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Energon
Spark
Willpower
| Name: | Rhinox | Generation: | Organic | Protoform: | Maximal |
| Player: | Richard Newman | Beast: | Rhinoceros | Alliance: | Maximal |
| Chronicle: | Beast Wars | Nature: | Caregiver | Class: | Deluxe |
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| Appearance |
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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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| Backgrounds | Weapons | Mechanisms | |||
| Size |
| Chainguns | (Hand-held, x2) | Radio |
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| Procedures |
| Horn | (Beast) | Download |
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| Rank |
| Teeth | (Beast) | Energon Shielding |
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| Encoding |
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Energon | Spark | Willpower | |||
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Spark Location: Stomach
Procedures: Refine Energon
Image: A plain grey-brown rhinocerous in Beast Mode, Rhinox is often used as a land transport for his fellow Maximals. His jaws open wide during his transformation into robot mode, and an unusually sharp ring of teeth are displayed on his torso. He has a heavy-set body type, still standing on one set of rhino legs. His robot mode is mostly made up of a green metal, with golden highlights. Green four-fingered hands fold out from his upper rhinocerous legs, and the rough rhino hide is thrown around the waist. His rhino head rests on his back. His characteristic chainguns are close to the circumference of his legs, and decorated with silver spikes that rotate as the guns are fired.
History: You were a friend of the Axalon commander, Optimus Primal, even before he was commander, and have been even longer acquainted with his unwilling second, Rattrap. Called aboard the Axalon as its science officer, your skills in studying and categorizing alien life—especially plant life—were sure to come in handy on its exploration mission. Unfortunately, this mission turned sour all too quickly, when a sudden Predacon attack sent the Axalon tumbling to an unknown planet. Now, your skills for building weapons, customizing security, repairing allies, and, if need be, scrapping Predacons, are the skills you are most in demand for. Still, you take each opportunity you have to complete what you feel to be the mission's real goal, exploring and understanding the world you and your allies have arrived on.
Roleplaying hints: Rhinox is a trustworthy and steadfast member of the Maximal team. You are at your best when in the outdoors, among the plants you care about and the warm alien sun. However, you are the team's "miracle man," and you're more than likely to spend most of your time stuck at base, working on creating yet another invention or repairing yet another problem. You have respect for Optimus and fondness for Rattrap, a long-time friend. You also care a good deal about the younger Maximals, both Cheetor, and the new stasis pods that begin to open on the planet: creations of this alien land that are in many ways your responsibility. You especially have an almost father-like relationship with Airazor, whom you struggled to revive after damage to her stasis pod. The science and mysticism of Sparks are your realm, as well, and you know the importance of new life.
Rhinox, though very intelligent, is not given to "tech-speak," preferring to relate what he knows in plain language: short, slow sentences peppered with casual swearing. Though seeming somewhat quiet and peaceful when at work, Rhinox is devistating in a fight, and an unmatched force when he is angered. At those rare times when the rhino's temper flares, the other Maximals have learned the hard way to give him a wide berth. Though Optimus has insisted that Rhinox would make a good team leader, he prefers to keep to the background, carrying the team on his back rather than leading them from the front.
Quotes: "Create a device to extract physical matter from an alien probe? Man, I gotta be a miracle worker."
"When a spark goes on-line, there is great joy."
"Remember that Transwarp explosion? ... Okay, stupid question."
Timeline: Rhinox, ever reliable, lasts the entire Beast Wars as an irreplacable member of the Maximal team. His most interesting change of heart in the first season occurs in the episode "Dark Designs," when Megatron uses a Transmutor Beam to transform him into a Predacon. Finding the hyper-intelligent Rhinox to be far too much of a threat to his command when his moral code is removed from his circuits, Megatron is all-too-willing to allow him to remain a Maximal.
Note: If ever a Beast Wars GM should have a heroic NPC, it is Rhinox. Though his statistics are very well-rounded, making it easy enough to adapt him to most scenarios, his abilities are more often utilized within the confines of the Axalon, and any Rhinox player should be willing to take his need for "lab time" with due course.
| Name: | Rhinox | Generation: | Organic | Protoform: | Maximal |
| Player: | Richard Newman | Beast: | Rhinoceros | Alliance: | Maximal |
| Chronicle: | Beast Wars | Nature: | Caregiver | Class: | Deluxe |
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 (Botany) |
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Advantages |
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| Backgrounds | Weapons | Mechanisms | |||
| Size |
| Chainguns | (Hand-held, x2) | Radio |
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| Procedures | +
| Horn | (Beast) | Download |
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| Rank |
| Teeth | (Beast) | Energon Shielding |
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| Resources |
| Encoding |
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Energon | Spark | Willpower | |||
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Spark Location: Stomach
Procedures: Recover Lifeforce, Refine Energon, Restore Alliance, Restore the Faded Spark
| Name: | Rhinox | Generation: | Organic | Protoform: | Maximal |
| Player: | Richard Newman | Beast: | Rhinoceros | Alliance: | Maximal |
| Chronicle: | Beast Wars | Nature: | Caregiver | Class: | Deluxe |
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 (Botany) |
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Advantages |
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| Backgrounds | Weapons | Mechanisms | |||
| Size |
| Chainguns | (Hand-held, x2) | Radio |
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| Procedures | +
| Horn | (Beast) | Download |
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| Rank |
| Teeth | (Beast) | Energon Shielding |
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| Resources |
| Encoding |
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Energon | Spark | Willpower | |||
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Spark Location: Stomach
Procedures: Recover Lifeforce, Refine Energon, Restore Alliance, Restore the Faded Spark
History: Through good times and bad, you've stood by this Maximal squadron as it's grown and changed. Still, you remain yourself, having avoided being "upgraded" or altered by the war. As the one thing unchanging in a fight full of uncertainty, you often feel it is better this way. One small change in you is that, when Optimus was destroyed in body and spark during the battle against the alien planet-destroying device, you were called upon to visit the Matrix, retreiving the Maximal leader while experiencing a glimpse of the world beyond. You were also invaluable during the conflict surrounding the Autobot Ark, as you not only tore open the doors, allowing the Maximals inside, but had the privilige of doing repairs on the damaged Optimus Prime. The Matrix calls to you, revealing the ultimate prophecy, and you know the war will be coming to a head very soon.
Roleplaying hints: Protecting Earth, its past and its future, is very important to you, just as important as protecting your long-time friends. Your have always been calm and contemplative, when in your best moods, but study and better communication with the Matrix has made you now not only a researcher, but a some-time priest. You share this fascination with Optimus: of the Maximals, only the two of you have already experienced the Matrix. Take on new challenges with zen; support your allies before yourself, knowing that the Matrix will aid you.
Quotes: [In describing the Matrix] "...Where... all are one."
Timeline: Rhinox remains the Maximals' steadfast scientist and surgeon to the end of the series. He visits the Matrix and revives Optimus Primal in "Coming of the Fuzors," during the second season. In "Nemesis," at the end of the Beast Wars, he pilots the Autobot shuttle that the Maximals find on board the Ark, crashing it into the Nemesis bridge and halting Megatron's scheme. He then repairs the shuttle entirely, piloting it to Cybertron with the Maximal crew on board and the Predacon commander strapped to the outer hull.