Post by Perceptor on Dec 19, 2017 9:31:52 GMT
Player Alias: Vampyricon
Character Name: Perceptor
Nicknames: Percy
Allegiance: Autobot (Wrecker)
Appearance Description:
Perceptor is a bot of medium height.
He has a red torso with a transparent, white-bordered chestpiece, Autobot symbol displayed prominently on top, and a white abdominal plate. His hip armor is black, with metallic gray thighs connecting to his lower legs. Caterpillar tracks adorn the back of his red lower legs, which also have white accents. His feet are black, with his heel extending backwards past his caterpillar tracks for a firmer footing.
His shoulders are red, connected to his aqua blue forearms through black upper arms. His forearms are in turn decorated by focus knob-like disks, and end in black servos.
His head consists of a black helm and a metallic silver face, along with glowing light blue eyes, like the typical Autobot. Where they differ is the retractable eyepiece over his right optic.
Perceptor also has a large red telescope to the right of his head.
Robot mode
Perceptor is a triple changer, with an electron microscope and a half-track vehicle as his alternate modes.
His microscope mode is a red electron microscope, similar to the thing in the middle, but red.
Microscope mode
His half-track vehicle mode looks like the following pickup truck, but with caterpillar tracks instead of rear wheels. The cargo area is covered, with only a large telescope exposed and part of it situated above the cab.
Half-track vehicle mode
Personality:
Perceptor is a scientist, and with his vast knowledge of science, he has upgraded himself to better deal with situations. His social interaction modules have taken a backseat while his data analysis, memory, and multitasking have been prioritized. This led to his blunt and direct mannerisms and is not helping the scientist stereotype.
His upgrades to his mental faculties have removed many of the limitations inherent in Cybertronian minds, making him the Cybertronian equivalent of a cyborg or transhuman. The only reason he does not seem like one is due to the Cybertronians' mechanical nature.
However, underneath it all he is still an Autobot first and a scientist second, and his upgrades to his combat capabilities tell of his dedication to protecting native lifeforms.
Strengths + Weaknesses:
+ Intelligence: Perceptor is one of the brightest, if not the brightest mind of the Cybertronian race. His rapid processors and vast memory meansit would take a while for me to respond he could come to conclusions much quicker than anyone.
+ Accuracy: Having upgraded the knobs on his arms into artificial horizons and adding stabilizers, he is able to aim extremely accurately. His telescope can feed visuals directly into his eyepiece, allowing him to spot things far away.
± Curiosity: He is curious and although this may lead to unexpected findings, this may also lead him into making dubious choices, especially when the situation requires caution.
± Caution: He is careful when doing stuff, whether it is experimentation, research, or aiming. While this leads to accurate findings and quickly dispatching Decepticons, this may also make him slow to act.
- Not a people person: Having deleted most of his social interaction modules, he speaks bluntly with his expansive vocabulary, which may come off as arrogant to some.
- There's no such thing as magic: If there's one weakness to his intellect it is his inability to reconcile the Matrix and other artifacts working "magically" with his scientific view of the universe. He still thinks signs from mythical artifacts require further confirmation even though they have proven time and time again to be accurate.
Abilities:
1. Intelligence: Thinks fast, and knows how to use his knowledge to his advantage.
2. Enhanced vision: His telescope and eyepiece allow him to spot targets from far away. It is often used for astronomical observations when he is not sniping and he therefore upgraded it to receive electromagnetic waves anywhere between infrared and gamma rays.
3. Near-impervious chestpiece: Made of diamond, his chestpiece is almost impossible to break, and would take a highly concentrated energy beam to start burning.
4. One with the science: He has access to the data from major science facilities around the world, including ground-based and space telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and particle accelerators. He is also part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. Because reasons.
Weaponry:
1. Graser rifle: Graser stands for GRavity Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It fires a coherent beam of gravitational waves, squishing and stretching the target area to through tidal forces. This can heat up the target, toss around internals, or on higher power settings, rend the area to pieces.
2. Energon blasters: Standard energon blasters. He has two so he can double-wield themlike the badass that he is.
3. X-18 Scrapmaker: Similar to a gatling gun, this two-barreled heavy weapon chews through armor and ammo like there's no tomorrow. Perceptor doesn't use it unless he is getting swarmed. It wastes too much ammo and is too inaccurate to save anyone.
4. Electron microscope: His telescope can fire a beam of electrons, providing a nonlethal shock to his enemies. Close range only.
5. Telescope: In addition to its electron microscopy, he can focus sunlight onto his enemy, burning their armor. Close range only.
History:
Perceptor is an old bot, appearing on Cybertron before the Cataclysm that wiped out the Predacons. That was the event that sparked the study of astronomy and cosmology free from the mythological baggage it carried, and resulted in the elaborate patterns carved on the surface of Cybertron.
As the war started, he joined the Wreckers as their resident scientist, engineering various weapons and tools for the team. After being badly damaged on a mission, he decided to upgrade himself.Now he a badass sniper in addition to being smart. While still not specialized for melee combat, his upgrades granted him much better defences and accuracy, something that works impeccably with his quick calculations.
As Cybertron became dormant, Perceptor left on the Ark, serving as its Chief Scientist. On their travels, he made contact with Velocitron's leaders and helped them understand their unstable sun. He also helped get the Ark back up and running on Junkion, and was nearly killed on Aquatron by Sharkticons, but managed to escape with the others on the Ark.
Perceptor left the Ark's crew somewhere down the line, returning to Cybertron to help the Wreckers
Roleplay/Writing Sample: See Chronon.
Character Name: Perceptor
Nicknames: Percy
Allegiance: Autobot (Wrecker)
Appearance Description:
Perceptor is a bot of medium height.
He has a red torso with a transparent, white-bordered chestpiece, Autobot symbol displayed prominently on top, and a white abdominal plate. His hip armor is black, with metallic gray thighs connecting to his lower legs. Caterpillar tracks adorn the back of his red lower legs, which also have white accents. His feet are black, with his heel extending backwards past his caterpillar tracks for a firmer footing.
His shoulders are red, connected to his aqua blue forearms through black upper arms. His forearms are in turn decorated by focus knob-like disks, and end in black servos.
His head consists of a black helm and a metallic silver face, along with glowing light blue eyes, like the typical Autobot. Where they differ is the retractable eyepiece over his right optic.
Perceptor also has a large red telescope to the right of his head.
Robot mode
Perceptor is a triple changer, with an electron microscope and a half-track vehicle as his alternate modes.
His microscope mode is a red electron microscope, similar to the thing in the middle, but red.
Microscope mode
His half-track vehicle mode looks like the following pickup truck, but with caterpillar tracks instead of rear wheels. The cargo area is covered, with only a large telescope exposed and part of it situated above the cab.
Half-track vehicle mode
Personality:
Perceptor is a scientist, and with his vast knowledge of science, he has upgraded himself to better deal with situations. His social interaction modules have taken a backseat while his data analysis, memory, and multitasking have been prioritized. This led to his blunt and direct mannerisms and is not helping the scientist stereotype.
His upgrades to his mental faculties have removed many of the limitations inherent in Cybertronian minds, making him the Cybertronian equivalent of a cyborg or transhuman. The only reason he does not seem like one is due to the Cybertronians' mechanical nature.
However, underneath it all he is still an Autobot first and a scientist second, and his upgrades to his combat capabilities tell of his dedication to protecting native lifeforms.
Strengths + Weaknesses:
+ Intelligence: Perceptor is one of the brightest, if not the brightest mind of the Cybertronian race. His rapid processors and vast memory means
+ Accuracy: Having upgraded the knobs on his arms into artificial horizons and adding stabilizers, he is able to aim extremely accurately. His telescope can feed visuals directly into his eyepiece, allowing him to spot things far away.
± Curiosity: He is curious and although this may lead to unexpected findings, this may also lead him into making dubious choices, especially when the situation requires caution.
± Caution: He is careful when doing stuff, whether it is experimentation, research, or aiming. While this leads to accurate findings and quickly dispatching Decepticons, this may also make him slow to act.
- Not a people person: Having deleted most of his social interaction modules, he speaks bluntly with his expansive vocabulary, which may come off as arrogant to some.
- There's no such thing as magic: If there's one weakness to his intellect it is his inability to reconcile the Matrix and other artifacts working "magically" with his scientific view of the universe. He still thinks signs from mythical artifacts require further confirmation even though they have proven time and time again to be accurate.
Abilities:
1. Intelligence: Thinks fast, and knows how to use his knowledge to his advantage.
2. Enhanced vision: His telescope and eyepiece allow him to spot targets from far away. It is often used for astronomical observations when he is not sniping and he therefore upgraded it to receive electromagnetic waves anywhere between infrared and gamma rays.
3. Near-impervious chestpiece: Made of diamond, his chestpiece is almost impossible to break, and would take a highly concentrated energy beam to start burning.
4. One with the science: He has access to the data from major science facilities around the world, including ground-based and space telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and particle accelerators. He is also part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. Because reasons.
Weaponry:
1. Graser rifle: Graser stands for GRavity Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It fires a coherent beam of gravitational waves, squishing and stretching the target area to through tidal forces. This can heat up the target, toss around internals, or on higher power settings, rend the area to pieces.
2. Energon blasters: Standard energon blasters. He has two so he can double-wield them
3. X-18 Scrapmaker: Similar to a gatling gun, this two-barreled heavy weapon chews through armor and ammo like there's no tomorrow. Perceptor doesn't use it unless he is getting swarmed. It wastes too much ammo and is too inaccurate to save anyone.
4. Electron microscope: His telescope can fire a beam of electrons, providing a nonlethal shock to his enemies. Close range only.
5. Telescope: In addition to its electron microscopy, he can focus sunlight onto his enemy, burning their armor. Close range only.
History:
Perceptor is an old bot, appearing on Cybertron before the Cataclysm that wiped out the Predacons. That was the event that sparked the study of astronomy and cosmology free from the mythological baggage it carried, and resulted in the elaborate patterns carved on the surface of Cybertron.
As the war started, he joined the Wreckers as their resident scientist, engineering various weapons and tools for the team. After being badly damaged on a mission, he decided to upgrade himself.
As Cybertron became dormant, Perceptor left on the Ark, serving as its Chief Scientist. On their travels, he made contact with Velocitron's leaders and helped them understand their unstable sun. He also helped get the Ark back up and running on Junkion, and was nearly killed on Aquatron by Sharkticons, but managed to escape with the others on the Ark.
Perceptor left the Ark's crew somewhere down the line, returning to Cybertron to help the Wreckers
Roleplay/Writing Sample: See Chronon.