VoPC/Created Weaponry
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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Created, modified or stolen weaponry
Feel free to add your own VoPC/SA weapon or vehicle here for later RP use!
Overlord Hybrid Type 04
Manufacturer: Rogue Maltese scientists
Type: Advanced All-Purpose Combat Tank (AAPCT)
Equipment: Primary railgun tank barrel, Quadruple automatic GAU-17 miniguns hoisted at front and center of vehicle, triple layered metal plating lined with impervium, open window holes imitating bunkers while immobile, dual napalm flamethrowers at exterior back region for close range targets.
Description: As a result of the ongoing war against Paragon’s heroes and surprise attacks by the Rikti, the VoPC and a select amount of trusted rogue Malta scientists created the “Overlord Hybrid Type 04.”
Built above all for heavy battlefield combat and strong resistance against meta-human hostiles, this piece of machinery can tank damage from ‘Super Strength’ brutes to flame throwing ‘blasters.’ It provides an excellent balance between the need for concentrated firepower and keeping enemies at bay.
Black Cerberus
Manufacturer: 'Phalanx of Paragon' scientists
Type: Multipurpose gunship and watership
Color: Darkened grey
Equipment: Dual cannons, unknown amount of automatic GAU-17 miniguns hoisted at front, center and back of ship. Multilayered metal plating with Rikti forcefields as secondary protection, mannable guntops at middle of ship's exterior and interior, stealth capabilities.
Description: The Black Cerberus is one of the few master designs that was created for land and water warfare. It's been known to travel across oceans to it's destination under John Starkweather's command, and, if need be, can grow smaller legs for land combat. The ship itself can hold hundreds, or perhaps thousands of operatives for massive raids on Longbow hidden bases and other enemies over-waters.
R-Virus
Manufacturer: Crey Industries
Type: Viral mutagen
Description: The Regenerative Virus, R-Virus or R-Pathogen for short. It is a protein crystal with its own DNA sequence, which when inserted into the cell, makes contact with the cell's membrane. Absorbing the virus in its DNA, the virus proceeds to take over the cell's functions. Then the cell releases the virus, infecting any neighboring cells. The virus kills and replaces the dead mitochondria in the infected cells, with a replica of itself. Then it combines with other cells to produce enough energy to power the motor neurons and lower brain functions. It also bypasses the entire circulatory system, and the heart and lungs become useless, and can be disposed of. The symptoms of infection are increased hunger. If damaged, the host rapidly mutates due to the R-Virus and becomes hyperactive. Inside of an hour, the decayed skeletal and muscular system are reconstructed and become stronger and more durable. As long as the host’s brain hasn’t been destroyed.
Elongated exposure to the virus will cause an increase in intelligence, large increase in agility and aggressiveness are developed. As a consequence of this rapid mutation, cellular division comes to a critical point where the carrier cannot regenerate without eating and can be permanently killed. Crey researchers and scientists have dubbed victims of long term exposure as ‘Red Devils.'
((A few notes on the R-Virus: 1, There is only /one/ cure for the R-Virus, no magic curing or made up crap. 2, The R-Virus is an extremely powerful viral agent, so it can probably surpass any antibody your character has due to it’s manufactured state, unless your composed of nanites or have some sort of immune system that built up for thousands of years—so please choose carefully if you want your character to be infected with this virus. 3, If your character is cured, he or she /may not/ obtain a portion of the cure, as it dissipates after it cleans the virus out. 4, Itchy. Tasty.))
R-Virus Effects of Mutation:
- Reanimation (Zombie): The most common effect of infection from the R-Virus is reanimation following an intense hunger and aggressiveness in the host--the only way to kill the host after reanimation is destruction of the brain.
Anyone attacked by an infected host in close combat, be it by bite, scratch, gash, or stab will have the virus transferred to their bloodstream via contact with infected bodily fluids and tissues. However, a cure was created by John Starkweather’s scientists to halt the spread of the virus, not only that, but total elimination of the virus in the host for that time being.
- Red Devil: Elongated exposure to the virus or direct injection will cause an increase in intelligence, large increase in agility and aggressiveness are developed; however, all loss of skin and hair tissue occurs as well. As a consequence of this rapid mutation, cellular division comes to a critical point where the carrier cannot regenerate without eating and can be permanently killed. Crey researchers and scientists have dubbed victims of long term exposure as ‘Red Devils.’”
- Projects: In rare instances ‘Projects’ are created due to a unique strain of DNA strand. Fortunately, for a Project to take mutation, it must be directly injected. Characteristics of a Project are their milky white eyes, elongated distal phalanges of 9 inches; finally, black and red veins that engulf many regions of the external bodily structure. Perhaps considered the most dangerous of the effects, they possess high regenerative and reflexive abilities.
- Nymphs: Nymphs are created by mending faerie or pixie DNA into the R-Virus. This has been documented in Crey Laboratories underneath Brickstown from captured magic oriented heroines. Their most notable and acknowledged characteristic is their ability to climb over walls and ceilings, using air ducts to their advantage. Additionally, their wings seemed to have decayed during initial infection, which has them rely on sheer mobility; finally, since the R-Virus absorbed most proteins they grow lanky and thin.
- Black Dwarf: Black Dwarfs, named after the star type, is created by implanting the R-Virus into a Kheldian. It was created to test the effects of the R-Virus on a foreign alien species. As observed by Crey scientists, the Kheldian undergoes a mutation to it’s internal body system, killing off the ‘Bright Nova’ and ‘Dark Nova’ part of the creature, but leaving the ‘Black Dwarf’ and ‘White Dwarf’ form dominant in the alien. The R-Virus almost automatically transforms the Kheldian into its Dwarf stage, which gives the alien an advantage in close combat; however, due to the R-Virus’ primal instincts the creature cannot fly or teleport. Its augmented strength by the R-Virus causes it to be overly dangerous; unfortunately, the only sign of attack it fights with is biting and swiping.
- Hellions: Considered one of the most problematic effects of the R-Virus, but deadly nonetheless, Hellions are the mix of pure or half blood demons and the R-Virus. Due to the strong properties and characteristics of any type of demon blood, the R-Virus forcefully replicates itself within the system of a host—excreting the nether-blood out of any crevice the host has, which includes: Mouth, eyes, ears, nose, etc. Unlike other zombies, Hellions have the ability to vomit out infected demon blood at will, claw wildly at anything before them and emit gurgles (due to the excretion of blood) at random periods. Finally, any type of ‘superpower’ the demon wielded before seems lost while devolving into a ‘Hellion.’
- Serum: The only carrier of this modified R-Virus strain is John Starkweather. It was modified by VoPC scientists under the orders of Dr. Angelo Pacheco and Trooper Harris. The original concept was to inject VoPC operatives with this, but the idea was soon abandoned after realizing the power of the modified virus; therefore, all other copies of the R-Virus serum were destroyed.
La Mort Jaune
Manufacturer: N/A
Type: Parasitic organism
Description: In French, literally meaning ‘The Yellow Death,’ are a breed of parasitic organisms that was first discovered in Cévennes, France. Unlike the R-Virus which causes reanimation, the victims of La Mort Jaune usually mutate and are very much alive, while working together for the dominant parasite’s will if need be. One other side effect studied by French scientists is a significant loss of reasoning and judgment, except in ‘higher class’ La Mort Jaune parasites; who, in any case, cannot remove the control of the master parasite which is currently controlled by Nicholas Salazar. However, if the host infected with the master parasite is deceased, unconscious or too far off, they are given free will for that time being as the master parasite /will/ find another host if the subject is deceased.
((A few notes on La Mort Jaune: 1, This parasite doesn’t attack the blood cells of it’s host, so your character has a fighting chance against the parasite if they have a strong immune system or nanites to attack the parasite. 2, Due to recent RPs, the parasite cannot be killed with a simple electric voltage, but rather an extremely high sum of electricity running through the hosts veins. 3, There is no cure besides electric currents against La Mort Juane))
La Mort Juane Effects of Mutation:
- La Reprise (“The revived”): The most common effect of La Mort Jaune, once the parasite has embedded itself in its host; the organism releases its own defensive mechanism: An innumerable amount of 2 foot long and 3 inch wide tentacles that sprout directly from the mouth region, if given the right time, the tentacles cling onto the attacker’s face and directly implant an egg into the mouth. In recent studies by French scientists, electric jolts or even provoking the creatures results in the tentacles retracting back into the host. In addition to this, the irises of the host changes to a yellowish hue during control of the parasite, the host emits shrieks and all meta-human powers are suppressed due to the sum of energy it requires to live. Finally, as shown by Nicholas Salazar’s cult, all that are infected with this strain of the parasite process a large sum of super-human strength, which includes throwing an adult man over their head with ease.
- Les Sauvages (“The feral”): Les Sauvages are La Mort Juane hosts that have the parasite directly implanted on their spine. At first the appearance they may deceive an unsuspecting enemy, their eyes glow red in the dark, their teeth are razor sharp and they tend to be much more violent and aggressive than other kinds of Juane infected host. If provoked, they will expose the Juane within their bodies, which bristles with many long thin tentacles which is used to whip or tear apart the enemy. The ‘Les sauvages’ also have high agility and can avoid oncoming gunfire by clinging onto pillars or railings with their hands.
- Aucun Homme (“No man”): A unique strain of the parasite, its sole purpose is a carrier and transporter of La Mort Juane. Aucun Homme hosts have two parasites in their body and a swarm of smaller parasites that attach themselves to every orifice and exposed section above the knee, and, by internally manipulating the host’s nervous system to take complete control of the host. The creature attempts to control and infect other victims by whipping it’s extended arms out and wrap around someone else, letting at least a few parasites attach onto the victim, who then aim to enter the mouth. This creature type was dubbed ‘Aucun Homme’ by French scientists due to the fact that it’s almost impossible to see the host, but only the parasites that engulf him/her.
- L'invincible (“The Invincible”): As of this date, only one man by the name of Jack Jaeger is infected by this strain of La Mort Juane. The host has absolute control of this form of parasite and can transform either one of his arms into a sword-like weapon that can also act as a shield for oncoming blows.
Bio Energy Feedback Plasma Grenade
Manufacturer: Maltese Scientists
Type: Hand Grenade
Description: Currently designed from Malta’s ‘Sapper’ units for suppressing meta-human capabilities, the Bio Energy Feedback Plasma Grenade was stolen in its production stage from operatives sent in by John Starkweather himself.
This new age of plasma weaponry neutralizes the essence of multiple super powered individuals internally; thus halting the target’s abilities for a moment. After collecting said essence of nearby targets, kinetic force molds the drained powers and explodes within a few seconds subsequent to congregating powers.
