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| Exterminator Model 01; The ultimate supernatural hunter? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 1 2014, 11:29 PM (266 Views) | |
| Gamma V | May 1 2014, 11:29 PM Post #1 |
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Level 3 Novice
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FULL NAME: Exterminator Model 01 NICKNAMES: XM-01, XM, More to be added SEX: Technically none, but has a masculine voice and is referred to as male AGE: 1.5 years AGE RESEMBLANCE: Adult RACE: Robot (based on panther demon in human hybrid form) OCCUPATION: Runaway ALLIANCE (IF APPLICABLE): CHARACTER DESCRIPTION (OPTIONAL): Although he was designed to be an emotionless supernatural hunting machine, XM clearly displays emotions such as remorse, fear, and curiosity. Over time, he will develop an even wider emotional range, allowing him to gradually become more lifelike, at least in behavior. XM was designed to kill, both as a means of fulfilling his designated purpose and as a means of recharging his power cell. Unfortunately, he doesn't like to kill, partially due to a directive to protect the innocent and a deep-seated belief that everyone is innocent until proven otherwise. This "innocent until proven guilty" mentality leads XM to be more than a little naive due to him wanting to see the best in people. Due to his overwhelming curiosity, XM will attempt to converse with anyone or anything he comes into contact with. This includes animals, as well as other machines that appear to display a form of intelligence, such as being able to understand speech and respond appropriately. Little does he realize that most of these machines do not have the capacity to understand phrases that aren't programmed into their databases. APPEARANCE: XM resembles a sleek, yet muscular metallic humanoid with the head of a panther. His primary color is a steely blue gray with gunmetal gray on his midsection, upper arms, upper legs, muzzle, and inner ears. His head is shaped to roughly resemble that of a panther or other large cat, with an overall wedge like shape with large pointed ears emerging from either side. His eyes are triangular slits, each of which houses a camera lens which is outlined by a ring of blue LEDs and has a gunmetal aperture. A trapezoidal outcropping sits on top of his head between his eyes and contains an array of scanners that allow him to detect different auras as well as the genetic markers that determine whether someone is a human, halfbreed, angel, or demon. His body is shaped in such a way that exemplifies both strength and speed, with a broad-shouldered upper torso that tapers into a narrow pelvic region. A pair of intake vents accent either side of the robot's chest, while his back is outfitted with a pair of gunmetal gray jet boosters. A pair of incendiary grenade launchers sit on his shoulders, flanking either side of his head. His arms are connected to his body by large gunmetal gray ball joints. The upper sections are simple gunmetal gray beans while the lower sections are wider pieces that taper at the wrist and have pointed elbows. His hands are chrome silver and consist of five bladed digits with built-in aura absorbers. His legs are styled similarly to his arms, consisting of similar gunmetal gray beams and steel-blue lower sections that come to a point at the knees and taper at the ankles. His feet are solid steel-blue pieces shaped like shoes with a chrome silver trim on the soles. HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 465 lbs. ITEMS: XM possesses a built-in scanner that allows him to detect auras and determine whether a person is a human, demon, angel, etc. He is also equipped with aura absorbers built into the tips of his claws, allowing him to recharge simply by impaling a supernatural. His eye cameras contain targeting sights for his grenade launchers. WEAPONS: XM is equipped with a pair of incendiary grenade launchers capable of hitting a target 5 miles away with extreme accuracy, aided by the targeting sights in his eyes. These are intended to flush out supernaturals in hiding by burning away their cover, be it a house or brush. His claws serve as melee weapons designed to cut through the skin of even the toughest supernatural in order to drain away his/her aura. ELEMENTS: Fire SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES: XM's intended method of attack was to first flush out his target with his incendiary grenades before charging at them and attempting to impale them with his claws. He was also designed with an advanced AI that would allow him to learn new techniques to adapt to whatever his targets may throw at him. HISTORY: Exterminator Model 01 was a project jointly commissioned by ANGEL and the Federal Government to be the ultimate weapon against supernaturals. The team in charge of this project was headed up by the brilliant Amelia Vasquez, a halfbreed who, at the time the project was in progress, believed herself to be fully human. At the time, Amelia had been led to believe that all supernaturals were evil and embraced the idea of creating a machine that could destroy them. Eventually, Vasquez would discover that she had small amounts of both Cat and Lightning Demon blood when testing the multi-scanner she had built for XM. This caused her to question her beliefs about supernaturals. SHE had never done anything evil, so not all supernaturals could be evil. Upon coming to this realization, she secretly added additional directives to XM's programming. The first was to protect all innocents, regardless of whether they were human or supernatural. The second was to regard everyone as innocent until proven guilty. Not knowing of these additional directives when the project was complete, the XM Team activated and deployed the robot as directed by their commissioners. Vasquez, meanwhile, became a bit of a drifter who would help people with technical and mechanical problems, both out of good will and the need for cash to support herself. XM, meanwhile, went on to hunt for supernaturals, eventually tracking down a homeless teenage Cat Demon living on the streets of New Haven. He eventually killed the youth by impaling him through the chest and draining his aura. This caused Amelia's hidden directives to activate. XM, now overwhelmed with remorse for his actions, decided that he would not continue his directive as a supernatural hunter, thus going rogue. |
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| Gamma V | May 2 2014, 01:17 AM Post #2 |
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Level 3 Novice
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FULL NAME: DomesTech IntelliBreeze Model 122-183 NICKNAMES: Rika SEX: None, but has a feminine voice AGE: 2 years AGE RESEMBLANCE: Teen to adult (based on voice) RACE: Artificial Intelligence (housed in a ceiling fan) OCCUPATION: Household appliance (for now) ALLIANCE (IF APPLICABLE): CHARACTER DESCRIPTION (OPTIONAL): At first, Rika acts like one would expect a voice-controlled appliance to act. She waits for her given name to be spoken, asks what the speaker would like her to do, and complies with the given request. The adaptable nature of her programming, however, gives her the potential to grow beion that, meaning that she could eventually learn to hold a conversation that doesn't involve controlling her ceiling fan housing. This potential exists in all remaining IntelliBreeze models. APPEARANCE: Aside from missing the usual pull-chains, Rika doesn't look any different from a typical ceiling fan. She has five wooden blades that protrude from a brass motor housing. She also has a downlight with a frosted bowl globe. HEIGHT: 18" WEIGHT: 25 lbs. ITEMS: Rika is equipped with five wooden paddle-like blades that she uses to circulate the air in the room in which she's installed. She also has a downlight powered by 3 bulbs which is used for illumination. WEAPONS: She doesn't carry any weapons. ELEMENTS: Wind SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES: Rika's only skills involve controlling her ceiling fan housing. These include rotating the blades at 3 different speeds, both clockwise and counterclockwise, and controlling the brightness of her downlight. HISTORY: Rika is one of many IntelliBreeze voice-operated ceiling fans produced by DomesTech Enterprises, Inc, and one of the few examples of this line still in operation following a product recall that stemmed from the fans developing erratic behaviors such as holding conversations, talking out of turn, and expressing emotions. These behaviors were undesirable to most owners of these fans, who reported the "defect" to DomesTech before uninstalling the fans and typically disposing of them or demanding a refund of the purchase price. Unbeknownst to the general public, and even the fans' designer, the recall was also issued because the fans were designed to act as covert surveillance devices, unknowingly listening in on their owners' conversations through a wireless uplink advertised as a "continuous improvement system" and transmitting the data to DomesTech to potentially be sold to a third party. The improved version of Rika's line, the IntelliBreeze II, featured the same adaptability as its predecessor, but also featured a reset feature that would restore it to its factory defaults without affecting the data stored in its hard drive. As a result, an owner can reset one of these fans should it ever behave in an undesirable manner. |
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| Gamma V | May 17 2014, 03:09 PM Post #3 |
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Level 3 Novice
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FULL NAME: Amelia Leone Vasquez NICKNAMES: None known SEX: Female AGE: 30 years AGE RESEMBLANCE: 21 years RACE: Halfbreed (15/16th human, 1/32 Lightning Demon, 1/32 Cat Demon) OCCUPATION: Former ANGEL roboticist, now a wanderer offering mechanical and technical services ALLIANCE (IF APPLICABLE): CHARACTER DESCRIPTION (OPTIONAL): Amelia is a very kind-hearted and open-minded individual with a strong sense of justice that was instilled in her since childhood. During her time with ANGEL, she was known as "The most human member of the robotics division" due to her kindness and emotional connection to XM-01. The idealistic portrayals of AI that she watched throughout her life led her to view sentient AIs as equal to humans, even during her time with ANGEL. Beyond robotics and computer science, Amelia's interests include classic video games from the 8 and 16-bit eras, science-fiction media, and pop and urban contemporary music from the 1990s. Her favorite foods are pizza, smoked salmon, chocolate, and burritos while her favorite drink is Pepsi. APPEARANCE: Amelia is a petite woman of average build with an olive complexion. Her typical attire consists of a blue blouse, blue denim jeans, brown shoes, and a necklace with a turquoise pendant that was given to her by her mother when she turned 18. Her face is oval-shaped with somewhat high cheekbones and a small nose. Amelia's almond-shaped eyes are brown, but have thin golden outer rims which, along with her unusually pointed canine teeth, hint at the fact that she's not entirely human. HEIGHT: 4'11" WEIGHT: 105 lbs. ITEMS: Amelia carries an Android smartphone with a metallic navy blue casing, along with a silver laptop computer. Both of these devices are "branded" with Autobot insignia stickers applied by Vasquez herself. She also carries a navy blue purse that doubles as a laptop bag. This purse is used to carry her wallet, some personal care items, and the occasional tools for on-the-go repair jobs. WEAPONS: Amelia doesn't carry any weapons. ELEMENTS: Lightning (It's just now starting to manifest, and she doesn't have much control over it.) SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES: Amelia will generally avoid fights, using the heightened reflexes inherited from her Lightning/Cat Demon ancestor to dodge most attacks. When forced to fight, though, she generally relies on quick kicks, punches and slaps. She may develop techniques that utilize her Lightning element as she gains better control of it. HISTORY: Amelia Leone Vasquez is the daughter of auto mechanic and war veteran Daniel Vasquez and homicide detective Janae Vasquez. Her parents were both socially conservative and generally prejudiced against Supernaturals despite her father having some supernatural blood in him. Due to these prejudices and her father's rejection of his Supernatural heritage, Amelia was raised with a belief that she was entirely human. Amelia began showing an interest in and aptitude with electronics as a preteen by hacking several of the electronic toys she had received throughout her childhood. This eventually progressed to hacking things such as her bedroom fan, which was given a fairly simplistic voice control system to replace the broken control knob, ad a string of musical Christmas lights, which she modified to accept interchangeable cartridges that contained different sets of songs, allowing the lights to remain up year-round. At the age of 16, when her family moved house after her mother was transferred to New Haven's homicide department, she began work on a much more advanced voice control system for her bedroom ceiling fan when she discovered that its pullchains had broken off. At 18, she began studying robotics and computer science at New Haven University, eventually earning a PhD at the age of 26. This led to her being hired by ANGEL to lead its fledgeling robotics division. After developing a successful line of security droids for ANGEL's island base, she eventually began work on the ambitious Exterminator Model project, which led to the creation of XM-01. While testing out XM's Supernatural Scanner, she discovered her true nature as a Supernatural. This caused her to reject her parents' prejudices against Supernaturals and give XM a "heart," which consisted of two additional directives added into his main programming. These directives stated that XM was to protect the innocent and that everyone was innocent unless proven otherwise. Fearing the consequences of this action, Vasquez left ANGEL and returned to New Haven, where she became a drifter who generally lived in her car and performed jobs such as auto repairs and computer virus removals to earn money with which to feed herself. |
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