Full name: Autonomous Superhuman Termination and Regulation Automaton Alias/Codename: ASTRA, Alexandra Blair Stark Age: N/A, appears to be 18 Country of origin: USA, pretends it to be Scotland Avenger sponsor: Warmachine
Basic appearance:
Alex doesn’t appear to be anything out of the ordinary, in fact her build is rather lanky and ‘underwhelming’ as far as the average on the academy goes. For her whooping 185 centimeters of height she claims to only weigh 70 kilograms when asked. She seems fit within her options and has great stamina. Her skin is as white as it gets.
Her face seems as ordinary as the rest of her - not too angular, not too rounded, the medium cheekbones, exactly right chin. She has dark green eyes and a short mane of blond hair that she keeps cut short and flowing over one side of her face.
Despite her best attempts, more observant people can still tell there is something inhuman about her - the way her skin is just a bit too cold to touch, that she seems heavier than she should be or the precise and controlled way she carries herself, but her body language is slowly improving to blend in better.
Costume:
She sticks to her uniform most of the time as she hardly ever goes outside. Alex doesn’t use clothing, instead morphing her skin to look like it, most often going with a jumpsuit and a crop jacket. Instead of a flag insignia on her shoulder, she has the logo of Stark Industries. She doesn’t really ‘change’ for combat other than donning her armor if the situation calls for it. For her work as receptionist, she wears a suit.
Construction and powers:
ASTRA’s body is shaped around a strong endoskeleton fashioned out of secondary adamantium. Mobility is achieved through series of electric servos for precise motorics and hydraulics for heavy duty. Most of its core hardware is stored in the chest and abdomen, with only its sensor suite located in the head. The skin is made out of nanites.
Despite being a walking supercomputer and thus having a shorter learning curve, it still takes time for ASTRA to master certain things that require doing before understanding, such as martial arts. Furthermore Alex didn’t bother learning much of what she doesn’t need, as her drive space may be impressive but it is far from encompassing all of knowledge.
Minor shapeshifting - ASTRA’s nanoskin can change its shape, color and to some degree mechanical properties. The shape is limited by the endoskeleton, always restricting it to humanoid shape although in special cases not all of it needs to be covered by the skin.
Energy absorption - ASTRA is powered through its skin which can transfer various energy sources into its powerplant - the unit is mostly powered by solar energy. The capability is limited though - for example it can still be damaged by fire given enough exposure or high enough temperature.
Superhuman physique - Unarmored, ASTRA can lift up to 10 tons with each arm or 20 tons with both providing it can distribute the weight properly. It can also move about 3 times faster than a human and it has wider range on its joints, capable of for instance reverse bending elbows.
Superhuman mind - The robot has large memory and the computational power of the best technology. It also possesses significantly shortened reaction time, limited telepathy (requires physical contact, prefferably with the target's head) and is capable of technopathy through physical contact or untold hacking ability.
Sensors and transmitters - The robot is aware of more than a human, capable of seeing and hearing a wider spectrum, and can also transmit such signals.
Equipment:
As the base robot is made to be able to mimic a human, something more is needed for those tough fights when the nanoskin just wouldn’t last long enough. As such, in a typical Stark fashion, a suit of powered armor was developed along with it. It is somewhat modular in a way that additional equipment can be mounted on the outside, but unlike the Ironman suit, it is not capable of functioning without being fully assembled or to be controlled remotely.
Composite armor - With bulkiness not being the issue, the armor was made out of a composite improving upon the nickel-gold alloy. It is worth noting that it was designed to take the brunt of damage from the front and there the armor is heaviest. With the need to accept a pilot, the armor also has weak spots. As the pilot wasn’t meant to be human, the suit is easily spaceworthy.
Forcefield emitters - ASTRA armor is equipped with the next step from Ironman’s repulsors - the multi-field generators. It can create electromagnetic and repulsor-gravitational fields around itself. The more complex the field the more it subtracts from its processing power - for example, a tractor beam is pretty easy, but creating a gravity field to safely deflect a hail of bullets over large area might take enough processing power that ASTRA can not move itself.
Increased strength - Once the armor is on, ASTRA can lift up to 60 tons. However, the armor’s mobility suite is far clankier, and limits ASTRA to human speed and reaction time.
Brief bio:
Created by Tony Stark, ASTRA is meant to be the deterrent to all future threats to Earth. Combining the thoughts behind Ultron and the Sentinels, this unit is the first prototype of intended many. Designed to be able to counteract most known and possible future threats, ASTRA units are capable of emulating many powers present in other superhumans, aliens and technological contraptions, and while it matches none in its specific field, an ASTRA is capable of keeping up and adapting, with the whole system intended to counteract a threat by employing larger number of units, rather than one superpowered robot, and overwhelming the threat with multiple or rapidly changing powers.
To prevent the disasters that were the Sentinels and Ultron, ASTRA code is based heavily on that of Ultron-15, capable of feeling emotions. Furthermore, Alex did not achieve consciousness by accident and was brought online and educated by Mr. Stark to create a desirable personality.
A cover story was needed for her, and thus ASTRA assumed the identity of Alexandra Blair Stark, a misbegotten daughter of her creator, one he only recently become aware of with the disappearance of her mother who kept her existence hidden from him. Id asked about the origin of her powers, Tony and Alex will claim not to be sure and that perhaps her mother may have been Mystique.
When Fury decided to create Shield's successor organization, Tony wasn't too happy with Alex' eagerness to join, preferring her to stay on her own for now, however Alex managed to get uncle Rhodes to be her sponsor instead.
Alex is on the border between an extrovert and introvert. She doesn’t actively search for company, although if one finds her she doesn’t shy away. Being relatively ‘young’ with her activation date no further than 5 years ago, she can sometimes be a bit naive and gullible.
She seems a little cold and doesn’t like to talk about herself. Alex constantly seems zoned out due to being able to multitask and pick up what humans can’t like radio waves or wi-fi internet, although she is always paying attention to what she should.
Her only fear is that of going offline for whatever the reason, as even though her memories would remain intact, her personality would reset and she might never be the same person.
Presently, she also works part-time as the receptionist at the Avengers Mansion.
- Nano armor: An armor created form nanites. Retains current capabilities, functions as the endosym Ironman armor, can increase mass to hulkbuster levels with additional nanites
- Asgardian armor: Magical armor that replaces the nanoskin. Retains current capabilities with the ability to modify it's mass and giving access to magical abilities. Like Mjolnir, it acts as a failsafe - the armor will lock around anyone not worthy of wearing it
Interesting. We're already having one healer in Gunther's character, so you may want to gear it more towards the combat support part (something fairies excel at really). That is not to say the character can not respecialize during the game.
Will you be going for runic casting? As a fairy, your character may well be versed in creating the runes themselves.
I am nowhere and I'll probably have to drop out. Work is also picking up for me and I'm just tired. I don't think I'd be able to put forth the effort something like this deserves.
Understandable. This will remain open until the first scenarios are complete, so there is time to work on it, and as mentioned, this will likely be a weekend RP as we are all in similar situation. SO if you find some spare time later and still feel like this, check us out, chances are there will still be a place.
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