YoshiSkittlez

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

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@Annasiel

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Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

Played by Sypherkhode822

<Name:/> Katerina Wythburn
<Nickname(s):/> Kat
<Gender:/> Lady
<Age:/> 27

<Occupation:/> BoD
<District:/> all of them 17

<Height:/> 5' 10"
<Weight:/> 130

<Appearance:/>
An attractive dark skinned woman with short hair cut in an A-Line bob, Kat has tattoos of stylistic blue dragons running up and down her arms, with another tattoo of a sunflower transforming into a nuclear explosion on her back. She is physically fit, with a well toned body and callused hands. She has scars all over her body. Her left eye is a brilliant blue, compared to her natural brown, the most noticeable cybernetic enhancement. The tips of her fingers can dilate to open up in pinprick holes. Kat wears a tan trenchcoat over her DoP armor, which is horribly scarred and damaged. She carries more weaponry than a BoD agent should or a gang member could afford. Most of it is hidden from view, though its always within easy reach for her. http://cache28.fansshare.com/photograph/hairstylesforwomen/black-bob-short-hairstyles-for-black-women-73554716.jpg for facial features Her armor is a scarred up version of this https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/6a/5a/39/6a5a396979ad656fc233b966b9cb5248.jpg and she doesn't wear a helmet. Her left eye has the digital overlay thing going on, akin to this http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388187650l/493456.jpg

<Personality:/>
Kat has always been motivated to help others, which has often put her at odds with the establishment, especially since she doesn't care much for the other BoDs. She's been on the beat long enough to know that her actions won't turn around this city single handily, and has become rather paranoid concerning her personal safety, a few of the death threats she's received have been acted on. Despite this, Kat believes the best in people, and thinks that if she only inspires a few others to become better people, she will have lived a life well spent. She has a good sense of humor, and when she isn't on duty, she's a good person to be around.

<Biography:/>
Born and raised in the 4th district by her lawyer mother and surgeon father, Kat was raised in a life of privilege. However, Kat has always been aware of the poverty and desperate conditions most of the city lives in, because her mother would often moonlight for pro bono cases with people in the 17th district. As Kat became older, she decided that she wanted to pursue a career that would be able to help the people in the Beta districts. Idealistically thinking of the BoDs as a white knight order that works to stop the filth of the city from taking over, Kat became top of her class in the training school, and requested upon graduation to be sent to one of the most crime ridden districts in the city. Thinking that she would come around to their thinking sooner or later, her superiors decided to indulge her, and sent her to district 17. When she was scorned by the police department, who thought her as a rich kid slumming it in the Beta district for a while, before growing bored and returning to her idle life, Kat began to bust street gangs on her own, eventually renting out an apartment in the District, as she spent so much time there anyways. Kat is viewed by most of the people who know her as something of an oddity, a lost soul trying to keep the ancient traditions of chivalry and Bushido alive in the morally depraved city. Looked at with scorn by her other BoD peers for actually doing the job they're supposed to do, confused pity by her old friends, who think she's crazy to want to spend time in the Beta districts, complete hatred by the gangs she fights daily, grudging respect tempered by dislike by the police department whom she is supposed to work with, Kat hasn't made many friends in high places recently. She's not doing it for them, though.

<Other:/>
Kat has several, incredibly expensive and well done cybernetic implants, all done by her father. The first is the cybernetic eye, which can filter light through nearly all wavelengths, as well as thermal visioning. Both of her eyes can see in much greater detail than an ordinary human. Her ears can hear a much wider spectrum than most humans, being able to hear ultrasonic and infrasonic sound waves. Her reflexes have been altered, so she can now catch a fly in midair if she so desires. All of these abilities she is able to filter on and off, to differing degrees. Her bones have been reinforced with titanium, and her skull is now as strong as a 21st century motorcycle helmet, she's not catching any bullets with it, but if she headbutts something, it'll break before her. She also carries a nano-colony controlled only by her, instructions to the colony are encoded so that they are only accepted by a special neurochemical only Kat can produce. The nano-colony performs constant medical maintenance on Kat, keeping her in peak physical condition and allowing her to recover faster from wounds than normal. She has pinprick openings in her fingers, so she can let the nanobots out of her body and into the outside. Nanobots outside of Kat will perform a similar task, repairing wounds and healing bodies, often not her own. The nanobots also neutralize harmful toxins, so Kat has to drink a lot of alcohol to feel even the slightest buzz.

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

@Sypherkhode822
That works super well! Approved! I'll get her in the Characters Tab here shortly.
Don't take the 'needs picture' thing too seriously, it's for my own OCD sanity :p I can completely understand where you are coming from when creating a character and there just isn't anyone physically that looks like that. I was lucky when I discovered actor Cam Gigandet. I think Mach pointed him out to me cuz all I had was the picture of Deon I use now. Anyway, aside from the scar and stuff, looks a lot like I wanted him to and I was very happy ^.^

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

Welp, I can only speak for myself as co-GM @Sypherkhode822 but I think the CS is fantastic. As Yoshi said, once you add a pic, I can say with confidence that it's accepted!

And also, thank you much for the compliment!

@Ghost Shadow

@Sypherkhode822 ^ That

Also, what brobot? The wolf-puppy-bot-thing?

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

@YoshiSkittlez Lol, sure. That's a pretty good pic for Vander.

Also, dayum, lots of iinterest while I was sleeping!

@Mach2

Sleep is for the weak! You work again today? Better yet, you got a skype yet? I can add you in on mine and Ghost's discussions for GMing purposes :)

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

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Yes! That's exactly what I was going for.

@Howling Winds of Doom

That will be fine :) type away!

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

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Fair enough. XD I wasn't here!

Character is a cybernetic tinkering type. He supplies the Beta Zone and has contact throughout this zone. His cybernetics are not of Alpha zone quality, but he does as best he can. He may or may not have connections within Alpha Zone, but he keeps this a secret. He does however, offer installation services as well...for an extra fee.

Does this idea work will it fit?

@Howling Winds of Doom

So like an unofficial doctor(ish) type of person who deals with mechanical implants in the human body in Zone Beta? Probably works with unofficial calibrations and installations to those who don't want a hospital record or what-have-you? You can totally let me know if I misunderstood that lol.

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

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Regardless of being puppets, I'm sure attaining governorship comes with its own perks and prestige. I'll be making my character one of their spoiled children, trust fund and all. I'll likely have a CS tonight.

@The Red Zephyr

Sounds good. We can go over more specifics then :)

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

Played by Ghost Shadow

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<Unit Identification:/> K-9 Mk. 1
<Preferred Designation:/> CERBERUS
<Gender:/> N/A - Male programming and identity
<Age:/> 3

<Occupation:/> N/A - Prototype Artificial Intelligence
<District:/> 4 (Created)

<Height:/> Three-and-a-half feet at the shoulder, and six-and-a-half feet in length
<Weight:/> 203.5lb

<Appearance:/>

Opening Sub-Folder: CERBERUS

Opening Sub-Folder: CERBERUS - Combat Mode

<Personality:/>
Gifted with an advanced intellect and artificial intelligence, Cerberus is considered one of the first "fully-sentient" machines ever to be created in New Ancora. With his advanced intelligence, Cerberus is capable of utilizing logic, reason, and independent thought, allowing him to solely complete many individual tasks that other machines would be unable to without human assistance.

Created with an AI system somewhat modeled after the human brain (thanks to New Ancora's own Katherine Saunders) Cerberus is capable of comprehending, or at least mimicking certain human emotions; such as curiosity, sarcasm, fondness, affinity, and learning capacity.

Cerberus often questions the need to fight, especially if it means killing; citing that he "lacks brutality." It is possible that this is a chosen trait by Cerberus, rather than a simple programming defect, as he is shown to posses compassion and concern for others, despite what he had said. This is partly why the K-9 Program was deemed a failure, as Cerberus lacked the drive or will to cause necessary casualties to complete missions.

Cerberus is incredibly well-educated in human psychology, philosophy, and history, having archived many Extranet sites on the topics. Though, despite his knowledge, Cerberus does not seem to fully comprehend certain figures of speech; such as metaphors, hyperboles, understatements, or similes.

Lastly, though he is a highly advanced synthetic, Cerberus's programming does grants him dog-like behavioral tendencies as well, such as a fondness for climbing on furniture, showing specific affinity towards a single human individual, acting in fright when someone steps on his tail, or simply lounging about when inactive, amongst other behavioral traits.

<Equipment:/>
Due to being built more for reconnaissance and scouting purposes, Cerberus lacks the heavy weaponry found in more front-line units. For range, Cerberus is equipped with a variety of spring-loaded high-frequency knives, superheated to the point they can sear through metal. For melee purposes, Cerberus' body is equipped with knife-like blades attached to the underside of each leg, blade-like claws, and sharp canine teeth that make him extremely deadly up-close. Lastly, Cerberus' tail can function as a weapon in itself, should the need call for it.

Combat aside, Cerberus is capable of picking up and playing various radio systems, and comes with an audio-playback feature that allows him to record and replay any audio he was currently present for.

<Biography:/>
To say Cerberus's creation was a secret is a disputable claim. For many years there have been rumors of the New Ancoran government beginning to prioritize the creation of fully-functioning, fully-sentient AI, though for many years these rumors remained only that. The K-9 Mk. 1 Unit was created 3 years ago to serve as a combat and reconnaissance unit aiding the New Ancoran Police Department and Bureau of Defense. By impermissibly using design schematics and neuro-AI software developed by Katherine Saunders, a science and robotics development team led by Doctors William Mars and Johann Clark proceeded with the construction of Cerberus, first implanting the software into a standard platform for training purposes.

Initially, Cerberus passed all expectations, not only displaying self-awareness, but a vast amount of intelligence and logical reasoning, as well as the ability to converse freely with the scientists when supplied with a vocabulator program. Transferred to its current, more advanced platform, Cerberus was then assigned basic training field work involving mock scenarios and scripts. However, issues began to spring up when Cerberus began questioning the need to take orders, the need to follow missions and kill whoever it (or "he" by its own designation) was ordered to. This caused a series of attempted revamps and memory wipes, though the science team soon discovered that Cerberus's own memory was as resilient as a human mind, and thus could not be erased so easily.

This caused Cerberus himself to become misanthropic and cynical in his views of humanity, being subject to their cruelty influenced by scientific discovery. Yet this all changed the day Cerberus was introduced to Dr. Mars's own teenage daughter, River, who suffered from chronic, debilitating depression. Dr. Mars felt it suitable that she have a companion, and dubbed Cerberus an informal therapy assistant.

Though initially finding the work demeaning, Cerberus soon grew close to River, a constant companion to talk about anything with. The two formed an incredibly close bond that went beyond simply human-and-machine. Cerberus believed that he was helping guide River back from the brink of depression and giving her hope again -- but even he could only do so much.

One fateful day, after one of their many visits, when River was preparing to leave for the evening, she gave Cerberus an incredibly heartfelt goodbye - as though she were going away for some time. Cerberus was perplexed but thought nothing of the matter, simply bidding her a "Good night." And an, "Again tomorrow." She said nothing, simply leaving with a tear rolling down her cheek.

That very next day, before the sun had even risen, Cerberus received the news that River Mars had committed suicide by overdose of medication late the night before.

Devastated, and with no one to blame, to hold responsible, Dr. Mars held Cerberus solely accountable for his daughter's suicide and, as punishment, began putting him through an intensive series of impossible scenarios, forcing him to constantly fail time after time after time until Cerberus believed himself to be a complete failure of the K-9 process.

Content that he had translated all his own self-loathing and hatred into Cerberus, Dr. Mars let the AI be, and resigned to drown in his own sorrow.

Cerberus remained active during this time, though never participated in any more tests or scenarios, instead being used to patrol the science facility by the remaining scientists there.

With no designated master and a free will, Cerberus, upon accessing his memory banks recalled mention of one 'Katherine Saunders' having been the one to create his AI unit. Deciding to go find her, Cerberus fled the science facility in search of her, leaving no trace behind as to his whereabouts.

<Other:/>
Due to Cerberus's AI being comparable to that of a human brain's, he is capable of suffering from the robot equivalent of dreams and 'nightmares', periods where his fondest and worst memories replay themselves rapidly while he's in a resting stand-by mode. During these times, he will typically go sit by himself to ponder for a few hours before attempting to enter standby mode once more. Cerberus also appears to hold the memory of River Mars close to him, and any mention of her will prompt a unique reaction from him, though he will never explain why.

Incarceron [Sandbox Cyberpunk]

Cyberpunk rp? Where have you been all my life? Throwing up a CS for this definitely!

@Howling Winds of Doom

Haha this is actually a re-vamp of an RP that Ghost, Mach and I were in over a year ago. Where were you THEN? XD

@Ghost Shadow I'm only saying this here for official reasons (lol) but yeah, robo-pup is accepted and I'll toss him into the Character Thread :) Just let me know when you find that theme song (I recommend Technologic by Daft Punk... but you and your instrumentals... -shakes fist-)

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So it's more akin to a dictatorship, without the illusion of democracy? When you say "below him" would that include any kind of legislative process besides "President writes a law and it happens"? I'd rather not play from the President's lineage because I want the character's father to die early on. I'm not trying to be difficult; I just want to know my options.

@The Red Zephyr

Okay so District 0 would hold the majority of the political fields; the Government acting like a "Big Brother" in that what the President says, goes, however each District in Zone Alpha DOES have it's own Governor, however it is kind of known that they are more puppets than anything, simply placed within the respected District to give some sort of semblance that there is control. It's a dictatorship disguised as a Republic. Zone Beta also has Governors but there's only 1 for every 3 Districts (10, 12 and 13 being governed by one man, for example).