Post by GPMC on Jun 9, 2020 13:41:16 GMT -5
Theme Song: Welcome to Chaos
from Son of Rust
(Code) Name: Spectre
(Real Name/Secret Identity): Niko Erikson
Age: 21
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 82 kg
Hair: dark blond
Nationality: German (with student visa/permit)
Occupation: Student (and Business Owner)
Abilities:
Intelligence(E) 7 - 12W
Strength 1 - 1r
Agility 3 - 1W
Speed 1 - 1r
Durability 1 - 1W
(Ability cost total=14W2r)
->
Health(current/max) 1/1
Energy (current/Max) 14/14
E-Regen: 7/turn
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Skills(personal):
Close Combat(agility or weapon mod)(+-0) 2 - 2r
-Karate
-PA (close) Combat
General Knowledge(int)(+1) 2 - 1W
-Physics
Private Investigating(-)(0) 2 - 2r
-PA Tracking
-Evading
Social Skills(0) 2 - 2r
-Social Chameleon
-Black Market
Statecraft(+2) 2 - 2W
-Legal Security
-Business
Technology & Inventing(int) (+2/+6-2(PAdiscount) 2 - 2W+4W
(Skill total =.2+1+.2+1+2+6=10.2r)
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Modifiers:
Translation (normal) 2W
Precognitive Flashes 1r
(low level telepathy)
Karmic Sight/Sense 1 - 1r
good/bad luck modifier, fate ...
*"Bio Support Processor"
(PsychoCentricPowerTemplate, via "Power" Glasses [Equipment]) (+5) 1 - 4W
Wealth (0-1(statecraft discount)) 7 - 4W
(mod total =2+.1+.1+4+4=10W2r)
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(personal total =14.2+11.1+10.2=36W)
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Challenges:
1 Secret Identity (upstart)
-Hero(wannabe)
1 Guilty Conscience
-Black Market Arms/Armor deal via dark net
--> South America
3 Conflicting Interests
-Business/personal education/Ideals&heroing
1 loner/disliked shunned by peers
-low level psychic aura that is disquieting to most after prolonged exposure. Leading to him distancing himself from others when there is "no need" makes him a break choice for "bullies" among his "equals"
2 mild schizophrenia
-episodes of "hearing/seeing things" "feeling watched" altered sense of "reality"
mostly "harmless" by now, but at times distracting/irritating especially in highly social and/or stress situations.
1 blames "society" and others for Problems/Situation
-Global Warming/Waste&Toxic Management/inequality in living standards etcetera etcetera.
The beggar around the corner might not be the one at fault, but "someone" surely is.
1 Can't/Won't enter holy/hallowed ground
-Hearing "god's" or "others" voices at worst, but feeling "being watched" and "mumbling" alone already is .. uncomfortable
+1 Important (and impertinent) NPC
-See below-
-> (+10+1 W-stones for challenges total)
PA:
(7"free" W-Stones from wealth)
Suit Int 4 - 1W
Strength 2 - 1r
Agility 2 - 1r
Speed 2 - 1r
Durability 2 - 1W
->
Energy(current/max): 6/6
E-Regen(current/max): 3/3
(+1/2 for "self repair"mod)
max action count = S.I. -> 4
(PA ability cost total 3W)
PA actions:
PA Close Combat(agility or weapon mod) 2 - 1r
-stationary targets
-Aikido
PA Ranged(agility? or weapon mod) 2 - 1r
-Moving Targets
-non lethal take down
(PA) Hunting/Tracking(0-1("animal"senses discount)) 1 -1r
-Airborne Tracking
PA invisibility 2 - 2r
PA (silent) flight(-1+1(silence option) 2 - 2r
PA Voice/Sound projection(-1) 2 - 1r
(PA skill total =2W2r)
PA mods:
Collapsible 1W
- or rather "expanding" from his power glasses
Into quasi real or "semi real" Power Armor
Niko secretly calls it Schrödinger's Power Armor, but never out loud.
Personal 1W
-"incomplete" code and therefor heavily relying on his mind/brain for "completion". So he is pretty much the only one who can "work" the power armor.
Part safety measure
and part because he doesn't "fully" understand the PAss working either.
Life Support 2h - 1r
PA Self Repair (dur+1=3) 1W
Heal 1W/hour & +50% E-Regen.
(Animal)"Blood Bunny" Senses 1 - 1r
The sensors boosted for high speed-faster reflexes, inspired by carnivore "horned bunny" type monsters from J-RPG/worlds
Fantastic Sensors, for fantastic effect
Reflexive Dodge (3) 3 - 4W
(-1 Animal Senses discount)
(PA mod cost total = 1+1+.1+1+.1+4)
--> full PA cost total =-7+3+2.2+7.2= -7+13.1= 6W.1
---> full character cost =36+6.1=42.1 vs 30 +10 +1
+.1 charakter pic
+.1 NPC pic
+.1 costume pic
+.1 "costume change"
= 42.1 vs 42.1
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Biography:
Niko Erikson was born as the 3rd son of christian Priest
(named Heiko Erikson) and loving wife (Matilde). A minor sekt following borderline ancient, conservative ideas that's firmly believing in "physical manifestation" of "good and evil".
A rare thing in the Northern corner of Germany.
Niko showing "odd behavior" was considered the later very early on.
As stories about "child exorcisms" and abuse made it to the teachers in primary school child care quickly and decisively stepped in.
His Father ending up with a prison sentence, the formerly mostly functional family still blames the "devil child" for their troubles.
There hasn't been contact since.
And Niko's memory of his family is blurry at most.
No "real" family would take him in for long. Episodes of uncontrollable anger, "wild fantasies" and a general distaste to authorities made a couple of attempts fail.
As the teenage days/years approached the kid was moved time and time again, visiting quit and less quiet corners of his country.
He even ran away and lived as a street kid with substance and minor thieving.
Realizing he didn't want to end up a ditched corps in some back alley and figuring that "this science stuff some people talk" was "fairly easy to grasp" and a great way to get his mind of his own problems Niko seriously started to get into his education.
He started late, but teaching himself was something he was familiar with and with that he quickly "finished" school.
By the age of 15 he was having more trouble with getting "the authorities" to accept he was already ready for "higher learning" with the "adults".
In his mind it wasn't him being smart, just everyone else was simply borderline retard.
Being more troubled with the legal side of education flourished in the less restrictive university education. Still by the age of 18 he "finished" his first bachelor of science. And it only took him "that long" because of the social stress/escapades that complicated his life still.
He got a bit more sorted and "grounded" as he went for the next (masters degree).
With no family to support, and more legal expenses then public warfare provids Niko jobbed in the gastonomy, and supermarkets. But rarely for long, as the "next" psychic issue was just around the corner. There was that time he couldn't go to work, as the workplace was "taken over by lizard people wearing human skin", and the "supermarket reality TV show" was simply to much to bear.
He did get some scholarship, from two different sources actually.
The first one cut him when they figured out he lied quite extensively on his application.
Being a bit versed in the darker spots of society and the darker shades of social technology one fateful day he posted an April fool's offer on a dark web "market site". Essentially offering a "bunny suit with minor superpowers".
The "obvious fake" was treated seriously though, as he was quite creative in describing the technicalities.
Now with a burst of paranoia (this time possibly quite justified as the paycheck was quite hefty) he HAD to complete the project. And wonder o wonder, he did.
Only 3 month later an small group of well connected drug trade amateurs received the first batch of jumping suits, offering merciless jungle thugs pleeenty of deadly silent mobility, .. and shock gloves. .. spoiler alert,they didn't use the shock gloves.
This first REAL shock and all to direct contact with the criminal underworld again helped to serve as yet another wake up call.
One of the "spare breakthroughs"
Of that project was a quantum super-processor/computer.
The Processor not only allowed to run software, it also to a certain degree allowed to "alter" physical states of "objects" in it's proximity. The "jumping" module being more of a "reality hacking" device to switch around a couple of physical values.
Trying to "commercialize" the unit he figured it too powerful/potent for the public market. Working on a trimmed down version he ended up with a seemingly useless "scanner with a little bio feedback".
This 2.8 kilo "cumbersome piece of waste" however proved sufficient to "reach through" to advanced Alzheimer patients.
The Patent application went by in a breath and customers and distributors basically clobbered on the idea asking to be part of the "company that makes it".
And so
Pristine Medical Industries
Was born.
This lead to Niko going to NY university to learn how to operate his business. And by now a couple of other minor "supplies" and some software join the beer of companies products.
The "other" part of his discoveries however lead to the realization of his very own Power Armor.
The "Processing unit" could "expand" and incorporate some nearby materials.
"Eaten" stuff could via programming be given some new form.
Not sure what works and what doesn't, and what is simply result of his imagination/schizophrenia..
This piece of constant scientific marvel he decided to keep to (and for) himself. He didn't trust "others" not to misuse THIS piece of technologies as "humanity" has already proved many many times.
Not till he fully understands it, and or has something that works even better.
This leading to his "side project", having a secret tool for himself to influence the world around his into what it SHOULD be.
Also it's an absolute blast flying around in a piece of .. imagined Power Armor.
Theoretically the suit can walk through walls, sadly that doesn't include the pilot.
Further science NEEDS to be done, and those experiments and adjustments cost some real heavy money.
Money he hopes to garner from his "side businesses". But that takes work, and management.
Going to New York THE metropolis for science AND commerce, a logical step to go.
It was there that he first realized that nobody was looking at him flying his Power Armor.
Not that it has that much power, more like a light weight aluminum can. Buuut, invisibility.. as long as it holds ? .. a pretty decent basis for a super hero suit. Besides, he's getting tired of flying over street thugs and ignoring them.
It's time to take out the trash !
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Important NPCs:
Hayley Summer
-She is a "fellow" student at the University, she's kind of a hobby "super"spy and "agent to be"/wannabe
Has some family ties to/with s.h.i.e.l.d.
Got curious about "Nick" (as she calls him).
Partially for training and part to romantic interest she started to track/stalk Niko and ended up discovering his "biiiiig secret".
Aaaand ended up "confronting" him about it.
Loves "keeping/having" secrets just as much if not more (as "vital" qualities of a true master spy/agent), and just wouldn't get pushed/put of Niko's "empty" threats.
She's pretty damn good at reading people, yet blissfully gifted at overlooking or ignoring discontent Niko throws at her.
Now as Niko doesn't want "excessive attention" nore the "blood of the innocent" on his hands he even got her access/permission to his secret lab/hideout. "Couldn't have kept her out if she went serious. .. without killing her that is"
NPC "unimportant bully" no 1:
Clarissa T. Riley
-queen bee socialite, wealthy upbringing, gunning for a well payed management job in HR of some big company or PR
Incredibly vain and superficial.
Considers Niko a "country bumpkin" and an "amateur" dilettante, who should "stick to his tubes"
Aaaand Niko(PC) called her out on her being superficial, vain and "about as smart as a toast" which.. didn't go well with her ego.
She has no idea Niko(PC) is actually well off as he "doesn't even have a car"
NPC "popular kid"/not friend no 2
Ben Palmer
-A sports "student" trying to widen his horizon with psychology classes
as a "support social skill"
Sporty and we'll muscled, though more of a "friendly" observer type
Has plenty of "friends" and "friendlies" and is the "accepted oddity" in the course.
Might be great friend material for Niko(PC) if he wouldn't be subconsciously freaked out by him.
Pretty much the 2nd alpha of the psychology course, though this one isn't intentional
NPC fellow (unpopular) student
Denis Prawn
-Nerd, and as Niko is a "scientist" dabbling in psychology, this one is a "psychologist" dabbling in science. Partly looks up to Niko and is one of the few who actually knows that he has his own company, what it is doing and that Niko(PC) is actually wasn't different then "most assume".
He's pretty damn low on the social packing order however and "pretty far behind on the basics".
NPC professor no 1
(Professor) Samuel P. Winchester
- does know (some) of Niko's background and that he has "some new
medical businesses" running, and that he is kind of an exchange student.
He therefore allows Niko(PC) some extra freedom, but on the flip side he also considers him (though benevolently) more of an extra.
Regularly gets surprised when realizing that Niki(PC) is actually on the level of a "decent" psychology student. But quickly forgets that again and falls back to mostly disregarding him.
The friendly jovial older guy, that's just to heavily emerged into HIS science to notice much else.
Him recognizing Niko(PC) as one of his "guest students" is actually a mark of honor that the other teacher's accept.
Pristine (Medical) Industries Employees:
Project "full restoration" takes advantage of the already complete "Alzheimer's treatment unit" for detailed data as to how the "healthy" brain SHOULD look like.
The mission is simple, surgically cut the brain back into it's health original state and "somehow" get rid of the "mess" left around by the disease.
Top Candidate is a Nano Bot facilitated surgical removal.
This has to be as close to 100% safe as possible. And to make that happen a think and work tank was formed.
And while Niko reeeaaaaly hopes they'll manage to get that done without him, they are not at that stage yet.
This think tank consists mainly of the following People:
Scientist 1
Gabrielle(male) Worthington
First one to getting hired for the company, well versed in "electronics". Freshly grabbed for programming and wiring for the Alzheimer's treatment helmet right after his final (public) examination.
Basically THE lead technician for (completed) commercial device.
Also the supervisor for top secret "permanent cure" research group.
Feels waaaay out of his depths with the "project" but is actually quite vital to it.
Sees himself only as a stand in for Niko(PC) whom he considers to be a super genius. Still frequently "bothers" his "mentor" with "trivial" questions for how to proceed. Thankfully he's quite willing to communicate in text mostly and "go along till the boss comes back with a better idea".
NPC Technician (working for PC) 2
- Gomez Hernández
A Materials Scientist and Engineering, quite similar in basis and knowledge to "the boss", yet way lower in "official" education.
Started as an intern, and still technically is (though well payed)
. He's on the verge of dropping his education in favour of a "payed job" and "hands on experience".
Deeply cares for his family and is happy he can now help pay medical bills and rent for his huuuuge family.
NPC Doctor (working for PC) 3
Walter G. Thomson
A talented surgeon with a curiosity for the "unconventional approach" to "solve" surgery.
Got discovered/interested in The "permanent Alzheimer's removal" idea on a seminar in Las Vegas that Niko presented the (old/currently sold)" treatment for Alzheimer's.
Stuck around for the after hours and is a true gem for the project.
As he has also lost his Mother(a few years ago) to the disease
he is also personal invested in "making the full cure work".
NPC Doctor's assistant (working for PC) 4
Prince D. Price
The "side-effects" specialist as a "general" Neurologists and Doctor.
Brought in by Dr. Thomson from a hospital where they "worked together" in the past.
Considers Dr. Thomson a friend and trusting him got onto this "kind of dubious private sector work".
Especially the non disclosure agreement got him kn the edge, but for now he's good for it.
In addition there are
Further NPCs
Human Resources Department
Has some people working and occasional "buggs" the "boss" with inquiries as to what to do, and where to expand.
Finance Department USUALY has the answers, but both send Niko more e-mails then he'd like to read.
Several make sense, but the company is still a far shot of from a well oiled businesses machine.
Still for that young of a start up company they work decently well.
The PR department keeps bugging Niko however recently to "promote" Alzheimer's "compensation" Helmet that he developed.
Digesting that the Nobel Comity is "likely to choose him" for a price "this year". And that "promoting the device/technology IN PERSON" would up the sales "significantly".
Tech/PA details
The expanded suit weights about 25 kg, and consists partially of solid(kind of) energy and partially of "real" light weight matter.
Aluminum/Plastic stuff, which partially retracts back into the glasses, but mostly seams to simply vanish. "solid" energy is a big part of the "physical" body of the suit, and according to modern physics .. it shouldn't work at all. Some of the suit might actually be drawn from some "close" dimension, but most "matter" seems to come from simply flipping a few physical variables. The process works, somehow strangely reliably, at least with Niko running the Quantum Processor. But if it really is real physical processes at work that "we" simply haven't fully understood yet, dimensional science gone wrong(or in this case accidentally right) or even a psychic phenomenon is still to be seen.
It might as well be one hell of a strange combination of all 3 factors, which makes it all the harder to fully understand.
But fringe science is full of strange phenomena that doesn't fit with how we explain our macro cosmos.
Quantum tunneling effect brought us the USB sticks, and partial wave dualism was not an "expected" discovery.
The very core of the whole Power Armor is the Quantum Processing unit, combined with a few clever sensors to link up with Niko's brain/mind. It allows the "flipping" of a selected few physical variables in the close vicinity, part of those allow the "armor" to receive energy wave like properties, cause (and extinguish) sound waves and imbue the suit/pilot with impulse.
The flight isn't caused by "adding" motion and acceleration, it's caused by funky controlled constant tweaking of "falling" properties.
The very first prototype for that were the "bunny suit", and there the "flight"really is just constant falling and spinning, violently shoved into a somehow coherent form.
The "modern" suit tweaks those properties constantly in something akin to a wave motion, leading to super smooth and "airy" light moment. It COULD go faster, it COULD go stronger, but currently it's operating in the "safe" range.
The suits invisibility seems to origin in "incomplete writing" of the intended properties, and with a bit of further tweaking it could lead to the suit+pilot passing through solid matter around, but so far it "only" shields the suit/pilot from a casual observer. Wouldn't accidently want to become a ghost permanently, so safety features... important features of and for the suit.
Close and Ranged Combat routines are exactly that, programmed code into "automated" reflexes, which don't actually run automatically. It wouldn't be good if the suit started pushing objects (like people) on it's own, and it needs targets to be set and (again) constantly adjusted to allow targeting moving and interacting targets.
The boosted senses onto the "not normal" array of "perceivable properties" works troublesome at best, but I'd DOES provide a variety of extrasensory input. Some might just be extrapolations what the quantum processor "expects" there to be, but it's damn good at guessing.
So we'll intact then those impulses build the bases of a pretty damn reliable auto evasion process. (Reflexive Dodge)
The Hunting/Tracking software is partially a "conventional" path finding program (as far as quantum super computer programs can be called that), but also uses the input of the extrasensory senses, and parts of the "flight path adjustments" routines, therefore allowing to track air currents to a certain degree.
"Power" Core.
While the "heart" of the suit is no doubt the quantum supercomputer inside the "power glasses" most "power" of and for the suit is siphoned from the surroundings, "re allocating" "ambient" energies, and redistributing it through the suit into the many decentralised micro systems. There are a total of 3 separate power distribution networks with can work separately, be allocated to specific and separate tasks from another, or work on parallel with the other networks.
Of those 2 are "hard" wires (in the form conductive tubes "weaved" into the "body" of the Armor) and one a network of induction knodes(a "fine" grid of wifi minni receivers/senders). Each "network" can be controlled (and in emergencies) disconnected separately without causing a total failure in the system. But each subsequent "cut" network reduces the Power Output.
Still the suit should be able to take a punch or two. Comparable maybe with a trained sportsman.
Can still crawl with two broken legs, but won't be enjoying it.
Life support "module"
Not much of a module, and mostly just an environmental seal that can be switched on an off. There ARE however several micro capsules with a bit of a "sludge" inside. This "sludge" is basically CO2 with some atmospheric water compressed into, well .. a sludge.
With fairly low voltage it can be broken back down into components providing oxygen for the pilot for .. up to about 2 hours? Haven't tested for the maximum duration yet, but don't want to either.
Should in theory work just as well in outer space as it should under water. Leaves residue granite "dust", which the suit "sweats" out through micro pores.
Won't guarantee the rest of the suit 'll hold up in such "extreme" conditions.
**autors note
YES the suit CAN function as short term space suit, but it won't be marketed as such.
It's not MEANT for space travel. And it won't protect you from space radiation either. Might be on paar with a "current" NASA space suit, but that's about it. Do NOT use to dive into the deepest part of the ocean, you WILL be crushed !**
Self Restoration mechanism.
(Applied heisenberg uncertainty principle)
The Self Repair function is mostly a "constant rebooting" process.
The "descriptive" values of the suit are in a continuous circle "extrapolated" and "confirmed" or "mis confirmed" with what there really is. By "reading" what is with the preset what is "expected to be" every now and then tiny details fall into the "correct"/expected setting, and usually stay there.
When bit encountering any deviations it simply forms, or informs the Power Armor, when there is deviations meaning the physical integrity is .. broken.. the suit slowly knits itself back together.
This process, better understood and adjusted, could very well lead to building a far superior she'll/body then the current one.
Might even work as a real world "bacta tank" (for all you star wars nerds out there), providing jet another miracle cure to commercialize.
Buuuut, we're not there yet.
Still, .. plenty of reasons for extensive field testing of the suit, and saving the world while being at it.
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Finances, additional equipment and property:
Wealth 7 -> Billionaire/ 10 Million $ per month or issue
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Advanced Lab(allows inventing without penalties) 10 mil.
+10 mil. Safety/Secrecy equipment and procedures (including paying the local mob to look the other way)
Plenty on hidden cameras, "stealth-" and hidden power generators.
+ additional advanced lab (Downtown) for the "cure" projet
Penthouse for about 5 Million
(In Mid Town ?)
Factory (for 100 workers) for 10 Million (outside NY)
+ "secret" factory below the hideout
10 mil (no workers here, but plenty of machines and some low lv. A.I. production robots.
+ secondary "H.Q." (small well defended base)
(3-6 rooms, walls +2 toughness) for 500k $
+ "Pristine Medical Industries" with a couple subsidiaries with a net worth of (very roughly) about 750 million $
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For personal use also available:
Assortment of Antidotes of poisons from "common" to "extremely rare" total value of about 1 million $
(Available to local Healthcare in case of emergencies, otherwise "officially" company property.
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Weapon storage: low and higher quality, from +1 baseball bat and "low quality knife" to custom pistol and rifle (->+4 weapon mod) and everything in between.
Mostly in the (main) secret H.Q.
Obviously not all "licensed"
Both for adventuring and testing of "stuff", or cross referencing with "evidence".
Gas Masks, Come equipment
Fire Proof armor (+1) Defense (2,500$+1,200$ each)
- in the form of "special" undergarment for himself, but also "suits" and "costumes" for guests/disguises
Thieving Equipment sets(at least 3) +3 (1k$ each)
-> standard gear/loadout:
Bullet (and fireproof) backpack
With First-Aid Kit,
Stun gun (+2 stun),
Laptop (for cosmetic/disguise reasons only),
With Retinal Scanner AND voice Detector(3stones +4 for verifying respectively) 25k$ each by the way,
Thieving gear +3,
Communicator (Specialized, scrambled) (mostly for "officiall" business),
6x Tracing Device ("Bug")
(Range 7 duration 1 week, +4vs detection),
+ special crossbow to launch them (+2? mod),
Handcuffs 6x
(Dif 4, Res 6)
Collapsible Billy Club (like "Mace") for +4 stun damage,
Pepper Spray 1x
( +4 stun),
Microscope
(Enhanced Vision 2, microscopic)
from Son of Rust
(Code) Name: Spectre
(Real Name/Secret Identity): Niko Erikson
Age: 21
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 82 kg
Hair: dark blond
Nationality: German (with student visa/permit)
Occupation: Student (and Business Owner)
Abilities:
Intelligence(E) 7 - 12W
Strength 1 - 1r
Agility 3 - 1W
Speed 1 - 1r
Durability 1 - 1W
(Ability cost total=14W2r)
->
Health(current/max) 1/1
Energy (current/Max) 14/14
E-Regen: 7/turn
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Skills(personal):
Close Combat(agility or weapon mod)(+-0) 2 - 2r
-Karate
-PA (close) Combat
General Knowledge(int)(+1) 2 - 1W
-Physics
Private Investigating(-)(0) 2 - 2r
-PA Tracking
-Evading
Social Skills(0) 2 - 2r
-Social Chameleon
-Black Market
Statecraft(+2) 2 - 2W
-Legal Security
-Business
Technology & Inventing(int) (+2/+6-2(PAdiscount) 2 - 2W+4W
(Skill total =.2+1+.2+1+2+6=10.2r)
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Modifiers:
Translation (normal) 2W
Precognitive Flashes 1r
(low level telepathy)
Karmic Sight/Sense 1 - 1r
good/bad luck modifier, fate ...
*"Bio Support Processor"
(PsychoCentricPowerTemplate, via "Power" Glasses [Equipment]) (+5) 1 - 4W
Wealth (0-1(statecraft discount)) 7 - 4W
(mod total =2+.1+.1+4+4=10W2r)
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(personal total =14.2+11.1+10.2=36W)
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Challenges:
1 Secret Identity (upstart)
-Hero(wannabe)
1 Guilty Conscience
-Black Market Arms/Armor deal via dark net
--> South America
3 Conflicting Interests
-Business/personal education/Ideals&heroing
1 loner/disliked shunned by peers
-low level psychic aura that is disquieting to most after prolonged exposure. Leading to him distancing himself from others when there is "no need" makes him a break choice for "bullies" among his "equals"
2 mild schizophrenia
-episodes of "hearing/seeing things" "feeling watched" altered sense of "reality"
mostly "harmless" by now, but at times distracting/irritating especially in highly social and/or stress situations.
1 blames "society" and others for Problems/Situation
-Global Warming/Waste&Toxic Management/inequality in living standards etcetera etcetera.
The beggar around the corner might not be the one at fault, but "someone" surely is.
1 Can't/Won't enter holy/hallowed ground
-Hearing "god's" or "others" voices at worst, but feeling "being watched" and "mumbling" alone already is .. uncomfortable
+1 Important (and impertinent) NPC
-See below-
-> (+10+1 W-stones for challenges total)
PA:
(7"free" W-Stones from wealth)
Suit Int 4 - 1W
Strength 2 - 1r
Agility 2 - 1r
Speed 2 - 1r
Durability 2 - 1W
->
Energy(current/max): 6/6
E-Regen(current/max): 3/3
(+1/2 for "self repair"mod)
max action count = S.I. -> 4
(PA ability cost total 3W)
PA actions:
PA Close Combat(agility or weapon mod) 2 - 1r
-stationary targets
-Aikido
PA Ranged(agility? or weapon mod) 2 - 1r
-Moving Targets
-non lethal take down
(PA) Hunting/Tracking(0-
-Airborne Tracking
PA invisibility 2 - 2r
PA (silent) flight(-1+1(silence option) 2 - 2r
PA Voice/Sound projection(-1) 2 - 1r
(PA skill total =2W2r)
PA mods:
Collapsible 1W
- or rather "expanding" from his power glasses
Into quasi real or "semi real" Power Armor
Niko secretly calls it Schrödinger's Power Armor, but never out loud.
Personal 1W
-"incomplete" code and therefor heavily relying on his mind/brain for "completion". So he is pretty much the only one who can "work" the power armor.
Part safety measure
and part because he doesn't "fully" understand the PAss working either.
Life Support 2h - 1r
PA Self Repair (dur+1=3) 1W
Heal 1W/hour & +50% E-Regen.
(Animal)"Blood Bunny" Senses 1 - 1r
The sensors boosted for high speed-faster reflexes, inspired by carnivore "horned bunny" type monsters from J-RPG/worlds
Fantastic Sensors, for fantastic effect
Reflexive Dodge (3) 3 - 4W
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(PA mod cost total = 1+1+.1+1+.1+4)
--> full PA cost total =-7+3+2.2+7.2= -7+13.1= 6W.1
---> full character cost =36+6.1=42.1 vs 30 +10 +1
+.1 charakter pic
+.1 NPC pic
+.1 costume pic
+.1 "costume change"
= 42.1 vs 42.1
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Biography:
Niko Erikson was born as the 3rd son of christian Priest
(named Heiko Erikson) and loving wife (Matilde). A minor sekt following borderline ancient, conservative ideas that's firmly believing in "physical manifestation" of "good and evil".
A rare thing in the Northern corner of Germany.
Niko showing "odd behavior" was considered the later very early on.
As stories about "child exorcisms" and abuse made it to the teachers in primary school child care quickly and decisively stepped in.
His Father ending up with a prison sentence, the formerly mostly functional family still blames the "devil child" for their troubles.
There hasn't been contact since.
And Niko's memory of his family is blurry at most.
No "real" family would take him in for long. Episodes of uncontrollable anger, "wild fantasies" and a general distaste to authorities made a couple of attempts fail.
As the teenage days/years approached the kid was moved time and time again, visiting quit and less quiet corners of his country.
He even ran away and lived as a street kid with substance and minor thieving.
Realizing he didn't want to end up a ditched corps in some back alley and figuring that "this science stuff some people talk" was "fairly easy to grasp" and a great way to get his mind of his own problems Niko seriously started to get into his education.
He started late, but teaching himself was something he was familiar with and with that he quickly "finished" school.
By the age of 15 he was having more trouble with getting "the authorities" to accept he was already ready for "higher learning" with the "adults".
In his mind it wasn't him being smart, just everyone else was simply borderline retard.
Being more troubled with the legal side of education flourished in the less restrictive university education. Still by the age of 18 he "finished" his first bachelor of science. And it only took him "that long" because of the social stress/escapades that complicated his life still.
He got a bit more sorted and "grounded" as he went for the next (masters degree).
With no family to support, and more legal expenses then public warfare provids Niko jobbed in the gastonomy, and supermarkets. But rarely for long, as the "next" psychic issue was just around the corner. There was that time he couldn't go to work, as the workplace was "taken over by lizard people wearing human skin", and the "supermarket reality TV show" was simply to much to bear.
He did get some scholarship, from two different sources actually.
The first one cut him when they figured out he lied quite extensively on his application.
Being a bit versed in the darker spots of society and the darker shades of social technology one fateful day he posted an April fool's offer on a dark web "market site". Essentially offering a "bunny suit with minor superpowers".
The "obvious fake" was treated seriously though, as he was quite creative in describing the technicalities.
Now with a burst of paranoia (this time possibly quite justified as the paycheck was quite hefty) he HAD to complete the project. And wonder o wonder, he did.
Only 3 month later an small group of well connected drug trade amateurs received the first batch of jumping suits, offering merciless jungle thugs pleeenty of deadly silent mobility, .. and shock gloves. .. spoiler alert,they didn't use the shock gloves.
This first REAL shock and all to direct contact with the criminal underworld again helped to serve as yet another wake up call.
One of the "spare breakthroughs"
Of that project was a quantum super-processor/computer.
The Processor not only allowed to run software, it also to a certain degree allowed to "alter" physical states of "objects" in it's proximity. The "jumping" module being more of a "reality hacking" device to switch around a couple of physical values.
Trying to "commercialize" the unit he figured it too powerful/potent for the public market. Working on a trimmed down version he ended up with a seemingly useless "scanner with a little bio feedback".
This 2.8 kilo "cumbersome piece of waste" however proved sufficient to "reach through" to advanced Alzheimer patients.
The Patent application went by in a breath and customers and distributors basically clobbered on the idea asking to be part of the "company that makes it".
And so
Pristine Medical Industries
Was born.
This lead to Niko going to NY university to learn how to operate his business. And by now a couple of other minor "supplies" and some software join the beer of companies products.
The "other" part of his discoveries however lead to the realization of his very own Power Armor.
The "Processing unit" could "expand" and incorporate some nearby materials.
"Eaten" stuff could via programming be given some new form.
Not sure what works and what doesn't, and what is simply result of his imagination/schizophrenia..
This piece of constant scientific marvel he decided to keep to (and for) himself. He didn't trust "others" not to misuse THIS piece of technologies as "humanity" has already proved many many times.
Not till he fully understands it, and or has something that works even better.
This leading to his "side project", having a secret tool for himself to influence the world around his into what it SHOULD be.
Also it's an absolute blast flying around in a piece of .. imagined Power Armor.
Theoretically the suit can walk through walls, sadly that doesn't include the pilot.
Further science NEEDS to be done, and those experiments and adjustments cost some real heavy money.
Money he hopes to garner from his "side businesses". But that takes work, and management.
Going to New York THE metropolis for science AND commerce, a logical step to go.
It was there that he first realized that nobody was looking at him flying his Power Armor.
Not that it has that much power, more like a light weight aluminum can. Buuut, invisibility.. as long as it holds ? .. a pretty decent basis for a super hero suit. Besides, he's getting tired of flying over street thugs and ignoring them.
It's time to take out the trash !
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Important NPCs:
Hayley Summer
-She is a "fellow" student at the University, she's kind of a hobby "super"spy and "agent to be"/wannabe
Has some family ties to/with s.h.i.e.l.d.
Got curious about "Nick" (as she calls him).
Partially for training and part to romantic interest she started to track/stalk Niko and ended up discovering his "biiiiig secret".
Aaaand ended up "confronting" him about it.
Loves "keeping/having" secrets just as much if not more (as "vital" qualities of a true master spy/agent), and just wouldn't get pushed/put of Niko's "empty" threats.
She's pretty damn good at reading people, yet blissfully gifted at overlooking or ignoring discontent Niko throws at her.
Now as Niko doesn't want "excessive attention" nore the "blood of the innocent" on his hands he even got her access/permission to his secret lab/hideout. "Couldn't have kept her out if she went serious. .. without killing her that is"
NPC "unimportant bully" no 1:
Clarissa T. Riley
-queen bee socialite, wealthy upbringing, gunning for a well payed management job in HR of some big company or PR
Incredibly vain and superficial.
Considers Niko a "country bumpkin" and an "amateur" dilettante, who should "stick to his tubes"
Aaaand Niko(PC) called her out on her being superficial, vain and "about as smart as a toast" which.. didn't go well with her ego.
She has no idea Niko(PC) is actually well off as he "doesn't even have a car"
NPC "popular kid"/not friend no 2
Ben Palmer
-A sports "student" trying to widen his horizon with psychology classes
as a "support social skill"
Sporty and we'll muscled, though more of a "friendly" observer type
Has plenty of "friends" and "friendlies" and is the "accepted oddity" in the course.
Might be great friend material for Niko(PC) if he wouldn't be subconsciously freaked out by him.
Pretty much the 2nd alpha of the psychology course, though this one isn't intentional
NPC fellow (unpopular) student
Denis Prawn
-Nerd, and as Niko is a "scientist" dabbling in psychology, this one is a "psychologist" dabbling in science. Partly looks up to Niko and is one of the few who actually knows that he has his own company, what it is doing and that Niko(PC) is actually wasn't different then "most assume".
He's pretty damn low on the social packing order however and "pretty far behind on the basics".
NPC professor no 1
(Professor) Samuel P. Winchester
- does know (some) of Niko's background and that he has "some new
medical businesses" running, and that he is kind of an exchange student.
He therefore allows Niko(PC) some extra freedom, but on the flip side he also considers him (though benevolently) more of an extra.
Regularly gets surprised when realizing that Niki(PC) is actually on the level of a "decent" psychology student. But quickly forgets that again and falls back to mostly disregarding him.
The friendly jovial older guy, that's just to heavily emerged into HIS science to notice much else.
Him recognizing Niko(PC) as one of his "guest students" is actually a mark of honor that the other teacher's accept.
Pristine (Medical) Industries Employees:
Project "full restoration" takes advantage of the already complete "Alzheimer's treatment unit" for detailed data as to how the "healthy" brain SHOULD look like.
The mission is simple, surgically cut the brain back into it's health original state and "somehow" get rid of the "mess" left around by the disease.
Top Candidate is a Nano Bot facilitated surgical removal.
This has to be as close to 100% safe as possible. And to make that happen a think and work tank was formed.
And while Niko reeeaaaaly hopes they'll manage to get that done without him, they are not at that stage yet.
This think tank consists mainly of the following People:
Scientist 1
Gabrielle(male) Worthington
First one to getting hired for the company, well versed in "electronics". Freshly grabbed for programming and wiring for the Alzheimer's treatment helmet right after his final (public) examination.
Basically THE lead technician for (completed) commercial device.
Also the supervisor for top secret "permanent cure" research group.
Feels waaaay out of his depths with the "project" but is actually quite vital to it.
Sees himself only as a stand in for Niko(PC) whom he considers to be a super genius. Still frequently "bothers" his "mentor" with "trivial" questions for how to proceed. Thankfully he's quite willing to communicate in text mostly and "go along till the boss comes back with a better idea".
NPC Technician (working for PC) 2
- Gomez Hernández
A Materials Scientist and Engineering, quite similar in basis and knowledge to "the boss", yet way lower in "official" education.
Started as an intern, and still technically is (though well payed)
. He's on the verge of dropping his education in favour of a "payed job" and "hands on experience".
Deeply cares for his family and is happy he can now help pay medical bills and rent for his huuuuge family.
NPC Doctor (working for PC) 3
Walter G. Thomson
A talented surgeon with a curiosity for the "unconventional approach" to "solve" surgery.
Got discovered/interested in The "permanent Alzheimer's removal" idea on a seminar in Las Vegas that Niko presented the (old/currently sold)" treatment for Alzheimer's.
Stuck around for the after hours and is a true gem for the project.
As he has also lost his Mother(a few years ago) to the disease
he is also personal invested in "making the full cure work".
NPC Doctor's assistant (working for PC) 4
Prince D. Price
The "side-effects" specialist as a "general" Neurologists and Doctor.
Brought in by Dr. Thomson from a hospital where they "worked together" in the past.
Considers Dr. Thomson a friend and trusting him got onto this "kind of dubious private sector work".
Especially the non disclosure agreement got him kn the edge, but for now he's good for it.
In addition there are
Further NPCs
Human Resources Department
Has some people working and occasional "buggs" the "boss" with inquiries as to what to do, and where to expand.
Finance Department USUALY has the answers, but both send Niko more e-mails then he'd like to read.
Several make sense, but the company is still a far shot of from a well oiled businesses machine.
Still for that young of a start up company they work decently well.
The PR department keeps bugging Niko however recently to "promote" Alzheimer's "compensation" Helmet that he developed.
Digesting that the Nobel Comity is "likely to choose him" for a price "this year". And that "promoting the device/technology IN PERSON" would up the sales "significantly".
Tech/PA details
The expanded suit weights about 25 kg, and consists partially of solid(kind of) energy and partially of "real" light weight matter.
Aluminum/Plastic stuff, which partially retracts back into the glasses, but mostly seams to simply vanish. "solid" energy is a big part of the "physical" body of the suit, and according to modern physics .. it shouldn't work at all. Some of the suit might actually be drawn from some "close" dimension, but most "matter" seems to come from simply flipping a few physical variables. The process works, somehow strangely reliably, at least with Niko running the Quantum Processor. But if it really is real physical processes at work that "we" simply haven't fully understood yet, dimensional science gone wrong(or in this case accidentally right) or even a psychic phenomenon is still to be seen.
It might as well be one hell of a strange combination of all 3 factors, which makes it all the harder to fully understand.
But fringe science is full of strange phenomena that doesn't fit with how we explain our macro cosmos.
Quantum tunneling effect brought us the USB sticks, and partial wave dualism was not an "expected" discovery.
The very core of the whole Power Armor is the Quantum Processing unit, combined with a few clever sensors to link up with Niko's brain/mind. It allows the "flipping" of a selected few physical variables in the close vicinity, part of those allow the "armor" to receive energy wave like properties, cause (and extinguish) sound waves and imbue the suit/pilot with impulse.
The flight isn't caused by "adding" motion and acceleration, it's caused by funky controlled constant tweaking of "falling" properties.
The very first prototype for that were the "bunny suit", and there the "flight"really is just constant falling and spinning, violently shoved into a somehow coherent form.
The "modern" suit tweaks those properties constantly in something akin to a wave motion, leading to super smooth and "airy" light moment. It COULD go faster, it COULD go stronger, but currently it's operating in the "safe" range.
The suits invisibility seems to origin in "incomplete writing" of the intended properties, and with a bit of further tweaking it could lead to the suit+pilot passing through solid matter around, but so far it "only" shields the suit/pilot from a casual observer. Wouldn't accidently want to become a ghost permanently, so safety features... important features of and for the suit.
Close and Ranged Combat routines are exactly that, programmed code into "automated" reflexes, which don't actually run automatically. It wouldn't be good if the suit started pushing objects (like people) on it's own, and it needs targets to be set and (again) constantly adjusted to allow targeting moving and interacting targets.
The boosted senses onto the "not normal" array of "perceivable properties" works troublesome at best, but I'd DOES provide a variety of extrasensory input. Some might just be extrapolations what the quantum processor "expects" there to be, but it's damn good at guessing.
So we'll intact then those impulses build the bases of a pretty damn reliable auto evasion process. (Reflexive Dodge)
The Hunting/Tracking software is partially a "conventional" path finding program (as far as quantum super computer programs can be called that), but also uses the input of the extrasensory senses, and parts of the "flight path adjustments" routines, therefore allowing to track air currents to a certain degree.
"Power" Core.
While the "heart" of the suit is no doubt the quantum supercomputer inside the "power glasses" most "power" of and for the suit is siphoned from the surroundings, "re allocating" "ambient" energies, and redistributing it through the suit into the many decentralised micro systems. There are a total of 3 separate power distribution networks with can work separately, be allocated to specific and separate tasks from another, or work on parallel with the other networks.
Of those 2 are "hard" wires (in the form conductive tubes "weaved" into the "body" of the Armor) and one a network of induction knodes(a "fine" grid of wifi minni receivers/senders). Each "network" can be controlled (and in emergencies) disconnected separately without causing a total failure in the system. But each subsequent "cut" network reduces the Power Output.
Still the suit should be able to take a punch or two. Comparable maybe with a trained sportsman.
Can still crawl with two broken legs, but won't be enjoying it.
Life support "module"
Not much of a module, and mostly just an environmental seal that can be switched on an off. There ARE however several micro capsules with a bit of a "sludge" inside. This "sludge" is basically CO2 with some atmospheric water compressed into, well .. a sludge.
With fairly low voltage it can be broken back down into components providing oxygen for the pilot for .. up to about 2 hours? Haven't tested for the maximum duration yet, but don't want to either.
Should in theory work just as well in outer space as it should under water. Leaves residue granite "dust", which the suit "sweats" out through micro pores.
Won't guarantee the rest of the suit 'll hold up in such "extreme" conditions.
**autors note
YES the suit CAN function as short term space suit, but it won't be marketed as such.
It's not MEANT for space travel. And it won't protect you from space radiation either. Might be on paar with a "current" NASA space suit, but that's about it. Do NOT use to dive into the deepest part of the ocean, you WILL be crushed !**
Self Restoration mechanism.
(Applied heisenberg uncertainty principle)
The Self Repair function is mostly a "constant rebooting" process.
The "descriptive" values of the suit are in a continuous circle "extrapolated" and "confirmed" or "mis confirmed" with what there really is. By "reading" what is with the preset what is "expected to be" every now and then tiny details fall into the "correct"/expected setting, and usually stay there.
When bit encountering any deviations it simply forms, or informs the Power Armor, when there is deviations meaning the physical integrity is .. broken.. the suit slowly knits itself back together.
This process, better understood and adjusted, could very well lead to building a far superior she'll/body then the current one.
Might even work as a real world "bacta tank" (for all you star wars nerds out there), providing jet another miracle cure to commercialize.
Buuuut, we're not there yet.
Still, .. plenty of reasons for extensive field testing of the suit, and saving the world while being at it.
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Finances, additional equipment and property:
Wealth 7 -> Billionaire/ 10 Million $ per month or issue
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Advanced Lab(allows inventing without penalties) 10 mil.
+10 mil. Safety/Secrecy equipment and procedures (including paying the local mob to look the other way)
Plenty on hidden cameras, "stealth-" and hidden power generators.
+ additional advanced lab (Downtown) for the "cure" projet
Penthouse for about 5 Million
(In Mid Town ?)
Factory (for 100 workers) for 10 Million (outside NY)
+ "secret" factory below the hideout
10 mil (no workers here, but plenty of machines and some low lv. A.I. production robots.
+ secondary "H.Q." (small well defended base)
(3-6 rooms, walls +2 toughness) for 500k $
+ "Pristine Medical Industries" with a couple subsidiaries with a net worth of (very roughly) about 750 million $
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For personal use also available:
Assortment of Antidotes of poisons from "common" to "extremely rare" total value of about 1 million $
(Available to local Healthcare in case of emergencies, otherwise "officially" company property.
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Weapon storage: low and higher quality, from +1 baseball bat and "low quality knife" to custom pistol and rifle (->+4 weapon mod) and everything in between.
Mostly in the (main) secret H.Q.
Obviously not all "licensed"
Both for adventuring and testing of "stuff", or cross referencing with "evidence".
Gas Masks, Come equipment
Fire Proof armor (+1) Defense (2,500$+1,200$ each)
- in the form of "special" undergarment for himself, but also "suits" and "costumes" for guests/disguises
Thieving Equipment sets(at least 3) +3 (1k$ each)
-> standard gear/loadout:
Bullet (and fireproof) backpack
With First-Aid Kit,
Stun gun (+2 stun),
Laptop (for cosmetic/disguise reasons only),
With Retinal Scanner AND voice Detector(3stones +4 for verifying respectively) 25k$ each by the way,
Thieving gear +3,
Communicator (Specialized, scrambled) (mostly for "officiall" business),
6x Tracing Device ("Bug")
(Range 7 duration 1 week, +4vs detection),
+ special crossbow to launch them (+2? mod),
Handcuffs 6x
(Dif 4, Res 6)
Collapsible Billy Club (like "Mace") for +4 stun damage,
Pepper Spray 1x
( +4 stun),
Microscope
(Enhanced Vision 2, microscopic)