Chop Shop

F Un 100

A Gd 10

S Rm 30

E Ex 20

R Am 50

I In 40

P In 40

Res Gd 10

Pop Gd -10 *

Health: Karma:

160 130

* Amongst humans, at least. Rm +30 to fellow Decepticons, Rm -30 where Autobots are concerned.

Origin:

As are his fellow Insecticons, Chop Shop is a Transformer, one of the many electromechanical life forms that evolved on the world of Cybertron! Thanks to this background, Chop Shop has a plethora of special abilities that define his physical existence - in both of his forms!

Known Powers:

Cybertronian Physique: his form of life hailing from the planet Cybertron, Chop Shop is one of the Transformers! This means that he is a robotic entity that benefits from numerous special abilities as does all of his kind, including the followering:

* Body Armor: whether he was formed or forged from assorted inorganic substances, Chop Shop is considerably durable. Bulky and dense, his primarily metallic composition grants Chop Shop Excellent (20) protection against assault, a defense which affects incoming damage as follows:

Ex 20 / Ty 6 / Fe 2 / Sh 0 / Sh 0

* Growth / Shrinking: in his humanoid configuration, Chop Shop is fifteen foot tall, including his pincers. This gives him a +1 size factor, and when he transforms, Chop Shop can remain at the same approximate volume. This is handy when wielding his various powers in combat.

However, Chop Shop can also shrink to the size of an average stag beetle. When at such a small size, Chop Shop is but two and a half inches long, not including the considerable length of his pincers, which gives him an effective size factor of -5.

* Microscopic / Telescopic Vision: Chop Shop's optics benefit from both of these powers, each of which functions with Feeble (2) prowess. The former of these is especially useful when Chop Shop 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 Excellent (20) ability, having a maximum radio range of 100 miles.

* Resistance / Invulnerability to Disease and Poison: despite his alternate mode, Chop Shop has no organic components to speak of. He benefits from complete immunity to carbon-based disease and toxins, reduced to Unearthly (100) against other forms of plague and poison.

Additional Limbs: in his stag beetle configuration, Chop Shop possesses six legs. Chop Shop can use them to run fast, raising the speed and duration when doing so as if the base determinant of each was +1 CS in rank. He can also seize something with all six legs, flying off with it.

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 Excellent (20) ranked power to make up to twenty more of themselves.

Flight: Chop Shop is equipped with small, back-mounted thrusters in either mode. While they only grant Chop Shop Feeble (2) ranked flight, moving at thirty miles per hour, these engines can support his weight and up to thirty additional tons when necessary.

Laser Projectors: when his pincers might be too unwieldy, Chop Shop's stag beetle mode can deploy twin laser cutters from its mouth. It can fire these implements together to inflict Remarkable (30) Armor Piercing Energy damage with every round of continuous cutting.

Pincers: these immense bladed physical weapons can be used by Chop Shop in his stag beetle mode to slice his way through most materials. He can easily menace others with these oversized bladed objects, using them to inflict his Strength +1 CS in Edged Attack damage with them.

Shape Change: his most infamous ability, Chop Shop has the power to transform at will between his humanoid and insectoid configurations. When he assumes the form of a stag beetle, Chop Shop has numerous special abilities he can wield against others.

Limitations / Enhancements:

(none)

Equipment:

Photon Cannon: this handheld weapon is a powerful light projector, functioning at Excellent (20) rank. It has two modes, either emitting a blinding flash of light, working against one's Endurance to resist, or a concussive burst of such, inflicting like Force damage.

Vibro-Spear: since his pincers aren't directly useful in his humanoid configuration, Chop Shop also carries this weapon on the job. It is a spear whose blades vibrate powerfully, allowing Chop Shop to inflict his Strength +1 CS in Armor Piercing Edged Attack damage with it!

Quirks:

Kleptomania 2: his compatriots know that Chop Shop loves to steal, but cannot imagine that he needs to! The more challenging a theft would be, the harder it is for Chop Shop to resist, and he must pass a Psyche (will) ACTION at -4 CS to do so for any length of time.

Talents:

Repair / Tinkering 2: where he steals something in whole or in part, Chop Shop excels at either repairing or restoring it, or repurposing it into something else entirely. He may add a +2 CS to any ACTION called for while fixing or altering an extant object or device.

Stealth: greatly aiding his ability to steal everything that isn't welded down, Chop Shop has something of a knack for being inconspicuous. Whether or not he is insect-sized, Chop Shop inflicts a -1 CS penalty on ACTIONs others attempt to locate him visually.

Contacts:

Chop Shop is one of the Insecticons, and by extention a Decepticon as well. The team ostensibly respects Chop Shop's seeming power to steal anything, but still haven't figured out that they're subject to his skills as well. Until they do, Chop Shop can consider them reliable contacts.

Likeness:

In both configurations, Chop Shop is a large mechanoid made from a primarily brown metal, one with orange trim and white markings in places. His stag beetle mode reserves his orange for joints and mouth parts, while his humanoid form uses the orange on his feet and upper limbs.

Personality:

Chop Shop isn't methodically evil like many of his fellow Decepticons. No, Chop Shop's motiviations differ from those of his compatriots, for he has a terrible thirst for thievery. An unquenchable need to steal. Worthless or priceless, little in the universe avoids Chop Shop's greedy gaze.

He tries to channel this irresistible urge towards the Autobots, consistently stealing their many and various implements for use in the Decepticons' cause, and he often does so undetected. But when no foes are in sight, even his fellow Insecticons are subject to Chop Shop's kleptomania!

Real Name: Chop Shop
Occupation: scavenger, scout
Legal Status: citizen of Cybertron wanted both there and on earth for any number of property crimes
Marital Status: inapplicable
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: the Insecticons, the Decepticons

Height: 15' (though three of that is just pincers)
Hair: inapplicable
Eyes: red
Weight: over one ton
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: Chop Shop's body is comprised of a durable alien metal that is primarily brown in color, with splashes of orange here and there, not to mention white markings. He either looks like a metallic stag beetle or a robot built from the parts of one.

Deisgn Notes:

I don't believe I deviated from the process described in Transcribing Transformers when building my entry for Chop Shop. Even the quirk and the skill are informed by the various promotional and fictional materials detailing Chop Shop's character and cabilities.

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