Malystrix, The Iron Dragon

by **Khellendros** December 28th 2014, 1:38 am

Malystrix, The Iron Dragon

"Who is to decide what is real and what isn't? The saying goes I think therefore I am. My father believes me to be just as real as any person he has ever met and calls me his daughter in spite of the fact that I was built as a machine of war and by happenstance became so much more. I respect his opinion more than any other for the sole fact that he is by far more accepting of things as they are rather than bewoeing the fact that they didn't go as he intended. I have every intention of following his example and living in the moment, regardless of being made of nuts and bolts rather than squishy guts and meat. Metal makes less mess than any one of you meat sacks any day."

Basic Biography

Real Name: Malystrix (Malys by Khellendros)
Renegade/Hero/Villain Name: Malystrix
Title: The Iron Dragon
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Age: Since creation, 1. As for mentality, around 18
Gender: Female
Race: Sentient Cybernetic Automaton
Hair: none
Eyes: Crimson
Height: 20'
Weight: 9t
Blood type: Nuts and bolts, not squishy guts

The Looks

Malys:

The Legacy

Personality:
In development
History:
Malystrix (lovingly called Malys by Khellendros) was one of the first creations built by Khellendros as a sort of pilot project in answer to metahumans capable of flight by creating himself a flying mount. Upon installing the software and the AI, Malys took on a life of her own, and after several interactions between the two, has been devoted to her creator ever since. She has a bad tendency towards mothering Khellendros when he's in the workshop for prolonged periods and isn't properly taking care of himself in favour of getting the job done. More often than not if these two are seen together in public but not engaged in anything in particular at the time they can be heard to be having almost father/daughter-like discussions rather than what one would expect to hear between a robot and it's creator. She can be quite childlike at times as well, and new experiences are something she relishes with zeal. The only request she has ever made of her creator is for the creation of a body that can feel and possibly get her more in-tune with the world in which Cromwell resides, so far this has met with several roadblocks as Cromwell wants her first experience with the natural world to be as perfect as he can manage, and for that, he needs some assistance from someone who is more adept at creating synthetic bodies than himself as much as he doesn't like to admit to needing help.

The Powers and Weaknesses

(All characters can be as powerful as they want, as long as they are balanced with proper weaknesses.)

Natural Abilities

Cybernetic "Artificial" Intelligence
Khellendros does not build stupid machines for himself. Her AI is quite sophisticated and she is always learning new things as her lifespan continues ever forward. Her ability to process information is phenomenal

Strength Beyond Industrial Engineering
She has to support her own weight as well as be able to destroy anything that enters into melee with this 9 tonne titan of masterful engineering, if she can put her claws in it, it will not remain intact for very long.

Near-Indestructible Armour Plating
Alloy 1090 and graphene, two of the strongest metals known to planet Earth, make up the bulk of her construction, allowing her to take quite a bit of punishment.

Technology

Flight
Wings and gravimetric repulsion allows her to stay off the ground and look pretty damn awesome doing it.

Weakness:

Sensor Suite
Her eyes and ears as it were. An all-around sensor package integrated into her auditory and visual circuits. Capable of detecting explosive ordinance, radiation levels, seismic disturbances as well as sonar for submerged combat. Optical sensory upgrades cover infrared, night-vision and thermal and contains target tracking. Auditory input can listen to a conversation out to 150m

Weakness:

Talons
Made for shredding opponents, her talons are made with Alloy 1090 cores infused with graphene for potential upgrades and depleted uranium tips, designed to cut through some of the toughest substances and not lose their edge.

Inferno
A weapon system installed by Khellendros for intimidation and crowd control. Coming from a draconic-looking construct just makes it all the more fearsome. Searing flames pour forth from Malys' mouth in a cone out to about 50m in whichever direction she directs it.

Weakness:

Tesla Cannon
A ball of concentrated electricity and plasma around 15' wide is launched from her mouth and dissipates after reaching a range of about 100m, electrocuting and stunning anyone in it's path. An offensive and flashy weapon, used in circumstances where stunning and a slight singe is preferable to the full-on incineration that the inferno system can inflict.

Weakness:

Network
Allows for connection to local networks and hacking into various systems that have wireless access, some of the toughest firewalls would have a hard time keeping her out. Added in so that she could gather information and study the world without having to leave Khellendros' side unless absolutely necessary, by her own request.

Weaknesses

EMPs Are Bad
A military-grade EMP can render her body inoperable until she can reboot her systems, her memory core is well-shielded against such attacks but such protection could not be afforded for the external power source her body uses.

I'm Just a Cube Without My Body
Malys is quite literally just a memory core, albeit an indestructible one due to Khellendros' methods of constructing it to protect his daughter from ever being destroyed if she were to be separated from her mehcanical body. If she is forced to abandon her body to avoid annihilation due to it's normally catastrophic destruction, there is nothing she can do but wait for Khellendros or a sympathetic party to recover her.

Anything to Protect My Family
Khellendros instilled his familial values in his daughter. She will do anything to protect her family and those she considers friend, which is exploitable by anyone who figures this out with sufficient gile.

Physical Priority
(You are to put these physical attributes in order from 1 to 4. 1 is the highest priority, 4 is the lowest.)