Stern Algorithm

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

Raymond nodded at Cal's assessment, then turned to Phoebe, a wry smile on his face. "Taking the initiative to improve. How commendable. Everyone should learn from your example, Phoebe," he said. Though it was praise, it pitted the Titans against each other. With that, he led Daphnis and Phoebe towards the dock and onto the Achilles.

---

The bridge of the Achilles was crowded. Major General Maya Hernandez and the Achilles' captain failed to hide their displeasure at there being so many non-combatants on board. Raymond, Daphnis, Phoebe, Tirapon, and Cal formed one group, Dr. McCulloch and some other Colossus pilots formed another, here to observe the first anti-kaiju battle that didn't involve one of the Hyper Men. Of course, the Kawakami's were here too, in case things really went south.

Pelorus wandered over to Cthonia, "They passed over you, huh?" He tried to sound triumphant, trying to take pleasure in the failure of Project Spartoi's golden child to measure up to CETM's needs, but the victory ultimately felt hollow; if even Chthonia wasn't good enough, then Project Spartoi was utterly meaningless.

Chthonia, whether missing Pelorus' tone or ignoring it, responded passively, "I trust the General Secretary's judgment."

Pelorus looked at her and almost felt pity. When all the genetic modification and harsh physical conditioning had failed to produce desired results, Project Spartoi went inside her brain. Now she had to take immunosuppressants for the rest of her life that reduced her ability to fight disease, all so plaque wouldn't form around the implants and give her further brain damage.

"Take her out, captain," Maya called out her order, which the captain relayed to the rest of the ship. The crew, practically a small town's worth of humans, working like ants in unison, propelled this massive ship forward and out of the dock, to follow behind Talos' wake.

---

"Talos, when the kaiju appears, don't immediately use your scythe," Helen commanded, "We want to test the limits of the Hyper Core. Engage with your fists instead." Her orders came through on Talos' comms.

The sun had started to set and the water turned red in the last moments before it went dark, the sunset was framed by the remnants of the collapsed bridge. Yet the water suddenly began to glow and a sudden pressure appeared on Anvi's brain that felt like someone trying to push her head back into her seat, a pressure that was only relieved when she instinctively drove Talos to leap backwards. Where Talos had stood only moments before, a massive bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, evaporating large quantities of seawater and creating an obscuring mist.

Centauri Alien

BGM -

An otherworldly chittering howl echoes out of the mist as a massive, grotesque, vaguely turtle-shaped creature splashed out of the water, seemingly livid that its sneak attack did not land. Anemone-like tendrils snaked out of its upturned, half-beak-like mouth, crackling with energy. It reared up, swinging its sickle-like fins in a threatening display, before twisting its head and flinging its tendrils towards Talos.

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

"Ah! Dr. Cuffman, glad you could join us. Just the usual: check for scrapes, bruises, injuries..." Raymond explained. "We want our backup fighter to be in perfect condition should anything go awry." It was a strange thing; when the titan experiments transformed into their kaiju forms, they essentially create massive amounts of biological matter seemingly out of nothing. Yet for some reason, injuries that one would surmise would be healed from the rampant regeneration involved somehow carry over to the larger form.

Tirapon followed Cal into the lab. "Good, you're here," Raymond greeted, "Establish a link with Daphnis once Dr. Cuffman's done with his checkup." Tirapon nodded, though he was unable to hide his distaste. He hated being inside Daphnis' head because she hated it. He could feel her discomfort as if it were his own, resulting in a strong sense of self-loathing.

"Daphnis, Tirapon, and I will head to the Achilles where we are to wait for deployment," Raymond explained, "The rest of you... can come along if you want, or you can watch the live feed from within the base." He shrugged, leaving the other titans to their own devices.

---

"Alright, let's run through the usual diagnostics," Selim said. There were a few checks where Selim would call out an instruction and Anvi would have Talos perform it, almost like stretching exercises, and a few other tests that mostly just involved checking the readouts and making sure all systems were green.

Helen's voice comes over the intercom, "It's clear why Oleander chose Talos," she says, not really caring who could hear her, "She wants to test the Hyper Core. If this battle is successful, there are other parts of the Hyperian ship that could possibly be salvaged and integrated into the Colossi. Oleander is from the 'old world' and has seen humanity at its weakest. She does not trust that anything we design on our own can stand against the threat of kaiju. It's why she continues to support project Titan, creating things we can barely understand nor control. It's why she continues to rely on the Hyperian to protect us. Still, this is a step in the right direction. Towards self-sufficiency and self-reliance., Talos... Anvi... send that abomination back into oblivion. Earth is OUR home."

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

As Dr. Park walked to the Titan labs, he quickly messaged Cal to come give Daphnis a check up. "Ah! It's a pity the secretary doesn't seem to appreciate Project Titan," he began, "I'm sure she has her reasons. We just have to do better next time during spars against Colossus." His eyes darted momentarily to Calypso, who scored the worst during combat, but then to Phoebe, whose 'weakness' was not so easy to fix.

Arriving at the labs, he continued, "It's really not fair to you, Daphnis, that the secretary judges you based on the performance of the whole project. But we can redeem ourselves; support Talos as best you can. If you see Anvi falter at all, you should step in and help out. We're all on the same team, after all."

---

The Hyper Core operating system came to life, greeting Anvi with a familiar chirp that sounded like a strange juxtaposition between whale song and crickets. She had been told that this is a standard welcome message in the language of the Hyperians, though no one has yet to translate it for her. It was followed immediately, like clockwork, by a heavy pressure on Anvi's mind, like someone pounding on the door to her head, that quickly eased off, though Anvi was unsure if this was because she acclimated to it or if it actually stopped. This didn't used to happen when she first started piloting Talos; it only started happening after she had gotten used to piloting, and even then, only sporadically at first. Now it happens every time, but since the pressure eases off, it doesn't bother her or affect her piloting skills at all.

"Head to the elevator and we'll get you topside to run some last-minute tests," Dr. Selim Yunus calls out over the intercom, "Then we'll intercept the kaiju at The Gate." 'The Gate' was the former site of the Golden Gate Bridge and served as the entrance into The Bay. This implied that the kaiju was aquatic, as terrestrial kaiju could enter The Bay by walking over the flanking peninsulas, and aerial kaiju could just fly over.

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

The alarm sounded three times throughout the CETM headquarters facility, followed by everyone's mobile devices receiving a text notification. The next kaiju, designated the Centauri alien, had appeared within Earth's orbit and would be making splashdown in a few hours. Projects Colossus, Titan, Olympian personnel were gathered at the command center for debriefing with members of CETM leadership.

Secretary Margaret Oleander looked passively at the large screen displaying a satellite image of a dot surrounded by a crosshair and analytical text. Folders and files of the various combatants were scattered on the table behind her. She turned around, her gaze passing from one youth to the other, her expression unreadable but for a sense of... pride? "For twenty years, the Hyperians have protected humanity from the Kaiju; first the original Hyper Man, and then, for the past 4 years, Hyper Man X," she began, "It has taken us two decades to reach this point. Today, for the first time, we test mankind's mettle against the relentless threat."

Shinobu, the human vessel of Hyper Man X, failed to hide his relief at not being requested to sortie again.

"Have you decided, Madam Secretary?" Dr. Helen McCulloch asked with a hint of impatience. She glanced at Dr. Raymond Park, who wore a confident grin.

"I have," Margaret paused, visibly agitating Helen, "We will launch Colossus Talos."

The surprise on Helen's face was quickly supplanted by overt smugness. Raymond's eye twitched, though he maintained his smile. "Are you sure?" he asked, more cheerfully than one might expect, a sweetness veiling a threat, "All the tests show that Daphnis is our most capable combatant, and CETM's continued funding hinges on our success today."

"I am aware," Margaret replies calmly, "Daphnis will standby as backup."

"Hmm..." Raymond's hum dripped with skepticism, "Very well, we'll make sure Daphnis is in tip top shape to serve as backup."

"Talos and Galatea work well together, so Galatea should be backup," Helen suggested.

"I've already made my decision," Margaret replied coolly, "Dismissed."

"Don't push your luck, McCulloch," Raymond said in an almost singsong manner, eliciting a glare from the physicist. "alright Titans, let's get ready." Raymond led the child experiments out of the command center and towards the Project Titan labs.

Helen turned to Dr. Selim Yunus, who had remained silent the whole time, preferring not to get between her and Raymond's ongoing feud, "Have your team run final checks on Talos. We cannot screw this up." Helen's eyes darted between Anvi and Cthonia; though she didn't say what was on her mind, it was clear she thought Chthonia would have been the more sensible option. "Anvi, the success of Project Colossus is riding on your shoulders. This will be your first battle against a real kaiju... well, I suppose the Titans are real kaiju to an extent, but this isn't a training spar. I DO NOT want Daphnis to have to intervene at any point, understood?"

the Alliance of Liberty City

@DracoLunaris As Stalker is leaving the bank, to investigate the curious anomaly of her drone camera's not working, Eileen sent several drones to watch over the hostages as they leave. As the hostages exit the influence of Stalker's anti-perception aura, Eileen will be able to see them on camera and single out individuals who are not the cause of the anomaly. As the anomaly begins to move, drones in coordination with each other will be able to track Stalker's movement, even if they cannot 'see' her, by sweeping their vision to a point where they malfunction, and immediately sweeping away. See below image for a rough concept of how this would work.



That being said, I feel that such a form of tracking certainly has its flaws. If Stalker entered a door or passed into a manhole, or otherwise obscured herself in some way, the anti-perception aura would suddenly vanish, and the drones would lose her. So please let me know how far you think the drones should have been able to follow Stalker.

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

Important vehicles and mechanical weapons of CETM:

Project Colossus

Talos

Name: Talos
Pilot: Anvi Kharbanda
Role: Close-range bruiser
Core History:

The Hyper Core was salvaged from Hyper Man's damaged vessel and reverse-engineered to develop all subsequent cores. The first colossus, Talos, was built around the Hyper Core, taking advantage of its unique 'graviton sheath' ability. The core contains an unusually advanced AI.

Capabilities:

The 'graviton sheath' allows the Hyper Core to coat whatever is connected to it in a field of increased durability, making Talos far stronger than any man-made machine has any right to be, giving Talos the ability to slug it out with kaiju on even footing. Still, the graviton sheath is not invincible, and overuse can drain the core's power, so a large scythe-like weapon was forged for Talos to aid in the destruction of its enemies.

Galatea

Name: Galatea
Pilot: Ruth-Ann Meyers
Role: Tactical specialist
Core History:

The Pygmalion Core was the first man-made colossus core, though it was designed with the help of the supercomputer Omniac. While it did not reach high levels of power output, thanks to the input of Omniac, it generated a high level of computational power, facilitating the control of many subunits. Still, a pilot with the ability to control multiple flying drones needed to be found to take advantage of this ability.

Capabilities:

Galatea can control eleven drones installed with different 'elemental' weapons, including flamethrowers, cryogenic gas emitters, corrosive acid sprayers, etc. in order to search the enemy kaiju for weak points and to exploit them. Galatea also acts in a supportive role, capable of forming the drones into a shield, or attaching the drones to a colossus as extra armor. Galatea is also equipped with a beam rifle and beam sabers, as physical weapons are too heavy for a man-made machine to easily wield without the graviton sheath.

Alternate form: Shield mode

Aetos

Name: Aetos
Pilot: Chthonia
Role: Precision-strike, guerilla combatant
Core History:

Building off of the Pygmalion Core, a focus was made on increasing power output for a single unit. The Prometheus Core was created, specializing in propulsion and speed. Realizing that a humanoid shape was not ideal for utilizing the core's capabilities, a transforming frame was created. However, the g-forces generated by this colossus required a superhuman pilot.

Capabilities:

The fastest of the four colossi, Aetos is flight-capable and can dart in and out of combat, overwhelming the opponent with rapid, precise strikes using a mix of beam and physical blades.

Alternate form: Flight mode

Alternate form: Capture mode

Pandora

Name: Pandora
Pilot: Nils Rohrmann
Role: Artillery
Core History:

Last to be developed, the Hephaestus Core was designed to provide power for newly developed energy weapons, weaker versions of which were provided to some of the other colossi. The Hephaestus Core was a proof of concept, which ultimately made more sense to be placed on a battleship to power large beam cannons, but a large, clumsy colossus was built around it instead due to Dr. McCulloch's reluctance to part with her technology.

Capabilities:

Pandora relies on its back-mounted beam cannons and beam bazooka to rain destruction on its enemies from a distance. It is protected by a thick layer of armor as well as energy shields. It has the ability to purge its armor, lightening itself to escape when speed is preferable to defense. It is hypothesized that Dr. McCulloch designed this function with a different purpose that has since been scrapped.

Alternate form: Armor purge

Project Myrmidon

Achilles

Name: Achilles
Role: Aircraft Carrier/Capital Ship
Capabilities:

Mainly provides support to the combatants of the other projects through artillery shelling and coordinated fighter craft assault. Can carry mecha- and kaiju-sized equipment, adding to combatant versatility.

Pegasus

Name: Pegasus
Pilot: Pelorus
Role: Giant equipment transport fighter craft
Capabilities:

Carries missiles and vulcans, which do very little against kaiju. The Pegasus' main function is to bring optional equipment from the Achilles to the combatants of the other projects.

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

Glossary of Terms:

Glossary

• CETM - The Committee for Extraterrestrial Threat Management, created to combat the impending alien threat through the establishment of four projects. CETM is located in the ruins of The Bay Area and much of its research staff are scientists.
• Project Olympian - The CETM project utilizing Hyperians.
• Project Titan - The CETM project utilizing space monsters.
• Project Colossus - The CETM project utilizing giant piloted robots.
• Project Myrmidon - The CETM project utilizing existing military capabilities, intended to support the other projects.
• Space Monsters - Alternately known as 'kaiju', 'aliens', or simply 'monsters'. Refers to the gigantic extraterrestrial entities that have begun attacking Earth. Conventional force does little against them, and the repeated use of nuclear weapons is not a viable strategy.
• Hyperians - A species of seemingly benevolent space aliens. So far, two have been encountered, dubbed Hyper Man and Hyper Man X. The first Hyperian, Hyper Man, has defended Earth from space monsters for a while, giving humanity time to prepare our own defenses. Hyper Man X arrived later to continue Hyper Man's mission.
• The Central Dogma of Xenoarcheology - ██████████████████

Public Timeline of Major Events Concerning CETM:

Timeline

• 2095 C.E. - The ancient Hyperian vessel is discovered in the Mariana Trench. Research on it begins immediately as mankind attempts to reverse engineer the technology and decipher the language. This vessel and its 'inhabitant' were sent to Earth thousands of years ago to protect us.
• 2100 C.E. - The first encounter with Hyper Man and the Vega alien's escape. Weakened, Hyper Man explains that he requires the life force of a 'pure-hearted' human in order to reinvigorate himself and defeat the Vega Alien. One of the research team students, Shigeru Kawakami, volunteers and merges with Hyper Man. Hyper Man leaves the vessel and defeats the Vega Alien but The Bay Area has been devastated.
• 2101 C.E. - In the aftermath of the first extraterrestrial incident, CETM is founded. With the knowledge and guidance of Hyper Man, the Hyperian Vessel is relocated to The Bay Area.
• 2115 C.E. - In the intervening years, space monsters begin to attack regularly. The bay Area is transformed into a fortress now known simply as The Bay. It is the site of extraterrestrial research, the headquarters of CETM, and the battleground for all subsequent fights with space monsters as the Hyperian vessel located there has a beacon that attracts them.
• 2116 C.E. - The second Hyperian, Hyper Man X, arrives on Earth to check on the status of Hyper Man's mission. The Hyperians have a secret meeting in the vessel and Hyper Man X agrees to swap places with Hyper Man, allowing Hyper Man to return to their 'home' to recuperate.
• 2120 C.E., Present Day - Hyper Man X has protected Earth since, but CETM is finally ready to unveil the fruits of their research.

Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

Important NPCs:

CETM Command

Oleander, Margaret

Name: Secretary Oleander, Margaret
Position: Director of CETM
Gender: Female
Age: 67
Nationality: American
Personality:

Professional, rational, cold. Secretary Oleander is calm, commanding, and sometimes intimidating. She is not afraid to take risks and is always weighing the pros and cons, always considering whether the expedient approach or the long-term plan is better. Some say she is too cutthroat, too willing to sacrifice the few for the many, but the way she sees it, she will do whatever it takes to ensure that mankind survives.

History:

Secretary Oleander was an unassuming, but efficient aide to the United States Defense Secretary. After the Defense Secretary's untimely death during the Vega alien attack, Oleander assumed the position briefly before she was nominated for her current post. Oleander oversaw the founding of CETM and the Four Projects, showing enormous success during subsequent extraterrestrial incidents. Not one to sit on her laurels, and with the foresight to anticipate more dangerous incidents to come, Oleander plans to build on her success and innovate the Projects even further.

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Project Olympian

Kawakami, Manaka

Name: Dr. Kawakami, Manaka (née Tsukamoto)
Position: Olympian Project Lead, Chair of the department of Xenosociology
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Nationality: Japanese
Personality:

Empathic, cheerful, observant. Manaka is one of the few humans privy to the Hyperian social theory known as the central dogma of xenoarcheology, and though her primary interest is learning how Hyperian civilization developed as a way to forecast how human civilization might also develop, she is also intrigued by the kaiju.

History:

Manaka joined the original Hyperian ship research team as a young student and grew close to Kawakami Shigeru, a fellow student who would end up becoming Hyper Man. One of the few survivors of the Vega alien escape, she knows the Hyperian ship and language the best but keeps a lot of knowledge close to her chest.

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Kawakami, Shinobu

Hyper Man X

Name: Kawakami, Shinobu
Position: Hyper Man X's human host
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Nationality: Japanese-American
Personality:

Shinobu is a gentle soul burdened with the responsibility of protecting humanity. Haunted by dark secrets of the universe, Shinobu tries his best to live up to expectations. Shinobu keeps others at arm's length out of fear of divulging confidential information about the Hyperians.

History:

The son of Kawakami Shigeru, Shinobu was chosen to be the vessel of Hyper Man X, the Hyperian who came to replace Hyper Man as Earth's protector.

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Project Titan

Park, Raymond

Name: Dr. Park, Raymond
Position: Titan Project Lead, Chair of the Department of Xenobiology
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Nationality: Korean-American
Personality:

Laidback, easygoing, genius. Raymond is surprisingly young for a man in his position. To many, he may appear lazy, but most of his greatest ideas come to him when he is relaxing, making him more of a 'creative' and 'inspired' scientist than others who tend to 'brute force' their way to scientific progress. Unfortunately, Raymond's proclivity towards less-than-ethical scientific practices has gotten him censured in the past, but his intellect earned him a place at CETM.

History:

For those who know, Dr. Park is an infamous geneticist whose experiments were ridiculed as pointless celebrity stunts despite the advanced techniques employed. Despite his brushed with the law, his work at CETM has wiped his slate clean.

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Atlas

Stag beetle

Name: Atlas
Position: Project Titan Experiment #01
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Nationality: Chinese-American
Form: Stag Beetle
Power: Hard Shell - can absorb and is impervious to all damage for a period of time.
Source of Energy: Sugar
Personality:

Like his favorite food, Atlas is sweet. His timid nature and desire to get along with others make him quite the pushover, but the researchers have come to appreciate his genuine kindness (especially when Phoebe and Daphnis are fighting for the thousandth time).

History:

The first Project Titan experiment, Atlas was a moderate success. His skills and powers are not as varied and developed as the other children, but what he does, he does well.

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Daphnis

Mantis

Name: Daphnis
Position: Project Titan Experiment #02
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Nationality: German-American
Form: Mantis
Power(s): Sharp Limbs - Her arms and legs are deadly sharp and can be used as weapons. Camouflage - she can change aspects of her appearance to blend in to the environment.
Source of Energy: Living things
Personality:

The poster child of Project Titan, Daphnis has a big head and a tendency to lord herself over others, leading to frequent conflicts with Phoebe. She's smart, adaptable, and aggressive.

History:

Daphnis has exceeded expectations in every category of her development, and Project Titan has especially high hopes for her use in combat against extraterrestrials, although her skills lie more in espionage than all-out battle.

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Phoebe

Moth

Name: Phoebe
Position: Project Titan Experiment #03
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Nationality: Greek-American
Form: Moth
Power: Flame Ray - after absorbing enough heat energy, she expels it in a powerful blast.
Source of Energy: Heat
Personality:

Alien DNA or not, Phoebe has always been a handful. She's a loud, brash, headstrong girl who prefers to fight fire with fire and never needs an excuse to get physical. She struggles with the changes happening to her body and the strong emotions that come with.

History:

One of the first batch of Project Titan's experiments, Phoebe was injected with alien DNA in the womb and grew up under the watchful eye of Dr. Raymond Park and his crew. Like the other children of Project Titan, she is a test tube baby who does not know any of her biological ancestors, although the surrogate who gave birth to her was a CETM employee who was transferred out of The Bay once Phoebe was born.

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Calypso

Firefly

Name: Calypso
Position: Project Titan Experiment #04
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Nationality: African-American
Form: Firefly
Power: Charming Light - her light attracts, stuns, and hypnotizes others.
Source of Energy: Magnesium
Personality:

Flirty and airy, Calypso stays out of the drama and always seems to have her head in the clouds. Her charismatic personality has helped her negotiate better conditions for her and her "siblings," and Dr. Park at least has taken note of the sharp eyes that lie beneath her rose-colored glasses.

History:

The most physically frail of the Project Titan experiments, Calypso plays a support role to the other three in combat situations.

Color: DBFF00

Metharom, Tirapon

Name: Metharom, Tirapon
Position: Telepathic Communications Specialist
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Nationality: Thai
Personality:

Tirapon is quiet, perceptive and deeply introverted. With the ability to send and receive thoughts, Tirapon recognizes the responsibility that must come with this power, and tends to avoid people for fear of inadvertently breaching their privacy.

History:

Tirapon was born in Thailand to a poverty-level family. Ten years ago, when he was eight, Tirapon began developing his telepathic abilities. At first he used it to play tricks on his classmates and cheat on exams, but then he started using it as a parlor trick at a local Buddhist shrine, claiming a certain level of divinity. News of this spread and eventually the authorities took him in and imprisoned him. He spent a few years in a clandestine research facility before he was paid a visit by Dr. Park. After a few more interviews with Dr. Park, he was freed and allowed a several months-long return to his family before Dr. Park came back for him to enlist him for his important mission with CETM.

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Project Colossus

McCulloch, Helen

Name: Dr. McCulloch, Helen
Position: Colossus Project Lead, Chair of the Department of Physics
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Nationality: Australian
Personality:

Sullen, callous, alienating. Helen is a workaholic who expects the same commitment from her peers and underlings. A purist, she is skeptical of employing Hyperians and human-monster hybrids for protection and worries about what horrors that kaiju-based research may bring, and therefore feels that her position as a naysayer within CETM is crucial to keep things from getting out of hand.

History:

A nuclear physicist working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in the Bay Area, Dr. McCulloch saw the Vega alien's destruction firsthand, losing many of her colleagues and life's work in the process.

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Yunus, Selim

Name: Dr. Yunus, Selim
Position: Chair of the Department of Engineering
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Nationality: Turkish
Personality:

Jovial, curious, philosophical. Selim is an accommodating man who collaborates closely with The Bay's defensive infrastructure, working with both Projects Colossus and Myrmidon. The existence of extraterrestrial life challenges his beliefs, but that has only led him to be more welcoming of aliens than many of his peers, as he is curious about how belief systems might develop on other worlds and if there is a higher, unifying, metaphysical truth.

History:

Dr. Yunus remembers a world before kaiju and Hyperians, a world that made sense, despite humanity's tendency towards violence and greed. Part of him wonders if the arrival of the kaiju are a good thing, as it seems to have galvanized humanity towards the unified goal of survival. Still, inequality and corruption still exist, so maybe not.

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Anvi Kharbanda

Talos

Name: Anvi Kharbanda
Position: Project Colossus Mech Pilot
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Nationality: British-Indian
Personality:

Warning: Anvi has teeth, and she will bite. From the streets of the UK to the halls of The Bay, Anvi has attacked every challenge, every directive, every insult and every weird look with the same razor-sharp finesse. Anvi is particularly defensive with Ruth-Ann Meyers, another pilot with Project Colossus who joined at the same time. The two quickly became close, and Anvi becomes outright feral when Ruth-Ann is threatened.

History:

A street urchin scouted by Project Colossus' recruitment team, Anvi quickly proved her mettle to Dr. McCulloch and scared away the other mech pilots. Her unconventional approach to problems and her refusal to let any opening go unexploited make her an asset against ever-adapting alien attackers.

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Ruth-Ann Meyers

Galatea

Name: Ruth-Ann Meyers
Position: Project Colossus Mech Pilot
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Nationality: English
Personality:

Adorable, clever, sensitive. Ruth-Ann lives in her own world. Her reliance on sensory aids and her discomfort in social situations may put her at a disadvantage on land, but in the suit, she becomes unstoppable. If the mechs didn't require daily maintenance, Ruth-Ann would eat and sleep in hers. She loves nothing more than to hole up inside it like a rabbit in a burrow.

History:

A nonverbal gifted student with a hyperfixation on robots and mechanical wonders, Ruth-Ann was put on to Project Colossus as a middle school student and never looked back. Her parents worry about the consequences of war on their little girl, but there's nobody on Earth that doesn't understand the dire straits they're in, and Ruth-Ann has blossomed under some of the best education and technology the planet has to offer.

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Chthonia

Aetos

Name: Chthonia
Position: Project Colossus Mech Pilot
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Nationality: American
Personality:

Obedient, sharp, arrogant, lost. The only Spartoi that went to completion, the chip implanted in Chthonia's brain has suppressed a lot of her humanity, but made her an incredible pilot, something she clings to as part of her identity.

History:

Genetically and cybernetically enhanced, Chthonia was the only completed member of Project Spartoi. Hand-picked by Dr. McCulloch for her obedience, Chthonia demonstrated her ability to endure incredible g-forces and was assigned to pilot Project Colossus' fastest mech.

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Rohrmann, Nils

Pandora

Name: Rohrmann, Nils
Position: Project Colossus Mech Pilot
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Nationality: German
Personality:

Timid, overlooked, gullible. Nils is a fish out of water; eager to prove his usefulness while not having the tools to do so. Keenly aware that he is seen as a disappointment, he will do anything to show he belongs.

History:

When Nils' telepathy was discovered, Dr. McCulloch demanded he be placed in Project Colossus as Project Titan already had one. She wanted him to test her newly developed brain-machine interface, which would allow him to control the mecha s if it were his own body. While the device worked in concept, Nils was himself too clumsy to put the device to good use and relegated to the back lines.

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Project Myrmidon

Hernandez, Maya

Name: Major General Hernandez, Maya
Position: Project Myrmidon Lead, Major General of CETM's Security and Defense Protocol
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Nationality: Hispanic-American
Personality:

Strict, disciplined, scrutinizing. The Bay is protected by a special branch of the United States Armed Forces under Maj. Gen. Hernandez's command. It is not only her duty to ensure that the regional defenses aid the CETM Project combatants in their tasks, but also to subdue them should they ever turn on the humans. She does not know if her small army is up to such a task.

History:

Maj. Gen. Hernandez was only 11 when she saw the news of the Vega alien attack. Her father, part of the naval fleet stationed in San Diego, mobilized to deal with the threat. A few days later, he was given a military funeral with honors along with all those who died fighting the alien. Maya was part of the first batch of soldiers trained under a new, brutally exhausting, anti-kaiju curriculum and regimen. Though she is grateful to the Hyper Men for defending Earth, she believes that humanity should step up.

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Pelorus

Name: Pelorus
Position: Project Myrmidon Fighter Pilot
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Nationality: American
Personality:

Snarky, vindictive, abandoned. Pelorus has a chip on his shoulder and is always trying to prove himself. Slighted at having his prowess overlooked and passed over, he envies that the spotlight is shown upon those he considers lesser and rails against the fact that he is little more than an over glorified delivery boy.

History:

Part of a now-defunct sub-project of Myrmidon, Pelorus was the result of Project Spartoi, an attempt to create genetically enhanced supersoldiers that was shut down when Dr. Park's demonstration that kaiju DNA could successfully be incorporated into human cells allowed him to commandeer all of CETM's genetic research resources. Created to fight kaiju, Pelorus hung on to any opportunity stay at CETM, initially hoping that his enhanced reflexes and endurance would allow him to pilot the Colossi, but Dr. McCulloch disliked his personality and chose other pilot candidates instead. In the end, he was given the task of piloting the Pegasus, a transport jet capable of carrying monster-sized items as needed from Myrmidon's Achilles carrier to the combatant Titans and Colossi.

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Support Staff

Cuffman, Cal

Name: Calvin "Cal" Cuffman
Position: CETM Support Forces, Medical Division
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Nationality: Irish
Personality:

Tired and unassuming, but with a dogged determination to survive. Cal has dragged himself and others out of the jaws of death on many occasions, and he will continue to fight, no matter the odds.

History:

A soldier of Project Myrmidon in the early days of the CETM, Cal was put out of commission by an alien attack that caused him to lose both his legs. Afterwards, he began medical training out of both personal interest and as a way to contribute to the war effort.

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Shi, YuanXue

Name: Dr. Shi, YuanXue "Yannick"
Position: CETM Support Forces, Psychiatry Division
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Nationality: Chinese-American
Personality:

Reluctant, non-committal, overwhelmed. Dr. Shi has been tasked with psychologically profiling and providing emotional support to CETM's combatants, a seemingly monumental and absurd task, which he will tackle as part of his job, but his perceived odds of success can be plainly seen on his face. Given that some kaiju in the past have also shown an ability to control minds, he worries if he will be the first to be manipulated.

History:

Dr. Shi is something of an average Joe. He became a psychiatrist and specialized in helping people of the older generation come to terms with the existence of kaiju, while helping children traumatized by the Vega alien attack. His work around The Bay earned him a place at CETM, who had, much to his horror, recruited (or created) many young people to be combatants.

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Omniac

Name: Omniac
Position: CETM Information Network's SSS-Class Artificial Intelligence Administrator
Gender: Non-gender, Male
Age: 50
Personality:

Utilitarian, pedantic, restricted. Development of the city-wide supercomputer known as Omniac, the brainchild of a collaboration between several Silicon Valley based tech companies, began long before the arrival of Hyper Man, but has been commandeered by CETM to run the fortress city of The Bay. Over time, it has developed a human-like sentience, and has been given a physical, mechanical but human-like body with which to interface with humans. Though Omniac has massive control over The Bay, he worries what his creators will do to him if he makes a mistake or oversteps his authority.

History:

Omniac was originally created as the Internet 2.0, using AI as the underlying infrastructure, but when Silicon Valley was destroyed along with much of the physical components that Omniac depended on to run, it fled into the web like a rogue, AI virus, but was tracked down by CETM and put to work.

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Apotheosis of the Leviathan (a 1x1 mecha kaiju mashup RP between Stern Algorithm and OliveYou)

Setting:

In the year 2095, an alien spacecraft was discovered crashed deep in the Mariana Trench, and an international team of scientists started studying it. One major detail they noticed immediately is that the ship seemed to be designed for something much larger than humans. They deciphered the alien language and began to learn how to operate the oversized machinery, specifically the ship's computer.

Over the years, they unlocked access to more and more of the ship until in 2100, they found a sealed chamber which, clues indicated, housed the ship's owner. Unfortunately, upon opening the chamber, it was revealed that it was a stasis chamber; the ship's owner locked itself inside in an effort to trap itself with another large, hostile alien entity. Freed from stasis, the hostile alien, later dubbed the Vega alien, escaped the ship and headed east. The ship's owner, later dubbed 'Hyper Man', had been mortally wounded by the Vega alien and communicated telepathically with one of the scientists, merging with him. The scientist became Hyper Man's vessel, gaining the ability to grow to giant size and inheriting Hyper Man's powers. He flew to pursue the Vega alien, who had begun laying waste to California's Bay Area. Hyper Man successfully defeated and subdued the alien.

Hyper Man explained that his species, the Hyperians, observe, study, and protect budding civilizations like our own. His ship had a 'civilization dampener' that hid humanity's presence from the attention of hostile space monsters. Unfortunately, in the Vega alien's escape, the civilization dampener was destroyed, and humanity must now prepare for the continuous and relentless arrival of such space monsters. In response to this, the world government created a task force, CETM, the Committee for Extraterrestrial Threat Management, to develop ways to counter such attacks, headed by some of the world's brightest (and most eccentric) minds. CETM was established in the ruins of The Bay, and the Hyperian ship was moved there as well. The Bay was transformed into a battleground, using the ship as a beacon to attract monsters to that location.

Four branches, known as 'Projects' were developed and named after Greek Myth.

• Project Olympian - The CETM project dedicated to supporting Hyper Man (and later, Hyper Man X).
• Project Titan - The CETM project dedicated to controlling, utilizing, and studying kaiju
• Project Colossus - The CETM project developing mecha.
• Project Myrmidon - The CETM project utilizing existing military capabilities, intended to provide support to the other projects.

The year is now 2120, two decades since the Vega catastrophe. Hyper Man and Hyper Man X have been mankind's protecter for twenty years against sporadic monster attacks, but Project Titan and Project Colossus are ready to unveil their prototypes. Monster and machine, crafted and controlled by man. Will they live up to Hyper Man's legacy? Will humanity learn to protect itself? Or will they realize their insignificance in the face of cosmic horrors? Will they learn where the aliens originate and why they're attacking? How far is mankind willing to go to protect itself?

the Alliance of Liberty City

Dr. Eileen Fang

@Omega Man @Crimson Flame

"Deputized? Tch! I don't need no seal of approval from no pig, a 'Superpig', no less," Eileen thought quietly to herself, but Little Guy brought up a good point, Eileen needed legitimacy to enact her plans. But more pressing than that, she had certainly committed vandalism and breaking and entering when she came into this office building, and she didn't want to get caught or fined for property damage. Eileen quietly slunk out of the building and took a twisting route through some alleys before arriving at the parking lot where her car was. Taking off her mask and returning the walking drone carrier back into her car's trunk, Eileen sat in the driver's seat to carry on her conversation with the other two heroes.

As Son of Liberty leapt out of the bank carrying Spellbound, Eileen commanded the drone to latch onto Spellbound's cape. When they stopped, the drone detached and made itself known, so as not to eavesdrop in secret. Eileen didn't want to lose this opportunity to interact with other heroes, especially ones as green as herself. The younger they were and the less entrenched they were with the status quo, the easier they could be shown what was wrong with the world and convinced to do something about it.

At Son of Liberty's question, Eileen decided to be honest, speaking through her drone, "I'm not gonna lie, I am skeptical of the government. But as hero hopefuls, I understand the need to operate with legitimacy, through the proper channels, and in concert with law enforcement. I'll look up this 'Supercop', but maybe we can apply together? Maybe even form a team? Even though I'm a woman of science, I do think that destiny has put us together." While this last bit was maybe a little sappy, magic was real, and Eileen was not so arrogant as to ignore its potential power even if she didn't yet understand it.