Post by Empress on Jul 16, 2017 18:53:15 GMT
BASICS
Designation : Empress
Nicknames: Emp
Gender : Femme
Faction : Decepticon (For now)
Occupation : She serves as an attack animal for a lower ranking con named Twitch
Personality :
Empress is a bit of an oddball when it comes to behaviours as hers is a mixture between animalistic instinct, a higher functioning personality, and learned traits from those around her. Due to not having much freedom to interact, nor the capacity to do so for a majority of her life, Emp is quite curious and eager to learn (though she may not be the best at what is taught). Her eagerness can get her into trouble at times as she has a tendency to wander off and become bothersome. She can vary from excitable to being as flat as a brick wall. Until her vocabulary can improve, Empress borders between mute and simple worded phrases. Unlike other Predacons, she does not enter a berserk like state or become rampant when angered. For the most part she is passive and even a sweetheart at times. Despite her difficulties and simpleness, Empress is quick to learn and pick up on new skills.
Thousands of years of isolation followed by many more of forced obedience lead into Empress’ more difficult traits. She can be skittish at times and prone to panic when overwhelmed. When spooked Empress can become a hazard to others, so it is best to keep some distance. Due to her build/ wiring, her memory is not as it should be. Any information of her life before her isolation is completely gone. While she can learn quickly, Empress can forget just as fast if not running at optimum capacity. It is that forgetfulness and unfamiliarity that can make the femme come off as ditzy. In moments of amnesia, she can sometimes become aggressive as her self preservation instincts will kick in. Building upon the previous point, her preservation skills can come across as morbid. Empress has been known to tear off parts of herself in the event she has gotten herself stuck/ pinned. With her mind being a mixture between predator and prey, thoughts and actions can have interesting outcomes. Her views and opinions are also skewed. To Empress cannibalism is just another part of life; that and hoarding objects and food.
APPEARANCE
Optic ( Eye ) Color : White
Primary Paint Color :Light Grey
Secondary Paint Color[Optional] :Medium Grey
Third Color[Optional] :Pale Blue
Height : 25ft in RM, 16.5ft in BM
Features:
Equipment and Abilities
Weaponry :
Scatter Blasters (x2)
Arm Blades (x2)
Description: The integrated blasters are a short range weapon that fires white-hot rounds of plasma. They can be comparable to that of a shotgun. The further the distance the less effective they are.
The arm blades are integrated as well. They start at her elbow and extend past her hand where both the top and bottom meet at a point.
Both weapons are depicted in her reference sheet.
Gadgets :
Poisoned Knuckle Blades/ Saber Teeth (x1)
Silencers
Description: In BM they are her denta and in RB they can be attached to her knuckles. They secrete a substance that can create a paralyzing effect by attacking a targets sensors and circuits. The effect is temporary and only affects the limb or portion that has been struck. The blades/ teeth can also be used to place a target in stasis if the device is near to the central circuit system and left in place. This is generally used in a friendly situation to ease an injured comrade.
Throughout her entire structure exists devices that prevent her from making sound whenever she moves. The only time you'll hear her is when she wants to be heard.
Abilities : Beast Fire, Siren Song, Self Stasis, Camouflage
Description: Beast Fire: When in BM, Empress is able to use her energon reserves to create white-hot liquid fire (similar to molten metal but much more intense). It has a medium range when sprayed from her mouth. She can also fill an internal cylinder in her body with the fluid and eject it from her sides through ports. That range of that attack has a greater distance than the usual method. This ability is rarely used however as she runs a high risk of internal injury due to the heat intensity, and burns through her already limited energy supply much more quickly.
Siren Song: This ability is anything but melodious. When feeling threatened and incapable of fighting back, Empress is able to produce an audio-splitting screech. The attack has no serious long term effect (aside from a processor ache), but the immediate effect can be debilitating. Since Empress is unable to block out sound she feels some of the stunning effects as well.
Self Stasis: She can place herself in stasis without the use of a stasis pod, something similar to hibernation; she can remain in self- stasis for thousands of years. While in this state she uses little to no energon and her life force becomes difficult to read. The downside: memory loss may occur due to extended inactivity. She may also become violent upon waking up, and/ or suffer from stiff joints for a few days.
Camouflage: Empress is able to project the surrounding environment onto herself to hide from view. This ability is ineffective in a well lit area as it does not account for her shadow. It is only a visual ability and doesn't hide her from radar. Duration of 5 turns.
OTHER
History[Optional as some like to make it up as they go along] :
Empress is the product of a political relationship between two opposing clans on Jungle Planet. Her paternal unit was a full blooded Predacon while her maternal unit was a Beastbot. The name which she now goes by is actually her title, this fact has been lost due to a failing memory and the deaths of her original group. Unless her processor comes to full repair, her true name is lost. On her home planet there were concerns about the young predacon as she never spoke or left her beast mode. Some believed her to be an incapable future leader or that she would die an early death due to her feebleness. What the clan members expected came true, just in a different way. Emp’s time on Jungle Planet was short as trappers from Cybertron came looking for new opponents in Kaon’s Gladiatorial Arenas. Her, along with her parental units and a few other members were captured by the group and taken from their home.
To make handling more easy, everyone was separated and place in different holding cells with other captees. Her maternal unit, Metalia, never survived the night. Empress was placed in among the richer spectators as she was too small/ weak to make for an interesting fight. This did not help her developmental process as she often had to endure taunting, beatings, and watching the gruesome matches. The latter did not help how she viewed her paternal unit (who was Smokejaw). As the Great War was in its early stages, the arena was not as busy. Staff left and combatants either joined sides or fled. Captees that were able to function well with the rest of society were either drafted into the Decepticon cause or executed.
Using the war time shift to his advantage, Smokejaw was able to escape with Empress. The pair made it as far as the Rust Sea before Decepticon recruiters caught up with them. They had a few days to settle together beforehand however. Empress learned the very basics of hunting during that time but never caught onto flying or transforming. The scuffle that separated the pair ended up leaving the young Predacon in critical condition after she tried to interfere. One of the enemies had vertically sliced her under belly (the scar can be seen in her bipedal mode). Her body’s response to the assault resulted in paralysis. While she was fully conscious, her readouts suggested that she had been off lined. Smokejaw took her for dead and eventually submitted to his assailants.
The following hours resulted in a swarm of Scraplets dragging her ‘corpse’ to a nearby den. For a while they picked at her frame, but eventually lost interest as her body had gone cold. This is the reasoning behind her intense fear of smaller creatures. Following the paralysis, her body locked itself into a hibernation mode. Empress stayed in that state until her body fully healed and matured. By the time she finally woke up, the Autobots and Decepticons were locked in a full on war, Cybertron was already in near ruin. The den which she was left in became her home as it was the only thing she could recognize. Empress lived in isolation, hunting any living thing that she encountered as that was all she knew how to do. Many lost soldiers came to their ends by the Predacon. Not many outside of the sea knew of her people rarely returned if there was an encounter. For the few that were able to escape they told their tales. It was because of them that Empress became a sort of Cryptid- The Ghost of the Rust Sea. Though her stories mixed with tales of other creatures, creating a more dangerous persona. Bots and Cons with enough free time hosted expeditions to bring back the elusive Predacon in the hopes of adding to their ranks.
Smokejaw had sided with the Autobots by the time the expeditions had started, and thought that the location and the description of the creature were too much to be a coincidence. He had left on a solo journey to see if Empress was truly still living. Unfortunately for Smokejaw, she did not recognize him and viewed him as a territorial threat. As a result Empress attacked and killed Smoke as he would not fight his family. It was because of his death that she was able to prepare herself for hibernation once more. Annoyed and threatened by the increase of hunters in the area, Empress returned to her den to hide from the world.
The next time she awoke, both sides were preparing to evacuate the dying planet. After hearing rumors of Autobot hideouts, Decepticons bombed the area surrounding Empress’ resting place. Search parties were later sent to scour the area for any survivors. The damage had caused part of Empress’ den to collapse, exposing the stasis locked Predacon. Realizing that she still had a spark beat, one of the more technologically inclined Cons got to work to force her into consciousness. His squad mates protested the idea as they feared a violent retaliation. Their solution was implanting a series of inhibitors and using technology to alter her processor so that she would not act without their say so.
It was eventually decided after a scuffle for control, that Twitch, a smaller flier, would have the rights to Empress as he was the one to have found her and did most of the programming. What Twitch did not know was that every action and event that the Predacon was forced to go through, was experienced by the creature’s developing conscious. For millennia Empress was trapped within her on processor watching many atrocities. Her group typically took care of any stragglers that had gotten away from battles, and would investigate remote sites reported to have enemy activity. One such task had sent her crew to a place housing injured Autobot refugees. When their guards were at their lowest, Empress was sent in to dispose of them. Which is an easy task when she makes no sound when moving. Similar scenarios took place afterwards; sometimes it was refuges for the old or even the young. Aside from being forced to kill against her will, Empress was not too disturbed by her actions as her life before her capture had been rather similar. The only thing that really bothered her was the waste of food sources, and the mistreatment she faced at her master’s servos.
Currently Empress is still under Twitch’s control and carrying out his commands. Though his control is becoming more and more wearing as her consciousness is beginning to develop more and paint a clearer picture.
Strengths :
MINIMUM of three bullets ( Full sentences required ).
- Her back is heavily armoured due to the alignment of her armour plating. As a result most assaults to her back cause little to no damage. Her wings can also be used as a shield.
- Speed. With her BM being based off of fast land animals, she is able to cover large distances in a short time frame when sprinting. Her legs are quite powerful as a result so being kicked by her would be very unpleasant.
- Empress has predacon senses. Her senses of smell, sight, and hearing are phenomenal compared to others.
Weaknesses :
MINIMUM of three bullets (Full sentences required).
- Due to having a high output/ low intake systems, she burns through energy at a high rate and often requires excessive resting periods.
- Extremely loud noises can immobilize her as she has sensitive audios and no way to mute the outside world.
- She has a delicate mind and lacks a basic education. To make up for that she acts through instincts which typically have no place in a modern battlefield.
SAMPLE RP
[Optional, some are new to RP and will grow as a writer.]