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Precisely what I said. That wasn't snark.|
Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
What do you mean?
Lewis |
It's rare for me to see somebody actually go to the trouble of explaining why a morally good character is running around with human bodies realistically. Usually it amounts to either "There's nothing wrong with using dead people as tools" (WTF?), "The dead people deserve it" (Bzuh?) or it's just glossed over altogether.
This was actually a genuinely altruistic, sympathetic motivation for keeping dead people around. I was impressed.
Ice/Ice Blaster. Dedication to concept is an ugly thing.
Claws/WP Brute. Sex without the angst.
Every CoX character lies somewhere on this spectrum.
My MM is Robotics/FF, and is himself a robot. Collectively, he/they are known as:
The iTeam
"During the Rikti War, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These robots promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Rogue Isles. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a mission, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The iTeam."
(They eventually moved from redside to blueside, in order to clear their name...and of course, the ratings are better in prime time...)
Teamsaver (Earth/Rad controller) and his trusty hench-boulder, Rocky
RezQ (Emp/Dark defender) member of Paragon City Search & Rescue
iTeam (Robotics/FF mastermind) with apologies to fans of "The A-Team"
Globally, I'm @Teamsaver, on the Infinity server
Sanguine Sanction (Bots/Poison) One of many people rescued from the wilds of Praetoria by the efforts of Emperor Cole, Sanguine Sanction was not unmarked by her exposure to the depredations of the Devouring Earth. An infection with a strain of Ebola mingled with her mutant capability of regeneration, resulting in an appearance best described as 'horrendous scabbing and the pallor of a corpse' but she could politely be called 'pale.' (Organic Armor costume pieces colored red with pure white for skin tone. Omega hair, also red.) This unique conjunction of circumstances altered her regenerative capabilities, but gave her complete control over the virus. As she learns more, she discovers new ways to use this infection that still ejects her blood almost as quickly as it is produced (Red steam jet aura), and one of the first things she learned to cause the virus to do was to heal the wounds of others.
Upon joining Powers Division, she was granted control over a basic combat robot, which she named after her favorite heroic robot from an old 1980's show. Dirge. As her reputation in Powers Division grew, she acquired more bots. Thrust and Ramjet soon joined Dirge in her basic robot squad, with a special protector class being assigned as well at some point... of course, had they known she was really working for the resistance they likely would have killed her instead.
When given the chance to go to Primal Earth, she chose to go to Paragon City, where she felt she could continue to do the most good. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the technology of Primal was a close match for that of her home, and her small robot army continued to expand as she performed more heroic deeds, eventually obtaining an assault-class robot that she named after the 'deity' of good and the embodiment of honor from that show....Unicron.