Tekno the Canary

Tekno the Canary is a character from Fleetway's Sonic the Comic. One of the more noteworthy characters designed and created by Lew Stringer, Tekno debuted in Sonic the Comic #64.

Characteristics
Tekno is a scientific genius and engineer, and a member of the Freedom Fighters. While she possesses similar attributes to Porker Lewis, she is far more adventurous and spends her days building up a backlog of inventions for every eventuality and then seeking out chances to use them against villains in the field.

She has green feathers, which hang over the left side of her face like a fringe, and blue eyes. She most commonly wears a black-and-red-striped jumper, blue skirt, red and white trainers and gold earrings.

Despite having arms instead of wings, Tekno has the ability to fly under her own power.

Tekno is romantically interested in Shortfuse the Cybernik, and he feels the same way about her.

History
Tekno was once a weapons designer and top engineer for Doctor Ivo Robotnik. Among other projects, she helped to create the super-alloy Megatal. However, she was stealing materials to make her own weapons. When Robotnik found out, he had her sent to the Badnik Processing Plants. Shortfuse the Cybernik rescued her from the Troopers who were transporting her, and in exchange she repainted and improved his Megatal armour and helped him in a mission to bomb one of Robotnik's Chemical Plant Zone factories. She was kidnapped by Metamorphia and taken to Citadel Robotnik, but when Shortfuse attacked the Citadel to save her, Tekno was able to defeat a now-powerless Metamorphia with a judo flip.

Tekno assisted Shortfuse several times after this by giving him repairs and logistical support. When Sonic was missing in the Special Zone, she was introduced to the Freedom Fighters and allowed them to use her secret Emerald Hill Zone lab as their base.

When Robotnik was deposed, Tekno began to team up more with Amy in keeping Mobius secure from the hordes of random criminals and (more frequently) nutters who were springing up, including the Doctor Robotnik Appreciation Tribe, Max Gamble and Agent X. She also helped rescue Shortfuse from the alien Insectra Empire, helping end their war with the Bluurgh in the process, and visited Earth while returning to Mobius, making an enemy of Colonel Granite in the process. Eventually she and Amy were sought up by the mysterious Eternity Ring, a sentient dimensional warp which sent them on missions to right wrongs and fight injustice throughout time and space (possibly inspired by Quantum Leap as it features a similar premise). She even witnessed the beginning of life on Mobius, discovering it was created by dinosaurs (in space suits) working for an unspecified employer (hinted to be God).

Eventually she and Amy returned to Mobius, and Tekno began assisting Sonic in investigating the New Zones. Her final appearance in STC had her & the other Freedom Fighters attempting to stop Robotnik from draining the life-force from Mobius and causing a devastating environmental collapse.

Trivia

 * Tekno makes a brief non-canonical cameo appearance in #134 of the Archie Sonic comics (after King Max anounced that Sally would be ruler during his absence, Tekno said "Wow, Amy, Sally's in charge,"), done as one of several admitted in-joke tributes by the artist Jon Gray. This happened without the consent of Tekno's creator Lew Stringer, and is not considered part of the STC canon.