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Energon
Spark
Willpower
| Name: | Depth Charge | Generation: | Transmetal | Protoform: | Maximal |
| Player: | David Slobodov | Beast: | Manta Ray | Alliance: | Maximal |
| Chronicle: | Beast Wars | Nature: | Fanatic | Class: | Ultra |
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| Alertness |
| Animal Ken |
| Computer |
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| Athletics |
| Piloting |
| Enigmas |
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| Brawl |
| Etiquette |
| Investigation |
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| Dodge |
| Firearms |
| History |
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| Empathy |
| Melee |
| Demolitions |
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| Expression |
| Leadership |
| Repair |
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| Intimidation |
| Performance |
| Matrix |
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| Primal-Urge |
| Security |
| Politics |
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| Streetwise |
| Stealth |
| Procedures |
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| Subterfuge |
| Survival |
| Science |
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| Generation |
| Missle launcher | (Hand-held) | Drone Force |
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| Resources |
| Disk launcher | (Chest) | Flight |
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| Size |
| + Vehicle Mode | (Disks) | Naturistics |
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| Energon Knife | Shield |
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| Tracking |
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Energon | Spark | Willpower | |||
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Spark Location: Center torso
Vehicle Mode: Jet
Merits: None
Flaws: Vengeance (Protoform X), Mental, 2 pt.
Image: Depth Charge cuts an imposing figure over other, smaller Maximals, and is adept at throwing around his size to make his point. His body is mostly an aquamarine color, with accents of yellow and purple, and crimson optics. He has a masklike, near expressionless face, locked in a permenant stern frown. His new beast mode has gifted him with panel fins on his back (decorated with various symbols as well as his alliance marker) which he can also use as a wrap-around shield, and a long silver tail that can be used as a spear ["Complete" sheet, below]. His vehicle mode shifts the fins around into wings, allowing him to travel well in air as well as water. The beast mode face, on his torso, fires disks as a secondary weapon; when Depth Charge is in his vehicle mode, these same yellow disks fire from the mouth. Depth Charge's missle launcher, when not used for its primary purpose, doubles as a shark drone: his secondary pair of eyes in the sea.
History: You were once the chief of security for a self-sufficient space colony: Omicron. Your life and work, friends and family, were aboard this colony... And then, one day, the experimental Maximal prototype called Protoform X broke free, and ran loose inside. Protoform X had a lust for destruction, and tore the colony apart, killing everyone you ever held dear, and destroying the life you knew. After X escaped the colony, you vowed you would not rest until he was hunted and destroyed. For three years, you followed X's path of destruction through outer space. Finally, you brought him down. Uncertain of how to destroy this monster, who was possessed of an indestructable spark, you brought him in heavy chains before the Maximal High Council, hoping that they would have the solution to undo their terrible mistake. However, they were incapable of (or, as you sometimes suspect, were simply unwilling to) destroying Protoform X, and instead gave the monster, locked down in a stasis pod, to the crew of the starship Axalon. The orders to the commander, Optimus Primal, were to dump the pod on a barren planet. As you saw the new commander take his ship into the stars, you knew that the High Council's plan would fail, and decided to track the movements of the ship. You could rest easy for a time, finding Protoform X inactive, but, after a few years had passed, you began to sense a trace of his signal, somewhere in space. Knowing right away that this was trouble, you followed the Protoform X signal to its source, even driving through space where travel had been restricted by the Council, and into a time-rift anomaly that shot over your body and changed you into a new form. Your tiny Starhopper ship—one of your only possessions—landed in deep water. A life-form scan and transformation sequence later, you became a manta ray. Your tracking skills allowed you to locate Protoform X on the planet, who reintroduced himself to you as a Predacon crab called Rampage... before destroying your submerged ship and only means of escape from this planet. However, you also met up with a team of Maximal explorers here: the crew of the Axalon, to be precise, plus a few who had been formed from stasis pods after the ship's crash landing on Earth. As it turns out, there was a war being fought here: a small-scale war with a large-scale importance, where the stakes included the fate of Cybertron, and the very fabric of time. Though you were actually a bit bemsued by the situation's drama, and extremely frustrated at having to call Optimus Primal your commander, you had found that Rampage was a part of this rival Predacon unit, and, so, joined the Maximal side of the war.
Roleplaying hints: "You're not X? Then you're not my problem." Depth Charge's single-mindedness is well-recognized among his Maximal allies. You arrived looking for X, you're still looking for X, and you mean to destroy X. Everything else is just details. If your sensors show that Rampage is in the vicinity, everything else—the other Maximals, the orders, the mission—takes a back seat. You are usually abrasive to the other Maximals, and talk down to them, calling Optimus merely "Primal," and his sniveling second, "Mouse." Optimus Primal was a low-ranking shrimp when you spoke with him last, and, Ark or no Ark, Prime or no Prime, he'll never be worthy of a commander's respect from you.
Inside you know that preserving life is important, just as there was a time when it was your duty not to hunt and kill, but to protect the lives of others. You feel no responsibility toward the other Maximals on a personal level, but on a professional level, they are still your unit, and a unit will not succeed without teamwork. Depth Charge will accept Maximal orders that are not in conflict with his primary mission. He will even risk himself to save others. His will for self-sacrifice comes from an inner sense not of heroism, but of despair... You can think of nothing more you want from life than to destroy Rampage, and you have nothing at all to go back to once he is gone.
Quotes: "Can it, Primal. X is down there!"
"I've gotta hand it to you, Primal. When you screw up...you do it big time."
[When thanked by Cheetor] "... Go chase a mouse."
Timeline: Depth Charge lands on Earth and Transmetallizes in the episode "Deep Metal" near the start of the third season. He officially joins the Maximal unit in this episode, but will always be somewhat of a rogue operative. He dies in "Nemesis," when his struggle to defeat Protoform X comes to a head, and his final energon-edged blow destroys both Rampage and himself.
Note: The "normal generation" sheet is a modified Depth Charge, but does not work well enough even to simulate all his abilities when he first premieres. All but the most stubborn of rules-lawyers should always use the "Complete" sheet below.
Depth Charge has a long-reaching background with a lot of angst, and long-time Depth Charge players should be willing to add more detail about his past to their interpretation.
| Name: | Depth Charge | Generation: | Transmetal | Protoform: | Maximal |
| Player: | David Slobodov | Beast: | Manta Ray | Alliance: | Maximal |
| Chronicle: | Beast Wars | Nature: | Fanatic | Class: | Ultra |
Attributes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Social | Mental | |||
| Strength (x2) |
| Charisma |
| Perception |
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| Dexterity |
| Manipulation |
| Intelligence |
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| Stamina |
| Appearance |
| Wits |
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Abilities |
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| Talents | Skills | Knowledges | |||
| Alertness |
| Animal Ken |
| Computer |
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| Athletics |
| Piloting |
| Enigmas |
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| Brawl |
| Etiquette |
| Investigation |
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| Dodge |
| Firearms |
| History |
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| Empathy |
| Melee |
| Demolitions |
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| Expression |
| Leadership |
| Repair |
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| Intimidation |
| Performance |
| Matrix |
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| Primal-Urge |
| Security |
| Politics |
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| Streetwise |
| Stealth |
| Procedures |
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| Subterfuge |
| Survival |
| Science |
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Advantages |
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| Backgrounds | Weapons | Mechanisms | |||
| Generation |
| Missle launcher | (Hand-held) | Drone Force |
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| Resources |
| Disk launcher | (Chest) | Energon Shielding |
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| Size |
| + Vehicle Mode | (Disks) | Flight |
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| Energon Knife | Radio |
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| Spear | (Tail) | Tracking |
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| Naturistics |
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| Shield |
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Energon | Spark | Willpower | |||
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Spark Location: Center torso
Vehicle Mode: Jet
Merits: None
Flaws: Vengeance (Protoform X), Mental, 2 pt.