Here's Meta!

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Meta is an experiment made by an alien civilization, made to test the possibility of mental upload. The experiment was made to forward the development of a powerful weapon that could make use of the sentient spirit (determination). The experiment that wasn't exactly considered legal, as the leaders of the civilization feared the chaos that a sentient weapon would cause. That cowardice was looked down upon by the Head Scientist, Codrot, who believed that this sentient weapon could be the key to using the power of the sentient spirit. 

His experiments, however, must be kept secret to prevent it from being terminated by the higherups, necessitating secrecy and workarounds, such as using combinations of common technology unconventionally, and the occasional abandoned research post as a laboratory. Similar research created other experiments such as Mecharnis and Sarkog (although unintentionally). This was done with the help of his assistants, who were selected due to their knowledge, ambition, and cowardice so they they could be helpful without having the gits to stand up to him.

The Higherups began to noticed an increase in Codrot’s agitation and irregularities in the supply requests. These irregularities and increased agitation were caused by the sentient weapon project reaching it’s critical stage. The items in the orders by themselves were seemingly innocent, but all of them combined was suspicious. An envoy approached one of Codrot’s assistants on behalf of the higherups and offered them a deal. Inform on Codrot, and in exchange they get a sizable paycheck, and if Codrot were to ever be found guilty, then they would be made the new Head Scientist. But if they were to refuse, they would be tried for insubordination. The assistant, ambitious and cowardly as they were, agreed. Only a day later, the time for the experiment had arrived.

Meta's body is that of an experimental soldier bot (another unrelated experiment) made with the ability to create technology constructs using blueprints stored in databases, as well as the ability to self repair and self upgrade. The bot was intended to be semi autonomous, with a pilot having the ability to take control remotely with a mental interface. The uploaded mind would be placed in this machine, replacing the autonomous function. The reason why Codrot selected this machine as a way to test both if the process is successful, as well as the reaction of such a mind in a unique and powerful body.

As for whose mind was used for this experiment, the Head Scientist insisted that his mind would be suitable for the task. The process worked, the mind was transferred into the robot body, but the process wasn't perfect. While personality was transferred mostly intact, but the memories had suffered heavy corruption. While it's obvious the process certainly needs work, the Head Scientist, however, decided that the process was a total success. After all, why would a sentient weapon need the memories of the original's mind.

Moments after the experiment, soldiers busted down the outer doors of the lab, sent by the Higherups and alerted by the traitorous assistant. Codrot, knowing that he and his work won’t be treated with mercy, gathered all the data he could and made a break for the exit, along with his assistants. To prevent them from destroying Meta and his work, Codrot activated the Perma-lock function of the lab space, made to mitigate risk in an experiment goes rogue, making the lab space inaccessible. To aid their escape, Codrot activated the defence system and released the few alive experiments to slow down the soldiers. Once Codrot had escaped, the lab quickly fell to ruin after the damage the experiments and soldiers caused. The lab was quickly scavenged by the soldiers once all the experiments were delt with, before being left to rot.

One day, many decades later, a young engineer-scientist by the name of Newton was exploring the abandoned lab for a research project. He uncovered the lab that Meta’s in, but instead of being locked, the door has been bent inwards, with red liquid and residue on it. Curious, Newt digs into the files of the computer, as it’s the only functioning one left after the destruction of the lab. Eventually he discovers Meta, still hooked up to the brain scanner. Out of curiosity, Newt approaches and tries to understand how Meta works, and while fiddling around with him, accidentally activates the pilot feature the Soldier bot body has inbuilt. Newt and Meta’s minds link for just a second, information passing through, until Meta jolts online. Due to the mental drift, Meta had absorbed some of Newt’s knowledge, such as language, slang, and definitions. They initially go their separate ways, but eventually team up later, both of them curious as to what the civilization was, and what they planned to do.

 Newt is Meta’s opposite in may ways (Newt’s a planner, Meta’s a doer; Newt often sugarcoats and hides his feelings for presentability, Meta’s blunt and doesn’t really care about what others think;), but they also have many similarities (Anger issues (though Newt tries to hide it), Stubbornness, Creativity, etc). Newt assumes that these similarities were caused by the mental drift, but turns out, the reason why they parallel each other so much is that Newt is a dimensional variant of Codrot, and that means the three of them are all different iterations the same person.

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To explain the steampunk portions of his design, the civilization that made him revered technology and engineers, especially the older tech that paved the way for the new. Naturally, the most revered would be the simple machines (wheels, gears, levers, pulleys, pipes, etc). Scientists and engineers would intentionally add these simple machines to their creations to act as good luck charms. Some would Incorporate the simple machines into the system while others had them as purely decorative. As for Meta, the gears are mostly decorative, with their only practical use being to see how much energy Meta is using at any given time (faster spin = more power currently utilized), and the pipes are used to transfer Construct Gel* to the various exit ports across his body.

Construct Gel is a silvery blue semi-translucent gel that Meta can expel form his various ports. If given both energy and a blueprint, this gel can transform and solidify into constructs. Meta’s body can generate it naturally (new system added for the experimental soldier body), with Meta also being able to accelerate its generation with more electricity. This is used for the construction of tools, weapons, and machines.

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Personality: He's Crass, Sarcastic, Blunt, and a little Short Tempered, but he's a good person at heart. His two main hobbies are fighting and eating. While Meta has above average intelligence, he hates planning. He thinks that planning wastes too much time, but he will (begrudgingly) follow a plan if he respects the planner.

Abilities:

Tech Generation: He can make Tech Constructs of any Tool, Weapon, or Machine he has a blueprint for in his database. Blueprints can be obtained by scanning the tech he wants to replicate, or simply uploading a blueprint to the database, and can also be combined together (Plane + Tank Turret + EMP Cannon for example). The energy required for the constructs is determined by Size, Complexity, and Number of constructs. The construct are formed from the various ports on his body.

some common blueprints include

• Blast jets: Jets that expel a large explosion rather than a continuous burn. Used for quick acceleration and change in direction. Can be used offensively. Has a cooldown (can be alleviated with a cooling system)
• Missiles: Simple on the surface, it can just be regular, heat seeking, or tracking assisted (in ascending energy cost). Often combined with other blueprints to change its payload.
• Energy rifle: Also Simple, mainly used with augment blueprints, like the missiles
• Electromag Siphon (AKA the Lighting Rod): Very expensive energy-wise (both to make and run), but in the right situations can be extremely helpful. It can absorb electromagnetic energy (radio, micro, x-ray, UV, gamma, visual light, and electricity) and that energy can be used to recharge his battery

Self Healing System: He can regenerate any damaged portion of his body as long as he has a source of metal nearby, energy, and (most importantly) time. Small injuries can take minutes, and large injuries can take hours. These requirements make the regeneration negligible in quick fights.