Katabax
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-- AZIMUTH Prime, LOG [47617465776179]
Rumours have it that Katabax was a living, breathing creature once, from a world very different to Thraelos. What species it may have been before, nobody can answer, nor do they dare ask. What stands before them in the present is all that matters: a complex arrangement of sliding metal parts and uncompromising mechanisms, all sharpened to needlepoint and polished to a perfect reflective finish.
Katabax locks himself often in his personal workspace within the laboratories of Azimuth Manufacturing Company, only being caught slithering through the halls in the peripheral vision of his underlings. Speculation breeds like wildfire as to what it could be up to, but very few have curried favour with the cruel machine.
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Personality
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Likes
- Observational activities in general: people watching, debate, attending colloquiums, etc.
- Information-base gathering: study, reading, data processing and analysis
- Deconstructing and re-constructing systems to their components
- Ethically dubious scientific practice
- Puzzles
Dislikes
- People thinking they are smarter than it [they are wrong]
- Quarrelsome people, close-mindedness and contrarians
- Wastefulness & excess
- Prying
Location
Katabax usually stays within the grounds of Azimuth's campus, having access to all the facilities freely there to the point that many suspect that it lives within the facility. On very rare occasions, it may go elsewhere for work-related reasons, whether it be as a representative of the company board or as the head of its own department—though it usually substitutes its presence with the use of a proxy, whether they be agents or drones.
Abilities
✦ DIRECTIVE :: EXTRACT
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✦ SUB-DIRECTIVE :: SYNTHESIS
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✦ PROTOCOL :: NULLIFY
Katabax has a field of anti-magic in an almost immediate proximity to it due to its composition. This field is subconsciously active by default, but can be disabled for a short period [ie. 1.5-3~ hrs].
Within this field, magic-wielders report their abilities feeling 'stuck' in some way or another. Objects imbued with arcane enhancement lose their [magic-based] effects so long as they in proximity. The moment the affected person or object crosses the boundary of the field in full, their capabilities return to them like normal, with no lingering side effects.
✦ PROTOCOL :: REGENERATE
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Skills & Stats
Katabax is very much a specialist in its abilities, but those specializations are not easily deduced at a glance. For something its size and assumed power, it does have a bit of a "glass cannon" quality to it.
Weapons
- Rostrum. Katabax's spear-like extension from its upper jaw can be used for pinning things down.
- Teeth. Seldom used due to a relatively weak bite force, but good for shredding. Used for PROTOCOL :: REGENERATE as needed.
- Bladed arms. Katabax possesses a set of structures on its arms that can slide past the phalanges to act as scalpels. When not in use, these blades retract back to slot above Katabax's forearm to protect the bladed tip.
✦ General Stats
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✦ Imperative Strengths
- High information capacity. Katabax is able to take in and process information very quickly. It is able to memorize whole conversations, recall events with perfect clarity and learn at a terrifying rate.
- Agility. Katabax is highly mobile for a creature its size and weight.
- Polyglot. Fluent and literate in most major languages in use across Thraelos in addition to its own mother tongue.
✧ Imperative Weaknesses
- Fragile components. Most components can be replaced by PROTOCOL :: REGENERATE, but a few, such as its eyes, must be supplied elsewhere and grafted on by a skilled (and trusted) technician.
- Fragile insides. Sections of Katabax's connective tissue is organic and is therefore susceptible to injury. Healing these tissues also requires a lot of time.
- Shearing force vulnerability. As a being made mostly out of metal, Katabax's plating is prone to warping and denting under uneven pressure. These pieces will need to be entirely removed then regenerated.
✦ Psychological Stats ✦
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| Patience | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ | Intelligence | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ |
| Confidence | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ | Perception | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧ |
| Discipline | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ | Psych stamina | --- |
| Courage | ✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ | Caution | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Honesty | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ | Loyalty | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Maturity | --- | Creativity | --- |
| Cleanliness | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ | Work ethic | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ |
✧ Physical Stats ✧
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NPC Usage Notes
Feel free to ask me questions in regards to details on Katabax and Azimuth Manufacturing as a whole as needed! I'd be happy to share a bit about how they tie back to Zetsel. :D
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Author's Notes
✦ Katabax's name is derived from the Ancient Greek word, 'katabasis' ( κατάβασις ), which refers to a journey into the Underworld in classical mythology.
✦ I semi-ironically ship Zetsel with Bax purely because "Zetbax" (Setbacks!) is a hilarious ship name with the added context that these two idiots thrive on infuriating each other even if they are on the same team.