PROMETHEUS [Shadow Fall NPC][Complete]

» Name: Designation://PROMETHEUS// (also known as Lieutenants)
» Age: 4
» Gender: N/A
» Race: Mechanical Demonic creation

» Association: Shadow Fall

» Appearance:


» Purpose: PROMETHEUS was made to act as a mass produced lieutenant to lead armies and/or garrisons of Shadow Fall NPCs in World War 4 threads where there might otherwise be no available player characters to respond. To expand on that, specifically in threads where either Shadow Fall is outnumbered/outgunned in terms of PCs due to a limited number of people who are available to RP, and also when it's clear SF is being overpowered simply because of lopsided tiers of characters. Along with this, the goal of PROMETHEUS is to assist Frost and others so that he/they aren't forced into 10+ threads simultaneously and are able to rely on a formidable NPC that can serve as proof of Shadow Fall's capabilities.



» Personality:
The PROMETHEUS demonic creation has no personality to speak of outside of being able to calmly issue orders and lead soldiers into battle. Their minds were built by Shadow Fall to be advanced Artificial Intelligence with no ability to disobey commands or their programming. What this means is PROMETHEUS operates as a robotic entity that acts solely based on their mission at hand with startling efficiency. Able to read situations and respond accordingly due to having learned from over a billion virtual combat scenarios, these lieutenants are capable leaders of soldiers and as such are even more dangerous. As they say, a good commander is worth a thousand soldiers.

However, there is one situation where they may act differently: Upon being severely damaged, particularly in the head area, a PROMETHEUS's primary coding may shatter and cause it to act out of control, destroying and butchering everything around it with a monstrously aggressive fervor focused intently on killing whatever last damaged it. This is a rare occurrence though as most PROMETHEUS demons would sooner break down or simply die before it ever came to this.



» History:

The primary task of Shadow Fall's Third Circle is to create ever-more powerful tools and weaponry for the organization and Demon World at large to both keep enemies and bay and enforce it's rule where necessary. Thus, the PROMETHEUS concept came to be. Unlike the powerful Knightslave series of mechanical demon soldiers, PROMETHEUS is meant to both follow and lead alike as any other human or Shinigami lieutenant could. While it was one thing to just stuff a ton of firepower into a body and call it a day, the unenvious task of creating an artificial leader of soldiers would be one necessary to see to completion for the Third Circle due to the sheer number of Demons in Shadow Fall's armies.

First the scientists of Shadow Fall's Research and Development circle set out to program a demonic artificial intelligence based on the minds of experienced warriors, which to them basically meant extracting the knowledge and minds of hundreds of demons and blending them together. Following this, they copied and cloned the resulting consciousness and had them lead soldiers and fight each other in billions of scenarios, each time learning from the previous results and advancing because of it. Such a method had actually been taken from human science, a process known as "deep learning" where a program uses output from the previous layer of data as input for the next, thus allowing said program to continuously learn and refine. The result of this is PROMETHEUS; a programmed mechanical Demon with startling intelligence and decision making skills.

Tier: PROMETHEUS demons are mass produced, but most are of significantly different power levels. The strength of each PROMETHEUS is entirely dependent on the volume of forces at their command:

Platoon: 3-3
Company: 3-1
Battalion: 2-3
Regiment: 2-1
Brigade: 1-4
Legion: 1-1



» Powers:

Spiritual Power: Each PROMETHEUS is imbued with an amount of power relevant to how important they are in war; lower level lieutenants are, while capable, not very intimidating and don't even stack up against a Gotei Vice Captain. Meanwhile on the higher end a PROMETHEUS that leads hundreds or thousands of troops is capable of going toe to toe with viciously strong enemies, including in some cases Gotei Captains. Unlike most other spiritual beings however, Lieutenants cannot exude their Reiatsu aggressively in order to knock out foes or just pressure them in general. This is part of their programming to stay as efficient as possible with their limited reserves.

Physical Strength: Most Lieutenants are highly capable combatants with incredible raw power, allowing them to get down and dirty with practically any foe. Lower end PROMETHEUS's can tear apart cars like they're nothing, while more powerful ones can bring down entire buildings and create city block-wide craters rather easily. Uniquely, they possess the ability to divert resources into their limbs to increase their physical strength to even higher levels. When doing this their power skyrockets, allowing them to overwhelm enemies in close combat and bring destruction not just to foes but to everything around them as well. Even the weakest of Lieutenants doing this becomes nothing to scoff at, and warriors of all stripes should be wary of their combat ability.

Reinforced Magi-Armor: Similar to their Knightslave cousins, Lieutenants are clad in heavily fortified suits of armor meant to keep both environments and enemy warriors of all kinds at bay. The armor is enchanted by Demonic magics to both reinforce the general durability of the materials and metals used to create it, but also provide extra resistances against both high and low temperatures, energy attacks, and abilities of almost any and all enemies they may come in contact with. Though not an all-encompassing defense, a Lieutenant's armor provides many advantages and is meant to be as versatile in it's durability as possible.

Commander's Aura: Unlike it's Spiritual Pressure, the PROMETHEUS model is in fact able to exude a powerful aura for it's allies. Regardless of the unit's strength, every Lieutenant is able to emit the Commander's Aura over a range of three hundred meters in every direction from it's body. This emanation has a multitude of effects, each as potent as the last: First, every effected demon soldier has it's mind cleared and focused, providing clarity in combat regardless of circumstances or opposing Reiatsu; Second, every effected demon soldier gains an increase in tenacity, allowing them to continue fighting even while sustaining severe wounds that would otherwise be fatal or force them to retreat; Third, every effected demon soldier's maximum potential is brought to the surface, increasing their physical capabilities and energy levels to an appropriate degree based on the PROMETHEUS unit exuding the aura (stronger PROMETHEUS = more powerful boosts), ranging from a 1.2x to 1.7x multiplier. While the Commander's Aura makes it nigh-impossible to break the effected demonic force, due to fighting through pain and pushing their bodies to the limits those under this aura face increased rates of exhaustion and are far likelier to die in combat.

Sonic Blasts: By channeling energy into the receptor ports at their joints and on their palms, Lieutenants are able to fire sonic blasts of sound and air that are useful for a few reasons. First, and most obviously, these blasts can be powerful enough to tear through steel like a hot knife through butter, ripping apart enemy forces and buildings alike. A more supplementary use is to fire them from the ports on their feet to give startlingly quick bursts of speed in order to keep up with techniques like Flash Step and Sonido. However, that's not all; by combining aspects of both, a Lieutenant is able to increase the force of their blows by a considerable degree: Firing a Sonic Blast from an elbow or back of knee can empower it's punches and kicks, further increasing it's prowess in close quarters combat.

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