I mean, she’s not using anything which the other cadets don’t have access to. She just -thinks- about things more than they do. She trusts that when someone says “something’s off” that it’s worth investigating. She does her research in advance. She’s determined, but has enough humility to know that she would not win a direct hand-to-hand fight with just about any of her peers or graduates or powered villains. She knows that fighting is the last resort.
Is she going to be Maverick or The Cool Gadget Woman? Yeah, Maverick flows off the tongue a little better.
Maybe she could intimidate people by dressing like a bat? Eh, it’s been done.
I mean, she’s not using anything which the other cadets don’t have access to. She just -thinks- about things more than they do. She trusts that when someone says “something’s off” that it’s worth investigating. She does her research in advance. She’s determined, but has enough humility to know that she would not win a direct hand-to-hand fight with just about any of her peers or graduates or powered villains. She knows that fighting is the last resort.
She’s genre-savvy.
It’s certainly a good way to avoid ass-whooping and death…