VitoftheVoid

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

Oh yeah I'm still active, just waiting on my turn to roll round.

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

Laika didn't really sleep, as such.

Maintaining her intended operation made sleeping distinctly sub-optimal to performance, so part of the alterations were specifically designed to avoid that.
As such, she hadn't had a bed for a while.
Instead, at the time a certain other subject broke into the hallway on which here room was placed, Laika was in her default position: Sat on a mat on the floor, legs crossed, and arms in her lap.

The cables that ran from the back of her skull and shoulders hung loose, straight down her back, sometimes to the floor.
Her head, with angular features not really tinted from any abundance of sunlight, was tilted forwards. Her eyes were open, though at the moment displayed only an emissive white. Her actual visual was elsewhere, seeing all of this exchange from a whole different angle. That was, the security camera outside of the hall entrance.

She watched a lot of things. That was, ater all, what she was made for. Escapes weren't all that statistically unusual, though it wasn't often that things came quite so close or immediate.

It was only some moments after the removal of the doors that colour flooded back into Laika's eyes and she lifted her head, the silver rings of an iris moving with a quiet whirr of servos.

The voice from the facility's techno monstrosity didn't come from her mouth as such, but out of anything audio capable in the vicinity. She had been provided with some speakers for this usage, though it didn't prevent it speaking right out of intercoms from time to time.
It was a female voice, certainly, though far from anything natural there was a pitch-corrected artificiality about it.

"There has been a subject containment breach."

She tilted her head, over in Axel's direction, though it was always a little difficult to tell if Laika was actually looking at you, per se.

"Conditional on actions prior to arrival in this section you are currently in violation of at least eight facility codes."

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022805

Name: Laika 022805

Appearance: Laika resembles a small, slender, rather sickly-looking individual. She is angular in figure and lacks much in way of muscle definition. Picking her up doesn't look like it would be very difficult.
Her hair is dark, inky in colour and reaches down to her lower back.
Thee things are a bit less immediately noticeable than the artificial aspects of Laika.
Numerous cables hang down from the back of her skull and shoulders, and matte painted white plates are set into either side of her forehead. The irises of her eyes are white and glow in low light, being comprised of photoreceptive cells rather than biological material.
A ridge of metal runs down her back, level with her spine.
She is generally seen wearing compression garments that cover most visible skin below her neck. Sometimes other roomier clothes are worn over the top.

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Personality: Laika is, on paper, a highly intelligent subject. Her use in the project stemmed from her high IQ and capacity for handling large amounts of information. However whatever has been done to make her into what she was in the present has resulted in a person, or creation, that doesn't have a great deal or social or emotional intelligence.

As far as many of the staff are concerned, Laika isn't a lot more than a machine in human shape that carries out instructions without question or comment. Any more extended interaction might reveal that that isn't quite the case. She appears very emotionally flat and often 'speaks' in stock phrases, making it quite difficult to read what she is thinking or indeed how much active thinking is going on.

One could take it as a genuine mistake when she has opened gates or destroyed consoles, or one might take it as a deep-seated resentment towards her creators. It's quite hard to tell, and it probably wouldn't benefit Laika to make it clear either way.

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Abilities: Technopath (30) - An comparatively early iteration, Laika is extremely specialized in one area, designed as a form of targeted support for more physical combat projects, an all-seeing eye that is able to hack any security system, see through any camera and unlock any door.

This has, largely, been successful. Laika is an extremely powerful technopath whose abilities make most any electronics in her vicinity an effective extension of her own senses. If there is a camera nearby, she is able to see through it. If there is a speaker, she can project a pitch-corrected facsimile of a voice. In theory, she could operate most machinery in her general area. However, for security reasons and inhibitor was installed that prevents Laika from gaining full control of large systems without a physical cable connection into it, something that leaves Laika static and potentially vulnerable whilst her full focus is on the work.

Doctor: Dr. Hayes

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Right, I've committed and made the edit!

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@VitoftheVoid Everything looks good except 1 thing.

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That looks to be more like Technokinesis than Technopathy.

@Rockin Strings

Good point, my brain had lumped them in together after I used some similar abilities in another RP recently.
I can either scratch that aspect and go full support or divide the points up a little. Will decide shortly.

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Oookay heeere we go.
One app!

Laika

Name: Laika 022805

Appearance: Laika resembles a small, slender, rather sickly-looking individual. She is angular in figure and lacks much in way of muscle definition. Picking her up doesn't look like it would be very difficult.
Her hair is dark, inky in colour and reaches down to her lower back.
Thee things are a bit less immediately noticeable than the artificial aspects of Laika.
Numerous cables hang down from the back of her skull and shoulders, and matte painted white plates are set into either side of her forehead. The irises of her eyes are white and glow in low light, being comprised of photoreceptive cells rather than biological material.
A ridge of metal runs down her back, level with her spine.
She is generally seen wearing compression garments that cover most visible skin below her neck. Sometimes other roomier clothes are worn over the top.

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Personality: Laika is, on paper, a highly intelligent subject. Her use in the project stemmed from her high IQ and capacity for handling large amounts of information. However whatever has been done to make her into what she was in the present has resulted in a person, or creation, that doesn't have a great deal or social or emotional intelligence.

As far as many of the staff are concerned, Laika isn't a lot more than a machine in human shape that carries out instructions without question or comment. Any more extended interaction might reveal that that isn't quite the case. She appears very emotionally flat and often 'speaks' in stock phrases, making it quite difficult to read what she is thinking or indeed how much active thinking is going on.

One could take it as a genuine mistake when she has opened gates or destroyed consoles, or one might take it as a deep-seated resentment towards her creators. It's quite hard to tell, and it probably wouldn't benefit Laika to make it clear either way.

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Abilities: Technopath (30) - An comparatively early iteration, Laika is extremely specialized in one area, designed as a form of targeted support for more physical combat projects, an all-seeing eye that is able to hack any security system, see through any camera and unlock any door.

This has, largely, been successful. Laika is an extremely powerful technopath whose abilities make most any electronics in her vicinity an effective extension of her own senses. If there is a camera nearby, she is able to see through it. If there is a speaker, she can project a pitch-corrected facsimile of a voice. In theory, she could operate most machinery in her general area. However, for security reasons and inhibitor was installed that prevents Laika from gaining full control of large systems without a physical cable connection into it, something that leaves Laika static and potentially vulnerable whilst her full focus is on the work.

Doctor: Dr. Hayes

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@VitoftheVoidI think then it would either fall under Schoder or Hayes then. Hopefully Rockin Strings can help you more when they get on.

@Kiki is Anxious

Cheers, I'll put together a profile in the meantime and edit as needed.

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@VitoftheVoid Depends, is it a hands on (makes their inventions by hand) technopath or a mental one (can wave a hand and the invention makes itself if the parts are there)?

@Kiki is Anxious

Ah, makes sense.
I'm thinking mental manipulation of technology, computer systems, that sort of thing.

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Hi there. Looks interesting, hope you don't mind if I submit a character shortly!

Edit: I was considering a technopath character, any idea what that'd fall under?

Brightside Bioweapon Research Facility - An RP About Mad Science and Free Donuts

@Eviledd1984 By all means, go ahead.