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Post by Bullet on Jan 17, 2012 23:26:17 GMT -4
This is all I got so far, still working on it. I have a picture but my scanner is broken so it will be a while till I can get it up.
Open to any suggestions and/or constructive criticism.
RYK-15 aka Bullet Quick reference info:
General: Name: RYK-15. original self given name not known. Bullet Species: Android automaton Creator: Florence Noyce Age: 16 (Programmed) 3-6 (Physical age) Height: about 6’6” Weight: about 300lbs. Alignment: Vigilante hero Affiliation: N/A
Personality: Good-natured. Generally reserved. Gentle unless provoked. Cares about the wellbeing of all things, including his enemies.
Appearance: RYK is very similar to structure with Jenny (even though his development started one year before XJ-9s and Noyce lived across the country from Wakeman, making the similarities somewhat of a coincidence as far as anyone knows.) He is made of a white metal of unknown type and undocumented origin, with his “clothes” and hair painted orange. His Head is round with spiky, neck-length hair. Has a built-in bullet belt with a “buckle” that is similar in function to Jenny’s bellybolt.
Abilities: Some shape shifting capability Has blasters built in to each arm, along with a sword that is sheathed within his left arm. Has rockets to fly, and jet-wings for long-distance travel. Also has vmiscellaniouis tools at his disposal Super-ish strength (But not the strength of a million and seventy men, though…) Eyes allow for normal, infrared, U.V., heat, and meat vision. Several different zooms. Adept hand-to-hand combat skills. Generally prefers Aikido because of its respect and protection even for the opponent
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Post by Bullet on Jan 17, 2012 23:28:04 GMT -4
Wow, I didn't realize how daunting this would look as a post... I guess it's not so quick.
Quick Background: RYK-15 was created by Professor Florence Noyce after she retired from her job at WIAME (Washington Institute of Advanced Mechanics and Electronics, est. 2025) as a replacement for a previous project gone wrong that I will not divulge into as it is for another time and another place. In fact, his development began a whole year before XJ-9, but due to the lack of a programming language she felt was suited for her “project,” most construction and programming was done after she helped RoTech, a splinter faction of Microsoft, create the CyboCell 19 language (ring a bell, anyone?). Even still, her new job and perfectionism led to RYK not being built until two years after XJ-9 was completed.
RYK-15 ended up designed as a teenager because Noyce used him as a subject to test the capabilities of the CyboCell language. Because Noyce was inspired by twentieth century science fiction authors like Isaac Asimov, RYK was given a positronic brain that conformed to the ‘Three Laws of Robotics.’ Upon his creation, Noyce began training him to combat any crime that occurred within Washington, having several police scanners placed inside RYK’s room. She also introduced him to the world around him from the confines of her house. RYK became very interested with human culture early on, especially of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. By only a few months after his creation, he longed to integrate into the modern human population to learn about them and escape the lonesome of his household.
Despite having to obey Noyce because of the Second Law, he often found loopholes and excuses to leave the house, where he would interact with any attention he could get. Despite getting quite a bit of limelight and the interest of passerby (he is a robot after all…) he found no friends like he desired, partly due to lacking tact and being unable to properly interact with others.
However, one day while he was at the Alderwood Mall, he met a sixteen-year-old named Viktor Skjøldebrand, with whom he formed a strong friendship. Viktor, being a human teenager, taught RYK how to correctly integrate with society, among other things. Due to RYK’s insistence and the fact that he was already known to the human population, Noyce agreed to enroll him in High School. [EDIT- Somewhere between these, he was sent to Tremorton for about a year to investigate the disappearance of an important vigilante, however, he was not told who it was, so he did not know Jenny until…]
Things were all hunky-dory until C-day, when Noyce left for Tremorton, but told RYK to stay at home. However, by later that night, he felt something had gone terribly wrong but, because of the Second Law, he could not leave. However, he stumbled upon Noyce’s journal and discovered that she had removed the First and Second Laws for undisclosed reasons in relation to the previous unspecified event from paragraph one.). Immediately, he flew for Tremorton.
He arrived too late. Although the invasion was over, Noyce had been captured by the Cluster, but escaped into space. She has not been seen since. He also met another robot named Jenny Wakeman there.
Upon returning home, the media was all over RYK and Skyway Patrol was attempting to get him put under government control, so he took a large sum of money that Noyce kept saved for emergencies and made his way for Tremorton under cover. He chose the pseudonym “Bullet,” decidedly because it was quite generic and would not stand out amongst the large vigilante community in Tremorton. On his way there, Bullet realized he was being followed by Viktor, who insisted on coming with him. After much persistence though, Bullet conceded and let Viktor come. When they arrived at Tremorton, they used the money Bullet “borrowed” and each bought a separate apartment and enrolled at Tremorton High incognito. The very first day in his new home, Bullet got his chance for why he came. An extraterrestrial attack led to his second meeting with XJ-9, who did not recognize RYK but befriended him, as he was another robot with the same goals as her. This was a great success for Bullet, as his whole point in moving to Tremorton was getting in association with Jenny, whose invasion-prone/eventful life would most certainly lead him to Noyce… and vengeance on her captors.
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Post by Bullet on Jun 1, 2012 21:54:38 GMT -4
update 1 June 2012 to fit TRT Anything unchanged is omitted
Built 2066AD (completed 2068) Name: Still Bullet, nobody knows his real name Active 2068-2069, 2076-present
Timeline
2066: Built by Dr. Noyce. kept in secrecy
2068: finished, begins duties around Everett. First contact with humanty, meets Viktor.
2069: Events of EFCP, Noyce disappears. Skyway patrol begins search for RYK, forcing him into hiding but eventually give up the search.
Very little is nown about Bullet's activities since then but has relocated to Tremorton by 2076 and is a little known vigilante that likes to stay under the radar.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Jan 5, 2013 22:45:55 GMT -4
Rewritten backstory and a color picture coming soon!
At this time Bullet's backstory is pretty much the same except he did not meet Viktor (who has been changed to live in Tremorton and is not actually from Sweden, but is of Swedish descent.) and thus had no human contact until coming to Tremorton.
There will be some more specifics and the aforementioned picture coming sometime in the future.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 10, 2013 20:33:21 GMT -4
Okay, I've got a picture scanned now! It's actually really old, an early-ish concept art of Bullet from December 2011. He's gone through some minor changes since but this is the basic idea. I'm not sure how this whole "attaching" is gonna work so I'm just gonna see what happens. It will probably be wayy to big, but I guess we'll find out. EDIT: Ermagersh! The scanner made it look terrible! Oh well, it's not my best work anyway. It will just have to do for now (Those ink streaks aren't really nearly as noticeable as they seem, presumably because the scanner beams it with a bunch of light or something... Attachments:
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 19, 2013 5:03:16 GMT -4
New little update box.
19 FEB 2013: Remade timeline as per the TRT Timeline specified in the timelines thread.
FEBRUARY 2020- Florence Noyce is born
MAY 2036- Noyce admitted as youngest student at the Washington Institute of Advanced Engineering.
AUGUST 2038- Noyce begins teaching at the WIAE.
JUNE 2046- Noyce invited to inspect some strange artifacts at a recently uncovered ancient Egyptian ruin. A capsule believed to contain alien technology is stolen from the site, but no suspect is found and the aryifact is never recovered. Noyce returns home. However, her personality has changed and she resigns from her professorship at WIAE and becomes a recluse.
JANUARY 2055- Noyce begins work on RYK-16 after recovering from a mental breakdown, the cause of which is not yet known
MARCH 2065- Work on RYK complete after years of perfectionism and procrastination. RYK kept in hiding.
~2069- Events of escape from Cluster Prime. Noyce captured by Cluster. However, unknown to all but a few Cluster officers, Noyce escapes into the depths of space. RYK goes into hiding soon afterwards.
DEC 2077/JAN 2078- Bullet appears in Tremorton under the alias "Bullet." Little does he know that he's forgotten the last five years of his life. Gets involved with the Steel Brothers incident.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 24, 2013 22:27:14 GMT -4
Important Update Time!!
Okay, so I stated a while ago during Sunny Days that Bullet and Viktor were bot involved and not involved with Chrono Crisis... at the same time??? Yes, you heard... err, read correctly, and I am going to explain how this is possible. I was originally planning on doing the following information as a narrative from the view of Bullet, but I'm just really busy lately and don't really have time to write that all out. Instead I'm going to do an introduction to the scenario, then do a sorta-timeline. The following paragraph describes the events transpiring directly after the events of Steel Brothers. (Okay, I guess I kinda did to narrative, but that's not the main part.) It's not very good, and the characterization's pretty bad, but it gets its job done of setting up my actual point.
Viktor led an uneasy Bullet to his house (BTW, I'm retroactively changing Viktor's apartment to a house). Bullet was familiar with the place, but Viktor led him to a section of the house he hadn't seen before. It was filled with various musical and robotic equipment. "Okay, Viktor, what is this place? And why are we here?" Viktor sighed, then replied. "Bullet, we've actually been friends for more than ten years now." Bullet was taken aback. "What are you talking about, I haven't even known you for three months!" Viktor pulled a strange, hard-drive-like device out of his pocket and handed it to Bullet. "About two months ago, we were still travelling to Tremorton when something big happened that nearly resulted in the fall of Earth and your death, but no one even knows it happened, not even you. Before the event's climax you gave me this device and told me to keep it for the right time, along with some other instructions. The next day, all of your memory that didn't directly relate to Florence Noyce and your origins was destroyed. I took your near-lifeless body to Tremorton and set up my dwelling and left you under that bridge in the park as per your request. Within a week I found you again at the mall." There was a tense silence following this. Bullet stared at the device in Viktor's hand. "How do you know about Florence? How do you know any of this? Is this why you're always acting so strange?" "Please Bullet, use this and it will explain everything." Bullet closely examined the device, and to his shock realized it's port and shape perfectly fit a unique port in his circuitry that he thought had served no purpose. The drive even matched his color scheme. Even still, Bullet questioned if he should believe any of this. "Why should I trust you about all this." Viktor stared back sadly and replied: "Because you're my best friend." These words struck Bullet, even as an emotionless machine. He could tell that Viktor's emotions were true, so he decided that he would give Viktor the benefit of the doubt."Fine, I'll do it." Bullet took the drive and plugged it into its respective socket. He was suddenly overcome with the sensation of an electronic rush and lost all sense, but in a moment remembered everything...
MARCH 2065- RYK-16 completed, kept in hiding. First contact with humans not too long afterwards fighting crime. RYK gains a great interest in human culture, particularly that of the 20th century and early 21st century.
MAY 2067- RYK meets Viktor for the first time and quickly develop a close friendship due to mutual interest in one another upon other common interests an hobbies.
2069- Events of Escape from Cluster Prime. Florence Noyce, Bullet's creator, goes to Tremorton to aid in resistance, but is Captured by the Cluster upon arrival. RYK senses this, but ariives too late. What he doesn't know is that prior to the end of the battle, Noyce escaped the Cluster mothership, but a malfunction sent her into the deep space. Of the few that know of Noyce's escape, none know where she ended up or if she even survived. Android-paranoid Skyway Patrol blames Bullet for Noyce's disappearence due to a previous, undisclosed incident involving her, they begin to hunt for Bullet to either gain control of him or if need be neutralize him. Bullet goes into hiding.
JANUARY 2070- Bullet hears of the boomingmeta population in Tremorton and about XJ-9 and departs to search for XJ-9 in hopes "he" might be able to help Bullet find his lost creator. Viktor comes along, much to Bullet's initial displeasure.
FEBRARY- somewhere ammong the fields of midwest united States, they are attacked by a [insert Misty's species here] known as HAZE. HAZE demonstrates immense power never seen by Bullet before, but they are saved by... Bullet???
Okay, here's where I'm just gonna go out of character or universe or whatever to explain. They are attacked by this BAMF from Misty's homeworld, but they are saved by Bullethead. Yes, Bullethead, as in the character that is the future Bullet from Chrono Crisis. What happened after Chrono Crisis is that HAZE, who is the leader of an intergalactic clandestine secret organization called the Knights of New Dawn (and an old enemy of Bullethead), comes across one of the time-travel watches annd... I have to tell y'all the truth, I came up with this back in January, and never wrote it down so I kinda forgot EXACTLY what happened. What basically happened is that Bullethead still had the watch too so he went back in time to when Bullet was still young and changed something that would cause Bullet to never become involved with Chrono Crisis andheroi'en45hye4o5n'ehio5nyhe'oany'neiynhgdjfjgjbgjbfbdjdgjg!! I can't remember any of this anymore!!! Good thing that's not what is important here, what is important is that Bullet knew he would have to make a sacrafice to defeat HAZE, and while neither died, HAZE ends up powerless and Bullet loses his memory. As a by-product of the battle, one of the watches is destroyed in such a way that They are all teleported forward in time to just before Steel Brothers.
Forget most of this. I decided against the whole time travel thing cuz it's just too far-fetched and whatever, I just needed a reason to give Bullet his memory back.
Altogether, none of this will really matter in the long run cuz I'll likely send the duo off into space to search for Noyce while I introduce a more recent, but better polished character.
UPDATE 4 MAR 2013
Disregard all of this... complete background changes coming not soon... but eventually
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Post by Plink on Feb 24, 2013 22:40:14 GMT -4
HAZE?! Hehe..sorry. I was laughing because a character a friend of mine made for a collaborative project has the same name...only the character is human (?) and this name isn't fully capitalized like that.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 24, 2013 22:57:15 GMT -4
Funny, I came up with that as a play on words due to his relation to Misty the January before last for a fanfiction that I never made (and most likely won't ever make.)
Also, I need an honest opinion. I'm always questioning the quality of any kind of work that I do, whether it's music, art, writing, etc. I have a really, really bad inferiority complex about anything I do, and I'm constantly having misgivings about the way I present my characters here. Are my characters' personalities really as bland as they seem to me? I mean, everyone else's characters always appear so much better overall to me than my own. Is this evident to everyone else, or is it just my inferiority complex getting the better of me?
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Post by Plink on Feb 24, 2013 23:45:06 GMT -4
Hehe...our Haze character is actually for a book we were...er...writing together (actually that I'm re-writing).
I thought your characters here were characterized pretty well. I thought my character was actually a bit less properly characterized than anything else .
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 25, 2013 0:30:57 GMT -4
Thanks!, I guess it's just an artist thing. I thought Plink was done very well done, I look forward to seeing more of him in the future along with Alice. ;D
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Post by Plink on Feb 25, 2013 0:32:30 GMT -4
You will see more of him..assuming I'm not held up of course. Im also going to be introducing another character...a girl this time. EDIT: I guess you beat me to the punch on mentioning Alice.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 25, 2013 0:52:19 GMT -4
Hahahaha... I saw earlier today you posted her bio. Whether anyone knows it or not, I actually have Tremorton on my phone's browser, so I'm literally lurking 24/7. Creepy, huh?
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Post by Plink on Feb 25, 2013 0:57:39 GMT -4
Hahahaha... I saw earlier today you posted her bio. Whether anyone knows it or not, I actually have Tremorton on my phone's browser, so I'm literally lurking 24/7. Creepy, huh? Nah. I pretty much do the same thing here.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 25, 2013 1:05:53 GMT -4
I just don't post from my phone oftern cuz it always tries to autocorrect what I want to say into random words that make no sense...
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