A.I. am Human (Cyborg 009 remake)

[Taytay]

I am definitely interested if there is still room.

[Omega Man]

I am definitely interested if there is still room.

@Taytay

Haven't accepted anyone yet, so yeah there's still plenty!

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[ProPro]

Cyborg 006

Cyborg 006

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Name:Luiza Silva Macedo
Cyborg #: 006
Nationality: Brazilian
Age When Created: 19
Additional Power: Troublegum, a unique substance with many properties usually associated with bubble gum. It’s highly elastic, very strong, condensable, and adhesive. Luiza’s body has been modified to produce troublegum in absurd quantities, expelled from her pores. Additionally, her joints have been removed, leaving her body parts segmented and separated by troublegum, meaning her flexibility is unmatched and her body parts can stretch.
Likes: Strong boys, strong girls, fighting, model airplanes (not everything is about punching, a girl’s gotta have a hobby!), smoking
Dislikes: Weak willed sappy people, authority figures, bubblegum
Former Occupation: School dropout/Cage fighter
Experience:

• Stopped giant mutant gorilla (002 helped too, I guess, in their own small way)
• Stopped an avalanche from destroying a small mountain town
• Punched through an underground fighting ring for wealthy criminals… Aaaaand put a stop to it, I guess
• Lasso’d a freaking shark with my own arm… Ok, that didn’t help anyone, it was just for fun.
• Busted child porn ring.
• Punched the president of Singapore in the face. I swear there was a good reason for that, just drop it already, will you?!

Appearance: Luiza is 5’4” with a lean muscular build. White skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, she’s the Aryan offspring her grandparents had hoped for.She keeps her bangs dyed a variety of colors, which may change week to week or even day to day, depending on whatever mood suits her. When not in her cyborg battle suit, Luiza likes to wear comfortable clothes that show off her style and flair, like torn jeans, tank tops, and sleeveless jackets.
BRIEF Bio: Born the granddaughter of Nazis who escaped to Brazil following the fallout of WWII, Luiza was a troubled youth. Her family taught her their doctrine, but made her swear never to talk about it in public, while she was taught in school that such people were the enemy of the world. But that couldn’t be right, they were her loving family! She was eventually disillusioned with her family when walking in one day to find them beating a black man to death, someone she knew from school to be a kind and gentle soul. She ran and never looked back, but eventually the public found out about her family ties and, assuming her to be like them, chased her down in the streets. After a long fight she was beaten to within an inch of her life, but kept surviving regardless. She took the experience and put it into cage matches, breaking jaws for cash. Eventually the wrong sort of people took interest in her, and she became a human experiment and rebuilt as cyborg 006.
Notes: N/A

[Taytay]

#002

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Name: Argus Siskos
Cyborg # : 002
Nationality: Greek
Age When Created: 16
Additional Power: Soundbending- Argus can shape and manipulate sound. Aside from the basic sonic scream, his vocal cords have been modified to allow for the usage of a wide variety of sound levels. His body was augmented to allow not only the control of sonic energy but also to withstand high and low levels of sound and vibration.
Likes: Cats, children, honesty, living healthy, planning, Sweets
Dislikes: Birds, liars, smoking, anything bitter, the ocean, Organized Crime
Former Occupation: Store Clerk/Dealer
Experience:

• Helped stop a giant mutant gorilla (With ummmm...oh yeah 006...I think.)
• Saved the majority of a small town from a wildfire (In my defense, I got all the people but missed the dogs.)
• Snubbed 3 Russian Mob bosses (They wanted me to sing for them...hehe.)
• Acted as bodyguard for the President of Frances' Daughter for a week (I guess he wanted old yeller to keep an eye on her)
• Saved a children's orphanage (Gotta help the kiddos)

Appearance: Argus stands at 5'9 and has a slim build. His brown hair, dark hazel eyes, and elfish ears are all different qualities that you would notice at first glance. In public he can be seen wearing anything from sweats and a plain shirt to a full-blown suit, all depends on the occasion. He does enjoy hats though, baseball caps, snapbacks, cowboy hats, you name it he wears it.
BRIEF Bio: Argus was the only child of a struggling single mother. The quiet pair lived in a ghetto right outside the city of Athens, in a small apartment. They had a simple living, at least from Argus' point of view, but in actuality, they were barely making ends meet. His mother was unable to keep a job, his father was an American man who died in the Vietnam War, his mother left America the year Argus was born and returned to Greece. As Argus got older he became aware of their situation and did everything he could to help out and found himself involved with an underground crime syndicate. He was a runner otherwise, know as a mail boy. Delivering packages to certain locations and then getting paid for surviving the drops, the job was stressful and caused him to pick up a smoking habit. This habit leads him to be diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer, but that did not stop him from working. His lack of self-care leads him to be hospitalized. Argus knew he was going to die anyway so why not speed up the process, what he didn't expect was to get kidnapped in the night and given the option of either dying or becoming apart of a secret experiment...
Notes: TBH

[clanjos]

Cyborg 001

Name: Ken Hayakawa
Cyborg # : 001
Nationality: Japanese
Age When Created: 27

Additional Power:
You're Only Second Best: Ken's eyes contain a highly advanced scanning system, allowing him to observe someone performing a mundane skill. After observing them, he is able to perform the skill even better than they are- be it carpentry, bartending, kung-fu, trick shooting, horseback riding, billiards, fishing, American Football, or anything in between. The improvement on the technique allows him to turn the most mundane of skills into a deadly martial art.

Likes: Children, small animals, mountain climbing, martial arts, playing the acoustic guitar, fine tobacco
Dislikes: Crime, drinking, horses, folks who take advantage of the desperate

Former Occupation: Private Detective

Experience:

• Wiped out Dakkar, a consortium of arms dealers and organized criminals
• Wiped out a cell of Brazilian Nazi remnants led by Nazi Jaguar
• Cleared a 38-man list of Black Ghost's hired killers
• Defeated Baboon Buddha, a cult leader kidnapping people in China's remote provinces
• Drove the Blackheart Gang out of Dodge City
• Single-handedly busted the biggest drug operation in Tokyo
• Avenged the death of his best friend

Appearance: Here. Usually, he wears a black poncho and has a guitar slung over his back, in addition to a sizable duffel bag that contains all his worldly belongings- mostly clothes, camping gear, and cigarettes.

BRIEF Bio: Ken was once a simple drifter that loved mountain climbing. Gifted with sharp analytical powers and keen senses, a friend of his suggested he make a name for himself in the streets of Japan's cities, where he found work as a private detective. This proved to be quite lucrative, allowing him to do good for the citizens- while also lining his wallet. However, one day, he and his friend found themselves on a bus with two politicians that a certain turf boss from Dakkar sought to eliminate. While the bus was on a bridge, Ken heard a distinctive ticking... and immediately realized what was happening. Evacuating the bus as quickly as he could, the two proceeded to drive it out of the city and to a rural area... but they couldn't stop the bomb in time. While damage was minimized, the two politicians, the private detective, and his friend ended up in a hospital. Dakkar promptly attempted to burn it to the ground. The politicians died in the blaze, while an unknown assailant gunned down Ken's friend in the confusion. Ken, however, was captured and sold to Black Ghost for conversion into a cyborg. He eventually returned to being a drifter, going wherever destiny took him and fighting whatever crime and villainy he was faced with.

Notes:

[Menhir]

007

Name: Delphine Miel
Cyborg # : 007
Nationality: French
Age When Created: 22
Additional Power:
Casting Call - By pressing a switch located on her neck, 007 activates nanomachines located in her bloodstream to remodel her body and manufacture necessary equipment quite literally "out of thin air". To outside observers, this process appears as a split-second flash of light that conceals 007's figure as she transitions to a new appearance.
Likes: Stars In The Sky, Flowers On Earth, Love To Human Beings
Dislikes: Cats, Other Cyborgs
Former Occupation: Actress

Experience:
-Destroyed Cyborg Achilles
-Dismantled Tiger Claw, Destroyed Tiger Zora
-Served With Rescue Soldiers (As Rescuepink)
-Dismantled Neo Tiger Claw, Destroyed Tiger Zora
-Defeated Demon King Blood Moon (As Masked Raider DX)
-Dismantled Shin Tiger Claw, Destroyed Tiger Zora
-Saved Great Satanman In His Civilian Identity
-Dismantled Tiger Claw Arc, Destroyed Tiger Zora
-Stalled Mugen Gattai God Majin For Ten Minutes

Appearance: 007's default appearance matches that of her pre-modification self. Considering the fact that 007 can be virtually anyone at any time, catching her like this is fairly rare.
Bio: Once a no-name actress in Paris, Delphine's final casting call came to a tragic end when it was revealed to be one of Black Ghost's "recruitment drives", where she was kidnapped and remodeled into a cyborg. While she had by far the easiest time reintegrating into society out of all the 00-series cyborgs due to her shapeshifting ability, this hasn't stopped numerous groups both good and evil from tracking her down and enlisting her help over the years- most commonly her archnemesis, the seemingly-immortal Tiger Zora.
Notes: Has roughly half a dozen civilian identities at any given time.

Are we talking about what music we like still? Recently, I've been into Elephant Gym.

[Omega Man]

I listen to a lot of synthwave too LOL

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[ProPro]

@Menhir A shapeshifting actor? You didn't want to do something different from the canon 007?

[Menhir]

But it is different?

[ProPro]

But it is different?

@Menhir

Different in that it's less powerful/varied. OG 007 was the "world's best actor" while she was trying to get noticed. He was an agent for MI6 while she never had any formal combat/espionage training. His shapeshifting operating on the molecular level, essentially letting him turn any part of his body into anything while hers changes physical appearance and provides props.

It's the same but less powerful than the canon 007. I'm not saying you can't do it, it just feels... Underutilized.

[DrewVonAwesome]

005

Name: Nigel Keane
Cyborg # : 005
Nationality: English
Age When Created: 24
Additional Power: Super enhanced sensory/accuracy capabilities. Able to see and hear up to 4 kilometers away with 99.99% clarity. Nigel also can use all of this along with a targeting system implanted in his brain and left eye to be able to hit any target with any weapon with pinpoint accuracy. The only drawback is Nigel’s targeting system requires a second or two to line up the shot. Also, bright lights and/or incredibly loud noises can incapacitate Nigel for a moment.
Likes: Performing, cooking, being around his family, Volunteering, Peace and quiet
Dislikes: War, Violence, Someone being loud, Alcohol
Former Occupation: Professional Figure Skater
Experience:
Providing security guard work for England’s Royal Family (“It's easy work, and her royal highness and her family are quite wonderful people to work with.”)
Creating the ‘Competitive Dreams’ foundation, giving underprivileged children access to equipment and optimal training time for their chosen sport (“I had planned on starting this charity before all the… unpleasantness happened. So it ended up taking a little longer than I had hoped.”)
Stopping giant mecha robots in Japan (“Still not entirely sure how I got talked into that one to be frank.”)
Saving his younger brother and his British Armed Forces squad from being held hostage by a terrorist group in Afghanistan (“The circumstances made it an exception to my anti-violence stance. I won’t lie… I took pleasure in it.”)
Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: At one point in his life, Nigel Keane was considered one of the top men’s figure skaters in the world, and a favorite to gold the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. The oldest of five children. Nigel lived a difficult life as despite his parents both working hard, the money was hard to come by and often the family struggled to make ends meet. Growing up in Essex Nigel often ended up doing a lot of work himself to keep the family together.

When he was 11 Nigel ended up going to a schoolmate birthday party at the local ice rink. There Nigel met for the first time Roger Hart, a former pro figure skater who worked at the facility as an instructor. Nigel watched Roger demonstrate his figure skating prowess and was the only one there that day who not only noticed, but be enthralled by the sport. Although he tried to quickly dismiss what he saw. He didn’t have the money to train or get ice skates normally, as his friend paid for his admission and skate rentals that day.

Soon though Nigel would scrape together whatever he could to go on his own, biking over to the ice rink to try and figure out the graceful moves he had seen that day. Eventually getting Roger’s attention. Roger saw Nigel’s heart and determination and decided to strike a deal. If Nigel was willing to help do work around Roger’s house for him, he’d be willing to help train Nigel in figure skating for free.

The two quickly developed a strong bond, as Nigel would visit each day after school to help Roger with his home, and then train until it was time to go home that night. His family noticed, eventually buying Nigel his own ice skates that Christmas. Soon Nigel was entered into competitions and simply dominated with his clean moves and axel combos. Eventually able to turn pro Nigel started to travel the world, although barely missing the cut for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Nigel learned quickly and was able to win the 1990 and 1991 Figure Skating World Championships. The first Englishman to accomplish the feat since 1939.

Shortly after the 1991 World Championships in Munich, Germany however, Nigel was traveling to Szczecin, Poland by taxi for a promotional shoot. It was late, around 2 am, and Nigel was asleep in the back of the taxi. The road they were on was a single lane, but police said when it was struck it seemed the accident should’ve been head on. Although the driver was killed, Nigel’s body and any bodies in the other vehicle vanished. The police were unaware those in the other vehicle were gone, with Nigel’s injured body, having completed their mission for Black Ghost.
Notes:

Still working on it, curious what people think of the concept...

[Zero Hex]

Still working on it, curious what people think of the concept...

@DrewVonAwesome

003 but not just a babysitter, credit to team.

[ProPro]

005 In Progress

Name: Nigel Keane
Cyborg # : 005
Nationality: English
Age When Created: 24
Additional Power: Super enhanced sensory/accuracy capabilities. Able to see and hear up to 4 kilometers away with 99.99% clarity. Nigel also can use all of this along with a targeting system implanted in his brain and left eye to be able to hit any target with any weapon with pinpoint accuracy. The only drawback is Nigel’s targeting system requires a second or two to line up the shot. Also, bright lights and/or incredibly loud noises can disordinate Nigel for a moment.
Likes: Performing, cooking, being around his family, Volunteering, Peace and quiet
Dislikes: War, Violence, Someone being loud,
Former Occupation: Professional Figure Skater
Experience:
Providing security guard work for England’s Royal Family (“It's easy work, and her royal highness and her family are quite wonderful people to work with.”)
Creating the ‘Competive Dreams’ foundation, giving underprivileged children access to equipment and optimal training time for their chosen sport (“I had planned on starting this charity before all the… unpleasantness happened. So it ended up taking a little longer than I had hoped.”)
Stopping giant mecha robots in Japan (“Still not entirely sure how I got talked into that one to be frank.”)
Saving his younger brother and his British Armed Forces squad from being held hostage by a terrorist group in Afghanistan (“The circumstances made it an exception to my anti-violence stance. I won’t lie… I took pleasure in it.”)
Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: At one point in his life, Nigel Keane was considered one of the top men’s figure skaters in the world, and a favorite to gold the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Notes:

Still working on it, curious what people think of the concept...

@DrewVonAwesome

Concept is fine. Hex is right, 003 but without being the "designated woman." Excellent combat application as well. I get the feeling that he and 006 will have some humorous banter with his pacifistic ways and her punch first questions later approach.

[Menhir]

That's a surprising interpretation, friend. Is that how they play him in the new CG ones? I didn't like the redesigns, so I haven't watched them.

In the versions I watched- or read, in the comic's case- the character had some key differences. Great Britain was a washed-up old drunk who threw away the only woman who ever cared about him, was hated by basically everyone who knew him pre-modification, and to my knowledge was never involved with any branch of intelligence. In most stories he was basically just the comic relief and tended to get steamrolled anytime he entered a straight fight. In some versions, he also retained the same face/mass when he shapeshifted, but that's relatively inconsistent even within singular series so I can understand if you hadn't picked up on it.

Your comment about wasted potential was helpful, though. I had thought 007's ability to create relevant equipment was actually a little too strong, but you've put my mind at ease. Thanks, friend!

[ProPro]

That's a surprising interpretation, friend. Is that how they play him in the new CG ones? I didn't like the redesigns, so I haven't watched them.

In the versions I watched- or read, in the comic's case- the character had some key differences. Great Britain was a washed-up old drunk who threw away the only woman who ever cared about him, was hated by basically everyone who knew him pre-modification, and to my knowledge was never involved with any branch of intelligence. In most stories he was basically just the comic relief and tended to get steamrolled anytime he entered a straight fight. In some versions, he also retained the same face/mass when he shapeshifted, but that's relatively inconsistent even within singular series so I can understand if you hadn't picked up on it.

Your comment about wasted potential was helpful, though. I had thought 007's ability to create relevant equipment was actually a little too strong, but you've put my mind at ease. Thanks, friend!

@Menhir

He was always a former agent of MI6 from the original manga. Granted he was also a washed up drunk but that's always been a part of his character. "Great Britain" was his codename in the agency. He's a great big shout out to James Bond (as in the Bond that was in the original Ian Flemming novels). British, MI6, 007 codename, loves women and alcohol, yeah.

[Menhir]

Are you talking about Gods War, friend? Because Gods War is noncanon and also retcons the entire manga as never happening.

Anyway, if we're talking about the original comic: Great Britain is stated several times to literally be his name and all the cyborgs are basically just random people nobody would miss. The chapter that covers it is actually very strange, because half of it is dedicated to an extended slapstick car chase involving two Black Ghost goons and 003's brother.

The thing you have to understand about the manga is that Ishinomori was actually kind of a hack whose comics work was his weakest point, and anyone who tries to seriously catalog everything that happens in the comic is probably also really bad at reading comprehension. The series was dropped by multiple magazines over it's lifespan (which is why only the 2001 version has a complete Mythos arc; the original was cut short) and a number of what are set up as plot points turn out to just be cheap throwaway references or left hanging because keeping track of all your storylines just wasn't done at the time (Go Nagai was also really bad about this). I'd honestly call the TV versions superior- both the pacing and story get cleaned up a lot.

That aside, I'd suggest reading it yourself. It's very fun in a disjointed half-finished kind of way.

[DrewVonAwesome]

Finished it, yeah good to hear the positive thoughts on it!

[ProPro]

@Menhir Just because I haven't read it in over 20 years doesn't mean I haven't read it at all, but I'll thank you for your assumptions and insulting my intelligence regardless. As far as God's War goes, no I am not referring to that whatsoever. I have no experience with God's War. I am relying 100% on my memory from reading the original stories, and watching the various anime productions. I attempted to research to back my claim, but found nothing. Ergo my memory was faulty and for being wrong I apologize. It has been a long time since I've fully thrown myself into this franchise.

I love it very much for helping Ishinomori to guide and create the Sentai genre, as well as the pioneering it did for manga/anime and sci-fi in general. I don't remember where I got the MI6 bit, perhaps it bled over from somewhere else, I don't know, but I was 100% sure and tried to rely on my memory of something I hadn't experienced in decades. Usually my nerd-brain is an infallible steel trap.

[Menhir]

You can read Japanese? That's some really impressive dedication, friend!

[Omega Man]

I know they mentioned 007 being in MI6 in the computer animated Netflix series.

Where does the Cyborg 009 vs Devilman series fit in? I've quite literally just got into both of these franchises so I was at a loss for words when finding out they crossed over. The anime is I'm guessing more like the original in that Jet Link/002 has ridiculous looking dark hair as opposed to the more recent blonde hairstyles.

In the various series, have any of the cyborgs actually been hurt badly enough to the point you can see their cybernetics?

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