POSTHUMAN ADVANTAGES:

BODY ARMOR  / COMBAT TRAINING / SWORD OF JUPITER / KILL STRIKE / POWER SELECTION

AFFILIATION: BLACKGUARD

FIGHTING: INCREDIBLE [40]

AGILITY: REMARKABLE [30]

STRENGTH: REMARKABLE [30]

ENDURANCE: AMAZING [50]

REASON: EXCELLENT [20]

INTUITION: AMAZING [50]

PSYCHE: GOOD [10]

HEALTH: 150

KARMA: 80

ABILITIES:

BODY ARMOR:  PRAETOR WEARS A NON-FORM-DEFINED SEMI-SENTIENT LIVING WEAPON OF XENOBIOLOGICAL ORIGIN. IT DRAWS IT'S POWER FROM UV RADIATION, SO UNDER EXTENDED PERIODS WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO LIGHT SOURCES (3 WEEKS OR LONGER) THE ARMOR RETURNS TO IT'S DEFAULT STATE, AND IS NON-OPERABLE. WHILE CHARGED, IT PROVIDES LIFE SUPPORT FOR THE WEARER EQUIVALENT TO CLASS 1000 RANK, AND GRANTS WITH INCREDIBLE [40] PROTECTION FROM PHYSICAL, THERMAL AND ENERGY ATTACKS. IT IS ALSO MILDLY REGENERATIVE UNDER DIRECT LIGHT, WITH TYPICAL RANK RESTORATIVE CAPABILITY. WHEN FULLY-CHARGED, THE ARMOR GLOWS WITH VERY BRIGHT INTENSITY, AND FOES MUST INITIALLY MAKE AN ENDURANCE SAVE OR BE BLINDED FOR ONE TURN.

COMBAT TRAINING: PRAETOR ALREADY HAD A MINOR BOXING BACKGROUND BEFORE DONNING THE ARMOR, AND NOW BENEFITS FROM THE WEAPON'S INTEGRATED COMBAT MEMORY. AFTER THREE TURNS OF FIGHTING A SINGLE FOE, HE GAINS +1CS FIGHTING BONUS IN COMBAT, INCREASING AT THAT RATE EVERY THREE ADDITIONAL TURNS. IF FIGHTING MORE THAN ONE ATTACKER, OR IF THE COMBAT IS INTERRUPTED FOR MORE THAN 2 ROUNDS, THE BONUSES ARE NEGATED BUT MAY BUILD AGAININ SUBSEQUENT ATTACKS.

SWORD OF JUPITER: AGAIN, NOT AN INDEPENDENT WEAPON, BUT PART OF THE SYMBIOTIC ARMOR'S COMPONENTRY, PRAETOR'S HAND-TO-HAND WEAPON RESISTS ALL PHYSICAL AND ENERGY ATTACKS WITH MONSTROUS ENDURANCE, AND INFLICTS REMARKABLE DAMAGE IN MELEE STRIKES. KILL STRIKE: ONCE PER COMBAT, PRAETOR MAY ATTEMPT A KILL STRIKE, APPLYING KARMA BONUSES IF AVAILABLE. IF A RED FEAT IS ATTAINED, THE OPPONENT IMMEDIATELY DIES. THIS IS A RESULT OF A REFINEMENT IN THE ARMOR'S INTEGRATED COMBAT MEMORY, SEEKING OUT WEAK POINTS IN AN ENEMY'S CONSTITUTION. POWER SELECTION: WHEN IN SUSTAINED COMBAT WITH A POWERED POST-HUMAN COMBATANT, PRAETOR MAY ATTEMPT TO MIMIC THE POWER OF HIS FOE ONCE PER DAY. THIS IS DONE BY MAKING A YELLOW PSYCHE FEAT ROLL AGAINST HIS OPPONENT'S PSYCHE RANK. IF SUCCESSFUL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT SUSTAINED COMBAT INTERACTION, PRAETOR MAY UTILIZE THE SAME POWER OR ABAILITY AT -2CS RANK OF THE COMBATANT ON WHICH IT IS BASED. THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY THE SAME POWER, BUT RATHER A CLONING CAPABILITY OF THE WEAPON THAT PRAETOR DOES NOT UNDERSTAND NOR KNOW HAW TO CONTROL. IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME POWER, AND WILL AFFECT HIS FOE, EVEN IF THEY ARE NATURALLY IMMUNE TO THEIR OWN POWER.

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BACKGROUND: PRAETOR WEARS WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE ENCHANTED GLADIATOR ARMOR, DATING BACK TO THE ROMAN ERA. IT IS, HOWEVER, A XENOBIOLOGICAL LIVING WEAPON, WHICH FEEDS ON UV RADIATION. IT IS DESIGNED TO TAKE THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF A PRE-DESIGNED CONFIGURATION, IMPRINTED IN THE WEARER'S MEDULLA, AND CHANGES BASED ON THE ROLE OF THE COMBATANT. THE IMPRINT IS BURIED IN THE LOWER BRAIN FUNCTIONS SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF THE ARMOR BEING ALTERED OR REMOVED WHILE THE WEARER IS UNCONSCIOUS OR DEAD. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL BEARER OF THE WEAPON WAS KILLED THROUGH A FOCUSED MICROWAVE ATTACK, AND SUFFERED LIQUIFICATION OF IT'S BRAIN AND SPINAL COLUMN, CAUSING THE WEAPON TO RETURN TO IT'S DEFAULT STATE, WHICH IS A 36" DIAMETER ORB, WHILE THE ORIGINAL WEARER DECOMPOSED AWAY. THE MEANS BY WHICH THE WEAPON APPEARED ON EARTH IS NOT KNOWN. HECTOR VALDEZ, A HISTORY STUDENT AT USC, WAS OBSESSED WITH ROMAN MILITARY HISTORY. WHEN HE STUMBLED UPON THE WEAPON, IT HAD ALREADY GENERATED A NEW FORM BASED ON A MISTAKEN IMPRINT IT FOUND IN HIS SUB-CONSCIOUS, SO, WHILE ON SABBATICAL, HE BELIEVED HE HAD FOUND A FAINTLY GLOWING SET OF ARMOR AT THE SHALLOW END OF A LAKE IN TUSCANY, BUT HAD IN FACT DISCOVERED THE DORMANT WEAPONEXPOSED TO THE SURFACE BY RECENT SEISMIC ACTIVITY. HE DONNED THE ARMOR, AND DISCOVERED THAT HE COULD NOT REMOVE IT, NOT HAVING THE PROPER PSYCHIC RAPPORT WITH THE ALIEN EQUIPMENT. BELIEVING HIMSELF TO BE THE DESCENDANT OF A PERIOD SOLDIER IN THE ROMAN COHORTS, OR POLICE, AND SLOWLY BEING DRIVEN MAD BY THE MALFUNCTIONING SYMBIOTIC CONNECTION WITH THE ARMOR, HE ROAMED THE GLOBE, ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE OTHERS IN ONE-ON-ONE COMBAT, UNTIL BEING RECRUITED BY BLACKGUARD.