Barrage Melee: RV 50 Coordination: RV 6 Brawn: RV 4 Fortitude: RV 40 Intellect: RV 50 Awareness: RV 20 Willpower: RV 100 Health: 100 Fortune: 170 Lifestyle: RV 6 Repute: RV -10 * * Amongst humans, at least. RV +20 to fellow Decepticons, RV -20 where Autobots are concerned. Origin: Barrage is a Transformer, an electromechanical life form hailing from the planet Cybertron. A living cybernetic entity, Barrage has several special abilities that define his very existence, along with a plethora of unique offensive powers that reflect his transformation. Known Powers: Cybertronian Physique: Cybertron is a metallic world drifting an unknown and variable distance from our own planet. Having cradled the evolution of seemingly robotic life forms, Cybertron has granted Barrage numerous abilities that help him thrive there, such as: * Body Armor: whether he was formed or forged from assorted inorganic substances, Barrage is kind of durable. His bulk and dense, primarily metallic composition grants Barrage rank value 10 protection against assault, a defense which affects incoming damage as follows: RV 10 / RV 4 / RV 0 / RV 0 / RV 0 * Growth / Shrinking: in his humanoid configuration, Barrage stands at around twelve foot tall, giving him a size factor of +1. When he transforms, Barrage has the option of remaining at the same approximate volume, which is handy when wielding his various powers in combat. However, Barrage can also shrink to the size of an actual kabutomushi, or Japanese rhinoceros beetle. When at such a small size, Barrage is but two and a half inches long, not including the considerable length of his horn, which gives him an effective size factor of -5. * Microscopic / Telescopic Vision: Barrage's optics benefit from both of these powers, each of which functions with rank value 2 effectiveness. The former of these is especially useful when Barrage is at his minimum volume, as its ultimate magnification is bolstered considerably. * Radio Transceiver: Transformers are often active in areas that lack a conventional atmosphere, such as the depths of space. As such, they all utilize an inherent radiowave transceiver that functions with rank value 20 ability, having a maximum radio range of 100 miles. * Resistance / Invulnerability to Disease and Poison: despite his alternate mode, Barrage has no organic components to speak of. He benefits from complete immunity to carbon-based disease and toxins, reduced to rank value 100 against other forms of plague and poison. Additional Limbs: in his Japanese rhinocerous beetle configuration, Barrage possesses six legs. While he cannot utilize them to manipulate objects, Barrage can use them to run fast, raising the speed and duration when doing so as if his Fortitude was +1 RS in value. Body Doubles (cartoon variant): when three Insecticons pool their abilities, they can each create perfect duplicates of themselves. Given enough matter and energy of the appropriate type, Insecticons can use this rank value 20 power to make up to twenty more of themselves. Gun Mounts: in his kabutomushi form, Barrage's very eyes benefit from the inherent guns his optics are formed around. Barrage can fire explosive shells from them to inflict rank value 10 Piercing damage, which is raised by +1 RS when utilized against armored foes. Heat Generation: Barrage can emit a vast array of heat via his beast mode antenna module. Striking everything within a thirty degree arc, he can emit enough heat to increase the temperature by a rank value 50 amount, inflicting like SD Energy damage for up to five turns. Horns: one of the signature traits of the rhinocerous beetle is of course it's immense horns. Barrage may wield these in his insectoid configuration to inflict his Brawn +1 RS in Slashing damage with each deadly headbutt he dishes out. Shape Change: his most infamous ability, Barrage has the power to transform at will between his humanoid and insectoid configurations. When he assumes the form of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle, or kabutomushi, he has numerous special abilities he can wield against others. Wings: in either of his modes, Barrage can deploy large wings from his back, enabling him to defy gravity itself! Due to his particular Brawn to weight ratio, Barrage can only achieve rank value 2 flight, moving through the air at up to fifteen miles per hour regardless of volume. Limitations / Enhancements: (none) Equipment: Electro-Sword: supplementing his sonic rifle, Barrage also carries a blade in the event that any Autobot gets up close and personal with him. He may wield this electrified weapon in melee combat to inflict his Brawn +1 RS in Concussing Energy damage with every lethal assault. Sonic Rifle: as his inherent weaponry only works in his Japanese rhinocerous beetle form, Barrage is never found without this weapon. He can use it to fire powerful blasts of sonic energy, their deleterious vibrations inflicting rank value 50 Force damage to their target. Quirks: Repugnance: few Decepticons see themselves as evil, but Barrage definitely does. He's so cartoonishly cruel that even his ostensible allies find his demeanor highly distasteful, and virtually everyone reacts to Barrage as if his Repute was -2 RS worse than it already is. Skills: Advanced Guns: regardless of their nature or effect, Barrage is a master of advanced, energy-based weaponry. He may utilize such implements, whether they broadcast lasers or lightning, as if his Coordination trait was +1 RS higher than is indicated above. Contacts: Barrage is an Insecticon, one of several such beings who are aligned with the Decepticons. While his erstwhile compatriots find his behavior odious, they can't argue with his results. As a result, Barrage can consider the Insecticons, and the Decepticons overall, reliable contacts. Likeness: In his kabutomushi mode, Barrage appears to be a dark green metallic rhinocerous beetle, with small amounts of yellow metal visible on or under the various joints of his armor. This color scheme is broken up by a white stripe on each side of his body, and his crimson eyes. When taking his humanoid configuration, Barrage is primarily yellow in hue, with green feet, torso plating, and wings. Those white stripes from his beetle form now trace along his sides, and his insectoid legs are folded away from view, but his humanoid eyes are still crimson. Personality: Merciless and cruel, Barrage isn't sinister so much as malicious to a fault. He refuses to show mercy to his enemies, for he truly believes doing so sows hope, and that is something Barrage cannot abide. Lacking subtlety, Barrage doesn't indulge in half-measures whatsoever. This is most readily represented in battle, where Barrage doesn't let up until his enemies are broken, their equipment and structures are flattened, and everything around all of the previous is leveled. Only then does he allow himself to wallow in the rubble of their ruined lives. Real Name: Barrage Occupation: soldier Legal Status: citizen of Cybertron wanted both there and on earth for any number of heinous crimes Marital Status: inapplicable Alias(es), if any: none Group Affiliation: the Insecticons, the Decepticons Height: 12' Hair: inapplicable Eyes: crimson (in both of his configurations) Weight: one ton Other Distinguishing Characteristics: in his animal mode, Barrage appears to be a robotic Japanese rhinocerous beetle with dark green armor, featuring yellow components visible at the seams. This design is only broken up by white stripes on his torso and his crimson eyes. In his humanoid form, Barrage instead resembles a large bipedal mechanoid, one with dark green hints of insectoid abilities here and there, particularly where his wings are concerned. His eyes are still a haunting crimson, and he is always heavily armed.