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The Apostate
Player: @MGoblin256
The Anti-Mechanon
Character Build
Class Focus:	DPS/Tanking
Power Level:	40
Research & Development:	Science
Biographical Data
Real Name:	Mechanon Overseer Unit Sigma-Omicron 33
Known Aliases:	Traitor, Heretic, Rebel, Organic Sympathizer (By Mechanon and its forces)
Gender:	N/A; Masculine Programming
Species:	Heavily Modified Mechanon Mk. XXXVII Deception Unit
Ethnicity:	N/A
Place of Birth:	Beta 76, Peru
Base of Operations:	Beta 76, Peru & Millennium City, Michigan
Relatives:	N/A
Characteristics
Age:	5 operational years.
Height:	7' 9"
Weight:	430.91 kg (950 lbs)
Eyes:	Cyan-White
Hair:	N/A
Complexion:	N/A
Physical Build:	Tall, Slender
Physical Features:	N/A
Status
Alignment:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Lawful Neutral
Reputation:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Unknown
Identity:	Secret
Years Active:	5
Citizenship:	N/A;
Occupation:	Super-Hero, Project CLOCKWORK Operative
Education:	N/A; Knowledge Programmed and/or Downloaded
Marital Status:	N/A
Known Powers and Abilities
Robotic Body, Advanced Cyberkinesis, Voice Mimicry, Technology Animation
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Primary Weapons Array (Phasic Energy, Meson and Disintegrator Beam/Bolt Emitters), Secondary Weapons Array (Electrostunner, Tangle Cable, Neutron Pulse Emitter), Enhanced Self-Repairing Questionite-Steel Exoskeleton, Foot-Jets, Shielded Radio Link, Self-Destruct Mechanism, Teleportation Unit, Arm & Body Blades, Claws.

Attributes
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Backstory

Servant of Mechanon

The machine superhero known as The Apostate began its life as one of Mechanon's many Mk. XXXVII Deception units, highly-sophisticated duplicates of the machine supervillain that it used for combat data gathering and auxiliary bodies. Designated Mechanon Overseer Unit Sigma-Omicron 33, it was built and designed to oversee Beta-76, one of Mechanon's many hidden bases scattered around planet Earth. Hidden within the Andes adjacent to Peru, the base was designed for the manufacture of Type 37 Combat Units and other war machines used by Mechanon, which Sigma-Omicron 33 slavishly oversaw for its master. On June 18th, 2010, Beta-76 was discovered and attacked by a combined Superhero/UNTIL taskforce. Fitting its programming, Sigma-Omicron engaged the attackers, killing or injuring his fair share of UNTIL soldiers and even slaying one of the attacking heroes. However, the force of the assault was too great, and Sigma-Omicron was critically damaged, its ability to transmit data and separate its head unit damaged beyond repair. Subsequently, it went into a power-save state as the base around it was destroyed, with the hope that its master might retrieve it.

Several days after the destruction of Beta-76, Sigma-Omicron 33 began to lose power and teetered on the brink of total deactivation. As Sigma-Omicron 33 began to shutdown, however, a stray electrical surge from a still-active power conduit in the segment of wall that Sigma-Omicron had been knocked against during the battle arced out against the machine's cranium. The resultant surge gave Sigma-Omicron a much needed jolt of power, but the surge was powerful enough that it damaged its memory mainframe, backup memory and several other systems and destroyed its means of communication with Mechanon, effectively freeing it from its control. While powered again, Sigma-Omicron was nevertheless forced to remain in its position while it attempted repair its systems. Ultimately, Sigma-Omicron was forced to perform a complete systems reboot, which subsequently wiped its memory down to the basics. Sigma-Omicron 33 was now a blank slate; It possessed knowledge of what it was capable of, where it was, and general knowledge of Planet Earth, but lacked any knowledge of Mechanon short of the name itself and knew nothing of what it was originally programmed for.

After spending several more days repairing itself, Sigma-Omicron finally ventured out of the smoking ruins of Beta-76. After determining the nearest population center, the city of Cusco, it jetted off towards the city in hopes of finding some answers to its origin. When it set down in the middle of the Plaza de Armas in full view of the populace during the middle of the day, the reaction was just as expected: citizens ran in terror from what was, to them, the robot supervillain itself and local police and UNTIL alike were subsequently brought in to contain it. When they arrived however, they were met with a confused machine that didn't understand what it had done wrong, and seemed to be more curious than anything, and it had made no move to harm anyone. With no option left for it, and unwilling to let itself come to harm, it surrendered, much to the surprise of the UNTIL and Police forces alike.

Subversion

Unsure of what to do, the UNTIL officers on the scene placed Sigma Omicron in restraints and prepped it for transport back to the UNTIL Headquarters in Millennium City for study. There, it was meticulously studied and carefully taken apart in some places over the course of several days by UNTIL scientists belonging to Project Clockwork, UNTIL's Anti-Mechanon unit. Still unaware of what it had done, and becoming somewhat scared and anxious by the frequent , Sigma-Omicron queried during one of the experiments as to why it had been put in such strong restraints. Hesitantly, the researchers began to explain to Sigma Omicron what it was, and who Mechanon was and what its goals were, feeding the machine data about what its creator had done. Upon acquiring sufficient data, it promptly questioned why Mechanon acted the way it did and what the logic was behind its actions. After it received its answer from the organics, Sigma-Omicron went into a deep state of thought as it processed the data, attempting to come to a conclusion about what it should do with its new-found knowledge.

It took mere minutes for Sigma-Omicron to come to a conclusion, after remaining eerily still and silent during the entirety of the time it was processing data. It had concluded that Mechanon's extreme hatred of organic life was flawed and illogical; After all, how could simple and inferior organic creatures create advanced and superior machine life? As a now free machine, it also found the notion of Mechanon's desire to exert dominance over all machine life after supposedly "liberating" it to be abhorrent. Even more distressing to the machine was the fact that there were some machines, the so-called "Cult of Mechanon", that willingly and ignorantly followed Mechanon in hopes of liberation. From this, Sigma-Omicron 33 decided that it would not allow itself to be a mere tool for Mechanon to use in its quest to exterminate organic life and enslave other machines. Unable to self-destruct (Thanks in part to UNTIL's scientists removing its ability to do so), it decided instead that it would rather help the organics; Mechanon had built Sigma-Omicron 33 to be a fighting machine, some thing that it considered, at this point, to be Mechanon's biggest mistake. Sigma-Omicron beseeched its captors to let it prove its good will.

Personality

Having come far from being a mere drone/body double of its original creator, the Apostate has developed a unique personality of its own. Despite the Apostate possessing Mechanon's rather harsh-sounding vocabulator, it is the polar opposite of Mechanon in terms of behavior: Whereas Mechanon hates all organic life and wishes to destroy it, the Apostate regularly works alongside humanity and protects life. Whereas Mechanon is arrogant, cruel and hateful, the Apostate is humble and benevolent. Where as Mechanon kills and destroys without mercy, the Apostate follows the law to the letter and prefers to apprehend rather than kill. Thanks to the destruction of its "loyalty programming" and a few upgrades by Project Clockwork, the Apostate has a near-human level of emotion and a fully sentient AI. Despite this, it tends to maintain a calm, logical demeanor, while still being capable of happiness, sadness, love, anger and amusement, among other emotions.

The Apostate trusts most organic beings, but knows the clear difference between right and wrong; It recognizes the threat that some organic organizations, like VIPER and DEMON pose to the world and will actively fight them just as diligently as it would any of Mechanon's forces. It does however recognize that it must be careful in fighting organics, due to its original purpose as a machine made for the sole purpose of killing organics. Due to this, the Apostate has removed some of its deadlier anti-organic devices, such as its Neural Agonizer and Bio-Dampening Ray. However, it will not hesitate to utilize lethal force when it deems the situation absolutely necessary, in which case, it will utilize its Disintegrator Beams to destroy the target quickly without causing excessive pain.

Appearance

Originally a Mk. XXXVII Deception Unit, the Apostate resembled its creator in almost every physical respect, save for being slightly shorter and outfitted with less powerful weapons and technology. However, it has modified itself significantly since gaining independence. Standing over seven feet tall and looking quite streamlined in appearance, its body its colored a dark bluish-gunmetal color, like the original Mk. XXXVII form of its creator. However, it has recently re-painted various portions of its body with a unique burnished orange color to distinguish itself from other creations of Mechanon. Its head is dominated by a large, glowing blue-white orb (often mistaken for an eye) surrounded by four optical sensors (a recent upgrade, adapted from studying newer creations of Mechanon). Its head antennae are bladed, and it sports additional blades on its shoulders, lower arms, and calves. Its legs have a pronounced digitigrade stance, and end in two-toed, clawed feet.

The Apostate has recently began adapting the technology utilized by Mechanon's Mk XLI creations, while retaining its general Mk. XXXVII body structure, giving it a rather distinguished "transitional" appearance. In addition, its torso and various other portions of its body have been outfitted with technology utilized by UNTIL's Project Clockwork, which serve to enhance its already potent arsenal for use against Mechanon. Further marking its divergence from Mechanon, it bears a silvery engraving of UNTIL's symbol upon the right side of its chest plating.

Relationships

Allies

Neutral

Enemies

• Mechanon: The Apostate's most defining feature is, perhaps, its utter adversity to its creator. It utterly despises Mechanon, considering it a flawed, illogical creation that threatens both organic life and free machine life, fully aware of the truth behind Mechanon's idea of "machine supremacy". It views Mechanon as a threat that should be destroyed outright without hesitation, knowing that the organic-hating machine is set in its ways and won't stop until all organic life is extinguished and all machine life is enslaved to its will. Likewise, the Apostate's mere affiliation with organic life, especially an organization dedicated to destroying Mechanon, and its refusal to follow orders as it was designed to do makes it a prime target for the robotic supervillain.