BigTop wrote:And on the more sane and sustainable side of characters, here's Wipe-Out!
Wipe-Out
Allegiance: Decepticon
Function: Scout
Alternate Mode: Black 1970 Dodge Challenger
Weapons: Wrist-mounted liquid sprayers and photon blasters
Height: 20ft/ 6.09m
Quote: “The least of all can sometimes make the most difference."
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 5
Dexterity: 7 8
Speed: 7
Endurance: 5 6
Courage: 7
Firepower: 4
Accuracy: 5 7
Melee: 5
Tech Skill: 5 7
Charisma: 6
Rank: 6
Profile:
Wipe-Out was a cold constructed nobody -- before the Decepticon Uprising. Working as a small courier for the Council, Wipe-Out had never really looked up at the stars or felt alive until the night he first read Megatron's dissertations. He signed up for the Deceptions as soon as he was able and served on smaller, less important fronts through the first big movements of the Great War. If he were important enough to earn a reputation, he'd have one as a weak but excited and dependable messenger, courier, and scout for whatever unit he was attached to. But Wipe-Out has stayed below note his entire life due to the less prestigious nature of his function, and the less impressive aspects of his form. Wipe-Out doesn't mind, however; he's working towards making the dream Megatron taught him about, a galaxy where sentients are all equally free under the banner of the Decepticons, and obscurity is a small price to pay. Wipe-Out knows his function is important, and knows it goes to a higher cause. This is enough for him.
Abilities:
Wipe-Out is an adept scout, with efficiency systems that allow him to operate at high activity for long periods without refueling. Able average speeds of 450 mph (top speed of 249mph) for extended trips, Wipe-Out can cover lots of ground in small amounts of time. His modular liquid sprayers and photon blasters are built into components at his hands and wrists, allowing him to quickly access his weaponry if a situation goes south. As a scout his helmet and optics have been outfitted with high-grade scanning equipment that can operate over nearly 4 kilometers under optimal conditions.
Weaknesses:
Having never been the toughest Decepticon, the same efficiency systems that allow Wipe-Out to work for so long also make him much more fragile than most Decepticon warriors. His attachment to Megatron's philosophy and his living up to it has more than once gotten Wipe-Out into situations that were far too dangerous for him. While travelling at high land speeds, Wipe-Out's maneuverability is severely limited.
Sample Post
"Only we can decide for ourselves if we are to fight, die, prosper, serve, or run. This is the only way our lives will truly be ours
When Megatron had written that, he probably hadn't meant it in reference to actually running for ones life. Still, as the dirt ahead of Wipe-Out's hood exploded from another bomb burst, he could help but feel it was applicable. He was definitely running, and had definitely made that decision.
He'd been stupid: on his way ferrying encoded data between two infiltration bases, he'd caught sight of an unmanned aircraft far too close to I-Base 2 to be a coincidence, and to his knowledge this planet's population had no unmanned aircraft. He'd gotten close enough to confirm it was an Autobot, whose holomatter avatar was probably on the fritz, and close enough that said Autobot had little doubt the old rusted car near its location was more than met the eye.
Now he had sensitive information and an enemy combatant on his tail. Not the best position by any stretch of the imagination. Throwing into high gear, Wipe-Out did his best to outstrip the flyer, but there was no way even at his fastest he was going to outstrip a jet. Veering hard into a braking turn, Wipe-Out turned back into the city and away from the I-Base. This was his mess, and he wasn't going to endanger the mission any further. Plus, Autobots always got much more squeamish about dropping bombs anywhere near locals. Hopefully it would give him the edge he needed to get out of this situation.
Should be ok with marked changed given I was able to dig out one set of toy specs for one version of Wipe-Out.