Apercu
From Handbook of the Union Universe
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| Ain't never gonna keep me down. | |
| Apercu | |
| Player: @Seffs | |
| Origin: | Tech |
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| Archetype: | Scrapper |
| Level: | 33 |
| Primary Set: | Katana. |
| Secondary Set: | Willpower. |
| Epic Set: | No Data. |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Unknown |
| Identity: | Unknown |
| Aliases: | Ap, Iguana and numerous variants thereof. |
| Species: | Human (Deceased) |
| Date of Birth: | Unknown |
| Age: | Equally unknown |
| Height: | In Suit, 6'ish. |
| Weight: | In Suit, about 300kg |
| Build: | In Suit, slim |
| Eye Colour: | N/A |
| Hair Colour: | N/A |
| Skin Complexion: | N/A |
| Distinguishment: | Green battlesuit with distinctive crest |
| Medical Status: | N/A |
| Financial Status: | Presumably a fair bit |
| Religion: | Unknown. Clearly not very devout |
| Sexuality: | Straight. N/A, arguably. |
| Marital Status: | Single. |
| Known Relatives: | Unknown. |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Etoile Islander |
| Ethnicity: | N/A |
| Legal Status: | Licensed Hero in Paragon City. Deceased on the Isles |
| Place of Birth: | Port Oakes. |
| Education: | Unknown. |
| Occupation: | Employed by Leandrea and GIFT. 'Hero for Hire' |
| Group Affiliations: | White Ca |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City |
| Residency: | 'No Fixed Abode' |
| Known Powers | |
| Regenerative Power Suit with notably enhanced strength. | |
| Known Abilities | |
| As above. | |
| Equipment | |
| As above. Swords: a semi-melted, battered Impervium sword, a new Impervium sword and a Rikti Sword | |
| Awards and Collections | |
| Money. | |
| Licenses and Certificates | |
| Hero License. | |
| IC Accessibility of Article | |
| Some's self-evident, she's not overly secretive about anything except her physical status. | |
To the city as a whole, Apercu is another of the powersuited heroes who prefer not to risk heading out into the great unknown without wearing a thick layer of power-armour to protect their squishy mortal frames, although the suit doesn't appear to have any build-in weapons systems unlike most.
Inside the armour, though, there's little more than ash and echoes. Her consciousness somehow lives on in the suit, having been saved by the overly protective suit AI. Whether she's an AI copy of herself, a soul trapped in the suit or something weirder, she's not particularly intent on discovering.
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[edit] Affiliations
Apercu's friends with a couple of the heroes at GG and with the rest of the White Cat team. She's famed for being anti-social though.
[edit] Personality
She's a veritable ray of sunshine. Tends to see the worst of people and opportunities. Arguably, she may have a reason for this. She tries to act in a professional manner at most times, though she's not adverse to the odd complaint.
[edit] Motivation
Apercu is motivated by the fact that she feels she owes Paragon and it's heroes something. That said, she's still a mercenary at heart and is happiest when paid in a timely manner. Combining the two has proved east enough.
[edit] Powers
[edit] Primary Powers
Apercu wields a sword with some skill and considerable oomph provided by the suit's servos.
[edit] Secondary Powers
Her suit is capable of regenerating frankly obscene amounts of damage. See the difference between her standard sword and her suit for an indication.
[edit] Travel
She flies via a GIFT anti-grav unit attached to the suit. It came with the funky wings for free.
[edit] Abilities
The suit regenerates and she uses a sword. There's not really much else I can say here.
[edit] Vulnerabilities
She really doesn't like magic and its users with a near phobia of the Circle of Thorns. She's getting better though.
[edit] Equipment
A somewhat battered, rusty and half-melted Impervium Sword.
Ap's weapon of choice. It holds significant sentimental value and is still sharp. Well, it's vaguely blade-ish and the suit just adds the required cutting power.
An Impervium Sword
Given to her along with the AG pack by GIFT, it's an intact replica of her original sword. Noted for being both tough and ungodly sharp.
Rikti Sword
Sometimes, you need something sharper than sharp. The balance is weird, the suit's not too fond of the alien tech, but no-one debates the fact that it cleaves things in twain with consummate ease.
Nemesis Staff
Acquired recently, the Staff adds valuable ranged attack power to Apercu's repertoire. That and it's a big stick to hit people with if something gentler than a sword is required.
[edit] Crisis Corporation Mk.0 Battlesuit
It slices, it dices, it tracks you by your DNA!
The Crisis Corporation prototype battlesuit is the first of it's kind. Possibly also the last, due to it's disappearance in caves under the Isles.
The suit proper is 50% Nanomachines and Molecular fog by weight, giving it surprising flexibility and resilience to impacts, as well as it's self repair ability. The traditional armour plates include a highly conductive mesh and thermal regulation system to ensure optimal performance of the nanites, though they can continue functioning signifiantly beyond rated values.
The suit can 'colonise' items that the owner desires (or is just close enough for long enough) with it's nanites, tagging them as part of the suit and allowing them some of the repair ability of the suit. Those that aren't required can either be removed, or shunted to the suit's extra-dimensional space.
The extra-dimensional space is generated by an in-built P.L.O.T Device, and is used as a storeground for emergency nanites and repair materials, as well as a number of swords. Exactly where the raw material comes from is a mystery, though Ap's occasionally been spotted in scrap yards in the wee hours, fending off Clockwork.
Suit servos enhance the wearer's strength considerably, to lift approximately one ton for short periods, or to enhance running and jumping speed somewhat indefinitely.
Suit power is generated by a second P.L.O.T device and has been rated at 'Mind your own business'
[edit] Character History
Apercu had a fairly lucrative career on the Rogue Isles as a professional thief due to having a slight tweak in her genetic code that predisposed her to being stealthy and brought with it a fair dose of luck. Apparently it was a job she quite enjoyed and certainly has no regrets about, though her short stay in the Zig apparently gave her, at the very least, great incentive to improve. Several months ago, she was contracted to steal a company's new battlesuit as a publicity stunt before using it to pull off a number of impressive acts with it. Considering the pay check offered, it was one she couldn't refuse.
An unfortunate encounter with the Circle of Thorns during one of these heists managed to reduce her sword to it's present state, so it's probably best not asking what happened to the suit and herself. Via means unknown, she was brought to Paragon, where GIFT technicians were rather surprised to find her still alive when the suit finally completed it's regeneration. She was equally surprised and promptly had a nervous breakdown. She's had some fairly serious therapy since that point and her shattered mind has been put back into it's present state. Since then she's remained in Paragon, throwing herself into her work with an enthusiasm that can quite accurately be described as suicidal. Not that it makes much of a difference to her.
She's recently begun working for Leandrea and has taken to the job rather well due to her inability to sleep and her willingness to go pretty much anywhere the city will let her.
[edit] Trivia
She can 'see' the suit's HUD, which probably means she's not an AI. Unless the suit AI has thought that one through.
For fairly obvious reasons, she can't eat or drink. Or indeed, feel any actual physical sensations. Less obvious is the fact that she doesn't/cant sleep.
Her theme song at the moment is Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.
Since arriving in Paragon, she's been careful to keep her real name quiet, as she would rather not have any deep research dredging up bad memories.
((Assuredly more to come))
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