Techbot Alpha

Well...

Alpha has kinda been sidelined for now, but he mostly fitted into the 'Personal gain' and 'Me and my friends for the win' kind of band. If you didn't mess with him, people he liked, stuff he owned or stuff he wanted to get his hands on, he'd mostly leave you alone.

As for my more recent and better defined characters;

Umbral Nightwalker
A mixture of misguided idealism and higher purpose. A very old Nictus scientist who saw his initial experiments (which were developed around the same time as the big name Nictus stuff) as exploration and trying to push the boundaries of life and death. He also sees the Peacebringers as backwards zealots who cling to a way of life that is antiquated and unfulfilling (especially given he and his colleague were nearly killed by Peacebringers). He wants to push the Nictus to the 'next stage' of evolution, turning them from what he views as parasites into beings who do not need hosts to absorb power and enjoy what is essentially immortality. His thinking is just totally alien; humans would call him immoral, while he simply doesn't think the same way they do. Come quite close to 'Evil Villain'.

Operative King
King pretty much fits into Megalomania, the special Arachnos brand kind. She was picked up as an orphan by a Special Sciences team, who took in the albinistic girl as on of their own. She survived against the odds, and began clawing her way up the Arachnos ladder, displacing or outright killing anyone who got in her way. She fully embraces the kill or be killed mentality, and has no regrets about what she is. As far as she's concerned, mercy, trust and weakness are for lesser humans and inhumans. All that matters is strength and your place. She's definitely my true-blue Evil Villain.


Caesar the Troll
Caesar is all about business. One of the few trolls with muscle AND a fully working brain, Caesar exploits that to his advantage by running his own mafia operations out of Oakes and Martial, cracking Family skulls and hiring up some of the smarter Trolls and working on turning them into something better than dumb muscle; smart muscle.
He's mostly just in it for power an money. He's not a bad guy, per se, and definitely classifies as a Rogue. It's just...business.


Wyld Fire
Wyldy is in it for number 1; Her! If you get on her good side, she's nice enough. If she likes you she can be protective, generous and quite the part animal.
She also has no qualms about charring people who get on her bad side into little more than a scorched outline on the wall. Being a low-ranking Hellion member/girlfriend made sure any traces of mercy were beaten out of her early on, as did nearly winding up as a sacrifice herself. Until she twisted the deal so she got the powers, in exchange for a thousand souls by midnight. The fact she fulfilled that bargain in one day goes to show just how much people need to avoid her wyld side.


Lord DeFeurard
Lord Leon DeFeurard is handsome, charming and very well off. He's also a vampire.
Leon's been around since British Medieval times, born into the blood rather than brought in. He's seen a lot, done a lot and been to a lot of places...and he's not grown bored of that yet.
Leon is, again, not a bad sort. He just tends to find rules and laws rather boring. He's more of a Rogue for certain. He's also made a hobby out of keeping the other undead in the Isles in-line, and can be a really magnificent bastiche when he wants to be.

Yes. Probably because after the whole Power Proliferation thing I promptly tried to erase all memory of it from my brain

Hmn, seconded.

Uh...the Well doesn't work like that.

Talking to Prometheus and various Dev comments shows the well is basically a personification of 'true human potential'. Anyone tapping into that power is basically breaking down the normal barriers and reaching their full potential, no matter the source.
The Well's 'personality' is also based off of what people believe and think, hence it's shift from, say, Greek times to modern day. Given how loopy modern day can be, it's actually a far better reason for why the Well is a little bit fruit loopy.

It's also not unique. A 'Well' exists for every species in the known universe. Which is why, apparently, the Battalion are so powerful; they conquer other races, and feed the power of their Wells to their own. They are essentially a race of full Incarnates.

I admit, looking back at the newer writing the Well lore doesn't sit as badly as it used to. How important clarity is, eh?

Difference is, all the old news articles fit perfectly into the game lore.

Brainstorm didn't. That was a case of mechanics not needing an in game explanation. Just assume that those powers had been there and carry on regardless.

Brainstorm was a case of not so much breaking the Fourth Wall as taking it down with a wrecking ball and then scrawling graffiti all over it in neon colours. The phrase 'pants on head' springs to mind

I think VG Cats already established that.

Oh, gods, THIS. Worst. Writing. EVER. >_<

Hmn, l'd say it has the default expression of rabbits everywhere. Which is vacant, with a hint of "Is this edible?" to it.

My work here is done

I aim to please /bow

Thank you for spoiling my brain.

Hello, ladies. Look at your question, now back to me, now back at your question, now back to me. Sadly, it doesn't make sense, but if you looked at the poster you quoted and applied past examples and a smidgen of logic it could make sense.
Look down, back up, where are you? You're on a blimp, with the man who could make it all make sense. What's in your hand, back at me. I have it, it's a note saying "It's Golden Girl, what do you think?" Look again, the note is now a facepalm image. Anything is possible on the internet where smilies run wild. I'm on a Nemesis Steam-horse.

I had points left over from buying other stuff (Costume slots, enhancement trays, yada yada) and, judging from the reports of other posters who got the 24 bundle stuff, of close to, I figured it was worth the risk. I was right.

That still doesn't detract from the point that I'm not buying anymore. That's it. That's the one off shot they had. So good luck to 'em.

And that last part is just BS, pure and simple. There are many ways to make money that are simple and transparent. Like, I dunno, putting costume parts in bundles with a fixed price that players have SAID they are willing to pay, rather than forcing them to take a chance?


My principles also factor in risks and evidence. So fething sue me.

Then do what I do and put her on ignore and kindly stop quoting her since that defeats the entire point of ignore, you feth wit!

According to lore, the ancient Greek 'gods' were actually some of the earlier Incarnates.

Personally, I think there are way more more-interesting characters that can be made that don't rely on 'being a god' as their schitck. It's something of a one trick pony, t'be honest, and a bit of a boring one at that.