Appearance:



Former Title: Seraphim Trooper

Nickname/Alias: Operator

Name: Flame Brooks

Age: 16

Pronouns: He/Him

Race: Human

Personality: Flame's desire is to be a kid again, to play with friends, to talk about videogames and movies, girls and boys. Failing that, he wants to fight for a cause he actually chose with full and informed consent, which the final, futile battle against King Kazzok was somewhat like. Those two factors drive a determination to see himself out of the prison he is in, and overthrow the evil overlord that had taken everything from him. But this determination does not blind him to the need for other people as more than ablative personal shields, nor does it blind him to the 'personhood' of those he has to fight alongside. He'd had enough xenophobia in his homeworld, thank you very much.

Abilities/Powers:

Human Baseline - Unlike most other supersoldier programs, Flame is deliberately kept as close to 'normal human' as possible in order to prevent him and his fellow 'Seraphim' from thinking themselves above other human beings and thus nurturing thoughts of revolt. However, Flame is vaccinated against the majority of diseases known to the 26th Century, fed a healthy diet, and exercised to his physical limits. He is also highly educated, thus putting him at peak human skill.

Professional Training - Flame is trained to the level of a Special Forces operative, and it shows. He knows the basics of shooting, first aid, unarmed combat, and wildnerness survival, as well as melee combat. He has also been trained to maintain and repair his power armor.

Power Armor Training - The counterweight to the weaknesses of the Human Baseline, Flame is trained to use the Seraphim Power Armor, one of the masterworks of Human technology in his world. The Seraphim Power Armor's capabilities are illustrated below, in 'Equipment'.

Equipment:

Seraphim Power Armor (Destroyed) - A suit of meta-materials resistant to energy and ballistic weapons, with in-built shield projectors which further improve defence against enemy weapons. Containing an air filtration system, in-built packs of rations, compressed oxygen, and a computerized medical diagnostics program, the Seraphim Suit also contains a microfusion reactor that when linked to internal motors in the armor, can enhance strength to that of twenty physically fit men. Not merely that, but each suit of Power Armor is genetically 'locked' to members of the Seraphim Troopers only; this means that while the supersoldiers can exchange their armors, no one else can use the suits.

Jetpack (Destroyed) - A jetpack containing a set of chemical fuels unknown to present science that provide stable, swift flight when used, and which can carry several times the Power Armor and wielder's weight.

Seraphim's Wrath Assault Rifle (Destroyed) - An advanced portable railgun that uses electromagnetic force to propel bullets with enough force to pierce deep into granite, the Seraphim's Wrath Assault Rifle is the main weapon of the Seraphim Troopers.

Cherubim Pistol - A railgun pistol that does much the same; using electromagnetic force to propel bullets at shorter but still lethal ranges.

Monomolecular-edge Knife (Destroyed) - A knife whose blade has been sharpened to a molecule's edge, enabling it to cut through flesh and bone easily, and even steel isn't safe.

Inventory:

Omni-Tool/Commlink - A combination of Smartphone, Personal Computer, Compass and Survival Kit, the Omni-Tool is a piece of advanced technology that can facilitate communications, research, and even act as a dowsing tool that seeks out fresh water and sources of edible materials.

Picture of Flame's Parents - A picture of Flame's parents; the peopel they portray are now thought lost to King Kazzok's forces.

Extra Ration Packs - More food and compressed water; basically military rations for a growing supersoldier.

Origin: Earth-Despair, a vision of the future gone wrong. To elaborate, Humanity is ruled by a fascist dictatorship constantly seething with rebellion, in endless war with alien powers who are also warring among themselves, and while technology is advanced, its development is stagnating as scientific discoveries that threaten the status quo are suppressed and hoarded. The latter part, in turn, is due to the dictatorship not wanting the constant war that justifies their rule to finally end; even excess prosperity endangers that.

Backstory: As part of the deliberate attempts to prolong the constant wars in the region, while at the same time making it look as though they were scoring victories, the Human League, the dictatorship that controlled Humanity, decided to found a new supersoldier program. These Supersoldiers had to be effective enough to keep Humanity from being conquered and even take new worlds for themselves, yet not so effective as to win the constant battles against alien empires. This, the Seraphim Trooper Project was born.

The idea was to take children with exceptional physical and mental talent and train them to be killers while not actually giving them posthuman upgrades. This would ensure a supply of effective pawns that would not be able to successfully rebel, as their effectiveness depended on technology the Human Leage controlled. And one of the children targeted was young Flame Brooks, then living in a loving home with kind parents.

Needless to say, Flame went with the Human League's jackbooted thugs kicking and screaming; he had to be shut up with threats against his parents. After that, he was a moderately obedient soldier, going through harsh training before entering combat at 15; he had caught on to the comically evil nature of the Human League's regime by then. Then suddenly, the game of endless war they played with various alien powers was interrupted by a new player, a player who didn't care for the informal rules.

This new player was 'Cold King Kazzok', and he wanted the Galaxy for himself. With an armada of numerous advanced ships and hordes of fanatical ground troops, he actually had a chance of winning.

Humanity found itself having to ally with various alien species as its survival was at stake for the first time in centuries, and Flame found further confirmation that the Human League was filled with lies and rubbish. But in this period of cooperation, he found a cause worth fighting for, a cause worth believing in, and Flame Brooks fought as hard as he can.

It just wasn't enough.

Now, Flame is a prisoner of this 'Dark Lord', his eyes opened to the existence of magic and the supernatural. But he would not give up, he would not allow himself to stay a prisoner forever. He would find his way back to 'Earth-Despair', and bring back joy and happiness to it...

Other: youtube.com/watch?v=IDAGFctn5Bo