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Senator Armstrong - Senator Armstrong - 03-15-2015
Swapping off Goku, just can't get into the character.
Character name: Senator Steven Armstrong
Character source: Metal Gear Rising
Character history:
[spoiler]Armstrong was born and raised in Texas. Prior to pursuing politics at the national stage, Armstrong played college football for the University of Texas, but joined the United States Navy due to a desire to serve his country, which also sacrificed his chances of going pro. However, although a member of the Navy, he never saw actual combat during his time in the service. By the time of 2018, he maintained his physique and even managed to enhance it further via nanomachines in order to put his strength on par with a cyborg soldier. At some point, he moved to Colorado.
Political career
Armstrong eventually ran for election to the Colorado state senate. One of the initiatives he spearheaded while acting as a Colorado state senator was slashing the state budget, leading to privatization of the police force, and allowing World Marshal to gain control of the Denver Police Department. Armstrong was eventually elected to one of Colorado's seats in the United States Senate.
In 2016, Armstrong delivered a speech to increase his approval ratings, later expressing to his speech writer the belief that people only cared about the spin you put on it, and no longer cared about information control, or even right or wrong. The speech writer warned him that he would appear before a grand jury if his connection to Desperado PMSC was revealed, which Armstrong refuted, given his belief that ordinary citizens could not care less due to believing that money was the only thing that truly mattered. Armstrong also expressed a desire to actually remake America's position as the most powerful nation in the world and reclaim the American Dream, also blithely stating that the Tea Party Movement was not going to succeed due to its unwillingness to make sacrifices, implying that he wanted to bring about another American Revolution, and compared himself to the true Sons of Liberty. Armstrong then dismissed him as he had other matters to attend to, although not before promising to talk to him soon. The conversation was later leaked onto the Internet. That same year, just as was feared by his speechwriter, he was investigated for his ties to World Marshal Inc., the world's largest PMC as well as the largest distributor of cybernetic parts. Despite this, he was still considered a presidential nominee for the 2020 elections, and was even considered to be a "shoo-in."
World Marshal
At some point after his investigation, Armstrong and World Marshal/Desperado took an interest in Samuel Rodrigues' abilities, and arranged for him to arrive at Denver. After Sam managed to defeat a Metal Gear RAY , he then proceeded to invite Sam to the roof via the PA for a "final interview." When Sam boarded an elevator to the roof, he contacted Sam and informed him that he was like him in several respects, despite Sam's insistence that he kill Armstrong for "sacrificing soldiers from his cozy office." He then met with Sam and powered up to his maximum form. While fighting him, he eventually retreated to the top of one of the structures and utilized his abilities to hurl five Hammerhead choppers at Sam, before jumping down and beckoning for him to continue the fight. He later implemented a crimson aura. In the closing of the battle, Armstrong proceeded to block Sam's swordstrike with his right forearm, with Sam overpowering Armstrong. He then tried to use a horizontal slice on the senator, but Armstrong managed to block the blow with both forearms. Chuckling, Armstrong then proceeded to ask Sam if that was the best he has to offer, though Sam knocks him back. Armstrong then got up and then proceeded to grapple Sam, swing him around, and then hurled him at a passing Hammerhead. Sam, however, managed to narrowly avoid passing the rotors, and instead jumped back at Armstrong. Armstrong, seeing Sam coming in fast, proceeded to harden himself for the blow, but Sam managed to use his quick-draw to overpower Armstrong's defenses with two slices. After an intense battle, Sam seemingly was victorious over Armstrong. Armstrong then requested him to join forces so they could end war as a business. Sam considered the idea, but decided to just "take his hand." Sam managed to slice off Armstrong's right hand, the same way he would eventually slice off Raiden's arm, but Armstrong used his nanomachines to turn his wound into a blade and then used it to significantly injure Sam's right arm. After quickly attaching his severed hand back onto his arm, Armstrong proceeded to successfully recruit Sam.
Direct involvement in Desperado activities
Inspection of the Mexican research lab
Two years after the attempted investigation, he also personally inspected a Desperado research lab in Mexico alongside Sundowner, regarding the transportation of children's brains in cyborg head casings before delivering them to World Marshal for the Sears Program, replicating former President George Sears' training of child soldiers in Liberia. He also plotted for Operation Tecumseh, which involved starting a war with Pakistan under false pretenses while President Hamilton is visiting the country with Pakistani President Farooq Salam for peace talks.
Operation Tecumseh
Armstrong secretly headed for Pakistan in order to assassinate President Hamilton and frame Desperado. But the plan changed when Raiden defeated both Sundowner and Sam in Colorado. Instead Armstrong confronted Raiden at the air base with Metal Gear EXCELSUS. He also revealed that, since the fall of SOP and the Patriots, America was hit with a recession, hence he needed to orchestrate a false flag operation to support the war economy to put America back to work again. In addition, although his initial plan was to assassinate the president, he decided instead to have the American base personnel appear to be killed by Pakistani extremists, feeling that would have accomplished things all the same. However, he fought Raiden because he is the only one who would expose the truth of what happened. After it was destroyed, he proceeded to fight Raiden and even bring him to his mercy. During the battle, he explained his motives of wanting to remake America, feeling it had become rotten to the core, and re-establish America as a world where people fight for their own reasons, rather than that of the government. Raiden then deduced that he was not merely a "greedy politician" as he initially thought, but completely insane due to his reference to culling the weak and having the strong be free. Although Raiden attempted to defeat Armstrong, he ultimately proved to be too powerful, with Armstrong revealing his nanomachines to be the cause of his nigh-invulnerability.
Armstrong then proceeded to savagely beat Raiden to a pulp with his enhanced strength, with his blows being powerful enough to heavily damage and even destroy EXCELSUS's ruined frame. However, Blade Wolf saved him by bringing to him Samuel Rodrigues' sword. Armstrong, angrily calling Blade Wolf a "little fuck" and a "damn mutt" for its defiance, kicked it away, although not before Blade Wolf threw the sword to Raiden. Raiden then proceeded to fight a grueling battle against Armstrong, which eventually culminated in Armstrong slamming Raiden down onto the ground hard enough to knock Raiden's sword away, and then grab Raiden by the neck and lift him up. Raiden then broke free via a roundhouse kick and retrieved the Muramasa. Armstrong then tried to land a right punch on Raiden, only for Raiden to successfully parry the blow away, also injuring his right hand in the process. Undeterred, Armstrong then tries to use a left jab on Raiden, only for Raiden to do the same to his left hand. Left with injured arms, Armstrong then attempted to charge Raiden, only for Raiden to slice his chest and then stab him in the gut. The stabbing temporarily stunned him, but Armstrong then let out a feral roar and grappled with Raiden. Raiden eventually overpowered the grapple and headbutted him in the head, stunning Armstrong and causing Raiden to remove the sword from the gut, and then proceeded to cut up his nanite core before impaling his chest with his arm. Upon being defeated, Raiden then finishes the former senator off by ripping out his nanomachine-laced pale heart and crushing it with his hand. As he died, Armstrong nonetheless accepted his defeat and declared Raiden his successor, stating that they are kindred spirits in the sense that Raiden fights for what he believes in no matter what.
As he died a strange white being appeared beside him, mocking him for his arrogance. In this moment Armstrong had believed that this small creature was god, and thus, when the creature told him that it was interested in him he took it as a matter of course. After all, it was he who had been born to make America great, and then. Whiteness took him. To Armstrong it just seemed like all those years of attending church functions had paid off, but oh how wrong he was.[/spoiler]
[b]Physical Description: (originals only)
Stats:
ATK: 4
DEF: 4
SPD: 1
TEC: 1
Starting Proficiencies: Physical Strength (1000 OM), Area Shield Proficency 400 OM
Starting Powers: Super Jumping Advanced (500 OM), Regeneration (Advanced) (1800)
Starting Moves:
Nano Machines Son (900 OM requires physical strength, area shield prof): Nano Machines fill armstrongs body, and they harden in response to trauma. Whether this comes from his fist colliding with someone's face or with some unfortunate soul trying to hit him is ultimately irrelevant. The nano machines respond without him needing to react however this also means he can't control them and overuse tires him quickly if someone is able to overwhelm his defenses. He can take this a step further though and supercharge his nanomachines causing a burst of energy around him that pushes away any near by targets and deflects weak projectiles at further cost of Armstrong's limited energy reserves. The maximum radius the energy can go out to is 10ft and it pushes people to the edge of the boundary. Can also be supercharged to temporarily allow for great feats of strength like cracking armor plating, if used this way he charge energy for as much as 5 seconds to unleash these powerful blows. The Nano Machines can't be active all the time, and Armstrong has to physically touch them to activate them, after a 3 second period they'll spread fully throughout his body allowing him to use the offensive and defensive capabilities.
I confirm that I have read and agreed to the Rules of Conduct.
Re: Senator Armstrong - Gilgamesh - 03-15-2015
Nanomachines Son- Honestly the first part sounds like RP fodder to explain his high defense and possibly powers. The last part is a move though. How far is the radius he can do this and how far does it push people back?
Re: Senator Armstrong - Senator Armstrong - 03-15-2015
Nano Machines Son (900 OM requires physical strength, area shield prof): Nano Machines fill armstrongs body, and they harden in response to trauma. Whether this comes from his fist colliding with someone's face or with some unfortunate soul trying to hit him is ultimately irrelevant. The nano machines respond without him needing to react however this also means he can't control them and overuse tires him quickly if someone is able to overwhelm his defenses. He can take this a step further though and supercharge his nanomachines causing a burst of energy around him that pushes away any near by targets and deflects weak projectiles at further cost of Armstrong's limited energy reserves. The maximum radius the energy can go out to is 10ft and it pushes people to the edge of the boundary. Can also be supercharged to temporarily allow for great feats of strength like cracking armor plating, if used this way he charge energy for as much as 5 seconds to unleash these powerful blows. The Nano Machines can't be active all the time, and Armstrong has to physically touch them to activate them, after a 3 second period they'll spread fully throughout his body allowing him to use the offensive and defensive capabilities.
Fixed and added some parts that should be more move like.
Re: Senator Armstrong - Gilgamesh - 03-15-2015
I'm pricing it at 1200 for it's functions. If that's alright with you I'll go on and approve you
Re: Senator Armstrong - Senator Armstrong - 03-15-2015
Yeah I have the 300 to spare. It's a crazy expensive move, but the utility is worth it.
Re: Senator Armstrong - Gilgamesh - 03-15-2015
Alright I think the move is balanced with the amount of fatigue involved. Very cool character.
Last thing I swear, you ended your history with in incomplete sentence soooo…finish that and then i'll approve you.
Re: Senator Armstrong - Senator Armstrong - 03-15-2015
Fixed. Sorry. That was a lot of cross referencing and typing.
Re: Senator Armstrong - Gilgamesh - 03-15-2015
Name: Senator Armstrong
Level: 1
Spent OM:4900
Proficiencies: Physical Proficiency(1000) Area Shield proficiency (400)
Powers: Advanced Regeneration (1800) Super Jumping Advanced (500)
Moves:Nano Machines Son(1200)
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Base stats:
ATK:4
DEF:4
SPD:1
TEC:1
Re: Senator Armstrong - Proto Man - 03-15-2015
Name changed.