Mephite
Character
Name: Mephite
Faction: The Underworld
Rank: Mercenary/Bodyguard/Bounty Hunter
Species: Shard
Age: 184 standard years
P.O.B: Orax
Sex: N/A (Masculine programming)
Height: 1.96 m (IG-86 droid body)
Weight: 140 kg
Eyes: Red photoreceptors
Hair: N/A
Skin: N/A
Force Sensitivity: No
Strengths:
-Combat programming (versed in many weapons and tactics).
-Mechanical strength and reflexes.
-Photoreceptors allow senses in almost all environments. (Except for electronic interference)
Weaknesses:
-Electromagnetic pulses. (can disable droid shell)
-Electrical discharges. (small amounts cause seizure of limbs, larger can disable shell entirely)
-Longer term submersion in liquid. (rain doesn't cause damage to droid)
Biography:
Mephite is a Shard who grew into existence 184 years ago. It was forcibly harvested by a Twi’lek seeking to power her war machine. She thought the Shards she’d gathered would give greater power.
Things went wrong during a test and the weapon exploded. Only one Shard survived. This female was still set on revenge against her old owner. This Hutt would pay for his cruelties towards her.
She placed the Shard in an IG-86 sentinel droid. If one plan didn’t work another would. Her new IG-86 would eliminate the Hutt. He'd join as a bodyguard then murder the slug once he'd gained it's confidence
Groups of Shards have a collective mind. But they develop personalities when separated. This one did too with some of the droid’s programming. It took on a masculine persona like it’s shell and things didn't go as planned.
‘He’ desired revenge on his colony’s killer. The droid’s program wouldn’t let him kill the owner. Fate worked against her again only a week later. She was killed in a fight from a dispute.
The ‘creator’ was trying to supply her ship. She would’ve returned to Nal Hutta to enact her plan. Instead the Shard was free. He decided to indulge the awareness of sensation.
He explored Orax for a time. Meeting with human colonists made him realize he needed a name. He called himself ‘Mephite’. It’d been a Jedi crystal he’d heard of in stories.
It wasn’t enough for the growing curiosity he had. Mephite returned to the creator’s ship. He decided to find out if the stories were true. Off the Shard went into the Outer Rim.
Mephite explored any place he could to satisfy his curiosity. He came to know much about life. One fact was that credits mattered. He needed them to maintain his shell and shuttle.
It was easy to follow the IG-86’s programming. Fulfill contracts of any kind for credits. Life was cheap and contracts plentiful, Soft hearts had no place on the fringes of civilization.
The Outer Rim occupied him for several years. Mephite grew bored and moved on. He drifted towards the Galactic Core. The One Sith still ruled at this time but their grasp was slipping.
It didn’t matter, his alloy hands were already bloodstained. Kill to live, live to kill. The One Sith would provide plenty of work for him. Mephite could maintain his shell for decades and continue his journey of discovery.
The Dark Lord was dead before he could reach Courscant. The core was chaos and his plans were ruined. Yet he could live for millennia so he was patient. This is where his story pick up.
Faction: The Underworld
Rank: Mercenary/Bodyguard/Bounty Hunter
Species: Shard
Age: 184 standard years
P.O.B: Orax
Sex: N/A (Masculine programming)
Height: 1.96 m (IG-86 droid body)
Weight: 140 kg
Eyes: Red photoreceptors
Hair: N/A
Skin: N/A
Force Sensitivity: No
Strengths:
-Combat programming (versed in many weapons and tactics).
-Mechanical strength and reflexes.
-Photoreceptors allow senses in almost all environments. (Except for electronic interference)
Weaknesses:
-Electromagnetic pulses. (can disable droid shell)
-Electrical discharges. (small amounts cause seizure of limbs, larger can disable shell entirely)
-Longer term submersion in liquid. (rain doesn't cause damage to droid)
Biography:
Mephite is a Shard who grew into existence 184 years ago. It was forcibly harvested by a Twi’lek seeking to power her war machine. She thought the Shards she’d gathered would give greater power.
Things went wrong during a test and the weapon exploded. Only one Shard survived. This female was still set on revenge against her old owner. This Hutt would pay for his cruelties towards her.
She placed the Shard in an IG-86 sentinel droid. If one plan didn’t work another would. Her new IG-86 would eliminate the Hutt. He'd join as a bodyguard then murder the slug once he'd gained it's confidence
Groups of Shards have a collective mind. But they develop personalities when separated. This one did too with some of the droid’s programming. It took on a masculine persona like it’s shell and things didn't go as planned.
‘He’ desired revenge on his colony’s killer. The droid’s program wouldn’t let him kill the owner. Fate worked against her again only a week later. She was killed in a fight from a dispute.
The ‘creator’ was trying to supply her ship. She would’ve returned to Nal Hutta to enact her plan. Instead the Shard was free. He decided to indulge the awareness of sensation.
He explored Orax for a time. Meeting with human colonists made him realize he needed a name. He called himself ‘Mephite’. It’d been a Jedi crystal he’d heard of in stories.
It wasn’t enough for the growing curiosity he had. Mephite returned to the creator’s ship. He decided to find out if the stories were true. Off the Shard went into the Outer Rim.
Mephite explored any place he could to satisfy his curiosity. He came to know much about life. One fact was that credits mattered. He needed them to maintain his shell and shuttle.
It was easy to follow the IG-86’s programming. Fulfill contracts of any kind for credits. Life was cheap and contracts plentiful, Soft hearts had no place on the fringes of civilization.
The Outer Rim occupied him for several years. Mephite grew bored and moved on. He drifted towards the Galactic Core. The One Sith still ruled at this time but their grasp was slipping.
It didn’t matter, his alloy hands were already bloodstained. Kill to live, live to kill. The One Sith would provide plenty of work for him. Mephite could maintain his shell for decades and continue his journey of discovery.
The Dark Lord was dead before he could reach Courscant. The core was chaos and his plans were ruined. Yet he could live for millennia so he was patient. This is where his story pick up.