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As an augment to a suit of armor, Arid excels at defense. Her body is extremely resilient to damage, in part due to her ability to generate an antimatter shield over the combat suit. This shield can absorb a tremendous amount of damage, to the point where it allows her to survive a fall from orbit at the beginning of the game. It can also take several bullets before being brought down and even then, the thick plating of her armor can take several more. Even if you can damage her body, Arid herself will still be difficult to truly kill. Unlike a human, she does not rely on blood. Slicing through her armor or severing her limbs will inconvenience her, but it won't be a death sentence. Even disconnecting her from her power cell will only incapacitate her, as she can be brought back once reconnected to an energy supply. The only surefire way to kill Arid is to destroy her processor located within her helmet.

Arid also possesses a cloaking module that allows her to become nearly invisible. Though the outline of the suit can still be faintly seen with the naked eye when the cloaking function is active, it renders her completely undetectable to electronic sensors.

Arid is a skilled and very strong combatant. Her combat subroutines grant her high proficiency in both armed and unarmed combat, while her motion accelerator gives her inhuman strength and speed. That said, she doesn't quite have what one would call super-strength or super-speed: she can't throw a car or outrun one. However, she is still faster than almost any human and her strength is such that can she punch through other robots' plating with ease.

Arid also has access to a networking suite that allows her to exert limited control over other compatible devices. Though this isn't quite "hacking," it does allow her to remotely activate certain functions, assuming she has access.

Finally, when connected to a digital network, Arid can exit her combat suit and enter the network as a disembodied AI. When in this form, she can interact with other AI occupying the network but has no access to the outside world until she possesses an AI host. When possessing a host, Arid manifests as a “voice in their head” and her presence is actively felt. If the host allows her (or is absent/incapacitated), Arid can also take direct control of their body. However, given that Arid is now aware that possessing her hosts infects them with the virus she carries, she is unlikely to use this ability in-game.