D4RW1N

[Kami-Gaz]

D4RWIN

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Other Names:– Darwin
Epithet:–
Height:– 25’
Build:– Bipedal Tank
Age:– 35
Gender:– Male?
Race:– Robot
Occupation:– Wandering Scrap
Bounty/Rank:–

Total X-Poinz:– 300
Used X-Poinz:– 250

Earned X-Poinz Record:–

[/b] (Starting XPz)
-250 (Fists Of Freedom)[/ul]
Rebate X-Poinz Record:–

• +125 (Fists Of Freedom)
  
• -50 (Progression Overdrive)
  
  
• Remaining Rebate XPz:– 75

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Personality

Protective: Darwin has developed a protective nature over those he considers his family and friends, he may have been built for war and death but all he wants to do is keep those he holds dear safe with his body of metal. He will disobey direct orders to protect his loved ones and put himself in great danger to stop even a perceived threat.

Lonely: Darwin spent a great deal of time alone in a low power state after being ordered to wait for his creator. This gave the learning robot plenty of time to thing, process and consider things in the howling wastes. He only wants a companion, his partner Xena lifted him from that and now he struggles to do anything when she not around him. When he makes friends and gets other companions this will subside but as a being he fears being left alone.

Inquisitive: Due to his programming Darwin has always sought out knowledge and experiences, whether they are useful for him or not. He was designed to constantly rewrite his own mind to become better than he was moments ago, this was a part of his creator’s plan to create a truly autonomous defence force. This can get him into trouble though when he comes across social customs he has never faced before as he will at times do what ever he can to learn about a thing that has interested him, sometimes causing a scene as he does.

Broken Vocal Modulator: Due to events of the past Darwin is unable to communicate in the normal way to most people who do not have the ability to understand his robot speak of beeps and boops. He does his best to communicate with subtle movements and motions as well as using a light in his face region to blink yes or no. He tries his best and will always keep trying, feeling very little frustration in this effort.

Appearance

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{Arts}

Being a creation designed to fight and intimidate his foes Darwin looks the part as he stands at an exceedingly tall twenty-five feet tall with a heavy plated humanoid frame. He has a dull brassy colour finish on his armour plating and a softly tinted silver trim around the edges of his joint and plates. There are also a series of status lights that adorn the outer plating of his armour plating, these are usually but when combat mode is engaged, they turn red. They can also be shut off for stealth reasons.

Darwin has a does not have a typical face as his head looks like he is wearing a helmet of the same colour as the armour plating and silver trim over what would be a mouth guard. Situatied around his Gougou alloy body are external pressure gauges, mainly used for maintenance but are also to indicate internal pressures being used to move and power Darwin.

Darwin’s chest opens up through the front panel, opening downward to show a cavity big enough for even larger than average humans to sit inside. This space has a red leather chair and is surrounded by a strange set of contraptions that strap to the pilot’s body and provide haptic feedback. Once the cavity closes the monitor walls inside power up and allow the person inside to see what Darwin sees so they can better control his movements.

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Traits

Xelorian Make: D4RW1N is made from the Native Goudou based alloy that can only found on the island of Xelor. Because of his make using this metal he is extremely tough, and it takes something big for anything to really damage him.

Heat Vulnerability: Darwin is extremely durable and hard to break but that comes at the caveat that it cannot vent heat and extreme heat can and will damage the internals, most notably any occupant that is piloting him.

Optional Negative: Pilot Needed: Whilst Darwin can move and do things on his own, he has no fine control on his movements or ability to perform tasks with a delicate touch. This can only be rectified with a pilot sitting inside his chest cavity and operating his limbs as an extension of their own. A caveat to this feature is that Darwin can expel his pilot at any point he wishes for any reason he wishes.

Artificial Being: Due to being a creation of Xelor by one Doctor Clara Oobleck Darwin has no need for oxygen and is unaffected by toxins. He is also unaffected by anything that would affect moisture within his own body, however this does entirely protect his pilot.

Titanic Build: Darwin is built to be a guardian and therefor has the speed of one. He is built with feats of great movement in mind in both his arms and legs to enable him to be able to overpower the greatest of foes and move the toughest of obstacles as fast as possible.

Fighting Styles

Equipment
Name:– Fists Of Freedom
Fighting Style:– Internal Adaptability
Rank:– 2 (Power Attacks)
Description:– The fists of freedom are a modification made by Xena to Darwin’s hands and forearm. The hands have been placed on high power pistons that can extend at a rapid speed to deliver a high-power attack into his opponent or terrain that is powerful enough to shatter stone with ease and damage lesser metals.


FiSts
Name:– Internal Adaptability
Focus:– Copies Movements
Class:– E
Description:– Darwin outside has no ability of fine control of his movements, this makes fighting hard outside of big sweeping general blows. This is where he uses a pilot, copying their movements from the haptic feedback controls that are within his chest cavity to fight. This way he can add his own strengths to those within.

Name:– Progression Overdrive
Fighting Style:– Internal Adaptability
Rank:– 1
Description:– As Darwin lands a punch he engages the pistons in his wrists which extend at massive speeds to add an incredible amount of force to the impact, enough to shatter stone or pierce metals. As the fist retracts and the piston recompresses it hisses violently.

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Background

Project: D4RW1N
Lead: Clara Oobleck

~~INITIALIZING~~

~~RECORDING ONE: START~~

“And now he should have power!” A feminine voice spoke… Who Is this? Who am I? What am I? “He’s booted up! Mkone is alive!” She added in as everything changed, colour, shapes and other visual stimuli suddenly appeared. “Keep him powered up! I want to just be with I’m for a bit before we continue.”

~~RECORDING END~~

That recording is Thirty-Four years old, shall this be deleted [~YES~] [*NO*]
Darwin still keeps this earliest recording as it was the first time he saw his creators face and the smile she had was something he had come to treasure.

~~RECORDING THREE HUNDERED AND FIFTY-TWO~~

“That’s it Darwin, Over a year of testing and I think your body is finished!” The creator spoke, her golden hair resting neatly over her shoulders as she made notes on a clipboard close to the visual receptors, that proud smile on her face.

“I’ll install your Core Module tomorrow and we can teach you how to use a body, I’ve made sure you have learned all you need to about Xelor.” Her face held a smile, but her eyes were full of pain before she turned away to start shouting orders in her kind tones.

~~RECORDING END~~

Darwin had retained all the information between these two recordings, learning about his creator and the people around her… how humans interacted… it was something he wanted to emulate when he gained a body.

~~RECORDING FIVE HUNDREDED AND TWENTY-NINE~~

The lab was cold and quiet with just the creator standing before the visual interface. “Your tests are complete Darwin, but i… I don’t want them to use you like a weapon…” She spoke with tears pooling in her eyes before climbing up his leg and into the cockpit. “I’m doing it… I am leaving.” She whispered in a way his audio receivers could barely pick up.

“Darwin, I am leaving here for now. I don’t want anyone using you as a weapon. So do not activate for anyone that isn’t me. They may just keep you locked in a storage shed, I’ll come and get you if that is the case.” She spoke before wiping away the tears on her oil-stained white lab coat before caressing the haptic feedback controls. “I promise, I’ll come and get you as soon as I can!”

~~RECORDING END~~

On that day the creator left, shutting Darwin down with tears in her eyes. He never saw her again, she had taught him everything, even how to be human… she was the creator and his mother.

~~RECORDING FIVE HUNDREDED AND THIRTY~~

“Piece of junk won’t turn on!” A gravelled male voice spoke. “That damn Oobleck disabled it before she ran. Typical, the biggest advancement in robotics in a generation and she cripples it!” There was a loud thud as the owner of the voice kicked the metal leg of the machine. “SH*T! That hurt!” he yelped out in pain.

“Throw this junk in storage, maybe someone can open it up and turn it on.” Another calmer voice spoke, in the distance, which was likely the door.

D4RW1N was thrown into storage, despite many attempts to get into his cockpit and activate him he would remain in a slumber that only the creator could end. This lasted years until one day…

~~RECORDING FIVE HUNDREDED AND SIXTY~~

“This is a lost cause, dispose of it in the wastes.” A cool scientist spoke as the sounds of old metal doors creaked open. “Shame, this one had potential.”

~~RECORDING SKIPS A FEW HOURS~~

The sounds of a howling wind and people shouting at the top of their lungs to just hear each other can be heard from all around as D4RW1N’s pressure sensors indicate he has been lifted at several points and carried outside. The sound of a machine started to whirr nearby. “Centrifugal launching device primed sir.” One voice called.

“Launch in! 3! 2! 1!” The gravelly voice called from earlier. At the end of the countdown the devices measuring external forces go crazy, as if he was being swung around in circles rapidly then suddenly not as all that momentum was transferred into a single direction into the wastes.
The audio receiver records a final and devastatingly loud crashing sound as well as the screeching of metal as it slides to a halt.

~~RECORDING ENDS~~

There are multiple short recordings of natural creatures and humans travelling on loud machines, dome even stopping to inspect but all left quickly enough.

~~RECORDING SIX HUNDERED AND SIXTY-SIX~~

“STOP! Get away from me you freaks!” A familiar but new voice called, it carried tones and inflections similar to the creators. “Get lost and I won’t have to hit you with my wrench!” She added, visual conformation was needed.

“Oh little girlie, there are far more of us than there are you. Give it up! We only want you.” A male voice replied, sounding twisted and childish, despite being deep and masculine. The visual receivers enabled… it was dark. Was this damaged? No sensors detect incredible amount of iron filings.

D4RW1N was processing… this sounded like his creator. “No! get lost!” The female voice spoke again, there were the sounds of metal impacting flesh and crunches of a bone shattering. She was in distress.

Engaging combat mode in protection.

~~THE RECORDING PLAYS~~

Darwin proceeded to stand and protect the female that sounded like the creator, swatting the other humans away with ease.

~~THE RECORDING PLAYS~~

“Whoa there big guy! I owe you a drink! You saved me!” The female spoke… she looked incredibly like the creator! This was her! She had come back for him! “Names Xena, What’s yours?” She asked… she wasn’t but she looked like her and sounded very similar. The creator created more? That was good, it would have been bad if she stopped.

“Bee ba dee-dwoop!” Darwin replied… vocal modulator is broken… The robot kneeled down and opened hit control canopy.

“Hey! Wow! You’re a robot! That’s cool! Who made you?” She asked as her inquisitive mind drove her to climb inside and look around. She found everything she needed… including a picture of their creator. “Darwin huh? And a picture of my mum…?”

~~RECORDING END~~

The pair became inseparable after this, there are hundreds of recordings of her patching the robot up and them exploring the wastes. Eventually they make a deal with an agent of the revolutionary army from outside of island of Xelor. They escaped with what looked to be a clockwork robot. Now they spend their time roaming the world… looking to find more in their lives.

[Fox]

Heyo Kami-Gaz! I gotcha today!

So, this one is interesting because there's an interesting dilemma with this concept. As a mech, Darwin doesn't work system-wise. Allowing other characters to use him as though he is Equipment is problematic and has implications within the systems. He could be pursued as an NPC, however. NPCs may be separate from their XPz Source so long as they abide by travel rules - meaning the NPC and OC can be in different locations from each other if you so wish, but not two locations at the same time.

If you wanted, however, for Darwin to stand on his own, you'd have to change his Fighting Style. I'd also probably want you to specify in the Race which sort of Robot he is (Light/Heavy). I'd also say that the background, while interesting, does not work in its current log-like format. It's too vague, unfortunately.

Let me know what you decide to do whether NPC or OC, and reply here when you're all done.

[Kami-Gaz]

I have made the decision to make Darwin an NPC