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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8783733" data-attributes="member: 30538">Guardian Technon<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-xgs5CPf/0/4f4159d3/M/th7xe1j4cfc91-M.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Androids are not supposed to have souls. Of course, the ASIs who create them reject the idea that any living creatures, regardless of sapience, possess something that could be considered a soul, with such phenomena that might be associated with them the product of misunderstood science. Regardless, such phenomena might affect the biological brains of their androids, but should never arise from them, for those brains are carefully designed to never produce psychic phenomena of any sort. So nothing that has happened to the android designed OCHO makes any sense at all.Created three years ago and programmed to work as an archivist by Savitor, OCHO was "traded" to Axiom as part of an arrangement between the two ASIs that involved matters outside of her clearance level, and assigned to document the superstitious phenomena that agents of Axiom destroyed. While this duty was somewhat puzzling and seemingly pointless, OCHO nevertheless completed several assignments, making holographic recordings of many artifacts seized from superstitionist groups, as well as extensive reports about their every observable detail. The android would then witness the destruction of what she had studied, and felt nothing. (Well, except for a certain amount of puzzlement, as already mentioned.)Last month, OCHO was sent to perform this duty for a recently recovered artifact, a hammer discovered in the ruins of an Atlantean settlement near Anchorage. The hammer showed signs of being tens of thousands of years old, and had apparently been part of the religion practiced by the gillfolk before they had abandoned the settlement sometime in the 19th century. OCHO undertook the usual painstaking examination of the hammer, but had grown a bit careless after all the previous recordings that had seen nothing out of the ordinary happen. The android expected nothing out of the ordinary to continue happening, even after touching the hammer without any protective gear.She was mistaken. According to the recording devices, all that transpired was that OCHO collapsed, after which the robots assigned to monitor the procedure removed her from the chamber and destroyed the artifact. To OCHO, it seemed that her consciousness materialized in a vast dark space, gazing up at an ever-shifting cloud pattern. The clouds spoke in a language that she did not understand, then expelled a gust of wind down at her, carrying with it the recognizable words, "Arise from your slumber."And awaken OCHO did, conscious that she was holding in her hand a necklace with a cloud symbol hanging from its change. Something strange and occult had clearly happened, and OCHO knew that the best that she could hope for from the servants of Axiom was a painless death before they tore her brain apart to figure out what that something had been. She called on the powers, which seemed to accelerate both mind and body, in order to escape, and soon encountered a number of humans who had experienced a similar situation. Joining forces with them just made sense, and she has since served as their hand-to-hand combat specialist and tech guru. OCHO -- or Felice Oriolo, to use the name of the human identity she has created for herself -- has always believed that she was working for the ultimate betterment of humanity. Since she was awakened, however, she has come to realize that her makers have never consulted humanity about this ultimate betterment, and that neither the absolute order of Axiom nor the condescending benevolence of Savitor are healthy for the species. (On the other hand, she has doubts about the motivations of the beings who awakened her and the other Guardians, which she has not shared with her friends.)Guardian Technon -- PL 9Abilities:STR 5 | STA -- | AGL 3 | DEX 3 | FGT 8 | INT 7/4 | AWE 4 | PRE 1Powers:Android Body: Immunity 30 (Fortitude); Protection 5; Regeneration 1 (natural healing) - 36 pointsSwiftness of Thought: Enhanced Advantages 7 (Agile Feint, Close Attack 2, Evasion, Improved Initiative 2, Move-by Action), Quirk (Close Attack is only enhanced against targets with a lower Initiative total); Enhanced Defenses 6 (Dodge 3, Parry 3); Enhanced Intellect 3; Quickness 8; Speed 8 (500 MPH) - 34 pointsAdvantages:Agile Feint, Close Attack 2, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Improved Initiative 2, Inventor, Move-by Action.Skills:Acrobatics 6 (+9), Close Combat: Unarmed 1 (+9), Deception 7 (+8), Expertise: Science 4 (+11/+8), Perception 6 (+10), Technology 4 (+11/+8).Offense:Initiative +11Unarmed +11/+9 (Close Damage 5)Defense:Dodge 9/6, Parry 11/8, Fortitude Immune, Toughness 7/5, Will 7Totals:Abilities 46 + Powers 70 + Advantages 3 + Skills 14 + Defenses 6 = 139 pointsOffensive PL: 8Defensive PL: 9Resistance PL: 7Skill PL: 7Complications:Doing Good--Motivation. Enemy (Axiom and Savitor.) Secret (android.) Tic (hums Music Box Dancer when nervous.)</blockquote>

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