04-29-2016, 11:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-30-2016, 10:59 AM by Hiro Protagonist.)
Character name: Hiro (Hiroaki) Protagonist
Character source: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Character history: A young man of Half African American, Half Japanese descent, Hiro is "The Deliverator" for the mob owned pizza chain Uncle Enzo's. In Hiro's world, The United States collapsed into many fragmented territories owned by companies or private citizens, known as Burbclaves. A successful career abruptly smashes to a halt when he ends up trashing his delivery vehicle and owing a couple favors to a young Kourier. Fortunately, Hiro is also one of the co-creators and programmers of The Metaverse, a 3-D computer simulation that dominates much of post american life. He's the "greatest swordsman in the world" and a top tier programmer and hacker. When one of his associates, Da5id, contracts a mysterious illness from an image file in the Metaverse, Hiro embarks on an insane adventure through the ruins of America to investigate and stop the madman behind it. At the culmination of the plan to mind control the world, Hiro succesfully reprograms the "Snow Crash" virus and enters the core of the Metaverse...disappearing in a white flash of light as Omni pulls him to a different kind of created world....
Physical description:
![[Image: hiro_protagonist__snow_crash_by_ariokh-d5vkofi.jpg]](http://pre14.deviantart.net/4792/th/pre/i/2013/050/f/4/hiro_protagonist__snow_crash_by_ariokh-d5vkofi.jpg)
Stats:
ATK: 2
DEF: 1
SPD: 3
TEC: 4
Proficiencies:
Physical Strength (1000 OM): Hiro is an excellent swordsman, both in and out of the Metaverse. His usual sword of choice is a katana, although he is versed in a couple other forms of swordplay. He can also throw a solid punch once in a while.
Powers:
Burst Movement (800 OM) : Fast on his feet and with his hands, Hiro would be dead several times over if he hadn't been able to outpace the fundamentalist minions of L. Bob Rife, or the Azerbijiani taxi thugs of Burbclavian America.
Insight (1600 OM): A hacker has to be able to think analytically, critically, and quickly. His own intelligence is aided by a set of EnSyte brand Metaverse Augmented lenses, which provide a plethora of information about anything he focuses on...even in the middle of a fight, which can get somewhat distracting at times.
Area Shield Proficiency (400 OM): Although he is quite fast, Hiro is only human and can't take too much punishment. The Omniverse has only strengethened his potential, and he has a lot of programming and modeling experience to draw upon for defensive abilities.
Moves:
Glass Katana and Scabbard (300 OM) - Taking full advantage of a Prime's creation abilities, Hiro has created a sword that combines the length and reach of a katana with the cutting power of his one-time foe Raven's signature glass knives. This sword is about three and a half feet in length, and made of monomolecularly sharpened volcanic glass. It is always sheathed in it's scabbard, a unique piece of technology that contains a micro replicator which resharpens and reforms the blade if damaged. The scabbard is sturdily constructed, enough to serve as a short bludgeoning weapon akin to an escrima stick, even with the katana sheathed inside it. It is also capable of recreating the entire blade if the sword is shattered, but it takes at least thirty seconds and doing so burns out the generator until Hiro can fix it.
Vector Faraday (600 OM) - A defensive move based on Hiro's hacking ability, this move summons a bright green vector framework around Hiro's person. The fine, squared mesh is made of hard light and magnetic repulsion fields, turning aside normal strikes and dampening Moves used by other Primes by a small amount. He can form this shield after inputting the commands on his Dataverse interface, which takes about two seconds. This version can be used while Hiro is in motion, and forms after three seconds. The shield remains active for ten seconds, or until it is hit with a Move. The shield can be refreshed or reactivated four times before the projectors are drained of charge (these also power the Area Denial mode), and they take at least five minutes to fully refresh. Hiro retains the ability to use Moves while this version is active.
Alternatively, Hiro can activate the "Area Denial" mode, instead creating an immobile cage of solid vector frame. This cage covers an area about four feet by four feet, and can comfortably fit about two people inside it. This shield can only be used if Hiro is standing still, takes five seconds to activate and lasts for ten seconds. Setting up this move takes a greater amount of time than the personal version, and can be interrupted if Hiro is struck before he finishes activating it. He is also prohibited from using Katana moves while inside, or any other moves that are not specifically usable in close combat. Once casted and fully formed, it exists independently of Hiro and remains active until it ends or is broken. Anyone inside is unable to leave the cage until the duration ends or it is shattered by a strong enough attack. Area Denial mode uses twice as much charge as Personal mode, and can only be used with the Personal mode scale (ie, two personal activations and one AD, etc.) Hiro usually uses this mode to prepare a strategy or buy some time, then using Burst Movement to surprise his foe as the duration ends.
Items:
Kohoyaku Haptic Metaverse Interface (Communicator/ Mobile Dataverse Device) - 300 OM
Hiro has modeled this after his favorote brand of interface equipment. It works in conjunction with his glasses and his gloves to create a 3D overlay visible to himself that allows full interface with the Dataverse. He can choose to make the display visible to others if he chooses, but usually keeps it limited to his own vision.
Spent OM: 5000
I have read and agreed to the code of conduct.
Where did you hear about us?: I play Solomon Grundy.
Character source: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Character history: A young man of Half African American, Half Japanese descent, Hiro is "The Deliverator" for the mob owned pizza chain Uncle Enzo's. In Hiro's world, The United States collapsed into many fragmented territories owned by companies or private citizens, known as Burbclaves. A successful career abruptly smashes to a halt when he ends up trashing his delivery vehicle and owing a couple favors to a young Kourier. Fortunately, Hiro is also one of the co-creators and programmers of The Metaverse, a 3-D computer simulation that dominates much of post american life. He's the "greatest swordsman in the world" and a top tier programmer and hacker. When one of his associates, Da5id, contracts a mysterious illness from an image file in the Metaverse, Hiro embarks on an insane adventure through the ruins of America to investigate and stop the madman behind it. At the culmination of the plan to mind control the world, Hiro succesfully reprograms the "Snow Crash" virus and enters the core of the Metaverse...disappearing in a white flash of light as Omni pulls him to a different kind of created world....
Physical description:
Stats:
ATK: 2
DEF: 1
SPD: 3
TEC: 4
Proficiencies:
Physical Strength (1000 OM): Hiro is an excellent swordsman, both in and out of the Metaverse. His usual sword of choice is a katana, although he is versed in a couple other forms of swordplay. He can also throw a solid punch once in a while.
Powers:
Burst Movement (800 OM) : Fast on his feet and with his hands, Hiro would be dead several times over if he hadn't been able to outpace the fundamentalist minions of L. Bob Rife, or the Azerbijiani taxi thugs of Burbclavian America.
Insight (1600 OM): A hacker has to be able to think analytically, critically, and quickly. His own intelligence is aided by a set of EnSyte brand Metaverse Augmented lenses, which provide a plethora of information about anything he focuses on...even in the middle of a fight, which can get somewhat distracting at times.
Area Shield Proficiency (400 OM): Although he is quite fast, Hiro is only human and can't take too much punishment. The Omniverse has only strengethened his potential, and he has a lot of programming and modeling experience to draw upon for defensive abilities.
Moves:
Glass Katana and Scabbard (300 OM) - Taking full advantage of a Prime's creation abilities, Hiro has created a sword that combines the length and reach of a katana with the cutting power of his one-time foe Raven's signature glass knives. This sword is about three and a half feet in length, and made of monomolecularly sharpened volcanic glass. It is always sheathed in it's scabbard, a unique piece of technology that contains a micro replicator which resharpens and reforms the blade if damaged. The scabbard is sturdily constructed, enough to serve as a short bludgeoning weapon akin to an escrima stick, even with the katana sheathed inside it. It is also capable of recreating the entire blade if the sword is shattered, but it takes at least thirty seconds and doing so burns out the generator until Hiro can fix it.
Vector Faraday (600 OM) - A defensive move based on Hiro's hacking ability, this move summons a bright green vector framework around Hiro's person. The fine, squared mesh is made of hard light and magnetic repulsion fields, turning aside normal strikes and dampening Moves used by other Primes by a small amount. He can form this shield after inputting the commands on his Dataverse interface, which takes about two seconds. This version can be used while Hiro is in motion, and forms after three seconds. The shield remains active for ten seconds, or until it is hit with a Move. The shield can be refreshed or reactivated four times before the projectors are drained of charge (these also power the Area Denial mode), and they take at least five minutes to fully refresh. Hiro retains the ability to use Moves while this version is active.
Alternatively, Hiro can activate the "Area Denial" mode, instead creating an immobile cage of solid vector frame. This cage covers an area about four feet by four feet, and can comfortably fit about two people inside it. This shield can only be used if Hiro is standing still, takes five seconds to activate and lasts for ten seconds. Setting up this move takes a greater amount of time than the personal version, and can be interrupted if Hiro is struck before he finishes activating it. He is also prohibited from using Katana moves while inside, or any other moves that are not specifically usable in close combat. Once casted and fully formed, it exists independently of Hiro and remains active until it ends or is broken. Anyone inside is unable to leave the cage until the duration ends or it is shattered by a strong enough attack. Area Denial mode uses twice as much charge as Personal mode, and can only be used with the Personal mode scale (ie, two personal activations and one AD, etc.) Hiro usually uses this mode to prepare a strategy or buy some time, then using Burst Movement to surprise his foe as the duration ends.
Items:
Kohoyaku Haptic Metaverse Interface (Communicator/ Mobile Dataverse Device) - 300 OM
Hiro has modeled this after his favorote brand of interface equipment. It works in conjunction with his glasses and his gloves to create a 3D overlay visible to himself that allows full interface with the Dataverse. He can choose to make the display visible to others if he chooses, but usually keeps it limited to his own vision.
Spent OM: 5000
I have read and agreed to the code of conduct.
Where did you hear about us?: I play Solomon Grundy.
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