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Hoplon Spec. # 5Code Name: Dread-Naut
Bahamut
Creator: Dr. Carmela Bloom
Territory: Indian Ocean, HQ set in Red Sea
SIZE:
(length: 140 meters)
(weight: 20000 tons)
Temperament: Placid, Passive-Aggressive
Intelligence: Bestial
Combat Style: Animalistic, Hit-and-Run, Weaponized
Terms of Use: Use only in cases of aquatic/semi-aquatic Combat/support
Abilities:
-Osteokinesis: In this result, the most clearly shown ability was the altering of body density. Depending on the depth of containment and amount of speed required for hunting, the specimen showed improved elasticity, jaw strength, and more depending on the situation.
-On Radar: Not so much a combat advantage, but Bahamut has been trained to respond to radio coordinates, often being the first on the scene. The frequency is a trade secret to REEF, the organization that watches him.
-Shiny guys: A rather unique trait of the deep sea fish DNA was the presence of a unique symbiosis. A unique trace of bioluminescent cells have been found in the great fish's body, but they exhibit a unique trait of a sort of mental link to the host organism. Through unknown means, the fish often transfers a small splotch of these organisms into an open wound, invading the bloodstream and congregating usually inside of an artery or vital organ. This leads to an instant x-ray effect, making a clean kill very easy.
Another possible use, though intel is still unconfirmed, is that when they are inside the organism, they emit heat, cooking the enemy from within.
Known Weaknesses:
-Frozen Fish Fry: Though able to cope with seafloor and tropical water temperatures, polar waters and volcanic seas are intraversable.
Mud skip: Though there have been instances where limb strength has made limited land locomotion possible, there is little reason to do so.
Interview with Dr. Bloom
Yes, just so you know. I was one of the local researcher's called out to research the petrified dragon in the Arabian desert. I wasn't sure why, I study fish, so it seemed odd to me. Also, I was one of the scientists that got credit for proposing the idea of the blood serum. Then through the reckless destruction of Dr. Mcreedy, the blueprint for the formula was lost, so only seven were made. The UN's crop of scientists were told that the focus would be one for each continent, depending on the quality of the idea, and the capability of pulling it off. I presented the idea of a fish, selling that we could just as easily have threats from the sea. The idea was thought plausible, but another man from Asia, a japanese scientist, presented an idea a little more to their liking, so he was given the Asia serum. I thought that was that, until I learned that North America's scientist of choice outright refused the opportunity, I took advantage, and actually managed to secure a serum for myself, which was to be labeled under 'Middle East.'
At that point I got nervous. The Middle East? Controversy and dissent incarnate. Not easy to embody.
Nonetheless, I made use of my research facility on the Red Sea, and worked with my staff to develop a wonder fish. I heard about the bone control from Dr. Williams, who visited my lab, it made things easier. I worked with samples from the frightening fish of the deep and the vibrant fish of the surface, among others. The result was a little fish that appeared rather odd, he swam rather haphazardly and seemed to be constantly in pain from the light, so the serum was applied near immediately. It worked wonders, one moment he was stiff at the tank's bottom, the next he was sinously crawling under a rock. As a marinebiologist, the specimen made my year.
Then he began growing. We had to change tanks every day of the week, eventually having to drop him in our biome net, a section of the reef we fenced to study. He quickly outgrew the fish there and lost interest in them as food, so we had to come up with a solution, and we found it in radio waves. He seemingly hunted with a similar manner, so it took little work to get a small fixture tagged on his fin and then we had power to get him wherever we needed to go. It didn't harm him either, to him it was just a food target.
Later on, we used the watered down 3rd generation serum to mutate many of the reef species and fenced in a corner of the Red Sea as his stomping grounds. He's served rather well, the first incident being a convenient little run-in with a struggling lion in need of aquatic backup. . .
(note: Here you are with a fish monster. Bahamut, named after an Arabian mythical fish, 'so big the eye cannot behold it.' Not joking, Baha was no dragon, D&D simply took the name and Final Fantasy after that. Originally, he was a fish, so I figured, I'll do a fish.
Also, this dude is a little piece of all major zone fish. There are reef, ocean, and abyss fish all in him, the bone control being used to alter his structure to better survive in the given environment. Plus, the idea of multiple, seemingly impossible combinations of fish in one body embodies the middle east pretty well.
Design wise, this guy is about the same as he was in the concept stage, a sort of dragon fish with a unicornfish horn and some unagi elements seasoned in. And that's all I can think of for now, the next guardian will be the last for a while, then the story moves ahead again.
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Comments: 8
JacobSpencerKaiju79 [2010-07-01 17:13:51 +0000 UTC]
Very cool concept, and I like that you used the name for the original idea.
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Vagrant-Verse In reply to JacobSpencerKaiju79 [2010-07-06 23:00:03 +0000 UTC]
I thought people could stand to learn where the name came from.
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JacobSpencerKaiju79 In reply to Vagrant-Verse [2010-07-07 00:32:49 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, that's true.
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Vagrant-Verse In reply to AkityMH [2010-07-06 22:59:31 +0000 UTC]
He does look like a goblin shark doesn't he? That's not what I originally planned, it was more of a viperfish+unicornfish+Sailfish+ Mudskipper. The result looked just like a skinny Goblin shark though, when I looked.
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AkityMH In reply to Vagrant-Verse [2010-07-07 08:47:29 +0000 UTC]
creepy looking either way. Nightmare fish
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RenDragonClaw [2010-07-01 04:24:59 +0000 UTC]
So we have a leader, an everyman, and now an aquatic fighter. All the team needs now is something that flies, something that burrows and something that shoots things really well and we'll have a complete and fully versatile kaiju defense force.
I like how ancient mythology is actually being used correctly in this design. Giant fish indeed. Good thing they mutated the local wildlife to feed him otherwise we might have an Ammity Beach scenario going on in the Gulf.
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Vagrant-Verse In reply to RenDragonClaw [2010-07-06 22:57:32 +0000 UTC]
Yep, Kappa fills in the laser void, and I have the flyer already worked out. Grunchie is a bit of a burrower, he's kinda my verse's Baragon, so he kinda fills that role. And that's not even all of my defenders I have worked out.
Yep, I think D&D and Final Fantasy can what they want with the name, but it aggravates me when people don't look up the myths and origins of things and then act like they know everything. That's one of the major reasons I came up with this guy in the first place.
Boy that would be interesting, though major Indian ocean ports would need a lot more people to keep him satisfied.
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