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Published: 2015-09-03 00:02:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 9018; Favourites: 110; Downloads: 14
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My redesign for Jetray.For the most part, I'm okay with Jetray; a manta-ray alien that can fly at supersonic speeds sounds like a cool idea. Unfortunately, he was significantly bogged-down by his laser-eyes and tail(which, while they were cool, didn't make much sense... unless those were part of the reason for his name), as well as his out-of-nowhere ability to fly through space(which is nowhere near this version), and unappealing design.
For my version, I tried to make him aq bit more manta-ray-like, got rid of the weird yellow horn-lips, and gave him a proper omnitrix suit(as opposed to the two black shoulder-strips). I made his tail longer, as well, and now, instead of shooting lasers(from anywhere), his tail has a stinger that can paralyze those stung for up to an hour.
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Is it just me, or does this look like a design that would come from Lilo & Stitch: The Series?
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Hmmm............... I guess I could see that...
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Jetray is a pretty weird alien if you ask me, flying and shooting lasers isn't anything that special, but he looked cool so he's neutral to me.
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Those Black markings on his shoulders were part of his skin, not clothing...
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Ah, gotcha...
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why didn't jetray make an appearance in omniverse.
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From what I've heard, it's because DJW didn't like him...
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And yet he uses the species as one o the bad guys...-_- Go fig, right?
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To be fair, that one was just a half-breed mutation, so I'm guessing it doesn't really count(still, interesting little factoid to point-out)...
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Actually, now that I think about it...ChamAlien ALSO had been missingand his race was used as a villain...
Which is kinda harsh, given Prisoner 775's rather sad backstory...
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Yeah, I noticed that too; in fact, Fasttrack seemed to have been nixed for OV as well(thank God)...
What's worse is that they never, ever follow-up on it, or(knowing how dictators generally work) the possible threat the "oppressive dictator" of his home planet might pose to other worlds. Sure, it might be a retread of the Highbreed, but them's the breaks.
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Eyeah...I mean...Ninja European Cheshire Chameleons with retractable blades in their tails? Thats political Assassination Dream come true for a bounty hunter!
ANd since Subdora is rom the future, she's likely from a MUCH worse place than PRisoner 775.
...Hm...IDEA! Maybe the Incursians have targetted that planet during the Incursian arc as a place to get a potential ally? I think I even got an idea for the character...since I gave Prisoner 775 the name 'Valrean' (sort of like Valjean, the main protagonist from Les Miserables) I'm kinda thinking that the dictator would be a old but VERY dangerous reptile.
Heck, I'm almost thinking maybe having Valrean give Ben and co some coordinates for where his home planet is just to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone else. In Guardians, he's got nothing to live for but stay as a 'model prisoner'...BUT he does laer help out earth during the Invasion of the Incursians.
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If nothing else, I can definitely see him wanting to help fight-off the Incursians to ensure that Earth doesn't suffer the same fate as his own planet...
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Yeah. Though as of Seasons 1-2, he's a model prisoner (attempted murder would get him arrested but went to a light sentence due to circumstances) who's mostly seen as a janitor of the Plumber head quarters till he can get parole
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Fear him and his Pants! XP
What can I say, the pants look good XP
Though I am keeping the lasers are more for neurological blasts of energy meant more for stunning than full on killing, like you got with his stinging tail XP The tail laser is meant to be a protection from behind, I think. ;;
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Yes! Tremble in terror!
Thanks.
I'm fine with those ideas, you do you.
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XD
Though in all seriousness, I am OK with Jetray...though as for his 'ability to go lightspeed' lke that...I'm thinking that he can only do that in short bursts and needs to go to a planet right away ;;;and likely takes a LOT of energy to do that, thus why he powered donw once he got there.
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To be honest, I'm fine with Jetray too, but his design always seemed a little "derpy" to me(same with Brainstorm, actually).
The whole "lightspeed travel" thing smelled way too much like "bullshit the writers pulled out of their asses for this one time."
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ALso...with the neuroshock blasts...here's how I am thinknig that te eyes and tails came to be;
The Eye lasers are likey for real combat since their hands look...REALY bad for using guns. Seriously; they are super long and he only has three apendages on his hands. I doubt they'd be useful for grabbing things but good for pressing buttons. So thus to avoid any physical confrontations, later evolutions gained the neuro-energy blasts from a natrual energy they can develop. The tail could release a neuroshock burst to work for hunting, but the eye beams rae much more concentrated and can be more fatal if used right.
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Once again: would've been real nice had the actual creative team thought of this themselves...
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Indeed...
I just like to fill in gaps to rationalize how aliens work. 
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Indeed, and I think you're doing a pretty good job at it(certainly better than the "official" creative team).
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Thanks.
Also working with some inspiration from other stuff
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For one; a super intelligent ape working with the heroic Forevef Knight faction and Sherrif Wat-Senn having some McCre influence
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Didn't one of the Forever Knights become an ape in OV?...
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Chadwick? Yeah...that was because of 'Dr. Jekyll's formula'...here's the changes I did with THAT confusing storyline idea;
Instead of having a fictional character who was trying to remove evil from a person's body, during th 1930s to 40s, the Forever Knights were trying to create a super soldier serum known as 'Project Jekyl', a formula that was meant o give a human a fihting chance against bigger, stronger aliens. However this formula was lost after the Second World War and Dr. Joseph Chadwich was working on making hte new formula. And the only living test subject was a lab chimpanzee named Heinrich, whom was liberated when the 'Knights of Ascalon' (A heroic faction of the Forever Knights following Ben's example after he killed the Diagon and used Ascalon to save the earth from it's influence) liberated him from Chadwich's private lab where he and his caretaker, a young woman named Katherine, went to join the new faction and fight to protect the earth from actual threats, not just going on killing sprees.
Basically, Heinrich is a advanced Ape who happens to be the subjct of a super soldier serum, making him bigger than the average chimp but also much more intelligent, making him based off of Winston in that regard.
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Ah, gotcha.
Hmmm......... Sounds interesting...
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Eyah. And so it's known, Katherine is gonna be one of the few confirmed-female Knights.
...seriously, I don't think there was ONE woman in the Forever Knights.
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Hmmm......... I'm fine with that(so long as there's a good explanation for it)...
I think that might've been because there were no "female knights" in medieval times(and since they seem to base themselves, at least aesthetically, off of medieval knights...)...
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Joan of Arc. That is all
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Hmmm......... True(though, from what I've read, that didn't last very long... or end well)...
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But in This case, Katherine (the female knight) is inspired by Saber from Fate/Stay Night
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...I am gonna guess you haven't seen the Fate series 
There's three animes out, BUT hte two main ones I'd recommend are Fate/Zero and Fate/STay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
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Hmmm......... Sounds cool...
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It's on Nerflix if you got it
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Yeah. But with the theatre mask twins...
Maybe I could do a Paradox brother thing? Where Comedy keeps rhyming with Tragedy XP
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Fair point on both XP
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Nice! Now this is a big improvement over his original look!
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Thanks. I'm rather proud to be one of the few artists that managed to make something decent out of his design(I've seen a few redesigns on DA that actually look worse than the original).
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You're welcome. Yeah, I've seen theΒ others and they're pretty bad.
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True(though, in my opinion, IHComicsHQ 's version isn't one of them).
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Yeah, I liked that one as well.
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Agreed. It's weird; designs for Jetray don't really have a middle-ground, they're either really awesome or really crap.
Not to derail the conversation, but should Spidermonkey have super-strength?
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Yeah, it's weird how that's the case of no middle ground.
Nah, super strength doesn't really seem likeΒ a power associated with part of him. Plus it might make it so his Ultimate self's super strength isn't all that special.
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Indeed.
Agreed, which makes him swinging a light-post like a bat while fighting "Ultimate Kevin" all the more baffling.
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Yeah, that was really strange.
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