(w/o Autobot symbol, obvs)
[DESCRIPTION]
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TOTAL COST: 70w (60+10)
CHARACTER NAME: Starscream/Swoop
SECRET IDENTITY: None
SPECIES: Cybertronian/Decepticon (Spark)/Dinobot (body)
GENDER: Male
HAIR: None
EYES: Red
HEIGHT: 8'
WEIGHT: 500 lbs
[ABILITIES] [14)]
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INTELLIGENCE: 4 (1w)
STRENGTH: 7 (3w)
AGILITY: 3 (2r)
SPEED: 2 (1r)
DURABILITY: 7 (9w)
ENERGY: 21
REGENERATION: 10
* - robot
WEALTH: Dead Broke
[ACTIONS] [16w]
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Close Combat 4 (1w)
- Strength Bonus or Weapon Modifier
- Giant Robot Fighting
- Fighting From the Air
- Hit-and-Run
- On The Defensive
Ranged Combat 4 (1w)
- Weapon Modifier
- Integral Weapon Systems
- Hand Held Weapons
- Hit-and-Run Tactics
- Death from Above
Flight 6 (3w)
Holographic Projector 4 (1w)
- Can project anything Starscream has personally witnessed
- Also makes a really neat home theater system
Transformation 6 (6w)
- One Form Only (Pterosaur)
Social Skills 6
- Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
- Convincing people to go against their own self-interest
- Charming when he wants to be
- Second-in-Command
- Seeming Harmless
- Cowering, Begging for Mercy, and otherwise debasing himself
[MODIFIERS] [42w]
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Artificial Emotion 4 (2w)
- As mental defense, resists remote hacking, etc
Energon Weapon 4 (2w)
- Can take multiple forms, but usually a morningstar
Energy Defense 5 (1w)
Energy Canons 6 (3w)
- Extra Function: Force field
Rocket Launchers 4 (5w)
- Area Affect
- Armor Penetration
- x2 Damage
Self-Repair 9w
Toughness 7 (12w)
Immortal Spark 8w
- As Reconstitute Self, but Starscream must find another robotic (preferably Cybertronian) body to inhabit if his current form is fully destroyed
[CHALLENGES] [10w]
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Conflicting Interests 4w
- No matter what the current mission, Starscreamis always on the lookout for some way to gain an advantage or any kind of personal victory, no matter how small.
Disliked By Peers 2w
- Especially in the Transformer community, Starscream is known as a liar, a traitor, and a coward
Extreme Vanity 2w
Inhuman/Unearthly Appearance 2w
- Even in Pterosaur form, Starscream is obviously a robot
BACKGROUND
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Megatron is no fool, and even Cybertronians have a maxim about keeping one's enemies closer than one's friends. For all of his faults, the so-called "Seeker" Starscream was always useful, and Megatron never believed that he would actually have the guts to betray the Decepticon commander outright. Megatron was wrong, but it didn't matter in the end, because he disposed of Starscream as easily as he might swat a gnat. Or so he thought.
From the beginning of the Cybertronian Civil War, Starscream was with Megatron and his Decepticons. Initially, he longed to make a name for himself, to earn the praise and respect of their leader. He truly believed in their cause; that the strong should rule to create order for the weak, that power concentrated in the hands of those with the will to wield it properly was better for everyone. At first, it was not his plan to be the hand wielding that power. He and his "brothers", fellow Seekers Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Slipstream took pride in their role as scouts and hunters.
Time changes things, and as the ages slipped past and the war carried on, Starscream began to see things differently. He saw war without end, Cybertron withering under the massive Energon requirements for both sides to sustain the fight, bodies piling up on both sides... He saw that Megatron's chosen commanders seemed to be lapdogs and yes-bots. Even the highly logical Soundwave didn't seem to question... but most importantly, Starscream began to suspect that Megatron was mad. The Decepticon Commander was brutal, even abusive, erratic in his decision making, vengeful, and arrogant.
... unfortunately, Starscream didn't have the self-awareness to realize that him stepping in to take charge was not the answer. He, like Megatron, was cruel, ruthless, and arrogant... but where Megatron was fearless, Starscream was a coward deep down, always concerned for his own mortality over and above anything else, and his own self-interest typically overrode any other goal. Starscream was not leadership material, but as the war wore on, he rose through the ranks, and when he became one of Megatron's inner circle, he began plotting in earnest to destroy his master and take command.
When he finally saw his opening and took it, in typical Starscream fashion he botched the whole affair, and was executed for his treachery. Starscream still doesn't truly understand how, but his spark sought out and inhabited the nearest suitable body, as it will whenever his current body is destroyed. It seeks a body as similar in capability to his previous body as possible, though his first "reincarnation" involved a significant reduction in size.
