When Machine and Man Combine....
In the year 2024, the Prime Minister of Japan's son was involved in a fatal accident. His body mangled and his life fading, the Prime Minister turned to the best and brightest of Japan's scientists to save his son's life in anyway possible. The result was installing mechanical parts where tissue failed. In a 14 hour operation, the son of the Prime Minister became a scientific epiphany. A combination of man and machine, the first one of his kind.
He was christened Saibo or Cyborg.
The Prime Minister was overjoyed at his son's miraculous recovery and wasn't at all phased by his new appearance. But something did phase him. His son was colder, more detached, less creative and more logical. In the following year, his son made a lot of changes to his lifestyle. He dropped out of art school and went to college to become an officer in the military. He gave up his pacifist beliefs and took up various martial arts. He was less of a young artist and more of a solider. The Prime Minister was outraged at this sudden discrepancy in his daily life and he confronted the scientists. They explained that the son's frontal lobe was damaged and the only way to save his memories was to repair it with metal. The result was that his son remembered who he was, but his son was a different person altogether.
This son's name is Akio Abe, the first Saibo. In the following years Abe rose through the ranks of the Japanese military, becoming a high-ranking officer at the young age of 28. He began a project to save the lives of lost causes medical cases, requesting that they serve the Japanese government for a period of time, usually a minimum of 10 years. He began to create and train a team of Saibos to combat Japan's enemies under the radar. They would be called the Saibo Strike Force (SSF). These individuals would come from anywhere in japan and anyone that Commander Abe deemed fit would serve in the strike force. But how many will be saved by the metal? Only time will tell....
Metal is Might
There are physical and sometimes mental perks to being transformed into a Saibo. Increased strength, speed, stamina, reaction time, more resistant to damage, etc. But there are also bonus upgrades a Saibo can earn with service. For example, upon completion of BST (Basic Saibo Training) A Saibo will be rewarded with a Grade D Upgrade, say Hidden blade in the right arm. A retractable 3 foot blade is installed into the saibo's arm for an advantage in hand to hand combat. The higher ranking a Saibo, the more advanced upgrades they receive.
Saibo Qualification.
Being classified as a Saibo is different than merely having a bionic appendage. A Saibo must rely on their bionic enhancements to live or have two or more mechanical attachments in their major organs or appendages. In other words, they cannot live without their bionic enhancements. They also must fit the age range specified by Commander Abe, 17-55, and must be good enough physical shape to under go BST, only then will they be classified as a Saibo.
CS TEMPLATE
Name:
Codename: (What your character is referred to on an op.)
Age: (17-55)
Appearance: (Written or Picture is fine)
Personality: (I won't put a requirement on this, just write to your hearts content!)
Backstory: (At least a paragraph, remember, the Japanese government knows nearly everything about you.)
Weapon:
Cybernetic upgrade: (What makes your cybernetics unique to you? Only one upgrade per character.)
Other: (Theme, some random ass message, whatever you want.)
