John Locke
V U L K A N
[SIZE=9pt]Intent[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: To create a trusted researcher for RP involving Locke and Key Mechanics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Image Credit[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]40K Wiki[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Role[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: A trusted researcher who works at Locke and Key Mechanics on their more advanced research projects.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Links:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Locke and Key Mechanics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]John Locke[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Fenris[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Age[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: 62[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Force Sensitivity: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Non-Force User[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Species[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Human[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Appearance: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]He now stands at little over 2 meters tall, a metallic phrik body a striking and unique characteristic of the man mostly concealed by the cloak that he normally wears to cover himself and prevent others from being shocked and disturbed by the sight of his body. Under the cloak, he looks much like an insect, a carapace extending out behind him supporting multiple legs, the better to provide a more stable base. From the front of this carapace, a long segmented body stretches up to a height of 2.5m topped by a hard carapace to protect Ivan’s brain and processing systems. Multiple limbs and tools extend from the back of Ivan’s body, from manipulators to a plasma torch, effectively making the man a walking astromech droid on a giant scale.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Name[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Ivan Kuznetsov[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Loyalties[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Science! And provisionally to Locke and Key Mechanics as they let him research.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Wealth[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Moderately. For much of his life Ivan worked as a cyberneticist in the underworld of Constine City, providing gangs and criminals with the cybernetics and upgrades as well as the technology they needed to function in their various activities. He has amassed a small fortune from them which he then spent on his research and upgrades for himself. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Notable Possessions[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: None really.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Skills: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Engineering[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Research[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Invention[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Repairing machinery and electronics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Cybernetics[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Personality: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Ivan is driven by one passion above all others, the pursuit of science, it is his overarching goal and all of his other actions always feed into that. He is willing to do anything, to cross any boundary he must to further his research. To those that he feels can help him he is accepting if a little sarcastic. To those who he has no use for in the pursuit of science, even if they’re clients or other important personages he is dismissive and acerbic. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Weapon of Choice[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Blasters, Cybernetic limbs[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Combat Function[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Ivan isn’t a combatant, preferring to allow the droids and biots around him to fight in his place, to cover him while he retreats. When forced into combat he will make use of the defences inherent in his body to close with an opponent, seeking to use his greater strength and number of limbs to overwhelm them.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Genius - No-one who has met him can deny that Ivan is a genius, capable of creating inventions and technologies that can rival anything in the galaxy. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Technology trumps flesh - This is the belief by which Ivan lives, and he is the epitome of it, replacing all of his body with cold metal and electronics. Only his brain remains until he is able to successfully upload that to secure storage, completing his transformation into a machine. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Tools galore - Sprouting from his back are a cacophony of tools and appendages, Ivan has every tool he needs literally at his fingertips. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Tanky[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] - Ivan's phrik body is able to shrug off most forms of damage, a useful ability for a man who is essentially a coward who would prefer to run rather than fight.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Limited Genius - Smart he may be, Ivan lacks any kind of social skills at all, taken out of his comfort zone he is unsure, unable to deal with a situation and will often run back to the comfort of what he knows.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Stealth, Pah - Given Ivan’s size and unique body, there is no option for him to hide, no ability for him to remain stealthy. When he enters a room, you’ll know. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]EMP[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] - Given that his body was mostly built in a backroom workshop Ivan lacked access to many of the technologies that could be used to protect his body from EMP or Ion attacks. He did manage to get a hold of a Lornal Implant that can protect him from surves cause by these attacks, but if used against him Ivan is left to wait immobile for his body to reset[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Ivan’s story started off so similarly to the countless other stories of countless other youths from his neighbourhood in Constine City. To the youths there was only really one way out of the poverty that surrounded them in the slums of the city, precious few could drag themselves up through hard work and Ivan was not one of these, to him as with so many of his friends the only option left was to turn to the gangs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Ivan wasn’t a fighter, wasn’t much use a thief or a lookout, he was too easily distracted by his thoughts or by an observation on the world around him. Normally a gang would relegate him to fodder, just a drone to be used up till they were dead, but there was something about the boy. While he might not have been good at being a thug, an enforcer but give the gangly awkward boy a piece of electronics, any piece of electronics, and he could make it dance. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Drones, cybernetics, data storage security systems. All fell before his dancing fingers. In his own way, Ivan started to climb the ranks of the gang. He may not have had any power, the ability to order people around, but there were less and less of the gang that would dare order him around. Ivan had become a protected man. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Of course, not everything was smooth sailing for Ivan, his growing importance in the gang made him a target for the competition, and while he survived his first assassination attempt it wasn’t without a cost, his first prosthetic. While he was provided with a basic prosthetic arm to replace the arm lost in the assassination, he couldn’t help but make some adjustments of his own. Adjustments that ended up saving his life with the next attempt, it was around this point that Ivan realised just how useful, how superior to flesh, cybernetics could be. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Slowly over time, he began to replace more and more of his body, even when he didn’t need to, sure that the closer he got to his idea of perfection the safer and more secure he’d be. Only, if he was associated with just one gang, Ivan knew he’d never be safe, the other’s would always be jealous making him a target. Leaving the gangs though, that was difficult to do...unless you found a way to bring down your gang, so that’s what Ivan did.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]It started innocently enough, a proposition, imagine what we could do with enforcers who ere tougher, stronger and more capable, enforcers who were enhanced. It started small, a few cybernetically enhanced troopers, but the program soon expanded as they proved their worth. The Black Ravens, Ivan’s gang, soon rose to supremacy amongst the gangs of Constine City, till they didn’t. Ivan let them extend just far enough before all the cybernetically enhanced enforcers suddenly stopped, their prosthetics either stopping working or the enforcers vanishing into the shadows, their loyalty having previously been secured by Ivan. Without the muscle they had become dependant on the Black Ravens fell, and Ivan could safely dissociate himself from them, setting up as an independent contractor. Any gang that needed his expertise could obtain it for the right price.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]This became Ivan’s life for many years, the shadowy name behind much of the technology used by the gangs, expensive but worth it if you could afford it. And with those funds? He enhanced himself, he conducted research. This might have gone on for the rest of his life except for the arrival of Locke and Key Mechanics on the planet. John heard about the shadowy figure and made it a mission to seek him out, to offer him an opportunity, more resources and capability than Ivan had ever thought he’d have access to, in return for the ability to use his brain, for Ivan to come and work for him. It only took a moment of consideration, a homemade lab against the benefits of an interstellar corporation’s facilities? To the man who lived for his research the choice went without asking.[/SIZE]
