height: 5 foot 7 inches
Weight: 140lbs (10 stones)
Eyes: Blue.
Hair: Red, wavey and long.
Distinguishing Marks: Butterfly tattoo on the top of her left arm.
Strength Level: Hotshot possesses the normal strength of a human her age who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Hotshot is a mutant with the ability to generate and control fire with the added advantage of flight.
Abilities/Special Skills: Since Hotshot has spent time in a military training camp, the has developed a knowledge of fire arms, basic computing, armed and unarmed combat and has also developed her skills for sarcasm.
Weapons Used: Usually none..

Personality: Many would say that hell incarnate would be to be locked up in a room with Erynn Astrovik. Known for having the largest chip on her shoulder imaginable, her venomous and sarcastic nature coupled with the peverse pleasure she gets out of putting people down are just a few of the facets of her personality that have made her such a universally disliked individual. The ironic part is that she likes to be around people, whether they like her or not.
Personal Interests: Unrevealed.
History: Hotshot is the only child of the former New Warriors and Avengers team members, Justice and Firestar. After several failed attempts to gain their daughter further education at various colleges, they cashed in a favour from Nick Fury who was then the Secretary of Defense to the President of the United States. They accepted his suggestion to take their 16 year old problem child and place her into a government training program and was soon after put on the Wildcards team.
Along with the rest of the team, Hotshot was accused of the attempted murder of the President. During the resolution of this bizarre acusation, Hotshot took a life and feared for her future, preying it wouldn't be behind bars. In a desperate attempt to save her own hide, she betrayed Ace in a court of law, sending him to prison with a life sentence.
Hotshot is currently living in government funded quarters where she can be safe and has been taken under the wing of a mysterious woman who presumably works for the government, named Raven Darkholme.