The Intergalactic Highway

Taking Alak's suggestions to heart, I have edited the description of Nemesis' long range weapon to better describe its functions.

@Arachnitron: This thread is for season 2 profiles, whether the characters are transmetals or not. It was just easier to make a separate thread to avoid some of the clutter of the old one.

So, I know Blazemane is busy with school this semester. Is it possible for the other staff members to review the new character bios and let us know if they're good or bad? I'm actually pretty excited to bring in that Predacon OC, Buster, into the fray. It won't be until Season 2, but at least I can make changes and edits accordingly until then.

Oh, should I move my new OC's profile here since he will be coming in Season 2 then or leave it?

I'd say move it.

NAME: SwiftBlade
ALLEGIANCE: Predacon
FUNCTION: Assassin/Interrogator
ALTERNATE MODE: Transmetal Porcupine
HEIGHT: 7ft Robot mode
QUOTE: "You, Maximals, you think you all are a bunch of saints. You are just as bad as we are, but you guys just know how to hide so you can point your fingers at us and say, "There's the bad guy." Well, at least, we are truthfully about it."

STRENGTH: 6
INTELLIGENCE: 8
SPEED: 5
ENDURANCE: 7
RANK: Assigned by the staff.
COURAGE: 4
FIREPOWER: 6
SKILL: 8

BIO: SwiftBlade was a Predacon criminal under Cryotek's gang before Crytotek was arrested by Maximal Security Force when Megatron stole the golden disk. SwiftBlade was smarter than the average thug. He sensed that Cryotek's pupil was going to pull something. Despite liking Cryotek, he thought he was too soft and left after Cryotek tried to get him to be with Dirge to pick up the Golden Disk from Megatron. SwiftBlade laid low for awhile but the Maximal Security Force was after his tail for him killing many of their officers. SwiftBlade didn't want to go back to the cage and decided to take over Cryotek's pub through some of Cryotek's old connections. He loved it when he was in charge but the problem was SwiftBlade's aggressiveness and predictability helped the Maximal Security Forces quell many of his operations, not to mention, Cryotek was soon released from prison and was angered at SwiftBlade for his incompetence and taking control of what was rightfully his. SwiftBlade was enraged at Cryotek's insults and waged his own personal war with him. With people coming at him in two different directions, SwiftBlade's little war was lost. The only thing to keep him from going to a prison was to get outta Cybertron but he was followed by two Maximal Security Force Agents and they are secretly aboard his ship as he heads to Earth, where he remembered that Megatron and his ragtag crew were heading towards.

WEAPONS/ABILITIES:

Energon Blades
Like knives, these ten inch blades are for the purpose of close combat if needed but mostly, to be used for interrogations. They have a smooth edge for a nice, surgical cut towards his victim or opponent.

ElectroTool

Powered by an electrical current, this circular pistol produces a short - medium range rope of electricity that if one is near or in range will get electrocuted.

Machine Gun w/grenade launcher:
A weapon that fires like Tarantulas' legs with the added bonus of a grenade launcher under the barrel. It was customized by SwiftBlade himself and it is his favorite.

Red Laser Semi-Assault Weapon

A weapon with an installed laser core that produces bursts of red lasers. It has an unlimited supply but gets overheated when fired too much. Also, if the trigger is held for a number of seconds, a more powerful burst will eject from the weapon. Though, it causes the laser core to overheat quicker so he can only did at least two of these.


WEAKNESSES/PERSONALITY: SwiftBlade is a Predacon with a brutally honest attitude towards anyone he meets including his leader which can cause problems. SwiftBlade can be easygoing though. He is a player, flirting with Maximal and Predacon females, and will get along with anyone if he likes them, playing games and helping them out in the battlefield. He can be indifferent towards being ordering around and will disobey if he finds the orders stupid. His anger can get him in trouble though. Make him mad and he might try and kill you, not caring about the consequences or what his leader has to say, seeing as he doesn't trust Megatron or like authority figures in peculiar. Despite his hatred towards the Maximals, he despises himself and Predacons even more, not dumb enough to know that Predacons are killing themselves with everything they have been doing. He knows that he is a murderer, a low-life scum, not worth a life in the world he was born in. There is alittle of self-worthlessness he has. There is one thing that SwiftBlade will never do though and that is kill indiscrimnately. SwiftBlade makes it clear that he will kill Maximals who have it coming, nothing more or less.

SAMPLE POST:

The lights of the pub flashed with the vicious beat of the music that boomed across the speakers. Many Predacons were dancing to to the beat or just drinking, enjoying the moment of peace without Maximals pestering them. Taking a sip of his energon drink, his optics kept looking at the entrance to the pub, checking the security he had placed all over the pub. He didn't need protection but these people were loyal to him, making sure that no Predacons or worse, Maximals try to put a hit on him. They can try! He will kill them all! Those slagging security forces! They will pay! He will make them pay! Put holes into their metal af--
The pub got deadly quick in the matter of seconds.

Standing in the front of the pub was his old boss in his majesty, towering many of the Predacons with a angry expression. Why was he angry? He was just keeping his seat warm for him. Someone needed to take over while he was in jail for months.

Cryotek came up the stairwell, looking at him with blood red optics. He just took another sip of his drink and gave a smile.

"SwiftBlade! How dare you took over my empire?" He looked down at him, gritting his teeth.

"Someone had to since your son was the one who put you in there." Taking a cy-gar out, he lit it up, "That only left me, your loyal dog." He offered Cryotek one but he slapped it out of his hands, "Hey, those are expensive!"

Cryotek grabbed him and picked him up, "You little worm, you don't think I will be keeping an eye on my organization as I sit in a flithy Maximal prison!" He shook him roughly, "Do you think I will allow a lowly thug to lead my organization, that I built with my own hands, to ruin? You flithy punk!"

"Hey!" SwiftBlade kicked Cryotek, who released his grip on him, "Watch what you say, you aft! I'm the only loyal Predacon beside Dirge that you have left! That's you problem, Cryotek. You were soft just like Megatron said. You waited too long to kill him and now, where is he? Where he is?" He screamed, "He is far away from here while you were slagging in prison."

"You little..." Cryotek's face got dangerously closed to his but he just narrowed his optics at his boss, ready fro anything, "I save your aft several times. If it weren't for me, you would have been dead stellar cycles ago. I saved your fragging life and gave you a place among my organization and you dare take it over, wasting my resources and leading bread crumbs for Maximals to grab, ruining my reputation.I told you before, SwiftBlade, I told you not to frag with me! You fragging piece of worthless-"

SwiftBlade let out a roar and tackled Cryotek, both dropping to the dancing floor. Predacons scattered to the sidelines, watching the entertainment.

SwiftBlade, still on top of Cryotek, grabbed both sides of his head and started banging on the ground, shouting, "You want to go to war! You want to fight me! Okay! Okay! You arrogant piece of slag!"

Cryotek growled and knocked SwiftBlade off him, getting up with a laugh of mockery and amusement, "You think you can beat me, SwiftBlade? You are such a fool, but if you want to die today, I will grant you that wish!"

He threw a series of punches at SwiftBlade who dodged a few but took most of the shots. SwiftBlade just roared more and punched back despite the fact that Cryotek's armor was strong. Everyone knew that SwiftBlade was going to lose this battle but he was too stubborn to realize it. Using the environment to his advantage, he threw the chairs and glasses at Cryotek. Glasses with substances inside them splashed on Cryotek's face, blinding him. Swiftblade took out one of his blade and jumped to stab Cryotek dead in the chest but the tyrant moved, only got the knife in his arm. Cryotek was furious and grabbed SwiftBlade by the throat, lifting him up in the air with a smirk.

"This what I liked about you, SwiftBlade. So eager to get into a fight, so easy to manipulate."

"No one uses me, Cryotek! I was loyal to you and you used me."

"Haha! Everyone is a pawn! No matter how loyal, everyone is expendable."

"I will remember that, Cryotek." SwiftBlade choked, nodding his head, "after I put a knife through your twisted spark!"

SwiftBlade had the knife and was about to but he felt a pain on his torsoplate. Cryotek laughed and revealed his weapon, shooting SwiftBlade's chest again. Cryotek let go of him. He held his burning chest and saw Cryotek's gang, pointing their weapons towards them. His pals were all dead.

It was all a ruse! Slaggit!

He dashed out the door, cussing out Cryotek, "I will get my revenge on you, Cryotek. I will make sure of that!"

Not now, though, he could hear alarms. Maximals were coming and he better get outta there before they saw him.

XD Awesome, una. I like him a lot. He should be a great addition to the Predacons. But... uh... we're going to keep SwiftBlade away from Primal. I mean, he could never push him to his breaking point anyway because Optimus is just that powerful mentally, you know, he's mentally invincible. So what's the point in ever having him interrogate the Maximal Commander? D'oh! Just kidding.

Optimus would be impossible!

SwiftBlade would welcome the challenge in his cold, professional way though.

I wondered if I'd forgotten somebody. But I also forgot to check.

Buster: Interesting, funny personality. I like the amount of detail poured into the weapons descriptions.

Given his immense potential and the cowardice that holds it back, Buster seems like he should have a rank of 6. If Megatron really can't get him moving, maybe it would end up lower, but that seems right for now.

Vela: What was that reason for coming to Earth, I wonder?

I'm interested to see how her quiet personality will mix in with the other Maximals. She also seems like she should have a rank of 6. She'll be dependable, but probably not much of an initiator. Of course, we'll see what happens.

Finally, decided to post my OC's bio in here for season 2.

I apologize this is very extensive......Dissociative Identity Disorder in real life is a very complex disorder. So, it deserves a little extra explanation.

NAME: Arachnitron
ALLEGIANCE: Neutral
FUNCTION: ?
ALTERNATE MODE: Black Widow Spider
HEIGHT: 5 feet
QUOTE: "The Maximals fear me and the Predacons tried to change me. So I just slag them all."

STRENGTH: 6
INTELLIGENCE: 8
SPEED: 5
ENDURANCE: 8
RANK: 6 (Assigned by the staff)
COURAGE: 8
FIREPOWER: 6
SKILL: 7
[Stats excluding rank must not total over 48!]

HISTORY:

Arachnitron was a Predacon experiment gone wrong. She had been living in a Predacon orphanage when some Predacon scientists decided her high intelligence, courage and endurance would make her a good test subject for an experiment that they had been conducting and had little success with. She was abducted against her will and sent to live in a research facility.

The experiment had been to enhance the qualities of the Predacon troops by combining Maximal and Predacon genetic coding together in order to create a hybrid faction. One hypothesis suggested that a hybrid would inherit the strengths from each faction and would become a stronger soldier. The Predacons, believing themselves to be superior to the Maximals, believed that the Predacon programming would be the main programming and that the Maximal traits would just mix together with the Predacon traits to minimize the number of troops lost due to reckless actions, defecting, and betrayal.

The first 25 protoforms all ended in disaster. They were all destroyed in one way or another either by their own hand or the Predacons. The scientists tried many different code alteration sequences, but none seemed to meet the desired affects. Arachnitron was the last attempt and their closest success. They rewrote her genetic code in such a way that would limit her access to the opposing traits.

The effects of the genetic manipulation had been almost undetectable at first; and thus, they believed they had finally succeeded. But, over the course a few years, Arachnitron’s mental state had steadily decreased. They determined that the barriers they had put up between the two code sequences had deteriorated and the two conflicting personalities were in a heated battle for control of the body. Their final determination was that the opposing character traits were not the only thing causing the instabilities, but that the genetic manipulation itself was to blame as well.

Once it was clear that Arachnitron was about to meet her end, she destroyed the research facility and hijacked an escape pod. During its journey, an asteroid slammed into the pod which sent it cascading down to the planet’s surface. The damage had been insurmountable and had led to the pod’s eventual explosion. She escaped unharmed thanks to the Maximals.

Arachnitron has since found herself meeting new situation after new situation. She has never been away from the research facility or the orphanage before and has never interacted positively with other bots before. She has found the experience to be intriguing and at times overwhelming. She is struggling to find her place on her new home planet, fit in with the bots currently residing there, and keep her identity as an escaped, failed experiment a secret known (so far) to only herself and one other, the Maximal commander, Optimus Primal.

WEAPONS/PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Usually Arachnitron uses her Energon pistol or her cybervenom which can temporarily paralyze her opponents. Once in a while she will use hand-to-hand combat. She also has a lasso type gun. In beast mode, she can make webs using her spinnerets (obviously). She also has fangs that secrete venom.

Inside a compartment in her wrist she keeps some tools needed for a bot on the run: Bugging devices, screwdrivers, a small drill and other necessities and it can serve as a place for storage. She also has explosives in the other wrist compartment.

Aside from being very intelligent, Arachnitron is skilled in the art of stealth. She is a fast learner and can learn to do a variety of jobs. Another side effect of her gene manipulation is that she has no energy signature.

PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES:

Arachnitron is a slow runner and she does not do an extensive amount of damage with her weaponry. She had had little experience working in a team setting and had absolutely no experience communicating with her peers.

Having opposing lineages and the number of genetic rewrites to her genetic sequencing has caused some mental disturbances in the young bot. She has sustained much damage to her identity chip/personality circuits as a result of the genetic tampering (something that sort of resembles Dissociative Identity Disorder aka Multiple Personality Disorder....See more below).

ARACHNITRON'S ALTERS:

PREDACON- STRENGTHS: The Predacon programming is independent, confident, cunning, vicious and manipulative. She is brave in battle and much more aggressive than the other two alters.

PREDACON- WEAKNESSES: The Predacon programming is defiant and stubborn to a fault. She believes herself to be the programming that is in control of the others and, in so doing, often underestimates the abilities of the other personalities. She is childish and petty and has quite a temper. Her anger and hatred is sometimes uncontrollable. She is unwilling to share the body with the other personalities and this is often damaging to the body itself.

In this state, her optic coloring changes to red.

MAXIMAL- STRENGTHS: The Maximal programming is loyal and docile. She is also amiable and much more friendly than the other two personalities. She wants what is best for the body itself and is willing to work with the Predacon though she knows it will be a trying task.

MAXIMAL-WEAKNESSES: With the Maximal in control, Arachnitron suffers from heightened fear and anxiety levels. She often finds it difficult to handle stressful situations.

With this personality in control, her optics are green.

HYBRID- STRENGTHS: The Hybrid is a mixture of the other two personalities. Like the Predacon, she is courageous and strong-willed. Like the Maximal, she is loyal and docile.

HYBRID- WEAKNESSES: The Hybrid is cold, withdrawn and anti-social. She rarely interacts with others. She is almost always in a constant state of confusion. This personality often experiences memory loss as well. She has low self-esteem and self-worth and, thus, often lets one of the other personalities dictate her actions. Because of the constant battle between the other two personalities, this personality is the least stable...prone to drastic changes in mood and desires (a sort of bi-polar type disorder) and forever in great pain and physical exhaustion. She is extremely gullible and easy to manipulate.

Towards the end of season 1, the Hybrid, driven by her desperation to alleviate the mental anguish and confusion, decides to help Tarantulas in exchange for his inserting an inhibitor chip that would block the influence of the Maximal and Predacon programming.

With the Hybrid in control, her optics are green.

"THE RAGE" Another side effect of the gene manipulation is a zombie like state she refers to as “the rage.” In this state Arachnitron is blind, mute, and deaf. She has no control of her actions and often causes unspeakable damage to her surroundings. This is a rare occurrence having little to do with actual emotions. It is more of a result of an overload in her core processor which attempts to reset itself. This is less of a personality and more a programming glitch.

Name: Saber-Fang (courtesy of Starshadow)

Allegiance: Maximals

Function: Warrior, Scout, and advisor (maybe)

Beast Mode:

Height: 6ft in Robot mode

Quote: “There’s a right way and a wrong way to do this… it’s your choice.”


Strength: 8

Intelligence: 7

Speed: 7

Endurance: 8

Rank: Assigned by the staff

Courage: 7

Firepower: 5

Skill: 6


Weapons(Beast mode): Her teeth, claws, and stealth

Weapons in robot form: 2x Claws, assault rifle, and a semi automatic pistol (Only if she can‘t get to her assault rifle in time)


Ability: When cornered with no way out or when she losses her temper, she turns into a savage monster, who didn’t recognize friend from foe and would attack any one who it thought was threat. The best thing to do would be to stay out of her way and do not provoke her, other wise you will meet an untimely and gruesome demise. She has an acute sense of smell which makes her an excellent tracker, hunter, and stalker, she also can see in the dark. Her beast form gives immense power and strength as well as endurance, she can carry five to six times her own weight in beast mode.

(Picture of the beast courtesy of Starshadow again.) http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/ ... 3hljjv.jpg

Weaknesses: After the effects of the beast leave her body, Saber-Fang is vulnerable to attack because of drained energy and strength. Should Saber be forced into a second transformation, having not fully recovered from the affects of the first transformation, it could possibly kill her due to the massive energy drain and stress on her body and spark. Aside from that, she has a stubborn streak which can be used against her when she is trying to protect a comrade. Because of her history with Sonar, she willingly puts herself in danger to prove to the Maximals that she is still loyal to them. And she’s afraid of deep water.

Bio: Saber’s life has never been the same since she found out that she had the curse that had taken the lives of many Maximals and neutrals. Knowing that if the Maximal elders found out, they would have her killed, she sought the help of Sonar, hoping he would help her with her curse, he agreed. He talked her into retiring so that they could work together without causing suspicion, her retiring surprised every one, but thankfully no one questioned her motives. While working with Sonar she soon saw what he was, but she couldn’t go back on her word, other wise he was inform the Maximal elders what she was.

Now on a mysterious planet, her life seemed to calm down without Sonar’s eerie presence, that came to an end when she and the other Maximals came into contact with Vok technology and Optimus Primal vanished in front of her and on top of that Sonar made his appearance. In between missions she went to Sonar for injections he had made so the need to turn into the beast was weakened. As she continued to see the bat, some of the Maximals became suspicious, the Maximal leader was the first to suspect some thing. He grew more suspicious when she transformed into the beast during a mission, after that day she had to inform the Maximal leader when she left the base which she did, but she wasn’t sure how much longer she could keep up with the lies.

During another mission, Saber was “attacked” by Sonar and once again injected with the serum that calms down the creature. Later she was contacted by Rhinox and he tried to get her to tell him why she was working with Sonar, but she simply lied telling him that the chemicals she had inside her were from the prey she was eating. Despite the building evidence against her she calmly tells him off, but she knows sooner or later she going to get caught. Some time later Icebreaker managed to track her to a secret location where she had been sneaking off to meet Sonar, she planned to tell him that she no longer wanted to work with him, then finally come clean to the Maximals. He threatens to rat her out to Megatron about her little problem if she thinks about betraying him after all he’s done for her. After Sonar leaves she is confronted by the medic, she then tells the Maximals every thing, and as a fitting punishment for what she’s done she banishes herself from the Maximals and the Maximal territory.

((OOC: I'll make edits to this every now and again.))

I edited Buster's side-arm:

-Upgraded rounds to 12.7x99mm size
- Decreased clip count to 7 rounds

It just occurred to me that pistol rounds aren't going to do anything against transformers. Yeah, most OCs don't exactly follow realistic physics when it comes to weaponry (Orcariner being one), but since I've put so much detail into Buster's profile I figured I'd try and make it somewhat feasible. .50 cal bullets are designed to go up against hard targets. .50 cal handguns are typically considered to be inefficient for human being to use in a firefight, but I figured a bulkier alien robot might be able to handle the recoil and painful vibrations (which sting even if you're wearing gloves).

Edited SwiftBlade's Bio, weapons, and personality.

I was watching a mobster movie(I hardly watched those kinds of movies) and I just loved the main character in the one I watched. He was likable but very flawed. I thought it would be cool for a Predacon OC and was a real contrast to Whitegrazer so I changed SwiftBlade.

I like the edits to Swiftblade's personality, but from the stand point that he's a different character entirely. I liked the old Swiftblade, too.

If this is the one you want, there is one thing I want point out- at least by the current rule of the game, you can't use those two Maximals you have stowed aboard his ship. There's a two O.C. limit and Whitegrazer and Swiftblade will already fill that.

If Swiftblade is as obstinate as he sounds like he's going to be, I'm thinking he should have a rank of 5. Of course, he might end up fitting very well in the Predacon crew, so his rank is subject to change.

I did too but I already had a calm, professional character which is Whitegrazer. I didn't want play the same type of character so I decide to make Swiftblade more of a sympathetic criminal type.

Oh don't worry about the two Maximals, Swiftblade is going to kill them in his debut post in S2.

I didn't want play the same type of character so I decide to make Swiftblade more of a

sympathetic criminal type.

Oh don't worry about the two Maximals, Swiftblade is going to kill them in his debut post in S2.

His debut post? Irony.