Post by Sparkflare on Aug 21, 2016 21:10:36 GMT
BASICS
Designation : Sparkflare
Nicknames : Sparks, Sparky, Sparkles, Spark, Sevens
Code Names : Sparrow
Gender : Mech
Creation Type : Forged
Spark Type : Vitreous-Negative
Age : 23
Home Planet : Cybertron
Home City State [ optional ]: Nyon
Faction : Autobot
Current Occupations : Maximus, Wrecker
Known Former Occupations : Cosmetic Surgeon (Pre-War), Nyonian Insurgent, Autobot Messenger, Elite Guardsman, Data Courier
Personality :
Sparkflare is a fairly young Autobot and was the cheery kind of mech, often making jokes in his off time, doing selfless acts for others and using general kindness makes him the approachable kind of mech. While he is a sweet mech at spark, he is a grade A liar. He was also visually flashy; with his yellow and red with a black contrast colour scheme, bright red LEDs. Sparkflare was also someone to take action without a second thought. If something told him to do something he'd do it. This mindset has come to haunt him. However he has had been able to fail from learning from his mistakes.
So what about now? During his exile, the mech has matured from his happy-go-lucky nature to a much more serious nature. Enough was enough for the young mech and it was time for him to grow up. The mech changed completely. No more jokes. No more "winging" it. No more acts of childishness. Sparkflare now takes time to consider an appropriate plan for what he has been told to do and has been following the rules more closely.
He also cares about the people he knows and considers family and would put them first before himself, even if it would mean he would have to lie to them. Of course he still retains a small piece of his personality and isn't a "stern-all-the-time" person. He can still laugh at jokes and even make some of his own. Yet his own jokes are astonishingly rare these days.
A clear sign of his massive personality shift is shown in his new colour scheme. His LED lights have been blackened out. His flashy colour scheme has been replaced with much darker colours.
For a long time Sparkflare has been insecure about himself with what he has done and who he is. This insecurity sparked from Nyon's descrution. Over thousands of people died because of him. After that experience, Sparkflare has always wanted to be the hero. To save lives rather than end them has been a driving force for the mech. But he can't always be the hero he wants to be, he can't protect everyone. And this hurts him. He firmly believes he can never be able to reach the level of everyone's expectation of him. So he has been constantly trying to find a way to lower the bar down enough so he can shoot up past the expectation line, maiking him out to be a succeeding individual, make him stand out above the rest.
The darker look is Sparkflare ditching his self-conquest and bravado in favor of coming to terms and being honest with himself. He can't be the hero he- or others- want him to be. He can't always be everywhere at once to protect everyone. Most species would see the Cybertronian war as a joke. But no one's laughing and Sparkflare is one of them.
APPEARANCE
Optic ( Eye ) Color : Cyan
Primary Paint Color : Black
Secondary Paint Color : Purple
Tertiary Color : Blue
Height : 28 ft
Features:
Alternative Mode:
EQUIPMENT AND ABILITIES
Weaponry :
Triple Barrelled Gauntlet Blasters
> Attached onto each arm (no longer retractable). These are your simple cooldown weapons.
Concealed Dual Guantlet Blasters
> Weapons hidden inside Sparkflare's arms. These are weapons that extend out of each side of his arms. They are similar to the triple, just conceal-able.
Photon Disruptor
> A secondary hand held weapon that Sparkflare uses like a shotgun. This is weapon that is not attached to his anatomy.
Concealed Dual Barrelled Leg Blasters
> Short range weaponry built into both of Sparkflare's legs. Best used on unsespecting targets.
Dual Concealed Double Barrelled Back Mounted Plasma Cannons
> Two weapons that spring out of Sparkflare's back. These weapons are articulate for aiming and apart of Sparkflare's anatomy. They work like another pair of limbs. They work very similar to Nitros' Planetbusters - they can knock a hole into a con and cause explosive damage to anyone surrounding the poor fellow.
Concealed "Brass" Knuckles
> Something to give him an edge in punching.
Gadgets :
Concealed Visor
> Various functions.
Energy Grappling hook
> Grapple line made of energy that works like a normal grapple, but can produce a new line when broken.
Stealth Tech
> Changes colour scheme when Autobot Insignia is pressed.
Normal -
Desert -
Artic -
Night Ops -
Exotic -
Lava -
Desert -
Artic -
Night Ops -
Exotic -
Lava -
Retractable Microphone
> Used for his commlink after complaints of him not being clear enough when broadcasting.
Abilities : Tracker and Spark-Flare
Ability Description ( optional ) :
Tracker
Sparkflare has an incredible ability to search for enemies. Just by looking at the ground he can determine which way they are going, how they were traveling and at what speed. With great concentration, he can recreate what happened in his mind. Yeah, it's not really that exciting. Apparently they don't do refunds on outlier abilities. All the best passive abilities were taken.
Burn Out
The ability "Burn Out" is a rare outlier ability that grants the user to be able to summon intense flames and sparks of electricity. The ability works like an explosion with a very small range. It's only (potentially) lethal if someone is really close. Dog pile close. The down side to using the ability is that it drains the user's energon levels. Depending on how powerful and the intensity of his flames and sparks, the more the ability will drain and exhaust Sparkflare. There is no recharge or cool down factor to this ability. However, Sparkflare tends to stay away from using the ability constantly with lethal intent as that drains the most of energy and will cause him to struggle standing up straight. He can also use this ability on a low setting to heat himself up and others that are in a close enough range.
Signs of Sparkflare about to use this ability consist of the area/room will warm up quickly, his body heating up to extreme temperatures, electrical and fire arches forming around his servos and in rare cases, of fiery ventilation exiting his mouth and his gauntlet blasters. If touched, one may experience a burn and an electric shock.
TECH SPECS
Strength : 7
Intelligence : 7
Dexterity : 7
Speed : 7
Endurance : 6
Firepower : 7
Accuracy : 9
Melee : 5
Tech Skill : 5
OTHER
Family :
Crystal - Sister - Active
Fahrenheit - Daughter - Active
Nitros - Father-like-figure, Mentor - Active
History :
The Mech, The City, The Power
Sparkflare's spark emerged on 1st Cycle 502 in the Alyon Region with his spark sister, Crystal. His spark was harvested and brought to Nyon where he was given his body. Sparkflare was soon forced to have been given a job of a cosmetic surgeon by the functionists. Sparkflare never liked the job despite the praise he was given for completely remaking entire body's for mechs and femmes in the lower castes of society so they could have a chance to live a better life with in the upper castes.
When the war broke out, Sparkflare saw that the once grand city that he loved was being neglected and drained of life by the corrupt senate, Zeta Prime, which soon turned into a rusted slum. Sparkflare lost his job and he and his sister were forced into poverty. Living in poverty Sparkflare regularly stole energon from the Autobots forces to survive and to feed his sister and the starving population of Nyon, there was even days that he had to starve himself just so others can go on just a little bit longer.
However, one day when Sparkflare stole from the Autobots, he was apprehended and punished with force and left to dwell in his humiliation. Sparkflare was only able to secure just a few scraps for him and his sister. However on his way back to their apartment, Sparkflare gave away most of his own portion of scraps to starving citizens. When he arrived home, he handed her sister her portion while Sparkflare had of what was left of his. Sparkflare began lamenting the impoverish he, his sister and Nyon lived in. Crystal was quick to say that some people had power and others did not, and Sparkflare was someone without power.
The next day Sparkflare discovered his outlier ability to summon flames and electricity from his body. Upon discovery his discovery, he made his way to his sister to show it off in front of her in a much more controlled form in the way of creating a ball of fire and electricity from his hand. Sparkflare told Crystal of his plan to attack a nearby Autobot outpost and take the energon stored there by force. Crystal warned Sparkflare of his foolish idea, but Sparkflare was too sure of himself. Now that he had power, he can be on equal footing with those that forced him, his sister, Nyon and any other city on Cybertron that was being driven into an age of poverty and rust.
Sparkflare felt he was untouchable. He felt that the world was in his hands and he now decided its fate. Only to learn that his ego could learn that it could get him so far. As soon as he reached the outpost, he used his outlier ability immediatly, which gravely injured a few Autobots soldiers. Seeing its power, Sparkflare tried to summon the power once again, only to lose balance and collapse. History repeated itself as Sparkflare was publicly humiliated and left to dwell in his self turmoil.
Days passed and Sparkflare was approached by a fellow Nyonian, Hot Rod, offering Sparkflare a place in the Nyonian Insurgency. Sparkflare accepted and did whatever he was told to do. One of his orders was place Phase Charges around the city. Something Sparkflare thought that wouldn't come back to haunt him.
Mid-way during the war Zeta Prime decided to attacked Nyon with his Omega Destructors after hearing the citizens of the city were against him. Sparkflare helped with evacuating the citizens of Nyon as it was being torn apart. Standing on the outskirts of Nyon while Crystal walked away from Nyon with the other citizens to find the next nearest unaffiliated city, the mech watched as Hot Rod activated the explosions, engulfing the city in a fire ball of explosions.
Sparkflare stayed silent as he watched the fireball of the former city distraught over how many lives had been taken because of him. A day passed and Sparkflare, having just etched 25 on to his left hand as a constant reminder of how many bombs he placed, soon made rendezvous with Crystal and other survivors at the Hydrax Canyons and headed towards Kalis.
The Birth of an Autobot
Sparkflare never told Crystal he had placed the bombs. He figured she already knew within a year to return to the ruins of Nyon and pay his respects those who had died during the explosion before his guilt had overflown him. As Sparkflare had reached Nyon and payed his respects by placing a vial of his inner most energon, he was shortly apprehended by the Autobot soon-to-be-general known as Nitros for being suspected of stealing energon from Autobot outposts near Nyon. As Sparkflare was cuffed and transferred to Iacon for his trail, Nitros immediately took pity on Sparkflare, due to the similarities they both suffered from, and struck a deal with the mech; join the Autobots or rot on Garrus-9.
Sparkflare was able to come out with no charges and a Autobot Brand. Sparkflare at first wasn't happy with gaining the insignia as it was the Autobots that starved his city, still, he had a deal to make good on. His first assignment wasn't spectacular as he showed arrogance towards border control of Iacon and was physically punished for it. The encounter left Sparkflare quite sour and quickly decided to ditch the Autobots. Before he could leave, he was confronted by Nitros. If Sparkflare could beat Nitros on a one one one, he could leave. Sparlflare accepted and failed. Nitros saw that Sparkflare had much to learn about fighting. So Nitros would train Sparkflare every day. After five years of training, Sparkflare was never able to surpass Nitros, but his training was able to get him recognised. Soon Sparkflare was enlisted into the Autobot Elite Guard and was placed as a guard at the Iacon Hall of Records by the higher ups. Sparkflare wasn't pleased with this arrangement as neither he or Nitros had a say in the matter. From that point on, Nitros and Sparkflare were forced to go on their seperate paths, never to see each other again. For now.
Sparkflare was not thrilled with the experience. He would've rather been working with Nitros, the mech had become more of a father than an obstacle that was in his way. Sparkflare mostly kept to himself, having as minimal talk as possible with his fellow guardsmen while he researched the logs and archives that have been recorded in the halls. Learning Cybertron's past was far more interesting to the youngling. His curiosity even caught the attention of Alpha Trion, who had indulged Sparkflare on the history of Primus and the Thirteen. Sparkflare learned a lot during his time there, even learning to become fluent in the Primal Vernacular (Old Cybertronian). Then everything changed when Iacon became under seige by the Decepticons. Sparkflare tried to defend the hall, but was knocked out when he voluntarily exploded.
Sparkflare Reborn
He later woke up in a medical clinic days later. Not remembering anything since the raid on Iacon. When Sparkflare was deemed ready for active service, the mech started off going slow, by being a data courier once again. This was at least for the time being. Much had changed, Orion Pax rose against the occupying Decepticon presense in Iacon and was now known as Optimus Prime. Sparkflare was also told of the news that Cybertron's core had shut down, and that a mass exodus had happened since it was unable to support life anymore. Many Autobots had died leaving the planet.
Sparkflare wasn't too sure in what to say. His planet was dead and it's people will soon decay into rust once the last drop of energon was gone. The thought reminded Sparkflare of Nyon's citizens. Only difference was Nyon is a city, Cybertron is an entire planet.
Strengths :
- Sparkflare is a quick thinker, being able to make a "rough sketch" of an idea in a few seconds. This skill started an ever going theory that Sparkflare is a some form of super learner. These claims are actually false. This skill merely manifested after Sparkflare's new campaign to not just simply "wing it".
- Sparkflare well adept in the Primal Vernacular, making him capable to communicate those that use the same vocabulary. Since old cybertron is not a common language this can be a useful asset to have to discreetly pass on information to those that also know the language.
- Sparkflare is liar, and a damn good one, yet he never used this skill to his own gain. However, Sparkflare is highly reluctant to use this skill. Of course that is highly dependable. It mostly relies on the situation Sparkflare is in.
- Sparkflare is skilled with a sniper rifle. Having trained to use one since his induction into the Wreckers. This is a good skill to have when using a weapon with or without a scope attached to it. Giving him good accuracy can go a long way.
Weaknesses :
- Sparkflare's secondary outlier ability, Spark-Flare is a powerful ability. The ability allows Spakflare unleash all of his stored energy at once. But because this is such a powerful ability, this could leave Sparkflare being physically unable to move as all of his power has been drained, hence heavily tiring him out. This ability is very unlikely to be used often. Sparkflare- or any teammates- should not depend on this ability being used.
- Sparkflare cares for (pretty much) everybody, making him jump into the line of fire to take a shot for a friend or someone who can't protect themselves. This is a responsibility that Sparkflare has always had ever since Nyon's destruction and one he has always been able to uphold despite it having a very high risk that one day, one fateful shot could kill him.
- Sparkflare's concealed Ion Cannons are powerful and are useful for dealing out an optimal amount of damage throughout various different targets. But the cannons can be easily removed out of the equation by just simply ripping them or shooting them off. This can be an easy thing to do if Sparkflare is surrounded.
- His seemingly passive outlier ability, Tracker, is a powerful one. The ability allows Sparkflare to track anything on land. And that is where the posistives of the ability end. Sparkflare is only able to track on land, making the sky and bodies of water uncharted areas, and he needs to focus. Having a chatterbox as a teammate during a mission where tracking is required can be more of a problem than a mere annoyance.