Name: Redbane, The Soulstealer Description: A large, two handed Solarium-steel axe, with the shaft being made mostly of durasteel, with a Ferozium coating over almost all of the surface area. The grip is made of leather, with an iron layer under it, covering a cylindrical transmitter inside. The head has a small opening at the very top, hinting at a hidden mechanism. Within the shaft is a cylindrical computer contained within a copper mesh that creates a Faraday cage. Spoiler This, but with bigger blades Spoiler Redbane and it's wielder, Lord Red-Bolt (Credit to @Lynn for the pic) Abilities: -The abilities of a Solus Weapon -An operational flamethrower built inside the head -Extremely fire resistant due to the Ferozium coating Conditional abilities: -Has the ability to possess sentient synthetic beings (Glitch, robots, androids, etc.) when the user (Lord Red-Bolt) is destroyed. This is possible through a complex and mysterious program with unknown origins contained within the internal computer aptly called "resurrect.exe". Limitations: -The weaknesses of a Solus Weapon -The fuel within the flamethrower is not infinite, and will run out of fuel after one minute of usage. Also, the container limits the flamethrower to short one-second bursts before needing to be refueled again, a process that can take around three seconds (one for the burst, two for a refuel). Conditional limitations (optional): resurrect.exe will not affect organics, prosthetics, or non-sentient machines. Contact must be made for the possession to take place, as even close proximity is too long of a distance for the transmitter. How does it work: The Blade: Solus Weapon The Flamethrower: The head of the axe works as a fully functioning flamethrower, with the fuel compacted into an electro-negative storage device, an intermediate container that houses the resting fuel, a tube that connects the container to a hole on the top of the head, and four small perpendicular lighters to set the fuel ablaze. This setup is to prevent backfiring of the mechanism. Resurrect.exe: Installed in the grip of the axe, when Red is killed, his AI is siphoned into the tiny computer. He is then able to control the axe, including the Solarium edges. When a synth picks up the axe while Red's AI is inside of it, Red can attempt to take control of the synth's body, hacking into their mainframe through a close-range hacking procedure generated by the transmitter in the grip. Resurrect.exe takes varying time to hack the synthetic hosts, depending on how complex their AI is. The hack is just under a second in Glitch and most androids, however it will take longer in synths whose programming is more complicated, such as human-conscience synthetics, higher quality artificial intelligence, etc. Upon a successful hack, the host's conscience remains intact and inactive while Red's AI gains control of their body. Their optics will make a red glow if possible, and their vocalizer will take a deeper, louder tone similar to Red-Bolt's, also if able. While Red is in control, he will passively begin corrupting and deleting the host's existing AI program. In lower-tier synths, this process can take a day. In higher-tier synths, it may take a week, a month, or even never, depending on how good their virtual security is. If the axe is removed from the grip of the user while the conscience is still intact, Red's AI will unsync with the host, and the host will regain control. Depending on how much of their program was corroded, symptoms after possession include "nausea", memory loss, "mental disorders", PTSD, and insanity. However, if the host's AI is completely destroyed, Red will gain full control of the body, and removing the axe will not affect him. Red's AI is bound to the program, and thus it cannot be replicated without bringing Red's AI along with it. His AI cannot be replaced by another synth's, as the creator's programming is too complex to decode. This also prevents the program from getting hacked into or reverse hacked. However, this leaves Red vulnerable in the sense that when he dies, he cannot simply transfer his AI into a new body or clone himself, as most Glitch and synths can. His program cannot be transferred into a dead or powered-down synthetic, which makes it harder for him to come back once in his "dead" state. Flavor text: While exploring a nearby cavern, Red-Bolt found a Solarium axe, an ancient weapons technology not common in his village. He was not aware of it at the time, but when he picked up the axe, the program inside (named Resurrect.Exe) became bound to his AI. Red felt power surge through his circuits, and was overcome with a new sense of anger and "blood"lust (technically, it was oil, but the general concept is still applicable). He used his newfound weapon to slaughter his entire village and possess the Doom Lord who was it's leader. Ever since, Red has put much effort into upgrading his axe with the times, adding the flamethrower inside the head, and replacing the original shaft's material with durasteel. The Resurrect.Exe program was a side project of the creators of the Glitch, meant to be an experiment in keeping the same Glitch AI alive over many generations. It was eventually scrapped, as they could not get it to work without a live synthetic host. It is unknown how it was retrieved, why it was ingrained into a Solarium axe, and who orchestrated such an odd creation, but Red has taken the gift/curse upon himself unintentionally, and thus protects it with his life, quite literally. Referenced Technologies (optional): /topic/342-solus-weapons/?tab=comments&do=embed&comment=826&embedComment=826&embedDo=findComment#comment-826" style="height:247px;max-width:502px;"> Electro-Negative Storage Attainability: [Closed] Tags: [Military]
