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[Toastburner B]

Name: Alec Chrisafore. Well, technically AIC-ICR-X-S4 (Artificial Intelligence Controlled – Infantry Combat Robot – Experimental – Series 4). but it doesn't roll off the tongue every well.
Alias: Sentry
Age: 6 years old
Gender: Robot, but uses a male alter-ego
Appearance:Alec Chrisafore appears to be in his early forties, going prematurely grey, and maybe a little pale, but is on the attractive side of average. Average height…a little on the heavy side (being made out of metal), but he doesn’t look it…and he has found ways to keep his surprising weight under wraps.


If you want to be very technical, Alec’s real appearance is that of a hard drive. Alec spared no expense on the drive that would house his intelligence. It’s electronically shielded, hardened against an magnetic fields (can even take an EMP)…all the stops. After all, if your consciousness was put into a hard drive, you’d probably make sure it was a very sturdy one, too.

Equipment:

Alec Chrisafore Body: The Alec Chrisafore body is seemingly human in very respect…it even has human-like strength, very real-looking skin (it’s even heated), and realistic eyes (the irises even expand/contract as the light changes). This is the preferred body of Alec, and the keystone in his efforts to convince people that he is indeed human, and that Sentry is a powered armor and not purely robotic.

Tools of the Mechanist: During his escape, Alec took many of the unique tools his creator had developed. These tools, combined with the knowledge given to him by the Mechanist, allow him to repair either of his bodies much faster than a normal mechanic with regular tools could.

Abilities:

Heavy Armor: Being based off a military robot, Sentry sports heavy armor, offering him all around good protection against most kinds of attacks.

Flight: Sentry has the ability for flight, thanks to a built-in jet pack in the back and additional boosters on his feet. However, given the weight of his body and lack of aerodynamics, Sentry isn't particular fast or mobile in the air. More civilian news helicopter than military jet fighter. So while he can shoot from the air, Sentry is by no means a dog-fighter.

Super Strength: Sentry is strong enough to lift a car over it’s head. (If that is too strong, Arhra, let me know and I will tone it down).

Variable Strength Beam Weapon (WSBW): The VSBW is Sentry's main offensive ability. A WSBW is built into each arm of the Sentry body. It acts much like a phaser from Star Trek: it is a beam weapon that has different settings: it goes from "pain beam" (not lethal...not even incapacitating...but definitely gets people uncomfortable and moving), to a stun beam (rather taser-ish), all the way up in degrees to lethal. At max power, the beam can cut through unarmored targets, but will take a few shots to punch through armor. If Sentry can get close, he can use the WSBW at full power as a cutting beam at point-blank range, allowing him to work through heavy armor faster (a technique he had to develop to fight the Cyber series). However, the cutting beam tends to overheat the projector, making it so Sentry can only use it for 10-15 seconds at a time.

Micro-Missile Launcher: Built into Sentry's shoulders is a unique micro missile delivery system. Each micro-missile is about the size of soda-pop can, and has a range of about 500 yards. The missile range from non-lethal (smoke, tear gas), to debilitating (flash-bangs, sleeping gas), to lethal (fragmentation, armor piercing). Each shoulder-mounted launcher carriers 12 missiles. Sentry's normal payload is 5 non-lethal, 5 disabling, and 2 combat rounds, but this can change depending on what situation he is expecting.

Minor Automated Self-Repair: AIS has recently incorporated nano-machines into the Sentry body. At this point, the nano-machines are only capable of performing minor repairs: patching leaks, sealing armor breeches, fixing ruptured tubes, stuff like that. Major damage can be contained, but not fully repaired.

Biography: A few years back, there were two rival inventors. One was a man known as the Mechanist: a kindhearted soul who sought to use his inventions for the good of mankind. The other called himself Dr. Cyber: a greedy man who sold his inventions to the highest bidder.

For all his greater resources, Dr. Cyber was no where near as talented as the Mechanist, and this infuriated him to no end, especially when the two competed for jobs. Cyber's ego was huge, and it was only a matter of time before the rivalry exploded.

The Mechanist knew his time was growing short: while any one of his inventions were better than Dr. Cyber's, Cyber had enough resources to beat him with quantity over quality. So it was that the Mechanist created his final two robots, and unleashed his greatest creation: a fully-function AI. The Mechanist used his own brain scans as a basis for the AI, so it was hardly surprising to find that the AI shared much of the morality as it's inventor. The Mechanist didn't share all of his knowledge with the AI for fear that Dr. Cyber would get his hands on it...he shared only what the AI would need to maintain itself in the future.

Finally, the day came that Dr. Cyber moved openly against the Mechanist. Instead of keeping the AI and it's bodies to defend himself, the Mechanist sent the AI away, giving it the final instructions: prosper and protect. In a great battle, the swarms of Dr. Cyber's machines finally overwhelmed the Mechanist's creations, and the Mechanist destroyed his own lab to keep as much of his knowledge as he could out of Dr. Cyber's hands.

The AI, using the name of Alec Chrisafore and using the human-disguise body the Mechanist had created for it, joined a l small robotic company, where is makes a comfortable living slow "inventing" new tools and advancing basic AI.

Driven by the Mechanist's final orders to protect people, Alec Chrisafore uses the combat robotic body the Mechanist gave him as a "hero" persona: Sentry. Sentry has patrolled the streets for 3 years now.

Superhero Persona: Sentry is a humanoid design, larger than the average human in an attempt to make it look like the Sentry machine is a powered armor rather than a straight robot. Standing at just over seven feet tall, the body of Sentry is by and large proportional as compared to a human, but the chest, forearms, and lower legs are thicker/stockier.

Something like this:




Affiliations:
OmniTech: Alec is a researcher at this corporation. In a pinch, he could call in a few favors and get access to various tools and parts that might be hard to get.

Armored Defense: A team of powered armor heroes that Sentry has joined forces with a time or two. AD has actually tried to recruit Sentry, but Alec declined, fearful that his presence would draw Dr. Cyber into attacking the group in the misguided belief that they were using Mechanist-built suits.

Enemies:
Dr. Cyber: It didn't take long for Dr. Cyber to realize that the Mechanist's greatest invention slipped through his fingers. To that end, Dr. Cyber has used what little knowledge he picked up from the ruins of the Mechanist's labs to create is own AI battle-bots: the Color Cyber series. His first two efforts, Cobalt Cyber and Ochre Cyber, were defeated by Sentry. The current model, a twin set called Vermillion Cyber and Crimson Cyber, have yet to engage Sentry.



Alright, modified old character. I fear it might be overpowered, so I am willing to scrap the missiles all together and tone down strength and armor if you want me to, Arhra.

EDIT: Okay, added some details and cleared some stuff up.

[Arhra]

No certainty of internet until the 27th!

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

[Krylo]

So what you are saying is that you will be spending the following nine days hammering out a starting post and the RP will start at that time, correct?

That's what I'm hearing.

I also heard something about how you'd be working on a long needed update in the misadventures of Squishy.

Those sure are going to be a productive nine days.

[TheBlindMime]

Waiting is the hardest part.

I changed a power and added to my backstory a bit.

[Steel Shadow]

Um.. um.. damn, I meant to sign up for this, but I still got nothing here. Ugh, I bet it'll be fun, too.

[Overcast]

You got one more day, pump out something awful for us.

[Steel Shadow]

Ok, had idea, ran out of time to finish it. Posting it up to edit it later.

Name: Nathan Dragonfang

Alias: Light Blade

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance: A blond haired young chap who tends to look rather annoyed at his surroundings, whatever they may be, through death-trap or sunny vacation. Light skinned with green-ish eyes, his casual wear usually consisting of casual clothes (Shocker) that tend towards the blue and white side of the colour spectrum. Mediumish height and average build.

Equipment: A sword of light and it's scabbard!

Sword: Excalibur – You've heard of this one. No, I know you have. Possibly the most famous sword in myth and legend, it was once wielded by the legendary King Arthur himself. Though it's often confused with the sword in the stone, it was actually given to him by the Lady in the Lake – a pattern that has repeated itself throughout history, though perhaps never quite so famously. One of the great swords of light, Excalibur is a strong weapon, capable of cleaving through most materials. 's still only a sword though, and only one, at that.

Sheath: The somewhat lesser known part of Excalibur, the sheath provides protection for the swords wielder. In this case, that comes in the form of regeneration from wounds. While not instant, mortal wounds will cease to be life threatening in about 5 minuets, and should heal near totally within a day or two. The smaller the wound, the faster it heals. Naturally, if the wound is fatal, the scabbard can't really help the wielder there. It also only works when the sword is in their possession.

Abilities:

Walk on water: Thanks to the blessing of a certain lady of a certain lake, Nathan/Light Blade can walk on water. Through sufficient testing, he's found this is a rather flexable ability, which allows him secure footing on ice and the ability to walk on water vapour with care and concentration, essentially being able to fly in non-desert like areas.

Combat instincts: Thanks to his sword, which has experienced the hands of many, many owners over the centuries, in combat Light blade's instincts are close to pre-perception, and his skill with the blade is beyond what's realistically possible for a human. This only applies when the sword is in his hands.


Biography: Describe your personality, origin and current status. How long have you been a superhero? Keep in mind you'll all be working together so DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE. Do you take pains to conceal your real identity?

Superhero Persona: Your costume, how you try to be perceived and a little about how you operate. I will cut the first person to use a T-shirt with an insignia and jeans as their costume. CUT YOU.

Affiliations: You might have some connections.

Enemies: Name go here: A homunculus.. uh, artificial human, created from Nathan's own blood – a traditional counterpart to him created when he took up the sword.

[krogothwolf]

Yeah but at least others gave an expanded reason on why they want to help people. Programing, desire for some reason.

Yours is Daddy died, left military for civilian life then decided to help people.

It would be interesting to know why the military let a test subject just leave to start a civilian life though.

[Dracorion]

How're they gonna stop her?

... Okay, that's probably not a good enough reason. She'll probably still be working for the Air Force.

[krogothwolf]

Um, she's not immortal? She's just strong and durable. It's not like they wouldn't have a way of tracking her down? I mean, you didn't say she went into hiding and started fighting crime in secret. Just that she decided to go, "Yo military, thanks for the powers I'mma gonna be a civilian though." Which in a world with super powered individuals you'd think the military would have some way of either stopping you or hunting you down.

You could totally work for someone like ThunderBolt Ross though!