Post by Backfire on Jan 24, 2021 1:52:17 GMT
Name: Backfire
Nicknames: Dr. Psycho (by most associates), Master (by creations)
Age: 40s
Faction: Decepticon
Rank: Scientist
Alternate Form:
Primary Residence: Cybertron
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Weaponry/Special Abilities:
WEAPONRY
- Force Field Gauntlets: One of his earliest inventions were his Force Field Gauntlets. From his fingertips to his elbows a small nodes that emit energy producing a force field. These modifications to his form have proven to be quite useful in parrying blows and deflection bullets. Though there is a catch. The energy it takes to keep them up is immense, due to this he mostly forgoes using them unless absolutely necessary.
- Energon Rifle: A simple rifle often strapped on his back. The gun can fire two types of rounds: normal and stun rounds. He may not have been a soldier for long, but he his still a capable shot.
- Goggles: Perched over his red optics are his custom goggles. A personal invention that grants him: night vision, thermal vision, and the ability to zoom and enhance on a target.
- Tatter-bots: While not necessarily weapons these little creatures have been used to tip the scales in his favor during confrontation many times. This little gremlin-like machines have no sentience and often help with menial lab work. They rarely, if ever, leave the lab. The are equipped with razor sharp teeth and nails and excellent hearing to boot. Though they are hardly dangerous separately they can prove to be a problem in large groups.
Holoform: None
Any Team Affiliations?: None
Notable Partners: Blaster (lab partner: deceased), Subject 11 (Amura: alive), Zeporah (mentor: unknown)
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Family: None
Significant Other: None
Likes:
- Experiments/lab work
- Chemistry
- Breaking things/torture
- Hot tea
- Credits
Dislikes:
- Authority
- "Morality"
- Limits/rules
- Loud people/subjects
- Failure
Personality:
Backfire is often described as witty, cunning and charming, even if only superficially. Backfire is a rather outgoing mech who seems to lack shame of any sort, he also lacks a filter. He takes great pleasure in sticking out from the crowd in terms of attitude. He detests the socially constructed idea of "morals" and opts to view the world through shades of grey. Backfire rarely, if ever, feel deep emotions. Typically his smiles and "happy" or "giddy" demeanor are all part of the character he had created for himself. Most of his emotions are shallow and fleeting. Despite his intelligence Backfire is very prone to making impulsive and reckless decisions, partly due to the adrenaline factor of high risk activities. Backfire has been known to be quite a dominating personality, he wants to have complete control of others and will do anything to achieve nothing less than complete subservience to him and him alone.
History:
Backfire was one of the last Cybertronians to emerge from the Well of Allsparks before it was sent off world. He emerged rather sickly and defective, this was later attributed to Weak Spark Syndrome, a condition that prevented his spark from pumping the energon required to keep running at optimal levels. The rough nature of his war torn home world would twist young Backfire's mind in irreparable ways. In his younglinghood, he was quickly desensitized to violence, which in turn made him quite comfortable working with Decepticon forces out of necessity. He found employment in the Decepticon forces as a soldier, though he took a keen interest in science, or rather the more grotesque side of Decepticon's experimental torture methods. He found himself taken under the wing of a skilled geneticist and executioner, a femme named Zeporah, the only living thing he ever harbored genuine respect for, she was also the only one who could aid with his peculiar condition, making a backpack of sorts that strapped to his form to make up for the extra energon flow he needed.
He was especially taken with the science behind genetic engineering, which in turn formed into an obsession with the infamous Decepticon scientist Shockwave. He aimed to replicate some of the infamous mech's experiments with a bit of his own twist. A predacon/insecticon hybrid of sorts, one that, with the aid of using Cybertronian DNA for a base, could easily blend in with the average Cybertronian. A weapon that could sniff out a target from miles away, a weapon so durable and determined that it would stop at nothing to complete its objectives. His superiors were beyond interested in the idea of such a creature at their disposal, and thus began his first major project.
Backfire was assigned a partner, Blaster, another decorated scientist, much to his displeasure. The two had a rather turbulent relationship with Blaster being the voice of reason to Backfire's rather rules-be-damned attitude. Backfire drove the creative side of the project while his partner handle the practical application. The project was a difficult one, the conception of the creature failed multiple times, this did not deter Backfire. The mech was determined to succeed and hungered for the fame that would come with such success. This carried on for many decades, Backfire often made other gadgets on the side to satisfy his superiors who often dangled the threat of canceling the project over his helm, until the day they had succeeded.
Well, in a way.
To Backfire's dismay, the subject had come out less like a lethal weapon and more like a sparkling. To make matters worse, the creature was blind. His superiors were furious with the results and deemed his project a failure. Angry and unwilling to accept defeat, Backfire planned to run off with his subject to a far off planet, though he was foiled in his attempt by his partner. When he had reached the lab in search of his subject he found that Blaster had sent it away, in an angry fit of rage he killed his partner. Realizing what he had done, and knowing that a harsh punishment awaited him for killing a fellow Con, he abandoned the Decepticons and stuck out on his own.
The next few centuries were spent traveling the cosmos, barely scrapping by. He eventually settled in a small organic planet riddled with techno-organic insects. He spent a majority of his spare time catching, dissecting and analyzing the creatures of his new world. His old stomping grounds are still filled the abominations he had created. When news reached him that Cybertron had been restored he was more or less indifferent to the idea. Cybertron had never been his home much anyway, why should he care? Still, he desired the comforts of civilization and ached to get a lab of his very own.
When he did eventually return he created a makeshift lab in the underground remains of an old catacomb on the outskirts of Koan. The town above was a ghost town, but he didn't mind. He continued to toil away in his new lab, searching for his old subject. Much to his delight, and with the aid of some very shady types, he was able to retrieve his creation. To his disappointment her time away from him had changed her, though he made quick work of the femme's altruistic personality and molding her to suit his needs. Amura was now his perfect subject, and his subject needed the perfect test. Eager and ambitious he sent the femme after the very mech who had captured her in the first place, the Hopeknaught Scatharin. However, the connection between the two was severed leaving Backfire furious and in need of a new pet to do his bidding. Thus the idea of Rynse was born. He continues to toil away on his new project, though he keeps a sharp eye out for his precious Subject 11.
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RP Alias: Lee
Age: 20
Preferred Pronouns: She/her
Who Rules?: TEAM PRIME