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Player Name: Jockey
Personal LJ: You know I lack one
AIM Contact: You know this by now
Character Name: Ryou Kimura ‘Onyx-Zero’
Source Canon: Armored Core: Nexus/Last Raven
Community Tag: Ryou Kimura
Notes: Ryou is a potential Dominant. Essentially for a lack of better term – a human being with a truly large inclination for combat and the ability to become a highly destructive force on the battlefield. A ‘Super Pilot’ as it were. However, this is something that develops over time and does not show itself immediately. In the end, Dominants are still human despite their amazing capabilities.
As for his reasons for being on board the Chalice, Ryou was stationed for fear that his apathy regarding Rankings and the Arena would spread to other pilots.
Background:
Canon Background: Several Years ago, members of mankind fled into vast underground complexes at the threat of the Second Impact – all bearing the designation of Layered. As years passed the men and women who lived under an artificial sky managed by a vast AI System known as the Controller, continued their lives in blissful ignorance of the disasters above. However the Second Impact had caused damage to its systems, leading to a cascade of errors in its programming – eventually leading to it creating machines of unparalleled destruction to obliterate the populace under its care. The people of Layered were torn, many merely laying down to die at the hands of their Mechanical Overlord’s servants – while others took the fight to it.
Eventually, the doors of the shelter opened to the broken world as it was today – the Citizens of Layered bringing everything that they owned, even their wars and suffering.
The Corporations that had lorded over Layered, even under the auspices of the Controller continued their war upon each other and potential competitors – now no longer restricted by the desires of the thinking machine. Crest, Mirage and Kisaragi – The original three corporations and Navis, a newly formed one. All four regarded as enemies of the League of Ruling Companies for their steadfast refusal to submit themselves to League Control – refusing to be put under the heel of the front of another corporation. The Corporate warfare was at a constant stalemate, each side barely giving an inch to each other. They however, were not the only things to leave the now dilapidated shelters that were once thriving cities.
The Ravens, Elite Mercenaries – They serve no flag, no corporation, only the cold allure of a paycheck and the screams and cries of war. They are men and women who know death and destruction and see it only as business. Under the organization known as Global Cortex, they resolve disputes in the quickest and most violent manner they can – maintaining strict dominion over their own and refusing to allow any Raven or AC pilot slip from their grasp.
Character Background:
Ryou Kimura, known by the handle of Onyx-Zero is one Raven amongst many. Born some time before the Second Impact but young enough to never have seen the sky – the entirety of his life was spent under the vast ceiling and vicious dystopia that was Layered. Like many children within the underground city, they grew up with no hope, no way of escaping the cruel reality inflicted upon them. They grew to understand that they were nothing more than statistics to be adjusted by the Controller, to be moved around with no chance of deciding, or even hoping what they wanted to be – their entire lives decided the day the surface was closed to them.
If being under the mechanical domination of the Controller was cold and detached, being under the rote of the Corporations as well made things even worse. Crest, Mirage, Kisaragi – the residents of Layered were pawns that could easily be cast aside or tossed like money. To the Corporations they were a renewable resource that could be used and abused at leisure and any attempts to resist merely led to death. As the Corporations did not break any laws under the Controller’s rule, nothing was done.
Had that one day not occurred, Ryou would have remained a mindless drone among the rest, toiling until he died or snapped and THEN died. A battle in the city – Corporation forces battling a Raven of Global Cortex. He no longer remembers the emblem upon its arm. Only that it tore a swathe through the Muscle Tracers that guarded the habitation area he was in before smashing its fist through a building – apparently to assassinate a target...
On that day, something awakened in him. Without a plan, without reason nor rhyme – only pure instinct and the clothes on his back, he moved to join the Ravens. His trial by fire almost ended with his death – his lack of piloting experience being the main cause... but it did not deter him one bit. He earned his place away from the teeming masses, and away from the mass control of the Corporations.
One would expect that this change would have made him a better person. It didn’t. The realities of life in Layered had forever ingrained themselves in his mind. The bitter lessons refusing to leave as he leaves a trail of bodies behind him - Innocent or guilty, either targets or ‘acceptable losses from Collateral Damage’ as the Corporations call it.
Though it has been a long time since his induction, he still remains a member of the lowest echeleon – the E-Rankers. He refuses to participate in the Arena battles, believing them to only dull the edges that real battles grind into pilots and a path to make enemies within the fold – locking him to the very bottom of the Raven’s Ark Food Chain. He merely does what he’s paid to do – be it safeguarding a military installation, testing weapons or even condemning hundreds of innocent people to death.
At the end of the day all that matters is that he lives and survives by his own terms.
Personality: Outside of battle Ryou tends to be laid back and surprisingly social in some cases. More than often he’s had a few rounds of drinks with others, sharing in the good times and watching some idiot make a fool of himself on TV. His immensely low rank means that he does not have to deal with many of the troubles that plague those above him – grudges, corporate machinations of the highest degree, bookies doing their best to rig fights in the Arena.
He believes that the attitudes that one has on the job and off of it should be kept separate – so at least SOME manner of life can be enjoyed, even in the manipulative crapsack city the Corporations have their fingers in. This separation is what makes his actions on the battlefield all the more frightening and unexpected to people who have just met him.
Life in Layered has sapped any value he might have placed on human life – it was cheaper than bullets, missiles and food, it could be spent within seconds and yet not be worth anything at all. He shows no mercy, and never cares for collateral damage unless it’s outright stated to affect his payment. He’s a killer; he doesn’t deny it or attempt to make himself look better. He doesn’t feel any guilt for the deaths of bystanders in the field, and more than often he refuses to mourn them. He never sees any reason to.
Any attempts to call him out for his acts of cruelty out of the battlefield get little reaction from him, he will calmly explain his rationale, and should the offended party try to push the issue further – find him either choosing to ignore them or replying to them insincerely. Rarely does he get into fights off the job – and he will do his best to avoid them.
On the battlefield though, he will attempt to concentrate on the fight – Should there be any physical intervention, Ryou will act accordingly. Stray shots upon his AC will be replied to in kind, outright aggression will earn his full attention – as he refuses to have a former ally set upon his back.
Despite this callous attitude, some manner of professional decorum remains. He does his best not to let emotions affect the mission, he will do his best to complete all set objectives, and any friendly forces accompanying him will be supported so long as they do not cause complications.
Additionally, despite attempting to keep a professional manner, Ryou has great distaste for Civilians far past his disregard to them on the field. A crowd of sheep, perhaps less than that – doing little to nothing on their own, being swayed by false promises and honeyed words, living empty lives and never doing anything to become more. But perhaps the greatest reason for his dislike of them was because he used to be one of them and changed that. So few people ever do such a thing - those that do however earn his respect... to an extent.
Capabilities and Resources: Ryou is a mercenary of Ravens Ark. As such he has connections to various weapons and parts merchants among the companies and is skilled in mechanised combat. He is physically fit with sharp reflexes but is an otherwise unremarkable specimen when on foot.
Robot Name: ‘Nevermore’
Robot Description: Nevermore is a mid-weight bipedal Armored Core designed for assaults. The Machine is normally armed with a pair of assault rifles on each hand, and a pair of missile launchers – with a payload of Cluster missiles and micro-missiles on the left and right sides respectively on its back, a pair of rocket launchers hidden inside each shoulder and a solid round ‘Exceed Orbit’ Gun Drone armed with a pair of autoguns that is stored at the rear of his machine’s Core component when not in use.
It is manoeuvrable as far as Mid-Weights go, but statistically speaking it is unremarkable. There are other cores that are faster, or more durable or can deal more damage. Nevermore is remarkable however in the fact that Ryou has regularly made adjustments to the internals of the machine in order to get a better performance, kept a large collection of weapons handy for flexibility on the battlefield and has just honed his skill at killing things as quickly and brutally as possible with it.
However - due to the modular nature of Armored Cores Ryou also ensures to keep various designs of body parts for his machine in case he ever needed to modify his Core’s overall combat style beyond its weaponry – of course because of the upkeep costs Ryou tends to work himself to the bone to keep everything in working order.
[] - Indicates Alternate Weapons and Part Replacements
Nevermore - Standard
Nevermore's standard humanoid layout. Has the most handheld weapon compatibility out of the three regular builds that Ryou uses.
Head: H11-QUEEN [YH14-STING]
Core : CR-C98E2 [CR-YC010/UL2]
Arms : CD-A82SL [CR-A94FL]
Legs: LH-05 COUGAR
Booster: B01-BIRDIE [CR-B83TP]
FCS: MONJU [CR-75D]
Generator: CR-G84P [KUJAKU]
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2 [ANANDA]
Inside: CR-184RN Napalm Rockets
Extension: CR-E84RM2 Relation Missile Launcher [FUNI Relation Missile Launcher]
Back Unit R: CR-WB72M2 Small Missile Launcher [KINNARA Micromissile launcher]
Back Unit L: CR-WB78RP2 Medium Rocket Launcher [CR-WB91MB Cluster Missile launcher, [KINNARA Micromissile launcher]
Arm Unit R: WR07M-PIXIE3 Machinegun [WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle, CR-WR93RL Linear Rifle, CR-WR81RS2 Sniper Rifle, CR-WH058P Bazooka, WR25DL-SKULL2 Twin Laser Rifle]
Arm Unit L: CR-WH79M2 Heavy Machinegun, CR-WL88LB3 Laser Blade [WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle, CR-WL06LB4 Laser Blade, YWH13M-NIX Machinegun]
'Holstered' Weapons (Only with use with the CR-YC010/UL2) - x2 WH09H-WRAITH Handguns
Terrain Stats:
Land: A [S with alternate parts build]
Air: C
Sea: D
Space: B [A with alternate parts build]
Nevermore - Quadrupedal
Nevermore's Quadrupedal build is a strictly ground based mode that allows it to fire back mounted guns on the move. It is well armed, just don't expect much in terms of leaping into the air for extended amounts of time.
Head: H11-QUEEN [YH15-DRONE]
Core : CR-C98E2
Arms : CR-A92XS [YA10-LORIS]
Legs: LF03-GAVIAL2
Booster: B04-BIRDIE2 [B03-VULTURE2]
FCS: MONJU [CR-F75D]
Generator: CR-G91 [KUJAKU]
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2 [ANANDA]
Inside: I0SD-MEDUSA Decoy launcher
Extension: BYAKUE Extra Ammo Containers
Back Unit R: CR-WB69CG Chaingun [CR-WB82SG2 Shotcannon, CR-WBW98LX Aperture Laser Cannon (Uses both back slots due to size)]
Back Unit L: CR-WB91LGL Linear Gun [WB24RG-LADON2 Railcannon, CR-WB78GL Grenade launcher, CR-WBW98LX Aperture Laser Cannon(Uses both back slots due to size)]
Arm Unit R: WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle [CR-WR88RS3 Sniper Rifle, CR-WH01SP Heavy Shotgun, WR01R-SHADOW Heavy Rifle]
Arm Unit L: CR-WH79M2 Heavy Machinegun [CR-WH05RLA Linear Assault Rifle, CR-WL95B Bazooka]
Terrain Stats:
Land: S
Air: D
Sea: D
Space: D
Nevermore - Hover
The most mobile - if fragile of Nevermore's builds. High speed, capable of traversing water easily and has a particularly powerful Sensor system. Because of weight limitations however it has a horrifically restricted weapons selection.
Head: H11-QUEEN [CR-YH8SSR]
Core : CR-C98E2
Arms : CR-A88FG
Legs: CR-LN99M2
FCS: MONJU
Generator: CR-G91
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2
Back Unit R: MAGORAGA Micro Missile Launcher
Back Unit L: WB17R-SIREN3 Radar System
Arm Unit R: WR07M-PIXIE3 Machinegun
Arm Unit L: YWH13M-NIX Machinegun
Terrain Stats:
Land: S
Air: A
Sea: D
Space: A
Job: Mercenary of Global Cortex. Meaning he will only work if there is a contract to his organization involved rather than randomly picking up jobs.
Sample Post: http://testrun-box.dreamwidth.org/61622.html
Personal LJ: You know I lack one
AIM Contact: You know this by now
Character Name: Ryou Kimura ‘Onyx-Zero’
Source Canon: Armored Core: Nexus/Last Raven
Community Tag: Ryou Kimura
Notes: Ryou is a potential Dominant. Essentially for a lack of better term – a human being with a truly large inclination for combat and the ability to become a highly destructive force on the battlefield. A ‘Super Pilot’ as it were. However, this is something that develops over time and does not show itself immediately. In the end, Dominants are still human despite their amazing capabilities.
As for his reasons for being on board the Chalice, Ryou was stationed for fear that his apathy regarding Rankings and the Arena would spread to other pilots.
Background:
Canon Background: Several Years ago, members of mankind fled into vast underground complexes at the threat of the Second Impact – all bearing the designation of Layered. As years passed the men and women who lived under an artificial sky managed by a vast AI System known as the Controller, continued their lives in blissful ignorance of the disasters above. However the Second Impact had caused damage to its systems, leading to a cascade of errors in its programming – eventually leading to it creating machines of unparalleled destruction to obliterate the populace under its care. The people of Layered were torn, many merely laying down to die at the hands of their Mechanical Overlord’s servants – while others took the fight to it.
Eventually, the doors of the shelter opened to the broken world as it was today – the Citizens of Layered bringing everything that they owned, even their wars and suffering.
The Corporations that had lorded over Layered, even under the auspices of the Controller continued their war upon each other and potential competitors – now no longer restricted by the desires of the thinking machine. Crest, Mirage and Kisaragi – The original three corporations and Navis, a newly formed one. All four regarded as enemies of the League of Ruling Companies for their steadfast refusal to submit themselves to League Control – refusing to be put under the heel of the front of another corporation. The Corporate warfare was at a constant stalemate, each side barely giving an inch to each other. They however, were not the only things to leave the now dilapidated shelters that were once thriving cities.
The Ravens, Elite Mercenaries – They serve no flag, no corporation, only the cold allure of a paycheck and the screams and cries of war. They are men and women who know death and destruction and see it only as business. Under the organization known as Global Cortex, they resolve disputes in the quickest and most violent manner they can – maintaining strict dominion over their own and refusing to allow any Raven or AC pilot slip from their grasp.
Character Background:
Ryou Kimura, known by the handle of Onyx-Zero is one Raven amongst many. Born some time before the Second Impact but young enough to never have seen the sky – the entirety of his life was spent under the vast ceiling and vicious dystopia that was Layered. Like many children within the underground city, they grew up with no hope, no way of escaping the cruel reality inflicted upon them. They grew to understand that they were nothing more than statistics to be adjusted by the Controller, to be moved around with no chance of deciding, or even hoping what they wanted to be – their entire lives decided the day the surface was closed to them.
If being under the mechanical domination of the Controller was cold and detached, being under the rote of the Corporations as well made things even worse. Crest, Mirage, Kisaragi – the residents of Layered were pawns that could easily be cast aside or tossed like money. To the Corporations they were a renewable resource that could be used and abused at leisure and any attempts to resist merely led to death. As the Corporations did not break any laws under the Controller’s rule, nothing was done.
Had that one day not occurred, Ryou would have remained a mindless drone among the rest, toiling until he died or snapped and THEN died. A battle in the city – Corporation forces battling a Raven of Global Cortex. He no longer remembers the emblem upon its arm. Only that it tore a swathe through the Muscle Tracers that guarded the habitation area he was in before smashing its fist through a building – apparently to assassinate a target...
On that day, something awakened in him. Without a plan, without reason nor rhyme – only pure instinct and the clothes on his back, he moved to join the Ravens. His trial by fire almost ended with his death – his lack of piloting experience being the main cause... but it did not deter him one bit. He earned his place away from the teeming masses, and away from the mass control of the Corporations.
One would expect that this change would have made him a better person. It didn’t. The realities of life in Layered had forever ingrained themselves in his mind. The bitter lessons refusing to leave as he leaves a trail of bodies behind him - Innocent or guilty, either targets or ‘acceptable losses from Collateral Damage’ as the Corporations call it.
Though it has been a long time since his induction, he still remains a member of the lowest echeleon – the E-Rankers. He refuses to participate in the Arena battles, believing them to only dull the edges that real battles grind into pilots and a path to make enemies within the fold – locking him to the very bottom of the Raven’s Ark Food Chain. He merely does what he’s paid to do – be it safeguarding a military installation, testing weapons or even condemning hundreds of innocent people to death.
At the end of the day all that matters is that he lives and survives by his own terms.
Personality: Outside of battle Ryou tends to be laid back and surprisingly social in some cases. More than often he’s had a few rounds of drinks with others, sharing in the good times and watching some idiot make a fool of himself on TV. His immensely low rank means that he does not have to deal with many of the troubles that plague those above him – grudges, corporate machinations of the highest degree, bookies doing their best to rig fights in the Arena.
He believes that the attitudes that one has on the job and off of it should be kept separate – so at least SOME manner of life can be enjoyed, even in the manipulative crapsack city the Corporations have their fingers in. This separation is what makes his actions on the battlefield all the more frightening and unexpected to people who have just met him.
Life in Layered has sapped any value he might have placed on human life – it was cheaper than bullets, missiles and food, it could be spent within seconds and yet not be worth anything at all. He shows no mercy, and never cares for collateral damage unless it’s outright stated to affect his payment. He’s a killer; he doesn’t deny it or attempt to make himself look better. He doesn’t feel any guilt for the deaths of bystanders in the field, and more than often he refuses to mourn them. He never sees any reason to.
Any attempts to call him out for his acts of cruelty out of the battlefield get little reaction from him, he will calmly explain his rationale, and should the offended party try to push the issue further – find him either choosing to ignore them or replying to them insincerely. Rarely does he get into fights off the job – and he will do his best to avoid them.
On the battlefield though, he will attempt to concentrate on the fight – Should there be any physical intervention, Ryou will act accordingly. Stray shots upon his AC will be replied to in kind, outright aggression will earn his full attention – as he refuses to have a former ally set upon his back.
Despite this callous attitude, some manner of professional decorum remains. He does his best not to let emotions affect the mission, he will do his best to complete all set objectives, and any friendly forces accompanying him will be supported so long as they do not cause complications.
Additionally, despite attempting to keep a professional manner, Ryou has great distaste for Civilians far past his disregard to them on the field. A crowd of sheep, perhaps less than that – doing little to nothing on their own, being swayed by false promises and honeyed words, living empty lives and never doing anything to become more. But perhaps the greatest reason for his dislike of them was because he used to be one of them and changed that. So few people ever do such a thing - those that do however earn his respect... to an extent.
Capabilities and Resources: Ryou is a mercenary of Ravens Ark. As such he has connections to various weapons and parts merchants among the companies and is skilled in mechanised combat. He is physically fit with sharp reflexes but is an otherwise unremarkable specimen when on foot.
Robot Name: ‘Nevermore’
Robot Description: Nevermore is a mid-weight bipedal Armored Core designed for assaults. The Machine is normally armed with a pair of assault rifles on each hand, and a pair of missile launchers – with a payload of Cluster missiles and micro-missiles on the left and right sides respectively on its back, a pair of rocket launchers hidden inside each shoulder and a solid round ‘Exceed Orbit’ Gun Drone armed with a pair of autoguns that is stored at the rear of his machine’s Core component when not in use.
It is manoeuvrable as far as Mid-Weights go, but statistically speaking it is unremarkable. There are other cores that are faster, or more durable or can deal more damage. Nevermore is remarkable however in the fact that Ryou has regularly made adjustments to the internals of the machine in order to get a better performance, kept a large collection of weapons handy for flexibility on the battlefield and has just honed his skill at killing things as quickly and brutally as possible with it.
However - due to the modular nature of Armored Cores Ryou also ensures to keep various designs of body parts for his machine in case he ever needed to modify his Core’s overall combat style beyond its weaponry – of course because of the upkeep costs Ryou tends to work himself to the bone to keep everything in working order.
[] - Indicates Alternate Weapons and Part Replacements
Nevermore - Standard
Nevermore's standard humanoid layout. Has the most handheld weapon compatibility out of the three regular builds that Ryou uses.
Head: H11-QUEEN [YH14-STING]
Core : CR-C98E2 [CR-YC010/UL2]
Arms : CD-A82SL [CR-A94FL]
Legs: LH-05 COUGAR
Booster: B01-BIRDIE [CR-B83TP]
FCS: MONJU [CR-75D]
Generator: CR-G84P [KUJAKU]
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2 [ANANDA]
Inside: CR-184RN Napalm Rockets
Extension: CR-E84RM2 Relation Missile Launcher [FUNI Relation Missile Launcher]
Back Unit R: CR-WB72M2 Small Missile Launcher [KINNARA Micromissile launcher]
Back Unit L: CR-WB78RP2 Medium Rocket Launcher [CR-WB91MB Cluster Missile launcher, [KINNARA Micromissile launcher]
Arm Unit R: WR07M-PIXIE3 Machinegun [WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle, CR-WR93RL Linear Rifle, CR-WR81RS2 Sniper Rifle, CR-WH058P Bazooka, WR25DL-SKULL2 Twin Laser Rifle]
Arm Unit L: CR-WH79M2 Heavy Machinegun, CR-WL88LB3 Laser Blade [WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle, CR-WL06LB4 Laser Blade, YWH13M-NIX Machinegun]
'Holstered' Weapons (Only with use with the CR-YC010/UL2) - x2 WH09H-WRAITH Handguns
Terrain Stats:
Land: A [S with alternate parts build]
Air: C
Sea: D
Space: B [A with alternate parts build]
Nevermore - Quadrupedal
Nevermore's Quadrupedal build is a strictly ground based mode that allows it to fire back mounted guns on the move. It is well armed, just don't expect much in terms of leaping into the air for extended amounts of time.
Head: H11-QUEEN [YH15-DRONE]
Core : CR-C98E2
Arms : CR-A92XS [YA10-LORIS]
Legs: LF03-GAVIAL2
Booster: B04-BIRDIE2 [B03-VULTURE2]
FCS: MONJU [CR-F75D]
Generator: CR-G91 [KUJAKU]
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2 [ANANDA]
Inside: I0SD-MEDUSA Decoy launcher
Extension: BYAKUE Extra Ammo Containers
Back Unit R: CR-WB69CG Chaingun [CR-WB82SG2 Shotcannon, CR-WBW98LX Aperture Laser Cannon (Uses both back slots due to size)]
Back Unit L: CR-WB91LGL Linear Gun [WB24RG-LADON2 Railcannon, CR-WB78GL Grenade launcher, CR-WBW98LX Aperture Laser Cannon(Uses both back slots due to size)]
Arm Unit R: WH01R-GAST Assault Rifle [CR-WR88RS3 Sniper Rifle, CR-WH01SP Heavy Shotgun, WR01R-SHADOW Heavy Rifle]
Arm Unit L: CR-WH79M2 Heavy Machinegun [CR-WH05RLA Linear Assault Rifle, CR-WL95B Bazooka]
Terrain Stats:
Land: S
Air: D
Sea: D
Space: D
Nevermore - Hover
The most mobile - if fragile of Nevermore's builds. High speed, capable of traversing water easily and has a particularly powerful Sensor system. Because of weight limitations however it has a horrifically restricted weapons selection.
Head: H11-QUEEN [CR-YH8SSR]
Core : CR-C98E2
Arms : CR-A88FG
Legs: CR-LN99M2
FCS: MONJU
Generator: CR-G91
Radiator: R02-HAZEL2
Back Unit R: MAGORAGA Micro Missile Launcher
Back Unit L: WB17R-SIREN3 Radar System
Arm Unit R: WR07M-PIXIE3 Machinegun
Arm Unit L: YWH13M-NIX Machinegun
Terrain Stats:
Land: S
Air: A
Sea: D
Space: A
Job: Mercenary of Global Cortex. Meaning he will only work if there is a contract to his organization involved rather than randomly picking up jobs.
Sample Post: http://testrun-box.dreamwidth.org/61622.html
